The Business Elevation Show Where Good Matters

Do you hold your nerve, or do you surrender and change direction? Corey Blake is the founder of Round Table Companies, and Round Table Storytelling Academy which supports teaching a broader audience to unearth their own heroic nature through storytelling. Corey was a professional commercial and television actor in Los Angeles, starring in commercials for more than a dozen Fortune 100 brands, inclu...

How do we avoid misunderstanding each other in today's multi-cultural world? Not only is this an issue with greater between countries but also at home as the world's populations intermingle. In the state of California, where my guest Michael Landers presently resides, there are 35 recognised nationalities, speaking more than 55 languages. Opportunities for misunderstanding or building better inter...

There is much research to conclude that most people across the globe are good, kind, and trustworthy. Wherever I have travelled I have found this to be true. However, if you watch or read the media regularly you could easily become less trusting and more cynical and believe that trust and morals are in freefall. So, what should we trust and how can we contribute to a world with more trust through...

Viktor Frankl's classic 'Mans Search for Meaning' focused on love, hope, responsibility, inner freedom, and the beauty found in both nature and art to overcome the most harrowing of experiences. Having endured the pandemic, and now in a rapidly changing world where we often don't know what to believe, his messages are as valuable as ever. It is in this search for meaning that businesses leaders mu...

What do you need to consider if you wish to attract venture capital to grow your startup in today's unqiue global business climate? Jennifer Jordan has spent her career helping entrepreneurs and investors build valuable enterprises and is someone I personally admire for her great wisdom and guidance.. She has extensive experience leading multiple investments across many business sectors. Jennifer...

The world and our species are at a critical turning point, and it is down to us as consumers to ensure major businesses change their way of doing business in order to put people and the planet first. The business shareholder primacy model and leadership behaviours must change. Sales Leadership expert Lisa Earle McLeod created the "Noble Purpose" concept and strategy after her research revealed tha...

How much more adventure could you add to your life and also the lives of those you connect with? Neil Laughton is a former Royal Marine Commando, helicopter pilot and Special Forces Officer. He is an award-winning entrepreneur and the founding director of the OPL Group (which was sold to a FTSE100), the Penny Farthing Club and Floating Developments – a new concept in luxury floating homes. A life-...

Mark Levy interviewed me recently about 'keeping your head when others are losing theirs' and although a great privilege, I needed to turn the tables on Mark as he is one of the smartest people I know! Mark explained to me that he was giving a big talk on 'Relevancy' and during 11 years of the show, it was clear to me that this was a great unexplored topic! So what are the different forms of relev...

Do your passions and talents balance perfectly with what the world needs and is prepared to pay for? My guest and good friend Jane Hansom epitomises this state of balance beautifully as summarised in the Japanese concept of Ikigai. So how do you make this happen for you or is this just an unreachable dream? In this interview, we will look at how one step at a time Jane's life and career in London...

A key premise of this show is that business can be a force for good. I am therefore always keen to interview fascinating guests who demonstrate the power of putting more heart and consciousness into the business world. My guest this week, Andrew Thornton, is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, advisor and coach to business leaders who see that businesses can be a force for good in society. Along wit...

What truly is winning? Do you still win if you come second in the world, or have you lost? What if you come last or experience a business failure though learn lessons that last a lifetime? Is that a loss or winning in disguise? My guest Dr Cath Bishop is an Olympian, former diplomat, business coach and consultant, and author of 'The Long Win', listed in the FT's Top 10 Business Books 2020. She com...

How do you transform your message, offer and model so that you win more clients? I am delighted to welcome back one of my favourite past guests, Dan Kuschell, to the show. Dan describes himself as a Husband, Dad, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and Business Growth Specialist. He helps Founders, CEOs and Business Owners (maybe like you) connect the dots, see the blind-spots, and get unstuck ,w...

