Zoe Sinclair

On a mission to improve the personal and professional wellbeing of the global workforce

Introducing Zoe Sinclair – workplace wellbeing expert and passionate advocate for destigmatising mental health at work

Zoe Sinclair was a successful BBC television producer at the height of her career, but when she returned to work after the birth of her first child, she experienced a severe lack of support. Juggling family life and her career was taking its toll, so when her department were offering voluntary redundancy, she decided enough was enough.

Spurred on by the stories and calls for help from other parents, Zoe left the BBC to establish one of the first organisations to advocate for better support for working mums and dad, turning herself to self-employment in search of flexibility – and she wasn’t alone. The number of women forced out of traditional employment was booming – between 2001 and 2016, female part-time self-employment almost doubled in the UK.

Employees Matter

As the years went on, organisations soon asked Zoe for more initiatives outside of the parenting sphere and that’s when Employees Matter was born. Its aim is to support staff with innovative seminars, webinars, workshops and education, as well as groundbreaking new research, to help promote and inspire a healthy and happy alliance between living and working. Uniquely, Employees Matter does not shy away from any topic, whether that’s addiction, grief, gender or fertility, believing that employees’ personal issues usually considered matters to be dealt with outside of work inevitably impact working lives – providing much-needed support to organisations on how to approach these.

This Can Happen

In 2017, driven by Zoe’s passion to help both employers and employees find solutions to create stigma-free, considerate work environments in which people can be open about their mental health, she co-founded This Can Happen. Its aim is to empower workplace mental wellbeing globally, through conferences, awards, research, webinars, seminars and bespoke programmes.

Originally a one-day mental health conference, This Can Happen now holds global events across three continents and has just completed its first mental health event for HR professionals in Singapore. It’s next UK-based conference will take place on 12 June 2025.

Ready to speak to the media:

Zoe Sinclair is an experienced, passionate speaker who is available to provide expert comment, interviews and by-lined articles on a range of topics, including:

- Understanding mental health in the workplace – for Mental Health Awareness Week etc.
- 10 ways to make your business work better for working parents – and why it matters
- Generational workplace mental wellbeing – what Gen Z are looking for in their employers.
- Grief in the workplace: The impact of bereavement on employees’ mental health – and how to support them.
- Mental health support for remote workers: what can employers do?
- How to make Bring Your Child to Work Day work in your company – and the benefits of doing so.
- Gallup says 41% of us are stressed at work – why is work causing us such a headache?
- DEI and mental health: How inclusion can drive positive workplace mental health
- Domestic abuse – 10 things workplaces can do to remove stigma and support victims.
- Creating communities at work: how to encourage everyone to become a mental health ally in your workplace.
- Mental health and neurodivergence in the workplace – how organisations can provide support, raise awareness and foster openness.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Zoe, please contact:

Amy Purnell
amy.purnell@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 1497 288 018
Senior Campaigns Manager
The Book Publicist

At A Glance


  • The founder of Employees Matter – a leading provider of support and workshops to empower positive mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, working with the likes of FTSE 100 companies through to law firms and investment banks.
  • Founder of the first UK-based workplace mental health conference, This Can Happen – HRH Prince William was the first keynote speaker, and this is now a series of global events held in over three continents.
  • The originator of the Bring Your Child to Work Day initiative in the UK – designed to foster authenticity, community, improve workplace relationships and provide 8-16-year-olds with an interactive & engaging insight into the world of work.
  • A workplace mental wellbeing specialist, promoting and inspiring a healthy and happy alliance between living and working – Zoe is a passionate advocate for tackling stigma, encouraging openness and supporting employees’ personal issues often considered matters to be dealt with outside of work, despite the obvious impact on their working lives. Incl.: grief, working parents, fertility issues, caring for elderly relatives, domestic abuse, addiction and so on.
  • Established one of the first organisations to advocate for better support for working parents – after experiencing a lack of support upon returning to work as a mother.
  • Commissioned the first ever research study into the impact of grief in the workplace – finding that 76% of employees feel that a bereavement affected their performance at work.

Ready To Speak To The Media


Sandra Roycroft-Davis

Leading behavioural change specialist, speaker, entrepreneur, and author

Introducing Sandra Roycroft-Davis – Changing the conversation around weight loss

Sandra Roycroft-Davis is a therapist and coach and the award-winning creator of the Slimpod programme, which combines neuroscience, behavioural science, positive psychology, science of habit, psychology of eating and unconscious persuasion. She spent years in Harley Street, helping people to lose weight when nothing else had worked for them, before launching her online weight management programme worldwide.

Her approach isn’t about willpower, restrictions, or rigid meal plans. Instead, she empowers people to create sustainable, life-changing habits that transform not just their weight, but their confidence, self-belief, and overall wellbeing.

A sought-after speaker at international health conferences in London, Dubai, Milan, and Prague, Sandra has also been a trusted voice in the media, featuring on ITV Tonight and Channel 4’s How to Lose Weight Well.

Author of The Weight’s Over – Take Back Control: Break Free from dieting, transform your mindset and change your life

Sandra’s highly anticipated book, The Weight’s Over – Take Back Control, is a blueprint for freedom from dieting. It unveils the science behind why traditional weight loss methods fail and provides the proven strategies Sandra has used to help thousands of people reclaim control of their eating, their confidence, and their health.

The Weight’s Over helps people break free from the emotional and psychological chains of dieting and finally achieve the healthy, happy life they deserve.

The Weight's Over - Take Back Control: Break free from dieting, transform your mindset and change your life by Sandra Roycroft-Davis is out on 13 March, published by Yellow Kite, priced £16.99

Author of The Weight’s Over: Take Back Control

The average dieter spends £30,000 on weight loss attempts in their lifetime - yet 99 per cent of diets fail, according to a survey of 4,000 former dieters. The new research forms the basis of revolutionary new book, The Weight’s Over and demonstrates the need for change when it comes to diet culture.

Award winning behavioural change specialist, therapist and coach Sandra Roycroft-Davis, offers science-backed solution for anyone looking to regain their power and find hope after a lifetime of failed dieting. Sandra’s medically endorsed Slimpod programme has helped almost 350,000 people worldwide lose weight naturally and sustainably. With her decades of experience in behavioural psychology and weight management, Sandra provides readers with a simple yet practical method to shift their mindset and reclaim their health without endless diets, eating plans or calorie counting.

The book tackles key issues including overcoming food guilt, managing addiction, shifting mindset, and understanding the impact of hormones and the menopause on weight, featuring 23 powerful case studies sharing their real-life successes.

Packed with practical advice, motivational insights, and easy-to-follow strategies, The Weight's Over empowers readers to break free from diet culture and take back control of their health and happiness.

About The Business

Founder of the Clinically proven, medically endorsed Slimpod programme

Millions of people around the world battle with their weight, trapped in an endless cycle of dieting and self-blame. Sandra created Slimpod to change that.

Slimpod isn’t another diet, it’s a mindset and behaviour change programme, based on scientifically proven techniques that help people retrain their brains to eat less, regain control over food, and develop a healthier relationship with eating and their bodies.

Medically endorsed and clinically proven in independent clinical trials, Slimpod has been used by over 350,000 people worldwide. The programme is rated Excellent on TrustPilot with over 3,000 5* reviews.

It was the first programme in the world to commission independent trials into the effectiveness of voice recordings using the WordWeaving® technique, a unique method of unconscious persuasion that helps people rewire their eating habits effortlessly. Slimpod is now going through NHS clinical trials.

The success of Slimpod earned Sandra the title of Best Businesswoman in Health 2024, a testament to the life-changing impact of her work.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Sandra, please contact:

Natalie Connors: natalie.connors@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Award-winning weight loss and behavioural change expert
  • International health speaker and media commentator featured on ITV Tonight and Channel 4’s How to Lose Weight Well
  • Founder of Slimpod – the clinically proven, medically endorsed programme that has been used by over 350,000 people to help them break free from dieting and achieve lasting weight loss.
  • Author of The Weight’s Over - Take Back Control (Yellow Kite), described by NHS Obesity Professor Adrian Heald as a “a game changer… introducing tools that actually work and are accessible to everyone”

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Sandra is a highly experienced and media-friendly speaker, and is available to offer expert comment on a range of topics, including
  • Why we eat when we’re not hungry and how to break the habit
  • What triggers cravings and how to take back control
  • The impact of hormones on fat loss and why willpower alone isn’t enough
  • The difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger
  • How to rewire your brain for sustainable weight loss—without dieting

Lord Mark Price

Expert in workplace happiness, improving leadership and organisational culture

Mark Price, known as the Business Nourisher, is the founder of WorkL for Business and WorkL, the leading employee experience platform which showcases the happiest workplaces globally. Mark is author of Happy Enconomics: Why the Happiest Workplaces are the Most Successful, published by Kogan Page.

Mark Price is the founder of WorkL for Business and WorkL, former Managing Director of Waitrose, and the former Deputy Chair of the John Lewis Partnership.

After retiring from the John Lewis Partnership in 2016, Mark was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to the UK Government as the Minister of State for Trade and Investment. He was at the same time made a life Peer and sits in the UK House of Lords. He has also served as the Chair of The Fair Trade Foundation, NED of Coca-Cola, Chair of Business in the Community and Former President of the Charted Management Institute.

