Today I am interviewing Carey Davis-Munro who appeared on my 100th episode as one of the panel of 5 guests. This mini-episode is to highlight what Carey brought to the conversation on the 100th show.   Carey shared her passion and expertise of well-being, encouraging us to 1. Replace the work hard mindset to having a well-being strategy 2. Develop your diversity and inclusion strategy and 3. Upgrade your hybrid working model on trust and listening to your employees.    Connect with Carey: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careydavismunro/ Website: http://www.eatnourishflourish.com/ Email: [email protected]     Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

I can't believe the Helping organisations thrive podcast has hit the 100th episode.   So thankful to all the guests who have come on the show and poured out their wisdom and passion to truly help organisations thrive. And also to all the listeners who tune in and download the episodes, so appreciate your support.  To mark this momentous milestone, I decided to invite some guests back and have a multi-guest show, providing you with loads of inspiration and insight to help your organisation thrive. This episode is jam packed with brilliant insight and advice to help your organisation grow and thrive right now.   Carey shared her passion and expertise of well-being, encouraging us to 1. Replace the work hard mindset to having a well-being strategy 2. Develop your diversity and inclusion strategy and 3. Upgrade your hybrid working model on trust and listening to your employees.    Mark shared how the customer landscape had changed, and that we need to understand through data insights to become 1. Trusted advisors to our customers 2. Brand loyalty is now about efficiency 3. Be transparent as an organisation and ensure what and how you share is a driver for increased trust.   Cheryl  shared from a communication perspective that we need to 1. Have a cadence of communication 2. Priorities of what info we want to share 3. Communicate to all stakeholders internal and external 4. Listen to your teams and final ensure that the source of the communication is based on your vision, beliefs and values.   Kon focused on how we motivate and create engagement for our talent development by 1. Make your employees feel valued, combination of empathy and tough love 2. Create a connected team and individuals, employees who are connected with each are 8 times likely to stay 3. Create a culture of contribution, where people are valued for their contribution in a psychological safe environment and finally 4. Continually help your employees learn and develop.   Jim then shared 3 key areas we need to be mindful for the future of our organisation. 1. Pandemic dividend - those who boomed in the last 2 years, start to play catch up and develop strategies to bridge the gap. One way is to create a incubator approach to innovation, create companies in companies with your teams, almost a start-up mindset in a bigger secure structure. 2. Stakeholder capitalism - go beyond the usual stakeholders and engage those like your employees and customers. 3. There is an expectation that the CEO will step into challenge government policy and thinking, be a thought leader and embrace the challenge.   Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Harry Mansfield who is a Mental Strength Consultant.   Harry shares how that mental strength is the foundation for absolutely everything in life. So people think about productivity with business, they think about fitness, they think about diet, they think about hobbies, whatever you do if you are mentally strong, you are actually more successful and more positive and happier as a person. Harry also shared positive ways to prevent mental health problems in the workplace, with the focus of how to “Power-Up Your Mind Before it Powers You Down".    Watch full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vul6YQwg6I   Connect with Harry: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-mansfield-mindpower-champion-4924071b3/ Website: https://awarenesskey.co.uk/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AwarenessKey   Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Susan McKee who is the CEO of Dental Health Services Victoria.   Susan shares how she has a passion for leading in the healthcare sector in an authentic way, and how these practices of leadership can truly inspire, motivate and make people feel valued. At the heart of her leadership is communication, and as a result of the pandemic this has increased significantly, looking for ways to connect with her teams, not just in zoom meetings but by creating a vulnerability in her leadership that then creates a safe place to work, so her team feel they can share where they are at really. The pandemic has also been an impetus for continued innovation and stretch in delivery of new services and approach, as Susan says "never waste a good crisis". Susan leadership is a prime example of authentic leadership in action that makes a difference to the organisation and people.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb4MwiUPHgU   Connect with Susan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-mckee-she-her-ab4a6022/ Email: [email protected]    Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Madelyn Dunlap who is the Business Development Strategist for The Rewild Group.   Madelyn shared how to manage transitions in companies to create grow, and this phrase really sums it up "In times of transitions, in times of chaos, leaders need to focus on structure, clarity and focus". Structure was about creating boundaries and processes that instill certainty and enable employees to be guided in a positive way, not a fixed structure but a more fluid one. Focus, is about being absolutely aware of your priorities as a business, whether top line priorities or within each role off the company, and creating opportunities for them to be shared. And then finally clarity, which does link to focus, knowing what is important to focus on, what will make the greatest impact.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8zsuAOYZM   Connect with Madelyn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelyn-dunlap/ Email: [email protected]   Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Paula James who is the Regional Managing Partner Chichester for Irwin Mitchell LLP.   