BRIDGE THE CULTURE GAPS by Robert Gibson, read by Ric Jerrom - audiobook extract

10/21/21 • 2 min

The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today. This practical self-help guide will optimise the performance of individuals and teams working in an intercultural environment. By increasing awareness of the nature and impact of diversity in the workplace and national cultural differences, it demonstrates how to use the power of difference to achieve positive results for all. Learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organisations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. Addressing the unique challenges of influencing across cultures and managing international transformation projects, this is an indispensable toolkit for a key competence in business. Leading interculturalist Robert Gibson challenges conventional ideas and makes new connections between culture, diversity and neuroscience in this modern guide for anyone working virtually or together in a diverse team or international business. Use these simple and proven approaches for better communication, collaboration, leadership and decision making in today's globalised workplace.

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CARE FOR ME by Farah Cook, read by Renu Brindle - audiobook extract

Some secrets follow you wherever you go.... Care for Me is a haunting, heartrending thriller from a brand-new voice in psychological suspense, Farah Cook. Some secrets follow you wherever you go.... When Afrah arrives at Ravenswood Lodge Care Home for the first time, she feels far from home. Her daughter, Amira, didn't want to send her away from the comfort and familiarity of her surroundings, but she's struggling to cope. Ravenswood Lodge was meant to be a safe space for Afrah. But when her belongings start vanishing, her family photographs, her jewellery, her pill boxes, Amira and the staff say it's just Afrah's imagination, it's just her failing memory. But Afrah is adamant someone is playing games with her. She knows Ravenswood Lodge isn't safe for her. Someone wants her gone. At home, Amira is looking through her mother's belongings, tidying things away, bringing order to her house. Until she stumbles upon some strange newspaper clippings, stories her mother has become fixated on. Is it just a coincidence, or could her mother be telling the truth about Ravenswood Lodge? Does someone want revenge? Elizabeth Is Missing meets I Let You Go in this unstoppable psychological suspense novel from debut author Farah Cook. Perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and K. L. Slater.

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A QUEEN FOR ALL SEASONS written and read by Joanna Lumley - audiobook extract

A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee, including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by her biggest fan, Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 70 years as queen and head of the Commonwealth. She is Britain's longest reigning monarch and the very first to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. A Queen for All Seasons, edited and introduced by Joanna Lumley, is a perceptive, touching and engaging tribute to this unique woman. A treasure chest of first-hand writings, insights and snapshots of the queen during key moments of her reign to form a vibrant portrait of the woman herself and the extraordinary role she plays. Joanna Lumley guides us as we meet Princess Elizabeth in 1952, aged just 25 and about to become queen, and brings us through to the present day when, as our matriarch, the queen keeps the national ship steady, including in moments of crisis and suffering. Here are unique perspectives into some of the most fascinating aspects of the queen's life - her role as head of state at home and abroad, her private passions and public interests, and a bird's-eye look at key events that have held the nation together and the queen in our affection throughout Britain and beyond. This book is a special and unique portrait of our constant queen in an ever-changing world.