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Beth Stallwood in The Stylist

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‘A lot of managers say they don’t expect a response, but most team members want to do a good job and not responding can cause anxiety in itself. Not messaging in the first place demonstrates that you respect people’s lives outside of work, and you’ll get real engagement in return for that. Use the delayed message option in your email app and reserve out-of-hours messaging for actual crises and one-offs.’

Beth Stallwood, author of WorkJoy, is featured in an article on The Stylist Magazine discussing what to do if your boss keeps messaging you outside of working hours.

What to do if your boss keeps messaging you outside of working hours

Is there any sound more disgruntling than that of a Slack notification at the weekend? Any sight that inspires a deeper sigh than an ‘urgent’ email from your manager past 9pm?

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Alison Coward on the Power of Ten Podcast

Alison Coward, author of Workshop Culture, was a guest on the Power of Ten podcast where she spoke about her professional journey, her perspective on collaboration in the creative industries, and the importance of workshops in a business environment.

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This episode’s guest is Alison Coward, a strategist, workshop facilitator, coach, and an author with 20 years’ experience in leading creative teams. Alison speaks about her professional journey, her perspective on collaboration in the creative industries, and the importance of workshops in a business environment.

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Julie Nerney and Geoff Robins on maddyness.com

‘Putting yourself in your customer’s shoes so that you truly understand why they buy is vital to any successful new product.’

Julie Nerney and Geoff Robins, authors of Business Morphology have written the article ‘The 5 stages of moving from a ‘good idea’ to delivering an amazing new product’ for maddyness.com.

The 5 stages of moving from a ‘good idea’ to delivering an amazing new product – Maddyness UK

You’ve got an idea which you think will be a game changing product. And you’re about to build a business around it. Innovation and the momentum of new ideas are the life blood of any business – new or established.

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Katie Tucker in Creative Brief

‘When it comes to customer understanding, so much can be done in-house. But there are times when seeking out specialist help is the right thing to so. ‘

Katie Tucker, author of Do Penguins Eat Peaches is featured in Creative Brief where she discussed whether market research is the final frontier for smaller brands.

BITE Guest Trend | Is market research the final frontier for smaller brands? | Creativebrief

Katie Tucker, Author of Do Penguins Eat Peaches? And other unexpected ways to discover what your customers want, on the importance of market research.

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Janie van Hool in the Institute of Leadership

‘As professionals, we need to put far greater thought into how we can carve out above-adequate space and time for our minds and bodies. Put simply, it’s just not possible to keep on doing more and more and more.’

Janie Van Hool, author of The Listening Shift, contributed the article ‘How effective listening boosts wellbeing at work’ to the Institute of Leadership website.

How effective listening boosts wellbeing at work

People are getting increasingly exhausted and frustrated by not being listened to at work. At best, that can lead employees to foster resentment against their leaders and organisations and consider upping sticks for more receptive pastures.

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Practical Inspiration authors featured in Forbes

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‘Team engagement is a team game.’ Nerney

‘…meetings should be used as an opportunity for the team to build relationships, problem-solve and make decisions together.’ Grieve

‘…They want to stay, they want to step up and if they can’t do it with you, they’ll take their wisdom, energy and talent elsewhere!” Ryan

Julie Nerney, co-author (with Geoff Robins) of Business Morphology, Alison Grieve, co-author (with Jenni Miller) of Leading Edge, and Dr Lucy Ryan, author of Revolting Women are all featured in the Forbes article ‘How Leaders Can Win Back a Disengaged Team’.

How Leaders Can Win Back A Disengaged Team

To engage people, leaders should dial up their boredom radar, use visual tools, aim for happiness as an outcome, make leadership personal and embrace reverse mentoring.

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Alison Coward on Creating Cadence Podcast

‘I want to make the process of approaching team culture, creating high performing teams, encouraging effective collaboration, more accessible to a wider group of people. ‘

Alison Coward, author of Workshop Culture, was a guest on the was a guest on the Creating Cadence podcast sharing how collaboration and culture play a role in creating cadence for teams within an organisation, and how she approaches intentional productivity in her own workflow.

‎Creating Cadence: 53 – Alison Coward – Systems for Collaboration on Apple Podcasts

Alison Coward of Bracket shares how collaboration and culture play a role in creating cadence within an organisation, and how she approaches intentional productivity in her own workflow. Sign up to the free Cadence newsletter for more thoughts and curated resources relating to topics covered on the…

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Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli on The Coach’s Journey Podcast

Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli authors of The Human Behind the Coach  were guests on The Coach’s Journey Podcast where they  shared some of the human stories that have shaped their lives and careers, leading them to become Master Certified Coaches and co-authors of their book.

Episode #55: Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli – The Human Behind The Coach – The Coach’s Journey

Every coach has a human story, and these stories contain the wisdom, vulnerability and invaluable lessons that inform our work. In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli share some of the human stories that have shaped their lives and careers, leading them to

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Lucy Ryan in TLNT.com

‘With a talent shortage and an upwards ageing demographic shift, retaining women over 50 will soon become business critical. And, this is a population who wants to stay and grow with you.’

Lucy Ryan, author of Revoting Women, is featured in TLNT.com speaking about why midlife women are walking out at the peak of their careers.

The Silent Revolution – why midlife women are walking out at the peak of their careers | TLNT

Dr Lucy Ryan – author of ‘Revolting Women: Why midlife women are walking out and what to do about it’ – says leaders need to stem the loss of their valuable talent: