Category: About the founder

1. Celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Leap into HR Consulting: How to Move Successfully from Corporate to Consulting’ book

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 4th Nov 2021

   When I decided to self-publish my book ‘Leap into HR Consulting: How to Move Successfully from Corporate to Consulting’ just a year ago on 5th November 2020 I really hoped it would be favourably received, as it truly came from my heart. I had been drawn to writing it so that could help others follow their dreams and transform from being an employee to having their own consulting business.

   I could hardly believe it when it soon went to Number 1 on the Amazon Business Consulting Book List, where it continues even a year later to dip in and out of the hot seat. To top it off, it was then announced as a finalist in the Most Inspirational HR Business Book in the Book Awards 2021.

2. New Partnership with Menopause Experts announced during Menopause Awareness Month

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 18th Oct 2021

   I’m so excited to announce that I have been appointed to the Panel of Experts by Menopause Experts. My Leap into HR Consulting programme has also become a partner of the social enterprise. It’s been made that bit more special because October is Menopause Awareness Month.

   It shouldn’t be an awareness month though. I believe that it’s a topic we should be talking about often. During the pandemic especially I helped lots of people set up their own consulting businesses, many of them being women trying to manage menopausal symptoms as well as managing a fulfilling and rewarding career. 

3. Business Book Awards - Shortlisting Announcement - March 2021

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 4th Mar 2021

   The Business Book Awards 2021

   The Business Book Awards celebrate the work of authors who have shared their industry or market knowledge, experience and expertise in published book form. The Business Book Awards recognise the change in the current market and aim to highlight the quality and variety of business books in the market. They offer industry-wide recognition to new and established authors writing on a multiplicity of subjects for a diverse readership. 

4. HR Director - Book Review March 2021

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 1st Mar 2021

   It's a busy week for my book - we have the review in HR Director magazine today and then the Business Book Awards on Thursday. Thank you to the reviewer who took time out to read the book.
   
   For those of you that have read my book would you agree with the review ? what else might you add? what do you disagree with?
   
   I'd love to hear your feedback Take a look at the full review here:

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5. Reinvention

   Posted on 12:15pm Tuesday 19th May 2020

   

   I’ve recently been announced as one of the finalists in the Successful Women in Business Awards, founded by Gill Donnell MBE. 

   While I’m always honoured to be nominated and become a finalist for business awards, this one means more to me than many. 

   Why? 

   Because the award I’m up for via the Successful Women in Business is the ‘Reinvention Award’. 

   

   This means a lot to me as I’ve worked hard to be where I am today, and it hasn’t always been a linear journey. I’ve seen my fair share of crisis times; the current Coronavirus crisis and subsequent financial crisis is just the latest. 

   Indeed, over the last few months I’ve had to pivot my business from face-to-face bootcamps and coaching sessions to bootcamps that are run entirely via a virtual platform. Getting an entire course up online in a matter of days is no easy feat, believe me. 

   More than this though is the reinvention of the way in which I run my sessions today. Until a few months ago I was working with people who actively wanted to make the Leap into Consulting™, But now with furloughs, job losses and general insecurity in the workplace, many of the people I work with are not considering making the leap out of pure choice. Many have no other choice. 

   Of course, when the circumstances of my clients are changing, the way I deliver coaching must too. 

   As I’ve been through similar crisis myself a few times in my 25 year consulting career, I know how to work with my new set of clients and how to deliver what they need, in order to help them leap back into success. 

   You could say my entire business model for the last few months has been about reinvention; for both myself and my clients. 

   I’m proud I’ve been able to do so, and I’m proud of my clients who are doing the same. 

   So to be a finalist in the ‘Reinvention Award’ means more to me than many may realise. 

   Thank you for the nominations, for recognising me as a finalist, and for the many opportunities I’ve been presented with that have allowed me to be where I am today. 

6. Living the Dream

   Posted on 12:00pm Friday 7th Jun 2019

   It's all be quiet on here and there is a very good reason for this. I have been through a rapid transition both professionally and personally and have just come back to the UK after an amazing 3 week trip travelling from the UK to Corfu via France and the East Coast of Italy. Russell and I were inspired by Gino D'Acampo's The Italian Escape series.

   I have a love of photopraphy so if you want to see the amazing places we wentt to please go to our blog on facebook: @livingthedreamcorfu

   It was one of the most interesting journeys in a T5 VW van and latterly some quirky hotels. During the journey I wanted to test how easy it was to continue to work with clients remotely and on the whole this worked well.

   So our social experiment is over and we are looking forward to seeing everyone next week at the Festival of Work at Olympia.