Practical Inspiration Publishing

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**Goody Business Book Awards 2024: Leadership – DEI Winner**

**International Book Awards Finalist: Business**

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is under fire, but attracting and retaining talent is more important than ever. This book introduces an entirely new approach to DEI, showing how and why measuring inclusion is the key for organizations to enjoy higher performance and greater employee satisfaction, without causing any backlash.

Measuring Inclusion offers step-by-step directions, sample data, and real-world case studies to help you make meaningful and sustainable improvements in employee recruitment, engagement, productivity, and retention.

You will learn to quantify, track, and estimate the financial ROI of your organization’s DEI efforts just as you do with every other business activity—and in the process make your organization more successful and increasingly welcoming for everyone.

“A more strategic, data-informed approach to DEI.” – Tiffani Wollbrinck, Global Talent Management and Development, Levi Strauss & Co

“Practical, measurable strategies that tie directly to business performance.” – Kirsty Devine, Head of US HR and Global Projects, The Financial Times

“The analytical framework practitioners have been looking for in the area of DEI.” – Silke Muenster, Former Chief Diversity Officer, Philip Morris International

“A crucial counterpoint to the current backlash against DEI, providing a data-driven justification for why these efforts are essential for business success.” – Jennifer Brown, Keynote Speaker and WSJ best-selling author, How to be an Inclusive Leader

A former professor with degrees in mathematics, aerospace engineering, and neuroscience, Paolo Gaudiano is an entrepreneur, a teacher, a prolific writer, and a sought-after speaker. His work transforms how people think about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and what they do about it, with the ultimate goal of making our society more inclusive and equitable while driving greater economic benefits for everyone.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

Ignite your PERSONAL POWER for a better self and better world.

How do you take what is breaking your heart and turn that into action, achieving impactful and sustainable change? Match-Striking for Beginners is your playbook to ignite power from the margin, inviting you to discover the pathway to a more just world by recognizing your personal power and unleashing the superhero within you.

In this road map for individual and collective change, Tracey Breeden draws on her own unique perspective and lived experience as a queer woman and shares actionable steps she used to amplify her own personal power to create organizational and societal change. The specific challenges and harm members of historically marginalized groups experience often slow or stop progress, but Tracey’s method incorporates essential practices and bold moves to help you break through those blockers to ignite your inner superhero, activate collective power, and drive the social change our hearts ache for.

Tracey Breeden is a thought leader, speaker, coach, advisor, and activist. From street cop to corporate executive, she spent over two decades as a safety and inclusion expert in public safety and leading efforts in Tech at Uber and Match Group, parent company of Tinder and Hinge. Her vision is to build authentic, equitable, and respectful communities, free from harm. Join her in the expansion of that vision, together empowering and igniting people toward a better self and a better world.

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

The long-held notion of learning from our failures doesn’t work.

At best, it leaves us with a long list of what to avoid instead of giving us a way to accomplish our goals. Success isn’t achieved by not doing something; it requires a series of deliberate actions.

This book provides a practical framework for understanding our unique motivations, habits, and behaviors that enable us to accomplish anything and develop a personal framework for future success.

Using compelling research and engaging stories, international best-selling author and business coach Rob Hatch reveals how to go beyond the notion of strengths and what we do well to understand the specific decisions, behaviors, and actions enabling us to achieve our goals on our terms.

A new approach for integrating operational risk management

Accountability continues to be a key factor in corporate scandals. While today’s governance structures are sufficient, their deployment within the operating environment may not be effective. This is because current thought leadership views accountability and empowerment from a talent management perspective. While this view remains important, organizations need to establish accountability more effectively within the context of the operating environment.

By Empowering Accountability, organizations can more effectively deploy their accountability structures. As a result, they can better achieve their business and ESG objectives. This book outlines practices that enhance the “G” of ESG by addressing today’s accountability pitfalls and providing a stronger platform to integrate ESG risk management. These practices also advance the “S” of ESG beyond the essential and fundamental concepts of equality and acceptance to drive a high-performance organization.

What if the biggest financial returns of our time come from solving the world’s greatest challenges?

Real Returns highlights the biggest opportunities in sustainable investing. It goes beyond applying ESG criteria to your investment portfolio to identify the biggest, most profitable and exciting sectors that provide both financial returns and sustainable outcomes. With strategies for your portfolio, evolving standards and frameworks and their limitations, it's a must-read for professional investors, finance professionals, chief investment officers, and business leaders navigating capital decisions.
As the climate crisis and capital markets converge, this book could not be more urgent or more empowering.

The ultimate sales leader playbook

Sales is the lifeblood of every organisation, and more than ever we need strong, capable, humble, authentic and inclusive commercial leaders who know how to get the best out of their sales teams.

You were at the top of your game as a sales person. But now you’re a sales leader, and getting results through a high-performing sales team is a different game. There are so many different hats you need to wear: Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Team Motivator, Chief Value Storyteller...

Discover a simple, powerful framework to help you make that transition, mastering each critical area of sales leadership step by step. Easy to read and packed with real-life examples, tips and coaching questions you can use today, together with downloadable tools and templates, this is the essential guide to success in what can be one of the toughest, loneliest jobs in business.

Amanda Downs is Director of Commercial Leadership at The Uspire Group and Founding Director of her private coaching practice, Sales Growth Expert. A sales leadership capability expert, she brings decades of hands-on management, training and coaching wisdom to her sales leader clients globally.

The companies that win with AI won’t be the ones that adopt it. They’ll be the ones that rebuild around it.

Your old growth playbook is breaking down. AI is collapsing moats, compressing product cycles, and reshaping how customers buy. Meanwhile, your teams are still executing strategies built for a slower, more stable world. Market-Led Growth shows you how to rebuild—fast.

This is not a book of tactics. It’s a blueprint for transforming how your company senses shifts in demand, adapts GTM in real time, and scales with the market—not against it. You’ll learn how to decentralize decision-making, embed AI into execution, and move capital, people, and priorities at the speed of market signal. If you're serious about building a company that thrives in the AI era—not just survives it—this is your operating manual.

Are you ready to transform your energy and resilience to thrive in work and life?

The Wellbeing Advantage is a timely and transformative guide for modern professionals who want to feel more energised, focused and in control. Whether you’re seeking better balance, greater mental clarity or a smarter way to handle pressure, this book introduces seven simple science-backed habits to help you build resilience and protect your wellbeing, without overhauling your life.

Dr Janine van Someren, a leading wellbeing consultant and expert in wearable technology, combines insights from high-performance coaching, behavioural change and the science of wellbeing to deliver results. Learn how to:

• Build energy and resilience through small changes that deliver big results
• Unlock the power of wearable technology to monitor stress and recovery
• Maximise rest to increase your capacity and protect against burnout
• Apply coaching techniques to support sustainable personal growth
• Manage stress with practical, flexible strategies that fit real life.

From energising routines to rest that truly restores, The Wellbeing Advantage gives you the tools to bring your best self to work and home again.

Sales is dead. Long live selling.

The digital age has rendered traditional sales tactics obsolete. Buyers demand more than transactional relationships – they seek partners who understand their journey, anticipate friction, and deliver value at every stage.

Infinite Selling offers a revolutionary blueprint for this new era, equipping leaders with the strategies to transform revenue performance and build enduring commercial success.

At its core, the INFINITE methodology redefines selling as a dynamic, end-to-end process tailored for modern business challenges. By mastering the eight pillars – Interest, Need, Friction, Intent, Navigate, Inspire, Timing, and Execute – you can unlock a increase in deal size, a boost in revenue win rates, and a surge in cross-selling opportunities.

Grounded in digital literacy, customer-centricity and strategic agility, this is an actionable framework to navigate complex buyer journeys, from initial engagement to post-sale advocacy.

This book will challenge everything you’ve been told about confidence and show you how to lead without having to change who you are.

Decoding Confidence is your go-to guide for building the kind of leadership confidence that transforms not just you, but everyone around you. It’s about getting real, digging deep, and finding the confidence you need to lead with authority and courage. Patel takes you on a journey of self-discovery helping you understand your strengths, embrace vulnerability, and cultivate a positive internal dialogue that will help you achieve your goals.

It’s not about being perfect; it’s about being impactful. With practical strategies, relatable examples, and a bonus 30-day confidence habit tracker to help you turn insights into daily action, the habits in this book will show you how to make confidence accessible and actionable, so you can show up as the leader your team needs.

What happens in boardrooms? How are decisions made?

How can board directors keep on top of rapid, unpredictable change in the business environment?

How are boards and business leaders changing to remain relevant for the future?

Whether you are a business leader or a board director, this book will help your stewardship of businesses, as you navigate the dynamic world of strategic decisions in the face of complex challenges and rich opportunities.

Shefaly Yogendra, PhD is an experienced independent non-executive director and committee chair. She has served on boards of listed and privately held companies, a university and an LLP. She brings over three decades of multi-sector experience and multidisciplinary training to questions of technology and innovation, risk and foresight, and governance practices.

Selling is changing. As AI becomes ever more pervasive, your ability to have conversations that customers find enjoyable, insightful and productive becomes ever more important.

How to Sell focuses on conversational rather than consultative selling, recognizing a customer’s foundational values and emotional wants as well as their more pragmatic needs. It will help you build genuine human connection, deliver more positive buying experiences and have more effective sales conversations that deliver greater sales results.

Discover:

• How you need to think - six fundamental sales mindsets;
• What you need to know - five essential areas of sales knowledge;
• What you need to do – seven steps for greater sales conversations.

This is the essential handbook for frontline salespeople who want to improve, and the sales managers and leaders who want to help them. Because if you don’t know how to sell the benefits of your product, service or idea through a short and simple conversation, then you don’t know how to sell at all.

Agile isn’t dying—it’s evolving. Organizations stuck in outdated rituals are being left behind. Those led by adaptable, forward-thinking leaders are the ones thriving.

In The Adaptive Leader, Giles Lindsay redefines what agility means now. He dismantles the myth that Agile is obsolete and shows how it's entering a powerful new chapter—one that demands leadership, not just process.

This groundbreaking book blends bold insights with practical tools, including the CLEAR Model®, the Team Empowerment Checklist, and the Business Agility Roadmap. It bridges the gap between theory and action, giving you everything you need to embed agility into your organization’s core. You’ll learn how to:

• Shift from doing Agile to truly being Agile.
• Tackle resistance by changing leadership habits and culture.
• Measure what matters—real outcomes, not ritual checklists.
• Scale agility across every function, from HR to finance to marketing.
• Lead through disruption with confidence, clarity, and calm.

If you’re ready to stop going through the motions and start building lasting adaptability,this book is your guide. Because Agile isn’t dead. But how you lead it will decide its future.

The new reputation equity for diverse CEOs

People from diverse backgrounds struggle to land C-Suite jobs and their tenures are often shorter. One key but often overlooked reason for this is the failure to capitalize on reputation management and communication as an integral part of increasing diversity at the highest levels. We Need New Leaders helps aspiring leaders from diverse backgrounds to land and keep the top jobs.

