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Today we welcome Valerie Fridland, professor of sociolinguistics and at the University of Nevada, Language Expert for Psychology Today, author of upcoming book 'Like Literally Dude' which is on all the speech habits we love to hate.

We will be discussing:

• Sociolinguistics and the impact it can have on our daily life.
• The different cultures we have, and way of interpreting comments, even among the different English speaking countries.
• How this can change how we are perceived in business and impact our achievements.
• How language can have different interpretations for professional women compared to men and whether this is true.
• How, as women, we can use linguistics to enhance our progress.

More about Valerie:

Dr. Valerie Fridland is a professor of sociolinguistics and the former director of English graduate studies at the University of Nevada in Reno. Studying the science and culture behind the way we speak, her work receives support from both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. In addition to academic books and articles, she writes regularly for the popular Grammar Girl podcast and contributes a monthly blog on language to Psychology Today.  Currently, she is working on a pop linguistics book, I Hate When You Say That!, for Viking/Penguin Press that uncovers the surprising history and purpose behind all the speech habits we love to hate, coming out in Spring 2023.   You can also sometimes catch her appearing as an expert for The Lisa Show, The Mentor Project, CBS news, The Nation and Newsy’s The Why.

Today's topic is about Creating Coherent Teams with my guest Jennifer K Hill, Evolutionary Leader, CEO, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, TV & Radio Host

We will be discussing:

• The differences between productive teams, effective teams and coherent teams and the difference it can make.
• The science behind this.
• What practical steps we can take to create coherent teams.
• Examples of typical challenges that can be overcome more easily with coherent teams.
• The differences and benefits we see from both sides - managers and team members - when the teams are based on a coherent approach.
• The impact this has on the workplace environment and mindset from a wellness and wellbeing point of view.

More about Jen:

Jennifer K. Hill is a successful entrepreneur, Evolutionary Leader, author, speaker, TV & Radio host, and thought leader. She has written two books, and has authored two popular white papers.

Hill built and sold her first company by the age of 38 to a subsidiary of Marcum LLP, where she became President of their California Division. She has hosted popular TV shows on Awake TV Network with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Rollin McCraty, Dr. Dain Heer, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. John Demartini and many other leaders from around the world.

Hill has also moderated events including a 2020 talk at UCI with Dean Bill Maurer, Professor Don Hoffman, and Dr. Deepak Chopra. She recently hosted the Global Coherence Initiative’s largest event of the year with over 600 people from around the world, which featured Gregg Braden, Howard Martin, and other noted thought leaders.

Hill has worked for years with renowned celebrity vocal coach, Arthur Samuel Joseph. She recently collaborated with Joseph to create the “Achieve, Reclaim and Command your Destiny” and “Vocal Mastery for Leaders” programs.

When she is not hosting or speaking, Hill loves to give back and has built two schools in 3rd world countries.

She recently co-founded Om-Heals.com, an energy medicine marketplace platform to connect energy practitioners with users seeking to reconnect with their health and vitality.

Today's guest is Paul Davis - Award winning Consultant, Author, Speaker, Advisor.

We will be discussing:

• The idea of purpose and living by it - and what it really means.
• How we can find out life purpose.
• What difference it makes to us both personally and professionally when we live by this.
• How integrating life purpose into companies can improve the ethos and values as well as the overall wellbeing and work environment.

More about Paul:

Paul Davis is a gifted intuitive personal advisor, an entrepreneur, a best-selling author and an award-winning business growth consultant and speaker. He is exceptional at identifying what will bring an individual fulfilment, joy and meaning by identifying their true unique life purpose. He has worked with countless business owners, leaders and celebrities from around the world and across all industry sectors and has helped to transform several unprofitable enterprises into multi-million successes by structuring their businesses around their life purpose and making a greater difference in the world.

Today's guest is Charles Vogl – Author, speaker and advisor - thought leader for the Google School for Leaders and whose work is used to develop leadership worldwide for organisations such as Airbnb, LI, Amazon and the US Army.

We will be discussing:

• The different reactions to leadership and cultures in organisations across sectors.
• Community and the art of belonging to make people feel more valued, involved and effective and why this has such a positive result.
• How leaders can bring this into their organisations to make them stronger and more vibrant.
• How we can also take these ideas into our private lives, our neighbourhoods and the larger community to spread this vibrancy further.

More about Charles:

Charles Vogl is an adviser, speaker, and the author of three books, including the international bestseller The Art of Community.

He works with Google in several capacities, including as a trusted thought leader for the Google School for Leaders, which develops over 20,000 Google managers. He is also a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab which works toward innovating healing strategies in our era.

His work is used to advise and develop leadership and programs worldwide within organizations including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Twitch, Amazon, ServiceNow, Meetup.com, Wayfair and the US Army.

His latest book, Building Brand Communities (with Carrie Melissa Jones), was awarded an Axiom Business Book Gold Medal. His first book, The Art of Community, won the Nautilus Silver Award for Business and Leadership.

His work reflects a calling to help leadership create a culture of belonging in the most lonely era in organizational history. Drawing on three thousand years of spiritual traditions, Charles teaches the wisdom and principles to build deep community and resilient relationships that foster innovation and integrity within organizations and around the world. He holds an M.Div. from Yale, where he studied spiritual traditions, ethics, and business as a Jesse Ball duPont Foundation scholar.

Today we welcome Jennifer K Hill, Evolutionary Leader, CEO, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, TV & Radio Host to talk about how we can better master our communication skills, particularly for leadership, whether that be leading teams, companies or on a more community level.

We will be discussing:

• How to start and grow to sharing the stage with top celebrities and leaders such as Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton and others (if you want to...).
• What we need to focus on as leaders to communicate well and achieve vocal mastery.
• The specific challenges that can face different types of leaders regarding communication e.g. political, corporate etc compared to ground-breaking scientists or humanitarian leaders.
• What else we can do using vocal mastery to promote ideas and have maximum impact.
• Other skills that contribute to good communication and promoting positive and inspiring leadership.

More about Jen:

Jennifer K. Hill is a successful entrepreneur, Evolutionary Leader, author, speaker, TV & Radio host, and thought leader. She has written two books, and has authored two popular white papers.

Hill built and sold her first company by the age of 38 to a subsidiary of Marcum LLP, where she became President of their California Division. She has hosted popular TV shows on Awake TV Network with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Rollin McCraty, Dr. Dain Heer, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. John Demartini and many other leaders from around the world.

Hill has also moderated events including a 2020 talk at UCI with Dean Bill Maurer, Professor Don Hoffman, and Dr. Deepak Chopra. She recently hosted the Global Coherence Initiative’s largest event of the year with over 600 people from around the world, which featured Gregg Braden, Howard Martin, and other noted thought leaders.

Hill has worked for years with renowned celebrity vocal coach, Arthur Samuel Joseph. She recently collaborated with Joseph to create the “Achieve, Reclaim and Command your Destiny” and “Vocal Mastery for Leaders” programs.

When she is not hosting or speaking, Hill loves to give back and has built two schools in 3rd world countries.

She recently co-founded Om-Heals.com, an energy medicine marketplace platform to connect energy practitioners with users seeking to reconnect with their health and vitality.

The menopause can be a controversial topic in the workplace, and also taboo. This needs to change and raising awareness on this is paramount for understanding (and for those more materialistically minded, for productivity) and it impacts men too!!

Helen Normoyle is co-founder of My Menopause Centre, a femtech startup, non exec Director at Allied Irish Bank and Travelodge, former CMO for Boots, the BBC, DFS and Countrywide as well as other roles with Motorola and Ofcom. She is a women's wellness champion and leading light in the campaign to raise awareness on menopause.

