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Reeding Between The Linesđ¸ Spring Book Releases + The Problem with Problematic Authors! đ¸đ¸ Spring Book Releases + The Problem with Problematic Authors! đ¸Itâs time to refresh your TBR! In this episode, we're diving into the most exciting spring book releases of 2025 and tackling the complicated topic of problematic authors. Can you separate the art from the artist? We're breaking it all down! đâ¨Books We're Excited About:đ The Wild Things â London Clarke (Carfax Abbey)đ Bad Publicity â Bianca Gillam (Penguin, May 20)đ The Maidâs Secret â Nita Prose (Ballantine, April 8)đ Neverwhere â Neil Gaimanđ Broken Country â Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster, March 4)đ Great Big Beautiful Life â Emily Henry (Berkley, April 22)đ A Map to...2025-03-101h 01
One for the BooksOur Fave Books of 2024!We're back! ...and with some brand spanking new recommendations of the best, most memorable books we devoured all last year. What reads lived up to the hype? What let us down? Plus, what surprised us the most! Listen to us agree (and disagree!) in one of our fave eps each year.
BOOK RECS
Jacintaâs -
Book I expected to like and didnât: The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novel by Nita Prose
Book I expected to like and loved: Funny Story by Emily Henry
Book I di...2025-01-3137 min
Quick Book Reviews - Short Book Reviews & Author InsightsChristmas book recommendations with LaurenI am joined by Lauren, from Lauren And The Books on Youtube to discuss Christmas, seasonal reading and our top 5 Christmas books.Link to Laurenâs Youtube account:https://youtube.com/@laurenandthebooksLauren recommends:The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore Time of the Child by Niall WilliamsGifts by Laura Barnett.The Christmas Wish-tastrophe by Cariad LloydPlus an extra: The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel SlaterPhilippa recommends:Death Comes at Chris...2024-12-0237 min
The Smart 7The Sunday 7 - All you need to know about Mpox, Elon makes his Bankers sad, a Stonehenge Surprise, and why your Ham Sandwich might be trying to kill you!The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week...With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as âBest Conversation Starterâ in the International Signal Podcast Awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:Guests Dr Tedros Ghebreye...2024-08-2518 min
Labour Relations Agency podcastThe Value of Trade Unions - Podcast 7 - Labour Relations Agency's 'Challenging Workplaces' seriesPodcast 7 â The value of Trade Unions. In the 7th Podcast in our series on âChallenging Workplacesâ series, we discuss the value of trade unions in the workplace. Our Director of Employment Services, Mark McAllister, is joined by Nita Clarke OBE, director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA), Jacquie White, General Secretary of the Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) and Clare Moore, Equality and Social Affairs Officer with the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (NICICTU) , to discuss the value of trade unions in the workplace. Â Â Â Â Â 2024-04-1236 min
Ignite Your Imagination With Spoken Tales With Full AudiobookAnna O Audiobook by Christine RendelListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 671980
Title: Anna O
Author: Christine Rendel, Matthew Blake
Narrator: Dan Stevens, Hannah Curtis, Sarah Cullum
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:07:45
Language: English
Release date: 02-01-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction
Summary:
*ANNA O THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME*
**SELECTED AS THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
**AN OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
'Reads like a dream but unsettles like a nightmare' A J FINN
A propulsive and inventive read GUARDIAN
'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit' THE TIMES
'Compelling and brilliantly crafted' SUN
'Utterly addictive' LUCY...2024-02-0112h 07
History of Internal CommunicationEpisode 13: David Macleod (Co-Chair of Engage for Success)The thirteenth episode of the History of Internal Communication podcast features David Macleod, the Co-Chair of Engage for Success. David co-authored the hugely influential 2009 Engage for Success report. In this interview, David looks back at how internal communication has developed in the 14 years since he and Nita Clarke wrote the report. He reflects on the monumental shifts he's witnessed during his career and talks to us about a wide range of topics from the challenges of working with senior managers to employee engagement.2024-01-2146 min
Financial Fairness Podcast18. Employment: How can political parties get Britain working?What is the state of employment in the UK? How many people are unemployed? Has this gone up or down since the pandemic and is enough being done to get people back into work?