Paula has the great intent and focus in her leadership to develop happy and expert teams, and so we explored how Paula achieves this with her team. Her primary focus is to have the well-being of the individual at the heart of the matter, whether checking in on someone, taking the time to listen to her team to having specific days off to facilitate well-being, rest and refreshment, it is all about being people focused. She also helps them develop their career, with development plans truly aligned to the company and the individual, ensuring these sessions happen with lots of listening, allowing the team member to share their passions and dreams, and looking to how the company can facilitate this.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ju8YlUVeA   Connect with Paula: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-james-17242b51/ Email: [email protected]   Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   The problem with goal setting is that failure state can quickly turn people off from pursuing the goal they've set. What's more, once a goal is reached, the feeling of joy is often fleeting. People feel a rush of happiness, but it quickly fades as a new goal creeps into focus. The key is not just to set SMART goals but ensure that they are aligned to your overall purpose/mission of the company or even you personally.  If they are encapsulated within the context of the purpose, then all you are doing is setting clear goals that will get you closer to the overall mission or purpose, they are far more motivating and inspiring and aligned to what matters.   Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.   The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges: - no clear strategy - dysfunctional team dynamics - not knowing their vision or mission - feeling stuck and procrastinating - business not growing - leadership challenges   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Gillian Harwood who is the Co-Founder/Managing Director of United Workspace Ltd and Lewes Workspace Ltd.   Gillian Harwood’s career spans over 40 years. She was a pioneer of her time in the late 1970’s when she undertook the mammoth task of converting an abandoned Victorian bus factory, restoring and transforming it with flair and imagination into a successful business hub for small businesses; one of the first of its kind. It was a bold and courageous move and one that earned her ‘Business Woman of the Year Award’, presented to her by the late Margaret Thatcher.   Gillian shares how adversity created the opportunity for a business idea, it was the fact that her house was going to be repossessed by the bank, that the insight for 'bed sitters for businesses' (now known as co-working space) was created. And since the 1970's Gillian has gone on to create many more co-worker spaces across London and the south east, with the driving force to really help enable and empower new business to be established and grow. Recently she sold her Busworks co-working space business for £45m - a testament for her visionary leadership and entrepreneurship.   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_9k_i3EUMU   Connect with Gillian: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-harwood-9b163877/ Website: https://needlemakers.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Michelle Seiler Tucker who is Founder and President of Seiler Tucker.   Michelle shares her wisdom of many years of advising and helping to scale and sell businesses. Michelle has released a new book called Exit Rich with 6 P's method (#1 People, #2 Product, #3 Process, #4 Proprietary, #5 Patrons and #6 Profit) we focused on People & Product in this episode. Within people is to ensure that you have all the right people in the right roles, not only for now but have a future view as well. You can’t sell a business if it’s 100% dependent on you. Business owners and leaders need to focus on their strengths, hire out their weaknesses, and focus on the right area. The goal is to grow a business that can be run by the people around you. Product is all about making sure you continually innovate and market your business, don't be a Blockbuster and be complacent, always look for ways to meeting the needs of your customer or clients. Create a mindset in the business for innovation, of pushing the boundaries, pushing so much that you fail.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wekqs1kTRg   Connect with Michelle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleseiler/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAO4MAkBCB9d14ooxN8rM7aak_LP1QTnnic Website: http://www.seilertucker.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSeilerTucker   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Charlotte Dewhurst who is the Senior Director of Group Marketing at RS Components.   Charlotte shares that her purpose is making a difference to people, this was so evident when the conversation unfolded and we got on to the topic of leading people. Her focus has always been human-centric, making people matter in her decisions and interactions with those around her. Her key approaches are to lead with low ego, ensuring that we don't think we are the most important person in the room and engaging those around as a team to achieve the same purpose. Also lead with empathy, understand others, know what is driving them - focus on curiosity rather than judgement. There are lots of wonderful insights in how to lead in this age from Charlotte.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5FLHJiTLTo   Connect with Charlotte: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-dewhurst-03932516/ Website: https://www.charlottedewhurst.co.uk/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlDewhurst   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Hilary Bartle who is the CEO of Stonepillow, Stonepillow support and empower homeless and vulnerable people to achieve sustainable independence and well-being.   