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Book Review: Don’t Fix Women

HR DIrector

‘One of the strengths of the book its accessibility – there are case studies, ‘how to’s, tips, and shared, lived experiences.  Don’t Fix Women has useful insights and practical guidance for HR professionals, leaders and those with responsibility for diversity and inclusion initiatives in their organisations.’

Joy Burnford’s book Don’t Fix Women is reviewed on HRdirector.com

Don’t Fix Women – The practical path to gender equality at work – theHRDIRECTOR

Don’t Fix Women by Joy Burnford is an interesting and thought provoking read on gender equality in the workplace. It begins by simply outlining the key challenge: that despite efforts over many years from individuals, governments and organisations to address gender equality in the workplace, whilst some progress has been made, true gender parity remains a long, long way away.

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Joy Burnford on Sofidel.com

‘This isn’t anybody’s fault. We were just not set up to cater for some of the differences with more women in the workplace.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is featured in Future Magazine on Sofidel.com speaking about how true gender parity is not only the moral thing to do, it offers genuine competitive advantage to businesses.

Blazing trails for gender equality

Joy Burnford is author of the bestselling book Don’t Fix Women: The practical path to gender equality at work and founder and CEO of Encompass Equality.

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Joy Burnford on the Talk Roleshare Podcast

‘It’s not just creating a workplace that’s better for women. Because a lot of the time other people want the same things, it’s not just a female thing. It’s actually better for being a human being and having that time with family or doing, other things in your life.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is a guest on the Talk Roleshare Podcast offering tips for individuals and organizations to build more inclusive workplaces, including the use of job sharing.

Taking Action for Gender Equality: Tips for People and Organizations

Meet Joy Burnford, founder of Encompass Equality, is a gender equality advocate. Joy’s journey began with a crisis of confidence in a male-dominated workplace and she has since dedicated her life to help women develop their confidence, and inspire organisations to create a better workplace experience for all.

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Joy Burnford in CMI

‘The most significant issue for companies is the leaky pipeline and retaining women, supporting their progression into senior roles … Yet, there are practical steps that companies can take to enable change to happen.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is featured in Chartered Management Institute where she shares three practical steps businesses can take to help close the gender pay gap: flexibility, allyship and coaching.

Closing the gender pay gap: “Flexibility is most important” – CMI

A quick skills refresher course to equip you with tools to make a difference Join CMI now to access While we all know that the gender pay gap is an issue that demands attention, I’m often amazed at how few businesses are taking practical steps to close it.

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Congratulations to all the Practical Inspiration Authors shortlisted in this year’s Business Book Awards

Business Book Awards

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

It was a proud day for Practical Inspiration Publishing, with ELEVEN  of our authors shortlisted again this year.

Our finalists are:
Rob Wozny (Storytelling for Business), Mark Garrett Hayes (Sales Coaching Essentials), Tammy Watchorn (The Change Ninja Handbook), Chris Altizer/Gloria Johnson-Cusack (Growing the Elephant), Lesley Roberts (Coaching Outdoors), Adrian Pyne (Agile Beyond IT), Carla Miller (Closing the Influence Gap), Joy Burnford (Don’t Fix Women), Felicity Cowie (Exposure), Helen Beedham (The Future of Time) and Alison Jones (Exploratory Writing).

Winners will be revealed on 16 May, 2023.

We’re keeping EVERYTHING crossed!

Business Book Awards 2023 Shortlist Reveal Livestream

https://businessbookawards.co.uk/

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Joy Burnford in Dialogue

‘We need leaders who take action to progress gender equality, who role-model inclusive behaviour and create the level playing-field needed to retain women and create a better culture for all.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is featured in Dialogue speaking about why organizations need to consider the needs of women at all life stages if they are to improve talent retention and close gender pay gaps.

Read the article here.

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Joy Burnford in People Managing People

‘Access to flexibility creates a happier, more engaged, trusted and motivated workforce, while also helping organisations retain talent.’

Joy Burnford, author of Don’t Fix Women, is interviewed by Tim Reitsma for People Managing People Magazine.

Gender Equality Will Help Us Create A Better World Of Work

We’re passionate about the world of work, and how we can make it better. To help satisfy our curiosity, we’ve launched an interview series where we pick the brains of experienced leaders, business owners, managers, and individual contributors to get their thoughts on how we can collectively build better workplaces.