Combining her MSc research with over 20 years’ professional experience, including several years leading a global executive communications team, Charlotte Otter shows how aspiring leaders can master reputation management as a bridge to success.

Beating the odds might seem hard, but the world needs a new and better cohort of leaders. Learn what you need to do to be seen and heard as the leader you are.

‘Shows how leaders can reshape themselves in practice.’ Rupert Younger, Director, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

‘A powerful call to action.’ Rosie Ginday MBE, CEO and Founder, Miss Macaroon

‘A must-read for aspiring leaders and those seeking to redefine the status quo in the C-Suite.’ Frank Wolf, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Staffbase, Author of The Narrative Age

‘A book that could change the world one leader at a time.’ David Pullan, Author of The DNA of Engagement

Charlotte Otter is an author, speaker and advisor. We Need New Leaders is grounded in her experience as a communications executive, as well as her novel research for her MSc in Change Leadership from HEC Paris. It is both a handbook and a manifesto for change at the leadership level.

So you think you’re self-aware? Think again!

Most leaders believe themselves to be self-aware. But what does ‘self-awareness’ really mean? How is it different from self-knowledge or self-consciousness? Being self-aware starts with understanding what self-awareness is, so that’s where this book begins. It then goes on to explore why developing self-awareness is the route to developing deeper self-acceptance and self-connection, so that you can start to de-latch your self-worth and ego from outcomes, meaning that you become able to lead more powerfully through uncertainty.

Leaders are increasingly facing ‘wicked problems’ in this VUCA world so this book is primarily written for them; it is also highly relevant for coaches supporting those leaders and for anyone who wants to develop self-awareness more effectively.

The writing is underpinned and inspired by Julia Carden’s doctoral research into self-awareness and its role in the development of executive coaches, and includes questions and exercises for self-reflection to develop self-awareness at every step.

Healing-Centred Design is a transformation framework, rooted in trauma-informed practice.

It blends systemic, creative and reflective approaches, helping future-makers to design lasting change.

You can,

• Evolve difficult life experiences into powerful leadership qualities
• Create replenishing work despite adversity
• Make brilliant things happen

Social change designer Kerry Tottingham lives with chronic pain but hates the idea of a limited life. So, with her sister-led company A Brilliant Thing CIC, she created Healing-Centred Design and uses it everyday to dismantle inequality and channel positive power, enabling everyone to do brilliant things.

'In a world that is increasingly individualistic it can be challenging to access a sense of safety and connection. This book creates a wonderfully accessible and reassuring framework that is truly inspiring, compassionate and much needed.' - Dr Sula Windgassen PhD MSc, Health Psychologist and Director of Mind Body Blossom Clinical Health Psychology practice

Can we be both commercially focused and human at work?

We talk a lot about human-centric leadership – putting people, culture and inclusivity at the heart of business. Yet in today’s competitive world success is still often associated with being results-focused and aggressive, which can seem like the opposite of human. Is it possible to put humanity at the heart of what we do without sacrificing performance?

Drawing upon coaching principles, HUMAN-WISE offers a unique practical framework to help you explore these ideas for yourself, and then apply them to others around you. Helen Wada is an experienced business development leader and executive coach who specializes in developing human-centric commercial leaders. With her business,The Human Advantage she brings core coaching skills to life and linking them to a commercial focus, this book will transform how you approach conversations and help you build the resilience you need to be successful, in business and in life.

HUMAN-WISE is an essential read for any leader looking to develop themselves, grow their business and build a more human working world.

Why do some of us see change as an opportunity while others see it as a threat?

Every major inflection in human history has left some people behind. Follow Shey Sinope as he fights to discover who is to blame when he falls victim to the AI revolution. In the process, you will discover a personal roadmap to keep your professional skills relevant, vibrant, and in demand and emerge entertained, amused, but - more importantly - far better equipped to ensure your career is future ready!

Drs Schuster & Oxley are long-time collaborators and former work colleagues. Their award-winning writing partnership was founded on a mission to reimagine career and professional advice books for a modern audience. They say their goal is to entertain while helping at least one person better navigate a difficult career challenge… they hope that person is you.

***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***

Disruption is everywhere: it presents both great opportunities and significant threats.
Do you know how to shape your strategy to respond?
What if you had a game plan to navigate disruption?

The Disruption Game Plan presents a tried and tested framework to help senior leaders think differently about disruptive trends and emergent risks, and to act differently when making decisions, joining up thinking on innovation, risk, sustainability and strategy.

By revealing how we can more effectively deal with challenging business environments, this book will help any curious and ambitious senior leader to go beyond a short-term, fire-fighting response, and instead set out to ‘change the game’.

Ruth Murray-Webster is a consultant and expert in risk and organizational change. A former head of the Risk in the Boardroom practice for a major consultancy with extensive senior practitioner experience, Ruth now works with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients through her consultancy Potentiality UK to unlock the potential performance from uncertainty and change.

Eleanor Winton is a consultant and expert in disruption, innovation and foresight and the former head of the Future Institute for a major consultancy. She has extensive experience of working with senior teams to stimulate creative thought and action. Through her consultancy Foresightfully, Eleanor works with organizations to understand what the future might hold for them and to develop innovative strategies in response.

‘I don’t feel like I’m adding value. I’m not utilized or appreciated for my capability and skills, and I don’t know how to change that.’

Sound familiar?

People People tells the story of Joanna, an experienced Chief HR Officer who is struggling in the role. She’s lonely, underappreciated, and is reaching a crunch point over whether to continue in the role or do something else completely.

To turn things around, she goes to a coach, Nigel, who introduces the CHRO Impact framework.

By following Joanna’s story, and working through the CHRO framework alongside her, you too can reach your full potential as a CHRO, and become happier in the process.

Tom Emery is a People Performance Consultant, speaker, podcast host, and author, with over 20 years' experience working in human resource management. This has included the formulation, design, and delivery of people strategies, talent, leadership, and C-suite development, together with team and executive coaching to CEO level. He has a deep curiosity about what makes people tick and enjoys supporting people and organizations to achieve their full potential.

Through his business, HEX, Tom supports individuals, teams, and organizations, to reach their full potential through coaching, mentoring, and consultancy services.

‘Physician, Heal Thyself!’ Market of One is a long overdue challenge to why an industry which prides itself on differentiating its clients’ brands is so averse to differentiating its own. - Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman Ogilvy UK

The best way to beat the competition is to not have any - to find a space no-one else can occupy. Market of One is a roadmap to get your agency to that rarefied place. - Greg Hahn, Co-Founder, Mischief @ No Fixed Address

The agency market isn’t oversupplied – it’s under-differentiated

Market of One is the essential guide for agency leaders who refuse to compete on price and instead want to stand out, attract better clients and build a renowned, high-margin business.

By breaking free from so-called ‘best practice’ in positioning, culture, sales and pricing, you’ll inspire your team, improve your work and create an agency that your competitors envy.

Packed with candid truths, powerful reframes and just enough healthy scepticism, Market of One offers you a step-by-step roadmap that’s both strategic and personal – blending commercial insights with the practical realities of agency life.

It’s your opportunity to design the agency you’ve always wanted to run.

Robin Bonn is the CEO of Co:definery, one of the world’s leading consultancies specialising in agency positioning. From renowned global networks, to the world’s top independents, he’s repositioned close to 150 agencies and coached dozens of senior leaders. He’s also the host of The Immortal Life of Agencies podcast and a columnist for Marketing Week.

If no one’s paying attention, it doesn’t matter what you’re saying.

In today’s fast-paced world, we tend to rush through interactions without building genuine connection. Whether it's ignoring the receptionist or breezing through sales conversations, our engagement muscles have become weak. This ‘engagement gap’ is widening as technology reduces our need to interact with others, while our attention is constantly fragmented by digital distractions.

But the opportunity cost of not engaging can be steep, both personally and professionally.

This book is designed to help you bridge the engagement gap by teaching you how to command attention and deepen connection. Whether you’re trying to keep your prospect’s attention during a sale, presenting content in a boardroom or trying to motivate your teams, discover how to get more out of every interaction.

Anders Boulanger CSP is founder and CEO of Engagify, a company dedicated to rehumanizing business through engagement. After spending thousands of hours engaging with people at events around the world, he has codified engagement and now trains teams on how to deepen connection and command attention.

Want to drive innovation with impact? Start here.

Innovating is no longer optional - it’s the difference between staying ahead and falling behind. Inside large companies, it often feels slow, complex, and risky. Meanwhile, agile startups are moving fast, taking bold bets and disrupting industries overnight.

This is where you come in.

INNOVATOR will help you:

• align innovation with company strategy, so leadership supports your projects
• lead innovative projects with confidence, knowing exactly which steps to take
• create solutions which delight customers, driving measurable business growth

At the heart of this book is the INNOVATOR Way™, the step-by-step system trusted by top companies in 40+ countries to turn innovation initiatives into business results. This robust roadmap takes the guesswork out of innovating, making it simpler, faster, and far less risky.

Innovation won’t wait. It's time to step up and be more INNOVATOR.

In a world where over 70% of employees feel disengaged, how do we reignite passion and purpose at work?

Organizational purpose alone isn’t enough: discover how to align individual values with corporate goals for a future-fit workplace.

This book, packed with research and real-world examples, demonstrates how meaningful work boosts motivation, well-being, and productivity. Each chapter offers practical strategies for adapting to the changing landscape of modern work and creating a vibrant workplace culture that inspires creativity and collaboration.

Embrace the New Deal of meaningful work and empower your leaders to cultivate an environment where employees feel valued and engaged throughout their careers so that both they and your organization flourish.

Flip the Script on Failure

By exploring your subconscious patterns of response to failure, Faceplant brings a fresh new mindset to life's tripping hazards. It's time to edit your story and let the adventure begin. Discover tools to define new patterns for yourself, create fresh opportunities for engaging in life, and support others as they navigate the gravity of their failures.

Dr. Melisa Buie is a problem-solver, lean leader and thought-challenger with 30+ years of experience in industry, government and academia. She can often be found hunting opportunities for improvement in manufacturing or playing with data.

Keeley Hurley is a squirrel-herding multipotentialite who has spent her career in the laser industry, always striving to leave the role, people, company, and industry better than she found it.

Noël Kreidler is an Associate Director of Career Development at the Santa Clara University Career Center and has 30+ years of work experience in talent acquisition, human resources, and career services.

** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **

“An essential guide for any professional interested in understanding how to implement and influence change”
Prof. Adam Boddison, - Chief Executive, Association for Project Management

Leading change in organizations is always hard, but this original, game-based handbook will at least make it much more fun! Based on real-life case studies and reflecting the most common challenges facing any change ninja, this is a story where you get to make the decisions at each stage, and discover the impact of your choices.**

This interactive approach will appeal particularly to non-linear thinkers and those who learn best through action and application. It’s pragmatic, focusing on tips for getting people on board and on identifying small, doable ‘ninja moves’ that gain traction and build momentum by stealth.

After lots of training in things like project management, agile change and leadership, Dr Tammy Watchorn discovered none of this really helped as the focus was always on process rather than people. By understanding how people work instead, she soon found she could deliver successful change by stealth with ninja moves.

