Business With Purpose

In this episode, David continues his Calm Leadership Series by sharing why it is vital for leaders to create a workplace in which people feel psychologically safe.  This is important because if people are working in an environment where the boss goes nuts they will not fell safe enough to take on extra responsibility.  There are 7 things you can do to create psychological safety in the workplace....

For this episode, David is joined by Rajeev Kapur, who is a leading tech executive, leader, innovator, AI expert, and author whose current focus is on leadership.  The world is changing at a pace that we have never seen before. Navigating this change and continuing to thrive requires a different way of leading, which is what this fascinating and informative episode is all about. Rajeev’s book Chas...

In this episode, which is part 14 of David´s CALM leadership series he dives deeper into how to create a culture of accountability in your business. He walks you through using Damian Hughes BARCA process so that your team understands what success looks like and their role in achieving that success. As well as helping them to behave in a way that creates the right culture.  David also covers keysto...

For this episode, David is joined by Scott Clancy, who is a retired Major General in the Royal Canadian Air Force and basketball coach. Today, he is a leadership expert and coach. His mission is to make leaders extraordinary.  It's very clear that he's a excellent coach, because right from the get go, he starts asking David questions about his leadership and entrepreneurial journey, which is why t...

In this episode, which is part 13 of David´s CALM leadership series, he looks at commitment culture and how it relates to accountability. David explains what it is, why it is so important and how you can create and nurture this type of working environment within your own organization or company. He goes through five different work/team culture approaches, considering the pros and cons of each one....

For this episode, David is joined by Laura Johns the CEO and founder of The Business Grower. Currently, her company has 50 clients, for whom she and her team provide a wide range of marketing support and services that enable them to grow fast and sustainably. They do everything from creating a plan to establishing and scaling social, websites, branding, ads and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS For many busines...

In this episode, which is part 12 of David´s CALM leadership series, he explains how you can make accountability part of your daily life, for you and your team. This is an important step to becoming a great leader. Using the PRIDE approach, which stands for Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort, you can make performing at your best second nature, while empowering your team members to do the same...

For this episode, David is joined by Nick Hutchison, who is the visionary force behind Book Thinkers. He helps authors to connect with their readership, and really get their message out there. But, today, Nick and David discuss how to stop just consuming information and instead take action. Reading the right book at the right time really can change your life. Nick explains how to make sure that th...

In this episode, which is part 11 of David´s CALM leadership series, he looks at the role accountability plays in becoming an effective leader. He also explains why organizational accountability starts and ends with having and communicating a compelling why. David also explains how any business can uncover and tap into the power of its compelling why. KEY TAKEAWAYS When people have a compelling re...

For this episode David is joined by Bronwen Vearncombe who is a property investor, a coach and an expert on life really. Bronwen has managed to do a full time job, then find a way to escape that and start to live the life of her dreams. She loves adventure and is taking part in a solar only powered car race, across Australia. Bronwen shares her entrepreneurial journey and explains how to use a pro...

In this episode, which is part 10 of David´s CALM leadership series, he looks at the role accountability plays in being an effective leader and creating other great leaders. David explains how to get every member of your team to take on personal responsibility for doing a good job and for improving the way the business works.  Ways to communicate more effectively and make each employee more accoun...

In this episode, David is joined by Ari Tulla, a serial entrepreneur who describes himself as a wannabe surfer and avid rock climber from San Francisco. Ari´s focus is helping people solve problems so they can live better lives. His current focus is on health, in particular nutrition. He and his wife found eating what their bodies needed at that time enabled them to solve their own health problems...

In this episode, which is the 9th in David´s series, you will learn how to embody CALM communication, so that you can become a better leader. David explains how to regulate your emotional and mental state, which impacts how you behave, and in turn, directly affects the results you get.  He explains how to create calm anchors you can use to remain in a good emotional and mental state in situations...

In this episode, David is joined by business expert and property specialist Andrew Batt who has a passion for setting up companies that serve other people. He describes his life as PIE – P is for property, I is for Investment and E is for entrepreneurship. He shares his story, including how he has been able to leverage the fact that his dyslexia means he thinks differently. Andrew also talks about...

In this episode, David continues with his CALM series, which is designed to help you to become a better leader. Following on from the last episode David dives deeper into the subject of embodied communication. Looking in particular at the role non-verbal signals play in maximising your impact - the way you look, listen, move, and react to what another person is telling you. He also explains how to...

In this episode, David once again sits down with Sophia Botchway who is an accountant, turned property investor, developer, and entrepreneur. They discuss, how recognising that what happens in life is part of a bigger plan helps you to succeed and help others. They also talk about managing risk, family life and the influence that faith, the way we are raised, and personality traits have on our liv...

In this episode, David brings everything you have learned about communication in the previous CALM episodes. He talks about how to go embody communication. To go beyond just sharing information so that you can create desire in your listeners, which, in turn, drives them to action.   He covers the art of listening and overcoming the four barriers that get in the way of effective communication. As w...

In this episode, David is joined by Annie Vernon, an Olympic silver medallist and two-time world champion rower who spent over a decade at the top of Britain´s most successful Olympic sport. She explains how she made the transition from athlete to lobbying for the National Farmers Union before changing track and pursuing a portfolio career as a leadership & development coach, writer, and publi...

This episode is part 6 of the CALM series that David has put together to help you become an effective leader. For today´s episode, the focus is once again on communication. He explains why approaching public speaking as a service you are doing for others is a powerful way to share your message, touch people on an emotional level and create the desire to act. Turning your message into a gift that b...

In this episode, David sits down with Dr. Salvatore Forcina, aka The American Doctor, to discuss his amazing and inspirational story of love, struggle, success, and life. Including, moving from Italy to Argentina at a young age and having to start again, when he emigrated to America because his medical degree was not recognised. He shares how his parents inspired him to overcome challenges and pre...

This episode is part 5 of David´s CALM series. A set of podcasts designed to help you to become a far more effective leader. In it, he once again talks about the URGE method he has used to improve his communication skills. Last week's episode was about gaining a better understanding of your audience and helping them to better understand you.

In this fascinating episode, David speaks to Chris Rock who is a chief information security officer, and co-founder of SIE Monster, which is an organisation designed to save us from ourselves and the threat of cyber insecurity. He is also still an active hacker, so, he really does have insider knowledge.

In this episode, which is the 4th in his CALM series, which will help you become a far more effective leader, David takes a deep dive into the art of communication. If you want to achieve anything in life, your ability to communicate and to be communicated with is vital. It impacts whether you can motivate your team and convince people that you have what they need so they want to buy from you. For...

In this episode, David is joined by Tate Barkley, whose upcoming memoir, Sunday Dinners, Moonshine and Men, is out very soon. It reveals Tate's story, from growing up, closeted and somewhat fearful, to living life out of the closet and as a highly respected attorney, who's now inspiring others to be themselves by sharing his journey.

In this episode, which is the 3rd in the CALM series, David takes you through how to become a transformational leader. He explains why people like to work for someone who is constantly trying to improve themselves, someone they trust and like. Before sharing a simple 6-step process any leader can use to have a bigger and more positive impact on their team.