Organisations want to maximise performance and employees want to maximise their career success. These goals are not one and the same. The key to keeping and growing employees is to help them develop their careers in line with the needs of the business. This relies on open, honest and effective two-way conversations. However, managers and employees can find it hard to talk about career development.

Confident Careers Conversations, answers the big question of how to have engaging career conversations that empower employees to take ownership of their own development while providing them with the information and support they need.

Showing emotions at work is notoriously seen as ‘weak’ or ‘unprofessional’. But the pandemic threw this outdated view into sharp relief – revealing the need for human connection, in order for staff to feel supported, psychologically safe and valued in a constantly changing and uncertain workplace.

HumanForce, is the ultimate guide to harnessing the power of emotions at work. Grounded in the latest academic research, this book reveals why leaders must grow their emotional intelligence to boost productivity, retain top talent, and ensure healthy and thriving teams.

There are moments throughout our lives when our confidence and creativity can make all the difference. Discover how to transform your career and grow your network by finding success  In The Moment.

Every meeting, presentation and conversation is an opportunity to embrace your confidence and show your creative flair. With insights on collaboration, risk-taking and organization, this book arms you with a complete repertoire of powerful communication tricks and strategies.

Neil Mullarkey is both a communications expert and a well-known comedian. In his new book he shares how to improve your creativity, communication and confidence to navigate a better career path and improve your professional life.

Strategy, culture and customers are the key elements of any business. But to truly succeed, they need to be effectively built, refined and aligned.

Studies show that organizations which are highly aligned are 72% more profitable than their competition. The Alignment Advantage shows how you can achieve this through a practical and proven framework which can be adapted to all businesses, whether it's a small start-up, multinational organization or somewhere in between.

Arguing that Simon Sinek's "start with why" approach is compelling yet flawed and Peter Drucker's claim that "culture eats strategy for breakfast" is a myth, Richard Nugent creates a clear, accessible blueprint for a more successful, collaborative and efficient organization. Illustrated with fascinating case studies from the likes of LEGOLAND, Wagamama and The Empire State Building, The Alignment Advantage cuts through organizational silos and inter-departmental tensions to provide an aligned and strategic approach that will allow you to build your success, refine your processes and align your efforts to target your customers and clients.

Conversations: the heartbeat of our organisations. They help us to create, innovate, and effect change together, and they help us grow as individuals, communities, and organisations. Planned or incidental, conversations have the power to change our lives.

Right now, we’re at risk of losing the art of doing it well. We need to radically change how we talk to each other, to create workplaces where people feel they belong and can thrive.

Conversational Wisdom is the new book from communication experts Sara Hope and Emily Cosgrove. Their aim is to help others to grow their conversational wisdom to create more inclusive and collaborative environments and to make work more meaningful.

Petra Velzeboer is first and foremost a mental health practitioner. However, it is her unique personal story that allows her to offer first-hand experiences of trauma and hardship which make her singularly positioned to explore the influences around us that impact us negatively, the principles of groupthink and the power of thinking for oneself. Petra was born into the notorious Children of God cult. She grew up thinking the world was going to end, she was prevented from going to school and experienced severe trauma that left her with PTSD.

Begin with You invites readers into Petra’s world and the shoes she has walked in to find practical tips and advice to apply to your day-to-day life, all supported by psychological research and insights. This fascinating book is the roadmap that will help you cultivate your mental wellbeing but also offers guidance on how to be a workplace champion and develop an inclusive and collaborative culture.

Rather than just accepting the fatigue and burnout, acclaimed mental health expert Petra Velzeboer shows us how to prioritize our wellbeing and mental health. From recognizing the impact of internal and external influences to learning support mechanisms, Begin With You offers key strategies that will lead to a more rewarding life and career.

From global pandemics to extreme storms – disasters are inevitable, but businesses don’t have to face them unprepared. The Flexible Method – Prepare to Prosper In The Next Global Crisis offers a practical guide to preparing for a crisis, with unique insights from leaders across the board – including media, health, hospitality, travel and non-profit. The tried and tested methods not only offer pathways to survival – but reveal opportunities for growth.

Author James Burstall runs one of the most successful TV production companies in the UK, producing shows like Dispatches and The Masked Singer. During his time at Argonon he has dealt with a variety of existential crises: from terror attacks to recessions, natural disasters and of course, pandemics. Through them all, he has managed to guide his team out the other side and set strategies for the next time something like this happens: because it will happen again.

The Flexible Method covers sixteen tried and tested methods to futureproof businesses, including:

• Preparing for Disasters
  Disasters can be predictable, so game plan across your organization in calm times. Heed signs of the coming storm. Keep your business continuity and disaster recovery plans up to date.

• Collaborate and Connect

The temptation is to baton down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass – but both experience and research from the pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis show that collaborating with others can be a path to growth during disaster.

