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Jun 3, 2025
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“Don’t Sell”- Revolutionising Sales Strategy with Ryan Hall of Friday Solved
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May 20, 2025
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Growth Through Diversity: The Business Case for DEI with Mo Kanjilal
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May 6, 2025
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Reimagining Business Models for Societal Change with Melanie Wendland from Sonder Collective
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Apr 22, 2025
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Can Workplace Happiness Solve the UK’s Productivity Crisis? with Lord Mark Price
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Apr 8, 2025
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Understanding the Employee Ownership Trust Model with Sinx from ustwo
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Mar 25, 2025
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BenchPress Live Panel: Powering Growth Through People and Purpose
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Mar 11, 2025
LeadershipPeoplePurpose
Reverse Mentoring: How to build inclusive teams and transform your leadership with Patrice Gordon
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Feb 25, 2025
LeadershipPurpose
High-performance leadership: Lessons from an Olympic gold medalist
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Feb 11, 2025
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Is the agency model broken? The industry shift no one’s talking about
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Jan 28, 2025
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Breaking free from the Super-Helper Syndrome with Jess Baker
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Jan 14, 2025
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Season 3: BenchPress insights and predictions for 2025
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Dec 31, 2024
GrowthPeople
Season 2 Finale: Highlights, Insights, and Welcoming Paul Bulpitt as Co-Host
In this special wrap-up episode, we’re celebrating the highlights of the year, sharing practical takeaways, and announcing exciting updates for 2025.
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Dec 17, 2024
PurposePeopleLeadership
20 Years of Building a Beautiful Business: Lessons, Laughter, and Legacy with Peter Czapp & Paul Bulpitt
Peter Czapp and Paul Bulpitt, co-founders of The Wow Company, join this special episode to share their 20-year journey of friendship and entrepreneurship.
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Dec 3, 2024
PurposePeopleLeadership
Creating human-centred cultures: Lessons from Disruptive HR
Lucy Adams, founder of Disruptive HR shares her revolutionary approach to people management and building exceptional workplace cultures.
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Nov 19, 2024
PurposeStrategy
A masterclass in branding with Nils Leonard of Uncommon
Nils brings a profound understanding of what it takes to build brands that resonate—not through fleeting trends but through meaningful, lasting connections.
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Nov 5, 2024
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Stop pitching, start winning: How to sell like an expert with Blair Enns
Blair Enns, the visionary behind Win Without Pitching, discusses how creative professionals approach the sales process and use their creativity and non-sales persona to their advantage.
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Oct 22, 2024
PeopleAgenciesGrowth
Finding the fun: Gulliver Moore on building a creative agency
Gulliver Moore, creative force behind Sunday Treat, discusses the importance of fun and prioritising people and clients
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Oct 8, 2024
PeoplePurposeLeadership
Battling burnout – Katy Howell’s powerful story of recovery and renewal
Katy Howell takes us through her deeply personal journey through burnout and the steps she took to recover and rebuild.
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Sep 24, 2024
GrowthPeople
Hire, inspire, and fire: A guide to building a high-performing team
Dominic Monkhouse delves into the challenges faced by CEOs with less than 30 employees and how to build a high performing team
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Sep 10, 2024
PurposePeople
The concept of neurodiversity and how workplaces can become more inclusive
Professor Nancy Doyle, founder of Genius Within, talks about the idea of 'spiky profiles'
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Aug 27, 2024
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The secret formula behind DixonBaxi’s 24-Year creative reign
Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi, the creative masterminds behind DixonBaxi, share their journey of nearly three decades navigating the world of design and branding.
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Aug 13, 2024
GrowthLeadershipStrategy
Exploring Jellyfish’s evolution and the biggest ever UK independent agency sale
Rob Pierre shares the secrets of his success, and discusses what it takes to scale a boutique agency into a global powerhouse
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Jul 30, 2024
PeopleLeadershipPurpose
Navigating leadership in a changing world: Building values-driven businesses and modern challenges
Leadership coach and mentor Chris Parry opens up about the trials and triumphs of building a values-driven business
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Jul 16, 2024
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Inspiring the next generation of creatives and leaving a lasting legacy
Dines, co-founder and creative director of Studio BLUP talks about creating a multi-award-winning creative powehouse.