Hilary shares how she use partnerships and collaboration to ensure she meets the vision and objectives of the charity. Also, it is important that she approaches her leadership with a model of the coalition of the willing. In the business world, a coalition of the willing is a mission-driven group of advocates, including project sponsors and cross-functional team members. These advocates use their skills, experiences, and networks to develop a new idea into a product or service and help bring it to market. Through a coalition of the willing, you can create excitement, inspire collaboration, and achieve alignment among leadership to formalise a new project or initiative.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJuabHp-J8   Connect with Hilary: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-bartle-2aaa8a24/ Website: https://stonepillow.org.uk/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Today I am interviewing Julie Kapsalis who is the Deputy Chief Executive of Chichester College Group.   Julie shared how she uses her network and those around her to make an impact and get key projects done, the power of her network. Although she galvanizes those in a project around a common goal, she is mindful of ensuring she picks those who are early adopters and maybe influencer's for the project. And also it is about being open and honest about the project and whether do all the goals align with each partner, ensuring that the focus is on the bigger size of the prize that will benefit all of those in the project. Julie underpins her leadership with compassion and understanding of her teams.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp5a0dOiYQw   Connect with Julie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekapsalis/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliekapsalis   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Kevyn Rustici who is a Strategic Human Capital Consultant for Gallagher.   Kevyn shared his insights and views on how HR leaders can help shape the future of work by truly focusing on the people doing the work, creating cultures focused on the emotional, mental, physical, and financial well-being of the individual. His approach is for HR leaders to use data and gain insights from this data. Having new information (People Data) available and utilising these insights will help to improve decision making, we will then use our gut, instinct and intuition less to make pivotal business decisions. Kevyn's idea is changing HR departments from a "cost center" to a "profit center" is not some crazy idea it's an evolution, a change of perspective and intention which will drive the necessary changes required in the new normal, because we aren't "Going Back to Normal."   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xtFUbviaM   Connect with Kevyn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrevolution/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Glenys Chatterley who is the MD of Effective Business Network (ebn).   Glenys has been networking her whole business life, something that she realised was important when she left the corporate world to start her own business. Glenys shares her passion, knowledge and experience of networking, and that it is not just for business owners but also leaders in organisations. And as we now start more in-person networking Glenys shared a tip that has help her and many others to create an impact whilst networking, that the 3, 3 and 3. Often entering a room with lots of people can be overwhelmed, the key is to have a strategy and breakdown the approach, so initially speak to 3 people that you know really well, don;t spend too much time but arrange to have coffee another time. Then move onto to 3 people you know a little, so you can start to build upon that relationship. And now move onto 3 people you don't know, perhaps the previous conversations have introduced them to you, or ask them are anyone you should talk to in the room. This way you would have had 9 meaningful conversations at least, you can go again if time permits. Glenys shared other key strategies for networking.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2eZVW_PX8   Connect with Glenys: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenys-chatterley-148547/ Website: http://www.ebn.uk.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   In this final installment on hybrid working we consider the leadership challenges and provide some ways to overcome them.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   How do you manage the perhaps conflict of what the leadership want to happen versus what your team expect.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   Nancy & I share some of the concerns of hybrid working, and perhaps how employees might be feeling about it along with some ways to help.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   Nancy and I discuss this challenging aspect of returning to some level of normality through hybrid working. A serious topic that requires a great deal of thought, we share some areas you might need to consider to make it work for your company.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Gabrielle Dolan who is keynote speaker and bestselling author who helps leaders with business storytelling.   Effective communication is one of the keys to success in leadership. The ability to share your ideas or instructions in an impactful way is vital for leaders and executives alike. Jargon, spin and boring legalese are relics of a bygone era. It’s time to bring a human element to corporate communication with Business Storytelling. It’s about finding the stories that help you connect in a meaningful way. Gabrielle shares a number of ways to help leaders create and tell stories that will impact the organisation, creating higher engagement, meaning to the workplace along with purpose driven action. Gabrielle encourages to create meaning by making the story personal, by this people can relate and it humanises the message you are trying to communicate.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PquIviTQOCo   Connect with Gabrielle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielledolan/ Website: http://www.gabrielledolan.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/GabrielleDolan1   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Christina Dove who is the Regional Market and Culture Leader at Mercer.   