Nov. 18, 2024: Meet “The Pie Spy,” and discover Grandma’s secret recipe

Monday Morning Magic from Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. With emotions running high this month, I am looking for anything — everything — to bring joy and sunshine into our minds, hearts, and, honestly, the whole world. So it is with great pleasure that I introduce you this week to human resources expert Amanda Haddaway’s first foray into writing children’s literature with The Pie Spy: Grandma’s Secret Recipe.

Here’s the story: In this heartwarming tale, a young girl named Kate discovers that her grandma is a spy who uses her baking skills to hide secret messages. Through baking pies together, Kate learns about her grandma’s exciting past and the importance of bravery, creativity, and love for family.

This story is too delicious not to have a sequel, so this year, be on the lookout for the next book in this series.

Of course, this isn’t Amanda’s first literary adventure by a woman who is on a mission to make people’s lives better. Scroll down to find information about her two business self-help books, and also learn about the company she has built with her experience as an award-winning HR consultant, corporate trainer, and certified executive coach: HRanswerbox.com. Last year, Amanda bought trainersconsultantsreferralnetwork.com, another powerful HR organization created by our dear friend Sharon Armstrong, author of The Essential HR Handbook.

Scroll down to learn more about Amanda!

Until next Monday: May you find joy in the little things, turn them into the important things, and may we all join together to create peace during turbulence. — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder and president, Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co., Inkandescent.us

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Amanda Haddaway is an award-winning HR consultant, corporate trainer, and certified executive coach. She has more than 50,000 hours of experience in HR and holds the two highest professional certifications, SPHR and SHRM-SCP, as well as a Master of Jurisprudence degree in Labor and Employment Law from Tulane University Law School, a Master’s degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor’s degree from James Madison University. She is also a graduate of Moonshine University, where she learned the business and science behind distillery operations.

About Amanda’s company: hranswerbox.com. HR Answerbox’s mission has always been to make better workplaces. Through our Trainers and Consultants Referral Network (a FREE service for employers!), we provide HR/OD consultants, trainers/facilitators, coaches and speakers to help you solve your workplace challenges,” Amanda explains. “With more than 260 Network members, we have both bench strength and depth of experience. Some of the best and brightest people in the field are available to help you and your organization. The majority of our Network members have at least 20 years of experience. We work with for profit, nonprofit and governmental entities.” Click here to search the company’s directory to find qualified talent for your next project.

In addition to The Pie Spy, Amanda has penned these two books:

  • Interviewer Success: Become a Great Interviewer in Less Than One Hour — Learn the interviewing skills you need now with Interviewer Success! The importance of proper interviewing techniques should not be understated. Recruiting impacts revenue, strategic goals, competitive advantage and organizational success. Success in these areas is paramount to having a healthy and successful business. Your role as an interviewer is extremely important, so you must know how to do this job well. Interviewer Success allows you to quickly learn how to find out the information you need to know about a candidate to make a good hiring decision. You’ll learn how to review a résumé, prepare for an interview, learn what you can and cannot legally ask a candidate, learn behavioral interviewing techniques, and much more.
  • Destination Real World: Success After Graduation — 25 Tips You Didn’t Learn in SchoolThis book will guide you through writing a résumé, being successful at those job interviews, impressing your new boss, renting a place to live, dealing with stress, building a personal brand and so much more. With the input of several other seasoned professionals, author Amanda K. Haddaway provides 25 tips to help new college graduates navigate through the challenges of finding and keeping their first jobs and living on their own.

That’s not all!

Amanda writes for Entrepreneur magazine. Some of her recent articles include 4 Things You Can Do To Truly Disconnect From Work Over the Holidays, and The 3 Pillars of Running a Business that Operates Smoothly.

She is also in the process of launching a ready-to-drink cocktail brand. To recharge, Amanda and her family head to their net-zero solar cottage in the Finger Lakes. She also finds joy in traveling to new locations and creating delicious cocktails for friends and family.

Click here to connect with this Truly Amazing Woman on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandahaddaway