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Michel Masquelier in Young Upstarts

Young Upstarts

‘Get on the dance floor as soon as the party starts and show off your moves, regardless of how outrageous or clumsy they might be. Practice, goodwill, hard work and experimentation are prerequisites for the journey to success.’
Michel Masquelier, author of This is Not a Dress Rehearsal, urges graduates to seize the day and make the most of every opportunity in the world of work.

The Expert Was Once A Beginner – Young Upstarts

by Michel Masquelier, author of “This is Not a Dress Rehearsal” Your grades and your CV are no guarantee of success. And even if they help open the door for you, the leap from theory to practice is one you will have to make by yourself, without a safety net and without the helping hand of parents or teachers.

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Lucy Werner in Metro

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‘You can’t always predict why and when a crisis will hit. Fires, IT issues, breakdowns in supply chains — they are often forgivable if the responses are handled well.’

Lucy Werner, author of Hype Yourself and co-author of Brand Yourself, is featured in Metro talking about how to build and protect your reputation as a business owner.

Reputation is the most important thing to a business – here’s how to build yours

Business owners everywhere will recognise the accuracy of Shakespeare’s description of reputation as a ‘bubble’. In today’s fast-moving world, the hard-won approval of customers and competitors is more fragile and likely to float away than ever. Businesses must work hard to build up good reputations and to keep them intact, using all of the tools at their disposal.

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Helen Beedham in HR Director

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‘By changing our organisational norms around time, we can create more sustainable, productive ways of working that will allow all kinds of talent to flourish.’

Helen Beedham, author of The Future of Time: How ‘re-working’ time can help you boost productivity, diversity and wellbeing, writes in HR Director about the systematic way that organisations mismanage time, and how they can do better.

Time to get serious about managing time at work

Amidst the ongoing debate about hybrid organisational models and new working patterns, there is a growing awareness that time is our most valuable asset. Helen Beedham, author, speaker and organisational expert, explains how business and HR leaders can manage collective working time more strategically in future.

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Sarah Kuipers in Authority Magazine

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“When our sense of self-worth is based on how hard we work or how much we do for others, we are far more susceptible to burning out.”

An interview with Sarah Kuipers, author of The Thriving Giver, for Authority Magazine.

Author Sarah Kuipers: 5 Things Anyone Can Do To Optimize Their Mental Wellness

Choose empowering questions. Careful choice of questions can help to direct your attention towards more supportive thoughts, feelings and actions. For example, one client was extremely anxious before giving presentations and learnt to ask himself questions such as: What do I need to do so that I am fully prepared?

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Grace Marshall in WellDoing Magazine

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Grace Marshall, author of Struggle, invites us to think about the hard times differently in WellDoing Magazine.

How To Change How You Think About the Hard Times

How we respond to life’s challenges makes all the difference We have coaches available to support you – find yours here “It shouldn’t be like this. It shouldn’t be this hard. I shouldn’t be struggling.” Sometimes our biggest struggle with struggle is the fact that we’re struggling. Why is this so hard?

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Grace Marshall talks about Struggle in Forbes

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‘It’s where we step outside of the familiar, into new territory, or go beyond our comfort zone and into the stretch zone. Where there are no guarantees, and ‘success’ is uncertain and far into the horizon.’

Grace Marshall, author of Struggle, talks to Forbes about a new way of thinking about struggle.

Why We Struggle With Struggle

We all know that struggle is an inevitable part of life. But despite our many stories of overcoming adversity, struggle remains a taboo. We speak to Grace Marshall, the author of a new book Struggle, where she asks the question: have we got it all wrong about getting it wrong?

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Andy Salkeld in Business Matters Magazine

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Business Matters features an article from Andy Salkeld, author of Life is a Four-Letter Word, highlighting the importance of talking about mental health at work.

Five ways to help employees struggling with mental health

Everyone has their own journey to undertake and their own paths to follow. Even the people trying to act as guides or help others along their path need to follow their own at times. Remember that this isn’t just about employees; this includes employers, management, leadership and everyone in between.