You are always selling.

You’re not just convincing people to buy your products or services, you’re asking them to buy into you and your ideas. In a world where attention is at a premium, we have to be able to cut through the noise. Pitches and presentations aren’t something to wing. Top performers understand the importance of preparation: knowing exactly what to say and how to say it. Get it right and you will supercharge your results and propel your career forward.

Cut-Through reveals a proven step-by-step process for crafting your ideas, then delivering a winning performance. You’ll discover how to crystallise your thinking into ‘sticky’ key messages, then wrap them into a narrative framework that makes your audience lean in and engage. Packed with easy-to-implement tools and techniques, it also gives you access to a library of powerful resources including a diagnostic scorecard, bite size videos, cheat sheets and more.

Dominic Colenso started his career as an actor, most famously playing Virgil Tracy in the Hollywood remake of Thunderbirds alongside Sir Ben Kingsley. He now works with businesses around the world, helping individuals and teams take centre stage and deliver outstanding results.

'I highly recommend this book for anyone who is seeking to embrace the power and potential of the new life stage of “redefinition”.’ - Berit Lewis, Author of Ageing Upwards

So, you’re leaving work: what’s next for you?

As part of the first generation of women who were told they could ‘have it all’, you’ve striven to succeed both in and out of work – to achieve status and feel valued, to have had a rewarding and fulfi lling life and career. But once you leave work, what next? How will you fill your time in a way that has purpose and meaning, and how will you keep the sense of being relevant and valued? Jane Moffett will help you understand yourself better, and expand your thinking to open up new opportunities, and new ways of finding purpose in life. By determining what it is you need and want, and focusing on where you can get it, you can design your own unique map for the future and embrace this life stage!

As an executive coach, trainer and facilitator, Jane Moffett has 30 years of experience working with women at key points of change in their lives where the professional and the personal intersect. She writes and publishes regularly in this area and is a member of staff at the Henley Business School’s Coaching Centre, and regularly attends meetings of the Women and Work All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).

The ultimate guide for sales managers and leaders ready to elevate their game.

Sales leadership is one of the most demanding roles in business. Balancing ambitious targets, team dynamics, and a rapidly changing environment leaves little room for reflection or growth. Many leaders default to reactive management—solving problems as they arise, relying on quick fixes, and chasing short-term wins—without ever addressing the real barriers to lasting success.

Stop Managing, Start Leading is a leadership transformation manual designed to help you break free from these habits. Packed with practical tools, proven frameworks, and decades of hard-earned insights, this book provides the roadmap to shift from managing tasks to inspiring people. It’s a guide to creating a high-growth team culture, driving meaningful results, and building a leadership legacy you can be proud of.

Inside, you’ll discover:

The one key shift that transforms managers into true leaders. Strategies to prioritize your time and focus on what truly matters. Proven techniques to inspire, engage, and motivate your team for sustainable success. Tools to overcome hidden obstacles and unlock your team’s potential.

Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned leader, this book will equip you with the mindset and strategies to lead with confidence, elevate your team, and achieve enduring success.

Inspire. Lead. Grow. The transformation begins here.

Being menopause friendly is good for women, AND business

Just at the point where they have most to offer your organization, many senior, experienced women face the challenges of menopause symptoms. Without the right support this can impact their participation, performance, progression and well-being. This is costly not only for the women themselves, but for the businesses that employ them. That cost increases – both financially and reputationally – when employers fail to act.

‘Laura Haycock begins this book by saying that she hopes it ‘will help organizations support women better in the future.’ Well, I think she’s knocked it out of the park!' Professor Jo Brewis, co-author of the UK Government report The effects of menopause transition on women’s economic participation in the UK (2017)

‘Any organization who employs women should have ready access to this book.’ Dr. Louise Newson, Founder of Newson Health Group and member of the UK Government’s Menopause Taskforce

Laura Haycock is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society with over 30 years of consultancy experience across all aspects of talent management. Through her business, Brew People, Laura helps good leaders become great leaders by putting inclusion at the heart of everything they do to: identify true talent; empower high performance; connect diverse teams; and develop everyone’s full potential.

In this book she sets out the business case for supporting women through menopause and a simple, evidence-based framework for creating an effective Menopause Action Plan.

Coaching is being transformed. As low-cost coaching platforms and AI develop, coaches need to differentiate themselves to survive and thrive. Does that mean ironing out the wrinkles, gaining more badges and credentials? Perhaps following rules just makes us more human robots.

The truth is that you don’t need to be a perfect coach to be a transformational presence; often, your own brand of human frailty is exactly what the world - and your client - needs right now. Mature coaches can respect the rules but not be bound by them when they tap into their internal wisdom.

Karen Foy, BA, MSc is a Master Certified Coach with over 20 years’ experience, and a certified coach educator, mentor and supervisor. She has recently retired as the Programme Director of accredited coaching programs at Henley Business School, where she is still a visiting tutor and Honorary Fellow.​

In Future-Fit Innovation, Barbara Salopek presents a groundbreaking approach to driving sustainable and lasting innovation in organizations.

By focusing on the often-overlooked dimensions of innovation management—individuals, groups, and organizations—this book offers a holistic framework that empowers leaders to build a culture where creativity, collaboration, and experimentation thrive.

Packed with real-world examples, practical tools, and actionable strategies, Future-Fit Innovation equips forward-thinking leaders to overcome key obstacles such as resistance to change, lack of psychological safety, and misalignment between cultural values and strategic goals.

Whether you’re leading a team, transforming your organization, or seeking to align innovation with sustainability and technological advancements, this book provides the insights you need to unlock innovation at every level and create meaningful, lasting change.

How ‘sticky’ is your organization?

It’s not enough to get good people through the door: the crucial question is how long they’ll stay. When you lose hard-to-replace colleagues to competitors, self-employment, retirement or ‘a better life’, your business can quickly come unstuck.

As a leader, it’s your job to retain and motivate the people with the skills, expertise and commitment your business needs to win. So how do you create a ‘sticky’ organization that makes your most valued employees want to stay?

You give them freedom.

Helen Beedham unpacks this paradox in this insightful guide for CEOs, COOs, CPOs and any leader who wants to fuel growth and reduce risk and costs by retaining talented people. She shows how businesses that enjoy stellar rates of retention have freedom in their DNA and how you can develop this low-risk, win-win approach too.

Discover:

• The anti-freedom forces at work that weaken your glue.
• The four freedoms that your organization should be offering.
• How to measure your performance on the Freedom Index.

As leaders, we navigate a multitude of lines – reporting lines, dotted lines, bottom lines, deadlines. Yet amidst this web, there is one line that defines our leadership journey: our through line.

What is a through line? Your through line is the psychological core of your leadership story, the golden thread that connects who you are with how you lead. It links your decisions with what matters to you. As you face forward, understanding it provides an anchor in the face of uncertainty. As you uncover it, you discover that understanding who you are is instrumental in unlocking the impact of how you lead.

Discover a three-part framework – reach in, reset, reach out – designed to uncover your through line. Through practical exercises, you’ll identify the essence of your leadership. Through case studies and scientific research you’ll understand why this matters. Armed with this clarity, you’ll navigate change with confidence, lead with intention and inspire those around you. Because intentional leadership begins with clarity, purpose, and the courage to lead from within.

‘This book is a great guide to rediscover, renew and celebrate the genuine.’ - Ruth Dearnley OBE, President and Founder, STOP THE TRAFFIK

'If you want to connect who you are with how you lead, this book offers the clarity and heart to get you there.’ HÉLÈNE BIANDUDI HOFER, Journalist

Archana Mohan, a dynamic Chief Operations and Technology Officer, blends her multicultural upbringing with a decade in teaching and 20 years in finance to drive collaboration and innovation. Recognized for her insights, Archana holds academic qualifications from Brown, Columbia, and Yale.

Power with Grace – solving the paradox of modern leadership

How is it that some leaders seem to pursue their mission effortlessly, and inspire others to do the same?

What sets these leaders apart is Graceful Power: an elevated and liberating level of powerfully positive influence that supercharges their ability to achieve personal ambitions and organizational goals. They have learnt to translate vision into reality by galvanizing others with self-belief, remaining focussed on priorities and tackling the difficult conversations, all the while demonstrating sincerity and self-care. In these turbulent times, this is the level of leadership we need.

For over twenty years, Sally Netherwood has transformed the mindset, behaviour and impact of some of the world’s most successful leaders to more effectively and less effortfully achieve their goals. Now she has translated her methodology into a guide for independent leadership development. Through a brilliant blend of deep self-awareness, liberating courage and conscious care for yourself and others, you will learn how to elevate your leadership impact to unexpected and transformative levels.

Wherever you are on your leadership journey, this book will accelerate your development, bringing the transcendent quality of Graceful Power to your life and your legacy.

‘Anyone interested in protecting themselves or others should read this book.’ - Neil Basu QPM, former head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing

Take the guesswork out of protecting clients.

Public figures are increasingly receiving death threats. Ordinary people are struggling with toxic behaviour in the workplace. Psychological and reputational harm are both on the rise. How can security and HR professionals identify, assess, and manage targeted threats smarter in what feels like an ever more dangerous world?

Drawing on the latest research and methodologies used by government departments, Philip Grindell, one of the world’s most trusted leaders and advisors in lone actor, fixated, and workplace threats, provides a proven, science-based framework together with practical personal security measures that will help you take the guesswork out of helping clients and colleagues feel safer.

Bringing together elements of forensic psychology, protective intelligence, and personal safety, and with contributions from experts including former members of the FBI and US Secret Service, forensic psychologists and protection specialists, he sets out a practical blueprint for an intelligence-led response to some of the most challenging security threats we face today.

'Timely and valuable to anyone in the public eye.’ - Richard Madeley , Writer and broadcaster

’Whether you’re dealing with physical security, online threats or crisis management, this book is a comprehensive and useful guide to keeping people and assets safe.’ - G.B. Jones, Chief Safety & Security Officer, FIFA World Cup 2026; former FBI Special Agent

’This book is a significant resource to anyone involved in helping others feel safer.’ - Kim Leadbeater, Member of Parliament for Spen Valley (sister of Jo Cox MP)

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

Most culture change programs change nothing. This book changes everything.

Most attempts at culture change fail because they don’t get under the hood of what’s really going on. As a result growth is slowed, or performance continues to fall off a cliff, or the toxic culture continues to make headlines.

It doesn’t have to be this way, and it’s easier than you might think to make real change right now. Andrew Saffron shows you exactly what to do - and how to do it - to get to the heart of your organization’s culture and change it for the better, fast.

‘When it comes to culture change, Andrew is my go-to expert.’ - Mark Long, CEO, Ignite

‘This very funny book will revolutionise your business. If only I had a business.’ - Jo Brand, Comedian

‘This is breathtakingly brilliant... And it will change your life. It is warm, funny, compelling and astoundingly easy to read. A must read for every leader.’ - Julie Nerney, Transformation Leader and Non-Executive Director

Explore the art and science of how to create and curate transformational events

In an age of deep fakes and misinformation, business and professional events are more important than ever before. Live events are where real people have authentic conversations, where trust can flourish. They convene communities, create connections and host conversations, and ultimately they can change the world.