Christina shares how to energise yourself in the workplace in a sustainable way. Her advice was to 1. Work with purpose - so get clarity on your purpose and how this aligns to the purpose of the organisation, where your role contributes to the whole thing. 2. Enjoy the outdoors - whether this is in your personal life or even in the workplace, at Christina's workplace they encourage walk and talk meetings. 3. Cultivate daily habits - write down key goals you are focused on a daily basis, and celebrate them when you achieve them. 4. Laugh - let's not be so serious, laughing is a great way to energise yourself and others.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nwx35Lngos   Connect with Christina: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinadove7/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaDove7   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Debbie Hancock who is the founder of Southbourne Accountancy and Business services, who is also a chartered management accountant.   Debbie shares the importance of a healthy money mindset, whether we are a business owner or work for an organisation, in fact it affects all areas of our life. Debbie shares that our attitudes to money are developed when we are growing up, in how we were given money, told what to do with it, how our parents talked about money, and how we responded to having or not having money - this creates our beliefs for money. The importance is to understand what those beliefs are now, and if they are limiting beliefs we need to change them so that we can walk in freedom around money. One way is to re frame the narratives you have around money and make them positive affirmations, e.g. my family were not very good with money would become I am now my own family and successful money manager who has transformed the age old family pattern to be good with money.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZfIn3hSs1w   Connect with Debbie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/southbourneaccountancy/ Website: https://southbourneaccountancy.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Today I am interviewing Sarah Harvey who is a leadership, culture and conflict coach.   Do you have Savvy conversations? What are Savvy conversations? Savvy conversations are all about creating a re-frame on what might be those difficult and challenging conversations we might have, Sarah shares what they mean and how we can incorporate them into our everyday conversations so that we create a great place to work. Sarah shares 3 core principles, firstly to have the right conversations - this is all about tackling things head on like 'you didn't get that promotion but no one gave you feedback'. Secondly, conversations in the right way - knowing the best approach, what to plan for if you can and finally conversations in the right time, often overlooked but is vital to get the timing right.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7S0V2oCi4   Connect with Sarah: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/savvysarah/ Website: https://savvyconversations.co.uk/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahSavvySarah   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com    

Today I am interviewing David Henzel who is a serial entrepreneur, and has been for the last 20 years.   David's passion is to help individuals and their organisations reach their full potential, and this is reflected in the multiple businesses that he has created or invested in. David success as an entrepreneur has been down to his focus on creating healthy habits, such as gratitude exercises on a daily basis. And very early in his startup career he realsied that it is important to have clarity of your values, these values serve to guide and help David determine if his company and his team are on the right track and if their goals are being fulfilled.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsKClzL-60   Connect with David: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhenzel/ Website: https://www.davidhenzel.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   What if you were promoted and are now leading your former peers? How difficult is that? How do you handle it? Nancy and I share some key tips and advice to help you have a smooth transition into leadership.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Natalie Schrogl who is Leadership & Management consultant who assist leaders & organisations to unlock the human element in leadership & align it with company goals.   Natalie shares how it is important to develop human connections with people which is a fundamental cornerstone to any leadership approach. So by the connection to gain insight into the people around you that you are leading, this results in being a leader who will have impact and influence. Natalie goes on to share the armour of leadership, she created this leadership model, which applies six principles that offer a paradigm shift of the mindset. The principles are Authenticity, Resilience, Mastery, Ownership, Understand and Respect. This armour of leadership empowers you with competencies, tools, and methodologies that will enable you to lead authentically and at a human level.   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Vxg7oakOg   Connect with Natalie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-schrogl-interface-leadership/ Website: http://www.interface-leadership.com/   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Elsa Hogan who is the Managing Director of RHH Franks Ltd, which has been supplying the aviation, marine and nuclear industries with quality components since 1961.   Elsa acknowledges that you need to be mental strong when you are leading a business, not just because of the pandemic but to drive a business strategy forward requires mental fortitude, she also recognises that you need the support of your team around you. Elsa puts her training for ultra marathons as a way of developing this mental strength, since when she exercises she frees her mind, has time to reflect and process life along with the development of resilience in the physical challenges she is accomplishing outside of work. Elsa shares other ways she is not only developing mental strength but driving and growing a healthy business in some very tough market conditions.