Building Emotional Intelligence and Resilience helps us to optimise our performance and health. In times of constant connection, uncertainty and change having the tools and awareness to help us do that will support us in delivering our own vision. In this episode Daksha Patel shares her insights and tips on the benefit of increasing both your emotional intelligence and resilience and how to do so.During the conversation we talk about:· What led Daksha to...
Oct 28, 2020
53 min
Challenging times require different leaders and Mark Henderson believes businesses now need regenerative leaders to help them adapt to the changing times and regenerate the society and planet we live in. During our conversation Mark and I talked about:· What Mark wished he had known when he founded Ecoliving – as well as what he was glad he did not know. · The changes do needed in business leaders of the future.· &n...
Oct 21, 2020
43 min
Do you avoid difficult conversations hoping they resolve themselves? This week I explore the cost of avoiding difficult conversations, the benefit from having them and how to prepare for them with my guest Nicole Posner. During the conversation we look at:· What is classed as a difficult conversation & why we avoid them.· Where we, as business owners, encounter difficult conversations.· The cost t...
Oct 14, 2020
44 min
Is how you work a hidden cost to your business? A cost for which there is no monetary exchange, but there is a cost after all due to low productivity, motivation, poor health etc? In this episode I share my experience of overworking and how I came to realise the importance of creating a sustainable business that works for you, your team and the business. · What I see as a hidden cost to business – how we work· My personal ...
Oct 8, 2020
17 min
How do you move beyond green? As we face a changing environment and look to move towards net Zero businesses are facing challenges. Today my guest Paul Adderley talks about how businesses can create a resilient business by looking beyond the financials. During the conversation we look at:· The inspiration behind Beyond Green.· How optimising resources supports businesses business.· Key ways businesses...
Oct 2, 2020
37 min
Are you optimising your resources and are they moving you towards your purpose?These are 2 things this episode asks you to think about. In doing this it looks at:What are the resources of your business?What is the risk and potential impact of not managing these resources?The opportunities that exists from managing resources and looking at waste - both yours and other businesses.The opportunities of the circular economy.Mentioned in this episode:Jo Salter and Where does it come from?H&MZar...
Sep 25, 2020
20 min
Do you know where everything that makes up your product or service comes from? Are you aware of the societal and environmental impact? This is something I got to explore with this weeks guest Jo Salter. During the conversation we look at:· What inspired Jo to become involved in founding and consulting for ethical businesses.· How running a business ethically gives customers peace of mind and why transparency and the story b...
Sep 16, 2020
45 min
Are you giving your money purpose? In this episode I am speaking with Louise Wilson, co-founder and Managing Director of Abundance Investment. During the conversation we look at:· What inspired Louise to create an alternative solution to traditional investment.· How the system of finance supports and protects itself rather what is important to society as a whole, and we need to make fundamental changes to how it works.· &nb...
Sep 9, 2020
47 min
There is no one challenge that every business faces as regards cash flow. In this episode Katie Hurst and Sue Jackson share what they see as some cash flow challenges businesses face and provide insights as to how to overcome these. In this episode we look at:· The importance of a strategic plan and building reserves in the business· The difference between profit and cash · The importance of the ...
Aug 26, 2020
22 min
Do you know your cash? Cash is an important resource in both our business and personal lives. It is cash which allows us to buy and sell goods and services. So, knowing the amount of cash we have helps us in making decisions and managing it as a resource. In this episode we look at:· What knowing your cash means· Why we should know our cash· How the knowledge of our cash helps us· &...
Aug 19, 2020
15 min
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