An expert in improving leadership and organisational culture, Mark’s previous books include Six Steps to Engaged Employees (2019), Fairness for all (2017) and Workplace Fables (2017). His latest book, Happy Economics, clearly demonstrates the business opportunity behind investing in our happiness. Using anecdotes from his 40+ years in corporate leadership roles – including serving as the former MD of Waitrose and Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership - as well as real-world examples of organisations who have got it right, this book explains the economic, cultural and societal benefits of happiness, and instructs leaders on how to build happy organisations, recruit happy employees, and drive growth with an engagement plan that can be implemented by any business.

Mark is based in London, UK.

Author of Happy Economics

Happiness at work matters. But what does happiness mean? How can managers measure it and create more of it? And what happens to organizations when they get happiness right?

New book Happy Economics demonstrates the proven links between happiness and financial success. It provides a framework for creating happy teams and organisations, including practical assessments on where we’re going wrong and a roadmap to sustainable improvement, and explains exactly why they're needed.

You can expect to find advice and answers to questions like:

  • What is happy economics, why is it important, and how could this new way of thinking improve our productivity, growth, and reputation?
  • What is a corporate happiness plan and why should every business have one?
  • What is the role of leadership in delivering a happy workplace and where are businesses going wrong with their engagement and recognition strategies?
  • What’s missing in current workplace wellbeing initiatives, and what happens when they’re created with employee happiness at the centre?
  • How to recruit, retain and develop the right people and build happy organisations fit for the future of work.

About The Business

In 2018 Mark Price founded WorkL, a digital platform designed to measure track and improve individuals’ workplace happiness. More than one million people have taken the WorkL happy at work test. The company also supports thousands of organisations to improve their commercial performance through understanding and advancing employee happiness initiatives.

For further information, an interview, comment, a review copy, or an article from Mark, please contact: Durga Bradley e: durga@thebookpublicist.co.uk T: 01497 288018

At A Glance


  • Expert in workplace happiness and improving leadership and organisational culture.
  • Founder of WorkL for Business and WorkL, the leading employee experience platform, which showcases the happiest workplaces globally.
  • Author of Six Steps to Engaged Employees (2019), Fairness for all (2017), Workplace Fables (2017) and latest book Happy Enconomics: Why the Happiest Workplaces are the Most Successful.
  • Former Managing Director of Waitrose, and the former Deputy Chair of the John Lewis Partnership.
  • Former Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
  • Life Peer and sits in the UK House of Lords.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Mark Price is a media-trained expert who is available for interviews, by-lined articles and guest commentary on topics including:
  • The average employee happiness score in the UK is 69%. How did we get here – and how do we improve it?
  • What are the economic, organisational and cultural benefits of a happy workforce?
  • Is investing in happiness the radical response we need to fix the UK’s productivity issues?
  • 4 ways leaders set the foundation for an engaged team
  • How to help your teams find their lost spark at work
  • What to do when an employee says they’re unhappy at work
  • How to do employee recognition right – by an expert in organizational happiness
  • Happy Economics: the new way of thinking about growth and engagement

Alex Partridge

ADHD activist, entrepreneur, podcast host and author

Introducing Alex Partridge – founder of LADBible, ADHD activist, podcast host and bestselling author of Now It All Makes Sense.

Alex Partridge founded UNILAD and LADBible at age 21, social news sites which now have a following of 100 million people around the globe. A legal case over ownership in 2017 tipped him over the edge of the cliff into alcoholism, triggering years of mental health issues until, aged 34, he was diagnosed with ADHD.

Host of the ADHD Chatter Podcast

After his diagnosis, and feeling frustrated with the stigma surrounding ADHD, Alex launched the award-winning ADHD Chatter podcast which has a following of 2 million people. The podcast has hosted guests including Denise Welch and Matt Hancock.

Conversations are unfiltered, unedited and unpredictable and offer wisdom to help listeners live their best ADHD life. The podcast aims to make listeners feel less alone and remind them that they’re not broken, just different and have always been enough.

Author of Now It All Makes Sense

Now It All Makes Sense describes how Alex’s mental health struggles and alcoholism led to a life-changing ADHD diagnosis at age 34. It explains the struggles that can come from masking your differences - across finance, relationships, career and addiction.

The book reframes neurodiversity, highlighting the strengths that come from having a brain that works differently, and how it can make you a better parent, partner, and entrepreneur.

Author of Now It All Makes Sense: How An ADHD Diagnosis Brought Clarity To My Life

How high is your ‘ADHD tax’? How can you overcome rejection sensitivity? Are you stuck in the parenting shame game?

In his new book, entrepreneur Alex Partridge answers these questions, and explains how a legal case led to his mental health struggles and alcoholism, which resulted in a life-changing ADHD diagnosis at age 34.

Now It All Makes Sense explains the struggles that can come from masking your differences - across finance, relationships, career and addiction. It reframes neurodiversity, highlighting the strengths that come from having a brain that works differently, and how it can make you a better parent, partner, and entrepreneur.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Alex, please contact:
Natalie Connors: natalie.connors@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Founder of UNILAD and LADBible, and host of the globally acclaimed ADHD chatter podcast.
  • Social media sensation sharing the realities of living with ADHD, with over 1.2 million Instagram followers.
  • Author of Now It All Makes Sense: How an ADHD Diagnosis Brought Clarity to my Life
  • Flipping the narrative on neurodiversity and highlighting the power of thinking differently.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Alex Partridge is available to provide expert commentary, interviews and bylined articles on topics including:
  • ‘Everyone has ADHD these days’: Why neurodiversity isn’t a trend
  • How I’ve embraced my differences as someone with ADHD
  • The love languages of someone with ADHD (Valentine’s Day)
  • How to avoid the shame game and thrive as a neurodivergent parent
  • Now it all makes sense – my story from UNILAD and LADbible to ADHD Chatter and children
  • Things you should know if you love someone with ADHD
  • From AA to ADHD – how undiagnosed ADHD led to alcoholism
  • Success amnesia – why so many ADHDers forget their positives
  • Why ADHD can make you a better business leader
  • Early warning signs of business burnout

Kate Griggs

Redefining Dyslexia As A Superpower

Introducing Kate Griggs – British Social Entrepreneur, Dyslexic Thinking Expert, Award-Winning Campaigner and Bestselling Author

British social entrepreneur and Dyslexic Thinking expert, Kate Griggs, is the founder of global charity, Made By Dyslexia. Kate has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004.

Dyslexic herself and having been surrounded by an extraordinary ‘smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking’ her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well. She has written two best-selling books on Dyslexic Thinking, published by Penguin: This Is Dyslexia which explains Dyslexic Thinking to young people and adults and Xtraordinary People which explains Dyslexic Thinking to kids.

Kate is the host of chart-topping podcast Lessons in Dyslexic Thinking, in which she interviews some of the world’s most famous, inspirational, and fascinating Dyslexic Thinkers.

Kate has shared her wealth of Dyslexic Thinking expertise in Made By Dyslexia’s free training courses for schools and workplaces available online now at Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn Learning.

Lessons in Dyslexic Thinking podcast – empowering Dyslexic Thinkers

Following the success of season one of Kate’s Lessons in Dyslexic Thinking podcast, the world’s most inspiring dyslexics are BACK for a brand-new season launching 26 March 2024 with empowering lessons, advice and inspiration for individuals, educators, and parents alike.

Find out how Muhammad Ali’s Dyslexic Thinking helped him visualise his success, why BBC wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin thinks dyslexia is his superpower and what makes children’s author Liz Pichon proud to tell kids she’s dyslexic.

Made By Dyslexia – Redefining Dyslexia

Made By Dyslexia is a global charity led by successful dyslexics. It is the world’s largest community of dyslexic people and their allies. Its mission is to teach the world to understand the brilliance and value of Dyslexic Thinking, and to empower it in every home, every workplace, and every school. Aligned with the UN Sustainable Goals, it’s aim is to achieve this by 2030.

Made By Dyslexia’s bold campaigns, game-changing partnerships, and impactful resources are redefining dyslexia, informing, teaching, and inspiring a global movement for change. In 2022 the charity’s work with Richard Branson’s Virgin saw Dyslexic Thinking added as a skill on LinkedIn. And its DyslexAI campaign in 2023 showed that Dyslexic Thinking is the perfect and vital co-pilot to AI in this new world of work.

The charity’s free training, made in partnership with Microsoft and LinkedIn and featuring world leading experts, is empowering Dyslexic Thinking in homes, schools, and workplaces across the globe. For more information and free training courses, visit www.madebydyslexia.org.

Author of This is Dyslexia: The definitive guide to the untapped power of dyslexic thinking and its vital role in our future

British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been surrounded by an extraordinary 'smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking' her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well.

With a forward from Sir Richard Branson, This is Dyslexia covers everything you need to understand, value and support Dyslexic Thinking. From offering practical advice on how to support the dyslexics in your life to breaking down the 6 Dyslexic Thinking skills in adults, Griggs shares her knowledge in an easily digestible guide.

