Episodes

Are you wise to how gender equality and diversity will enhance your business interests and create a better world? Jennifer Justice is an entertainment and live-experience executive known for building artists’ careers and businesses by marrying art with commerce. Whilst at Roc Nation, she was Jay-Z’s personal entertainment attorney for 17 years as well as Beyonce’s for a year. In 2019, JJ founded The Justice Dept. – a management, strategy and legal firm working with female (and woke male) entrepr...

After a year that has seen many of us change the way we work, it has never been so valuable to elevate your skills in effective online networking and presentations! But trying to do so through a computer screen can feel overwhelming for some and down right uncomfortable for others. Where can we step up and how far can we take it?! For the last 20 years, Will Kintish has shown thousands in the business, professional and financial communities how to become more effective and confident networkers. ...

You would probably agree that as a human being you belong to the most intelligent and dominant species on our planet. Yet as a consequence of our behaviour massive global problems of our own making exist. To solve them we need more than intelligence - we need ‘WISDOM’. Judy Robinett is one of the wisest souls I know and the perfect guest to explore this subject with. Judy has helped entrepreneurs find needed capital connecting them with venture capitalists, angel investors, family offices, and o...

On this celebration show, Chris Cooper will reflect and share insights from over 400 Business Elevation interviews to date. This will be with the help of special guest host, Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks the President and CEO of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC. Dr Karen has more than 30 years of experience as a trusted advisor and partners with her clients to select and retain the best people, create high performance teams, and develop cultures that get rapid innovative results. She is the 2021 recipient of t...

How do you grow your business and maintain the energy needed to keep moving forward even when the going is tough? Roger Masterson is a serial entrepreneur with a big reputation for helping business owners to think differently. A disruptive thinker, he is the founder of Celtic Castles, the award-winning online castle-booking company, based in Yorkshire, England. Known affectionately as the ‘Castle Man’, there is nobody in the world who knows more about staying in castles than Roger! In October 20...

Are you the face of your own business or expected to be an ambassador for the organization you work or your profession in your work? If so, how you come across to others can make the difference between success or failure. I first met Alex Owen-Hill in Edinburgh whilst attending my first Robbie Burns night (a famous annual Scottish tradition). Alex was master of ceremonies and although he describes himself as an introvert he completely lit up the room. I decided there was something special about ...

Living through such turbulent times it is easy to appreciate why business professionals could find themselves in situations of disagreement. The risk though is that it is often easy to view conflict as an energy drain and the natural reaction is often to avoid it and store up potentially complicated legal issues for the future. Glenn F. Meier brings significant experience as a trial attorney, litigator and dispute resolver into helping people discover agreements out of disagreement. As a busines...

Who is acquiring vast ownership in financial markets today and why is this causing a major shift in global economic power and competition? Recently I had the privilege to talk to Winston Ma about his extensive experience whilst gaining a sense of how sovereign funds are literally reshaping investment in the digital economy. Winston is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. From my experience a highly accomplished and engaging thought leader with the t...

What is personal and business purpose, why are they so important and how do you discover your own? During this show my guest Steve Morris and I will discuss these important elements which can provide the fuel for enormous personal and business success. As both Steve and I have individually helped hundreds of business people to define their purposes we will both share our insights. Steve is a highly successful brand and culture advisor, multiple author, and speaker. His latest book The Beautiful ...

With monumental shifts in what we see as ‘normal life’ how do you elevate your thinking and thrive in 2021? In 2004, working scientist and professional physicist Tom Campbell predicted that if the planet suffers much more damage then mother nature would get even! As business and the world faces huge challenges Tom’s extensive wisdom and trilogy ‘My Big TOE (My Big picture Theory Of Everything)’ are providing highly acclaimed insight and solutions. Tom spent 10 years as a senior analyst in milita...

Are you wanting to make a difference in today’s vast sea of confusion? Do you want to live a life of meaning, with greater resilience, and with joy? Dr Ginny Whitelaw, a Zen Master and founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership, sharing with you how you can master the principles of resonance to live your most significant life. A biophysicist by training, she combines a rich scientific background with senior leadership experience at NASA, and more than 25 years developing global leaders. At NASA...

According to Daniel Wood there are 25 ways to raise capital for your business projects or financial investments. So what are they and when is it sensible to borrow funds? Daniel started out as a property investor, investing from his home country in Sweden into the United Kingdom. Over time he and his wife Gisela were able to build a property portfolio that allowed them to leave their jobs. Since they have gone on to found the Swedish Wealth Institute and Momentum Property Education where they su...

