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Bessi looks to help you prepare for mandatory climate reporting and explores the world of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) as well as its profound implications for businesses. This five-part series simplifies ESG strategy, guiding you through its core elements and practical applications. In part 1, we establish ESG's importance, moving beyond compliance to make it a cornerstone of your...

In this episode of Both Success and Integrity with Bessi Graham, Bessi dissects a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article "Should Your Start-Up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?", and discusses why the author completely misses the mark on legal structures as well as identifying the actual problems for startups. The HBR article proposes a framework that founders, board members, investors, and donors...

In this episode of "Both Success and Integrity with Bessi Graham," Bessi discusses businesses that attain both financial success and positive impact by having a broadened perspective. Bessi expresses the importance of building a successful business that positively impacts society, which requires challenging traditional beliefs and adopting a long-term outlook. To achieve sustainable growth and suc...

In this episode of "Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham," Bessi is joined by Brad Graham, the Director of Design and Innovation for Benefit Capital and Founder of Working Design. Together they discuss designerly disposition and how that could help tackle the "wicked problems" in our society. Discover the distinction between complicated and complex systems, with wicked problems defying tra...

In this episode of "Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham," Bessi explores the multifaceted concept of success, aiming to break free from its narrow and societal-driven definitions and asks, "what does success look like to you?" Bessi embarks on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, encouraging you to personalize your idea of success and create a life that truly resonates with your v...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi explores the power dynamics and behaviors of business leaders and how we can do better in our business leadership building.  Inspired by a listener's question, she unravels the reasons behind witnessing the worst aspects of humanity in business environments. Delving into three main factors, Bessi challenges conventional notions...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Khaïry Varre, a renowned business strategist who has guided accomplished CEOs to self-mastery and reach new heights.  Together, they explore the challenges faced by successful individuals and reveal the often-overlooked aspects of achieving greatness. From self-awareness to systems thinking, mindset to self-reflect...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Kieron Boyle to dive into the world of impact investment and the transformative power it holds for businesses and society.  The Chief Executive of the Impact Investing Institute, Kieron joins us to share his wealth of experience and insights. Kieron's journey across government, philanthropy, and business sectors ha...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi explores the power of money, the tendency to compartmentalize, and the negative consequences of a one-dimensional approach that separates how we make money from what we do with it.  Bessi explores this topic from three perspectives: personal, business, and philanthropic. While we are witnessing positive changes and a growing re...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessie explores the roadblocks that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face when competing in global markets. Bessi highlights the importance of SME leaders in driving transformation and encourages them to integrate their business purpose with profitability. Furthermore, Bessi provides practical solutions and support for SMEs commit...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi delves into the "two camps trap"; where there is an External Camp that sees doing good sit outside the core business and only relate to donations of profit or time; and the Internal Camp that develops a business model which actively embeds contribution into how you run the business itself. Bessi believes and stresses the signif...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Kelly Roach - a remarkable business owner and leader to delve into the practical aspects of doing good through your business while emphasizing the importance of team focus and team strength. Kelly shares her unique journey, from an NFL cheerleader to an eight-figure online business owner, highlighting the transform...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi discusses the transformative power of recognizing and embracing threshold moments for your leadership goals. Learn to take your time, listen inward, and let change unfold naturally instead of forcing it. Discover the beauty of pausing and honoring transitions while understanding the significance of negative capability, the abil...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Tom Morris, a former professor of philosophy at Notre Dame and current public philosopher, to discuss the importance of philosophy and wisdom in leadership principles. Drawing on the insights of ancient thinkers such as Aristotle and Xenophon, Tom believes that business should be more than just a profit-making mach...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, an author and co-founder of MAXBLACK Media, to discuss the surprising data that shows entrepreneurship, not education, as the key to closing the racial wealth gap in America, particularly for the black community. Dr. Avis explains that recent research shows that entrepreneurship, rather tha...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Dominic Pelligana, a founding partner of the Lineage Group, to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by any family business as they transition from one generation to the next. Dominic shares insights from his experience working with multi-generational family businesses. He explains the key differences betw...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by Dr. Christine Whelan, an author and professor at University of Wisconsin Madison and Emory University, to discuss the deeply human need to find your why, your fulfillment and purpose, and how she defines purpose. The term "purpose" has become a buzzword in the business world but much of the discussion around it is...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi is joined by investment specialist, Noah Beckwith, to discuss why sustainability is important in business and how it can converge with your profits. Noah is a private equity and investment specialist working across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As such, he brings a really genuine, global perspective to this conversation, wit...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi discusses why you cannot be the best at everything and how you can embrace imperfection. So much of the advice, for want of a better word that we are being given as leaders, is actually deeply unhelpful. In the book, "Uncommon Service", authors Frances Frey and Anne Morriss posit that no business or organization can be excellen...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi chats with Business Advisor, Isaac Jeffries about the Business Model Canvas. Isaac Jeffries explains that IDEO's three lenses - desirability, feasibility, and viability - help to understand how to use a business model. Every business owner needs a sustainable way to find and delight customers, run the business smoothly, and mak...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi discusses how leaders need to have the courage to have difficult conversations. They also need to earn the right to deliver that difficult feedback. If you want to lead in the 21st century, you need to have a stomach for disequilibrium. This idea is more relevant than ever, as you embark on your journey of figuring out what "do...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi discusses the many options which are at your disposal in how to get your business more attractive to potential investors.  The data tell us about how a build to sell approach will give you an edge because a growing number of businesses are looking to acquisitions to achieve their growth targets. In fact, a recent polling shows...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi chats with Be Slavery Free Co-Directors, Fuzz & Carolyn Kitto. There are more slaves now than at any point in history. In fact, we have more slaves today in 2023, than the whole transatlantic slave trade put together. Modern slavery is an issue your business is coming up against, whether you're conscious of it or not. To unders...

In this episode of Both Success And Integrity With Bessi Graham, Bessi discusses why many business leaders have developed a warped sense of the role business plays in the world, and why doing good is actually the competitive advantage your business has been missing. Bessi dives deep into why we have had this really warped view of what the role of businesses, being about profit maximization, about...

In this episode of Both/And, Bessi Graham explores the evolution and revolution in family business with guest Nikè Anani. Nikè is the author of Lifetime to Legacy, the co-founder of African Family Firms, a pan-African association of family businesses, and the host of The Connected Generation podcast - a top-10 Family Business podcast globally. Nikè knows the world of family business inside and out...