This is Dyslexia redefines and reshapes what it means to be dyslexic. It explores how it has shaped our past and how harnessing its powers and strengths is vital to our future.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Kate, please contact:

Amy Purnell
amy.purnell@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • British Social Entrepreneur, Dyslexic Thinking Expert, Campaigner and CEO of MADE BY DYSLEXIA – the leading global Dyslexia charity, supported by organisations and celebs alike (from Microsoft and Facebook to Richard Branson, Keira Knightley & HRH Princess Beatrice)
  • Bestselling author of THIS is Dyslexia (‘A brilliant guide for people with dyslexia’ Richard Branson) and Xtraordinary People (featured on Sky News, Daily Mail, Tatler…)
  • Host of the Lessons in Dyslexic Thinking podcast: in conversation with some of the world’s most inspiring dyslexics to empower Dyslexic Thinkers everywhere! Returning for season two on 26 March 2024.
  • Kate’s 2022 campaigning led to ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ being added to Dictionary.com – she also got ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ added as a skill on LinkedIn and, within a week, 10,000 people had added it to their profile!
  • Kate’s high-profile campaign in 2008 culminated in the UK Government’s Dyslexia Review – the bill for universal dyslexic screening is waiting its second screening in Parliament.
  • Kate is a leading voice in global dyslexia advocacy – she created a BBC documentary about dyslexia, has spoken for TEDx and regularly appears in The Times, TES, BBC Breakfast…
  • Launched the first ever World Dyslexia Assembly – she has also been releasing new pioneering research into dyslexia.

Ready To Speak To The Media


Nik Kinley

Leadership Expert, Psychotherapist, Coach, Consultant and Author

Introducing Nik Kinley – Leadership Expert, Psychotherapist, Coach, Consultant and Author

Nik Kinley is a renowned London-based leadership and culture expert with over 30 years’ experience assessing leaders, changing people’s behaviour, and evolving organisational cultures.

Nik started his career as a forensic psychotherapist, working in prisons for over a decade. Since then, he has applied his expertise in the fields of assessment and behaviour change to the business world, assessing over 1,000 senior executives primarily for CEO and C-Suite roles. He is an expert in understanding how a person will adapt to a new role and challenges they may face based on their personality traits and behaviours.

Formerly a Director at YSC, a global leadership strategy consultancy that forms part of Accenture, Nik’s professional background also features commercial and senior corporate positions including the Global Head of Assessment and Coaching for the BP Group and Global Head of Learning at Barclays.

As a consultant, Nik has worked with over 60% of the top 20 FTSE companies and has also coached boards and executive teams in organisations of all sizes, industries and regions, from founder-led portfolio companies to multinational businesses with over 100,000 employees and assets worth over $500bn. He is also a regular lecturer at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools, including University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School and the IMD Business School in Switzerland.

Acclaimed Business Author

Nik has published a successful series of books on leadership and talent management, including Changing Employee Behaviour: A Practical Guide for Managers and Leadership OS: The Operating System You Need To Succeed.

His most recent book, co-written with his long-time collaborator Professor Shlomo Ben-Hur, was published in 2024 titled Re-writing Your Leadership Code: How Your Childhood Made You The Leader You Are, And What You Can Do About It. A ground-breaking study of how our early experiences shape our workplace behaviours, the book is based on decades of research and shares a detailed analysis of how to better manage and utilise your underlying leadership instincts whilst working under pressure or stress. It was featured in Fast Company, Harper’s Bazaar, HR Magazine, and more.

Author of Rewriting Your Leadership Code

Rewriting Your Leadership Code encourages us to look behind the mirror at how our childhood experiences secretly influence the way we make decisions, behave, and feel about ourselves at work, and crucially shows how we can channel their impact to our advantage.

The 9-5 routine has become more complicated for business leaders, with 74% saying that the number of decisions they make every day has risen over the past five years. Leaders are having to rely on their instincts to cope with the increased pressure and workload. But by running on automatic, we risk bringing unreliable traits and subconscious biases to the surface.

Written by leadership expert Nik Kinley and organisational psychologist Shlomo Ben-Hur, this new book draws upon decades of research and proven neurological and psychological mechanisms to show how our past experiences shape our adult tendencies and why early experiences of stress, conflict and friendship can create blind spots for our leadership patterns.

From how we act in meetings and manage conflict to whether we respect our boss and can handle change, our childhood plays a pivotal part in how we lead our teams and organisations when under pressure. By understanding these triggers and traits, managers can be more aware of when they’re running on automatic and ensure their actions are intentional, relevant, and effective.

For further information, an interview with Nik Kinley, a guest article or comment, please contact: 

Jessica Haycox 
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk 
+44 (0)1497 288 018 

At A Glance


  • Leadership and culture expert with over 30 years’ experience working as a coach and consultant for some of the world’s biggest organisations.
  • Trained as a forensic psychotherapist, with experience assessing everyone from life-sentence inmates to CEOs, royalty, politicians, children, and more.
  • Former Global Head of Leadership Development & Employee Engagement at Barclays, and Global Head of Assessment and Coaching for BP.
  • Author of multiple business books specialising in leadership and behavioural change, including Changing Employee Behaviour and Re-writing Your Leadership Code.
  • Advised over 60% of the top 20 FTSE companies, helping some of the world’s biggest firms create the leadership strategies they need to succeed.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Nik is an experienced media commentator who is available for interviews, guest articles and commentary on topics including:
  • What does power do to leaders, and what – in return – do leaders to the positions of power they hold?
  • How do our personalities and behaviours change with positions of responsibility?
  • Can nice people be bad leaders – and vice versa?
  • How does being in a position of power change how we feel about ourselves?
  • Has power made us paranoid? How leaders view threats – and what it tells us about the concerns of those at the top
  • Beware ambitious, confident and articulate leaders! How and why these traits can breed a toxic work culture
  • Are you making people feel cared for? 3 ways to tell – and 3 ways to change
  • Benchmarking is built on a lie. Here’s why – and what to do differently…
  • Why businesses should stop looking for personality matches in their new hires
  • The secrets of a CEO assessor: who gets the top job, and why?

Michael Watkins

Leadership Transitions Expert, Professor of Organisational Change, and Internationally Best-selling Author of The First 90 Days

Introducing Michael Watkins – Leadership Transitions Expert, Professor of Organisational Change, and Internationally Best-selling Author of ‘The First 90 Days’.

Michael Watkins is a globally recognised expert, academic and author specialising in leadership transitions and organisational change. He has spent the past two decades coaching C-level executives and teaching the next generation of leaders how to step up to enterprise leadership, develop their teams, and transform their organisations effectively.

As a Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change, Michael teaches at the International Management Development (IMD) Business School in Switzerland and co-directs its Transition to Business Leadership executive programme for future enterprise leaders. Before joining the IMD, he was an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also the co-founder of Genesis Advisers, a boutique executive coaching firm that guides leaders and their teams and organisations through periods of transition.

His proven strategies, professional experiences and decades of contributions to management and leadership development meant that in 2023, Michael was inducted into the prestigious Thinkers50 Management Hall of Fame.

Internationally Best-Selling Author

Michael is a renowned business author, with his most notable book being the international best-seller The First 90 Days. Dubbed ‘the onboarding bible’ by The Economist in praise of its practical framework for navigating the early stages of a new leadership role, the book is one of the world's most trusted guides for managers undergoing a career transition, selling more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. It has been translated into 23 different languages and was chosen by Amazon as one of their top 100 leadership and success books to read in a lifetime.

His latest book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, was published in 2023. Featured by publications like the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and more, it provides actionable methods for leaders to weave strategic thinking into their leadership style and highlights the benefits of developing these skills within teams and organisations. The book also features various case studies and examples of CEOs and businesses who have used strategic thinking to their advantage, sharing key lessons to implement in leaders’ routines and processes.

Author of The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking: Leading Your Organization Into the Future

Businesses face unprecedented challenges with technology, supply chain issues, economic uncertainty, and political instability. To avoid being overwhelmed by the chaos and outmanoeuvred by their competitors, leaders must learn how to turn disruption into opportunity and instil strategic thinking into their teams, cultures, and management styles.

Every leader can learn to be a stronger strategic thinker. From mental agility and pattern recognition to visioning and political savvy, this book digs deep into the six disciplines of strategic thinking that separate good and great leaders, and offers the tools required to build this skill into a competitive edge in a VUCA environment.

A comprehensive, practical, and actionable guide to strategic thinking, this essential new book offers a wealth of insights and tools for leaders at all levels to help them win the game of business – strategically.

For further information about a speech, interview, guest article or comment, please contact: 

Jessica Haycox 
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk 
+44 (0)1497 288 018 

At A Glance


  • Widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership transitions, strategic thinking, and negotiation.
  • Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, where he leads senior executive programmes
  • Internationally best-selling author, including the classic leadership book The First 90 Days, described by The Economist as “the onboarding bible,” and his most recent book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking.
  • Co-founder of Genesis Advisers, a global leadership development consultancy specialising in transition acceleration for leaders, teams, and organisations.
  • Advises senior executives to accelerate their transitions, build their teams, and transform their organisations.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Michael is an experienced speaker and writer who is available for interviews, guest articles and commentary on topics including:
  • Mastering Leadership Transitions: "How to accelerate success in new leadership roles by systematically navigating the critical first 90 days."
  • Stepping Up to Enterprise Leadership: The Seven Seismic Shifts: "Understanding the seven major shifts required to transition from functional leadership to enterprise-level leadership."
  • Strategic Thinking for Turbulent Times: "The six essential disciplines of strategic thinking every leader must develop to lead in today’s complex business environment."
  • The Impact of AI on Leadership: "Preparing leaders for the future by understanding the evolving role of AI and its implications for workforce dynamics and strategic planning."
  • Mastering Strategic Negotiation: "Learn the principles and tools of strategic negotiation that lead to breakthrough results, focusing on diagnosing complex situations, building coalitions, and navigating power dynamics for successful outcomes.
  • Leading Organisational Transformation: "Best practices for effectively leading large-scale transformations that align culture, strategy, and operations."
  • Culture Transformation and Building Adaptive Cultures: "How to cultivate adaptive cultures that embrace change, foster innovation, and continuously evolve in response to dynamic environments."
  • Mindful Leadership: Enhancing Presence and Decision-Making: "How integrating mindfulness can improve leadership presence, decision-making, and emotional intelligence in high-pressure environments."
  • Building Resilient Organisations: "Creating resilient teams through psychological safety and fostering well-being to adapt to organisational challenges and change."