We will be discussing:

• The female recession and what we can do to counteract this.
• The dialogue surrounding equality and what women really want.
• How we can support this positively and dynamically .
• Resilience and turning negatives into positives.
• How the pandemic has caused a female recession but also opened pathways to a more equitable workforce and new opportunities.

More about Helen:

Helen Normoyle is a self-described women’s wellness champion and co-founder of My Menopause Centre. This femtech start up comprises an online clinic and community designed to empower women to take control of their menopause and thrive, using evidence-based information and advice from menopause experts.

Helen has held Chief Marketing Officer roles across the healthcare, beauty, broadcast, furniture and property sectors with Boots, the BBC, DFS and Countrywide respectively. She has also worked in the mobile technology sector with Motorola and in broadcast and telecoms regulation at Ofcom.

Helen is a non-executive director at Allied Irish Bank, Ireland’s leading financial services provider and #1 digital bank, where she also chairs the Sustainable Business Advisory Committee. Helen is also a non-executive director of Travelodge.

Dr Mohamed Soliman - physician (with a special interest in psychiatry), researcher and life coach - will be advising us on mindset and the mind-body connection and how we can use this to change our work environment, improve leadership skills and transform the way we do things.

We will be discussing:

• What mindset and the mind-body connection really are and what the positives and negatives can be.
• How the link between these can help our emotional state and energy as well as physical fitness.
• Using this connection to improve our professional lives - particularly with decision making and gaining clarity on projects.
• How leaders can change the whole workplace environment for the better by having the right mindset.
• Using mindset and the mind-body connection in our whole life to make us more resilient and increase our positive focus and objectivity.

More about Mohamed:

"I am a physician and international coach federation certified life coach. My coaching clients are entrepreneur s with learning disabilities or behavioral health problems and want to gain confidence, resilience and reach their envisioned career.

My passion for coaching started when I was in high school reading personal development and psychology books, a passion that continued throughout my life. An innate curiosity led me to a long research career, where I pursued my doctoral work in genetics under the direct supervision of a Nobel prize candidate. During my research years, I had observed bright minds struggling with - and lost to - behavioral health challenges. Losing one of my research advisors to depression was a life-changing event. Combined with my longitudinal interest in psychology, I became curious about the mind-brain-body connection and decided to switch careers to become a psychiatrist.

I did my medical training and MBA at Cornell University, and my psychiatry sub internship at Yale and Harvard Medical School."

• International Coach Federation - Certified Leadership & Career Coach
• MD (Cornell). 📈MBA (Cornell). 🔬Ph.D. Genetics (University of Toronto).

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Marie Hale - CEO of @Revenue marketing and sales agency and Fwd Revolution - is a real fighter not only for us as women as well as other causes but also on a personal level. She embodies courage and resilience and is going to share her experience on this difficult topic with us today.

We will be discussing:

• Whether courage and resilience come naturally and how to keep going when totally drained and wanting to throw in the towel.
• Surviving tragic personal loss (and cancer) and what you can do to help yourself get through, where you can find your strength to keep going.
• How we can support others, helping them find their strengths and build their courage and power to withstand what life can sometimes throw at us.
• How to be there and support someone in a more valuable better way.

More about Marie:

Marie Hale has revolutionized business marketing and sales with her agency @revenue, in her private consulting practice Lipstic Logic and in speaking arenas for over 20 years. Now she and her team have their sights set on their next revolution: replacing the broken systems and culture of inequity that caused the feminine recession. fwd@revolution is an organization like no other, offering flexible work schedules, educational support systems and the community talented women in marketing need to thrive.

Between 2017 and 2018, Marie lost her life and business partner and her best friend. As she had to find the strength over and over again to reassemble her life, she felt deeply that what she had been through had a bigger purpose. When the pandemic hit and the pressures of remote schooling and the feminine recession started closing in, Marie snapped and within 3 days she had the plan to burn it all to the ground and build something better. With her 20 years of experience running multi-national teams, her heart for big vision with powerful operational structures and her hard-won resilience, Marie is ready to lead the charge for women, working parents and everyone else working themselves into the ground to survive.

Dawson Church is a science writer, researcher and integrative health doctor who is going to talk to use about how science and neuroscience impacts our consciousness. If we then channel this correctly we can use it to improve our life and career. Definitely worth knowing how we can do this!

We will be discussing:

• How science and neuroscience affects the way we react and process emotions and situations.
• How the brain creates much of what we think as objective reality - and how we can use this to promote a more positive way or processing and managing challenges.
• Using flow states to remodel the brain for happiness - so retraining the brain to look for the positive in things instead of automatically reacting negatively.
• The most effective way of using neuroscience and brain remodelling to better manage our overly pressured and demanding careers to create an energised and positive spin to our mindset.

More about Dawson:

Public speaking is something that many of us find nerve-wracking, to say the least. However, it is a skill that can make an enormous difference to advocate a cause or simply to help our career or business. Monique Blokzyl - award winning international speaker, business growth mentor and author - explains how!

We will be discussing:

• How we can develop our persona or presence to be able to speak powerfully and movingly but still showing the real person behind the speech.
• What we can do to best use public speaking to promote our ideas and businesses and have maximum impact.
• How we can boost our visibility and find interesting speaking opportunities when we aren’t yet established speakers.

More about Monique:

Monique Blokzyl is an award-winning international speaker and business mentor for visionary entrepreneurs who want to boost their visibility, scale their businesses and impact the world. Combining her passion for business with her love for speaking, she helps visionaries use their voice as a golden key to success. Her mantra is Speak up. Scale up. Impact the World!

She has helped hundreds of clients from 50+ countries double, triple, and even quadruple their income with her Voice to Millions framework, even during the pandemic.

Monique has won the Public Speaking Toastmasters competition twice on the European level and has shared stages with top entrepreneurs like Gary Vaynerchuk and political leaders including former US foreign minister John Kerry, first European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and many others. As a member of the Evolutionary Business Council, The Network for Transformational Leaders, and the Global Speaker Federation, she has built a powerful network that reaches millions. Monique has received many awards such as the ‘Exceptional Woman of Excellence’ Award from the Women Economic Forum, and she has been featured in BRAINZ, BUSINESSWORLD, Netcoo, Feminess, and more.

Leadership comes in so many forms but being a great leader, a transformational leader, is what brings an organisation to life, giving vibrancy and encouraging team development and growth.

Neil Jurd is an expert at this. He brings us his knowledge and wisdom gained from work with corporate and public sector but also previously, as an army officer, leading squadrons in Iraq, training officers in Yemen among others.

We will be discussing:

• The vision of productivity, motivation and quality of life across different sectors and cultures.
• How leaders can better engage with their teams to help them achieve the results they are striving for.
• Styles of leadership and using personality rather than position.
• How leaders can demonstrate this to transform their organisations mentality and develop a feeling of belonging and mutual trust.
• Breaking through the overly hierarchical, bureaucratic, status-conscious tendency and changing the status quo to something more meaningful and perceptive.
• Developing productive and positively creative teams who thrive together.

More about Neil:

Neil Jurd is the author of The Leadership Book and founder of Leader-Connect, the online resource for leadership discussion and development.  Leader-Connect also deliver online and residential leadership courses based on the ideas in The Leadership Book.

In a voluntary capacity Neil founded and remains a trustee of The Michelle Jurd Trust and is Director Initial Officer Training for Army Cadets UK.  He is also a non-exec director of Alertacall.  In an earlier career Neil was an army officer to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, serving in a wide range of roles including leading a Gurkha Squadron in Iraq, roles in selecting and training officers and heading a training team in Yemen.

Neil was appointed OBE in the 2021 new Year Honours list and was awarded a British Citizen Award in 2020.  He is an Honorary Teaching Fellow of Lancaster University, and Fellow of both the Institute of Leadership and Management and of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Ageing and the idea of getting older can have a quite different reaction depending on culture and country, and particularly so regarding business and career but there are so many advantages, mentoring being one!

