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Catherine Garrod on the Wavelength Podcast

‘Catherine lives by this quote “Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people.” She believes when employees can be themselves and influence how things are done, their lives are better, they’re more creative and better problem solvers. And when consumers are authentically represented in media, products and services, organisations and the communities they serve thrive.’

Catherine Garrod, author of Conscious Inclusion, is a guest on the Wavelength Podcast talking with Liz Moseley.

Wavelength | Podcast 12: Catherine Garrod, Conscious Inclusion

In this episode of Making Waves, the podcast for curious business leaders from Wavelength, our expert facilitator Liz Moseley is joined by Catherine Garrod, founder of Compelling Culture and author of Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at time. Catherine lives by this quote “Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people.”

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Liam Black on the Pioneers Post Podcast

‘The big failures for me in my leadership have been when I haven’t stayed true to my values… As the CEO, or the chair of something, I think the biggest responsibility you have is to protect the strength and the positivity of the culture. And it’s very easy to spoil that and when I have spoiled that by my own behaviour, or by allowing in people who were able to bullshit their way through… those, I feel, are my biggest failures in leadership rather than particular business decisions or business ventures that haven’t worked.’

Liam Black, author of How to Lead With Purpose, is featured on the Pioneers Post Podcast talking with Tim West about having imposter syndrome in his first role as CEO, growing bored and moving on (more than once), the importance of building organisations that can thrive without his support in future, and the fine line between authenticity and virtue signalling.

‎Pioneers Post Podcast: Good Leaders Podcast Episode 5: Liam Black on Apple Podcasts

Over his long and diverse career, Liam Black has run a number of purpose-led businesses – both his own and other people’s. Now in his sixties, he’s mentoring other leaders to do the same, and has just published a new book: How to lead with purpose – partly a story about his own journey as a purpose-…

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Joy Burnford on the Talk Roleshare Podcast

‘It’s not just creating a workplace that’s better for women. Because a lot of the time other people want the same things, it’s not just a female thing. It’s actually better for being a human being and having that time with family or doing, other things in your life.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is a guest on the Talk Roleshare Podcast offering tips for individuals and organizations to build more inclusive workplaces, including the use of job sharing.

Taking Action for Gender Equality: Tips for People and Organizations

Meet Joy Burnford, founder of Encompass Equality, is a gender equality advocate. Joy’s journey began with a crisis of confidence in a male-dominated workplace and she has since dedicated her life to help women develop their confidence, and inspire organisations to create a better workplace experience for all.

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Alison Jones on The Speaking Club

Alison Jones, author of Exploratory Writing and This Book Means Business, is a guest on The Speaking Club speaking with Sarah Archer about Exploratory Writing and why there is a symbiosis between a book and a talk, with one being a vehicle to promote the other.

Exploratory Writing and the Truth About Business Books with Alison Jones

When you have a big idea and message to share, and you want to get it out to more people you have so many more channels available today for achieving that. Regardless of the number of platforms at your fingertips, your choice really comes down to two options – do you communicate one to many using speaking or writing?

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Book review: The Art of Enough

‘One of the problems is our relationship with the term ‘enough’. It’s not about being happy to be mediocre, says Hall. It is about cultivating a healthy and sustainable attitude to life.’

Becky Hall’s  The Art of Enough: 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world is reviewed in Workingwise.

The art of enough – workingwise.co.uk

The premise of coach Becky Hall’s new book is that we are out of balance in many different areas of our lives and that we need to learn how to be, do and have enough. It certainly seems to bring together a lot of current themes around climate change and sustainability as well as the […]

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Becky Hall on Mantality

‘Accepting yourself, being in the present moment and trusting in your resources, will help you to show up – as you are – safe in the knowledge that your authentic self is enough.’

Becky Hall, author of The Art of Enough, is featured on Mantality talking about how to establish an authenticity mindset.

How to establish an authenticity mindset – Mantality

What is an authenticity mindset? Being authentic is all about being true to yourself. It’s about making sure that what you do and say is well aligned with what you believe, and what matters to you. Our mindset is all about the underlying belief systems that that shape who we are, what we do, and what we allow ourselves to be capable of.

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Ollie Henderson on the Follow Your Different Podcast

‘I think the thing about work life balance is that it’s a lazy feeling that we all have. It’s something we think we should adhere to. Like, ‘yeah, we should all have better work life balance’, and it kind of makes sense. It has the best intentions, but it’s frankly, wrong. It doesn’t make sense.’

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is interviewed on the Follow Your Different Podcast with Christopher Lochhead  speaking about about designing a life with meaningful work that works for you.

310 The Work/Life Flywheel with Bestselling Author Ollie Henderson – Christopher Lochhead Follow your Different.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:26 – 48.4MB) | Embed Almost everybody wants to design a legendary life and make a difference, but it can be harder than it sounds. On this episode, you’ll get a very different conversation about designing a life with meaningful work that works for you.

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Book Review: Ageing Upwards

‘…ageing should be seen not as an issue, but as a different opportunity.’

Berit Lewis’s book,  Ageing Upwards, is reviewed in Is This Mutton? Read All About It: March Books.

Read All About It: March Books

Dear friends. I didn’t think I’d read many books this month but the list is quite long, and shows what you can do what you put your mind to it! My post is late this month but I’ve managed to join the southern hemisphere link-up by the skin of my teeth!

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Felicity Cowie on the Superpowers School Podcast

Felicity Cowie, author of Exposure, is a guest on the Superpowers School Podcast where she speaks with Paddy Dhanda about how communications can be made more powerful.

E85: Self-Help – Describe What You Do in 50 Words: Make Your Communications More Powerful – Felicity Cowie (Former BBC Journalist & Author) | Superpowers School Podcast

👉🏽 Register for the Visual Jam Xtra event titled ‘The Magic of Mental Models: How to Think Inside The Box with Todd Cherches’ Use voucher code VISJAM15 to get 15% OFF: Click Here ⚡️ Describe What You Do in 50 Words: Make Your Communications More Powerful 🏆🔔 COMPETITION ALERT!

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Joy Burnford in CMI

‘The most significant issue for companies is the leaky pipeline and retaining women, supporting their progression into senior roles … Yet, there are practical steps that companies can take to enable change to happen.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is featured in Chartered Management Institute where she shares three practical steps businesses can take to help close the gender pay gap: flexibility, allyship and coaching.

Closing the gender pay gap: “Flexibility is most important” – CMI

A quick skills refresher course to equip you with tools to make a difference Join CMI now to access While we all know that the gender pay gap is an issue that demands attention, I’m often amazed at how few businesses are taking practical steps to close it.