BIP Chat with Penny Power OBE

We chat to BIP100 expert, Nicole Posner, about how to have a difficult conversation. No-one relishes the prospect of a difficult conversation but in business and leadership, there are a host of situations that require skilful communication and careful management. These require tact, expertise and confidence. In our chat with Conflict and Communication Consultant, Nicole Posner, she explained how t...

Are you living your purpose at the deepest level? Are you committed to deliver an inspired and impactful life? Do you believe you can fulfil your potential in this lifetime? These are some of the themes that we discussed with leadership and inspirational coach, Craig Goldblatt. There is always a need for these nudges and having been to and enjoyed a workshop that Craig ran recently, we are excited...

We chat to BIP100 expert Dylan Gray about how he has helped his clients implement Salesforce into their businesses to keep them on track, over the last 20 plus years. During our discussion, Dylan and his guest Elizabeth Will-Hibbetts took us on a journey through this simple but effective way to map out your end to end business process and implement it in Salesforce.com so you have one view of the...

We chat with BIPPer Josh Bevis, a self confessed Full time 'Geek' and IT Guru, whose business provides IT support and cyber security for SMBs around the globe. Our discussion was around the importance of IT and cyber security in small and medium businesses to minimise downtime and increase profitability A powerful sharing with lots of advice for so many of us to heed. We are especially excited as...

In this BIP Chat, we talk to Paul Mercer, an Off-grid Power Specialist and Founder & Director at Portable Power Technology. We live in a world in which we demand “power on tap” to keep our lives organised & to entertain us. Paul's business provides solutions for a myriad of different customer ‘types’ – individuals as well as from government, large global businesses, and trade customers. He was joi...

In this chat, Penny speaks to personal branding coach, Hannah Power about whether, in this age of relentless media content, you REALLY want to grow your personal brand. It’s 2022 and everyone is talking about building their personal brand. But faced with the reality of what it takes to do so, so few actually commit and do what it takes to succeed. Many want the results without taking the action. W...

In this BIP Chat, we talk to Financier, Fund Manager and Serial Global Breakout Technology Entrepreneur, Antony Abell. The property market is a powerful way for many to build assets. But what about those that cannot get on the ladder, those that have been excluded from the gains that property assets enable? In our talk with Antony, we learn about how he anticipated the rise of the digital asset (C...

In this BIP Chat, we talk to Chris O'Hare about how an app could help your business by saving you money, providing a product ladder, a better marketing tool and how automation could save you weeks off your life. Chris is the founder of Hare Digital, a Digital Strategy and App Development agency that has worked with numerous brands, including Royal Mail, BMW and the University of Sussex. Chris has...

In this BIP Chat we chat to Nick Marangos, MD of retained sales search firm Mason & Wake. Nick and his guest, career coach Rachel Davis, shared with us the landscape for the recruitment industry in 2022. - What does it look like? - What's been happening since Brexit and Covid? - Is this a good time to look for a new job? They also discussed the different types of recruitment services on offer – co...

On this BIP Chat we chat to Leadership Coach, trainer, consultant and writer, Jeremy Cassell. Jeremy focuses on working with his clients on selling, presenting and influencing. There will be most to gain from listening to this chat if you are involved in sales in some way – a salesperson, manager, entrepreneur, or who someone who touches sales in some way in their professional lives. You'll get in...

On this BIP Chat we chat to stock and option market expert, Owen O'Malley. During our conversation, Owen shares how you can use the market as a powerful vehicle to become financially free using the power of compound interest. Together with his guests, Ana Rodriguez and Jeff Fitzpatrick, Owen demystifies the stock market and shares 3 simple, actionable steps to take to be both ‘unshakeable’ and ‘pr...

On this BIP Chat we chatted to health and safety innovator, and author of 'Risk It!', Malcolm Tullett. Poor leadership and poor communications are the primary causes of bad outcomes, including workplace disasters. Even when leaders tick all the ‘duty’ of care (compliance) boxes, without ‘actually’ caring those bad outcomes are unlikely to be prevented. Along with his guests, human-centred workplac...

