Margaret Cameron, founder of Ottawa-based Cameron Leadership Development Inc., targets the financial services community for her leadership training and consulting services.

In addition to an intensive course, Cameron encourages clients to read classic tomes such as Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill; The Power of Focus, by Jack Canfield et al; and The Answer, by John Assaraf and Murray Smith.

These books contain many reminders of useful skills you may have had, but have let slip due to disuse. They also offer insights into behaviours that can influence your day-to-day routine.

> The core of Think and Grow Rich contains chapters on planning and persistence (how to achieve it through self-reliance).

> The Power of Focus contains detailed personal master plans for achieving what you want in business and in your personal life.

> The thrust of The Answer can be gleaned from its subtitle: Grow any business, achieve financial freedom and live an extraordinary life.

— JAMES BAGNALL