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Book review: Leading Through Uncertainty

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‘Jennison’s style is gentle, compassionate but assertive and her book is a brilliant mix of story-telling, anecdote and critical perspectives’

Jude Jennison‘s Leading Through Uncertainty  is a featured book review in theHRDIRECTOR

Leading through Uncertainty – Making disruptive change work for humans – theHRDIRECTOR

In our post-pandemic world, we’re continuing to face unprecedented uncertainty and disruption. The challenge for leaders continues – in the face of even more unrelenting change, their teams are looking to them to keep providing certainty amid the chaos. Having the skills to lead through change without suffering burnout, seeing staff turnover increase or levels of engagement plummet is a must-have.

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Lucy Harrison in Solicitors Journal

‘I don’t believe anyone comes to work to upset people, make things worse, to not care or do a bad job’

Lucy Harrison, author of Soft Skills for Tough Jobs, is featured in Solicitors Journal talking about the importance of interpersonal skills in a business.

Solicitors Journal – Improving your social skills at work

Lucy Harrison outlines the importance of interpersonal skills in a business Have you ever had a boss that didn’t notice what you did, no matter how hard you worked? Or one that seemed to ignore the signs things weren’t going well and carry on regardless? How did that impact on you and your work?

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Felicity Cowie in Business Leader

‘Founders who forsake media coverage as a ‘vanity project’ are missing early opportunities to scale’

Felicity Cowie, author of Exposure, speaks with Serena Haththotuwa in Business Leader about media relations and working with journalists.

“When you do ‘media relations’ your audience is not the public but journalists.” – Business Leader News

We sat down with Felicity Cowie, an award-winning former BBC News and Panorama journalist turned media relations troubleshooter. She has recently released a book: ‘Exposure: Insider Secrets to Make Your Business a Go-To Authority for Journalists’, which was called ‘a must-read for founders, a truly game-changing guide’ by venture capital investor Eileen Burbidge MBE.

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Felicity Cowie in Business Plus

‘Just one strong piece of media coverage will win you exposure to thousands if not millions of readers or viewers and is ‘evergreen’’

Felicity Cowie, author of Exposure, shares eight key benefits of media coverage in Business Plus.

How insider secrets can give your business buzz for journalists – Business Plus

In the foreword to Exposure: Insider Secrets to Make Your Business a Go-To Authority for Journalists by Felicity Cowie , venture capital investor in tech companies, Eileen Burbidge, writes: “Founders are always inundated when starting or scaling their companies and seeking out media coverage may seem a vanity project whilst forsaking investing time in the early team or product.

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Eloise Skinner in Forbes

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‘What is extraordinary is that Skinner embarked on a path to define her own sense of purpose better, only to discover that her purpose in life is to help other people discover and enact their sense of purpose.’

Eloise Skinner, author of The Purpose Handbook, talks to Dan Pontefract in Forbes about how she shifted from law to purpose-driven ventures.

How This Millennial Shifted From Law To Purpose-Driven Ventures

The world is full of lost people. They are the workers in roles where they just don’t fit. Maybe it was timing. Perhaps it was circumstantial. Laziness might even have crept in. Whatever the case, millions of people are going through the motions, unhappy in their careers and their place of work.

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Lucy Harrison’s company (Harrison Network) wins at the BECBC Awards

The company of Lucy Harrison (author of Soft Skills for Tough Jobs: Building teams that work, one conversation at a time), is the Micro Business category winner at the 2022 BECBC Awards.

Awards 2022

AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED! Thank you to our BECBC Awards Website Sponsor DM Engineering who provide Precision Machining, Manufacturing and Mechanical Fitting Services. The winners of this year’s BECBC Business Awards were announced at the awards dinner at Energus in Lillyhall, Cumbria on 26th May, hosted by BBC Business correspondent, Nina Warhurst.

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Felicity Cowie in Authority Magazine

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‘Remember that everybody you meet in any job is a potentially valuable connection who can reappear during your working life’

Felicity Cowie, author of Exposure, speaks with Phil  La Duke in Authority Magazine as part of their Preparing For The Future of Work interview series.

Preparing For The Future Of Work: Felicity Cowie On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of…

An Interview with Phil La Duke. “Preparing For The Future Of Work: Felicity Cowie On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of…” is published by Phil La Duke in Authority Magazine.

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Alison Jones’s TEDx talk goes live

Alison Jones, founder of Practical Inspiration Publishing and author of Exploratory Writing (forthcoming), is now officially a TEDx speaker – her talk ‘Let’s Rethink Writing’ has now been released on the official TEDx channel.

Watch the talk here, and discover a new way of thinking about writing….

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Hype Yourself is this month’s Making Good read

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Lucy Werner‘s Hype Yourself is featured in the Making Good Book Club, have a listen!

113: Hype Yourself by Lucy Werner (Making Good Book Club #5) – Making Good: Small Business Podcast

Join me and my book club co-host, Charelle Griffith , for the 5th edition of Making Good Book Club! Today we’re diving into a conversation about ‘Hype Yourself’ by Lucy Werner. Consider this book your instruction manual on how to do PR for your small business.

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Fabienne Vailes featured in Psychology Today

Fabienne Vailes, author of The Flourishing Student, speaks with John G. Cottone, Ph.D in Psychology Today about prioritizing mental health in higher education.

Mental Health Is at the Center of Higher Education Reform

The median age of onset for psychotic disorders extends from the late teens through the early 20s, when many are in college and graduate school. Recommendations from reformers like Fabienne Vailes, author of ‘The Flourishing Student,’ encourage universities to prioritize mental health.