Focus on WHY

Are you building your tribe and finding your peeps? Do you thrive inside or are you fearful of being judged? Opportunities are everywhere and when you are willing to show up amazing things happen! That's what Tribe Leadership Expert and Community Engagement Strategist Julie Creffield believes and she has been talking about cultural diversity and tribes since 1999. Julie shares why it is important...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   131 Your Next Chapter with Helen Pollock 132 Becoming More Significant with Sylvia Baldock 133 Find Your Yellow Tux with Jesse Cole 134 Shaping Reality with Devan Bailey 135 Be More Red with Mel Sherwood   KEY TAKEAWAY "Value yourself! Do what makes you happy and stay true to your values! Whatever you say aft...

Are you ready to Be More Red and apply the RED Effect to your life? What shade of red will you choose? Mel Sherwood walks you through how to reconnect with your authentic self, find your own style, embrace your values, reawaken crushed dreams and rid yourself of any self-sabotaging, limiting beliefs. What does 2021 look like for you?   KEY TAKEAWAY "Whatever situation we're in, we always have choi...

Do you live with a sense of purpose? Are you the director of your own life? Do you review your life regularly? What are your values and what are your rules? According to Devan Bailey, you have a unique set of skills and responsibilities and it is your responsibility to find a way to deliver those to humanity through the form of service. "This life is not about us, it's about the lives of those we...

With a 'So what? Now what?', 'Find a Way' and 'Fans First' philosophy, Jesse Cole knows how to create attention and get the best out of everyone around him. He had an idea to build something truly special to bring people together to heal and feel as though they belong. Inspired by P.T. Barnum and armed with the belief that we all have something which makes us stand out, Jesse runs a baseball team...

"Don't worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow." Hearing Oprah Winfrey speak these words stopped Sylvia Baldock in her tracks and changed the course of her life. Sylvia has since vowed to help those who are terrified of being judged to step up to shine, to become more significant and to reconnect with who they truly are. KEY TAKEAWAY "Yo...

Don't allow your stories to be lost forever. Don't hide your light under a bushel. You are in control of your own destiny. Get ready to write your next chapter. Amazon-bestselling ghostwriter, business book coach and personal brand specialist, Helen Pollock, has a passion which is to help you tell your story in order to share your genius and inspire others.   KEY TAKEAWAY "Find ways to share your...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 126 Share Your Message with Camilla Long 127 One Belief Away with Tim Shurr 128 Mind Over Mountains with Alex Staniforth 129 Unconscious Competence with Jackie Handy   KEY TAKEAWAY "Pursue your dreams to discover your purpose, understand why you do what you do and have the courage of conviction to make 2021 you...

A struggling leader turned great leader. Excluded and isolated to become included and recognised for her contribution, Jackie Handy specialises in Diversity and Inclusion and inclusive leadership. Having seen both sides of the coin, Jackie equips others with the answers to the questions she wished she knew when she was a leader of people. Jackie inspires culture change to empower and grow business...

Having experienced the two biggest consecutive disasters in Mount Everest's history including the 2015 Nepal earthquake which trapped him on the mountain for two days, Alex Staniforth failed to reach the summit on both occasions. However at -23 degrees and at 23,000 feet Alex discovered the power of acceptance through adversity and followed another path in life to become a record-breaking adventur...

Did you know that you are just one belief away from your biggest breakthrough or from your biggest transformation? From having a healthier body, more money, growing your business, bringing the passion back into your relationships or from I'm not good enough to I am good enough? One belief separates those who get what they want from those who are struggling. After studying human behaviour for the l...

There are few better placed than computer scientist Camilla Long to help you communicate and share your message in a virtual world. From software developer in Japan to equity markets broker in London, Camilla now works with organisations large and small to empower people to speak with confidence and conviction. KEY TAKEAWAY "When you look at that whole idea of emotion in a communication, it goes b...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   120 Both Sides of the Lens with Jeffrey Shaw 121 Take Intelligent Risks with Dan Kent-Smith 122 Be Kind to Yourself with Kim-Adele Platts 123 Follow Your Path with Adrian Hales 124 Think Big, Start Small with Patricia Fripp   KEY TAKEAWAY "Peel back the curtains and peer in. You're invited to look for a brief...