Events have been elevated around the boardroom table: they’re no longer simply a cost centre, but drivers of revenue and purpose. They have the power to inspire world leaders, change government policy and transform the conversation in sectors from immunology to indigenous rights. But creating such purposeful, transformational events is a strategic, not a tactical undertaking. The Chief Event Officer’s Playbook sets out a blueprint for designing the new generation of events: envisioning the narrative, articulating the purpose and curating the content.

Drawing on her decades of experience across a wide range of events - media-owned, commercial events, corporate, non-profit and association – Sasha Frieze has created the essential guide for CevOs, aspiring CevOs, Event Directors and Planners, CMOs, boards and anyone involved in delivering business and professional events.

A highly practical, immediately implementable guide to getting good at conflict at work.

The ability to engage with healthy conflict is a crucial element of high performance, and the foundation of collaborative, inclusive and innovative cultures.

Drawing on the latest evidence and thinking from psychology and coaching research, Smart Conflict will equip you with the skills you need to manage conflict with confidence and compassion.

As experienced conflict and leadership team coaches, Alice Driscoll and Louise van Haarst know that not enough conflict, of the right kind, is just as damaging to teams and organizations as having too much of the wrong kind. Whether your default conflict style is avoidant, inflexible or aggressive, this book will give you the tools to embrace Smart Conflict and transform your leadership, your team and maybe your life.

Nobody likes to talk about endings. Here's why we need to.

Leaders spend a lot of time planning new initiatives. But what about the endings that go along with them? Most leaders are not taught how to manage themselves, let alone their teams and organization, through the messy, multifaceted discomfort of an ending. Making a team member redundant, merging two teams, cutting funding to a failed project: in all these situations we tend to focus on the new beginning, and rush past the ending that needs our care and attention. Dealing with endings well takes maturity and emotional intelligence. Leaders need to understand and process their own feelings before they can lead others through transition.

Why does this matter? Because poorly managed endings leave a scar on everyone involved. Discretionary energy and motivation are not so forthcoming. Change programmes don't get traction, resistance and cynicism take root. Change fails.

Leading Executive Coaches Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers provide this missing piece of the change leadership puzzle: a way of leading yourself and others through change in a respectful, emotionally agile way. Because better endings mean better beginnings.

‘Good Bye highlights a crucial yet often overlooked moment in leadership and organizational life, offering valuable tools and actionable guidance. It will undoubtedly benefit leaders seeking to handle moments of parting with clarity and care.' - Kirsty Devine, Head of US HR, Financial Times

‘I am adding this title to my recommended reading list!’ - Professor David Clutterbuck

Leading Executive Coaches Alison Lucas, of Randolph Partnership Ltd, and Lizzie Bentley Bowers, of The Causeway Coaching Ltd, are professionally accredited coaches and facilitators, working at board and senior level across all sectors to equip leaders to thrive in a complex and uncertain world.

A groundbreaking guide for the next generation of business leaders, founders, and innovators, this book unveils 50 innovative strategies to revolutionize consumer behavior to achieve the triple win: for people, the planet and universal prosperity.

How can we transform impulsive buying into meaningful action-taking, empowering people to navigate the consequences of economic growth? Essential reading for business leaders dedicated to making a significant difference, this book is a blueprint for a brighter, more sustainable world.

Elena V. Amber is a founder, researcher and award-winning author whose work sits at the intersection of leadership, psychology and neuroscience, aiming to promote sustainable consumption and business practices.

Have you been challenged to refresh or fix your brand to reach new buyers and grow revenue? Are you wondering where to start and what it takes to do it successfully?

Strengthening your brand will create value for your business. But too often rebrands are done the wrong way and the expected revenue doesn’t follow.

You can’t afford to wing it.

Rebrand Right is a practical guide to help you diagnose, then define and deliver changes to your brand, marketing and experience to grow your business.

Start by understanding the four brand factors that drive growth and diagnose where your problem really lies. Then work your way through step by step, from brand strategy and identity, to marketing, implementation and experience.

Based on 50 years of experience with over 90 B2B and B2C brands, this is the definitive guide to modern rebranding.

Let’s get your rebrand right.

'A definitive guide on how to help your business grow through effective brand management and strategy.' - Pete Markey CMO, Boots

'The book I wish I’d had earlier in my career. Brimming with obvious experience and practical steps to follow.' - Marisa Kacary CMO, WilsonHCG

'When it comes to rebranding, no one is more qualified than Sarah and Rachel.' - Alisha Lyndon CEO, Momentum ITSMA

** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **

‘A really powerful book.’ - Bruce Daisley

Simple tools, extraordinary results.

Everything we’re learning about how we function best as humans in the digital age is pointing towards one of our oldest technologies: the pen and the page.

Exploratory writing – writing for ourselves, not for others, writing when we don’t know exactly what it is we want to say – is one of the most powerful and lightweight thinking tools we have at our disposal. It’s also been, until now, one of the most overlooked.

But the world’s most influential leaders are increasingly using the techniques in this book to support the key skills of the 21st century – self-mastery, creativity, focus, solution-finding, collaboration – and so can you.

Alison Jones has been helping business leaders identify and articulate what matters over a 30-year career in publishing and as a coach. The founder of Practical Inspiration Publishing and host of The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast and community, she is passionate about the power of writing to change ourselves and the world.

We all ‘play the game’ at work.

As we begin our journey in the professional world, we’re encouraged to compete, to participate in a system of promotions, pay raises, bonuses... but how far should we take this game? And, perhaps more importantly, where will this game take us if we limit ourselves to thinking this way?

In attempting to master and gain an advantage in the ‘system’, we use short cuts, blips, hacks, or ‘cheats’. Particularly in the early phases of professional life, it can be irresistibly tempting to focus on whatever tactics help us progress.

But this comes at a cost.

The longer we pursue this approach, the further we navigate away from meaning and purpose. The hacks and cheats start to define us. The professional persona or façade we assume becomes a parasite, feeding on our integrity and eroding our individuality.

A Groundhog Career, through a combination of the hugely entertaining Shey Sinope fable, and the accompanying deeply insightful and thought-provoking analysis from Drs Schuster & Oxley, illustrates the absurdities, temptations, rationalizations, consequences and compromises faced by anyone who wants to succeed in a world where all the power seems to be in the entrenched organizational systems. It also reveals how to be more aware of the risks, to stay aligned with your core identity and your convictions, and ultimately how to take control of your own career journey... to live professional life on your own terms.

'Entertaining, wise, humorous, an intergenerational approach to career and life. So much more than just a book about career choices.' Sir Ian Davis, Businessman, formerly Managing Director of McKinsey Company and Rolls Royce Chairman.

'Career advice reimagined for our times. There is great wisdom in this highly entertaining and thought-provoking new take on how to get the most from professional life.' Trisha Conley, Executive Vice President, People and Culture at LyondellBasel

Beyond Belief is a much needed, compelling, practical guide to a creative world of coaching, with confidence at its heart.

It reimagines a way of coaching with confidence and self-belief at the very heart of all we do: highly creative, deeply rewarding and leading to beyond belief results. It explores how we create assured spaces for our coaching to flow, the sometimes rocky paths to trust and how to help those we coach prepare for their daunting challenges: confident coaches, confidence in the coach and coaching for confidence. And everything changes: how we think of and support motivation, resilience, creativity and much more.

Drawing on the inner stories of coaches and coached, endurance sports coach Mike Porteous brings to life a vision of coaching at its best, in essence coach and coached finding an easy fluency, wholly attuned mind and body to self and others and a depth of meaningful connections. A coaching book like no other.

More productive people and processes, fast.

In many countries, productivity growth has been sluggish for over 15 years. It is the reason why we are all working harder for less money, and yet despite many attempts to overcome this, it remains a significant challenge.

Yet productivity is a poorly understood concept - few companies measure it effectively, and even fewer understand how they can change it for the better. In UNBLOCK, Amanda Sokell sets out the root cause of a poor productivity culture and outlines four levers to transform your productivity, and therefore your profits, in only 100 days.

Amanda Sokell is a process and productivity expert who helps companies thrive. She’s also a popular speaker, author, entrepreneur, creative, polymath and educationalist; lover of learning, chocolate, dancing and difference.

In a 25-year career spanning public relations, software development, coaching, mentoring and training, Amanda has helped transform the productivity culture of organizations from global pharmaceuticals to family-run microbusinesses.

This book could save your relationship, your job, your health, and even your life.

Sleep apnoea is one of the most dangerous and least understood of sleep disorders. But it’s one everyone should be talking about, not least because its main symptom causes the biggest battle in the bedroom: snoring.

Apnoea means the temporary cessation of breathing, and that’s serious. It impacts the oxygen getting into your body, which affects the whole body, and puts your brain and heart particularly at risk. It’s a (not-so-) silent epidemic.

The impact is devastating. Lack of sleep affects how we function: physically, mentally, and emotionally. And because snoring is so disruptive, the problem can be just as serious for the partner as for the snorer themselves.

You deserve better – and so does your partner. Discover how to solve sleep apnoea and change everything.

Dr Michael Oko is a leading consultant ENT specialist. He worked as an advisor on OSA for the Department of Health and in 2023 became a founding member of the All-Parliamentary Working Group as the ENTUK representative to advise the House of Lords and Parliament on sleep apnoea.

There’s a global hope crisis. Here’s how to fix it.

Some people say that hope isn’t a strategy: Ian Pettigrew strongly believes that it is.

Hopelessness keeps people stuck where they are. Hope is a powerful motivator that helps you focus on what you want and do everything in your power to achieve it. It also helps you navigate the inevitable bumps in the road on the journey. Hope is active, and has nothing to do with naive optimism, wishful thinking or toxic positivity.

This book is for leaders who want to build hope in themselves, their teams, and their organizations, so that they can succeed whilst being happy, engaged, and resilient. Full of evidence-based approaches, interwoven with both extraordinary and everyday stories of hope, it explores what hope really is, and the damage caused by getting it wrong.

Hope changes lives: in this book Ian Pettigrew, strengths coach and one of HR’s most influential thinkers, provides a blueprint for leaders to discover it for themselves and to help others find it too.

We need leaders who doubt.

No playbook exists for the complexity, challenges and choices leaders are dealing with, so why do they – and we – expect certainty? Certainty does not guarantee success or the avoidance of failure. What if leaders can create better results by harnessing doubt effectively?

Doubt is complex: it can both paralyze us and propel us forward. In Brilliant Doubt, Jenny Williams challenges how we think about doubt and reveals its power. She examines the role of self-doubt and external doubts – our own and others’ – shining a light on how leaders can work with doubt to inform their decision-making, and ultimately to achieve better results. Her insightful and practical approach will change your relationship with doubt forever, and show you how to harness uncertainty to inform decision-making, and ultimately to achieve better results.

Jenny Williams (MCC) is a top Executive and Systemic Team Coach who has lectured at Cambridge University on leadership, entrepreneurship and creativity. She has spent thousands of hours working with exceptional clients who doubt, showing them how to leverage the power of doubt as a catalyst for clarity, creativity and confidence.