Are you a business owner, sales executive, leader or professional with the desire to create a rapid and sustained increase in their sales, without having to invest a significant amount time or money to do so? If so join us as I talk to sales expert and key note speaker Shawn Casemore, Shawn is the author of The Unstoppable Organization (2017) and his latest book "The Unstoppable Sales Machine" is...

How do you keep your head when others may be losing theirs? I am delighted to have the fascinating Mark Levy on the show again. However, surprised at how he used his sleight of hand mastery to magically turn the tables on me – 'Chris, we could talk about my experiences, however what everyone needs right now is to understand how you have remained calm in the storm following two failed major surgeri...

Are you holding on to pre-existing beliefs that may be holding back your business, clients or work progress following the current post covid lockdown? My guest, Libby Wagner decided a sabbatical was needed to get her own thoughts in order. With an unsettling world of political division, unsettling media reporting and economic turmoil , Libby wanted to challenge her own thinking and get closer to t...

Getting things done is a superpower that for most of us requires learning and disciplined practice. What is more when you do you also need the ability to keep moving forward when life's road blocks throw you off track. For example, I have had an unusually disrupted and unexpected start to my own year with two major surgeries. As I am now getting well again and feel ready to get back firing on all...

Do you want to be a leader that makes a meaningful difference, who opposes injustice and strives to make the world a better place? Are you looking for a more compassionate, caring, loving and servant led way to lead? This week I'm delighted to welcome back inspirational leader Paul Hargreaves who is also a B Corp Ambassador who inspires businesses to make a positive impact on the world. Paul's mai...

Ian de Cruz, Global Director of P4G (Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals by 2020) will joins guest host Gene Early this week to share vision, implementation, and successes from P4G's contribution to creating a sustainable, global future. Ian will address the question of, "How do you lead by example to make healthy, sustainably-sourced food more available for all; transform our cities int...

How can we overcome hardship and setbacks in life and then use that experience and wisdom to make a difference to others? That's what we will be exploring in this episode with Jillian Haslam, philanthropist, motivational speaker and trainer, who in her work shows others how to derive meaning from their hardships, find grace in adversity, and develop genuine purpose to achieve their destiny. Jillia...

How can we build a better more sustainable and equal world through business? My guest Sarah Dusek in my opinion is an extremely inspiring force for good and someone whose humility belies an immense drive for change. Sarah began her career in the non-profit world in her early twenties working in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia on aid projects. Disillusioned at the impact she was having, Sarah mo...

According to my guest this week Damian Culhane, in uncertain times where your world has changed exponentially, the quicker you can pivot and bounce back then the easier it will be for you to rise above the limitations of your unconscious mind. So how do you become the master of your own mind so that you can make these changes? I am delighted to welcome Damian Culhane to the show as I have thorough...

In September 2021, Neil McCoy-Ward joined me to share his thoughts on the big financial and economic changes that might impact your life and business in the next 10 years. With such valuable insight from Neil and extreme turmoil in the world right now, I am so grateful that he is with me again to help you make better sense of this rapidly changing and daunting world. Neil McCoy-Ward is the Group C...

Story telling is a skill I love to explore with business leaders who wish to better engage and influence within my own leadership pro-grammes. Yet story telling is also a hugely valuable skill when it comes to sales performance and I am therefore delighted to be joined by John Livesay aka The Pitch Whisperer. John is a sales keynote speaker, master storyteller and an exceptional former guest on th...

Are you feeling highly resilient? Do you have the mental and financial resilience to effortlessly achieve all your endeavours or are you like so many feeling a degree of overwhelm in these strange times? My guests know all about building mental and financial resilience. Alan Chambers MBE is a Former Royal Marine, celebrated adventurer and leadership expert who successfully led the first team to wa...

Can you imagine how your perspective on life might shift if a beautiful holiday suddenly turned into fighting for life in the Boxing Day Tsunami? My guest Michelle Mills-Porter had an award-winning business which became the youngest in the UK to achieve Investors in People in the UK. Then that fateful day turned her world upside down. Over the coming weeks, months, and years as she healed from her...