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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · 18d

Beautiful mountain walk, Cape Town

A view of Lion‘s Head, the ocean to the left and a foreground of Cape fynbos

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Target: We're stepping back from DEI.

Customers: We're stepping back from Target!

Target: Looks like we're having financial difficulties.

Target picks an insider to lead the struggling company when CEO Brian Cornell steps down next year

Target CEO Brian Cornell plans to step down Feb. 1. He helped reenergize the company but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Aug 7

‘It was a slow learn for me that my voice has impact.’ Great episode with speaker, emcee and moderator Kerrie Finch: iono.fm/e/1579956

Please consider subscribing! We’re showcasing leaders who’re bursting the bubble of traditional leadership. And it will help me grow as a solo female podcaster.

Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Live here later today. Looking forward to a great conversation: youtube.com/live/T3Kobpm...

We Need New Leaders | Diversity Conversations with Charlotte Otter

YouTube video by Diversity Conversations

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jul 29

I think we witnessed it the first time around and then watched you all dive in for a second round - that’s the embarrassment.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Don’t assume that it’s just Americans who are witnessing this embarrassing wreck of a man growing louder and more desperate in his denials.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/americas-n...

America's National Embarrassment

Donald Trump goes to Scotland, spreading his mess on the global stage

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jul 28

I have me a Substack. I’d love you to read it.

Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jul 19

Do you like discounts *and* supporting independently published books and their publishers?

We Need New Leaders is available on discount for North American readers. You can buy the book at a 35% discount using the code WNNL35 on IndiePubs.

Here's the link:
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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 29

Full circle moment: a thesis that began as part of the Change Leadership course run by Oxford Said and HEC Paris is now a book in the Oxford University bookshop Blackwells. Signed by the author of course!

The front cover of the book We Need New Leaders with a sticker in the top right corner saying ‘Signed edition’

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 27

Visiting We Need New Leaders in all the Waterstones of London today. I find it, offer to sign it and they slap a sticker on. ‘A signed book is a sold book,’ one bookseller told me. This the Trafalgar Square branch.

Me in a baseball cap holding a copy of my book with a wall of books behind me. The book has a small circular sticker in the top right corner that says ‘Signed by the author’.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Book launch London. We Need New Leaders is well and truly on its way!

Charlotte dressed in navy with a red door and green plants behind her, a big smile and holding a copy of her book We Need New Leaders.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 8

#Vancouver skyline reflected. Here for a book launch; arrived early to get over jet lag, lol, and see a bit of this lovely city. #photography #city #skyline #ShotOnIPhone #amateur

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 7

#Vancouver from above. Serial scaredy cat went up in a sea plane and bloody loved it. #photography #city #ShotOnIPhone #amateur

A view of Vancouver’s downtown area from up in the sky, with a stadium in the foreground, skyscrapers in the middle and the peninsula of Stanley Park behind. In the far background is ocean and distant snow-capped mountains.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 5

#1 in Diversity & Inclusion in the US! Thanks to everyone who’s been buying it - very exciting! Can’t wait for reader feedback.

A picture of the Amazon bestseller book rankings with We Need New Leaders at the #1 slot.

Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · Jun 1

Defenders of democracy, this is happening tomorrow. One day 99c ebook promotion. #books #authors #ebook #booksky #skybooks #nonfiction #newleaders #leadershipcrisis

Picture of the front and back covers of We Need New Leaders with the words ‘ebook offer June 2 only 99c’

Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 31

Heidelberg & poppies. Also, my new book We Need New Leaders is available on the Kindle store on Monday for a one-day promotion of 99c. Buying on that day *really* helps grow a buzz around the book. #photograpy #ShotOniPhone #Heidelberg #skybooks #BookSky #authors #writers #Kindle #promotion

A view of Heidelberg on a cloudy day with a foreground of bright red poppies

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 29

Just saying

A picture of the book we need New Leaders with the text ‘ebook offer 99c June 2 only’

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 27

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 20

Congrats, Anita!

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 20

#Writers and #authors of #skybooks, who has a #book being #published in June 2025? Here’s a pic of mine. Answers on a postcard or in comments if you prefer.

Front and back covers of Charlotte’s new book We Need New Leaders. The four words of the title are written in pink, red, blue and green respectively and then the sub-head Mastering reputation management to reshape the C- Suite appears in a large red speech bubble

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 17

Heidelberg serving acutely perfect #photography #ShotOniPhone #nature #city #Heidelberg #amateur

Pic of Heidelberg with the towers and arches of the Old Bridge reflected in the perfectly still river

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 16

Tiny thumbnail of a one-page sketch that @tanmayvora.bsky.social drew for We Need New Leaders. The full sketch is available on my new members-only section on charlotteotter.com.

Picture of two people holding up the world, with the words We Need New Leaders who are … aware authentic learners diverse humane inclusive

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 15

Thanks for the offer! I’ve written crime fiction; about to publish my first leadership book.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 15

18 days till launch! Very excited to share my leadership book with the world - the contents are even more appropriate in 2025 than they were when I was writing it in late 2024. June 2 is big ebook promotion day, if you like a bargain. #books #writers #leadership #blueskybooks

The front and back covers of Charlotte’s forthcoming book We Need New Leaders.

Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 13

Heidelberg with poppies #iPhone #photography #Heidelberg #amateur

Picture of Heidelberg old town taken from the opposite hillside and with two bright red poppies in the foreground.

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Charlotte Otter I Author @charlotteotter.bsky.social · May 7

Episode 7 has landed, with the brilliant Gillian Jones-Williams. Talking thriving with neurodiversity, inclusive leadership, resilience and her award-winning programmes for women and men.