Debbie Heiser, (Founder/CEO of The Mentor Project, TEDx Speaker, Researcher) is an expert on this.

We will be discussing:

• The advantages of mentoring from both sides perspectives.
• Why there is a negative view of ageing in business, and why it is so erroneous.
• What we need to focus on to enjoy ageing to the full.
• Optimising our activity, longevity and connectivity to improve our own ageing and channel it to inspire the new generation.
• The psychological and emotional benefit to both sides in addition to sharing knowledge and expertise.

More about Debbie:

CEO • Speaker • Aging Expert • Educator • Author

Deborah Heiser, Ph.D., is an Applied Developmental Psychologist, a TEDx speaker, consultant, Founder of The Mentor Project, and an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at SUNY Old Westbury.

Deborah has additionally authored peer-reviewed articles, is co-editor of Spiritual Assessment and Intervention with Older Adults, and a frequent expert guest for syndicated and local talk radio shows, international and local podcasts, and print and online media outlets.

She has been quoted in The New York Times, Seattle Times, Dallas Times and contributes to Thrive Global. Her research covers a wide range of topics related to aging, including depression identification, dementia, and frailty with grants awarded from NIA/NIH and Pfizer. She received an international award for her research on depression identification, as well as serving for 9 years on the Board of the State Society on Aging of New York and was President in 2008. Later In 2016, she served as President of Queens Psychological Association in New York.

Mark Bernard -  sales trainer, corporate mindset profits coach, speaker and author - will be giving us tips and pointers on how to achieve sales success and high performance goals while keeping holistic values so we have less negative stress and can optimise our experience and enjoyment  while doing so. Basically how to make it less pressure and more fun while still getting the results!

We will be discussing:

• 'He who wants it less, wins' - the origin of this holistic value and how it works.
• What companies, leaders and sales managers can do to achieve top results while maintaining a supportive and positive environment among their teams.
• How we can adapt and innovate so we can set high performance and ambitious career goals but have enough balance to enjoy time for ourselves to live life and have fun.
• Systems, types of training and strategies for successful results and professional excellence.
• Selling holistically - the better way of achieving results and the customers vision from behind the sales pitch.

More about Mark:

Mark Bernard founded Bernard Training Solutions International, a sales company sparked to kindle relationships and ignite confidence among the sales leaders of tomorrow. Mark is absolutely committed to motivating this next generation of CEO’s, VP of Sales, Regional Managers, and sales professionals to explode sales and explode profits.

As a renowned Business to Business Mindset Profits Coach, Sales Trainer and Sales Coach, Mark helps entrepreneurs achieve sales success through his six week Kickstart Your Revenue How to Sell to Corporations signature program and his “Achieving Sales Success” Coaching Programs. As a premier speaker, Mark engages Coaches, entrepreneurs, and small business leaders to “make their mark” on the world.

To contact Mark or learn more about his services:

As leaders and business professionals we can often find our energy is sadly lacking, which can be a real challenge especially in high-pressured situations, but it doesn't always have to be like this!  

Vasi Huntalas, coach for high achieving women leaders and keynote speaker,  specialises in just this. She is talking to us about what we can do and how we can change this whole scenario around to create sustainable success!  

We will cover: 

• How we can learn to manage energy and make it one of our key leadership skills - and how we can use it to benefit those around us as well as ourselves.
• The positive use of stress to shift our self-limiting beliefs and advance in our career. 
• 3 things we can do daily to boost our energy so that positivity, confidence, and creativity fuel our success.   

More about Vasi: 

Vasi Huntalas is all about freeing people from the inner voice that pushes them to work harder and instead, discover how to authentically lead and succeed from flow.  

As founder of Ignite Your Sol, she is an Intuitive Coach for high-achieving, visionary women to take back their time and energy so they achieve success with greater joy, confidence, and impact.   

Over the past 20 years, she has been coaching visionary leaders, designing and facilitating transformational workshops, and speaking about her craft. Vasi has been a keynote speaker at the Annual Women's Leadership forum at UCSD Rady School of Management, as well as for women’s professional associations, podcasts, and national telesummits.   

She is also the creator of the Flow Leadership Wheel™ and pioneered an intuitive painting process that has inspired over 400 people in her workshops to unleash their creativity and intuition for personal and professional breakthroughs.   

In her spare time, Vasi enjoys getting messy with finger painting, taking outdoor adventures with her husband, and meditating just about anywhere in nature, but especially on rocks.  

You can contact Vasi on: 

Today we welcome Daniel Gutierrez, mentor, coach, motivational speaker, author and executive retreat owner (and previously extremely high-flyer and White House advisor) to talk about how we can enjoy our life, and improve our leadership and career success by using Radical Mindfulness!

We will be discussing:

• Why position and salary are often the holy grail of our career path yet we often end up sacrificing too much along the way, including the very people we are doing it all for, and how we can reassess and improve our handling of this.
• Seeing a different vision, a different future based on mindful leadership and how this type of leadership is different.
• What Radical Mindfulness is and how it helps us feel more complete, meet our goals and know where we are going and why.
• How to have a high-flying career and corporate success while remembering what life really is and how to enjoy it.
• The benefits of retreats and what you can get from them (particularly at Catalina in Peru).

More about Daniel:

To get to the highest tops, one must explore the deepest depths. Nobody knows that truth better than Daniel Gutierrez. During the past 10+ years, he has led quests to the heights of Machu Picchu, the depths of the Amazon, and the top of the Himalayas. Once a high-powered executive and in-demand consultant, Daniel realized that there was more to success than a 7-figure earning potential. He is now a Wisdom Keeper bringing communities together with the Catalina Retreat Center in Pisac, Peru in the Sacred Valley of Incas. One could say his journey was from the boardroom to medicine man.

People come from all over the world (virtually and in-person) for an exclusive retreat and immersive experience into the Peruvian culture. Guests are invited to experience special ceremonies, traditional food, music, Shamanism, Peruvian textiles, and more. All while learning the techniques and tools of Radical Mindfulness to stay present. Daniel provides groups and individuals a safe, sacred place to go on a deeper journey that creates lasting change in their career, business, relationships, and personal life.

We often like, and do well, in our jobs but never seem to have enough time and have an ever-growing list of responsibilities together with little health niggles that just seem to add to the challenge of performing well and feeling energised.   

Cindy Costley, allergy and mast cell wellness coach, author, entrepreneur, talks to us about this and how we can manage and overcome some of these challenges.  

We will cover: 

• The link between mind and body and the impact one has on the other, and how this can affect us. 
• How, as busy business professionals we can listen to our body to better manage stress, pressure and improve wellbeing. 
• What we can do to help ourselves and what positive impact we could see from this.   

More about Cindy: 

Cindy Costley is an Allergy/Mast Cell Wellness Coach, Trauma Survivor, Author, and Entrepreneur. She has been coaching individuals and helping them make powerful life changes ever since obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics degree in 2002.  

In addition, for 34 years, starting at age 15, she dealt with severe mast cell issues, and was often described as “the girl allergic to the world”. At the age of 48, she became extremely ill and started down an amazing healing journey that has led to a full healing and a powerful spiritual awakening. Her journey has helped her understand first-hand the power of healing your trauma and stepping into “The Truth of Who You Are”. Once healed she decided to up-level her coaching business so she could help others that also suffer from chronic allergies and/or mast cell disorders, now assisting individuals that are also choosing to step into bravery and say “Yes” to a full and complete healing. Her coaching style is informative and nurturing, as she empowers individuals to take control of their lives and heal physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and energetically.  

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Stress is a topic that seems to be everywhere now and taking increasing prominence as a negative in our environment, but it doesn’t always have to be like that. Linda Ledwidge, a holistic wellness expert, talks about this and how we can channel the negative to positive and better manage our daily (and professional) lives.  

