Focus on WHY

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections with actions from these recent podcast episodes: 233 Refocus, Re-energise and Reconnect with Leon Bamforth 234 Creating Brave Spaces with Sarah Fox 235 Success Not Perfection with Andy Bounds 236 Written in the Stars with Sajna Rahman 237 Who Thinks Wins with Marcus Dimbleby   KEY TAKEAWAY "Are you in the water waiting to be saved or are you striding purposeful...

In today's 21st century world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), the necessity for applied critical thinking is more obvious than ever. A need for plans with optionality for businesses to survive and thrive. Enabling all those within organisations with the capabilities to use their brains to achieve effective immediate efficacy and instant applicability, Marcus Dimbleby...

Hitting rock bottom was the beginning of a new life for Sajna Rahman. Making the decision to do well in her career, Sajna focused on a clear vision, a purpose and a plan. Unlocking her purpose, Sajna took herself on a spiritual journey of self-awareness that she walked in faith to achieve. Vibrationally aligning with what she truly believed, one night in Bangladesh, she lay on a house rooftop with...

With a simple and clear maxim of communicate better and sell more, the focus is always on the desired outcome of an action or an agreement. Learning how to master the art of effective and efficient communication from a very young age growing up with a blind mother, Andy Bounds shows people how to adopt his brilliant technique of AFTERs. With a long-lasting and positive impact on his clients the po...

Amplifying voices from those people who are not usually heard from the creative industries and with a philosophy of Do Good and Do Well , Sarah Fox's contribution to the world is to bring forth the empowering role models in senior leadership that she at one time needed herself. Not afraid of change, acting as a catalyst for changemakers, agents of change and leaders of change to make the world bet...

Creating potential and reducing suffering is at the core of the work of commercial mediator, business consultant and professional speaker, Leon Bamforth. Using powerful reflective mediation, 'think through talking' processes and a Focus on WHY, Leon helps businesses to succeed by building connected teams that share visions and avoid nightmares. To do this they first need to refocus, reenergise and...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections with actions from these recent podcast episodes: 227 Voyage of Discovery with Tom White 228 Using Data Smarter with Sam Knowles 229 Your Authentic Path with Kate Trafford 230 Recalibrate Your Thinking with Dr Lynda Shaw 231 Time Well Spent with Scott McArthur   KEY TAKEAWAY "Aristotle said that 'we are what we repeatedly do' so living with authenticity really m...

With over 300 stories in his backpack mixing and matching them to be relevant to his corporate audience, professional keynote speaker and storyteller Scott McArthur was forced by the pandemic to turn his hand to refocus. As the archaeologist of his own life, switching to broadcasting and music, Scott now continues to focus on the most important number in life - 28000 - the average number of days s...

In a world where everyone is far too busy or believe it is too hard to embrace or enable change, a simple recalibration of the brain is what is needed. Dr Lynda Shaw shares how this is achieved by making little tweaks which make a very big difference. Change then not only becomes achievable but manageable. With a love for anthropology, freedom of choice and adventure and captivated by the world of...

How often do you think about the moments when you feel most fully alive and what does that tell you about who you really are? Beginning her career as a professional engineer Kate Trafford found her authentic "WHY" as a coach and consultant helping busy professionals to set themselves up for enjoyable, deeply meaningful and sustainable success. Purpose is a lifelong journey of self-discovery and if...

Living in the knowledge economy surrounded by data how do you filter out the noise to process and understand it? Helping people and organisations to ask better, smarter questions so that they can get the data they need to surface and articulate the insights to their customers is what Sam Knowles specialises in. Decades ago, Sam fell in love with stories, story structure and storytelling. Now throu...

Are you reimagining your future through learning, development and growth? Challenging, stretching and progressing yourself whilst getting the balance right? This is the vision and mission of Tom White. With a thirst and hunger to know and explore more, to understand why certain things are the way they are and why people do what they do, Tom has just started his Master's degree in Psychology which...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections with actions from these recent podcast episodes:   221 Power of Vision with Carey Conley & Laurel Wilson 222 Future of Speaking with Maria Franzoni 223 The Gift of Conflict with Jo Berry 224 Being Human with Gary Hosey 225 Moments of Truth with Steve Catchick   KEY TAKEAWAY "Remember where you are and who you are today is as a result of who you were and where y...

