Red Business provides business leaders with information and inspiration on audio CD or as an MP3 download each month, building a library of best practice.

On this issue:

• Information:
• people: the dark side of leadership - find the balance between your strengths and weaknesses
• finance: open source software - can using open source save your company money?
• sales: email marketing - use this sales tool effectively
• management: 'Shakleton's Way' - hear an extract from the leadership book that reads like an adventure story

• Inspiration:
• gurus: Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom - the authors of 'Funky Business' discuss the key ideas behind their best-selling business book
• leader: John Timpson - from selling shoes to cutting keys, John Timpson talks about his career in the family firm