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Practical Inspiration triumphs at the Business Book Awards 2024

This year’s Business Book Awards gala evening took place on 19 September, celebrating the best business books from around the world published in the previous year.

Practical Inspiration Publishing had an incredible 18 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 two highly commended authors!

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

WINNERS: Diversity, Inclusion and Equality – Lucy Ryan (Revolting Women), Specialist Business Book – Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli (Human Behind the Coach)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sales and Marketing – Katie Tucker (Do Penguins Eat Peaches), Work and Life – Beth Stallwood (WorkJoy)

FINALISTS: Grant Muller (Top of Heart), Rachel Philpotts (The Burnout Bible), Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller (Leading Edge), Sophie Attwood (Beautiful PR), Kathryn Bishop and Gillian Camm (Board Talk), Paul McCarthy (The FIRED Leader), Liam Black (How to Lead With Purpose), Ollie Henderson (Work/Life Flywheel), Ginny Carter (How to Write a Self-Help Book), Lauren Neal (Valued at Work), Catherine Garrod (Conscious Inclusion), Rob Hatch (Success Frames), Deb Mashek (Collabor(h)ate), Berit Lewis (Ageing Upwards).


 

 

 

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EIGHTEEN Practical Inspiration titles shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2024

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Congratulations to all the finalists in this year’s Business Book Awards (with commiserations to those who missed out).

It was a very proud day for Practical Inspiration Publishing, with EIGHTEEN  of our books shortlisted this year.

Our finalists are:
Katie Tucker (Do Penguins Eat Peaches), Lucy Ryan (Revolting Women), Beth Stallwood (WorkJoy), Grant Muller (Top of Heart), Rachel Philpotts (The Burnout Bible), Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller (Leading Edge), Sophie Attwood (Beautiful PR), Kathryn Bishop and Gillian Camm (Board Talk), Paul McCarthy (The FIRED Leader), Liam Black (How to Lead With Purpose), Ollie Henderson (Work/Life Flywheel), Ginny Carter (How to Write a Self-Help Book), Lauren Neal (Valued at Work), Catherine Garrod (Conscious Inclusion), Rob Hatch (Success Frames), Deb Mashek (Collabor(h)ate), Berit Lewis (Ageing Upwards), Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli (Human Behind the Coach).

Winners will be revealed on 19th September 2024. We’re keeping EVERYTHING crossed!

Business Book Awards Awards Shortlist Reveal 2024 #BBA2024

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Jenni Miller and Alison Grieve in We Are the City

‘A high-performing team should be like a diamond, resilient and focused enough to cut through anything together.’

Jenni Miller and Alison Grieve, authors of Leading Edge, contributed the article ‘Standing on the edge: What are the conditions for success in high-performing teams?’ to wearethecity.com

Standing on the edge: What are the conditions for success in high-performing teams?

High-performing teams are like diamonds. We all know how special and valuable a diamond is and when we talk to leaders, they know…

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Jenni Miller and Alison Grieve on Association of MBAs

‘Trust, quality of communication, effective tools and embracing differences can all help organisations bridge the gap and build better connections among their teams.’

Jenni Miller and Alison Grieve, authors of Leading Edge, are featured on Association of MBAs where they discuss how to build better virtual teams.

How to get connected: building better virtual teams – Association of MBAs

In today’s interconnected world, businesses are increasingly relying on virtual teams to carry out projects that span across time zones and continents. Here, Jenni Miller and Alison Grieve identify four vital areas for managers to focus on

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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.