• Put Your People First

Your people are everything. When disaster strikes get them to safety – you need them healthy and onside. Leave no one behind.

• Adapt

Be open to new ways of working and be willing to change your business practices. Act like a start-up to allow your business evolve alongside the situation.

In Equality vs Equity: Tackling Issues of Race in the Workplace, Jenny helps readers unpack the concept of racial equity and understand it’s importance in moving the dial up on inclusion in the workplace. Companies that strive for equality (treating everyone the same without discrimination) rarely factor in the need for equity, and yet it is equity that is the true capstone of the journey to achieve a fair work environment. Equity stands for fairness, yet what is fair is not necessarily equal, and what is equal is not necessarily fair. The best part about achieving equity is the unique and intangible sense of community and engagement it creates.

Equality vs Equity is the one-stop guide to help companies and leaders step away from making performative targets and statements, and do the real work required to make a fairer future for all.

This book not only gives a clear explanation as to the importance of achieving equity in the workplace, but provides the essential education needed for those who want to learn true allyship, and influence others in the ongoing work to eliminate racism in the workplace.

Jill Bausch was an executive living the "dream life''. She sipped champagne at the luxury hotels where she worked as a senior executive, traveled the world, and on the outside, looked as though she had achieved success. So why did she walk away? Bausch knew she wouldn't be fulfilled until she set her sights on much bigger missions: combatting the HIV pandemic and helping to uplift sex workers and women throughout the world.

Taking on the challenges facing sex workers and HIV+ people requires bravery. Going against what is expected from you, either as a woman, wife, mother or corporate executive, requires bravery. But Bausch knows that brave women really do win.

In Why Brave Women Win, Jill Bausch shares her story as a woman who used bravery to tackle imposter syndrome, find joy in failure, and transform into a real life hero. In this inspiring self-help book for women aiming to achieve all types of wins, you will learn:

• Why it's important to learn to mirror confidence until it is natural and how to do it
• Different levels of listening, and how they bring you closer (or pull you away) from reaching success
• The seven habits of highly successful women and how you can practice them
• What it takes to package yourself in a way that produces maximum impact without compromising your integrity or authenticity or your voice
• How to be a lasting leader during turbulent times

Jill's story does not start with her on a direct path to success; she is proof that any woman can be a hero with a little bit of bravery. Allow yourself to be inspired by her experiences throughout the world, absorb her advice, and march forward into the world on your own hero's journey.

An essential guide to equip the next generation of founders with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to become globally successful entrepreneurs.

This book answers the question “how do I get started?” It takes the reader from making the decision to plunge into entrepreneurship, through the process of choosing and developing an idea and team, all the way to raising capital and working with VCs and angel investors.

Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford are the co-founders of Entrepreneur First (EF). Over the last decade, they have worked with thousands of ambitious individuals across the world, supporting them to become founders. Those individuals have now built companies worth billions of dollars that are taking on some of the world’s biggest challenges, including finding hard-to-spot cancers, tackling climate change and building new financial platforms. In How to Be a Founder, the authors share advice, insights and lessons from their decade of experience working with individuals to become successful founders. The book covers what you need to do today to start your journey as a founder and the steps to take to maximise your chances of building a high-growth, scalable company. You’ll also hear advice from some of the world’s best investors and entrepreneurs who have built some of most iconic technology companies of our time.

Super-helpers are better at helping others than they are at looking after themselves. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe you know someone who is. They are the backbone of the caring professions, giving strength to our schools, clinics, care homes and hospitals. You will also find them in offices, gyms, community groups and charities – everywhere you look — and there’s usually one in every family. 

But in their efforts to help wherever they can, Super-helpers typically overstretch themselves. Some face traumatic and distressing situations. In long-term caring relationships they have no time to care for themselves. In professional care roles, they work prolonged hours with inadequate resources. 

Deep down, beneath all their care for others, there is something that causes helpers to suffer. It lurks unnoticed. It dwells in the psychology of the helper and compels them to help others to the extent that they don’t look after their own needs. This is super-helper syndrome. Until recently this phenomenon has gone unnoticed and unnamed, but now it has been highlighted by two chartered psychologists, Jess Baker and Rod Vincent. 

The Super-Helper Syndrome offers a new perspective on the psychology of helping. It sets out how helping works and why it sometimes goes wrong. It brings to life psychological and neuroscientific research to explain the roots of compassion and empathy. It goes deep into the belief system of helpers and reveals what really motivates them. It illustrates all this with excerpts from a broad spectrum of interviews with paid and unpaid helpers, from ICU nurses to lawyers, volunteers to live-in carers. The book provides activities for the reader to profile and analyse their own helping relationships. It offers support for people who want to adopt a Healthy Helper Mindset, including meeting their own needs, building assertiveness and setting helping boundaries. It guides the reader towards countering the inner critic with mindful self-compassion. It’s only by doing these things that compassionate people can be most effective at helping others.