Dr Audrey Tang

Psychologist, author, leadership trainer, performance coach and founder of creative arts charity

Introducing Dr Audrey Tang, psychologist, author, leadership trainer, performance coach and founder of creative arts charity CLICK Arts Foundation

CLICK Arts Foundation (registered charity 1203549)

CLICK Arts Foundation (www.clickartsfoundation.org.uk) is a registered charity which aims to foster social inclusion, community growth and personal development through the arts. Based in the Midlands, United Kingdom, it provides grant funding to support grassroots creative arts programmes, particularly those that build confidence/self-worth and promote wellbeing and social inclusion.

First established as CLICK productions in 1993, the group performed, produced and ran drama and movement workshops globally, including at Edinburgh Film Festival, to support, fundraise and connect the international performing arts community. The charity now supports those who provide a safe and nurturing space and promote growth within the performing arts.

To date, the foundation’s grants have supported silent discos for those with dementia and autism, inner-city dance schools, theatre in education programmes in deprived areas and an African cultural language group preserving heritage through spoken word and drama, to name a few!

Upcoming initiatives include:

  • Fundraising Burlesque-A-Thon - a 5-hour long Burlesque session centred on confidence and self-love
  • Releasing a charity single of David Essex’s “Falling Angels Riding” alongside VERU, the Luton & Bedfordshire Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit, to raise awareness of their #justdropit campaign to tackle knife crime.
  • A variety show with the NHFT Suicide Prevention team to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day

Mental Health Matters

Mental Health Matters is a magazine-style show broadcast on the e360TV network which takes a deep dive into all things mental health and wellbeing. Dr Audrey Tang shares lived experiences and inspirational stories, as well as hearing from experts in their field to bring viewers practical tips and tools to boost their mental and emotional fitness.

Skits & Quibbles

Skits and Quibbles is an arts and wellness show broadcast on the e360TV network. Hosted by Dr Audrey Tang, it provides both established and up-and-coming performers with a platform to perform (skits) and discuss their inspiration and aspirations (quibbles). The aim of the show is to support performers within the creative arts industry with media experience and visibility, whether they come from music, comedy, dance or the performing arts.

Author of The Leader’s Guide to Wellbeing: How to use soft skills to get hard results

Dr Audrey Tang offers a step change in how leaders and organisations should approach wellbeing in their organisations. She recommends techniques and strategies to banish burnout and create a culture of psychological safety and inclusion to keep teams feeling valued, motivated and energised. With lots of exercises to practise regularly, this book will help you make lasting positive, transformational change.

The Leader’s Guide to Wellbeing completes Dr Tang’s ‘head–heart–gut’ series of books (see also The Leader’s Guide to Mindfulness and The Leader’s Guide to Resilience) and supports wellbeing as a core function of leadership. It offers the leader – and their teams – a clear understanding of what wellbeing is, as well as practical ways to create a culture of wellbeing within the organisation and the individual.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Audrey, please contact: Amy Purnell (amy.purnell@thebookpublicist.co.uk) or Rhian Pearson (rhian@thebookpublicist.co.uk) at The Book Publicist. Tel: +44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Chartered Psychologist, leadership trainer and performance coach
  • Founder and Chair of Trustees of CLICK Arts Foundation – a charity which provides grant funding to support grassroots creative arts programmes, putting them back into the heart of communities
  • Trained Burlesque and roller-skating coach, and body confidence expert specialising in growing confidence and self-esteem through the creative arts
  • Former Head of Drama and qualified teacher
  • Mental health broadcaster - host of Mental Health Matters, a magazine-style show that deep dives into all things mental health and wellbeing and Skits & Quibbles, an arts and wellness show providing a platform for established and new performers
  • Award-winning author of Be A Great Manager Now and the Leader’s Guide series to Mindfulness, Resilience and Wellbeing

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Dr Audrey Tang is ready to talk to the media to provide expert comment, by-lined articles and interviews around these topics:
  • Arts programs have been shown to have numerous benefits on personal development, social inclusion and wellbeing, particularly for marginalised groups. Participation in arts programs can also help boost confidence and open doors to new opportunities, as wel
  • After 14 years of Tory cuts to the arts – what could we expect from the new government? 
  • Could better access to the arts improve the mental health crisis? Government funding for the creative arts has been cut by 50% in England while participation in music activities and arts GCSE entries have also significantly dropped. Whilst poor mental he
  • Teenage knife crime/gang culture: how a generation robbed of creative outlets has turned to violence 
  • How the arts can bring communities together in disadvantaged areas
  • Inclusivity and the arts – why the arts will always be a home for marginalised voices
  • “I’m a psychologist – here’s why creative arts can be so transformative for your mental health”

David Ross

World-leading VUCA strategist and peacemaker

Introducing David Ross - international VUCA strategist, organisational peacemaker and founder of Phoenix Strategic Management

David Ross is best known as an international strategist and peacemaker, helping leaders, organisations and communities successfully deal with their most complex – and often, controversial – issues. He not only coaches leaders on how to successfully navigate shocks and crises, but also leads the difficult conversations with staff, local communities and those on the margins of society about our biggest challenges, ensuring all stakeholders have a chance to be heard and giving him a unique insight into the true impact of leadership.

David is Founder of Phoenix Strategic Management. Over the last 30 years he has influenced and enabled numerous client organisations to transform and transcend the management of the complex social and environmental issues most organisations are struggling with around the globe. He works with organisations and those affected to confront the old ways, creating innovative and measurable breakthroughs. Having worked on an array of contentious and heated social, environmental and economic issues including the performance of government departments, the societal impacts of pollution, access to freshwater, energy and mining, crime, drought management, waste management, economic development and the sustainability of communities and regions, he is able to straddle all situations from the C-suite through to the poorest of communities.

Confronting The Storm

David is also author of Confronting the Storm: Regenerating Leadership and Hope in the Age of Uncertainty which draws upon David’s vast experience working across government policy, corporate strategy and community sustainability to shine a light on how conventional leadership wisdom is causing so many well-intentioned strategies to fall short. He then gathers fascinating exclusive insights from leaders across the globe (including a former Prime Minister, a former Foreign Secretary and one of Fortune magazine’s ‘50 Greatest Leaders’) who are successfully Confronting the Storm to outline the key traits and skills leaders today really need to succeed.

Confronting the Storm is an eye-opening book that will challenge the thinking of leaders and aspiring leaders alike, whether they are in business, politics, the public sector, sustainability or any other field.


About The Business

David is Founder of Phoenix Strategic Management. Over the last 30 years he has influenced and enabled numerous client organisations to transform and transcend the management of the complex social and environmental issues most organisations are struggling with around the globe. He works with organisations and those affected to confront the old ways, creating innovative and measurable breakthroughs. Having worked on an array of contentious and heated social, environmental and economic issues including the performance of government departments, the societal impacts of pollution, access to freshwater, energy and mining, crime, drought management, waste management, economic development and the sustainability of communities and regions, he is able to straddle all situations from the C-suite through to the poorest of communities.

For further information, an interview, comment, a review copy, or an article from David, please contact: Durga Bradley e: durga@thebookpublicist.co.uk T: 01497 288018

At A Glance


  • Leading VUCA strategist and corporate peacemaker, David works with organizations to prepare them for ever-increasing global shocks or when crisis strikes and leaders face angry torch-wielding mobs
  • Expert in navigating uncertain, complex and controversial issues, engaging with employees, customers, communities and other stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
  • Author of new book Confronting the Storm: Regenerating Leadership and Hope in the Age of Uncertainty
  • Founder of Phoenix Strategic Management which helps organisations tame complex and volatile environments, while protecting their brand and performance
  • Coaches leaders in executive, strategic, reputational and regenerative intelligence

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • David is available to talk to the media to provide expert comment, by-lined articles and interviews around topics including:
  • Pushing leadersh#t up hill: What we need from leaders in the 21st Century
  • How to lead when faced with angry mobs at your door
  • Listening leaders: How to ensure even under-represented voices get heard
  • The future of marketing: The key skills for marketers when consumerism becomes the enemy
  • Our Environment: The Crisis That Doesn’t Stop at HQ’s Front Door
  • Why BAU is BS: why behaviours that have led to success in the past are now an obstacle
  • Sharing is Caring (the leadership necessary for the age of uncertainty)
  • From Outrage to Integrity: how companies can recover from reputational crisis
  • Tips for rebuilding employee trust after brand crisis
  • Confronting the Brewing Storm: leading in a disrupted world
  • Resisting Glorious Pasts: How to avoid a BREXIT or MAGA moment and improve decision making
  • How to become better at problem solving in the 21st Century

Petra Velzeboer

Renowned mental health expert, psychotherapist and certified coach

Introducing Petra Velzeboer, a psychotherapist and mental health expert helping organisations build mentally fit workplaces

Petra Velzeboer is first and foremost a mental health practitioner. However, it is her unique personal story that singles her out – she was born and raised in a notorious cult and knows firsthand what a toxic culture feels like and what it takes to build resilience and take responsibility for good mental health.