Guests
⢠Nita Clarke, Involvement and Participation Association
⢠Tony Wilson, Institute for Employment Studies
In this podcast we speak to Nita and Tony about the labour market in the UK. What the post-pandemic labour market recovery has looked like, how the UK is faring compared to other OECD countries and what needs to be done to help people into work.
We also ask the experts questions including:
Whoâ...2024-01-0434 min
Wednesday Breakfast2023 Reflections: A tribute to First Nations communities3CR Breakfast Wednesday 27th December 2023 As we farewell 2023, we reflect on the Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament and the future of Australia. Throughout this episode you will hear a selection of music by First Nations artists, the voices of Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer Teela Reid and distinguished historian and Monash University Indigenous Studies Centre academic Professor Lynette Russell. Teela Reid is the University of Sydney's inaugural First Nationâs Practitioner-in-Residence. She spoke alongside Noel Pearson at the inaugural 'Voices on the Voice' Sydney Ideas event at the University of Sydney on 22nd May 2023. Broadcast permission...2023-12-2600 min
Bookreporter Talks ToAlli Frank and Asha Youmans: The Better HalfAlli Frank and Asha Youmans make a return visit to âBookreporter Talks Toâ to share their thoughts on their latest book, THE BETTER HALF â a Bookreporter Bets On selection â with Carol Fitzgerald. They talk about what they brought to their protagonist, Nina Morgan Clarke, who is the first Black female head of the very tony Royal-Hawkins School. Nina quickly learns that, along with being in charge of student life, she must manage a board and lots of parental expectations. Alli shares that she knew this would not be a job for her, though she had thought she did want that rol...2023-07-281h 17
From the Front PorchEpisode 425 || Beach Reach Book FlightsThis week on From the Front Porch Annie and Bookshelf floor manager Olivia are discussing beach read book flights: the perfect literary pairings to take to the beach this summer.
To get your beach read book flights, visit our website:
The Rom-Com Flight, $42
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
Love Buzz by Neely Tubati-Alexander
The Layover by Lacie Waldon Â
The Thrills & Chills Flight, $67
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
Three by D.A...2023-05-1840 min
The Work AgendaIn Conversation with... Nita ClarkeIn the fourth episode of our âIn Conversation withâŚâ podcast series for 2023, Lucy Lewis, Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP speaks to Nita Clarke OBE. Nita is the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association, a leading organisation delivering employee engagement, partnership and employee voice in the workplace.  âPeople want respect and fairness and to be listened to, and to have their diverse needs thought about. That operates in workplaces now in a way I genuinely donât think it did a generation agoâ.Nita and Lucy discuss the important role employee voice has to play in building o...2023-04-0429 min
Future of Work Hub Podcast SeriesIn Conversation with... Nita ClarkeIn the fourth episode of our âIn Conversation withâŚâ podcast series for 2023, Lucy Lewis, Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP speaks to Nita Clarke OBE. Nita is the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association, a leading organisation delivering employee engagement, partnership and employee voice in the workplace.  âPeople want respect and fairness and to be listened to, and to have their diverse needs thought about. That operates in workplaces now in a way I genuinely donât think it did a generation agoâ.Nita and Lucy discuss the important role employee voice has to play in building o...2023-04-0429 min
The Sticky From The Inside PodcastTurning People Data Into Action
90% of companies have some sort of employee listening programme, but only 7% of employees feel their company is very good at doing anything with that feedback.
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When it comes to employee data, how many companies are ticking the box of collecting various bits of information, including sentiment towards the business, through surveys and other such listening mechanisms, and then do very little with it? Is it because they are overwhelmed, don't have the skills, or can't be bothered?
