Books

My first books follow my girls through different ages and stages. My latest ties in the role of leading teens with leading Teams.

As I navigated my fourth redundancy journey, I realised that my work experiences had helped me as a parent and that parenting had helped me as a leader. Parenting is a form of leadership which I feel workplaces should value more than they do.

Parenting is a very personal thing, it is the ultimate job, and as such training helps you better understand yourself and your child. I count myself lucky that I was fortunate to be trained as a parenting facilitator before I had children but admit that putting the calmly though out plans into action was at times much harder than I thought.

Leadership requires you to connect with yourself to help you control your responses to others. By practicing these skills, you can learn to cope with conflict, wherever it's occurring.

All are available as eBooks or paperbacks, depending on your preference. Click on the image to find out a little more.

M Forkard

"Well I must say I am very impressed, as I was reading the first 20 pages of Parenting gets Personal, I could just about hear your voice. I love what I have read so far (it's a shame I have to go do some work!). I have booked in to read more in the next couple of days."

E Dowling

"Reading Parenting Moves People, is like having a conversation with a friend, i.e. anecdotes and experiences rather than dictatorial advice. It is easy to read cover to cover, but would also be easy to dip into, if needed. I can see how helpful it could be for parents with children coming up to, or midway through the age range, when they are probably just getting out of their comfort zone"

D Johnson

“Parenting Requires Perseverance is another fantastic book in the series. Ruth manages to bring a light-hearted and practical view to parenting that is easy to relate to and entertaining to read. Anyone who is a parent will recognize some of themselves in these experiences and will laugh along with the learnings shared. Ruth is one of the few people to write a parenting book that is honest enough to also discuss what hasn’t worked, rather than just preaching the ‘right’ way. Additionally, many of the lessons shared by Ruth are not just valuable for parenting, but also for everyday life, as we follow her journey learning alongside her children while dealing with whatever life throws her way.”