Speaking on global stages she sees the challenges that exist including rising statistics of burnout, anxiety, depression, addiction and suicide. These are only part of the issues facing the workplace as it tackles an economic downturn, long term absence, employee health challenges, attrition and retention. Leaders are worried about asking the wrong question so they say nothing at all, secretly struggling to manage their own workload and mental health in the process.

Petra offers practical answers to these questions giving leaders skills they can utilise today to help them lead by example, modelling healthy behaviours and offering inspiration and motivation to their people to enable them to thrive.

Working with the likes of PwC, Herbert Smith Freehills, Channel 4, Monzo Bank, Novartis, Accenture, Avanade, Eagle Eye, Financial Ombudson and Havas Lynx Group, Petra translates her story into solutions for teams today. She’s known for comparing cults to corporates and adapting her message to suit audiences of employees, senior leadership teams and HR or D&I teams. As well as keynotes and inspiring team talks, she also offers advice on effective and inclusive wellbeing strategies that enhance diversity of thought, gender issues and leadership styles. She adapts her story and expertise to include neuroscience and positive psychology to inspire people to achieve greatness.

Begin With You (2023, Kogan Page)

Petra is the author of Begin with You, a practical insight into thriving in adversity and challenging toxicity, groupthink and culty behaviours. The book invites readers into Petra’s world and the shoes she has walked in to find practical tips and advice to apply to your life. It’s a fascinating roadmap that will help you cultivate your mental wellbeing and fight burnout but also offers guidance on how to be a workplace champion and develop an inclusive and collaborative culture.

For further information or to arrange an interview or guest contribution, please contact:
Rhian Pearson: rhian@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Renowned mental health expert, psychotherapist and certified coach
  • CEO of PVL, a mental health consultancy that promotes mentally healthy work environments
  • Inspirational keynote speaker on the future of work, digital wellbeing, teams, leadership and a strategic approach to wellbeing at work
  • Author of Begin with You: Invest in Your Mental Wellbeing & Satisfaction at Work
  • Draws upon her unique experience of being raised in a notorious cult, enabling her to help individuals and organisations navigate the often confusing world of mental health

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • How our people are essential to the future of work
  • Mindsets for success
  • A new angle on wellbeing
  • How cults are like corporates – and what to do about it
  • Digital wellbeing
  • Leadership and dynamic management
  • Burnout and navigating change

Dr. Anastasia Dedyukhina

Digital wellbeing expert, keynote speaker, author, and founder of Consciously Digital

Introducing Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina, author, TEDx speaker and Founder of Consciously Digital.

Dr. Anastasia Dedyukhina is a pioneering thought leader on digital wellbeing as a cornerstone of the future of work. With global clients including Microsoft, HSBC, Lush, and Soho House, she possesses a unique talent for connecting the dots between wellbeing and productivity and demonstrating how your employees' current technology usage impacts your business now and in the future.

As a former business journalist turned digital marketer, Anastasia has worked with some of the most significant tech brands in the world. In 2015 she decided to leave her dream job in London and gave up her smartphone when she realised how dependent she had become on her gadget and how detrimental it was for her creativity. Her 1.5-year hiatus from technology inspired Anastasia to write her best-selling book, Homo Distractus: Fight for Your Choices and Identity in the Digital Age, and launch Consciously Digital, a collective of digital wellbeing coaches and the first global certification programme in digital wellbeing coaching that helps people and organisations develop a more mindful approach to technology usage.

Anastasia has become a world-leading speaker and thought leader on digital wellbeing, with her expertise and experience featured by the BBC, Inc, Forbes, Metro, and more. She currently directs the first certification programme in digital wellbeing, recognised by two major coaching associations, ICF and NBHWC. Additionally, she acted as a mentor on the ethical use of technology for several startup accelerators and has advised numerous educational and industry associations on the future of work in the digital environment.

Anastasia has also presented at TEDx twice and has delivered over 1000 keynotes and workshops to executive audiences worldwide, including talks at the Mobile World Congress, CIPD Festival of Work, the National Wellness Conference in the USA, HR in IT Global Summit, Digital Mental Health Congress, and Wonder Women in Tech.

About The Business

Consciously Digital

As a global leader in coaching and training, Consciously Digital provides companies with practical, neuroscience-based tools to enhance the wellbeing and mental health of their employees in the online world.

The company has an international network of over 130 certified coaches with extensive experience in supporting clients to drive employee wellbeing and create a healthy digital culture, including Microsoft, Google, Booking.com, HSBC, La Prairie Group, Criteo, Earthjustice, and others.

Consciously Digital also helps companies prepare digital wellbeing champions through a rigorous 9-month training programme certified by the ICF and NBHWC, the only global programme of its kind.

For further information or to discuss an interview or feature with Anastasia, please contact:

Jessica Haycox
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • An international keynote speaker and twice TEDx speaker, start-up mentor, entrepreneur, and author of best-selling book, Homo Distractus.
  • Founder of the international network of digital wellbeing coaches, Consciously Digital – who work with clients including Google, Booking.com and La Prairie Group to enhance the mental health of their employees.
  • Pioneered the first research into holistically measuring digital wellbeing at work.
  • Expert on ethical tech design, digital habits and internet addiction, the Right to Disconnect, AI and privacy, mental health, and employee and organisational wellbeing in the future of work.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Anastasia is a world-class speaker and writer who can share insights on topics around leadership, employee wellbeing and the future of work, including:
  • Signs and symptoms of a digitally unwell company culture.
  • The Right to Disconnect – what is it, and can it work?
  • The dos and don’ts of creating a digital wellbeing policy.
  • 60% of interruptions at work happen because of technology. What can managers do to change this?
  • Digital vs non-digital solutions to workplace wellbeing: why a meditation app won’t stop your employees experiencing burnout.
  • How stress is making it easier for technology to replace us – and how we can stay competitive in the future of work and AI.
  • Is your team full of mouse twitchers? 6 steps to combat virtual presenteeism.
  • Memory and learning in the digital age: how tech is affecting skills development and e-learning.
  • Snooze culture: 3 reasons we should be prioritising rest at work.
  • The secret to creative and innovative thinking in the digital age: tips for developing future-proof, focused teams.
  • Are we innovating ourselves out of existence? Exploring the digital world and our place in it.
  • Putting the human in human resources: workforce priorities for resilient, mentally well teams.

Lorena Bernal

Certified life coach, spiritual life coach and founder of Live Love Better

Introducing Lorena Bernal: life coach, mindfulness expert, and founder of Live Love Better.

Lorena Bernal’s multifaceted career as a model, actress, life coach, entrepreneur, and mother has given her a unique perspective on what it means to find happiness and purpose.

Born in Argentina before moving to Spain as a young child, Lorena began modelling at the age of seven and took her first acting class aged 11. She was crowned Miss Spain in 1999 before competing in Miss World and built a successful entertainment career which took her to Hollywood, appearing on screens as an actress and TV host across Spain and the US.

As a public figure, Lorena has leveraged her platform to share a message of compassion and living with purpose – which she carries through into her work as a life coach and spiritual coach, supporting individuals through the transformative process of achieving their goals and becoming their authentic selves.

Lorena currently resides between the United States, Spain, and the UK where she continues the development of her career and shares her life with her three sons and her husband, professional football manager Mikel Arteta.

Coaching

Combining practical techniques with spiritual practices, Lorena’s unique approach to coaching empowers her clients to tap into their inner wisdom and build a more fulfilling, enriching way of life. She offers a new perspective for achieving personal growth, and has extensively studied parenting, children, and adolescent therapies, as well as qualifying as a mindfulness practitioner.

Drawing on her personal and professional experience, Lorena also offers support for celebrities and their families on navigating the pressures of life in the public eye, as well as corporate coaching for organisations wanting to enhance the personal growth and mental health of their leaders and employees.

About The Business

Live Love Better

Live Love Better is a platform dedicated to helping you live your best life. From mindfulness and meditation to communication and cultivating gratitude, their events take a deeper dive into the practical tools needed to heal, grow, and thrive as a person, parent, and partner.

Retreats provide the space to connect with your true self, whilst conferences deliver access to leading experts on topics ranging from parenting and family dynamics to relationships and self-care. Informal tea talks also offer attendees the opportunity to connect with others who may be facing similar challenges and learn from one another. Additionally, she runs a school intervention programme that promotes purpose and prioritises the wellbeing of students, families, and educators.

For further information or to set up an interview or feature with Lorena, please contact:

Jessica Haycox
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Certified life coach, spiritual life coach and mindfulness practitioner, who specialises in helping individuals build a more fulfilling, authentic life.
  • Founder of Live Love Better, an events and coaching platform dedicated to personal transformation and spiritual growth.
  • Actress, model, and TV host, with a career spanning across Spain, the UK, and the US.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Lorena is available for interviews, by-lined articles and guest commentary on topics including:
  • An empowering guide to living and loving better.
  • Why living authentically builds our resilience.
  • What’s at your core? Strategies to find the light that guides you.
  • Mothering and the self: why prioritising you helps you better look after your kids.
  • Managing the pressures of success: should you leave your professional identity at the door?
  • How to unlearn limiting beliefs and patterns that could be holding you back.
  • Why we should try to love every day – no matter how hard it’s been.
  • How to embrace positivity and silence your self-critic.
  • What a celebrity life coach can teach you about aligning your purpose and your career path.