On this BIP Chat, we chatted to Tj Power, who leads our Tuesday Wellbeing sessions within the BIP100 community. Tj is a Mind Consultant specialising in guiding organisations to improve the mental health of their teams. We discussed how our lives in the modern world are affecting our minds and how best we can adapt our behaviour to improve our psychological experience. Our conversation was oriented...

On this BIP Chat we chatted to Jane Piper, author of 'Focus in the Age of Distraction', who helps smart people work smarter. Are you feeling that you are busier than ever? On the go 24/7 but not necessarily getting more done? There is a competition for our attention every minute of our waking day. Our digital devices, social media and our nearest and dearest are all vying for our attention. Attent...

In this BIP Chat, we talked to facilitator and coach, Kate Faragher. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katefaragher How do you create a strategy when there is global change? How do you prepare a business for a constant changing world? In this discussion we explore the leadership mindset that is essential for an ever changing world. Listen back to our chat with Kate and her guest, strategy expert, Steve...

In this BIP Chat, we talked to sales performance consultant Tim Robertson. https://www.linkedin.com/in/timrobertsoninsight Now that we're approaching the post pandemic era how are salespeople going to operate in a new business environment? Are they going to work more from home and use virtual technologies such as Zoom. Will they WANT to work from home …or just go back to meeting face to face? List...

In this BIP Chat, we talked to Mike Boorn Plener, the Founder of Catapult (and one of our BIP100 experts) who selects awesome companies run by great people to help them grow, scale and be funded. A core principle of Mike’s work is combining the science of selection with a healthy dose of intuition. Sharing what each of us needs allows BIP100 as a network to always be on the lookout for the right f...

In this BIP Chat, we spoke to the Founder of Inspired Ergonomics, Nichola Adams. Nichola is a specialist in back pain disorders in the workplace, having trained in the Biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain. She regularly provides consultancy and training services to leading UK and International companies on how to reduce and prevent back pain in the workplace, and at home. Hybrid working is her...

In this BIP Chat, we spoke to Thought Leadership Book Coach and Publisher, Mindy Gibbins-Klein. Thought leadership is all the rage, as is writing a thought-leading book to showcase your expertise. But what does thought leadership really entail, and how do you know if what you are saying, writing and putting out into the market is truly thought-leading content or just ‘same old same old…’? You’re t...

This week we chatted to Ricardo Molina - Inbound Marketing & Strategy specialist for the Events and B2B Media industries, and BIP100 member. Ricardo and his guest Phil Shatz talked to us about why events are, and will continue to be, the best lead generation tool for your business. They are vital for building communities, adding value, and trading attention. They also covered how to follow up your...

Enjoy this illuminating chat show with our Guest BIP100 Member Lesley Thomas. Our expert in helping entrepreneurs have a powerful money mindset. Lesley invited her 2 guests to the show, Mindy Gibbins-Klein and Laurenne Dorgan to ensure our audience had a really open, empathetic attitude to enable maximum value for you, our audience.

This was 45 minutes of amazing conversation between 3 experts in the Program and Project Delivery world. Looking at the triangle, inspired by Subash Tavares, of Processes and procedures, Technology and people. In this discussion Subash, from The Virtual PMO Company discusses Processes and Procedures, Phil Shatz from Glimpse of the Future talks about the technology and Donnie MacNicol - the Complex...

Thomas Power and Penny Power OBE introduce 'BIP Chat'. BIP Chat is a weekly 'on the sofa' interview with one of our BIP100 Club experts and their guests. The chat show streams live into Penny's profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook at 1:30pm UK time every Wednesday. These podcasts are the audio version of the video recording. BIP stands for 'Business is Personal' and this is what we are all about. We...