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Jul 2, 2024
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Building the future: Agency growth, acquisitions, and innovative models
Simon Barbato, founder of Mr B and Friends shares his incredible journey of building an agency and the strategic moves that led to significant milestones.
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Jun 18, 2024
PeoplePurposeLeadership
Radical candor, mastering feedback and building trusting relationships
Amy Sandler, the lead coach and podcast host at Radical Candor, reveals the secrets behind her remarkable journey.
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Jun 4, 2024
AgenciesPeopleLeadership
Embracing future-facing leadership in the age of AI with Nikki Gatenby
Nikki talks about creating a positive workplace culture and discusses the hot topic on everyone's lips: the power of AI.
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Feb 29, 2024
PurposeAgencies
Balancing profit and purpose: An agency approach
Gavin Willis from Search Seven explores the fusion of profit and purpose in business.
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Feb 21, 2024
AgenciesGrowth
From vision to reality: Building and scaling an international agency
Ritam Gandhi, the founder of Studio Graphene, shares his decade-long journey of navigating the challenges of international growth.
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Feb 14, 2024
Leadership
The Now and Future Leader
In this episode with Stephen Moffitt from We Are Atmosphere, we look at how to create visionary leadership amidst global uncertainty.
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Feb 7, 2024
Leadership
Leading Yourself Before You Can Lead Others
Dene Stuart, founder of The Exceptional Leader Academy, explains how learning to lead before leading others is essential because it lays the foundation for effective leadership.
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Jan 31, 2024
PeopleAgencies
Creating a B Corp culture in a global agency
Listen to this episode to learn more about B Corp certification and its impact on a global agency's culture.
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Jan 24, 2024
StrategyGrowth
Navigating tomorrow: Building adaptable businesses in an era of change
Stephen Moffitt from We Are Atmosphere talks about building adaptable businesses, overcoming fear of change, and the practical steps you need to take for success.
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Jan 17, 2024
Leadership
Leveraging time as a leader
In this podcast we share insights on how to embrace vulnerability, cultivate essential soft skills, and leverage time for sustained success in business.
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Jan 11, 2024
PeopleAgencies
Embracing diversity: How to navigate multicultural marketing
Tomasz Dyl of GottaBe! Marketing tackles the issue of diversity and how agencies need to better understand and connect with their multicultural audiences.
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Jan 3, 2024
Consultancies
Disruption in the consultancy industry
Chris Shaw from We Are Atmosphere talks about creating disruption in the consultancy world and overcoming challenges in a saturated market.
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Dec 21, 2023
AgenciesGrowth
Starting an agency at just 17!
In this episode we discuss how starting out very young, taking risks and learning from mistakes, can help build a strong and resilient business.
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Dec 13, 2023
AgenciesGrowth
The Agency Journey - Growing from 0-8
Nikki Lindgren from Pennock shares her early experiences as well as her learnings from creating successful business growth and team culture.
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Dec 6, 2023
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Leadership In An Uncertain World
Chris Shaw from We Are Atmosphere discusses the dynamics of leadership in today's world, reflecting on the importance of inspiration and authenticity in leading teams.
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Dec 1, 2023
LeadershipAgencies
How To Succeed as a Female Founder in Agency Land
Nikki describes the unique challenges and advantages of being a female-led agency, especially in an industry where male-led organisations still dominate the landscape.
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Nov 15, 2023
ProfitPurpose
Balancing Profit with Purpose: Building Beautiful Businesses
How can businesses maximise profit while remaining purposeful? Professor Edmans explains the idea that businesses guided by purpose not only contribute positively to society but also make sound economic decisions.
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Nov 8, 2023
LeadershipPurpose
Bridging the Gap Between Corporates and NGOs
Helen Neal shares her extensive background in working with large organisations and offers invaluable insights into her journey from corporate roles to establishing her agency.
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Nov 1, 2023
PeopleStrategyGrowth
Getting real about collaboration
Megan Taylor explores the complex nature of collaboration, shedding light on the misconceptions and challenges often associated with this buzzword.
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Oct 25, 2023
PeopleStrategy
Befriending Chaos: Embracing Creativity and Connection
Nila Matthews from Awakening Flow dives deep into the topic of embracing chaos and how it relates to creativity, impostor syndrome, and building authentic connections.