We will cover: 

• The science as well as the practical way of viewing stress, what it really is and scientifically how it affects us. 
• How we can take stress, use it and channel it in a positive way to help us rather than hinder us. 
• Whether stress affects everyone in the same way or if different people have different reactions, and also some of the solutions available towards a positive outcome. 
• What else we can do to help find what works best for us so that we live happier, better managed, more realistic and healthier lives.    

More about Linda: 

Linda is passionate about helping people lead happy, healthy lives by finding what works for them. Glaswegian by birth she has lived on the island of Mallorca since 1996. After training as a general nurse in Glasgow in the 1980s, Linda trained and specialised in midwifery. “I live in awe of the conception of life, process of labour, and the miracle of childbirth.”  

In 2004, Linda’s doctors diagnosed her with a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia and for 6 years she lived in a drugged haze. In and out of hospital, she even had brain surgery. When the doctors told her that there was no cure and nothing else they could do to help her pain, she decided that there had to be another way ... and the journey began. Using the free flo living process she developed, Linda became drug and pain-free.  

If you ask Linda what she does, she will tell you, “I help people feel good.....it’s that simple” 

Her mission is: “To change the world for one person at a time.” 

Her purpose: “Your inspiration and empowerment.” 

Her passion: “To hear you smile.”  

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How we can implement the science of happiness into our lives - practically! Specific strategies, actions, activities and exercises we can do to put this in place. Also, how we can build good habits and increase our resilience.

Why do we need career plans and what should we include on one? Does it change if we differentiate between leadership and management? Should we think differently on these topics as women?

It is a great pleasure to welcome Mark Herschberg as our guest today. Mark is a CTO, tracker of criminals and terrorists on the dark web, software language developer, Speaker, Author, MIT Instructor and creator of their Career Success Accelerator program and top-level ballroom dancer!

Mark is sharing his expertise about how to plan our career better, things we need to take into consideration, and the tools that can help.

We will be discussing:

• Why we need a career plan and the types of questions we need to ask ourselves.
• What is included in Mark's career toolkit.
• Whether career plans need to change and if so, how and when.
• The difference between leadership and management and how we can adapt from one to the other.
• Differences in leadership and advantages in the corporate world between men and women.
• Should women think about incorporating their family into a career plan while still achieving their career objectives.

A very interesting, fun interview with some excellent tips and practical solutions!

More about Mark:

From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, including Techie Youth and Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals.

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'Women Framing Their Future' is about where we are going and how we are getting there...

Ruth Sacks, Principal Consultant of Boardroom Focus and myself, Anna Letitia Cook of WomenUP and Beyond the Bottomline will be discussing a new topic every month drawn from facts, figures, strategies, ideas and ongoing comment from the women out there moving forward, taking decisions, creating opportunities and Framing Their Future!

Episode 3: How do you talk to and work with colleagues who are really dissatisfied with their jobs and motivate those who seem ready to leave?

We will be discussing:

• The complications of the pandemic have really put a spotlight on change, particularly changing jobs – How can we best talk to, and work with, colleagues who seem extremely dissatisfied with their jobs?
• If they are looking to leave how can we best support them while keeping them motivated and also maintaining a positive environment for our team?
• Should we delve further to see if it is in fact their job that is the real problem or whether the recent hiatus has brought up other problems that are perhaps more sensitive and difficult to approach?

Join us to hear more...

More about Ruth:

Ruth Sacks is Principal Consultant, Boardroom Focus.

Ruth creates and delivers bespoke initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses. to encourage leadership effectiveness across the organisation. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen and enhance their skills and competences.

Ruth is currently advising women founders of tech start-ups, encouraging them to stride forward and build their success.

She has recently designed and facilitated on-line workshops on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Managing your career from your Back-Bedroom and Working through Organisational Politics.

Ruth has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA. Clients have included HSBC, Barclays, Swissport, the NHS, Cadbury Trebor Basset, and The United Nations. She lived and worked in Paris for 14 years and speaks fluent French.

Meditation, archetypal energy and sleep can significantly help manage pressure and generate positivity but do we really know what they do and the best way to use them? The mix of East and West, and the differences between them, might not be what you expect!

What a fascinating and insightful interview today with David Gandelman (teacher, author, founder of Meditation School app, host of Meditation School, Energy Matters and Grounded Sleep podcasts). David explains in a clear and interesting way how meditation, archetypal energy and sleep can help us with all aspects of our life, both professional and personal. Don't miss this interview!

We will be discussing:

• How meditation and sleep help us better develop our potential.
• The differences between East and West regarding meditation, mindfulness and energy and how we can best integrate these for our benefit.
• Archetypal energy and the enormous influence theyis can have on who we are and how we react.
• Channelling energy to reduce and better manage the challenges and pressure we have and how to use them to improve balance and performance.
• How we can combine meditation, sleep and archetypal energy to bring in the sunshine and give us greatest flow!

More about David:

David Gandelman is a teacher, author, and guide whose mission is to awaken people on their path of growing into being human, and living an enlightened, purpose-driven life.

He is the founder of the Meditation School app, and host of the Meditation School, Energy Matters, and Grounded Sleep podcasts. And his meditations have been streamed millions of times. He has taught at Cornell University, NBC Universal, SAP, and numerous other organizations.

David holds a B.A. in Western philosophy from Rutgers University, which combined with his studies in Eastern spiritual traditions living in the Himalayas, as well as his experience as the director of a school for intuitive development and mysticism in Hawaii, informs a teaching style that connects energetic experience, ancient wisdom traditions, and humor in order to create a safe atmosphere for people interested in learning to meditate and develop into their potential.

Changes are often difficult to make, but even before that, how do we know when something needs to change. When we have options and decisions to take, which are right, are we sure, how do we know...

It is a great pleasure to be with Kay Newton today - and to talk about making choices and choosing with confidence!

Kay, a midlife strategist, award-winning speaker and author, shares her expertise and strategies about how we can do this and how we know if we are making the right decision!

We will be discussing:

• How do we know if we need to change something.
• When we have several options what can we do to make a choice that is suited to us.
• What we can do to increase our confidence regarding making choices.
• Once our choice is made, later on what can we do to objectively analyse our progress.
• How do we know if our choices are right!

More about Kay:

Kay’s loves to inspire people around the world to live midlife on their terms, full of fun and vigour.

As a Midlife Strategist and author, Kay is passionate about simplicity. She loves to create and hold space where an individual or group can master their own purpose in life. No magic, weird stuff, pills or potions, just plain practical down to earth, ‘Spade-a-Spade’ Yorkshire common-sense toward change.

‘We all have daily stresses to deal with. Having a safe haven and permission to explore new possibilities, to alter your future life course does not have to be complicated, time consuming nor painful.’

If she is not beach-combing for plastic or walking the Mallorcan mountains, Kay loves to constantly expand her own horizons, which in turn she shares with others. She has practised Tai-Chi for over ten years, loves her family ferociously and adores creating yummy nutritional food for whoever happens to be at the table.

What has changed recently regarding women's leadership development, our changing priorities and how we appear and want to appear? How can we project our presence and show what direction we want to take as well as making the choices that fit with our own goals.  

It is great to have Mariela Dabbah back on the show. Her great experience and dynamic impact on women's career opportunities and leadership are always inspiring and make her a truly wonderful role model.

We are discussing:

• Progress in women's leadership, discrimination and what has been happening recently.
• Differences in the field of leadership development and new trends over the last 2 or 3 years.
• How women are rethinking their priorities and what this means in terms of jobs and relationships.
• The impact remote working has on projecting leadership presence and signalling being ready to take on the next challenge.
• Whether the change in priorities and experience of remote working has changed people's aims regarding holistic success compared to material success/best title or position.