Alicia Eaton

The Kids and Teens Therapist

Introducing Alicia Eaton- ‘The Kids and Teens Therapist’

Alicia Eaton has been helping families with their children’s mental health challenges from her Harley Street clinic for 20 years.

A qualified psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist, she originally trained as a Montessori Teacher running her own school for 5 years. She also trained in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) with Paul McKenna and assisted him with his renowned changework seminars for over seven years.

With her wealth of knowledge and expertise, she’s become known for her unique blend of psychology and practical parenting advice. She has a particular interest in helping children and teenagers overcome anxiety issues and change unwanted habits and behaviours.

Alicia is also the author of four books: most notably ‘Stop Bedwetting in 7 Days’ has been a best-seller since 2009 and her unique behaviour change programme is recommended by NHS hospitals in the UK, as well as doctors and paediatricians all around the world. She is now recognised as one of the leading experts for solving bedwetting issues in children and teenagers and recently created a new online programme for this older age group.

She is keen to highlight the hidden, little spoken about problem of teenage bedwetting that is all too common but never mentioned. Too many teens suffer from depression and struggles with mental health, as a result.

Alicia was also winner of the Most Innovative Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner at the 2023 Global Health & Pharma Mental Health Awards.

More about Alicia’s books

Her latest book ‘First Aid for your Child’s Mind’ is a must-have manual for all parents needing advice and strategies for managing their children’s emotional development and the challenges of modern-day living.

This book has now become a best-seller with foreign rights sold to publishers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, UAE, Vietnam and China (both Simplified and Traditional characters).

Words That Work: How to Get Kids to Do Almost Anything is Alicia’s psychology-based parenting book that explains how to solve common family problems using just a little bit of conversational hypnosis. Readers will learn how to use ‘the language of persuasion and influence’ as well as which words work and which ones to avoid at all costs.

For further information or to arrange an interview or guest contribution with Alicia Eaton, please contact:
Jessica Haycox
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Award-winning, Harley-Street based psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist with over 20 years’ experience.
  • Specialises in child and teenage emotional wellbeing, anxiety issues and behaviour change.
  • Leading expert for solving bedwetting problems and recommended by NHS clinics, doctors and paediatricians all around the world.
  • Best-selling author, whose books are known for their unique blend of psychology and practical parenting advice.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Alicia is available for expert comment, interview and to write by-lined articles on a range of different topics, including:
  • General anxiety, fears and worries
  • Behaviour change and unwanted habits, including bedwetting
  • Health anxiety: germs, illnesses, emetophobia, dentists
  • School issues such as avoidance and bullying
  • Educational problems: exam stress, concentration, ADHD
  • Specific fears or phobias such as fear of flying, dogs, needles
  • Lack of confidence: performance anxiety, stage fright, interviews
  • Sleep issues: fear of the dark, insomnia, nightmares, sleepwalking
  • Food issues: fussy eating, food phobias, junk food cravings

Dominic Ashley-Timms

Best-selling author, thought leader and strategist revolutionising management performance

Introducing Dominic Ashley-Timms – Change Management Expert, Thought Leader, Author, and Creator of the ground-breaking STAR® Manager programme

Dominic is the CEO of Notion and a graduate ergonomist with an EMBA from IMD (Lausanne). After a top-tier consulting career running multimillion-dollar change programmes and training leaders in thirty-seven countries, Dominic now applies his passion for human-centred design to learning and behavioural change.

He has helped clients to improve their commercial performance with programmes that regularly generate returns many hundreds of times greater than the investment, all while delivering sustainable changes in organizational culture.

Dominic’s global career has given him deep insights into the levers of change that make the most difference. Unlike other suppliers in the development industry, he has been willing to subject Notion’s core approaches to the dispassionate and unblinking gaze of academic scrutiny.

Operational Coaching® is the future of effective and rehumanised management

The STAR® model is a simple 4-step management framework that helps leaders to adopt coaching-related behaviours to stop firefighting and start asking more powerful questions.

The UK government commissioned a large-scale study to assess the impact of STAR® and the subsequent research trial was designed and independently evaluated by London School of Economics. The study measured the impact of leaders and managers from 62 organisations across 14 sectors learning to apply the STAR® model in their day-to-day interactions over a period of 6 months.

The outcomes were remarkable, with those who followed the programme spending 70% more time using an enquiry-led, Operational Coaching® style of management leading to higher levels of organisational recruitment, improved staff retention and increased skill levels across 9 management competencies including communication skills and handling challenging conversations.

Dominic is the co-author of best-selling book The Answer Is A Question: The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader, which was shortlisted for the Business Book Award 2023.

Author of The Answer is a Question: The Easy Way to Transform Your Impact as a Leader

Ground-breaking new book, The Answer Is A Question, reveals how managers all over the world can ditch the command-and-control leadership model and adopt an enquiry-led approach that cultivates a new wave of engaged, problem-solving employees – and it starts with how we use questions in a more purposeful way.

For further information, an interview, comment or article from Olga, please contact:
Alice Rowe
Alice.rowe@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Co-author of bestselling book The Answer is a Question: The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader
  • The co-creator of the STAR® model and the multi-award-winning STAR® Manager development programme – the first programme in the world to certify management and leadership competence and embed an Operational Coaching® style of management
  • The co-founder and CEO of performance improvement consultancy Notion – awarded Personnel Today magazine’s Learning & Development Supplier of the Year award in 2021
  • Programme Director and Consultant to FTSE and Fortune 500 companies - including National Express, AVON and BT on embedding and sustaining coaching cultures and upskilling leaders and people managers
  • Co-author of published academic research paper that proves adopting Operational Coaching® increases skill levels across 9 management competencies including communication skills and handling challenging conversations, drives productivity and improves retention within 6-months. Research funded by the UK Government (BEIS) and evaluated by London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE)
  • An international Change Management Consultant with a training career that has seen Dominic working with groups of leaders and managers in 37 countries.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Dominic has been widely published and quoted in a variety of publications including Forbes, HBR, The Times and People Management. He is available for expert comment and interview themes like:
  • Generating a measurable ROI from management development
  • Addressing poor employee engagement and productivity levels
  • Creating a coaching culture
  • Managing a multi-generational workforce
  • Tackling stress and overwhelm in the workplace
  • Adapting to change
  • Why we need to rehumanize management NOW to foster more engaged and connected teams
  • Why Operational Coaching® will transform productivity
  • How management needs to change… and why it is urgent
  • 3 key skills managers need to navigate rapid change with their teams
  • How to identify coachable moments with your employees
  • Why asking better questions will be vital in the AI-driven world
  • Stop Micromanaging - it’s making everyone unproductive and unhappy
  • How to develop your compassionate communication with staff

Laura Ashley-Timms

Expert on management performance, unlocking human potential and increasing engagement and productivity

Introducing Laura Ashley-Timms – Thought Leader, Author, and co-creator of the multi-award-winning Certified STAR® Manager programme

Laura is the COO at Notion. She is an expert and thought leader on how to leverage Operational Coaching® behaviours across organizations to drive commercial results and improve productivity and engagement levels.

Laura learned about the power of coaching from her early childhood career in international sports and began coaching others by the time she entered Oriel College, Oxford (as one of the first females to that college). She gained not only an MA (Oxon) but also an Extraordinary Full Blue.

With over thirty years of international business experience, living and working in the USA, Europe and Asia, Laura has a strong focus on pragmatism and results. She is the architect of many of Notion’s client programmes and is responsible for the outstanding quality of engagements. She has been recognised as one of the UK’s top executive coaches and as one of 40 Outstanding Global Women.

Operational Coaching® is the future of effective and rehumanised management

The STAR® model is a simple 4-step management framework that helps leaders to adopt coaching-related behaviours to stop firefighting and start asking more powerful questions.

The UK government commissioned a large-scale study to assess the impact of STAR® and the subsequent research trial was designed and independently evaluated by London School of Economics. The study measured the impact of leaders and managers from 62 organisations across 14 sectors learning to apply the STAR® model in their day-to-day interactions over a period of 6 months.

The outcomes were remarkable, with those who followed the programme spending 70% more time using an enquiry-led, Operational Coaching® style of management leading to higher levels of organisational recruitment, improved staff retention and increased skill levels across 9 management competencies including communication skills and handling challenging conversations.

Laura is the co-author of best-selling book The Answer Is A Question: The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader, which was shortlisted for the Business Book Award 2023.

Author of The Answer is a Question: The Easy Way to Transform Your Impact as a Leader

Ground-breaking new book, The Answer Is A Question, reveals how managers all over the world can ditch the command-and-control leadership model and adopt an enquiry-led approach that cultivates a new wave of engaged, problem-solving employees – and it starts with how we use questions in a more purposeful way.

