Episodes

Is your business flourishing or struggling? Perhaps you are just steadily performing and all is just fine, if not earth shatteringly amazing? Whatever your status, do you know the basic fundamental formula that drives sustained success for your company? Do you have a simple and straightforward way of both describing and measuring that formula? In this episode Matt Crabtree will discuss with Chris Cooper the no-nonsense basics that he believes drive the success of any business in any economy and ...

It has been said that no one ever achieved anything of great significance on their own. To achieve great success today you must collaborate with other people. As a mediator and international speaker in high demand, Jane Gunn says: ‘You need to create strong collaborative relationships with everyone who helps you to develop and keep your business on track. Also, you must seek out new opportunities to collaborate to take your business to the next level'. While collaborating though (and I write fro...

The amount of change impacting business today would in the 1980‘s have seemed unbelievable. As we move through the 21st century predictions are that this rate of change will continue to accelerate and we will get busier and busier. So as business people what should we be doing right now and how should we be doing it so that we can benefit rather than fall victim to this phenomena? On this show, I will be speaking to two leading international experts dialing in from South Africa. Geoff Ramm the h...

As a business owner, I often struggle with the dilemma of how to effectively and authentically develop relationships with social media. Last year, I met Terry Brock who seemed to have more answers than anyone I had ever met on the subject. He shared in a very powerful, clear, fun and high value way solutions to overcome this dilemma. It was, therefore, no surprise when I found out that he was a highly trusted advisor to some of the biggest technology companies on the planet. I left the presentat...

In today's environment, many people are struggling to find the strength to flourish. My intention with these shows is to invite leading thought leaders who can help us work on our inner strength and also share valuable business content. To achieve more, we have to look inside and become more. John Hotowka is a speaker, humourist and magician. He is also brave in admitting that in 2002, he suffered a serious crisis in self confidence. Today he is bringing practical inspirational thinking combined...

What is real success? So often people strive for something and when they get there, they realize that they are not as fulfilled as they expected to be. Sometimes this includes something else falling apart like an important relationship or their health. When it comes to business behaviours such as those we see on reality shows like ‘The Apprentice’, there is often a mismatch between the behaviours needed to win and what we would term as some of the real success behaviours. I don't know about you ...

When it comes to financial and relationship success, negotiation is a skill that can help you thrive through greater sales (and personal income) and reduced costs. Many people get it wrong. I therefore needed a leading expert who could share with us the skills and secrets of great negotiation. I am delighted to welcome master negotiator and President of the Professional Speaking Association in the United Kingdom - Derek Arden, to Be More. Achieve More. During the show, we will discuss the impact...

Coaching is widely recognized today as being both an essential leadership and management skill as well as a mechanism for even the highest performers to continually evaluate and improve their own performance. No longer just an essential for great achievement in sport and the arts, coaching skills are essential for anyone to effectively lead and motivate others to achieve more. When it comes to coaching, I know of no one with more experience than Lesley Matile. Lesley has facilitated the training...

Ever experienced a time when life looked great, only for a sudden change to occur and your perspectives were changed forever? For some of our show guests this has involved recovering psychologically and financially from business failure. In April 2006, Peter Roper became a bestselling author. Outwardly life looked fabulous but in just a few short months, through a combination of some poor choices and perhaps bad luck, Peter had to start again from scratch. Turning failure into success he wrote '...

Your Core Values are at the heart of every decision you ever make, every relationship you encounter and every goal you achieve whether you are consciously aware of it or not. Jo Simpson is a leading authority and inspiration in Values Based Leadership and through the successes she has achieved in her international work with Leaders in Organisations, Business Owners and Individuals, Jo will share with you how living and leading from your core values (your personal motivators) is the key to succes...

Starting up a new business for many people is a dream. However, few do it and of those that do many are unsuccessful. However, it is very possible to create your dream and set up a very successful entrepreneurial business during recessionary times with low levels of creativity and risk. Someone who has discovered the success formula from experience is Jim Beach a serial entrepreneur, director of Education for the Entrepreneur School and Founder of International Entrepreneurship. Jim is also co-a...

Friday the 13th (the date this show goes live), is well known for its screams!!! But how will you scream attention and stand out this year?? I wanted to start this new year and second show series with a fresh injection of ideas and energy. As standing out it so important to success, I decided to invite international marketing expert Geoff Ramm to share his take on ‘Amazing Marketing’. As someone who also really stands out from the crowd, I am delighted that he is joining us. This show will take ...

