Jay Norman

Personnel Policy Service, Inc.

I help people with the copyediting and proofreading they need to polish and refine their writing. I bring to the table 40+ years as an information publisher, writer, editor, and proofreader. 

During my years in the field, I founded, built, and sold a specialty publishing business, Personnel Policy Service, Inc., focusing on employment law compliance.  
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We developed and kept up-to-date a comprehensive 800-page manual (print and digital) of model human resources policies. Each of the 60+ policy models was meticulously annotated for management insights and rationale plus all the laws, regulations, and court cases impacting the policy. 

In addition, we had an 8-page monthly newsletter and a weekly ezine. 

We were the leading experts in the practical day-to-day impact of complicated employment laws like the ADA, FMLA, and FLSA. Our guiding focus was to provide simple explanations to business owners, HR professionals, and lawyers on timely and difficult issues such as harassment, discipline, leaves of absence, and working from home (even before the pandemic).   

Our subscribers ranged in size from small businesses to industry giants like Monsanto and Cisco. 

In building the business, I gained extensive publishing, editing, and proofreading knowledge and experience by actively participating in the Specialized Publishing Industry Association (SIPA) programs in Washington. I served on its Board of Directors for eight years.

More recently, I sold our publishing assets to BLR/Simplify Compliance and then took time off to enjoy travel and devote time to local volunteer interests. 

However, I quickly realized how much I missed the writing and publishing world, and I am now helping others perfect their writing skills. So, if you’re looking for an experienced copyeditor and proofreader, I’m ready to help!

OK – enough about me. Now, it’s your turn! Click on the blue “Connect” or “Message” button above under my picture or contact me directly at jay@ppsincmail.com.

Director - Independant Associate

LegalShield legal service plans for businesses and for individuals and families

Refirement CIC

Providing Thought leadership, innovation and disruption to enable others to overcome stereotyping, ageism and limiting beliefs.  Later life opportunities are many and varied and we need to be open to them to create a life driven by passion, purpose and adventure.

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Business Builders UK

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Wendy Garcarz Consulting

I am an entrepreneur a writer and futurist who is passionate about SMEs and their role in economic regeneration.  It is my job to make predictions based on in-depth research and facts. By identifying trends and explaining why they're important, my analysis of the bigger picture brings insight for the leaders and businesses I work with.  My experience spans 30 years and most industry sectors, influencing and developing private and public sector strategy and culture.   My Latest book distills 30 year experience into a simple recovery guide for SMEs to stabilise their business and prepare for business growth.

I hold a Masters Degree in Education and professional development and have worked with blue chip companies and SMEs to deliver value driven services and products that foster trust based customer relationships. 
Working with public sector organisations my focus is to champion commercial skills and knowledge to make public services viable and sustainable.

Author  and Futurist

Refirement UK

To promote the important role of mature women business founders (over 55) and to redefine retirement for women in the 21st century.

Founder

The Wendy Effect

As a highly skilled and experienced business advisor I work with corporate clients, NHS, Local Authorities and business owners to improve their results.  Across all sectors, I can provide tailored business improvement advice, development strategies and support to help the business reach further and achieve more. I take the best business models concepts and approaches and scale them to fit the business I am working with.  Together, we get significant results and leave the business more resilient and profitable.

Business Strategist

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As a Business and People Transformation Specialist I use my knowledge, experience and passion to empower people in your business to deal with change.  I work by building a truly creative approach to achieving excellent business results and to take away the "smoke and mirrors" of change.  I get people to think differently (positively) about change; to understand their power and skills in dealing with it and how to make it work for them.

Owner and Managing Director

Agewell UK

This Social Enterprise is an organisations that promotes the role of older people in society, works with health and social care commissioners to ensure the voice of older people is heard when they are designing services and offers some services to promote the dignity, health and wellbeing of this important group of the population.  I have the research and development portfolio for the organisation and am keen to encourage research that offers understanding and solutions to some of the challenges faced by an ageing population.

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A business development consultancy specialising in improving performance and service redesign of public sector and voluntary organisations and services

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I’ve spent over 30 years walking the line between strategist, academic, disruptor, and changemaker and I’ve never once been content to play small.
My passion lies in thought leadership: not as a buzzword, but as a practice of shaping meaning, sparking ideas, and inspiring others to see beyond the immediate. I believe real thought leaders don’t just talk about the future, they build it, and they do so with courage, clarity, and conviction.
Alongside this, I lead the Refirement movement; challenging outdated narratives of ageing, championing later-life female entrepreneurs, and proving that wisdom and experience are not the end of ambition, but the fuel for it. Too often, society writes women off at precisely the moment when their ideas and talents are most needed. I’m here to flip that script.
What drives me?
🔥 Curiosity that refuses to settle for the obvious.
🔥 A belief that leadership should be authentic, human, and sometimes gloriously messy.
🔥 A mission to help others create their legacy projects and show up as the leaders only they can be.
If you’re looking for someone to rubber-stamp the status quo, that’s not me. If you want someone who will challenge assumptions, connect the dots others miss, and bring energy to every room, then let’s talk.

I also lead a double life and write espionage thrillers under my phsuedenym of Wendy Charlton.  The 'Secrets' series deal with the themes of aging and challenging the negative assumptions people make around those with dementia and Alzheimer's

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