How do you access your own Everyday Peace to empower you, to not only feel calm and whole during today’s unsettled times, but also to create the life you’ve always dreamed of? My guest Dr. Dravon James is the founder of Everyday Peace. An author & motivational speaker, Dravon’s goal is to educate, empower & inspire others to build the life of their dreams no matter what shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise. Her journey began in poverty on the South Side of Chicago through to becoming...

We are living in a momentous period of history with great divides in ideology, high anxiety and isolation as our homes, families, networks, and livelihoods are disrupted by the global pandemic. There is a need for positive leadership to end prejudice, rebuild economics and personal and planetary wellbeing, creating unification and utilising technology and wisdom to resolve the many issues we face. Rarely in most of our lifetimes has there been a greater need for positive high integrity leadershi...

During this interview we will discuss why you must design your marketing like a bucket and how to turn high quality leads generated into high quality business. Barnaby Wynter has spent his whole career dedicated to making sense of how marketing impacts your business. He founded The Brand Bucket Company in 2010 to extend his impact on corporates to start-ups. Having owned a Top 200 integrated London advertising agency for 10 years, Barnaby led a team to develop a foundation system for marketing y...

Are you facing or fearing unexpected career change and disruption during these unprecedented times? Or are people asking you for your advice and you want more resources to help them? Join Maggie Craddock and I as we discuss the key questions and the mindset needed to effectively navigate sudden waves of financial stress, management shakes ups and downsizing. Maggie is President and CEO of Workplace Relationships and is a veteran executive coach known for her work with Fortune 500 CEOs and senior...

Having a team in the background to help you with time consuming tasks can make the difference between business success and failure. With more and more people now working from home, it has perhaps never been a better time to work with or even become a virtual assistant! This week’s guest Michele Ibbs originally trained as a nurse before moving into a very successful career in medical sales. In 2000 Michele joined her husband in his business in the steel industry and over the following seven years...

How do you be the best leader you can be, and then get better? In a world where the pace of change only gets quicker, there are some valuable lessons to be learned from past experiences. During this week’s interview, guest host John Jennings will be discussing with Ron Lynch some of the lessons he has learned, from his vast experience of building and growing businesses, as well as helping others to do the same. Ron Lynch has a wealth of experience, built from 40 years of working across a broad r...

Why do Israeli start-ups have a far higher probability of success and attract more venture capital than start-ups in other parts of the world? My guest Uri Adoni says, ‘That it’s all about Chutzpah’. So, what is Chutzpah and what are its secret rules that increase success? How has it contributed to the success of so many start-ups, including Apple? Join us as we find out more with URI ADONI the author of 'The Unstoppable Start-up: Mastering Israel’s Secret Rules of Chutzpah'. Uri regularly addre...

How do you sell when no one seems to be buying? During this interview I will be discussing with Tony Morris his strategies for sales success when times are tough. Tony is an International sales speaker, best-selling author of 5 books and MD of an International sales training company. With his team he has helped develop over 30,000 sales professionals, across 62 industries to perform at the top of their game.Tony has created TMI Sales University, an online sales course with over 350 videos, teach...

Do you feel dampened down by the world situation or energised to be your very best and play your part in contributing to the solutions? The good news is that we all have the potential to be extraordinary, This week’s guest knows exactly what it takes to overcome your own personal summit and rise to success: Saray N’kusi Khumalo is an award-winning mountaineer and a business executive with over 18 years’ experience in leading South African blue-chip companies, which have been driving innovation a...

In 2004, working scientist and professional physicist Tom Campbell predicted that if the planet suffers much more damage then mother nature would get even! As business and the world faces monumental challenges Tom's extensive wisdom and trilogy 'My Big TOE (My Big picture Theory Of Everything)' are providing highly acclaimed insight and solutions. Tom spent 10 years as a senior analyst in military technical intelligence, 20 years developing US missile defense systems, and was an expert consultan...

How do you train your mind and body to consistently show up at your best? How do you reject victimhood and embrace life’s tough experiences to lead yourself more successfully? During this conversation with decorated former British Army Officer Farren Drury MBE, we will discuss his story from broken family, brittle confidence and an ‘imposter syndrome' through to someone known for consistently showing up at his best. As a transformational leadership expert, coach and speaker, Farren is known inte...

As Managing Director of Everards Brewery in the UK, Stephen Gould and team are delivering an incredible family values driven legacy. As an integral part of their beautiful new office and craft brewery complex – Everards Meadows - thousands of Leicestershire people are now enjoying the freedom of walking, cycling, a picnic, café, bike hire and cycle trails courtesy of 70 acres of private land transformed into an area of public recreation and environmental biodiversity. Together with tenants and e...