Beyond the Bottomline

What do Olympic Medallists, Double World Champions, Product Managers and Women in Techs have in common? Sports disciplines! Also, what can associations and charities do to help inspire and evolve vision...

Today we are very lucky to be speaking to Sarah Daninthe, an olympic medallist and double world champion (fencing) turned product manager in consulting.

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More about Sarah:

Sarah is an Olympic medalist and double world champion in epee.

She is in charge of the sports department of the NGO for peace, Freedom Butterflies, as well as being on the board of the association Premiers de Cordee, which changes the way people look at disability and changes the daily life of hospitalized children, in particular by bringing sportsmen and women to their bedside or by practicing sports with them in the hospital.

Moving from sports to business Sarah is now a Product Manager in a consulting firm and a speaker for startups and large groups.

She is in the process of creating an online school for young women in the digital industry.

You can find Sarah on social media and the associations we talked about here:

What is holistic wellbeing technology and how can it help us both from a corporate and a personal point of view?  Also yoga, ayurveda and the blue zones are for who exactly?

A very interesting discussion with Helena Wilton, a sales professional at YuLife one of London’s fastest growing start-ups and also a yoga and wellbeing coach to businesses and individuals with classes, events and retreats all over the world.

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More about Helena:

Helena is a sales professional of over 10 years, working at YuLife, one of London's fastest growing start-ups. However, simultaneously she shares her passions of yoga and wellbeing with individuals and businesses via in person classes, virtual events and yoga retreats all over the world.

Helena manages the ongoing challenges of juggling the two sides of her career but what makes this possible is her ten years of studying into holistic wellbeing; the framework she believes is what we all need to understand a little more about in order to thrive....

Holistic wellbeing is still a relatively new piece of terminology for how we look after our wellbeing and Helena is on a mission to make this term mainstream. Holistic wellbeing models show us that eating broccoli and doing pilates isn't the answer to perfect wellbeing, but we instead need to consider all aspects of our wellbeing in tandem; (financial, social, mental, environmental, purpose driven, relationships etc) and recognising where imbalances may lie and using strategies to reduce these gaps.

Therefore, in order to show up as our best selves we need to fill up our cups in a variety of ways and this looks different for everyone. Helena's goal is to make my learnings of ancient yogic wisdom, her studies in lifestyle medicine and learnings from Ayurveda and the Blue Zones applicable so you can improve your lives in the areas you wish to most.

Finally, the most important thing she talks about is ''make sure you're scheduling in time for fun everyday!''

Find Helena here - and don't miss her wellbeing tips on LI most days!

Deborah Gray of Totum Partners Recruitment is here to speak to us about the employment market, women in business and leadership qualities as well as the impact of hybrid working on our careers.

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More about Debbie:

Debbie is one of the three founding directors of Totum, which focuses on the recruitment of senior management professionals, including a broad range of functional directors/chiefs, CEOs, COOs, NEDs and other business services leadership positions.

Deborah also oversees the Operations, Transformation and Technology practice, specialising in roles including: Legal Service Excellence, Legal Project Management, Process Innovation, Change Management, Programme Management, PMO, Project and Business Analysis.

In 2019, Deborah was recognised in Timewise Power 50 awards. The Power 50 lists those who manage to achieve everything they do in their senior roles while working part-time or flexibly (Deborah works four days a week). It also reflected Totum’s approach to thinking creatively about using flexibility to support talent attraction and retention both for our clients and for our own team.

Before Totum, Debbie joined the law firm management division of recruitment firm First Counsel in 2005, where she worked with Tim and Gary. From there, the three of them founded Totum in 2012.

Website: https://www.totumpartners.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahgray1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/totumtalks

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Beyond the Bottomline: Leadership can come in many colours and leadership styles even more so - positive inspiring leadership which goes beyond the bottomline can have distinct advantages to both leader and employees. Human growth leadership, something to emulate!

Corine Hines, Director of Visibly Different is my guest today, talking to us about being a positive and inspiring leader and making a difference personally and collectively.

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More about Corine:

Corine Hines has spent the last ten years standing shoulder to shoulder with a variety of leaders as they surprise themselves with the impact they can really have – in their work, with their teams, at home, and beyond. They often want a more sustainable business, a more self-sufficient team, and more productive daily habits, but they don’t expect their family’s gratitude for how much they do actually change.

Corine is an EMCC Senior Practitioner coach and Team Coach and an accredited Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coach.  She is serious about her subject, but feel her clients learn best when challenged by curiosity, experiments, and a dose of laughter.

You can find Corine here:

Profile linkedin.com/in/corinehines

Website visibly-different.co.uk

Inspired Women: Taboo topics still exist - like menopause, let along menopause in the workplace. It affects men as well as women, (corporate productivity too) and can start much earlier than you may think. Learn more!!

Pat Duckworth (Multi Award Winner Menopause – Workplace Menopause Expert – International Speaker and Trainer – #1 Bestselling Author) is here to speak to us about the impact of Menopause in the Workplace, how we can manage it and what companies and leaders/managers can do to improve the vision and support given.

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More about Pat:

Pat Duckworth is a Women’s Wellbeing Strategist, Author and International Public Speaker. After over 30 years working in the public and voluntary sector at a Senior Management Level, Pat discovered her entrepreneurial mojo and retrained as a therapist and coach. She specialises in menopause and advises employers who are committed to supporting people in the workplace at this transitional stage of life.

Pat has published five books including the Award-winning ‘Hot Women, Cool Solutions: How to control menopause symptoms using mind/body techniques.’ Her latest book, ‘Menopause: Mind the Gap – the value of supporting women’s health in the workplace’ was published in January 2021 and has been highly acclaimed.