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zia7W-d2Fg   Connect with Elsa: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsa-hogan-033339b2/ Website: http://www.rhhfranks.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   How do we manage the average performers in our organisations? What is average? Is this the best way to describe them? It is important to ensure we review and invest in all of our talent, think of using the 9 box talent matrix.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Sarah Alexander who is the Managing Director of Lewis Brownlee Chartered Accountants.   Sarah shares how she led her organisation through the last 18 months of the pandemic, although there was massive uncertainty and there still is, she ensured that her focus was communication with her teams and clients. This was done on a regular basis internally with a number of opportunities for her to share openly and transparently with the organisation but allowing space for her teams to engage and ask questions. She also initiated a weekly YouTube program to communicate and educate her clients to what was going on in the context of the her accountancy business based on government changes due to the pandemic.   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7HsbHyMoc   Connect with Sarah: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-alexander-fcca-fca-lewis-brownlee-78b31212/ Website: http://www.lewisbrownlee.co.uk/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahAlexanderA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3qmDdhGPCkwpxHLgCUxyFQ   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Timothy Clark who is the founder and CEO of LeaderFactor.   Timothy shares how it is important to create a psychological safe environment to enable your people to flourish and ultimate help the organisation thrive. Timothy defines psychological safety as 'an environment of rewarded vulnerability', when our vulnerability is rewarded, we engage, contribute meaningfully, and enter an offensive mode of performance. We give of our discretionary effort and spend our time creating value. He then goes on to share the four stages of creating a psychological safe organisation. These stages are, stage 1: Inclusion safety, stage 2: Learner safety, stage 3: Contributor safety and stage 4: Challenger safety. We also discussed the impact of the pandemic in that it is liquefying the status quo and creating opportunities for culture transformation if embraced.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yP3F7pp4Q   Connect with Timothy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyrclark/ Website: http://leaderfactor.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/timothyrclark   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   How do we identify and manage flight risk employees? What talent retention strategies should we have in place, especially in theses pandemic times. Keeping the high performers engaged and motivated is a challenge, we share some ways to help you do this.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Dave Buzanko who is a resilient coach.   Resilience is vital in any organisation and so important to develop within your people, Dave shares how his own life experiences has developed resilience. In 2008, Dave survived business sabotage from one of his largest customers. He also survived the stress induced heart crisis that followed due to years of chronic stress, mindless eating and a workaholic mindset. Because of those experiences, Dave was given 2 choices by the E.R. doctor “go on heart and cholesterol medication for the rest of his life or lose the weight and get in shape.” Where do you even begin? Dave chose the get in shape and pursued Ironman challenges, and in fact has completed 3 and is on his way to the 4th, he uses the aspect of Ironman training to develop resilience in leadership today, a man who is truly walking the talk in resilience.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlNAnkOH8A   Connect with Dave: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/resilienceexpert/ Website: http://www.davebuzanko.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heartfit365   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Lorena Acosta who is a personal brand evangelist, and has demonstrated how to develop a robust sustainable personal brand since she has over 1.4 million followers on LinkedIn.   Developing your personal brand is not just for the entrepreneur but also for any leader in an organisation, listen to Lorena who shares from her experience of helping many leaders develop their personal brand. She defines personal branding as 'the nucleus of the trust factor', and it is all about people getting to know you as a human being , you as a person and not a title or position. Lorena shares a number of ways to help leaders develop this, and create a personal brand that will make an impact.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srl0fkqePwM   Connect with Lorena: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-acosta-/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Kenneth Bombace who is the CEO of Global Threat Solutions.   Kenneth shares how he has lead in the very uncertain times we have all had in the last 18 months, where he has not stranger to uncertain times since he has led all Protection Operations for one of the largest police departments in the United States and as an Army Intelligence Officer he led policing and Counter Insurgency Operations in Samarra, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His one big advice is don't focus on profit margins but strive for sustainability, not just your company or your infrastructure of the business but on the people, maintain the talent with those who have been loyal and have served your mission and purpose.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKSR0-8_Vo   Connect with Kenneth: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbombace/ Website: https://www.globalthreatsolutions.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Andrew Deutsch who is the CEO of Fangled Technology.   