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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

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 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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Ollie Henderson on the Man Up/Man Down Podcast

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is interviewed on the Man Up/Man Down podcast by co-hosts Volker Ballueder and David Pawsey speaking about how work and life need to work together and move things forward for both your career and your life.

Work Life Balance – Ollie Henderson

We welcome experienced founder and CEO, Ollie Henderson, who pivoted his career while juggling the pleasures and pressures of raising a young family. Living in North London with his 3 kids and family, he used to run a digital agency. That’s how Volker and Ollie got to know each other.

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Ollie Henderson on The Evolving Leader Podcast

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is interviewed on the Evolving Leader Podcast by co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talking about how work life balance is a myth, and instead career and personal life should be seen as two opposing forces that can work in harmony.

‎The Evolving Leader: The Work/Life Flywheel with Ollie Henderson on Apple Podcasts

In this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to future of work writer and speaker, business leader, best-selling author and podcaster Ollie Henderson. Ollie believes that work life balance is a myth, and instead sees career and personal life as two oppo…

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Ollie Henderson on the Follow Your Different Podcast

‘I think the thing about work life balance is that it’s a lazy feeling that we all have. It’s something we think we should adhere to. Like, ‘yeah, we should all have better work life balance’, and it kind of makes sense. It has the best intentions, but it’s frankly, wrong. It doesn’t make sense.’

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is interviewed on the Follow Your Different Podcast with Christopher Lochhead  speaking about about designing a life with meaningful work that works for you.

310 The Work/Life Flywheel with Bestselling Author Ollie Henderson – Christopher Lochhead Follow your Different.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:26 – 48.4MB) | Embed Almost everybody wants to design a legendary life and make a difference, but it can be harder than it sounds. On this episode, you’ll get a very different conversation about designing a life with meaningful work that works for you.

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Ollie Henderson in Authority Magazine

Authority Magazine

‘…we’re experiencing the greatest work/life transition in history. Never have so many reconsidered the relationship between the time they spend at work and their personal life. While, for most, this has been an opportunity to make positive changes, undoubtedly, challenges remain. Not least, navigating the increase in the time spent interacting through a screen and creating genuine connections between global teams.’

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is featured in Authority Magazine speaking with Phil La Duke as a part of an interview series called “Preparing For The Future Of Work”.

Podcaster Ollie Henderson On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of Work

An Interview with Phil La Duke. “Podcaster Ollie Henderson On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of Work” is published by Phil La Duke in Authority Magazine.

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Ollie Henderson in HR.com

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‘Rather than settling for the simple binary choice, take a future-focused mindset and explore how reimagining work will allow you to attract the best talent and grow.’

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is featured in HR.com speaking about how to take a future-focused mindset and explore how reimagining work will allow you to attract the best talent and grow.

Designing The Future Of Work Is All About Trade-Offs

When making big changes – whether at work or in life – it’s easy to resort to binary thinking – things must be one way or another. But these decisions needn’t exist at extremes. There’s always a spectrum across which lies the best and most appropriate solution. Take hybrid work, for example.

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Ollie Henderson on the Portfolio Career Podcast

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is interviewed on the Portfolio Career Podcast with David Nebinski speaking about Work/Life Flywheel and how this approach is believed to be better than trying to seek work-life balance.

Portfolio Career Podcast: Work/Life Flywheel with Ollie Henderson

Ollie Henderson is a writer, podcaster, and future of work enthusiast. In 2020 while exploring a new life chapter, Ollie started creating content online for the first time. Since then, Ollie has consistently been creating content. And in early 2023, Ollie published a new book Called Work/Life Flywheel.

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Ollie Henderson in HRD Connect

‘We can all be creative if we follow our curiosity and focus on things we genuinely care about’

Ollie Henderson, author of  Work/Life Flywheel is featured in HRD Connect speaking about how HR leaders can harness the power of the digital age to compliment their own leadership creativity.

Digital HR: Harnessing creative leadership in the digital age – HRD

“I’m not very creative.” After a childhood punctuated by various failures at learning to play instruments and scarred by an inability to progress beyond rudimentary stick people in art class at school, I didn’t consider myself creative. It wasn’t until much later that I understood that creativity isn’t something reserved for painting and music or writing poems or short stories.