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Artificial Death of a Career is a finalist in the 2025 Wishing Shelf Book Awards in the Books for the Adults (non-fiction) category

We are delighted to see that Dr. Helmut Schuster and Dr. David Oxley’s book, Artificial Death of a Career, has been announced as a finalist at the 2025 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Winners will be announced on April 1st 2026!

Finalists 2025 | The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

Below is a list of the 2025 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children’s books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm.

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Alice Driscoll and Louise van Haarst named in the Thinkers50 Radar 2026

We are delighted to announce that Alice Driscoll and Louise Van Haarst, authors of Smart Conflict, have been named named in the Thinkers50 Radar 2026 (the 30 business and management thinkers to watch worldwide).

Thinkers50 Radar 2026 | 30 Emerging Management Thinkers

Discover Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2026 featuring 30 up-and-coming thinkers whose ideas are set to shape the future of management thinking.

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Barbara Salopek and Dominic Colenso included in Invest’s ‘essential reads for business leaders’

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Invest have identified six books every business leader should have on their Christmas list – and two of those six are Practical Inspiration authors! 

Congratulations to Barbara Salopek, author of Future-Fit Innovation, and Dominic Colenso, author of Cut-Through.

Essential reads for the business leader’s seasonal downtime

From roadmaps for CEOs and directors, to transformative leadership guides, enter 2026 with renewed confidence with these cutting-edge reads from brilliant business minds In our continuing bid to help senior executives and top-tier management navigate today’s rapidly shifting industry landscape, Business 4.0 has curated six essential reads from authors with deep, practical experience in commerce.

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Another great year for Practical Inspiration Authors at the Business Book Awards 2025

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This year’s Business Book Awards gala evening took place on 10 September, celebrating the best business books from around the world published in the previous year.

Practical Inspiration Publishing had an incredible 22 titles shortlisted, and the evening was very much about celebrating that achievement. However we were delighted to discover that Practical Inspiration authors took the top award in two categories and had five highly commended authors!

Congratulations to all the authors involved, and particularly to the award winners:

WINNERS: Business Self-Development – Julie Smith, Coach Yourself Confident, International Business Book – Paolo Gaudiano, Measuring Inclusion

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Leadership – Susan Ni Chriodain, Leading Beyond the Numbers, Sales and Marketing – Hannah Isted, The Best 90 Days Ever, Work and Life – Rachel Morris, Working Mother, Wellness & Wellbeing – Nicole Goode, Optimal You and People, Culture & Management – Gill Ereaut, The Way We Talk Around Here

FINALISTS: Emma Reilly, The No-Code Start-Up, Bob Gomersall, Worthwhile Wealth,  Sara Dalrymple, More Sales Please,  Andrew Saffron, Better Culture Faster, Susanne Evans, ChangeStories, Philippa White, Return on Humanity, Samantha Madhosingh, Evolving You, Adam Forbes, Corporate Escapology, Catherine Oliver, Working Parents-to-be, Tabbin Almond, Bottling Up Trouble, Lucinda Carney, Do Change Better (6-Minute Smarts), Nadia Nagamootoo, Beyond Discomfort,  Elham Fardad, Migrant Magic,  Adrian Kelly, The Success Complex, Tracey Breeden, Match-Striking for Beginners

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Good Bye in the Globe and Mail

Harvey Schachter wrote about Good Bye by Lizzie Bentley Bowers & Alison Lucas in his column ‘We pay a lot of attention at work to beginnings, but change is more effective if we honour endings’.

We pay a lot of attention at work to beginnings, but change is more effective if we honour endings

Executive coaches Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas recommend a four-step process to learn from the past and move forward

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Practical Inspiration have a winner and two finalists in 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Congratulations to three Practical Inspiration authors in the recent ‘2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards’

Andy Brown, author of The Emotional Overdraft, was the winner of Best Business Book 2025, Susan Ni Chriodain, author of Leading Beyond the Numbers was a finalist in the Health and Wellness Book Category and Elena Amber, author of The Gift of Sensitivity, was a finalist in the Women’s Literature (Non-Fiction) Category.

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The Next Generation Indie Book Awards are the premier indie book awards program in the world