Episodes

Are you seeking success online and wondering how to do it without capital or coding experience? My guest Bryan Clayton is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 100,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state o...

Are you a great business developer, prospector and networker who knows how to create a positive connection with the people you meet? Are you a catalyst that creates a chemical reaction between strangers, and have the ability to effortlessly convert these opportunities into new business? My guest David Kean is an expert at catalysing strangers into contacts and converting contacts into clients - and even into friends and has helped hundreds of companies around the world win billions in new busine...

Your business matters so why not make it beautiful? My guest Steven Morris is a brand culture advisor, author, speaker, and an acclaimed artist. Having known Steve personally for many years he is in my opinion a deeply meaningful, philosophical, caring and highly practical entrepreneur. Someone I am proud of to call a very good friend and someone whose advice I am always grateful for. He has an incredible background having worked worked with more than 3,000 business leaders at 250+ global region...

An essential ingredient today for being a great leader is the ability to also be an exceptional teacher and facilitator. My guest Blair Singer has earned a worldwide reputation as an expert in sales and business growth. He has also trained some of the best teachers, leaders and facilitators across 25 countries on five continents. Blair is the founder and CEO of the Blair Singer Training Academy, author of three best-selling books and an in-demand international public speaker. He’s helped hundred...

There is so much that mother nature can teach us about being successful in life. So how do we align ourselves with nature to become even more in life? My guest Francois Lupien is a dynamic mentor, coach, speaker, and presenter whose experience includes working with Tony Robbins, Stephen Covey (7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and as a consultant with Bob Proctor (Movie: The Secret). Francois has been a Tae Kwon Do Canadian champion, a Top Real Estate agent for 11 years and a serial entrepren...

Has your business plateaued or are you feeling stuck? An inspiring new book written by 18 game changing leaders ‘Play The Game, How To Win In Today’s Changing Environment’ provides ideas and motivation to break the cycle that stunts your business growth. In the words of Marshall Goldsmith “This book will radically change the way you see your business!”. Adam Strong, corporate productivity authority, entrepreneur, athlete, coach, speaker, and trainer persuaded a cohort of (in Adam’s word’s Intern...

When it comes to wealth how much is enough? What impact do you want your money to have and how do you heal your relationship with money through family values? My guest Brandon Hatton is an expert at portfolio creation and wealth maintenance based on Conscious Wealth practices and is perfectly placed to answer these questions. Brandon specialises in family dynamics around multi-generational wealth and advising clients on how to use their financial assets to help make a positive societal impact, w...

Do you understand how our energy situation is switching and the impact it will have on your business and life? For many reasons, including the impact on our planet, energy has become one of the biggest topics in the world. Eager to bring to you experts on subjects that are critical, not only to the elevation of our businesses, but also our future, I am delighted to introduce you to Peter Kelly-Detwiler. Peter has 30 years of experience in the electric energy industry, with much of his career in ...

How do you best set up and develop international teams in these unusual times? My guest Lukasz Brzyski is an international entrepreneur and owns companies in 4 different countries giving him a lot of exposure to different business cultures. His business ventures are spread across online marketing, business consulting and property investing. Besides developing high performing international teams Lukasz is also passionate about educating people to take control over their financial future. During t...

I will never forget being a member of the best team that I have ever been a part of, and then the pleasure of when I had built great teams myself. They were not only places of challenge but also great warmth and exceptional results. My guest, Aaron Schmookler, also loves creating and helping his clients to build amazing teams. When I spoke to Aaron I really enjoyed his different take on teams and his perspectives on creating a clear cultural operating system and wanted to introduce his thinking ...

Are you really a highly conscious entrepreneur? In my opinion, after 10 years of hosting the Business Elevation Show, I believe that the average quality of consciousness of the world’s entrepreneurs and business leaders must elevate in order to build organizations that solve the world’s problems not add to them. This requires being fully open to self development in order to realise the full potential of the people within them. My guest Judy Piatkus founded her independent publishing company Piat...

If you think the last 10 years have been disruptive then are you prepared for the big financial and economic changes that might impact your life and business in the next 10? My guest Neil McCoy-Ward is the Group CEO of the Forward Thinking Group UK who has spent his life since travelling the globe for answers. His career has taken him from highly decorated soldier to an experienced CEO, Investor, financial forecaster, housing market expert and Best-Selling Author. Neil is most well known for his...

