Get the Elephant Out of the Room: Outsmart Difficult People at Work

Sustainability leadership and hitting climate goals are challenging but as leaders you have the power to achieve them. Will spoke of how the skills you have that deliver excellent performance can also deliver these incredible objectives for change. Here I share my tips from what he said. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and re...

Will  has spent his career to date helping organisations build new capabilities and solve strategic challenges. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our exclusive newsletter: ⁠⁠https://zcmp.eu/e6AM⁠⁠  -----------------------------------------...

When you push for a no it changes the tone of meetings. Bradley learned that it accelerated finding investors. We also learn that building a successful business isn’t always about following a passion. It can be about finding a trend and a need that you can fulfil. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will...

Bradley Hornby is the co-founder of Homebound, a direct-to-consumer "Furniture as a Service" marketplace, launched to plug the gap of both an ever-growing rental market and increasingly environmentally conscious consumers who wish to avoid high prices and fast furniture. Before Homebound, Bradley was a commercial leader with over 13 years of business development experience most notably took Fever...

With a background in Psychology and Philosophy, Richard spent 20 years creating behaviour change through training and education in the retail environment. He is one of two co-founders of Play It Green an award-winning, B Corp-certified sustainability business built on a transparent conscious capitalist model.  ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive month...

Considering himself as a global citizen, Hain has been fortunate to live in 6 countries. Prior to joining EcoCertify, Haindeveloped 20 years of international management experience in multiple sectors. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our...

Gemma & Russ are founders of Two Drifters Distillery, the world’s first distillery to have a carbon negative footprint. A self-imposed carbon tax forces the business to avoid creating CO2 emissions, rather than offsetting ones that have already been created. With Russ’ Chemistry background and Gemma’s marketing skills, the two are making sure that Two Drifters rums are in the mix on the global...

This is part two of a two part special to celebrate our first birthday. We invited ⁠⁠Jon Bircher⁠⁠ , who is passionate about decision-making and leadership, to come and share his wisdom with us and a live audience. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why...

This is part one of a two part special to celebrate our first birthday. We invited Jon Bircher , who is passionate about decision-making and leadership, to come and share his wisdom with us and a live audience. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not...

Nicki Bass is Occupational Psychologist, keynote speaker and executive coach with specific expertise in resilience and leadership development. Having spent 18 years as an officer in the British Army focused on learning and development, she combines deep theoretical knowledge with lived experience as a leader in the most high-pressured environments. She has worked with a wide variety of organisatio...

Connie Smith is Scottish - South Sudanese, born in Khartoum and now living in South-West England with her family. She spent most of her childhood and half of her career living in multiple countries across Africa. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why n...

Chris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Play It Green , an award winning subscription service and platform that helps people and businesses to become part of the climate solution. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our exclusive newsletter: ⁠⁠ ⁠...

Alex is currently Managing Partner and CoFounder at Lancero Capital, a Private Equity fund investing in Financial Services and Technology businesses.  Prior to his current role he led Strategic Partnerships at HSBC as well as managing HSBC corporate venture capital fund's portfolio of investments where he advised a variety of leading Fintech startups on commercial operations. His previous experien...

Ryan  is a former Buddhist monk who has studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism for over 15 years including long periods of silent meditation retreat. He recently graduated with an executive MBA from London Business School and has a built a portfolio career centred around transforming organisations through coaching and leadership development.  -------------------------------------------------------...

Chris  is an equity, diversity, and inclusion professional with over a decade of experience in the retail space working at British, design-led, lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas. Originally from Scotland where he studied marketing at university, Chris combines the knowledge gained from his studies, time spent working on the shop floor and, most recently, years in Learning and Development to form an...

Katie James  has been a midwife for 25 years, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) for more than 17 and the host and creator of the podcast ‘The Midwives’ Cauldron’.    ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our exclusi...

Loren Chadima , founder of Intentional Acting in LA was recently named one of the “Best Acting Coaches in the United States”. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our exclusive newsletter: ⁠⁠ ⁠https://zcmp.eu/e6AM⁠⁠⁠   -----------------------...

Sean grew up thinking there were no green spaces in Earl’s Court, which is why his friends and brothers adopted the local cemetery as their park – playing sports, riding bikes and climbing trees. Later on, he learnt there actually were plenty of local gardens, but they were all privately owned and under lock and key. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you want to receiv...

Tony is an experienced Contact Centre Consultant, who has lived and breathed contact centres for over 26 years. Since starting as a phone Agent, Tony has moving through a variety of contact centre roles mainly focussed on Resource Planning, but with some Business Intelligence, Recruitment and Reward & Recognition roles too. Over the last 10 years Tony has worked in the Contact Centre technolog...

Juan is a marketing, research and strategy professional with 20 years of experience in consulting and FMCG companies. Classically trained in business and economics, but passionate people and cultures, Juan has been acting as a translator between the companies and the outside world and its consumers. Having worked in markets all across the globe and companies of many sizes, Juan has engaged with al...

Meet Maria Soroka , a seasoned entrepreneur, business leader, trained psychologist, and coach with over 20 years of experience in marketing and consumer strategy. Before starting her own consultancy practice, Maria led consumer insights and market research practices in big corporates. Now she manages  Fastuna.com , an agile consumer testing platform that helps her clients get rapid consumer feedba...

Caroline Gosling is a partner at Rubica: Change & Analytics, an organisational change consultancy focussed on improving people’s experience of work and customers’ experience of organisations. They specialise in culture and capability transformation, with specific expertise in life sciences. Caroline’s has 20+ years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working both in consulting and in a...

Graham’s specialist expertise lies in untapping the potential in each of us to hear what others miss. Over the course of his career, he has developed an expert understanding of this, critical business skill – listening. Far from being a “soft” skill, Graham believes truly advanced listening is a technical capability that drives improved business performance. Graham is passionate about maximising b...

Emma Hatto is an experienced business leader with a focus on business development teams. She is self made after experiencing many initial rejections and built her career on the launch of her own recruitment business and then the foundation of a pay as you go virtual assistant service. She was one of the first to launch Thrive in 2020 and now heads the commercial division of the business. She is pa...

Christina Nesheva is the CEO of Officinae Bio, a synthetic biology company accelerating the development of bioproducts. Previously, she held senior commercial positions within pharmaceutical companies including GSK and VIIV. She is a startup advisor and mentor and the author of “The Entrepreneur’s BattleBook”, a step-by-step guide to turning ideas into viable business. Her passion is leading the d...