More about Mariela:

As a Professional Success Instigator, Mariela helps Fortune 500 companies increase engagement of multicultural women employees and solidify their credentials as inclusion champions. Clients include: Walmart, Microsoft, Novartis, Honeywell, MetLife, P&G, Sodexo, Sanofi & others.

In 2015 “People en Español” included her on list of “25 Most Powerful Women.”

TEDx and International Speaker, presenter to Fortune 500, professional org. (SHRM, The Conference Board, Hispanic Retail 360) universities (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia) & large non-profits (Vital Voices, LULAC)

Award-Winning Author of 7 best-selling books on education, career development & success. Find Your Inner Red Shoes (Penguin 2013) launched the RSM.

Media Contributor and frequent guest on CNN, Univision, Telemundo, Yahoo, & many other networks.

Is happiness a science? Is it the holy grail? What does it really mean and include... What should, and can, we hope for to give ourselves and those around us a happier future?

Today, it is a great pleasure to speak to Julie Schladitz, business and career coach, international HR consultant who previously worked for Gucci, INSEAD and International Olympic Comittee. We are going to be discussing happiness - the holy grail for so many of us...

We will be discussing:

• The holy grail - a misnomer? Clarity on what happiness really is scientifically as well as our general non-specific idea of it - and how this impacts us both mentally and physically.
• Whether happiness equates to wellbeing, the differences and how to combine for best effect.
• Pursuing happiness at all costs - is this the ideal or is there a more balanced and realistic objective to aim for.
• How we can apply all this positively to our career, particularly in view of the changes brought about by the pandemic, when so many of us are reassessing our lives (and jobs).
• What companies can take on board and in what way - how much is our own responsibility.
• Creating our own checklist to have a better vision and reactions...

More about Julie:

Julie was educated in the UK and obtained a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology from the University of London. She is a trained business and career coach and has held senior HR management positions within companies such as the Gucci Group where she was actively involved in operations in Europe, North America and Asia. In addition to her corporate experience, she has worked in international organizations such as the European business school INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Julie offers career management services to individuals and companies looking for specialist assistance in the areas of career coaching and wellbeing at work as well as providing HR consulting services to companies on a project basis.

In recent years, her passion for wellbeing and the effect of workplace stress on mental health has driven her to discover more about the benefits of happiness in our lives. Her journey of exploration has taken her through the fields of positive psychology, mindfulness and even dementia. This research has inspired her to create the “Happiness Revisited” programme, which supports individuals seeking a more balanced and fulfilling life.

She speaks fluent English, French and German and is currently based in Switzerland.

Does how we communicate portray who we are and what we are doing, or trying to do? Communication skills are so important in all aspects of our life - and ultimately impact our confidence in ourselves and all that we touch...

Tulia Lopes is my guest today, with some very valuable and helpful strategies and ideas about communicating effectively and building our own confidence about this and in ourselves by doing so.

We will be discussing:

• How our way of communicating affects how we appear to others and what we can achieve in business.
• What we can do to improve our communication style and how we need to adapt this depending on culture and context.
• Specific communication skills to develop and use when in situations where we need to break through barriers and/or build bridges.
• The impact communicating effectively can have on what we do and how we can use this skill to boost our own confidence and mindset.

More about Tulia:

Tulia Lopes is a Communication Architect! She believes communication is the key to develop and excel in any field in life. She helps professionals, especially women, to de-construct their ineffective communication style and build one which exudes confidence and is fully aligned with their authentic talents.

In her own words, she helps her clients to “break barriers and build bridges” by developing effective communication skills.

In 2014 she founded the AWE Summit event to Give Voice to Women; and in 2017 she founded the Speak Up & Lead Academy - to help women to develop the communication skills needed to raise their profile, make them more promotable and position themselves as experts in their fields, and become world-class speakers.

Her Brave, Bold & Brilliant podcast features amazing women who took brave and bold actions in order to become brilliant.

Tulia is the author of Leading in High Heels, and an international speaker on topics of confidence, communication, leadership, diversity, and inclusion, and women’s impact. She is also an awardwinning speaker at European level at Toastmasters International, and at the WinTrade 2018 event in London for the continuous work in supporting women to find, own and unleash their voices.

Her motto, “I'm a creator. If I don't find a door, I build one.”

What if our jobs could be easier, simpler and more productive? What if the way of achieving that was also fun and interesting and not just boring theory! 

It is a great pleasure to welcome Thomas Clement-Bollée, COO of VeryUP, an innovative and ground-breaking digital training organisation, to the show today.

Thomas shares his expertise in innovative training and the difference it can make, which he understands particularly well due to his previous experience from a career as a high level manager in consultancy firms.

We will be discussing:

• How training can help make our jobs be easier, simpler and more productive but can have different reactions among employers, especially when looking at the 'standard' (and boring) types of training usually offered.
• How more progressive organisations are constantly looking for ways to help their employees and to help them be more productive with less pressure and a more positive environment.
• How this can change our performance and productivity as well as enjoyment of worklife.
• The practicality of making training active, adaptive, individual and fun.
• The the differences this gives in the results? What both the organisations and the people doing the training think of this approach.

More about Thomas:

Thomas Clement-Bollée explains more about his current work and previous career:

"After more than 10 years working as Consultant Black Belt Lean Management (mainly focused on Lean Management and Digital Transformation projects), I am now COO at Very Up which reinvents BtoB Learning with technical and pedagogical innovations. We create for our clients tailor made and blended learning experiences.

Member of the executive committee, I am in charge of the BU dedicated to the design and production of innovative learning paths.

My missions includes:

What do Olympic Medallists, Double World Champions, Product Managers and Women in Techs have in common? Sports disciplines! Also, what can associations and charities do to help inspire and evolve vision...

Today we are very lucky to be speaking to Sarah Daninthe, an olympic medallist and double world champion (fencing) turned product manager in consulting.

We are discussing:

• The benefits of sports disciplines in business and companies' appreciation of this.
• Athletes changing careers into business, particularly women.
• Becoming a product manager and what it entails.
• How to develop your speaking career.
• Associations and the training and inspiration they can give young people and societies.
• How charities can help, particularly how they can give the support and courage to let people, particularly children, dream and evolve.

More about Sarah:

Sarah is an Olympic medalist and double world champion in epee.

She is in charge of the sports department of the NGO for peace, Freedom Butterflies, as well as being on the board of the association Premiers de Cordee, which changes the way people look at disability and changes the daily life of hospitalized children, in particular by bringing sportsmen and women to their bedside or by practicing sports with them in the hospital.

Moving from sports to business Sarah is now a Product Manager in a consulting firm and a speaker for startups and large groups.

She is in the process of creating an online school for young women in the digital industry.

You can find Sarah on social media and the associations we talked about here:

What is holistic wellbeing technology and how can it help us both from a corporate and a personal point of view?  Also yoga, ayurveda and the blue zones are for who exactly?

A very interesting discussion with Helena Wilton, a sales professional at YuLife one of London’s fastest growing start-ups and also a yoga and wellbeing coach to businesses and individuals with classes, events and retreats all over the world.

We are discussing:

• The tech side of holisitc wellbeing for corporate and how it can be incorprated into wellbeing models.
• How real holistic wellbeing and success - so all aspects being included, health, financial, social, mental, environmental, purpose driven and relationships - has grown and increased in appreciation over the last few years and its direction for the future.
• The benefits and important aspects of Ayurveda and the Blue Zones and how we can apply them for good in our lifestyle.
• How healthy active longevity for 'old' people can be just as advantageous and improve the lifestyle of young people too!

More about Helena:

Helena is a sales professional of over 10 years, working at YuLife, one of London's fastest growing start-ups. However, simultaneously she shares her passions of yoga and wellbeing with individuals and businesses via in person classes, virtual events and yoga retreats all over the world.