Chris Cooper created and has hosted the Business Elevation show on Voice America for 10 years with the intention of helping over a million entrepreneurs and business people to elevate their thinking and business approach. The show has become one of the longest running and most internationally accessed on the Voice America network with over 425 unique hours of content and an audience in over 50 countries. The extensive archive represents the thoughts and wisdom of an enormous cast of exceptional ...

As billions are lost by businesses operating like a leaky bucket how much opportunity could you be materialising if you closed the leaks in yours? My guest Howard Shore is the founder and CEO of Activate Group Inc., a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur specializing in liberating C-Suite teams from the barriers holding them back personally and professionally. His clients work in family-owned, multi-national, public, and private companies ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion in annua...

How do you leverage the smartest minds in your company such that they also become your best leaders? My guest Christian Espinosa is an entrepreneur, a cybersecurity engineer, a certified high-performance coach, a professor, and a lover of heavy metal music and spicy food. He’s also an Air Force veteran and Ironman triathlete. We will discuss the lesson’s from Christian’s best-selling book, The Smartest Person in the Room including why a high IQ is a lost superpower when effective communication, ...

What is really going on in the backdrop of global business, finance and competition today? Last year I interviewed Winston Ma, who co-authored The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy with today’s guest, Paul Downs. One of the most fascinating interviews of 2020, I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Paul to deepen our understanding of what is driving the digital economy and global dominance today. Paul practiced international law ...

Are you consistently meeting enough people to effectively elevate your business or career? My guest Pat Hedley is an investor, advisor and the author of Meet 100 People. Inspired by the experiences of thousands of people she has interacted with over her own thirty-year career. Pat wrote Meet 100 People to encourage us all to proactively, and consistently meet people in person or by video. As the founder and CEO of The Path Ahead, Pat identifies high growth companies in which she invests and take...

Would you like to double your sales in 90 days? My guest Simon Severino helps business owners do just that. His purpose in life is helping entrepreneurs realise their dreams. After 17 years of strategy execution experience from NY to Sydney, he created the Strategy Sprints® Method, a practical method to run an agile and resilient company. He is a growth advisor to Consilience Ventures in London and member of the global educator network of Duke Corporate Education. Simon is the founder of Strateg...

How often as leaders and managers are we caught out when making assumptions about the needs and desires of our employees? My guest this week, Paul Burton, is an entrepreneur whose passion is having a positive impact on people. He has taken his 30 years’ of experience in turning around business performance to create a disruptive personal and professional development platform with data-driven insights facilitating meaningful change called Pobi and C-Coach. In the early 2000s, Paul turned around an...

An effective network is essential to the efficient and profitable running of any organization. Not only this, they have completely transformed communication and business across the globe. My guest Peter Goodman is co-founder and CEO of Aventus a cloud based Platform that enables MGAs, brokers and insurers to create a seam-less buying experience for their insurance products. Peter started his journey with a law degree and the world at his feet. Over-trading in his first business led to debt yet P...

How present are you? One of the most important skills in business and life in my opinion is presence. According to my guests Michael Landers and Tim Dukes, presence enhances your creativity, productivity and performance on every front. Michael Landers, M.A. is the founder and president of Culture Crossing, Inc., a global consulting company dedicated to finding innovative solutions for groups and individuals working in the multi-cultural marketplace. His workshops, seminars and speaking events ha...

Retaining great employees is a challenge for many organizations and particularly young talent that can be more transient. Clint Pulver is a professional keynote speaker, author, musician, pilot, and workforce expert. Known as the leading authority on employee retention, Clint has transformed how corporations like Keller Williams, AT&T, and Hewlett Packard create lasting loyalty through his work and research as the Undercover Millennial. He has been featured by Business Q Magazine as a “Top 40 Un...

How do you become so highly referable that you become as popular as a Broadway show? My guest Michael Roderick is the CEO of Small Pond Enterprises which helps thoughtful givers become thought leaders by making their brands referable, their messaging memorable, and their ideas unforgettable. His frameworks have been featured in Forbes and Business Insider and many popular podcasts. Michael is also the host of the pod-cast Access to Anyone. Michael began his career in education teaching High Scho...

How do you navigate this strange new business world when dynamics such as hybrid working and the need to embrace diversity have shifted the leadership landscape? My guests this week, Carroll Macey, Sebastian Fox and Bob Shearer are all part of Team Coaching Studio and are all highly experienced team coaching experts who are not only masters of their craft in supporting leaders and teams in the workplace they also bring their own unique experiences of adapting to unusual levels of personal change...