Episodes

What can we learn about elevating our businesses from the Business of Sport? During this show, I am delighted to be talking to Wasim Khan MBE the CEO of Leicestershire County Cricket Club who was the first British born Pakistani to become a professional cricketer in England. We will learn how Wasim, who from humble beginnings (he carved his first cricket bat from a fence panel) became not only a professional cricketer, but also a businessman humbled with a special award and private dinner with Q...

How do you build a really engaging company that stands out from the competition? During this interview, author of Strategy on a Page, renowned global entrepreneur and speaker, Deri Llewellyn-Davies, will turn the table on show host Chris Cooper by interviewing him on ‘The Magic of Engagement’. This time Chris will be in the hot seat as we explore what is engagement, why is it so essential today, how do we measure it, what are the key components and ideas companies at the fore-front of engagement...

Amidst the deluge of advice for business people, there lies an overlooked tool, a key to thriving in today’s fast-paced, unpredictable environment: improvisation! Bob Kulhan is the Founder, President & CEO of Business Improv®, a world-class leader in creating experiential training & development programs for corporations of all scopes & sizes. Kulhan serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business & Columbia Business School at Columbia University & teaches regularly...

How do leaders expand their capacity and consciousness to play their role in dealing with complex changes that are impacting our planet’s future? Simon is Co-Managing Partner of Leaders’ Quest based in London. He works with global companies and institutions to make the transformational change required to meet today’s challenges. Simon has been a serial entrepreneur, building companies in Europe, the US and Canada. He joined an Amazonian exploration, spending four years doing scientific research ...

When we reach the end of our lives and we look back, will we be able to say that we have given it everything? Have we lived a life of real meaning and depth? Craig Goldblatt, an Inspirational Speaker with 15 years experience has spoken at over 600 keynote presentations around the world and is fast becoming a global entity in his own right. He challenges and inspires audiences through his Inspired Seminars to be their very best and to understand that who they are is enough. Craig is also founder ...

The landscape is littered with the corpses of great products and strong companies that died because of bad marketing. Why do so many fail so miserably at differentiation? Why do high-priced ad agencies and marketing firms keep spitting out stupid campaigns? One of the most in-demand Business Marketing/Branding Keynote Speakers in the world today, David Avrin, CSP is known as The Visibility Coach. With a surprisingly irreverent and entertaining style, David delivers a profoundly insightful and ha...

What often sets successful people apart is their willingness to do things most of us fear. What’s more, we have the false notion that successful people like to do these things, when the truth is that successful people have simply found their own way to do them. Andy Molinsky is a Professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School helps people develop the insights and courage necessary to act outside their personal and cultural comfort zones when doing important, but challenging, ta...

So how do you build a successful company in Africa while contributing to the development of this beautiful and diverse content? While in Kenya last year, I met an inspirational business leader called Laila Macharia. A Stanford and Cornell law graduate, Laila left behind an exciting life in New York city to make a difference in Kenya, the country of her birth. She has since created and supported businesses across the region, from housing development to her current interest, a creative media and t...

It is getting harder and harder everyday to rise above the crowd and get your message heard, understood, and acted upon. So how can you create dynamic and visually compelling presentations to exponentially increase the emotional impact and retention of the message you wish to convey? Known as The French Voice of Paramount Pictures in Canada Nabil Doss is a seasoned speaker and an expert in Influential Communication who scripted, voiced, directed, and produced hundreds of Hollywood blockbuster tr...

How can you seek the inspiration you need to create compelling uniqueness in your business? Mark Levy finds that inspiration through intelligent creative techniques and visits to the most unlikely of places. Whether you are looking to tell your business story in a compelling way, seek a new compellling book title or hooks for a new sales campaign, then listening to this interview could make all the difference. Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC a positioning firm that helps consulta...

2016 was a year full of huge changes, with Brexit in the UK and the shock presidential outcome in the United States. So how can we navigate our businesses in these uncharted waters in 2017 and beyond? Having studied Economics at Sussex and London Universities, Mark is now Head of Economics for HSBC’s commercial bank-ing business in the UK. He is responsible for advising the Bank in the UK and its business customers on developments in the British and global economies. In order to ensure that HSBC...

Are you in the business of educating others? Perhaps you are a trainer, coach or subject expert and want to have a great impact. If so, on this show we will discuss how to create online programmes that take skills to the next level, while delivering you a healthy revenue stream. My guest Danny Iny is the founder of Mirasee, host of the Business Reimagined podcast, bestselling author of multiple books including Engagement from Scratch! and The Audience Revolution, and creator of the acclaimed Aud...