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In episode 47 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Kev...2022-08-1843 min
Beyond The Water CoolerThriving in Increasingly Demanding Times - with David MacLeod OBESeries 2: The how to getting employee experience right.David MacLeod, OBE for Services to Business and Employee Engagement, joins me in this really interesting episode (even if I say so myself!). David talks about his passion and expertise around enabling people to work to their full potential, and he should know a thing or two about it. In 2009, along with Nita Clarke, David produced the Engage for Success report for the Secretary of State for Business, and this really shone a light on how to improve employee experience and business outcomes.Since then, David has d...2022-07-011h 13
Redefining Communications with Jenni FieldChaos to calm - Loss of purpose. S2 E2Organisational purpose looms large on leadership agendas as we move out of the pandemic. In this episode, Jenniâs broad look at this big topic will help you think differently about the chaotic impact purpose can have on organisation when it disappears and the length of time it takes for that impact to be felt. Plus three questions to help you turn chaos to calm.
You can continue the conversation with Jenni on Twitter and LinkedIn
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RESOURCES:
Influential Internal Communication by Jenni Field
https://redefiningcomms.com/influential-internal-communication-book-jenni-field/
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F...2022-03-0912 minRedefining Communications with Jenni FieldChaos to calm: Employee engagement, employee experience and internal communication S1 E8In episode 8, Jenni defines and compares employee engagement, employee experience and internal communication and how theyâre intrinsically linked.
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She then explains why aligning each element is important and that ignoring them leads to organisational chaos.
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Things that will help you go from chaos to calm:
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The MacLeod Report: Engaging for Success by David MacLeod & Nita Clarke
engageforsuccess.org/engaging-for-success/
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Influential Internal Communication by Jenni Field
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The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, R...2021-11-1713 min
Building Better CulturesEngagement's not a dirty word | Shorts by BBCIt sometimes feels like Employee Engagement has been superseded by the new, best thing in leadership thinking - purpose, values, leading in a hybrid world etc. But, for me, it's about getting the fundamentals of work right so that workplaces are the best they can be to allow people to be the best they can be David Macleod and Nita Clarke published Engage for Success in 2010 and the four enablers of EE are as true today than they ever have been: 1. An emotive corporate story 2. Engaging Leaders 3. Employee Voice 4. I...2021-11-1606 min
Engagement ExpressDavid Macleod and Nita ClarkeDavid Macleod and Nita Clarke are co-authors of 2008âs âEngage for Successâ report commissioned by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, described by the CMI as the definitive work on this subject.  David Macleod OBEDavid is co-founder of the Employee Engagement Task Force launched by the then Prime Minister at Number 10. He is a visiting Professor of the Cass Business School, An Honorary Professor at Nottingham Business School, a fellow of the Institute of Marketing, the RSA and a companion member of the CMI.  This follows an early career in marketing followed by becoming C...2020-09-2833 min
The Lesbian Historic Motif PodcastBook Appreciation with Lise MacTague - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 58Book Appreciation with Lise MacTague
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 58
In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting.
In this episode Lise MacTague recommends some favorite queer historical novels:
Alpennia Series by Heather Rose Jones
Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger
See also Carrigerâs other works
Branded Ann by Merry Shannon
Raven, Fire, and Ice by Nita Round
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (no lesbian content)
The Temeraire Series by Naomi No...2020-09-2510 min
Building Better CulturesEmployee engagement - Success is about people, stupid!Coming from backgrounds in workplace relations and global marketing, David Macleod and Nita Clarke seemed like the perfect team to undertake a research project on behalf of Peter Mandelsen, the then UK Secretary of State. They knew there was a better way to improve productivity in the UK workforce. In 2009, David Macleod and Nita Clarke published their findings as âEngage for Successâ. Since then they created a movement to raise the profile of Employee Engagement and shine a light on good practice and the significant benefits it can bring to organisations and their people. Sh...2020-08-0453 min
The Internal Comms PodcastEpisode 14 â How to start a movementKatieâs guest this episode is Nita Clarke â whose services to employee engagement have earned her an OBE from the Queen.
Nita has a long and fascinating career. She co-authored the report: Engaging for Success, which became the seminal study into employee engagement and sparked an entire movement â Engage for Success.
A leading figure in the UKâs trade union movement for many years, she talks to Katie about championing employee voice, working with Number 10 and singing with David Bowie.2019-09-2547 min