When you think about the tools at our disposal to address the ecological, social and biodiversity challenges we face today, accounting might not immediately come to mind. And yet it is accounting standards, not science and not public policy, that set out how profit is calculated, which in turn drives investment decisions. What if we demanded that those standards reflect the true cost of business and its consequences?

Unless we look again at these fundamental principles, which have gone under the radar for so long, capital markets will continue to contribute to inequality, nature loss and climate change. What’s remarkable is that we already have in place everything we need for a more just and complete approach to accounting, and forward-thinking businesses are beginning to recognize that.

Jeremy Nicholls – accountant, sustainability professional, historian and activist – sets out a vision for new way of accounting, and it’s one that we can adopt immediately.

If you're a sustainability or ESG leader struggling to sell sustainability to your board, clients and team, this is for you.

Despite the growing public interest in sustainability, the planet is still warming up year on year, with catastrophic consequences. Resistance to change, vested interests in industry and contradictory legislation all contribute to this slow progress.

Businesses have a key role to play in addressing the issue before it’s too late, and sustainability leaders like you can accelerate this transformation with more effective and tailored communication.

Rather than simply conveying facts and data, discover how to inspire and influence others by crafting your message so that you can collaborate and co-create new futures.

Using a practical, proven framework based on coaching and negotiation techniques, this book demystifies the approach to influencing others, eliminating the frustration you experience in the boardroom and office, and empowering you to make more impact.

Your words can inspire decision-makers to commit to action beyond words: better communication is key to solving the climate crisis.

Are you short-changing your digital agency with poor financial management?

If you want to grow your profits, to be confident about your cashflow and ultimately to scale successfully, you need to become financially mature. And the bigger you become, the more this matters. But what does good financial management look like for your agency?

You have a distinctive vision for your business, which means you need a distinctive financial plan and benchmarks to get you there. And that means making finance a core part of your business, not a support function. Stop comparing yourself to other businesses, start getting clear on what results you want and confident about how to get them.

Paul Barnes has been helping digital agencies achieve this for years: discover his simple methodology and scorecard, and start your own journey to financial maturity.

“This book asks all the questions you need to consider as an agency owner” - Karen L Reyburn, CPA Owner of The Profitable Firm Ltd

Paul Barnes is the Managing Director of accountancy firm and outsourced finance function, MAP, based in the UK.

His award wins include Xero Most Valuable Professional, Manchester Young Financial Professional and Xero’s Most Innovative Firm.

He is regularly found at Digital Agency events in the UK speaking about Agency Maturity, Growth and Financial Management.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

‘This book is everything I love.’ - Emma Forbes, TV and radio presenter

In today’s demanding world, achieving optimal health is more crucial than ever. This groundbreaking guide is designed to help you unlock your full potential, optimize your energy, and balance your immune system.

Uncover the eight Pillars of Health with The MitoImmune Method, designed to supercharge your mitochondria and strengthen your immune system. Rooted in functional and mitochondrial medicine, this cutting-edge, science-led approach provides evidence-based strategies to enhance your vitality, reduce toxin exposure, and address the root causes of health imbalances.

With a detailed 14-step anti-inflammatory nutrition blueprint and the essential four Lifestyle S’s — sleep, stress, strength, and social — you’ll have a step-by-step roadmap to optimal energy and immune function. Empower yourself with the knowledge and tools to thrive daily and perform at your peak consistently. Embark on a transformative journey towards becoming your Optimal YOU.

'If you want to feel better, do better and LIVE better, this book should be a non-negotiable on your nightstand!’ - Chris Ducker, bestselling author of Rise of the Youpreneur

‘Will leave you awe-inspired and ready to take action!’ - Dr Lafina Dia

Nicole Goode is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMHC), Registered Nutritional Therapist BANT CNHC and an associate of the Royal Society of Medicine. Founder of The Goode Health Clinic, awarded Best Functional Medicine Clinic for two years running in 2023 and 2024, Nicole is a postgraduate specialist in immune health, energy, autoimmune disease and optimal health. Nicole is host of The Goode Health Podcast and is featured in titles such as Women’s Health, Tatler and Marie Claire.

**Goody Business Book Awards 2024: Self-Help - Personal Transformation Winner**

Following an unexpected and unwanted personal upheaval, Dr Tammy Watchorn, the original Change Ninja, became her own real-life case study.

She decided to test just how effective the change management and neuroscience tools she’d been using professionally might be outside the workplace, when the stakes were high, the emotions raw and a wrong decision could end in disaster.

Building on The Change Ninja Handbook’s gamified approach, Tammy’s story unfolds in parallel to you gaining fresh insights with practical tools that will equip you to navigate your own life’s challenges, from managing your emotions to making the right decision when you’ve no idea what to do next.

If you’re facing unwanted change in your life, you might be surprised to find that you already have many of the resources and skills you need, and this story and toolkit will ensure you can easily access them when needed.

Discover how to Ninja your life!

“I love this book. It’s practical, accessible, and full of humour.” - Jenny Landreth, Writer and script editor

"Read this book to find your own recipe and awaken your hidden ‘doer’.” - Margo Waldorf, Founder at Change Awards

Dr Tammy Watchorn’s experiences of leading transformational change in complex highly resistant environments led to The Change Ninja Handbook. She now focuses on writing, training, facilitating and coaching at all levels within and across organizations with a strong focus on change management, neuroscience, behaviours and resistance to change, effective delivery and productivity.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

The way we measure success is ready for a redo.

This is a handbook for a new kind of entrepreneur: the kind that wants to create not just a profitable business but a worthwhile life. With inspiration and insights from a wide range of business builders, Dr Bob Gomersall sets out a vision for a new kind of return on investment and shows you how to create this success for yourself, your way.

Whether you’re an established business leader or just feeling ready for a change, this is a blueprint for a better life and a better way of doing business.

'An inspirational guide for entrepreneurs to build businesses that allow us to flourish and thrive, rather than just survive' - Dame Linda Pollard Chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**The People's Book Prize Longlisted Title 2024/25**

When a working woman becomes a mother, she faces what can seem like an impossible dilemma: how can she continue to excel at work AND be a good mum? In the light of childcare costs, does it even make sense for many women to continue to work at all?

Workplaces need women. And most women want to work – not just for financial security but for personal fulfilment and because their work can often be a key part of their identity.

Working Mother offers simple, practical tools for each stage of this complex but rewarding life change, allowing you to become the coach you need by your side every step of the way.

The world needs Insatiable Leaders; nothing less will do. But their superpowers to drive progress can also become their curse.

In an era of accelerated and exponential global changes, we need leaders who strive to stay ahead—agents of transformation who lean in despite adversity and constantly seek opportunities to lead themselves, their organizations, and others to new growth horizons.

Insatiable Leaders are defined by six traits that catalyse growth and transformation. However, these traits operate like a double-edged sword: they can work against leaders, limiting their impact and performance, and robbing the world of the potential of their ideas and diverse talents.

This book delves into the dual nature of the six traits that distinguish Insatiable Leaders, introducing a three-pillar model to guide their development and two meta-abilities that underpin limitless advancement. Discover a new set of insights to consistently create next-level results for yourself and your people.

Ready to explore and harness your six transformative traits?

'An extraordinary exploration into the relentless pursuit of excellence.’ - Dr. Thorsten Reiter, Author of Killing Innovation

‘A powerful book for leaders that presents timely and actionable perspectives that directly address the current complex times we are all facing right now.’ - Beatrice Hansen, Principal at Presence-Based Coaching

**FINALIST: Women’s Literature (non-fiction): Next-Generation Indie Book Awards**

Sensitivity is a superpower.

This is the era of emotion: EQ training for employees, empathy in leadership, the Experience Economy of consumers. But how do we access the full potential of creativity, originality, innovation, intuition, flexibility, and inclusiveness that emotions can unlock? Through sensitivity.

Sensitivity is the degree to which we sense and perceive the world. For too long we have seen it as a weakness, especially in business: Elena Amber demonstrates that it is the source of our most authentic strength, and our superpower for the future.

Elena Amber brings her years of research in human experience and psychology, focused particularly on emotional engagement, her international business experience and her profound meditation practice to show how connecting to emotions by embracing sensitivity unlocks our most extraordinary and profound faculties.

Standing still in today’s business environment is not an option if you are to survive and thrive. But navigating your way through change can be complex, challenging and daunting. Business Morphology is here to help break down this complexity.

No matter what sector you’re in or what challenges your organization is facing, there are five fundamental levers that you can apply to effect real change.

This book explores each of those five levers through a Morphology Map – an easy-to-use visual tool to help guide your thinking and prioritisation, and create a plan of action to help ensure you reach your outcomes. As an added bonus, there is also a Morphology Map to help you maximise your own personal impact too.

Julie Nerney, MBA, CDir, FloD has been a serial entrepreneur, and is now a business transformation expert, spanning private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Geoff Robins BSc, PhD has led a number of major transformation programmes in the private and public sectors and is now a strategic advisor and Non-Executive Director.

**Shortlisted for the The Leadership Book of the Year Award 2024**

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

Your gender stats are tumbling, women aren’t advancing, their feedback is poor, and too many are leaving. What’s going on?

Women navigating a traditionally male-dominated technical sector too frequently feel invisible, frustrated, and undervalued in the workplace. Lauren Neal has been there, and she’s developed tried-and-tested approaches that male-dominated organizations can take to motivate and retain women. Because only a truly empowered, diverse workforce can drive the best business outcomes and innovations.

Inspired by real-life stories, Valued at Work gives you the tools to take control and drive real change without alienating any of the workforce!

Lauren Neal is an award-winning chartered engineer and chartered project professional in the energy industry. Having worked with men and women offshore, onshore and onsite on multimillion-dollar projects across the globe since 2005, she is a sought-after speaker and writer championing gender equity within STEM.

'A living manual for the renaissance of an eminent African country!' Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa, 1999–2008

A practical roadmap for transforming the largest economy in Africa.

Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa is an insider’s account of how to take Nigeria and Africa from its current potential to a lasting legacy for posterity.

Drawing on long experience in both the private sector and government, Olusegun Aganga provides practical and pragmatic insights that all Nigerians, and anyone concerned about the broader economic future of Africa, should consider.

This book is for good leaders in organizations, large and small, everywhere. The power of their collective response to turbulent times will surely tip the balance towards creating a decent, civil and sustainable society for all.

A unique and rich mix of imaginative true-to-life story-telling and sage, enthusiastic and practical advice Good Leaders in Turbulent Times is for those nightmare times when everything seems to be falling apart around us.

With engaging humour and deep wisdom, it tells the stories of leaders who drift into crisis, struggle deep in wild waters, digest their experiences and move on to find new ways of living and working. The wise words they discover along the way will be as valuable for you as for them.