For further information, an interview, comment or article from Laura, please contact:
Alice Rowe
Alice.rowe@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Co-author of bestselling book The Answer is a Question: The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader
  • The co-creator of the STAR® model and the multi-award-winning STAR® Manager development programme – the first programme in the world to certify management and leadership competence and embed an Operational Coaching® style of management
  • The co-founder and COO of performance improvement consultancy Notion – awarded Personnel Today magazine’s Learning & Development Supplier of the Year award in 2021
  • Programme Director to FTSE and Fortune 500 companies - including Mitchells & Butlers, Sainsbury’s, NBC Universal on embedding coaching cultures and upskilling people managers
  • Co-author of published academic research paper that proves adopting Operational Coaching® increases skill levels across 9 management competencies including communication skills and handling challenging conversations, drives productivity and improves retention within 6-months. Research funded by the UK Government (BEIS) and evaluated by London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE)
  • Award winning Executive Coach and one of 40 Outstanding Global Women with Senior Leadership experience working within the UK, Asia and the USA

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Laura has been widely published and quoted in a variety of publications including Forbes, HBR, The Times and Fast Company. She is available for expert comment and interview on the following themes:
  • Generating a measurable ROI from management development
  • Addressing poor employee engagement and productivity levels
  • Creating a coaching culture
  • Tackling stress and overwhelm in the workplace
  • Increasing organisational resilience
  • Is the GROW model groaning? Why businesses need a new approach to management coaching to drive culture change
  • Why our accidental managers are holding back productivity
  • How leaders can tap into the huge reserves of talent that most people don’t bring to work
  • 3 key skills managers need to tackle stress and overwhelm in their teams
  • How to identify coachable moments with your employees
  • Why Managers need to be working themselves out of their current role
  • Future-proof leadership: How to set yourself up to thrive in the world of AI
  • How to develop your compassionate communication with staff

Chris Griffiths

World-leading creativity coach, speaker and CEO

Introducing Chris Griffiths – world-leading expert on the application of innovation and Mind Mapping®

Chris Griffiths has over 28 years’ experience setting up and leading successful businesses that have ranked in the ‘Deloitte European Fast 50’ and ‘The Sunday Times Fast-track 100’. He sold his first company at the age of 26.

Chris has worked with individuals from organisations operating across the globe in a diverse range of industries, including Government, FTSE-100 and Fortune-500 companies, academic institutes and major organisations. He has coached Senior Leadership Teams in the European Commission, Parliaments, and Courts, and was invited by his Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan to facilitate a brainstorming session of Nobel Laureates at the Petra Nobel Conference.

Under Chris’ leadership OpenGenius have become world leaders in certified Mind Mapping & Innovation training courses, with 1000’s of trainers located across the globe. He is on a mission to promote innovative and entrepreneurial thinking from the grassroots up through the Inspire Genius Foundation and regular speaking events where he shares knowledge collected from a lifetime of innovative research and experience.

Author of The Creative Thinking Handbook: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business

The Creative Thinking Handbook is a highly actionable guide to rediscovering creativity and developing innovative ideas in business. With the World Economic Forum listing creativity as one of the top five skills now needed in the workplace in 2025 - it’s never been so important to maximise creative potential.

The book breaks down traditional business creativity assumptions – that quickfire group brainstorming sessions are the most productive – and takes readers back to the basics of creativity, by helping professionals understand their minds by setting them up with an ‘ideation toolkit’, which gives them the skills they need to create great ideas.

About The Business

Founder and CEO of OpenGenius

Chris is the founder and CEO of OpenGenius, an organisation that deliver bespoke and accredited training courses worldwide in Mind Mapping and Applied Innovation skills. With over 40 years of research and experience behind them, they are experts in creating results-driven training. In 2017, they made history by becoming the first Welsh company to join the London Stock Exchange’s accelerator programme: ELITE. Their software and training solutions are used by teams and individuals worldwide within Apple, BBC, Disney, NASA, Microsoft and more.

Through training, consulting and technology, OpenGenius are educating, motivating and facilitating practical innovation around the world. Over a million people have used their certified training and tools to improve their creativity, productivity and leadership skills.


Ayoa – work creatively with this powerful app, including Mind Mapping, Task Management, and Chat

Ayoa is a powerful new application developed by the creativity experts at OpenGenius, allowing users to create, communicate and innovate all in one place. Productivity isn’t about getting things done – it’s getting the right things done, and with Ayoa users don’t only work faster, but work on the right things by uncovering their best ideas.

Ayoa prioritises the important tasks and makes team collaboration seamless and transparent, combatting micro-management. Mind Mapping, Chat, and Task Management are combined so that Ayoa becomes the ‘swiss army knife’ of the workplace, allowing users to develop their greatest ideas and avoid the constant context-switching famed for hindering productivity.

For further information, an interview with Chris Griffiths, a guest article or a review copy of The Creative Thinking Handbook, please contact:

Jessica Jones
jessica.jones@thebookpublicist.co.uk

At A Glance


  • Creativity expert who believes creativity is an essential skill for everyone – Chris is on a mission to promote innovative thinking around the world.
  • Coach to thousands worldwide – including Fortune 500, FTSE 100 companies, the United Nations, and Nobel Laureates.
  • Founder and CEO of OpenGenius – a company that aims to educate, motivate and facilitate practical innovation.
  • The bestselling author of The Creative Thinking Handbook, Mind Maps for Business and GRASP The Solution.
  • Developer of productivity software Ayoa - an innovation tool combining Mind Mapping, Task Management, and Chat.
  • Founder of the Inspire Genius Foundation - a charity set up to inspire and motivate disadvantaged teenagers to make the most of their entrepreneurial spirit.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Chris Griffiths is a professional speaker, available to provide expert comment, articles, and interviews on a range of subjects including:
  • What your to-do list says about you – analysis by creativity experts
  • Creative culture - why brainstorming is for more than just the boardroom
  • How optimistic is your office? Tips for boosting happiness and creativity
  • Can creativity be taught? – Chris’ research shows creativity is not linked to your DNA but is in your mindset; everyone is creative, but it is a case of finding what’s hindering your creativity
  • Making the most of your free time – thinking like a child makes you more creative
  • Being creative at work: Don’t think outside the box – think without the box
  • Future-proof your business: The top 3 workplace skills to harness for 2020 and beyond
  • The order of creative thinking: 4 simple steps to deliver the 'next big thing'

Lianna Champ

Bereavement expert and grief councellor

Introducing Lianna Champ, engaging speaker, author and bereavement expert with over 40 years’ experience in funeral care and grief counselling

From the age of nine Lianna Champ knew she was going to be an undertaker. Her mum hoped it was just a phase so arranged for a visit to a local funeral home to put her off. It didn’t, and Lianna was even more certain that this was the career for her. At the age of eighteen Lianna became the youngest qualified female funeral director and embalmer in the UK. Now managing director of her own funeral company, Champ Funeral Services, Lianna has helped thousands of people who have been bereaved or are suffering with unresolved grief. Instead of providing a purely practical solution to death and funerals, Lianna has created a holistic experience that aims to ease the pain of losing someone and help the grieving process.

Successful Author

Approximately 600,000 people die in the UK every year. Young, old, unexpected or after a long illness, each death leaves behind family and friends to grieve and cope with the loss. As much a part of life as birth, we give far less attention to dealing with the impact of death.

Distilling her years of experience into the ultimate guidebook to help people understand their grief and how to navigate this difficult time, How to Grieve like a Champ is written to be comforting and practical. Lianna is passionate about improving our relationship with death, dying and loss, teaching us that if we live well, we can die well.

For further information, an interview with Lianna Champ or a guest article, please contact: Rhian Pearson e: rhian@thebookpublicist.co.uk t: 01497 288018

At A Glance


  • Media-friendly bereavement expert and speaker on the subject of grief, loss and death
  • 40 years’ experience in funeral care and bereavement counselling
  • Author of How to grieve like a Champ, published by RedDoor
  • Founder of award-winning company Champ Funeral Services www.champfunerals.com

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Why we need to talk about death
  • Living with survivor’s guilt
  • 5 tips for coping with grief during the festive season
  • How to talk to children about death
  • Coping with the death of a parent
  • Facing life after losing a child
  • Don’t ‘man up’ – it’s good to talk
  • Why losing a pet can be harder than losing a relative
  • New chapter: how to grieve the end of a relationship
  • Why retirement can feel like a death

Mimi Nicklin

Empathy, leadership and inclusive marketing expert

Introducing Mimi Nicklin – CEO at Freedm, Empathy Advocate & Bestselling Author of Softening the Edge.

Mimi Nicklin is a leading voice on the need for more empathetic and regenerative leadership in the modern workplace. She is a bestselling author and host of the ‘Empathy for Breakfast’ show. Mimi is an experienced marketer and communications specialist, keynote speaker and Founder and CEO of inclusive creative agency Freedm.

For over fifteen years, Mimi has been working across the globe with her clients to drive creative interventions that lead to business and culture change. Her approach transforms organisations from the inside out, focusing on cultural, behavioural and mindset changes.

In her current role as CEO for Freedm, Mimi’s passion for balancing humanism with capitalism extends into the strategic storytelling work and creative content she brings to her clients and their brands. Her debut book, Softening the Edge, was published in 2021.

Author of Softening The Edge: Empathy - How Humanity’s Oldest Leadership Trait Is Changing Our World

Softening the Edge is an insightful new book from millennial leader Mimi Nicklin that takes a long hard look at the impact on our lives of the worsening “empathy deficit”. Empathy levels have fallen by a staggering 40% in ten years – according to a longitudinal study by the University of Michigan, so this book is part business tool, part corporate culture guide and part social eye opener.

