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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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Paul McCarthy on the Lead Different Podcast

Paul McCarthy, author of Fired Leader, was a guest on the Lead Different Podcast where he explained why he believes that organizations need leaders who exhibit “disruptive and rebellious” qualities to navigate ongoing disruptions successfully.

“Lead Different!” Podcast 20. Paul McCarthy | Lead Different Podcast

Founder, CEO, Compassionate Disrupter & Igniter: Paul Mac Leadership * Best Selling Author of The F.I.R.E.D. LeaderTM * Speaker on Disruptive Leadership * Compassionate Disrupter * Organizational Toxicity Guide How do you want to be introduced? Paul McCarthy is a seasoned leadership expert with 25 years of experience, having held multiple executive roles.

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Paul McCarthy on the Talent Smart Podcast

Paul McCarthy, author of Fired Leader, was a guest on the Talent Smart Podcast where he discusses the key recurring components of a dysfunctional leadership team, together with exploring the true cost of a dysfunctional leadership team.

‎Talent Smart Podcast: Episode 19 – Paul McCarthy (Author of The FIRED Leader) – Are you in a dysfunctional leadership team….and what to do about it (Episode 2 of 2) on Apple Podcasts

In this episode we discuss what are the key recurring components of a dysfunctional leadership team, together with exploring the true cost of a dysfunctional leadership team? Paul also shares the quick ways to assess if a leadership team is working well together? We discuss the topic of trust vs p…

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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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Paul McCarthy in Authority Magazine

Authority Magazine

‘I think my biggest mistake as a leader was ‘to show up as advertised.’ Meaning, as part of extensive, expensive, and time-consuming interviews to be recruited as a leader into a range of organizations, I was quite literally recruited for the leadership qualities that I would ultimately be fired for when I displayed them.’

Paul McCarthy, author of Fired Leader, was featured in the Authority magazine interview series ‘ Which Legacy Ideas About Leadership Need To Be Discarded, And Which New Approaches To Leadership Should Be Embraced’

The New Portrait Of Leadership: Paul McCarthy Of Paul Mac Leadership On Which Legacy Ideas About…

We are living in the Renaissance of Work. Just like great artists know that an empty canvas can become anything, great leaders know that an entire organization – and the people inside it – can become…