Goal setting can be a life changing practice. My guests for this show are Brian Mayne an inspirational speaker, author, teacher, and creator of the world-leading achievement system ‘Goal Mapping’. From a nomadic fairground childhood with little education and then bankruptcy Brian transformed his life when he discovered goal setting. He is now helping to transform the lives of millions of people with his goal setting systems. In the words of Tony Robbins: Brian is one of the best at helping peopl...

We’ve all been there—at a networking or business event, ready with our business cards in hand. It’s no secret that networking is an essential tool for business, but as most networking experts, including Dr. Ivan Misner, founder and chairman of BNI (Business Networking International) and Andy Lopata (Business Networking Strategist) will tell you, meeting new people is only half the battle. “Networking is simple, but it’s not easy,” explains Ivan, “Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than an...

Over this series there have been many wonderful guests, topics and insights. As this is the last live show until the new series commences in January, I thought we should take stock and summarize some of the valuable wisdom from our guests and topics so far. As the only person present for all shows has been me, I decided to put myself on the receiving end for a change. I have therefore invited a friend, colleague and wonderful representative from his generation as a guest interviewer. At only 30,...

Resilience is a key component for successfully navigating the peaks and troughs of business. On this show we have someone who has experienced uncommon extremes in his own journey. Acclaimed author, Milos Stankovic was an officer in Britain’s elite forces. With a background in linguistics and psychological operations (PsyOps) he spent the war in Bosnia bridging cultural divides between the warring factions and the UN. In dealing with the Bosnian Serbs he helped negotiate ceasefires, the release o...

Over this series there have been many wonderful guests, topics and insights. As this is the last live show until the new series commences in January, I thought we should take stock and summarize some of the valuable wisdom from our guests and topics so far. As the only person present for all shows has been me, I decided to put myself on the receiving end for a change. I have therefore invited a friend, colleague and wonderful representative from his generation as a guest interviewer. At only 30,...

Resilience is a key component for successfully navigating the peaks and troughs of business. On this show we have someone who has experienced uncommon extremes in his own journey. Acclaimed author, Milos Stankovic was an officer in Britain’s elite forces. With a background in linguistics and psychological operations (PsyOps) he spent the war in Bosnia bridging cultural divides between the warring factions and the UN. In dealing with the Bosnian Serbs he helped negotiate ceasefires, the release o...

We have all been part of teams that have been successful, and some that have simply not worked. Why is it that some teams achieve great things, yet others show such promise and end in failure? It has been said that no one achieves anything of great significance purely on their own, so it is clear that teams are essential to success. During this show we are going to really explore how to achieve high performance within a team, with someone who knows first hand. Kathy Tracey has experienced signif...

We’ve all been there—at a networking or business event, ready with our business cards in hand. It’s no secret that networking is an essential tool for business, but as most networking experts, including Dr. Ivan Misner, founder and chairman of BNI (Business Networking International) and Andy Lopata (Business Networking Strategist) will tell you, meeting new people is only half the battle. “Networking is simple, but it’s not easy,” explains Ivan, “Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than an...

It is amazing how much more we can achieve when we become more efficient. A key characteristic of very successful people is that they have learned to do well some of the things that less successful people just don't like doing. Efficiency is one of those things. By improving our efficiency and giving it focus with the help of self discipline and proven techniques we can achieve so much more. As someone who is always working on turning personal chaos into order meeting the guest on this show Mike...

Building exceptional customer relationships can mean the difference between a business which prospers and one that simply gets by. Avoiding promiscuous customer behaviour by building meaningful relationships will encourage long-term brand fidelity. Angi Egan, consultant, speaker and author of Romancing the Customer™ says 'this encourages a more considered, seductive approach rather than the costly one-night stand. It takes time to build brand equity and the ‘romancing’ is what we need to do bril...

How do you grow your business when everything around you is in a state of flux? How can you achieve clarity of vision and purpose when the marketplace for your goods or services is so unpredictable? Judy Piatkus is a successful entrepreneur who reinvented her independent book publishing company on four occasions to suit the changing times. She learned how to spot new trends before they happened, how to make difficult decisions, how to initiate change in her company and, most importantly, how to ...

As you've probably already noticed, having good intentions is not good enough. To achieve great results, you must follow through. Unfortunately, however, following through is much easier said than done. Dr Steve Levinson, who may be the world's leading authority on following through, shares his surprising discovery about the root cause of poor follow through. He not only explains why even the most highly motivated people often fail to do what they intend to do, he offers bold new strategies for ...