About The Business

Freedm – a creative agency built on empathy

Founded on the belief that we are better when we are together, Freedm is a uniquely positioned inclusive creative agency. Delivering industry-leading work, the team’s approach balances the empowerment and elevation of diverse global talent with a unique offering of flexibility and partnership to their clients. Built on the UNESCO Creative Economy for Sustainable Development Goals, the agency offers a space for divergent and varied creative minds to produce work globally, whilst offering clients access to inspiring talent they otherwise couldn’t or wouldn’t connect with.

Freedm uses the power of the global knowledge economy to create exceptional storytelling, branding, and visual content for leading brands all around the world. With insight and transparency at the heart of Freedm’s creative offering, and a diverse and global workforce, the team delivers unique relationships and value to their clients and is growing incrementally month on month.

For further information or requests for interviews, comments, or articles from Mimi Nicklin, please contact:
Jessica Haycox
jessica.haycox@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 (0)1497 288018

At A Glance


  • Creative CEO of Freedm – a global creative agency leading the way in building empathetic and inclusive brands.
  • Bestselling author of Softening the Edge – an exploration of the impact of the empathy deficit on our work and workplaces and how we can reclaim humanity’s wellbeing through regenerative leadership.
  • Host of The Empathy for Breakfast Show podcast – a weekly dose of humanity featuring insights from global guests shared with an audience of 85,000 listeners.
  • Empathy ambassador and consultant, working to make the world of work a more conscientious, valuable, and sustainably healthy place to be.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Mimi Nicklin is a globally recognised business leader and is available for expert comment, interview and by-lined articles on empathy, leadership, and marketing, including:
  • Tackling the global empathy deficit: the impact on ourselves, our relationships, and our communities – and why this should be the greatest priority for business leaders in 2022.
  • Creating a modern workplace: how empathetic and regenerative leadership can become an organisational superpower, overcome employee burnout, and transform a sinking team to an in-sync team.
  • Regenerating leadership, repositioning growth: the ROI of implementing empathetic practices in branding, marketing, and sales to deliver better customer experiences in a data-led world.
  • Building empathetic brands: marketing and branding with purpose, and the importance of understanding human connection to form deeper audience connections.
  • Nomadic CEO life: how to build and excel in a truly global career.

Jeremy Campbell

People and business transformation expert

Jeremy Campbell is a people & business transformation expert, and CEO of Black Isle Group. Serving all kinds of organisations from starts-ups to Fortune 500 companies, Black Isle Group (BIG) blends behavioural science, professional culture coaching and nudge® technology to help companies take daily steps towards positive organisational change.

Everyday actions lead to game-changing business results

It’s the everyday actions of individuals that determine collective success, yet most companies overlook this truth when pursuing strategic goals. When corporate objectives feel disconnected from daily working realities, individuals lose focus and motivation and the entire business falls short. This explains why only 1 in 10 organisations achieve all their strategic goals. But it doesn’t need to be like this.

Good habits are formed when small, daily achievements are recognized, valued and encouraged. It’s exactly this sustained support that the nudge technology was built to deliver.

About The Business

The Nudge® app

By making it simple for individuals to record actions and see how their efforts are directly contributing to group progress, the nudge® app gives users the motivation needed to become a driver of improvement. It is the same system & methodology used to steer Taekwondo athlete Jade Jones to double Olympic Gold – focusing on the everyday actions which are in your control, creating consistency and new habits, and reducing the pressure of thinking about the big outcomes which have already been set. Key features include:

  • Daily nudges & goal tracker
  • Vision, values and goal alignment
  • Real time reporting
  • OKR measures
  • Weekly reflections & check-ins
  • Small win celebrations
  • Peer-to-peer recognition
  • Encourages routine & habit formation
For further information, expert comment, or an interview with Jeremy Campbell please contact:

Rhian Pearson: E: rhian@thebookpublicist.co.uk T: 01497 288018

At A Glance


  • CEO of Black Isle Group, a leadership & training consultancy that delivers business growth by empowering people to understand their role in delivering a strategic objective
  • 35 years of business and leadership experience – including as former Chief People Officer at global HR, tech and services innovator Ceridian and MD of SD Worx
  • Executive Coach and Leadership mentor – supporting senior executives and business leaders around the world for the past 15 years and awarded the triple accredited (ICF, AC, EMCC) Professional Certificate in Coaching by Henley Business School
  • Experienced & engaging keynote speaker on leadership development & personal development
  • Creator of the Nudge® app, which offers sustained support and encouragement and gives users the motivation needed to improve and make a positive impact

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • What businesses can learn from Taekwondo athlete Jade Jones’s journey to World Champion and double Olympic Gold
  • Baby steps – why small manageable daily actions are the key to creating lasting habits
  • Why remote work doesn’t have to be disconnected
  • Is your team too comfortable? How to motivate them to success
  • What football can teach us about aiming high, empowering your team and achieving ambitious goals
  • 8 coaching skills every leader should master
  • How to supercharge your team NOW!
  • Top tips to create the right habits to reach your most ambitious goals

Leanne Maskell

Helping you to work WITH your ADHD brain, not AGAINST it

Introducing Leanne Maskell – former Vogue model, ADHD activist and bestselling author of ADHD: An A to Z

Leanne Maskell was diagnosed with ADHD at 25. But the road was far from easy – she was accused of cheating at school for getting all A’s, told by doctors she was ‘fine’ because she had a law degree, suffered from severe depression and anorexia throughout her modelling career and survived severe suicidal ideation.

Now a qualified ADHD coach and activist, Leanne is on a mission to challenge the stigma surrounding ADHD – having delivered talks to the World Health Organisation on improving global access to diagnosis and support for those with ADHD.

She founded ADHD Works, providing coaching, training and retreats for individuals and organisations – with clients like Microsoft, Yahoo and Paperchase – for ADHD-ers to understand and be empowered by their ADHD, and for companies to support and harness neurodivergence in the workplace.

Leanne has distilled her lived experience with ADHD – both personally and professionally through her work on mental health and disability legislation for COVID and Brexit laws – into her new book, ADHD: An A to Z.

NEW BOOK – ADHD: An A to Z: Figuring it Out Step by Step

This book is the ultimate guide to survive – and thrive – with ADHD. From diagnosis and medication to organisation and sleep, rejection sensitive dysphoria, finances and time management, Leanne provides practical and accessible advice, activities and support to help people work with their ADHD brain, instead of against it.

ADHD: An A to Z is published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Hachette) and available in paperback, priced at £12.99.

The Model Manifesto

As a former model for the likes of Vogue, ASOS, London Fashion Week and i-D Magazine, Leanne is also the author of The Model Manifesto – an A-Z anti-exploitation manual for the fashion industry, exposing the sexual, financial and emotional abuse models experience and revealing insider advice on how women and girls can navigate the harsh realities of the modelling world.

The Reality Manifesto

No stranger to the dark side of the media spotlight, Leanne wrote The Reality Manifesto – exposing the ugly truth of social media’s cause of negative mental health, body image issues and exploitation. Having presented on this issue to No.10 and DCMS, Leanne created this timely, much needed guide on how to use social media without losing yourself, your time, or your self-worth.

Author of ADHD - An A to Z: Figuring It Out Step-by-Step

Navigating the world with an ADHD brain can be exhausting. The rollercoaster ride from clinical assessments through diagnosis to treatment can leave you feeling anxious and isolated, worried about failing or feeling different.

This handy guide is here to change all that. If you have (or suspect you have) ADHD, you'll know the frustration of being given neurotypical or clinical advice - but this is straight from an ADHD brain to you.

For further information, an interview, comment or an article from Leanne, please contact:
Amy Purnell: amy.purnell@thebookpublicist.co.uk
+44 1497 288 018

At A Glance


  • Videos with #ADHD on TikTok have over 11bn views – awareness about ADHD is on the rise, but so is social media misinformation and exploitation
  • Former Vogue model and actress – starting her career at 13, Leanne has modelled for the likes of Vogue, ASOS, Urban Outfitters, i-D Magazine and London Fashion Week
  • ADHD coach, activist and founder of ADHD Works – from individuals to global companies, Leanne trains others on how to live and thrive with ADHD, working with the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Paperchase
  • Leanne has delivered talks to the directors of the World Health Organisation on improving global access to support for people with ADHD
  • Former legal policy advisor for The Law Society – Leanne worked on immigration, mental health and disability legislation, from Coronavirus to Brexit laws
  • Author of The Model Manifesto – an A-Z anti-exploitation manual for the fashion industry, exposing the sexual, financial and emotional abuse models experience and revealing insider advice on how women and girls can tackle this
  • Author of new book ADHD: An A to Z (Hachette)– diagnosed at 25 after surviving suicidal ideation, Leanne has distilled her lived experience into this ultimate guide to help others navigate their own ADHD journey – from diagnosis to finances, employment to medication and mental health.

Ready To Speak To The Media


  • Leanne Maskell is an experienced, passionate speaker who is available to provide expert comment, interviews and by-lined articles on topic including:
  • How does ADHD effect women differently?
  • 11 golden rules for financial stability if you have ADHD
  • Busting ADHD Myths: 5 damaging stigmas we need to tackle
  • Why the Government should regulate addictive features on social media
  • ADHD-friendly organization hacks to make your work-life easier
  • ADHD & Gaslighting: Maybe It’s Not Your Fault
  • 5 ways your ADHD can boost your career success
  • How leaders can spot – and support – ADHD in the workplace
  • The suicide risk is 5 times higher in people with ADHD - here’s why
  • ADHD and Mental Health: Warning signs someone is struggling and how you can help
  • What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria?

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