Laid Bare: What the Business Leader Learnt From the Stripper

by Paulina Tenner

Overview

THE SELF-HELP BOOK FOR BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS THAT GIVE A F*CK ABOUT EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND BUSINESS PROFITABILITY.

Laid Bare: What The Business Leader Learnt From The Stripper is the naked truth about what it takes to be an authentic leader and build a transparent business, safeguarding employee well-being and at the same time staying profitable.

Reading it, you'll get:

• Practical tips on how to implement change in your organisation – from someone who has actually done the work.

• A unique and memorable book tackling topics of workplace culture, talent retention, self-set pay, and financial transparency in an entertaining way.

• A framework that will help you implement a culture that balances the well-being of your employees with the profitability and commercial aspirations of your business.

• The encouragement to get in touch with your inner child and rebel, and show up unapologetically you in your role as a business leader.

Drawing on Paulina's years of experience as both a successful business owner, angel investor, and former burlesque showgirl, Laid Bare: What the Business Leader Learnt from the Stripper is a book all entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders should read if they are serious about making a positive and refreshing change in their organisations.

IT'S LIKELY THE MOST UNUSUAL BUSINESS BOOK YOU'LL EVER READ!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789045796
Publisher:	Collective Ink
Publication date:	01/31/2022
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.56(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Paulina is a founder, a tech startup angel investor, a TEDx speaker and conference presenter. She has been featured in the press and TV interviews numerous times over the last few years. As a thought leader, she is committed to radical authenticity and bringing a new paradigm of organisational consciousness into the wider world. She lives in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Part 1 The Naked Truth About Building a Transparent Business 5

Reclaiming the Goddess 7

The Big Reveal 8

Getting Set Up 12

What Colour You Wear and How To Wear It 17

F*ck Teal, Be… Nude! 23

What the Hell is "Company Culture" 25

Baring It All (or: Principles of open culture) 27

Showing Your Arse To a Wider Audience (or: How to scale open culture) 30

Growing On the Job 34

How Much Are You Worth? 36

On Getting Paid 41

Our Journey Towards Self-Set Pay 45

The Punter's World 49

A War of Distortions 52

The Internal War 56

Stage Blood vs. Real Blood 58

My Inner Man says 60

My Inner Woman says 60

My Inner Voice of Fear says 61

My Inner Adult says 61

When the Hustle Takes Over (or: On startups and personal identity) 62

Part 2 The Feminine Rising and Leadership of the Future 69

Can Marriage Be Sexy? 71

Find Your Sass (or: Leading from the feminine) 75

Growing Bigger Ovaries (or: Leading from the feminine in the business context) 80

A Feather's Touch (or: Key principles of feminine leadership) 84

Entrepreneurship and BDSM 88

Ready To Shine 94

My Inner Voice of Fear says 97

My Inner Woman says 97

Show Up For Your Calling 98

Getting Off Stage Gracefully (or: Welcome to the funeral of your dreams) 101

Couples in Business 104

The Whore in Business 108

The Courage To Feel 111

Do I Want To Hustle in This Joint? (or: How to interview a company you're potentially interested in working for) 115

The Art of Mutual Tease (or: Conflict that creates) 118

Dealing with Hecklers (or: Aspecting as conflict resolution tool) 124

One Tease Too Far (or: Conflict that destroys) 129

The Art of Revelling in Pain 134

Letting the Punter Within Do His Thing 140

Letting the Goddess Within Make Love 144

Your Inner Child at Work 147

For the Love of the Punter 151

For the Appreciation of Fear 153

How To Be C.U.N.T. 155

C.U.N.T. Explained 159

If I Ruled the World 164

Epilogue: From me to you, message in a bottle 167

Acknowledgements 169

Bibliography and recommended reading 171

Editorial Reviews

Fantastic fun – a refreshing take on an eternal problem!

Bruce Daisley

Provocative, bold, paradigm-setting, just like the author.This book challenges the status quo of how companies areset up and scaled and proposes a radical alternative. I wouldrecommend that anyone who is serious about wanting tomake a change in their business reads this with an open mind...and a notebook!

Sháá Wasmund

Paulina is at the forefront of the new world of work. Laid Bare is the book all entrepreneurs need to read now.

Paul Armstrong

Laid Bare moves the modern leadership and sustainableconversation forwards, in a way few would expect, and nonewill forget. Kicks the Patriarchy in the balls.

Sam Conniff Allende

At MakeLoveNotPorn we're socializing sex, with one of many intended socially beneficial outcomes being normalizing sex work to be as accepted a career choice as doctor, lawyer, accountant. So I'm delighted that Paulina Tenner has translated her experience as a stripper into a very different kind of business book. This refreshingly honest guide is for every entrepreneur and business person who welcomes a completely fresh perspective on building a company, and is full of innovative ideas, including the concept of self-set pay, that many businesses can benefit from.

Cindy Gallop

Provocative, bold, paradigm-setting, just like the author.This book challenges the status quo of how companies areset up and scaled and proposes a radical alternative. I wouldrecommend that anyone who is serious about wanting tomake a change in their business reads this with an open mind...and a notebook!

Shaa Wasmund

Provocative, bold, paradigm-setting, just like the author. This book challenges the status quo of how companies are set up and scaled and proposes a radical alternative. I would recommend that anyone who is serious about wanting to make a change in their business reads this with an open mind ...and a notebook!

Sháá Wasmund