The essential 6-minute hack for better work and life.
If you’re in business, you probably do quite a bit of writing. You write emails, sales copy, reports, executive summaries, blog posts, operations documents, memos and more. And each time you write, you’re seeking to inform and/or influence your reader. You are, in effect, performing.
Publisher and exploratory writing coach Alison Jones wants to get you thinking about writing in a completely different way. Rather than a stage, she wants you to see the blank page as uncharted terrain, as an opportunity for you to explore what you DON’T know, rather than simply expressing what you DO. Discover simple techniques that will supercharge your creativity, problem-solving skills and resourcefulness, in just 6 minutes!
**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
Yoga for Happy Mums focuses on the real issues that mums of young children face: lack of sleep, low energy levels, stress, negative emotions (anxiety, guilt, depression, anger and irritability), fluctuating hormones, a weakened immune system, issues with body confidence and difficulties with addictions and relationships. Each chapter includes a discussion about how the particular issue applies to mums, a questionnaire so you can identify which are particularly relevant to you, some suggested points for reflection, guidance from the Kundalini Yoga tradition (including Top Tips such as dietary suggestions), a breathing practice, a physical Yoga set and a meditation.
The book is fully illustrated, with easy-to-understand instructions so that you can practise at home. You do not need any previous experience, or to be particularly flexible or physically fit in order to practise these sets.
Kundalini Yoga is a comprehensive form of Yoga that uses the breath, sound (mantra), postures and meditation. It is an ancient tradition which can empower you to meet the challenges of modern life with grace and equanimity. Unlike other forms of Yoga which were originally practiced in isolation, Kundalini Yoga has always been a householder’s yoga, designed for people with the commitments of family and work.
The challenges leaders face today are bigger than any one of them.
Leaders today face wicked problems that are difficult or impossible to solve alone. The future of leadership is collective, and the future of coaching involves initiating group coaching at the most senior levels.
Developing Collective Leaders shows why we need leaders to work collectively, how group coaching can support their development and what holds organizations and individuals back from investing in it. It also explains in detail how to set up and deliver a group coaching programme for leaders, including a group coaching framework and step-by-step guide, as well as practical strategies for overcoming resistance.
Dr Ruth Simpsons’s research into group coaching involved a forensic examination of practice informed by 25 years’ experience enabling leaders to adapt to change. The result is a thorough and practical guide for coaches who need to coach leaders in groups.
Because if leaders are to address the multifaceted challenges facing them and their organizations today, they need coaches equipped to help.
- Addresses how to identify and overcome objections associated with coaching leaders in groups at work.
- Includes a framework for coaching leaders in groups based upon meeting their psychological needs.
- Companion online resources – templates, tools, checklists and references to support implementation.
*WINNER OF THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2020!*
If you’re a coach, consultant, or speaker who makes a living from your expertise, this is for you. It’s the guide you need to help you plan, write, and promote the book that elevates your authority, increases your visibility, and gets more clients saying ‘yes’. Because creating such a book is a challenge. Where do you start? How do you keep going until the end? And what do you do when you’ve finished? Don’t let your book stay in your head – allow it to come to life and make a positive difference to both you and your readers by following the guidance you’ll find in here.
· Section 1: Plan. Learn how to create a strategic plan and outline for your book, so it both supports your business and helps the people you want to reach.
· Section 2: Write. Master the art of crafting your work so it engages, inspires, and educates your readers.
· Section 3: Promote. Discover how to market your book so it sells to a ready-made audience. This is the final step in building a reputation as the go-to expert in your field.
**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**
“The system you need to make bold changes in your career”
Daniel H. Pink
We’re experiencing a work revolution, with an unprecedented opportunity to reimagine how, when, and where we do what we do. Now is the perfect time to take more control over your work/life and maybe even finally take the leap into going it alone, whether by starting your own business or turning your passion into a career.
Ollie Henderson shares the lessons he’s learned by interviewing entrepreneurs, business leaders, and world-renowned experts on his chart-topping podcast Future Work/Life. Forget work/life balance, the secret to navigating a career transition today is to create a flywheel that aligns all parts of your work and life and harness small wins to help build the momentum you need to succeed.
- Take control of your long-term future using a proven step-by-step process
- Develop the confidence to transform your career by focusing on becoming an expert in your niche
- Adopt a creative and experimental approach to your work/life that delivers consistent, measurable results
- Cultivate a network of global collaborators to support your transition and generate new opportunities
Experienced founder and CEO Ollie Henderson pivoted his career while juggling the pleasures and pressures of raising a young family. He believes work/life balance is a myth. Rather than seeing career and personal life as two opposing forces, Ollie argues that the secret is to design an integrated approach that allows them to work in harmony.
**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.
**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 2024 Finalist: Highly Commended**
**The People’s Book Prize 2023/24 Shortlisted Title**
Dreading Monday? Feeling stuck in your career? Frustrated with your boss?
Here’s the ouchy (but awesome) bit: The only person who can fix it is you.
Beth Stallwood is a sought-after coach, facilitator, speaker and consultant, specialising in helping people find more joy at work, and helping organisations nurture their people. She’s distilled years of experience into the practical WorkJoy toolkit, inspiring you to take ownership of your working life by:
- Breaking free from ‘work/life balance’ and un-blurring your boundaries
- Reframing relationships with your organisation, boss and support squad
- Letting go of limiting beliefs and crafting big goals that won’t go in the bin
You’ll spend more than a third of your lifetime working, so there’s no better time to take the wheel and start creating more WorkJoy than right now.
bethstallwood.com/
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.