Focusing on how professionals from all industries can communicate their ideas more effectively, Patricia Fripp has spent more than 30 years helping people to drive sales by perfecting their important conversations and presentations. Named as 'one of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America' by Meetings and Conventions magazine, Patricia shares her journey of hairdresser to motivational s...

Heeding the sage advice of his grandfather to follow his own path, Adrian Hales passes on this wisdom advocating you create your own trail to make a difference in the world. In his coaching work, Adrian focuses on awakening leaders and their minds, encouraging them to take transformational journeys to follow their path of purpose. Through his own personal awakening and superhuman journey, Adrian s...

When you learn to be kind to yourself and learn to like yourself, you cut through the noise to master your self-talk and you see the true power of your thinking. Kim-Adele Platts believes that your greatest gift in life is to lend your belief because if you lend others your belief, they can find their own. For Kim-Adele, everything in life is either a lesson, a blessing or both and she says if you...

When you mix your passion with your vocation with your mission and profession, you find fulfilment in your work. This is what Dan Kent-Smith has found when creating his business Next Play. Leveraging the best of the LinkedIn platform alongside the people who worked there, Dan's WHY is to serve those who want to future-proof their career and business by helping them to identify transferable skills...

Drawing on his experience as a formerly renowned portrait photographer, Jeffrey Shaw is used to observing life from both sides of the lens and sees it as a huge gift. Like a photographer composes an image, now as a speaker and small business consultant, Jeffrey shows business owners how to compose the often-chaotic pieces of running their own business to create sustainable success and gain control...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 113 Five to Seven Seconds with Tony K Silver 114 Speaking of Influence with John Ball 115 Tread Lightly on the Earth with Jerry Tate 116 Find Your Story with Rachel Maunder 117 Control Your Environment with Tom Libelt 118 The People Stuff with Zoë Routh   KEY TAKEAWAY "Celebrate life and recognise the gift of l...

From the wild rivers of northern Ontario to the remote regions of Australia, Zoë Routh has spent the last thirty years showing teams struggling with office politics and silos how to work better together. Focusing on the 'People Stuff', Zoë helps CEOs and their teams work on their biggest challenges to build fabulous teams and great work cultures. Zoë's latest book, 'People Stuff' has just been awa...

Tom Libelt learned from a young age how to sell and negotiate business by getting haggled by Russian vendors. His family moved from Poland to the US to escape communism and his parents took any job they could to survive. Seeing all this as a young man motivated Tom to control his environment, never want a job and keep moving forward as an entrepreneur, publisher, salesman and one of the top Polish...

You don't need to have a big story to be a great speaker! You just need to know how all your little stories that have life lessons within them can be crafted into a captivating presentation. A talk that has your audience totally spellbound from the very first moment you open your mouth leaving them wanting more when you finish. This is what Rachel Maunder does as she helps speakers to find and hon...

Driven by his desire to generate creative, pragmatic and unique architectural solutions, Jerry Tate is influential across all his projects ensuring design quality is paramount. Sharing the responsibility of sustainability within the ecosystem of the building industry, Jerry works with developers who are focused on quality of life to consciously create sensitive landscape settings. KEY TAKEAWAY "Th...

Having always loved performance in some way, shape or form, John Ball developed a passion for public speaking years ago. On his speaking and storytelling journey, John discovered that there are lots of ways that we are influenced and persuaded often without our knowledge and through his own podcast and trainings, John now shows people how this happens and how people can in turn use persuasion and...

Five to seven seconds is all you have to make an impression and catch someone's attention on LinkedIn, sometimes it's even less than that. LinkedIn profiler Tony K Silver helps you to stand out amongst the crowd and has become the go-to LinkedIn profiler often being ranked No.1 by the platform in its search criteria. With all his knowledge and years of experience, Tony is able to deliver successfu...