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Oct 18, 2023
PurposeAgencies
Navigating Transparency and Progress in Sustainability Communication
Helen Neal explores the world of sustainability in the communication industry and how every business should play their part.
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Oct 11, 2023
LeadershipGrowth
Transitioning to leadership: Embracing change and owning the future
Megan Taylor shares her experiences and insights on the challenges and opportunities that come with transitioning to leadership, particularly as a young woman in a predominantly male-dominated field.
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Oct 4, 2023
StrategyGrowth
Unlocking your optimal self and navigating ‘flow’
Nila, a practitioner in the field of neurophysiology and emotional resilience, shares her expertise on how understanding our nervous system and tapping into the concept of "flow".
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Sep 27, 2023
ProfitStrategy
Strategically building your business with exit strategies in mind
Alistair Wells shares his insights on running a business with an exit in mind, drawing from his experiences helping businesses through the exit process.
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Sep 20, 2023
PurposePeople
Design thinking: Transforming culture, creativity and collaboration
Kerry Tottingham shares her journey from being a jobbing artist to venturing into the world of charity management and ultimately founding A Brilliant Thing.
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Sep 13, 2023
Purpose
Powering a green revolution: Running an ethical energy company
Doug Stewart explores his remarkable journey of setting up an ethically driven electricity and gas supplier that aims to transform the way we think about energy consumption in the UK.
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Sep 6, 2023
ProfitStrategyGrowth
Navigating investment: Challenges and opportunities in today's market
Tim Evans from Creative UK dives into the ever-evolving landscape of the creative industry and the challenges faced by businesses.
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Aug 30, 2023
StrategyConsultancies
Authenticity, alignment, and building a modern firm
Alistair Wells, founder of Tend Legal, explores the fascinating journey of building a modern law firm that people genuinely want to work for.
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Aug 16, 2023
PurposePeople
Creating supportive workplaces: Navigating grief and bereavement
Amelia from Suicide&Co discusses the often-overlooked issue of dealing with grief in the workplace.
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Aug 9, 2023
ConsultanciesStrategyLeadershipGrowth
Stop, collaborate and listen - Creating a culture of connection and change
Kerry Tottingham discuss the power of collaboration, sharing insights and examples of successful collaborations that have bridged the gap between corporate-driven and not-for-profit-driven organisations.
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Aug 2, 2023
ProfitStrategyGrowth
Unlocking funding in challenging times: Strategies and insights
Tim Evans from Creative UK talks about how they are a strategic partner rather than just an investor, working with creative businesses.
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Jul 26, 2023
PurposeAgencies
Nurturing a purpose-led business
Richard Thomson from Kaptcha shares his experiences in building a purpose-led business.
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Jul 19, 2023
PurposePeople
Breaking the silence: How suicide awareness can transform business
Amelia from Suicide&Co shares her personal journey and the significance in addressing mental health in the workplace.
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Jul 12, 2023
ProfitGrowthLeadership
Scaling Your Business: Building great businesses through great teams
Chieu Cao discusses the challenges and key points of growth when scaling a business and how leaders can effectively manage and nurture their teams through these transitions.
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Jun 29, 2023
PurposeAgenciesLeadership
Communicating with integrity: Building authentic brands
Nicole Green from Catch shares her insights on communicating with integrity in business and emphasises the importance of intentionality and authenticity.
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Jun 21, 2023
PeopleLeadership
Leading with empathy: Unlocking the challenges and benefits
Trenton Moss explores the challenges and benefits of empathetic leadership and how it can transform team dynamics and performance.
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Jun 14, 2023
PurposeAgencies
The power and perils of pro bono projects
Richard Thomson delves into the world of pro bono projects and their impact on both businesses and teams.
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Jun 7, 2023
GrowthStrategy
Scaling for success: Unleashing performance growth
Chieu Cao looks at the art and science of scaling the commercial performance of a business and the key drivers of growth.
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May 26, 2023
LeadershipPeople
Understanding Gen Z's challenges for business leaders
Jen Swain dives deep into the importance of business leaders being aware of the challenges faced by Generation Z and explore the benefits and challenges of employing this unique generation.
