Goldie Chan

As an introvert and cancer survivor who has built a career as a global keynote speaker, I know firsthand how intimidating personal branding can feel. That is why I created this book: to make the process accessible, encouraging, and practical for everyone, especially those who do not see themselves as the loudest voice in the room. Too often, introverts are told they must mimic extroversion to succeed, advice that can feel exhausting and overwhelming. My goal is to dispel that myth and show that introverts already have unique strengths such as deep listening, thoughtful communication, and authentic connection that can be powerful assets in building a brand. This book offers strategies to help readers navigate outside overwhelm while staying true to themselves. It proves that personal branding is not reserved for extroverts; it is a tool anyone can use to share their story, grow their career, and create lasting impact.

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Larry Robertson

The capacity to question is our greatest and yet least understood human asset. Questions give life to our curiosity. They fuel our personal growth. We problem solve and innovate through them. They’re how we find meaning and come to grasp why we matter. This is a book about your vital capacity to question. Great Question is your yield guide. It shows you how to master the art of the ask and empowers you to define, shape, and realize what you seek. It reveals the secrets of great questioning, no matter where it’s applied. Its groundbreaking research and intimate storytelling teach a kid-simple framework and show how to use it. The lessons at the core of Great Question are nothing short of the key to thriving in a deeply uncertain world – for leaders, and for every one of us.

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Rochelle Trow

In an unsettled and relentless world, leaders and their teams are struggling. Just 33% of workers are “thriving,” 21% feel engaged, and 40% report daily stress, with one in two employees seeking a new job. This fractured workplace reality has consequences for wellbeing, productivity, and organisational health.

Anchored, by HR Executive Rochelle Trow, offers a practical path back to inner strength for leaders who project success yet carry an invisible burden. Drawing on firsthand experience of burnout and pressure, Trow provides usable, honest guidance on how to lead without losing themselves.

Structured into five parts, it explores how systems shape behaviours, how to recognise hidden patterns, why fear is essential for growth, and how to protect boundaries. It isn’t a manual to master, but a process to return to oneself whenever footing is lost.

In a world where the pace and complexity keep rising, our advantage isn’t speed – it’s steadiness.

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Stephen Norris

This book helps founders, business owners and leaders build more authentic, successful organisations by challenging conventional leadership thinking. Rather than encouraging people to fit into corporate norms, it shows how individuality and honesty can become competitive advantages. Written by Stephen Norris, who grew up in care, was excluded from school at 10, became the founding frontman of UK punk band Special Duties, and later built and sold successful businesses, the book draws on lived experience rather than theory.

Across 40 practical chapters, it demonstrates how authenticity, resilience and the confidence to challenge accepted wisdom can lead to stronger leadership and better decision-making. It is particularly valuable for entrepreneurs/leaders who have never felt they fit the traditional mould, giving them the confidence to embrace what makes them different. The result is a practical blueprint for creating businesses and careers that stand out.

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Clint Rahe

The Cognitive Athlete helps leaders, thinkers and doers achieve high performance without relying on longer hours, constant availability or sacrificing their wellbeing. It shows readers how to treat their brain as their most important performance asset and work with its natural rhythms rather than against them. Drawing on principles from elite sport, military performance and neuroscience, the book provides a practical framework for managing cognitive load, protecting focus, making better decisions and building recovery into the performance plan. Readers learn how to prepare for demanding periods, perform when it matters, transition effectively between tasks and recover deliberately. Ultimately, the book helps people rethink how they work so they can achieve sustainable peak performance while reducing cognitive overload and protecting their health, wellbeing and relationships. It gives people a practical system to think clearly, lead better and sustain performance when pressure is high.

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