‘An energising and liberating book...’ - Jane Keeper, Social Worker, Former Director of Operations at REFUGE

‘A must-read for anyone seeking to lead with courage, empathy and conviction in today’s unpredictable and challenging world.’ - Ambassador Salwah Dallalah, Director, Conference Affairs Services, UNFCCC and IAEA

‘A wise and compassionate look at living through leadership crises and difficult relationships and moving from surviving to thriving.’ - Ros Oakley, Co-Founder and First Chief Executive, Association of Chairs

‘The next best thing to being in the room with Martin... You will find him on every page.’ - Greg Dalder, Bereavement Counsellor, Arizona

Now in his sixth decade working in civil society, Martin Farrell has held senior positions at organizations including Save the Children and the British Red Cross. Since his first assignment with the UN in 2002 he has been in demand as an international facilitator and crisis coach. He is a Certified Professional Facilitator | Emeritus.

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

Achievement almost killed him. Fulfillment saved him.

Grant Muller was nearly killing himself – quite literally. A desperate quest to get rich had made him a millionaire before the age of 30 but then taken him to the brink: homeless, living on drugs and hustle. If his lifestyle didn’t end him, one of the thugs he owed money to would surely do the job.

So when he finally got off the streets and got clean, he knew everything had to change. He reinvented himself, and along the way came to understand that real success in sales isn’t just about the hustle, or about being top of mind. It’s about the human connections you create.

In transforming his own life, he transformed his understanding of business. Today he earns his millions as a real estate agent, living and working with a ‘Top of Heart’ philosophy, the true source of authentic connection, fulfillment and success.

His remarkable story is a call to a new, more human approach to business that might just save YOUR life, too.

‘Real-world urgency… A must read.’ Robert Reffkin, Founder & CEO, Compass Real Estate

It's hard to make change happen in HR. If you're a HR manager with good ideas on making things work better that's frustrating enough, but for organisations that fail to respond to the way the world is changing the results could be fatal.

In this insightful, practical book the world's top HR disruptor - Lucy Adams - explains why HR needs to change its approach if it’s to be successful in transforming its organisations. She also shares workable strategies for getting your own HR team ready, preparing the ground in your organisation, designing your change and implementing it effectively.

It's up to you to lead the way - here's what you need to make it happen.

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

'Navigating the world of PR is no easy feat - but this book is an indispensable guide to doing just that' Francesca Ogiermann-White, Health and Beauty Editor-at-Large, Tatler

A more beautiful way to connect with customers

PR and marketing have traditionally been seen as deceit and spin: Beautiful PR offers a new manifesto rooted in integrity. Discover how to find your true brand voice so that you can create a clear and compelling communication strategy that connects with your customers at an emotional level.

In a heavily filtered world, building a communications strategy based on honesty and authenticity is more important than ever before. Elevate your reputation and secure your place in your industry by identifying and amplifying your authentic brand heartbeat, for a more beautiful way to grow.

Sophie Attwood is an award-winning global communications expert specialising within the beauty, wellness and health sectors. Having curated a portfolio of successful PR campaigns with exceptional brands, she has become a leading voice of authority for the communications industry.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**getAbstract International Book Award 2024 Finalist**

‘An excellent, example-rich and immediately practical book which will no doubt stay close to hand and dog-eared with use for years to come.’ Dr Pippa Grange Psychologist and Author of Fear Less

Talk to anyone about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and it sparks a whole range of emotions. Why? Because DEI, at its very core, is about values and beliefs, and it’s about change. So it is no surprise then, that despite putting in place a DEI strategy and multiple initiatives, so many organizations get stuck.

Beyond Discomfort reveals a new model of inclusive leadership, which describes four belief systems and associated emotional responses to DEI.

Discover:

• real life stories and expert insights to deepen your understanding of why DEI is so knotty and complex;
• self-understanding and new perspectives to better connect with your learned leadership values and beliefs;
• reflective questions, practical tools and activities to help develop your inclusive practice.

Nadia Nagamootoo is a Chartered Psychologist, accredited coach, MBA and Founder of Avenir, a DEI consultancy. Through her multiple keynotes and popular podcast show, Why Care?, Nadia has become a profound thought leader in DEI, guiding organizations on an accelerated path to creating inclusion and belonging.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

'This book is both life-enhancing and company-saving' - Sir Anthony Seldon, author, educator and cofounder of Action for Happiness

How much is alcohol costing your company?

It may not appear on the balance sheet, but the loss of productivity and the human suffering that it causes mean leaders can't afford to ignore this elephant in the board room.

Leaders are beginning to realize that by confronting the issue of alcohol they can liberate people from shame and stigma, boost wellbeing and productivity, support diversity initiatives and create positive, lasting culture change.

Let's stop bottling up trouble.

Tabbin Almond’s drinking career started early, and really took off when she worked in advertising. Her drinking made her miserable and affected every area of her life. Now, having overcome her own addiction, she works as a coach, blogger, podcaster and speaker to help others control alcohol and find freedom.

'A much needed, insightful resource on a critical, often overlooked topic' - Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**International Book Awards Business Finalist: Reference**

Leaving a job can create panic, disorientation and self-doubt. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Corporate Escapology is a proven five-step method to help you detach from corporate life, recognise your value and contribution, develop your new identity, explore options and make your next step count.

If you're preparing to leave corporate life – whether by choice or not – Corporate Escapology will help you feel more confident, more intentional and better equipped for what comes next.

Inside you will find practical exercises to help you recognise how your corporate experience has prepared you for your next chapter and stories from fellow Corporate Escapologists describing their leap and what they’re doing now.

Adam Forbes, a Corporate Escapologist himself, is a coach, writer and podcaster on a mission to help people find their way out and their way forward to something more fulfilling, more purposeful and more enjoyable.

'Adam gives more than clear practical steps but also an insight into his brilliant framework. An irreverent, straight-talking and clever book to get you taking those steps to being outside the matrix 9-5.' - Lucy Werner, Author & Founder of Hype Yourself.com

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

'This book will transform the way you lead' - Simon Alexander Ong, bestselling author of Energize, international Keynote Speaker and award-winning Coach.

To be the kind of leader that inspires others to grow, you need to embody the timeless principles that allow you to evolve and elevate continuously.

In our unpredictable and uncertain world, where the only constant is change, your commitment to evolution isn’t just a personal advantage — it’s an organizational necessity. So, keep evolving, because every new version of you offers fresh perspectives, richer experiences, and greater resilience. And in that continual evolution, you’ll find not just success but a deeper, more meaningful form of leadership.

The ultimate guide to coaching a team to high performance.

Unlock the full potential of your coaching practice and take your clients' teams to new heights with this comprehensive guide to team coaching, packed with expert insights and practical strategies for achieving success.

As a coach, you know that teams are critical for success in today's ever-changing organizational landscape. Aligned with the ICF core team coaching competencies, this practical guide by Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller offers a comprehensive approach to team coaching based on their Advantycs® methodology. Packed with expert insights and actionable strategies, it will equip coaches with the tools and knowledge they need to help their clients achieve higher levels of performance, engagement, and well-being.

Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller work with teams in large multi-national organizations to help transform company culture and create differentiated performance. Based on extensive, original research with over 200 teams, they have developed a blueprint for success that captures how the greatest teams think, act and communicate to overcome mediocrity and drive outstanding organizational performance. They frequently write and run authoritative webinars on teams based on their research and experience and won the 2022 & 2023 Stevie International Business Award and the Women in Business Company of the Year Award 2022.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**The People's Book Prize Longlisted Title 2024/25**

The compelling antidote for all those who have been made to feel deficient, flawed and excluded… Migrant Magic will bring out the best in you. - Rene Carayol, MBE, Global Leadership Keynote Speaker, Author, TV Commentator

The world is changing rapidly and to succeed you have to adapt and take on challenging opportunities in new geographies, organizations and roles. But do you fear that feeling of being different, or do you embrace it and use it to your advantage?

Migrant Magic shows you how migrants have throughout history used their unique experiences to unleash a differentiation superpower to drive them to succeed beyond their own perceived abilities, resources and dreams.

Discover 7 simple steps to unleash your own Migrant Magic: your unique authentic abilities, traits and personal purpose to give you drive and sustainable competitive advantage with integrity.

Elham Fardad’s career spans 25 years in senior leadership roles in blue-chip multinationals including GE, News Corp and EY. She is the Founder and CEO of the charity Migrant Leaders, inspiring and developing young migrants to succeed beyond their aspirations in partnership with leading corporates. The charity was the winner of the Social Mobility Award 2023 at the prestigious Inclusive Awards and Elham had the honour of being selected as a Coronation Champion in 2023.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

The bottom line is no longer a number.

Business can be a force for good, although many companies aren’t built to make it that right now. Becoming a more competitive business that is also better for the world is simpler than you might think. It’s already happening across the globe.

Drawing on stories from fields as diverse as human rights in Syria, the UK prison system, Brazilian psychiatric care, architecture and business, Return on Humanity provides inspiring learnings and practical strategies that prove a more human approach to leadership and business will give us all a better future.

Philippa White is a global thought leader, social innovator and the Founder and CEO of UK-based company TIE. For over 20 years she has been dedicated to unlocking the potential of corporate leaders and their companies by igniting the power of a people-first approach to business.

**Business Book Awards 2024: Diversity, Inclusion & Equality Book of the Year**

**The People’s Book Prize 2023/24 Shortlisted Title**

There’s one group consistently ignored in most companies’ diversity strategies, but which could be your business’s secret weapon.

Professional women over 50 are faced with a triple-whammy of discrimination: they are not male, young, or linear in their career paths. As a result, they are leaving corporate life and taking their career into their own hands. And with it, they take their abundant wisdom, energy and ambition.

Drawing on new research by Dr Lucy Ryan that fills a longstanding data gap, this book shows that assumptions about declining midlife motivation and energy just aren’t true for women and reveals how you can retain and develop this invaluable talent pool with a better understanding of their challenges and a few simple changes.

Professional women have transformed our world. And women over 50 are deserving of your attention and ready to step up in your business.

Dr Lucy Ryan is a leadership coach, consultant, author and passionate advocate for women’s professional development. Her doctoral research project explored the phenomenon of midlife for professional women, a long-standing data gap, and she works with companies internationally to unlock the potential of this key talent pool.

‘Essential reading for any retail leader’ – Paula Bobbett, Chief Digital Officer, Boots UK

The pace of change in retail is accelerating. Will you be a passenger, or the driver?

Retail leaders face disruption on every side: rapidly changing consumer habits, a fiercely competitive and dynamic environment, market volatility and more. But transforming in response, while necessary, is easier said than done.

Driving Retail Transformation gives you the strategies and techniques you need to lead your organization through the journey of transformation in an age of uncertainty.

Discover the ‘how’ of transformation through a flexible framework that can be applied to any type of retail change, and at all stages of the journey. Overcome the common challenges and avoid the critical mistakes that derail so many transformation initiatives. Featuring road-tested practical tools and techniques, Driving Retail Transformation allows retail leaders to accelerate progress, deliver successful business transformation and build a better future for customers, colleagues and the business.