Helena manages the ongoing challenges of juggling the two sides of her career but what makes this possible is her ten years of studying into holistic wellbeing; the framework she believes is what we all need to understand a little more about in order to thrive....

Holistic wellbeing is still a relatively new piece of terminology for how we look after our wellbeing and Helena is on a mission to make this term mainstream. Holistic wellbeing models show us that eating broccoli and doing pilates isn't the answer to perfect wellbeing, but we instead need to consider all aspects of our wellbeing in tandem; (financial, social, mental, environmental, purpose driven, relationships etc) and recognising where imbalances may lie and using strategies to reduce these gaps.

Therefore, in order to show up as our best selves we need to fill up our cups in a variety of ways and this looks different for everyone. Helena's goal is to make my learnings of ancient yogic wisdom, her studies in lifestyle medicine and learnings from Ayurveda and the Blue Zones applicable so you can improve your lives in the areas you wish to most.

Finally, the most important thing she talks about is ''make sure you're scheduling in time for fun everyday!''

Find Helena here - and don't miss her wellbeing tips on LI most days!

Deborah Gray of Totum Partners Recruitment is here to speak to us about the employment market, women in business and leadership qualities as well as the impact of hybrid working on our careers.

We will be discussing:

• The general trends in recruiting for leadership roles over the last 5-10 years.
• Women in business and where we are now regarding equality.
• The challenges for women being considered for leadership roles.
• Hybrid working and the impact on our careers.

More about Debbie:

Debbie is one of the three founding directors of Totum, which focuses on the recruitment of senior management professionals, including a broad range of functional directors/chiefs, CEOs, COOs, NEDs and other business services leadership positions.

Deborah also oversees the Operations, Transformation and Technology practice, specialising in roles including: Legal Service Excellence, Legal Project Management, Process Innovation, Change Management, Programme Management, PMO, Project and Business Analysis.

In 2019, Deborah was recognised in Timewise Power 50 awards. The Power 50 lists those who manage to achieve everything they do in their senior roles while working part-time or flexibly (Deborah works four days a week). It also reflected Totum’s approach to thinking creatively about using flexibility to support talent attraction and retention both for our clients and for our own team.

Before Totum, Debbie joined the law firm management division of recruitment firm First Counsel in 2005, where she worked with Tim and Gary. From there, the three of them founded Totum in 2012.

Beyond the Bottomline: Leadership can come in many colours and leadership styles even more so - positive inspiring leadership which goes beyond the bottomline can have distinct advantages to both leader and employees. Human growth leadership, something to emulate!

Corine Hines, Director of Visibly Different is my guest today, talking to us about being a positive and inspiring leader and making a difference personally and collectively.

We will be discussing:

• Different styles of leadership and the advantages to both leader and employees when there is a more positivie and inspirational style of leadership which encourages human growth.
• How leaders can develop more sustainable habits and transform the work environment to match this.
• The challenges for leaders when trying to transform to a different environment or way of thinking/working and how they can inspire their teams and employees to move forward to a more positive and holistic mindset.
• What strategies can be put in place to help the whole workforce develop and gorw, creating sustainable behaviour change and so improve the overal wellbeing of everyone .
• For managers aiming to become leaders, what they can do to take the first steps along this path and become ready to step up into a higher role.

More about Corine:

Corine Hines has spent the last ten years standing shoulder to shoulder with a variety of leaders as they surprise themselves with the impact they can really have – in their work, with their teams, at home, and beyond. They often want a more sustainable business, a more self-sufficient team, and more productive daily habits, but they don’t expect their family’s gratitude for how much they do actually change.

Corine is an EMCC Senior Practitioner coach and Team Coach and an accredited Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coach.  She is serious about her subject, but feel her clients learn best when challenged by curiosity, experiments, and a dose of laughter.

You can find Corine here:

Inspired Women: Taboo topics still exist - like menopause, let along menopause in the workplace. It affects men as well as women, (corporate productivity too) and can start much earlier than you may think. Learn more!!

Pat Duckworth (Multi Award Winner Menopause – Workplace Menopause Expert – International Speaker and Trainer – #1 Bestselling Author) is here to speak to us about the impact of Menopause in the Workplace, how we can manage it and what companies and leaders/managers can do to improve the vision and support given.

We will be discussing:

• New developments on menopause over the last few years.
• The effect menopause has on productivity for both men and women and the positive impact for employers when they address this and take supportive action.
• How workplaces are helping support menopause.
• Incresing global awareness on this issue and which countries are more advanced at this – guess what the UK is the leader!
• What we can do ourselves to improve our menopause experience.

More about Pat:

Pat Duckworth is a Women’s Wellbeing Strategist, Author and International Public Speaker. After over 30 years working in the public and voluntary sector at a Senior Management Level, Pat discovered her entrepreneurial mojo and retrained as a therapist and coach. She specialises in menopause and advises employers who are committed to supporting people in the workplace at this transitional stage of life.

Pat has published five books including the Award-winning ‘Hot Women, Cool Solutions: How to control menopause symptoms using mind/body techniques.’ Her latest book, ‘Menopause: Mind the Gap – the value of supporting women’s health in the workplace’ was published in January 2021 and has been highly acclaimed.

Pat is a sought-after speaker who has made presentations in many countries including USA, India, Denmark, Spain and The Netherlands. She makes the subject of menopause accessible and provides practical advice for women leading busy, modern lives.

How to connect with Pat:

Beyond the Bottomline: How managers can be more proactively positive in their management of their teams and so encourage a better working environment, keeping high performance and productivity but alleviating some of the stress and pressure that is so often associated with this.

Matthieu Le Cann, COO and Co-Founder of TVTY is my guest today, talking about Corporate Wellebing and proactively positive leadership and management.

We will be discussing:

• What positive management styles are and the advantages seen in the workplace by embracing these.
• How managers can be more proactively positive in their management of teams.
• Some of the key actions that can be taken to encourage a better working environment, keeping high performance and productivity but alleviating some of the stress and pressure that is often present with this.
• How an awareness of holistic success can be interesting and beneficial to corporate success, and the benefits there can be to both corporate and employees if there is more focus on this.

More about Matt:

Co-Founder, COO @TVTY.  CEO Holimetrix. Founder MLC Advisory.

More than 15 years of experience in the media. Expertise focused on innovation, technology as well as business and organizational development.
Matt says “I am keen to go beyond what I know to find the good answer to each company, client and human being!”

You can find Matt here:

Inspired Women: The wealth gap between men and women - is it narrowing or widening? How women's financial empowerment help their life, job and wellbeing...

Today’s guest is Patricia Allen, a Wealth Advisor, Authority on Financial Education and Empowerment for Women, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, award-winning author, and global speaker who specializes in helping women with personal finance and wealth management.

We will be discussing:

• The wealth gap and if it is narrowing or widening.
• How women entrepreneurs can become more financially empowered.
• The benefits to corporate when women are financially empowered and how they can help this happen.
• The importance of financial management and freement in wellbeing and holistic success.
• Some main points to know and watch to help us manage our financial independence.

More about Patricia:

Patricia Allen, CRPC® is a Wealth Advisor, Authority on Financial Education and Empowerment for Women, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, award-winning author, and global speaker who specializes in helping women navigate the complex world of personal finance and wealth management.

She is the creator of the Life By Your Design Blueprint, the 5 step system to help women grow, protect and preserve their assets and income so they can live a life of abundance with freedom of choice, while having their hearts and minds free from worry of the what-ifs of life.

As a professional woman working in a male-dominated field for over 25 years, Patricia has recognized that a woman’s style of communication and ways of learning are different than most men.

She provides an environment that supports women’s natural style of communicating.

Patricia believes her whole life has been a Ph.D. program preparing her for supporting women to transform their money fears to become wealth-building powerhouses.