Equipping businesses to develop a Secret Salesforce of Brand Ambassadors in order to drive engagement, reduce churn and win more business, Steve Catchick has been at the front line of customer service for over 25 years. Knowing that people can make or break a brand, Steve focuses on people, communication and developing the culture as every interaction is a moment of truth.   KEY TAKEAWAY "Every ti...

Focused on supporting leaders and developing their behaviour and performance around how they show up with emotional intelligence in the workplace and their everyday world, Gary Hosey has now worked with over 7000 leaders from over 100 global organisations as a coach and trainer. His approach with EQ Influence™ captures the distilled wisdom from many thousands of 1:1 conversations with leaders worl...

Sixteen years after an IRA bomb killed her father in 1984, Jo Berry first met with the man responsible, Pat Magee. This initial three-hour meeting led to them speaking on over three hundred occasions on a shared platform worldwide. With a Focus on WHY, there is also a focus on hope, transformation, feeling, compassion, love, empathy, peace, communication, justice, dignity, respect, self-care, self...

Scouring the broadsheets looking for new work, a cryptic advert stood out from the others. It asked "Are you able to negotiate and communicate at senior level without being phased?" and caught the attention of Maria Franzoni. Responding to it took her on a very unexpected journey and catapulted her into the speaking business industry. Maria has since spent decades working amongst phenomenal storyt...

With a passion for revolutionising vision and purpose, the mission of Carey Conley and Laurel Wilson stems from their own adversity after losing two family members – Carey's husband (Laurel's father) and Carey's son (Laurel's brother) – to suicide just three years apart. With a clear Focus on WHY, Carey and Laurel keep looking up, know how to read the signs and how to follow the happier approach....

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections with actions from these recent podcast episodes:   215 Time for a Change with Shelley Bridgman 216 Circle of Influence with Gordon Glenister 217 Black Sheep Values with Brant Menswar 218 Community Values with Pip Thomas 219 You Get Out What You Put In with Ashley Leeds   KEY TAKEAWAY "Focus on WHY is a living library of pioneers of purpose. Each episode is uniq...

Time is an infinite commodity so why not cherish it and get the most out of every waking moment? Due to a non-compete restriction, Ashley Leeds had to look for a different option to keep him busy with his coaching work whilst still being able to serve. Starting out in a new space, after some reflection he took action and became known as the 15-minute guy on LinkedIn. A 15-minute LinkedIn daily hab...

WHY do I do WHAT I do? A question at the forefront of the minds of many people at various times in their lives. For Pip Thomas, champion of change and behavioural flexibility, this was not so much a soul-searching question but more of a self-observation. Knowing that values are core to us, Pip aligns them with her purpose, her WHY, to drive all that she chooses to do. Focused on performance develo...

What makes a Black Sheep stand out and so special? What is the difference between your values which are important and those which are simply non-negotiable? Best-selling author, performance coach, motivational speaker, podcast host and rockstar Brant Menswar shares the difference and shows you how to align your life to your values, to create your rules for life and how to appreciate that your WHY...

How as a thought leader can you become more influential and create a greater impact in your field? Specialist in membership and influencer marketing, published author, virtual keynote speaker and podcast host, Gordon Glenister helps people become go-to experts who choose to make a difference and effect positive change on a global scale. Gordon shows influencers how they can transform lives by crea...

Working with teenagers and young people who are self-harming, suicidal, struggling with their gender identity and finding that life has just got too difficult, Performance and Transformational Change Coach, Shelley Bridgman provides them with the tools of hope they need. Without the vocabulary to articulate what she was going through, Shelley knew from the age of five who she really was. Suppressi...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 209 Level Up with Victoria Eley 210 Spectator in Your Own Mind with Imogen Edwards-Jones 211 Stepping into Wealth with Catherine Morgan 212 Live from Your Heart with Diana Hartley 213 Innovation with Courage with Dr Lizzy Bernthal   KEY TAKEAWAY "Life is all about the people you meet and the things you create w...