Andrew shares how it is important of having advocates in your organisation, so that they share beyond the workplace of the positive views of the company, we also looked at how we can develop them to have a positive impact on the business. Andrew shared that you need to ensure you reward employees, make sure they know why they are there and aligned to the purpose of the company and create an environment where they feel proud of their work. And finally have the focus to create brand advocates that metaphorically 'people will wear the company shirt when they are not at work'.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DfDWyIkVI   Connect with Andrew: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-deutsch-2445936/ Website: https://fangledtech.com/about/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Chris Wallace who is the Co-Founder & President of InnerView Group.   Chris shared how we should create alignment of who we stand for as a brand in an organisation with the employees, and ensuring that there is engagement in this process. Chris emphasised that engagement is vital, if you can engage employees in dialogue, they’ll start representing your brand and products in a more compelling way. The organisations investment in the messaging will strengthen them, give them confidence, and help them deliver an experience that far surpasses reciting facts without passion. And by engaging you turn the knowledge of the 'brand' into what they believe, and belief has immense power to create growth in sales, creativity and productivity.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JxJakb5jE   Connect with Chris: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherewallace/ Website: http://innerviewgroup.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Amy Lynn Durham who is the CEO of "Create Magic At Work" and a U.C. Berkeley Certified Executive Coach.   Amy shared how to create magic at work with spiritual intelligence, although it is important to be holistic in our approach, since we have PQ (physical intelligence), IQ and EQ as well, and making sure that these areas are also growing and developing throughout our lives. These factors build upon each other, e.g. if you are physically tired this PQ deficit will have an impact on your leadership, so we need to make sure these are all in order too. She also shares the many skills we can develop for SQ, based on the definition by Cindy Wigglesworth, SQ is defined as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2MTlO5KCI8   Connect with Amy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylynndurham/ Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Todd Cherches who is the CEO & Co-founder of Big Blue Gumball.   We dived into the power of visual thinking and communicating within leadership, and we looked at how to create a compelling vision and making sure that you are aware of 2 aspects of what people will be thinking (thought bubbles), one is 'Why should I care?' and the other is 'How will I benefit from this?'. Todd then shared numerous techniques of helping leaders communicate in an effective way through visual thinking, and making the abstract concrete (Watch the YouTube video if you want to see all the visual aids he used - very inspiring).   Watch the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxuL4iorjAY   Connect with Todd: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcherches/ Website: http://www.toddcherches.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing John Buglino who is the Director of Marketing for Optessa.   It was great to hear how John leads with empathy in all that he does, and how leading in this way has such an impact on your team and ultimately creates a better environment for building relationships which leads to better productivity and creativity. John also shares that business is only the third priority at best for a employee, so the answer for an employee request is “yes” because you will get the best work from supporting the person not assuming priority. And finally empathy isn’t being a doormat. It’s having open conversations about boundaries.   Watch the full interview on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1tKPyZsLM   Connect with John: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbuglino/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Cheryl Dixon who is a seasoned Chief Communications Officer.   This episode is packed with so much gold around communicating within organisations, as Cheryl shares her wisdom around leadership and communication skills for hybrid work environments, best practices for fostering a positive culture, creating agreements for effective organisational communication, message cascades, leadership transparency and much more.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5KmScGMaYs   Connect with Cheryl: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylfdixon/ Website: https://www.cherylfdixon.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Michelle Gibbings who is a Workplace expert and keynote speaker. We explored how we can take a bad boss conflict and turn it into a positive impact in our teams and organisations. Michelle shares her wisdom drawn from decades in corporate leadership, personal stories and much more. Her key approach is in these 5 key ways: 1. Determine where the problem really lies, 2. Identify your role in the bad boss situation, 3. Strategise your best option forward, 4. Take action using concrete tools and 5. Reflect and monitor progress for long-term gain.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwA0pdmg_aI   Connect with Michelle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegibbings/ Website: http://www.changemeridian.com.au/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Mike Maynard who is the MD of Napier Partnership Ltd.   Mike shares his passion for recruiting and developing young people in his organisation, whether they are graduates or on an apprenticeship scheme. He likes the idea that they bring differing perspectives which challenge the norms, they develop fast and create a lot of high energy. Mike also shares the challenge of not assuming that they know it all along with making sure you communicate clearly in an open way, ensuring they have an opportunity to share their concerns and misunderstandings. He also supports them with a buddy system - like mentoring - so each individual can share with someone else other than their manager.