The Business Elevation Show Where Good Matters

How do you use surveys powerfully to build your business? Laura McInerney is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the daily survey platform, Teacher Tapp. A formidable blogger, she was taken to court by the UK education secretary for asking to see documents that exposed government incompetence – three years later she walked away with the information, and became a columnist for The Guardia...

If you want to be exceptional and grow, the ability to give and receive quality feedback is essential. Yet why do we find it so difficult? Host of The Elevation Show, Chris Cooper, will discuss the art of feedback, and how to keep it positive and elevatory with his business colleague, John Jennings, asking the questions! Chris is the creator and host of the Business Elevation Show, the most listen...

Creativity in the workplace is an important part of building a successful business. Yet sometimes, it can be hard to know where to draw the creativity from, and how to keep it flowing throughout your teams! Christopher O'Donnell is a technologist, musician and public speaker who has built dozens of web and mobile products. His product portfolio ranges from language learning products for the U.S. m...

Would you like to attract clients online, get recognition, build a brand and make a positive impact in the world? If so my guest Genecia Alluora is a renowned expert at helping women to do just that. She is a former Miss Singapore and South-east Asia Woman of Excellence 2010. She is the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000...

Do you plan to write a book to help elevate your business? Or have written one before and wish to do an even better job next time around? How do you best write a book and what is the ideal route to get your hard work published? Sue Richardson created The Right Book Company - a publishing company with a difference – one that chooses to put the author and their business first while creating high qua...

If you give generously there is the tendency that you will receive in return. Where this is done in business with great integrity and purpose it can also prove to be an exceptional growth strategy. My guest Cherie Concannon's greatest motivation is helping people. She believes that businesses can thrive when they act with each other's best interest in mind, even within markets they usually compete...

Today we have incredible technology available at our fingertips… yet we tend to use only a small amount of its potential! This week's guest, IT entrepreneur, author, and speaker, Thorsten Jekel is a leading expert on Digital Working. He speaks from 25+ years of professional experience in sales, in project management for the service and IT industries, and from his long-time experience in management...

This week I am delighted to welcome a very distinguished guest, Raj Sisodia, to discuss why a workplace should also be a place of healing, whether it be for employees, their families or customers. A founding member of the groundbreaking Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalis...

The ever changing world we live in means business is increasingly fast paced, technologically led and at times chaotic. 'Burn out' is becoming so common it will soon be officially recognised as a disease So how do we learn to engage better when immersion in often complex digital worlds combined with constant change can easily damage engagement? As I am personally passionate about engagement, I hav...

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, C...

When it comes to pitches, is it true that the longer, flashier and more elaborate they are, the more likely you are to be successful? This weeks guest, Brant Pinvidic, does not think so Brant Pinvidic is an award winning film director, veteran television producer, C level sales and presentations coach, keynote speaker, top rated podcast host, and a columnist for Forbes. He has been named to the Ho...

How do we best use humor or as we spell it in the UK 'humour' to enhance success in our work? My guest Andrew Tarvin describes himself as the world's first humor engineer, teaching people how to get better results while having more fun. Through his company, Humor That Works, Drew has worked with more than 35,000 people at over 250 organizations, including Microsoft and the FBI. He is a best-sellin...

How do you mobilise people and build an incredible network of trust around your work? My guest David Campbell completed a successful 40 year technology career, including being CEO of two public companies, when he went alone to Thailand after the 2004 tsunami to 'use the Internet to tell the stories'. This adventure led him to founding 'All Hands and Hearts' which in the past 15 years has engaged o...

In Autumn 2018, I committed to participate in one of the toughest endurance events in the UK. The 'Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon' created by inspiring former show guest, David Fox-Pitt MBE to raise vital funds for charity. With the death of my father in November this extreme journey took on even greater meaning as a metaphor for life. Yet as I became fitter and stronger so did the volume of...

From my experience a business's culture and behaviour is a mirror reflection of the thinking and behaviour of its leaders over the last 2 or 3 years. Whilst some businesses thrive others are relegated to mediocrity and sometimes failure. So how so you adopt new ways of thinking that transform? My guest Mitzi Wyman started as a London lawyer before moving into television as Producer for the Law Cha...

The phrase 'office politics' can often come with a negative connotation, suggesting dirty tricks and Machiavellian manipulation. But can there be a more positive benefit? This week's guest, Adrian Furnham, has written over 1200 scientific papers and 85 books. In combination, there is no other psychologist who has written more! He is on the editorial board of several international journals, as well...

How do you make positive change from challenging unfair systems? Unhappy with the US Healthcare system and the impact on the health of clinicians, my guest today Dr Tom Davis has taken a stand. He is teaching clinicians about a new way to make a living in a system that taking some to breaking point. In fact, he is one of many businesses that create opportunities from disrupting tired systems with...

What would happen if love and peace were adopted as deep fundamental values of leadership and business today? When the world needs us to unite like never before, surely the time is now to end selfish ways such that together we can solve the complex problems in the world. My guest Dr Mansour Malik is an international lawyer, Legal Consultant and the Owner of Diplomat magazine and the Diplomatic Bus...

What is the future of technology? Also, how do you thrive in a corporation like Intel and be named by Insight Success as "US Business Woman of the Year"? These are some of the questions I will be asking Rachel Mushahwar, the Vice President and General Manager of US Business Consumption Enterprise, Government, and Cloud Industries at Intel. Leading 9 different industry verticals in the US, Rachel i...

Have you considered the important role trademarks play in successful businesses and the ability they can provide you to leverage your brands? Prior to beginning his own practice, my guest Erik Pelton reviewed trademark applications as an Attorney for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. In law school beforehand, Erik focused on the convergence of new technologies, communications & intellectual prop...

There has never been a time when it has been easier to connect with stakeholders. Yet how do we truly engage them such that we implement change initiatives effectively? My guests are Alex Catmur who has worked with clients across a wide range of sectors helping them make the most of their information assets. He is an expert at helping them optimise the use of technology to deliver value for client...

A powerful insight inspired my guest Isaac Lidsky to achieve his most ambitious dreams despite losing his sight to a blinding disease: it isn't external circumstances, but how we perceive and respond to them, that governs our reality. Series regular "Weasel" on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Isaac graduated from Harvard College at 19 and from Harvard Law School); served as a Supreme Court law C...

How do you truly elevate your leadership? In part 2 we take a deep dive into our 'Elevating Leadership Model' sharing focus areas and ideas to make practical leadership performance shifts. Gene Early, Leaders' Quest partner and co-founder of the first NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) training institute in Europe and I, Chris Cooper, have been co-creating our thinking on taking leadership to the...

Wishing to disrupt an industry with a fresh innovative approach or wanting to be inspired by a leader who has done just that? HUUB founder and owner Dean Jackson created the company in 2011 as a new sporting brand which utilised technology and research in the design of its clothing and accessories to deliver performance enhancing products. The initial focus was on wetsuits which are sported by som...

How do you find the perfect coach? In this special conversation, we will be discussing how to ensure a coach is right for you or your employees, as well as the subtle signs of coaching artistry that give coach confidence. I am joined by three friends of the show, Libby Wagner the poet, teacher, writer, speaker, advisor & coach to presidents, CEOs & directors of Fortune 500 clients. Owen Ó Súilleab...