‘Like condensing a whole degree in strategic change management into one book’- Joe Murray, Former CEO, Internet Fusion Group, Worldstores

Oliver Banks is an expert consultant working with senior leaders to transform retail businesses and operations. One of the most influential voices in retail, Oliver is a LinkedIn Top Voice, host of the Retail Transformation Show podcast and keynote speaker, and advises on navigating transformation and the ever-evolving world of retail.

**WINNER: BEST BUSINESS BOOK 2025 – Next-Generation Indie Book Awards **

Is it possible to run a successful business without sacrificing your mental and physical health?

Most business owners and leaders have a habit of overcoming their company’s challenges at the expense of their own wellbeing. They work long hours, try to do too many things, and struggle to reconcile the excitement of the early days with the stress and exhaustion they feel now. Their businesses may be profitable, but those profits have come at a high personal cost. In other words, they’ve run up an emotional overdraft.

If this is you, you can be sure that not only is this damaging for your health, it’s also masking some of the issues that need to be resolved in your business. Because reducing your emotional overdraft is as much of a lifesaver for your company as it is for you.

While it’s common to feel this way, it’s not inevitable. This book explains why you’ve run up an emotional overdraft and how you can reduce it, so that you can create a healthier relationship with your business, your loved ones, and yourself. In the process, you’ll be helping your company to thrive in ways you could never imagine — and without having to try so hard.

Andy Brown is an award-winning adviser and coach for people-based businesses, helping them to grow sustainably and increase their value.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

The unspoken rules and unquestioned assumptions that make up an organization’s culture are so well hidden that, once we become insiders, we stop noticing them. They’re just ‘the way we do things around here’. But shared internal language – ‘the way we talk around here’ – both reflects and sustains the unconscious patterns of thought, behaviour and interaction that add up to culture. So examining an organization’s language is a powerful and pragmatic way to shed light on its culture.

Gill Ereaut describes how to uncover organizational and team cultures through paying close attention to the language used by insiders. Discover:

• How and why an organization’s internal language can point to the silent assumptions that underpin its culture

• How to use language patterns to identify unconscious rules and norms, often rooted in the past, so people can work out which still serve the organization well, and which don’t

• Practical tools to help everyone reshape unhelpful shared habits of thinking, and generate effective, continuous and positive change.

If you’re responsible for guiding an organizational or team culture – or if you’re trying to thrive within one – find out how listening to language can help you map, understand and even inspire change within that culture.

**Business Book Awards 2024: Highly Commended**

Why are customers so damn fickle? They say one thing, do the other. They change their minds. Give you false hopes. Keep you guessing. But without them there is no business.

Finding out what your customers want needn't be potluck. Do Penguins Eat Peaches? demystifies big-business market research tools, tips and tricks for you, the smaller business. With smaller budgets. Smaller teams. Those of you who want to do right by your customers but need a little help with the how.

From sending smart surveys and asking quality questions to desk research and the rise of social listening, this book teaches you how to discover what your customers want.

Katie Tucker is an inspirational product leader with over twelve years’ experience leading teams and delivering stand-out products and services. In 2020 she founded Product Jungle, helping hundreds of businesses understand customers better. She is also a mentor, speaker and the pen behind the popular newsletter Jungle Juice.

You've Got 10 seconds to Win or Lose a Customer. This is the Ultimate Guide to Rapid Conversion in Digital Marketing.

The customer landscape has transformed, and marketers, advertisers, and business owners must adapt to a world where buying decisions are made in seconds, not months or days. The biggest obstacle? FRICTION. Those who can minimize friction and guide potential buyers swiftly through the buying process will triumph. (Hello, Amazon 1-click purchases.)

However, reducing friction requires the seamless integration of marketing, product, e-commerce, and service into a cohesive, friction-free customer experience—a feat that siloed companies struggle to achieve.

Enter The 10-Second Customer Journey. This is your ultimate playbook for capturing rapid conversions and growing your customer list. Todd Unger, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of the American Medical Association, leverages his three decades of expertise in consumer marketing, advertising, digital products, and digital marketing to offer a step-by-step guide. He'll teach you how to become your own Chief Friction-Reduction Officer, reignite customer growth, and enhance engagement.

Why You Should Read This Book:

• Conquer the New Digital Experience Landscape: Adapt old marketing concepts to the needs of today’s digital customers. UX is king.
• Identify and Target the Right Customers: Discover how to pinpoint your ideal audience and convert them into loyal customers quickly.
• Test and Optimize Your Approach: Master the art of testing various strategies to find the most effective way to reach and engage your customers.

Written in an engaging style and packed with original insights, this is a must-read for current and aspiring marketers, customer experience leaders, and digital executives aiming to build robust customer experience strategies for their brands and organizations.

The future is CLEAR; the future is AGILE.

Clearly Agile is more than just a book on business agility. It’s an essential guide for anyone aspiring to lead successfully in a fast-changing business world. Step into the future with confidence, equipped with the knowledge and tools to master the art of business agility and lead your organization to sustained success.

‘In Clearly Agile, Giles connects the dots of agility, guiding readers from the importance of leadership and mindset to team and enterprise agility... This book will leave you with actionable strategies to improve how your organization works – no matter what the future brings.’ Laura M. Powers,Chief Executive Chief Executive Officer, Business Agility Institute.

'Any leader who is hoping to evolve their organization in an agile enterprise will discover actionable and impactful insights in this book.’ Scott Ambler, Co-creator of Disciplined Agile

‘Giles is well known as an excellent executive and agile coach. I am very pleased that he has shared his comprehensive knowledge in this excellent book. It covers a wide spectrum of guidance on business agility and is definitely worth a read.’ Mark Lines, Co-creator of Disciplined Agile

Giles Lindsay, CEO of Agile Delta Consulting, is a seasoned technology and Agile leader and coach with 25+ years of tech industry experience. Known for his strategic acumen in aligning technology with business goals, he has successfully scaled high-performing teams in both startups and leading enterprises, driving innovation and growth through his visionary approach and adept stakeholder management.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

‘The ultimate companion for any small business owner’ - Holly Tucker, Founder of notonthehighstreet and Holly & Co

‘I dare you to read this book and NOT make more sales - you couldn’t have a better guide!’ - Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Coach

‘Filled with straightforward advice that will help your business grow’ - Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation

Have you ever:

• Told yourself you’re not a natural salesperson…

• Procrastinated on promoting your business because it feels awkward, or...

• Launched something new, only to be met with deafening silence?

If you answered yes to any of these, then More Sales Please is for you! Most business owners have never been taught how to promote what they do with ease - until now. Say goodbye to guesswork and discover the step by step process to effortless sales in just 30 minutes a day.

Sara Nasser Dalrymple is a business mentor, strategist and educator and the go-to sales expert in the small business community. Her 20 years of sales and marketing experience and simple, actionable advice has helped hundreds of business owners transform the way they feel about selling and achieve long lasting success through confident, sleaze-free self promotion.

**Shortlisted for the The Leadership Book of the Year Award 2024**

You may think it’s small stuff, but it has a big impact.

Great leadership is about people: connecting with them and inspiring them to perform at their best. But leaders under pressure tend to focus on tasks, to-do lists and deadlines.

The result? Teams are disengaged, performance and productivity are below expectations, morale is low.

Building relationships isn’t a one-off task. It happens through every single interaction, and we aren’t paying those everyday moments nearly enough attention.

Do Sweat the Small Stuff challenges you to notice and own the profound impact of your micro-interactions. To explore how your speaking and listening, your habits and your behaviours affect those around you, whether you realize or not. Finally, it reveals how to reinvent those interactions to reshape how you show up as a leader and build trusting, productive relationships with your people.

Sarah Langslow distils more than two decades of hands-on experience building effective leadership skills and behaviours in the corporate and sporting world and as an executive coach into an actionable plan for sustainable transformation.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

What does ‘Success’ mean to you?

Blending history, behavioural science and a rich tapestry of interviews, Irish author Adrian Kelly explores this age-old question in a new light. Once a struggling student who languished at the bottom of his class, Adrian knows first-hand the sting of failure.

Now, three decades later, he brings his experience as a solicitor, entrepreneur and sports coach to challenge common misconceptions about the core skills vital to overcoming challenge, with examples from Napoleon to the movie and sports stars of today. He examines how even the brightest and best can lose their way when it comes to the application of those skills. Finally, in a universe of ever-increasing opportunities, this is an invitation to consider what the most important things to accomplish in your life really are – they might not be what you think.

Provocative and practical, The Success Complex creates a template for a new understanding of the pursuit of success that truly fulfils.

Adrian Kelly: ‘A pursuit, not just of sustained success, but of a success that sustains you.’

The advice is sound; the client seems eager; and then… nothing happens! Too often, this is the experience that financial professionals encounter in their daily work. When good recommendations go unimplemented, clients’ well-being is compromised, opportunities are lost, and the professional relationship grows strained.
Advice that Sticks takes aim at the problem of financial non-adherence. Written by a neuropsychologist and financial change expert, this book examines the five main factors that determine whether a client will follow through with financial advice. Individual client psychology plays a role in non-adherence; so, too, do sociocultural and environmental factors, general advice characteristics, and specific challenges pertaining to the emotionally loaded domain of money. Perhaps most surprising, however, is the extent to which advice-givers themselves can foil implementation. A great deal of non-adherence is due to preventable mistakes made by financial professionals and their teams.
The author integrates her extensive clinical and consulting experience with research findings from the fields of positive psychology, behavioural economics, neuroscience, and medicine. What emerges is a thoughtful, funny, but above all practical guide for anyone who makes a living providing financial advice. It will become an indispensable handbook for people working with clients across the wealth spectrum.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

Let's face it: promoting your business often falls to the bottom of your to-do list.

The Best 90 Days Ever shows you how to successfully market yourself with a series of daily 10-minute tasks that fit around the rest of your business.

Stop wasting time wondering what to do, what to say and how to say it.

This guide will give you a weekly theme, from email marketing and engagement to video content and batch creating, to show you how to grow your audience and increase your visibility.

After 3 months you will have completed 90 powerful actions that your business will thank you for.

The pharma and medtech sectors are evolving rapidly, driven by science, technology, economics, politics and globalization. In the new industry landscape, creating strong brand strategies is ever more difficult and ever more vital.
Brand Therapy gives pharma and medtech brand teams the tools to understand their market, create strong strategies and translate them into actionable plans. Written in 16 short, easy chapters, it is essential reading for anyone who works in or with brand teams in the life sciences industry.

Feel like your stutter dominates every waking second of your life?

You’re not alone. An estimated 70 million adults world-wide have a stutter. Many believe their lives will be significantly limited by the way they speak, but it doesn’t have to be that way . Aged 17, Paul stopped trying to ‘fix’ his stutter, and over a long and succesful career has designed a unique, five-step road map to help him become so much more than his stutter : it can help you do the same.

This is a powerful and practical book that focuses on what you love to do and guides you to create the life you really want and deserve.

Your business needs you to be brave when it comes to inclusion.

David McQueen has coached leaders across all sectors to step up to inclusive leadership, transforming their processes, policies and ways of working to support diversity and reap the rewards.

Many leaders are terrified of doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. That is not an option. Discover how to think strategically about problem-solving and decision-making so that you embed inclusivity in your organization, no matter the pace of change you face, and future-proof your talent management, product development, customer experience and more.