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May 24, 2023
Strategy
The power of systems thinking for a sustainability strategy
Alison Puente from Project Rome investigates how systems thinking offers a holistic approach to understanding and resolving complex sustainability challenges.
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May 17, 2023
Purpose
The power of stories - making a documentary of your social impact
John Gilbert delves into the transformative power of storytelling and how it can be harnessed to create a compelling documentary that showcases your social impact.
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May 10, 2023
LeadershipPeople
How to grow and retain a loyal and empowered team for the long-term
Alex Holliman talks about building an empowered and loyal team and how he's has put in place real benefits for his employees to help them in both their personal and professional lives.
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May 2, 2023
AgenciesPurpose
The power of communicating with purpose
Jo Swift discusses the noise around purpose at the moment and how cynicism is growing towards businesses that are possibly greenwashing their messaging.
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Apr 25, 2023
Leadership
Why business leaders should be fully immersed in insight and engagement
Jen Swain explores the power of data insights for businesses and why leaders need the pieces between the data to make better decisions.
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Apr 19, 2023
PurposeStrategy
The power of the ‘7 P’s’ and the PQualizer
Nikki Gatenby talks about the 7 Ps that underpin truly purpose-led businesses, using the PQualizer, a system to help to keep the Ps in balance.
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Apr 11, 2023
Leadership
Mentoring and why it's essential as a leader
Natalie Haigh talks about the power of mentoring and offers some of the methods she uses with her mentees.
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Mar 31, 2023
PurposePeople
Achieving net zero in a remote working world
Matthew Stibbe talks about his remote working principles that have allowed his business to strive for net zero status.
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Mar 29, 2023
ConsultanciesPurpose
How to create client service superheroes
Alex Holliman speaks about how he and his team are on a mission to creative a positive impact for their clients and for the planet.
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Mar 22, 2023
AgenciesLeadership
Unlocking the power of conscious leadership
Martin Palethorpe talks about the power of conscious leadership. Conscious leadership emphasises self-awareness, mindfulness, empathy and an ethical and purpose-driven mindset.
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Mar 15, 2023
PurposeGrowthLeadership
Why self development needs to be part of your sustainability strategy
Alison Puente explains why investing in yourself is essential in order to keep developing and evolving your career, regardless of your age or position.
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Mar 8, 2023
LeadershipPeoplePurpose
The role business leaders must play to inspire change and enable action
Nikki Gatenby explains how leaders are in a unique position to galvanise the energy of those around them and therefore have a duty to play their part in making the world a better place.
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Mar 1, 2023
AgenciesPurpose
From redundancy to creating social good
John Gilbert talks about the journey he’s been on from being made redundant to setting up eski - an award-winning creative media and marketing agency which has the primary goal of achieving social good.
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Feb 22, 2023
LeadershipStrategy
The future of work and what leaders need to think about right now
Jen Swain talks about the the future of work and about how leaders need to have a landscape view of a huge number of areas - from economic growth to thinking about the new generation.
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Feb 15, 2023
PurposeConsultancies
Understanding how to tell your purposeful story
Matthew Stibbe talks about the journey of certification (B corp, Investors in People) and how going through the process of certification is much more important than the destination.
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Feb 8, 2023
LeadershipGrowth
Looking after yourself as a leader
Natalie Haigh shares her incredibly powerful mental health story. Natalie’s story has some key learnings for all leaders and high-achievers out there.
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Feb 1, 2023
PeopleConsultancies
Bringing emotional intelligence into the world of work and beyond
Trenton Moss discusses what emotional intelligence is and why it’s one of the most important skills of business life.
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Jan 18, 2023
People
Finding, attracting and keeping the right talent in your business
Tom Hardcastle talks about how he attracts and keeps the right team members at his business, Ninety.
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Jan 11, 2023
PeopleLeadershipConsultancies
The power of culture when building a Beautiful Business
Carla and Imogen from FizzPopBANG talk about the power and importance of culture.
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Dec 21, 2022
AgenciesConsultancies
How to succeed without exclusivity
Gail Hoban chats about and how instead of trying to be inclusive in our communications, we should actually be aiming not to exclude anyone
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Dec 7, 2022
LeadershipPurpose
Leadership lessons and pursuing purpose with passion
Ellie Hale explores her motivations, what she's learned about leadership, the challenges she's faced, and how she's overcome them.