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOcg3z2wxk   Connect with Mike: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard/ Website: http://www.napierb2b.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Rishon Blumberg and Michael Solomon who founded 10x Management.   We explored how to optimise and maximise your talent in your organisation with Rishon and Michael, and what I love about these guys, is that they are walking the talk with all what they are doing. Since they shared how they have managed throughout this tough year of the pandemic with their own company and staff, from making sure they are intentional with their conversations with their team and keeping authenticity at the heart. Along with ensuring they are providing an environment for the team to flourish and share through weekly check-ins, meditation classes and regular 1-2-1 conversations - keeping well-being as a high priority. They both share valuable insights from their book - Game Changer: How to Be 10x in the Talent Economy - this book provides proven strategies on how your company can create the right environment for top talent and breakthrough success by upending traditional business practices. It also reveals how individuals can evolve from good to great to 10x, and enjoy the many perks and rewards this status brings.   You can watch this interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1L8WsINhrg   Connect with Rishon & Michael LinkedIn Rishon:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishon-blumberg-3222119/ Email Rishon: [email protected] LinkedIn Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsolomon10x/ Email Michael: [email protected] Website: https://www.10xmanagement.com/   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Paul Unwin who is the Smart Motorways Programme Regional Lead Sponsor in the UK.   Paul shares his passion for developing emerging leaders in his organisation, and how this so resonates for him in trying to unlock the potential of individuals. Paul explains how he goes about this, using mentoring as the fundamental building block of support, where he not only speaks into their role and leaderships but allows them to shadow him in various contexts to watch, learn and get involved. He encourages them to freely contribute their ideas, and provides a safe environment for this, along with signposting and helping them to build a network for themselves.   Watch the full interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dsGmdcPIVI   Connect with Paul: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-unwin-rpp-mapm-fciht-9121615a/ Website: http://www.highwaysengland.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Madeleine Evans who is an investor and entrepreneur driving transformation and growth across corporate and startup companies, she is also the CEO and Founder of Levell.   In this episode we explored more about burnout, how to recognise it and also provide ways to not only minimise it but eliminate it, Madeleine shares from her own personal experience that led her to create the company Levell. Madeleine talks of how we need technology to really help us understand where people are at from a organisational view and also give people an empowered approach to mitigating any form of burnout.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChafZ8sht4I   Connect with Madeleine: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeleine-evans-508ba41/ Website: http://www.levell.io/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Alain Hunkins who is the CEO of the Hunkins Leadership Group.   In this episode we explored the science of leadership, and before we got into that we discussed how a lot of leadership is based on high performance in a specialism like sales, then promoted to sales director, and often without the skills of leadership or self-awareness in how they might be being perceived. Alain shares how these 3 interconnected elements of Connection, Communication, and Collaboration hold the secret to cracking the code of leadership.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdnTggdQ7E   Connect with Alain: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainhunkins/ Website: http://www.alainhunkins.com/ Email: [email protected]   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com    

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   Today's episode we discuss the challenge if your superstar is your greatest problem? Handling the high performer with bad behaviours.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Zoe Routh who is Australia's Leadership Expert, known for making the People Stuff easier.   We explored how she was inspired to getting involved with the 'people stuff' whilst falling face down in the mud in a Canadian adventure, a great story. This passion for helping people comes out in the conversations where she shares some great insights on what is wisdom and how to develop it along with how to be a compassionate leader. Both of these elements in Zoe's opinion make for a better leader and subsequent better organisation.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwzTRY4eODQ   Connect with Zoe: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoerouth/ Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.zoerouth.com/     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Welcome to this leadership collaboration series with myself and Nancy Halpern, this series is streamed live on LinkedIn every Monday, 11am EST and 4pm GMT.   In this series Nancy and I tackle key leadership challenges on a weekly, these could be current to the context we are in, and some will be evergreen challenges. We wanted to share our two very different perspectives on solving these leadership challenges.   Today's episode we discuss feedback during covid, and how we should approach this ensuring with are balancing truth with empathy, to ensure our employees learn, develop and grow.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com