Ever questioned the authenticity of sales? Would you like to generate more sales the trusted way? My guest Nicci Bonfanti helps put the soul back into selling. She helps female business owners, in particular, find their Inner Sales Superhero so they can find their own way of selling with authenticity, integrity and alignment. Through her own company, Trusted Sales Dynamics, Nicci has helped hundreds of business owners through applying her 5 principles for Trusted Selling. During her 15 year care...

At some point, in both our professional and personal lives, we will be faced with possible changes and challenges. How can we navigate through these? Joy Marsden says we need to Keep Stepping! Joy has over 20 years business experience in technical textile design, Marketing, Customer Service and Area Sales Management working with blue chip companies including Marks and Spencer, Mars, Next PLC and Avon Cosmetics. Today as an influential change advocate, Joy works internationally in both the public...

Are you really harnessing the power of imagery in your business? Today about 90 percent of everything shared online is visual—selfies, GIFs, smartphone videos, and more. This explosion of communication through pictures isn’t a millennial-driven fad; it’s as natural as those lines first drawn by cavemen, Just turbo-charged by the latest technology. Dan Roam is the author of the international bestseller The Back of the Napkin, the most popular visual-thinking business book of all time. Dan is the ...

Organising and running your own event can be a daunting and stressful experience. With so much to think about it can be hard to know where to start, let alone ensuring the event is successful! Fiona Duncan has been running events for over 10 years and now runs possibly the most successful business network in my region with a difference, The 'RSViP Network Socials', attracting well over 100 paying guests every month - a feat the big National players would love to emulate! Join us this week as Fio...

How do you best deal with highly chaotic and complex situations in your business? Marc Amerigo is a leading expert in this field after 25 years of some quite amazing achievements in business and sport. From his experience he has consolidated his approach into ‘The Brainshift method’. He will share the process he used to break extreme World Records (world speed records for a bicycle and snowboard) and also in the application in leading critical industrial situations from nuclear plants to automat...

Ever considered whether there is a Smartr way to living? In a fast paced world, with new information constantly being presented to us, how can we grow and evolve as entrepreneurs and business-minded people, whilst keeping up the pace? Jason Criddle was the CEO of Legacy Status Investments before starting The Smartr App Company in 2015. His primary project now is the Smartr Foundry; an app-based Global accelerator serving as a guide and on the go platform to help owners and founders evolve their ...

So how well do you really plan the life you want to live while effectively managing your finances to support it? Are you someone who lives from day to day, month to month or are you someone who really very carefully plans both their vision, life strategy and their finances. My guest Tina Weeks is the founder of Serenity Financial Planning, a unique financial planning company breaking the mould of what a financial planning company should do! Tina came highly recommended by one of my trusted conne...

Would you like to one day sell your business? Or set up a new business that when the time is right, you could sell? If so, you will need to think carefully about designing it in such a way that it becomes a valuable concern that someone will want to purchase. During this interview, we will cover the do's and don'ts from the expert I would got to for help in my network. Tim Luscombe has been helping owner managed businesses with strategy, funding, exit planning and acquisitions since 2002. He's a...

So what are the keys to doubling your sales, profits and time off? My guest Dan Kuschell has started and built 11 companies, his first in 1992 at the age of only 22. As an expert at building and growing companies he has become a regular guest on radio and TV shows, including NBC, Spike TV, History Channel, ESPN and more. During this show, we will discuss Dan’s unique perspectives on business growth and why Dan says ‘traditional sales and marketing are dead’. Also, discuss wisdom acquired from ne...

Business change is moving at the speed of light and to keep pace your organization needs you to be your own career architect. But what is driving this line of thinking? Renowned speaker and author Simon T. Bailey is the leader of the “brilliance” movement – helping more than 1 million people find their brilliance, shift their thinking and produce sustainable results. Author of seven books including Release Your Brilliance -HarperCollins- and Shift Your Brilliance: Harness the Power of You Inc.-S...

Do you dread going to networking events? Do you hide at the back of the room when you have the opportunity to present? In 1984 a New York Times Survey on Social Anxiety placed death third in the list of people's biggest fears. The top two responses were walking into a room full of strangers and speaking in public. And death came third! During this show, business networking strategist Andy Lopata, and Business Development Strategist Peter Roper, will talk us through their top tips for net-working...

Are your people really giving their best? Possibly the most fundamental issue impacting productivity today is a lack of engagement. This is such an issue that within my own business we are determined to help address the problem. I am therefore absolutely delighted to welcome ‘Engage For Success’ who have created the voluntary movement promoting employee engagement in the UK. Their aim is that everyone working in the UK should want, and be able, to give their best each day, so that each day is a ...