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Nov 30, 2022
LeadershipGrowthAgencies
Leading with inclusivity and driving change through communications
Nicole Green chats about how we can create an environment that is welcoming and celebrates the fullness of every person both in the workplace and in our marketing communications.
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Nov 23, 2022
ConsultanciesStrategy
Overcoming tough times with powerful business values
Trenton Moss shares stories and knowledge on how strong values helped him get through the rollercoaster ride that is entrepreneurship.
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Nov 16, 2022
ConsultanciesPeople
How to create a business that engages your team
Carla and Imogen from FizzPopBANG talk about their top three engagement drivers that will supercharge your business.
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Nov 9, 2022
PurposeConsultancies
How service-based businesses can help save the planet
Learn how service-based businesses can become carbon-neutral and thrive. 'It's not hard, you just have to commit,' says Nick Dean.
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Nov 2, 2022
PeopleAgenciesGrowthLeadership
How to build a beautiful team for future success
Marcus Hemsley talks about the importance of finding the right clients and team members to enable your business to succeed, and why following the money won't always get you where you want to go.
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Oct 26, 2022
StrategyGrowth
Being tenacious in pursuit of the best possible product
Sameer Vaswani talks about how he overcame many challenges in his pursuit to create the tastiest, healthiest, most sustainable chocolate at B Corp certified Prodigy Snacks.
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Oct 17, 2022
Growth
Scaling your impact
James Sancto, CEO of We Make Change talks to us about how achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will be a good start towards creating a fairer society.
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Oct 12, 2022
LeadershipPeople
Leading with authenticity
Cathy Moseley from Boundless Activated Snacking talks about the importance of keeping sight of your goals and looking after your team.
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Oct 5, 2022
PurposeStrategy
Giving back - the business benefits of taking on pro bono projects
Gail Hoban from Gas Studio talks about how they formally donate 5% of time every year to pro bono projects.
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Sep 27, 2022
ConsultanciesPurposeStrategy
Attracting and engaging clients with a defined purpose
Tom Hardcastle from social enterprise Ninety talks about how they donate 90% of distributable profit to good causes, 10% to staff.
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Sep 14, 2022
LeadershipPeopleConsultancies
Nurturing teams and creating strong culture in your business
Lisa Seagroatt discusses why a healthy workplace culture will future-proof any business in terms of attracting and retaining good talent.
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Sep 7, 2022
PeopleLeadershipAgenciesPurpose
Standing by your values, and employee wellbeing for sustainable success
Chris Todhunter from Studio Republic talks about being a purpose-driven agency, the benefits of standing by your values and how employee wellbeing is integral to sustainable success.
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Aug 30, 2022
PeoplePurpose
Making volunteering time more effective for businesses
James Sancto, CEO of We Make Change talks us through how the team built a network of ChangeMakers, connecting skilled people with social enterprises across the world.
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Aug 24, 2022
ConsultanciesPurposePeople
Why business leaders should help create joy and unity in our local communities
Olivia Sibony shares why businesses shouldn't rush in to help their local communities like ill-informed knights in shining armour, but rather listen carefully in order to deliver value and not just impose what we think is the best thing to do.
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Aug 17, 2022
PurposeLeadership
Creating the UK's first plastic negative chocolate bar
Sameer Vaswani talks about how running a successful confectionery manufacturing operation in Lagos, Nigeria led him to want to disrupt the chocolate industry and take on the big brands.
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Aug 3, 2022
PurposeAgencies
The path to net zero carbon emissions for business owners
MarcusHemsley shares an inspiring story of how not being able to breathe during a nasty bout of Covid led him to pledge to plant one million trees, and ultimately co-found The Million Tree Pledge.
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Jul 26, 2022
PurposePeopleAgenciesLeadershipProfit
Building workplace culture and delivering impact
Listen to Nick Dean explore the balance between profit and purpose and the idea that if you set authentic values and have the right footing from the start, you will attract the right people and build a strong shared culture, which will ultimately see you succeed.
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Jul 19, 2022
ProfitPurpose
Balancing profit and purpose: Finding opportunities to save the planet
Olivia Sibony talks about balancing profit with purpose, and how we should be looking to turn the climate challenge into an opportunity to make better business choices.
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