She is unique in the field of wealth management combining purpose-driven mindset coaching and the practical aspects of money management to empower women to step into a deeper level of their power to transform the way they think about money and building wealth.

When women take control of their finances, they take control of their destiny.

If women really understood their true power, we would live in a different world.

You can find Patricia here:

Beyond the Bottomline: People seem to be struggling more and more these days with mental wellbeing both in and out of the workplace, including stress, anxiety, overwhelm and burnout. We need to manage these better and take positive action to improve and strengthen our outlook...

Today’s guest is Hannah Stainer of Psykhe Coaching talking about how to look after our mental wellbeing, staying positive and managing issues that can contribute to stress, anxiety, overwhelm or burnout.

We will be discussing:

• The struggles we have with managing our mental wellbeing and why they seem to be increasing these days.
• The differences between stress, anxiety, overwhelm and burnout and how we can recognise the sysmptoms.
• The potential causes of these and how they can be interlinked but then triggered but a relatively unlinked event.
• Positive actions we can take to strengthen our wellbeing and create or improve a more positive outlook.
• Managing workplace challenges and reactions to complex situations we may encounter.
• How our environment – food, sleep, fitness, exercise, interactions and interests – can have an impact on our mental wellbeing and how we can make these beneficial!

More about Hannah:

Hannah Stainer is a Wellbeing Coach, Youth Coach, a qualified Teacher and Speaker. She’s the creator and host of the Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast. Hannah has a Postgraduate Diploma in Special and Inclusive Educational Needs (specialising in Dyslexia and Autism), a Diploma in Life Coaching, a Level 3 Yoga Instructor qualification, a Masters Degree in Psychology and is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society.

Hannah has experience of living with depression and anxiety, imposter syndrome, people-pleasing and an awful relationship with herself. She realised one day she wasn’t really ok and set out to change her life, to be ok. Now she’s sharing what she’s learnt with others.

Hannah is a keen Mental Health advocate and holds several voluntary roles including as a Time to Change Champion, a Rethink Mental Illness Peer Mentor, a Cruse Bereavement Support Volunteer and a Samaritans Listening Volunteer.

You can find Hannah here:

Inspired Women: What women are doing to support climate changes and the importance of their role. How we can help climate change with simple steps. Learning life lessons from the great explorers.

We are lucky to have Felicity Aston MBE back on the show today giving us updates on climate change and the evolution she has seen over the last 20+ years, and baby steps we can take to help. Also Felicity will be giving us some valuable tips about what we can learn from the great explorers to help us in life.

We will be discussing:

• The evolution of climate change over the last 20+ years and predictions for the future.
• The need for raising more awareness and emphasizing the need for and capability of women to be part of the global climate solution
• The life of an explorer and managing the challenges, and the difference between those and a ‘normal’ life.
• The life lessons we can learn from the great explorers.

Absolutely fascinating interview!!

More about Felicity:

British Polar Explorer Felicity Aston is a climate scientist turned Expedition Leader, author and speaker.

In January 2012 she became the first and only woman in the world to ski across Antarctica alone. The 1084-mile, 59-day journey also made her the first person in the world to do so alone and purely by muscle power without the aid of kites or machines. ‘Outside Magazine’ – the most popular adventure sport magazine in the US – named her a 2012 Adventurer of the Year.

In 2009 she led the 38-day, 600-mile Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole. Felicity has led several other notable expeditions including the Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition 2018, the first British women’s crossing of Greenland, a 450-mile winter crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberia and an adventurous expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury. She was also part of the first, ever, all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 350-mile endurance race to the magnetic north pole and has completed the notorious Marathon Des Sables, a 150-mile foot race across the Sahara.

Trained as a Physicist and Meteorologist, Felicity’s first polar experience was as a scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Based for three years on a remote research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, her job was to monitor climate and ozone.

You can find Felicity online here…

Beyond the Bottomline: From professional footballer in US and other countries to VP of a software/tech company in the healthcare industry in Finland... Dealing with pressure, perfomance and moving forwards with apositive mindset.

It is a great pleasure to be speaking to Lawrence Smith today and hearing about the changes of culture (USA to Finland is already quite a jump) and from pro athlete to VP in tech… Particularly interesting is the management of pressure, (both mental and physical), performance, productivity and positivity and the similarities and differences in these in sport and in business and workplaces.

We will be discussing:

• The challenges of managing pressure and the importance of staying productive and positive. The tactics used as an athlete that can transfer to the workplace.
• Digitizing healthcare, from adult and elderly, to mental health, to child and youth care – and how digitizing the inclusion of workplace wellness as a key benefit.
• The vision of people and organisations, private sector, public sector and their interest in wellbeing and wellness nowadays.
• Solutions to workplace issues – from better physical health to stress reduction, more engagement, team spirit and office culture and creativity… let’s not forget fun too!
• The strength of the Nordic countries in the good aspects of work, health, positivity, care of our fellow beings and true quality of life.

More about Lawrence:

Lawrence Smith: USA Manager for Oy Raisoft Ltd, VP of Smart|Break.

Inspired Women: The challenges and successes of women in the boardroom and the route to getting a place there... Different types of board positions available and suitability to certain backgrounds or experience.

Beth Budd Bandler is talking to us today about the challenges and successes of women in the boardroom and the route to getting a place there. From her extensive experience working in what are considered ‘traditionally male’ industries like aerospace, diamond mining as well as luxury retail working for international corporations, she has in depth knowledge of the many aspects needed to succeed in the corporate world and help guide business, and support the workforce, in the right direction at the top.

We will be discussing:

• Why boardrooms still tend to be male-dominated.
• Different types of board positions available and suitability to certain backgrounds or experience.
• Women’s view, vision and actions on boardroom issues and any differences to men’s.
• Routes for women to gain a seat on the board.

More about Beth:

Beth Budd Bandler is an Independent Corporate Director at Magellan Aerospace Corporation – Member of Governance and Nominating Committee: Chair of Environmental and Health & Safety Committee. Instrumental in updating governance policies and processes.

Previously she was Corporate Director and Corporate Secretary for BeaconEye Inc, and Hawker Siddeley Canada Inc.

Earlier in her career Beth was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Harry Winston Diamond Corporation.

In the Arts:

Beth is Director, Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee, member of Finance Committee for the Hamilton Fringe Festival. She is also a Producer of Canadian Plays.

Beyond the Bottomline: Having the confidence and thought management focus to transition to where we want to be - and be happy positive and successful...

Rachel Smets is today’s guest talking about how to transition successfully from corporate to something we love – the self confidence, the thought management process and the reality!

We will be discussing:

• Self confidence and stopping comparisons with others.
• Using our thoughts positively to create our reality – using this to grow our confidence and make better choices.
• Using this new confidence and thought management focus for what we love and to help our transition.
• How to be sure that we can achieve an overall better lifestyle (including our wellness and wellbeing) and still achieve the success we are looking for.

More about Rachel:

Clarity coach, 2xTEDx speaker, YouTuber, author and online course creator.

Rachel helps unfulfilled mid-career corporates confidently plan their 9-5 escape and turn their passion into income so they can have more freedom and live life on their terms.

Life is short, start living!

Get in touch with Rachel:

Beyond the Bottomline: The realities of working in high pressure sectors like investment banking. The challenges of performing well, achieving goals and managing pressure and how corporate wellness programs can help.

My guest today is Scott Robinson of Deutsche Bank and YogiBanker! We are going to be talking about the challenges of performing well, achieving goals and managing pressure and how corporate wellness programs can help with this.

We will be discussing:

• The realities of working in high pressure, high stress sectors like investment banking.
• How we can better manage these types of working environments and what we can do to manage better – i.e. less stress, more positive, relaxed lifestyle.
• The origin of YogiBanker and the reaction of finance professionals to this type of initiative.
• The support and involvement of corporate in the creation of wellness programs and the benefits they offer.
• Creating holistic success (and not just material or professional success) as our vision of a better future and happier life.

