Episodes

Sept. 12, 2025

Fix The Process, Free the People with Lisa Bing

About this epsiode: What if the toughest problems in your business aren’t really about people at all—but about process? And what if the missing ingredient in leadership today is learning how to hold people accountable with bo...
Sept. 5, 2025

Mapping Your Territory with Explorer and Entrepreneur Anthony Willoughby

About this episode: Anthony Willoughby has lived an extraordinary life. From growing up in Africa to decades spent in Japan, his journey has taken him across some of the most remote and challenging landscapes on earth. An exp...
Aug. 29, 2025

Becoming a Firefly: Igniting Your Power to Elevate Good

About this episode: How do ordinary people light up the world in extraordinary ways? In this inspiring episode of The Business Elevation Show , Chris Cooper interviews visionary leader and author Julie Wignall about her multi...
Aug. 22, 2025

From Streets to Finding Your Feet: Empowering the Next Generation with Duro Oye

About this episode: Duro Oye has dedicated his life to unlocking potential where the odds are stacked against it. As the CEO and founder of the multi-award-winning charity 20/20 Levels, he has already empowered thousands of y...
Aug. 15, 2025

Amplifying Good Through Knowledge, Ethics, and Action with Dr Julian Huppert

About this episode: From cutting-edge genomics research to the floor of the UK Parliament, and from advising on AI ethics to shaping the future of financial investments, Dr Julian Huppert has lived a career at the intersectio...
Aug. 8, 2025

Healing The Mind: From Trauma to Transformation with Andrew Jenkins

About This Episode: What does it take to not just survive life’s toughest challenges—but to come back stronger and inspire others? In this extraordinary episode, I speak with Andrew Jenkins , a finalist on the BBC hit show Th...
Aug. 1, 2025

From Spy Chief To Author with David Bickford CB

About this episode: In this highly compelling episode, we’re joined by David Bickford CB, a former senior intelligence official who served as Legal Director and Under-Secretary of State at both MI5 and MI6. David played a key...
July 24, 2025

Special Encore: Heart-Led Leadership with Zoe Holland MBE

About this episode: In this inspiring Special Encore conversation, Chris Cooper is joined by Zoe Holland MBE , Group Chief Commercial Officer at Fletchers Group, legal entrepreneur, and passionate advocate for heart-led leade...
July 18, 2025

Special Encore Show: The Serving Leader with John Stahl-Wert

About this episode: Join us for this inspiring Special Encore episode of The Business Elevation Show, where Chris sits down with Dr. John Stahl-Wert, Founder of the Center for Serving Leadership. With three decades of experie...
July 11, 2025

The Call of Antarctica: Leadership Lessons from the Coldest Continent with Leilani Raashida Henry

About this episode: In this inspiring episode, Chris Cooper interviews Leilani Raashida Henry, leadership consultant, executive coach, and author of The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting Earth’s Coldest Continent ....
July 2, 2025

Special Encore Show: Angels in Tsavo - An Elevation Collective Experience in Kenya

About this episode: In this deeply moving and inspiring Special Encore episode, Chris Cooper was joined by four extraordinary members of ‘The Elevation Collective’— Molly Bedingfield, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn, Tessa White, and ...
June 27, 2025

Performance, Wellbeing and Authenticity with Stevie Ward, Former Leeds Rhinos Captain

About this episode: Join us for a powerful and deeply human conversation with Stevie Ward—keynote speaker, freedom coach, and former professional rugby league captain—who now dedicates his life to helping leaders and teams un...
June 20, 2025

Is Capitalism Good? A Journey from Steel Mills to Social Impact with Brian Gallagher

About this epsiode: In this powerful episode of the Business Elevation Show, Chris Cooper speaks with Brian Gallagher – former CEO of United Way Worldwide and current Founder of the Leargas Group – about one of today’s most p...
June 13, 2025

Breathing Through Uncertainty: Yoga, Presence, and Purpose with Luke Ketterhagen

About this episode: In this uplifting episode of the Business Elevation Show, Chris Cooper is joined by Luke Ketterhagen—yoga teacher, wellness guide, blueberry farmer, and faculty member at the Himalayan Institute. From a ch...
June 6, 2025

Angels in Tsavo: An Elevation Collective Experience in Kenya

More about this episode: In this deeply moving and inspiring episode, Chris Cooper is joined by four extraordinary members of ‘The Elevation Collective’— Molly Bedingfield , Elisabet Vinberg Hearn , Tessa White , and Hilary W...
May 30, 2025

From Plastic Bottles To Performance Clothing - A conversation with Reflo's co-founder Rory MacFadyen

About this episode: In this episode, Chris Cooper sits down with Rory MacFadyen, co-founder of Reflo, a performance-wear brand on a mission to revolutionise the sportswear industry by becoming the most sustainable brand in th...
May 23, 2025

Elevating for Good – Chris Cooper on 600 Episodes of The Business Elevation show with guest host Mike Mooney

About this episode: In this landmark 600th edition of The Business Elevation Show, celebrated author and reputation strategist Mike Mooney steps in as guest host to interview the show’s founder and long-time host Chris Cooper...
May 15, 2025

Special Encore: Step Up and Be an Angel: Impact with Kindness with Molly Bedingfield

About this episode: Join us for this Special Encore episoe, as we explore the heart of kindness as we discuss by stepping up and being an angel with Molly Bedingfield, Founder and CEO of the Global Angels Foundation. Molly ex...
May 9, 2025

Special Encore Show: Become The 'Go To' Brand - With Barnaby Wynter

More about this Special Encore episode: Join us for a dive into effective branding and marketing with Barnaby Wynter, author of Become the GO TO BRAND and renowned strategic brand expert. With over 457 brands under his belt a...
May 2, 2025

Preparing Young People For Adult Life with Tracey Jones

About this episode: In this insightful conversation, I sit down with Tracey Jones a highly respected Mind Management coach, keynote speaker, and leadership expert, to explore how we can better prepare young adults for the rea...
April 25, 2025

We Are Inseparable: From Fragmentation to Unity — A New Vision for Business, Leadership, and Humanity with Dr Jude Currivan

About this episode: In a world marked by growing complexity, division, and ecological tipping points, a new story is emerging — one that reclaims our deep interconnectedness with each other, with the Earth, and with the cosmo...
April 17, 2025

Special Encore Show: Unspoken Truths for Career Success with Tessa White

About this episode: How do you best navigate your career or the complex relationship between individuals and the workplace, today? My guest for this Special Encore episode, Tessa White, known as the Job Doctor, exploded on so...
April 11, 2025

Observe to Unmask – Knowing People Better with Pushpendra Mehta

More about this episode: In this conversation, we will explore with Pushpendra Mehta , author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Observe to Unmask: 100 Small Things to Know People Better , the subtle yet powerful art of ob...
April 4, 2025

Leading Yourself with Elizabeth Lotardo

About this episode: In this episode, I am delighted to welcome Elizabeth Lotardo - consultant, writer, and LinkedIn Learning instructor - to talk with me about her new book Leading Yourself . Known for her fresh and practical...