David McQueen is a leadership coach, international speaker and facilitator. He is the cofounder of professional development company Q Squared Ltd, the host of the David McQueen Podcast podcast and a blogger on all things leadership and culture change.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**FINALIST: HEALTH & WELLNESS BOOK 2025: Next-Generation Indie Book Awards**

Emotions at work: irrational, or invaluable?

For centuries we have divided mind and body, valuing reason over emotion. But new research is fundamentally changing our understanding about how our brains and bodies work. What might be possible when we leverage both our reason AND emotion?

Explore the vital link between emotions and organizational performance. Knowing more about our body and brain and how we are interconnected and interrelated can positively impact people, performance and profit.

Leadership coach and experienced finance director Susan Ní Chríodáin sits at the nexus of business and emotion and reveals how to reintroduce humanity into the workplace, for improved engagement and fulfillment, benefiting both individuals and organizations.

This is the go-to-guide for anyone wanting to create healthy, humane and sustainable working and living spaces. Whether you’re a design professional or just someone who cares about their living space, discover how to create designs that promote mental and physical wellbeing whilst being good for the planet.

From wall coverings to floor coverings, furniture to fabric, and with a special note on nurseries, Rachel Fowler uses her background in healthcare alongside her design expertise to reveal how the way we furnish our living spaces impacts on our health and happiness.

Richly illustrated, with top tips for selecting products, questions to ask when buying materials, information on suppliers and a glossary of sustainable and vegan certifications, this is a unique resource for creating a kinder, more beautiful way of living.

Rachel Fowler used to be a paediatric intensive care nurse before swapping scrubs for a sketch-pad and committing herself to a full-time 3-year degree in interior design. Having graduated with Honours, she now runs her own design business focused on healthy, humane design, including her own line of sustainable wallpaper.

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

An accessible guide to the business of being a board director, through the lens of 18 crucial conversations.

• How do you understand what is really going on in an organisation, so you can exercise the oversight that is required from you?
• How do you overcome the information asymmetry problem, where the executive directors know more about the operation than you do?
• How will you collaborate as a board to set the right strategic direction in a context that changes constantly?
• How will you see the organisation through the eyes of your advisors, your employees and your key stakeholders?
• How can you manage the risks you know about as well as the ones you don’t?

Your best tool for all of this is conversation – about the right topics, with the right people, at the right time. This book shows you what these conversations need to cover and how to make them count. Whether you are a new director of a PLC, a long-standing Trustee of a charity, or a governor of an educational institution, this book will help you and your colleagues become the board your organisation needs.

**Business Book Awards 2024: Specialist Business Book of the Year**

Ever come away from a coaching session feeling it didn’t quite hit the mark, despite your skills and knowledge?

It’s not just the words we use, it’s the music, the lyrics and the dance of the conversation that make a difference to the quality of the outcome, and getting these right demands not just skill but humanity.

Explore the human qualities that great coaches need to develop - humility, vulnerability, courage, and more - based on research from thousands of real coaching sessions, with stories, reflections, practical examples and tips on how to develop yourself and your work.

This is a book for anyone who wants to deepen their work without adding more tools and techniques, and who is willing to do some deeper work in service of having more transformational conversations.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

'This is the book I really needed when I first became a working parent!' - Kathryn Bishop, CBE

Welcome to the world of working parenthood...

• Wondering how you’ll still do your job as well as being a parent?
• Want to have a conversation about changing your working pattern but not sure how to approach it?
• Don’t really know where to start with creating a return-to-work plan?

This how-to guide is designed to help you every step of the way on your journey to becoming a working parent – from before you head off on parental leave to while you’re away and on your return. Catherine Oliver has not only been there and done that but has supported many thousands who have chosen to take on the dual roles of parent and employee.

It will also be invaluable if your partner is taking a longer period of parental leave, or if you’re a manager worried about doing or saying the wrong thing. In the past this support has only been available to employees of big corporates: now you’re holding it in your hands.

Catherine Oliver is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor who specializes in helping organizations from start-ups to the largest listed companies support working parents and their managers. She became a parent herself during her 20-year corporate career and founded Sky’s parenting network.

'An excellent practical guide to working through the many challenges of becoming a working parent.' Colin Jones, ex-COO, Sky

'As a first-time expectant parent this book was a game-changer.' Emma McKinley, Mum-to-be & Finance Director, Haleon PLC

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

‘A crucial tool for all Change Leaders.’ – Ket Patel

Organization change can be messy. Much of what matters takes place under the surface, and overlooking these hidden factors - as most change programmes do - too often results in failure and frustration. What’s the answer? More thoughtful conversation, inquiry and storytelling, which enable leaders to understand more fully what is happening under the surface in their organization and have better communication and engagement with their teams.

Based on her academic research and over 25 years of consultancy practice, Dr Susanne Evans’ ChangeStories approach enables leaders and change practitioners to have more meaningful conversations about change, create stories that can reduce resistance to change and increase engagement, and ultimately ensure the benefits of a change programme are realized.

This is a complete guide to building storytelling, inquiry and conversation into your everyday practice, including step-by-step guides, templates and case studies.

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

Have you ever dreamed of developing the next big app like Airbnb or TikTok, but you don’t know your webhooks from your APIs?

Do you have a software idea that could solve the world’s biggest problems but coding seems like a dark art? What was once a heavy barrier to most founders - creating a technical product - has now become simple and accessible thanks to the world of No-Code.

The No-Code Startup is a play-by-play guide to launching your business by building just about any kind of app with No-Code tools. You’ll learn the basics of storing data, building automations and even implementing AI tools like GPT. By the end you will be able to test your product with real customers before continuing your journey as a true tech startup founder.

Could your ‘small’ business be a Blue Whale just waiting to break the water?

Whether you’re in your third week or third decade of business, no matter what your current turnover is or what life stage you’re at, it’s never too late to re-evaluate your goals and your ambitions. But if you’re ready to grow your business after several years of trading, you might find that most of the advice and support out there is aimed at new start-ups.

Phil Teasdale took the decision to transform his own company 20 years ago, and since then he’s been helping other established businesses grow and transform with the help of his innovative, practical Blue Whale Plan.
Swimming with Blue Whales will change both you and your business – this is your invitation to become part of the pod.

A successful small business owner himself, Phil Teasdale has spent the last 20 years working with over 6,000 small businesses in the UK, US and Australia, identifying and developing growth opportunities.

Recognising that most small businesses and small business owners do not fit the traditional myth of the high-growth start-up ‘unicorn’, he is much more interested in working with ‘blue whales’: businesses with a longer gestation, who choose a different, more sustainable route to growth.

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**

Of course your team is good. It’s made up of good people. But imagine if it was GREAT… imagine if it had the EDGE…

In a world of ambiguity and constant change, teams are the critical glue for solving complex problems, delivering in challenging environments and supporting each other to grow, develop and be engaged.

Drawing from extensive research working across hundreds of teams, Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller have developed an integrated and full-team approach that allows any team to achieve high performance and sustain it. In this highly practical book, they translate their authoritative research and theory into five key Edge Dynamics, together with clear steps and tools that can be applied immediately. Take your team to the edge of higher performance, deeper engagement and greater wellbeing and beyond.

What if every day at work felt like your team’s most productive ‘away day’?

The most successful and innovative teams and organisations are highly collaborative, creative and productive - you will find the principles of great workshops infused throughout their culture.

This is a book about how running great workshops, and taking inspiration from them, can lead to a great team environment. Workshop Culture will show you how to create a happy and engaged team through small actions which lead to big results. It features a practical and accessible toolkit to help improve your team’s performance and productivity.

Workshop Culture gives you:

• Inspiring case studies from forward-thinking and innovative teams that have found success from a workshop culture
• A structured methodology that you can follow to bring more happiness, productivity and engagement to your team
• Practical exercises to help you build new skills and knowledge, and increase impact at work

Alison Coward is a team culture coach, consultant and founder of Bracket, a consultancy that partners with ambitious, forward-thinking companies to build high-performing, collaborative team cultures.

***WINNER getAbstract International Book Award 2024 - Business Impact, Readers’ Choice***

**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

**The People's Book Prize Longlisted Title 2024/25**

“I devoured every page of this wonderfully written book.” – Sergio Ezama, Chief Talent Officer, Netflix

Want to be more confident at work? You're not alone.

So many of us grapple with self-doubt.

Perhaps you’re an exhausted achiever? You’re delivering results and progressing in your career, but you feel utterly worn out. You’re compensating for a lack of confidence with excessive effort and punishingly high standards.

Or perhaps you’re feeling frustrated and unfulfilled? Self-doubt is making you hold yourself back, you're avoiding challenges that could demonstrate how good you really are.

This book can help. Distilling over a decade of real-life research into clear insights, practical tools and impactful activities, Julie Smith shows you how to Coach Yourself Confident.

'This is a deep and rewarding exploration of human motivation' The Financial Times

'Powerful and profound' - Matthew Syed

‘This book will change your outlook on everything.’ - Clare Balding

Reimagining success in sport, business, education, politics and life.

In this compelling examination of our obsession with winning, Cath Bishop draws on her extraordinary mix of experience to trace how increasingly narrow concepts of winning constrain our personal and professional lives. How do we redefine success in order to explore our potential more effectively over the long- term? In this second edition, Cath adds fresh insight from working with leaders who are putting The Long Win into practice and offers additional tips and strategies to leaders looking to unlock sustainable high performance.

Cath is a triple Olympian, World Champion and Olympic silver medalist in rowing. In her career as a diplomat, she specialized in stabilization policy for conflict-affected parts of the world. She now works as a coach and consultant, advising on leadership, performance and culture across business, sport and education, and teaches on Executive Education programmes at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. She is a globally sought-after speaker.

‘It’s not often you can say a book will change your life, but this certainly could.’ Daily Mail

‘Anyone interested in motivation should read this book and think deeply.’ Margaret Heffernan

Chosen by the Financial Times as one of its Best Business Books 2020

You’ve just shared news of the latest plans with employees.

Message sent and received - job done.

But they ain’t buying it. Nothing has changed.

Now what?

Refreshing Comms will help you rethink and improve your whole approach to internal comms by showing you how to communicate in a way that connects people, purpose and strategy every time. In reframing the workplace and explaining the fascinating facts about what makes people tick, this book uncovers the real narrative shaping culture and behaviour, and introduces its practical and customisable Tools of Engagement Framework© so you can stop wasting time and start getting the right outcomes in a way that’s good, and simpler, for everyone.

• Discover how to make a compelling case to get people onside.

• Get intentional with an actionable comms plan aligned with your specific business goals and values.

• Learn how to engage your audience with high-value content.

• Start using internal comms as your powerful, strategic management tool that does the heavy lifting for you.

How’s that for a message that hits the spot?

Liz Atkin is a brand copywriter and internal comms strategist who has spent her career using the power of words to positively influence people and inspire action. Drawing on her experience, expertise and creativity she now helps businesses of all types engage with their target audiences through strategic positioning, powerful narrative and authentic messaging.