More about Scott:

Inspired Women: Elaine Slatter - The development of women's entrepreneurship, the qualities and strengths needed for successful leadership - and how women leadership communities help you thrive.

It is always a great pleasure to talk to Elaine Slatter and hear her wisdom, experience and expertise on corporate leadership as well as entrepreneurship – particularly relating to women and how they can thrive. Today not only will be be talking about women’s entrepreneurial skills but also about creating women’s leadership communities and how incredibly supportive and successful they can be.

We will be discussing:

• What is happening with women’s entrepreneurship at the moment, and any changes over the last few years.
• The strengths and qualities needed to become a successful women entrepreneur and how they compare with those needed for leadership..
• Creating and participating in women’s leadership communities. What they do, how they can help and the great fun they can be (as well as helping increase success).
• The different vision and culture of different countries and how we need to adapt to take these into account in our business.

More about Elaine:

Never one to take the easy path, Elaine Slatter left the UK at 19 to pursue adventure in Canada.  Not satisfied with staying in the admin pool and with a burning desire for a career, she started taking university courses on a part-time basis while at the same time raising two children.

A graduate of McMaster University in Hamilton and Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Elaine has an extensive corporate resume spanning over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors.   This experience includes product launches, branding, trade show execution, IT projects, website development, e-commerce websites, international customer service set up and bonded warehouse experience.  Elaine was CEO of the Canadian operations for a US manufacturer.  In this capacity, she was responsible for sales, finance, customer service, marketing, warehousing operations and the bottom line.

Life can throw unexpected curves. Elaine was the reluctant owner of retail business after the death of her husband.  During a three year period Elaine managed to run this business and package it for sale, while still continuing to work in an executive position for a global welding manufacturer.

Beyond the Bottomline:

Alice Beveridge - Developing Holistic Leaders

Developing holistic leaders, and positive psychology and how this can be applied practically. Approaches to build resilience and signature strengths.

Alice Beveridge of Tree of Knowledge is my guest today. We are talking about developing holistic leaders, and particularly about positive psychology and how this can be applied practically. Also about approaches to build resilience and signature strengths; and what action we can take for personal motivation and improved mindset to enjoy a better environment around us in the workplace.

We also explore how the corporate world has different visions on wellbeing and how to implement this.

We will be discussing:

• The application of positive psychology and what it means practically.
• What wellbeing focussed approaches can help build resilience and signature strengths.
• The benefits of physical wellness and benefits of incorporating this into the workplace including increasing mental positivity as well as reducing physical problems.
• How the environment around us in the workplace can have an impact and how to change it for the better.
• How holistic goals can be implemented and enjoyed.

More about Alice:

‘Hilarious and Engaging’

‘Simply Fantastic’

‘She has a contagious Energy’

Alice is a truly unique speaker. Psychologist, teacher, director and keeper of chickens she brings a wealth of knowledge, personal experience and energy to everything she delivers. Alice is an expert in all things leadership, wellbeing and Mindset. As a positive psychologist she challenges the way people sees themselves. She has a true passion for helping people realise that they are in control of their lives and by introducing people to a range of positive psychology theories and interventions, through fun and laughter, Alice helps them ignite their spark.

Inspired Women:

Ruth Sacks - Women Entrepreneurs in Tech and Finding Investor Funding

Boardrooms and the evolution of the number of women on FTSE boards. Women entrepreneurs and founders, changes and trends for them and seeking funding in tech. What are investor expectations.

As the Principal Consultant of Boardroom Focus, working on leadership effectiveness initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses, Ruth advises women founders of tech start-ups on how to stride forward and build their success. She has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA.

We are discussing:

• The progress (or not) of getting more women onto FTSE boards over the last 3 years or so.
• The changes and trends for women entrepreneurs and women founders over the last few years.
• Funding and the expectations of investors.
• The particular challenges for women entrepreneurs in tech seeking funding. The difficulties and how to access funding more easily.

More about Ruth:

Ruth Sacks is Principal Consultant, Boardroom Focus.

Ruth creates and delivers bespoke initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses. to encourage leadership effectiveness across the organisation. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen and enhance their skills and competences.

Ruth is currently advising women founders of tech start-ups, encouraging them to stride forward and build their success.

She has recently designed and facilitated on-line workshops on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Managing your career from your Back-Bedroom and Working through Organisational Politics.

Ruth has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA. Clients have included HSBC, Barclays, Swissport, the NHS, Cadbury Trebor Basset, and The United Nations. She lived and worked in Paris for 14 years and speaks fluent French.

Beyond the Bottomline:

Nicolas Taisne - Coporate Wellbeing and motivation

Corporate Wellbeing and Motivation as effected by 'practical' philosophy on meaning of life. Public and private sector vision of wellbeing and success.

We will be talking about Corporate Wellbeing and Motivation as effected by ‘practical’ philosophy on meaning of life. A lot of what we hear about the philosophy of the meaning of life is idealogy and theory but which is more difficult to be really down to earth practical!

Nicolas will be talking about his extensive experience of both public and private sector and the views commonly found on productivity, motivation as well as on wellbeing and quality of life.

Including some ideas on what employees can do to positively change their vision to more holistic goals that take in every aspect of their life as part of their vision of success and not just focus on professional targets.

More about Nicolas:

Nicolas says that “A manager should act as a sports coach and sparring partner: always positive, set ambitious goals, committed, human and resilient”

Nicolas has an extensive 23 years of experience in sales and team management in complex environments in the IT sector for private and public clients as Public sector director and VP in IT Consulting and Software Cie.

In a sector that is constantly evolving and facing a major manpower shortage, Nicolas develops, experiments and researches the best management methods to attract, motivate and retain talents.

Inspired Women:

Jutta Jerlich - Development as Motivation and Inspiration

Development as motivation and inspiration, particularly in tech and engineering. The art of collaboration and co-creation and how it can inspire creative confidence and entrepreneurial thinking.

Jutta Jerlich is my guest today on Inspired Women talking to us about development as motivation and inspiration. Jutta works mainly in tech and engineering so we will also be covering the following:

• Developments in the fields of tech and engineering and whether this has been positive or negative.
• The main challenges for young engineers when first starting out.
• If there are additional challenges for women in this field.
• The art of collaboration and co-creation and how it can inspire creative confidence and entrepreneurial thinking.
• The vision of holistic success and the impact it has now.

A very interesting interview!

More about Jutta:

Jutta Jerlich – Educator with an e-Learning DNA, teaching & learning expert and innovation consultant with 25 years living and working in 14 cities across 7 countries in 3 continents at the intersection of academia, business and non-profit organizations.

Jutta has always been passionate about bringing things to life, she is an expert in creating spaces where creativity flows and people feel safe to allow new ways of thinking. Her students, partners and clients love her creativity and the unconventional ways she approaches challenges. It is her superpower to transform failure into learning because she believes that there is no success or failure but there are answers to questions or results from experiments. She is eager to share how this can also work for you bringing your ideas to life – because your ideas first need that fertile ground in you.

Beyond the Bottomline:

Alexis Costello - Dealing with Emotional and Informational Overload

How we can deal with the emotional and informational overload that is so increasingly present in our daily lives - plus some practical exercises that we can use to help reduce stress and pressure.

Alexis Costello is a holistic health practitioner and specialised kinesiologist who as well as showing us some practical exercises that we can use to help reduce stress and pressure will also be exploring the topic of how we can deal with the emotional and informational overload that is so increasingly present in our daily lives.

We will be talking about what we can do to practically change these issues to give us a better – and happier, more positive, lifestyle both in our personal and out professional lives.

We are also going to dip into the fascinating world of epigenetics and how we can use this to improve our and our children’s lifestyles.