Pat is a sought-after speaker who has made presentations in many countries including USA, India, Denmark, Spain and The Netherlands. She makes the subject of menopause accessible and provides practical advice for women leading busy, modern lives.

How to connect with Pat:

The weekly Hot Women Rock Radio Show: Empowering Women Leaders at Menopause https://www.talkradio.nyc/shows/hot-women-rock

For information about menopause and how to manage the symptoms

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Women-Cool-Solutions-Techniques/dp/1927677254/

Free first chapter of Menopause; Mind the Gap  https://www.patduckworth.com/menopausemindthegap/

Join the Smarter Menopause Facebook Group

Beyond the Bottomline: How managers can be more proactively positive in their management of their teams and so encourage a better working environment, keeping high performance and productivity but alleviating some of the stress and pressure that is so often associated with this.

Matthieu Le Cann, COO and Co-Founder of TVTY is my guest today, talking about Corporate Wellebing and proactively positive leadership and management.

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More about Matt:

Co-Founder, COO @TVTY.  CEO Holimetrix. Founder MLC Advisory.

More than 15 years of experience in the media. Expertise focused on innovation, technology as well as business and organizational development.

You can find Matt here:

Website: TVTY

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieu-le-cann-638b53a/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthieuLeCann

Inspired Women: The wealth gap between men and women - is it narrowing or widening? How women's financial empowerment help their life, job and wellbeing...

Today’s guest is Patricia Allen, a Wealth Advisor, Authority on Financial Education and Empowerment for Women, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, award-winning author, and global speaker who specializes in helping women with personal finance and wealth management.

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More about Patricia:

Patricia Allen, CRPC® is a Wealth Advisor, Authority on Financial Education and Empowerment for Women, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, award-winning author, and global speaker who specializes in helping women navigate the complex world of personal finance and wealth management.

She is the creator of the Life By Your Design Blueprint, the 5 step system to help women grow, protect and preserve their assets and income so they can live a life of abundance with freedom of choice, while having their hearts and minds free from worry of the what-ifs of life.

As a professional woman working in a male-dominated field for over 25 years, Patricia has recognized that a woman’s style of communication and ways of learning are different than most men.

She provides an environment that supports women’s natural style of communicating.

Patricia believes her whole life has been a Ph.D. program preparing her for supporting women to transform their money fears to become wealth-building powerhouses.

She is unique in the field of wealth management combining purpose-driven mindset coaching and the practical aspects of money management to empower women to step into a deeper level of their power to transform the way they think about money and building wealth.

When women take control of their finances, they take control of their destiny.

If women really understood their true power, we would live in a different world.

You can find Patricia here:

Website: https://www.parisfinancialplanning.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaallencrpc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParisFinancialPlanning/

Beyond the Bottomline: People seem to be struggling more and more these days with mental wellbeing both in and out of the workplace, including stress, anxiety, overwhelm and burnout. We need to manage these better and take positive action to improve and strengthen our outlook...

Today’s guest is Hannah Stainer of Psykhe Coaching talking about how to look after our mental wellbeing, staying positive and managing issues that can contribute to stress, anxiety, overwhelm or burnout.

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More about Hannah:

Hannah Stainer is a Wellbeing Coach, Youth Coach, a qualified Teacher and Speaker. She’s the creator and host of the Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast. Hannah has a Postgraduate Diploma in Special and Inclusive Educational Needs (specialising in Dyslexia and Autism), a Diploma in Life Coaching, a Level 3 Yoga Instructor qualification, a Masters Degree in Psychology and is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society.

Hannah has experience of living with depression and anxiety, imposter syndrome, people-pleasing and an awful relationship with herself. She realised one day she wasn’t really ok and set out to change her life, to be ok. Now she’s sharing what she’s learnt with others.

Hannah is a keen Mental Health advocate and holds several voluntary roles including as a Time to Change Champion, a Rethink Mental Illness Peer Mentor, a Cruse Bereavement Support Volunteer and a Samaritans Listening Volunteer.

You can find Hannah here:

Inspired Women: What women are doing to support climate changes and the importance of their role. How we can help climate change with simple steps. Learning life lessons from the great explorers.

We are lucky to have Felicity Aston MBE back on the show today giving us updates on climate change and the evolution she has seen over the last 20+ years, and baby steps we can take to help. Also Felicity will be giving us some valuable tips about what we can learn from the great explorers to help us in life.

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Absolutely fascinating interview!!

More about Felicity:

British Polar Explorer Felicity Aston is a climate scientist turned Expedition Leader, author and speaker.

In January 2012 she became the first and only woman in the world to ski across Antarctica alone. The 1084-mile, 59-day journey also made her the first person in the world to do so alone and purely by muscle power without the aid of kites or machines. ‘Outside Magazine’ – the most popular adventure sport magazine in the US – named her a 2012 Adventurer of the Year.

In 2009 she led the 38-day, 600-mile Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole. Felicity has led several other notable expeditions including the Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition 2018, the first British women’s crossing of Greenland, a 450-mile winter crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberia and an adventurous expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury. She was also part of the first, ever, all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 350-mile endurance race to the magnetic north pole and has completed the notorious Marathon Des Sables, a 150-mile foot race across the Sahara.

Trained as a Physicist and Meteorologist, Felicity’s first polar experience was as a scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Based for three years on a remote research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, her job was to monitor climate and ozone.

You can find Felicity online here…

Website: www.felicityaston.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/felicity_aston

The B.I.G. North Pole Expedition 2022: http://www.bignorthpole.com

Author of Call of the White, Alone in Antarctica, Chasing Winter and Life Lessons From Explorers

Beyond the Bottomline: From professional footballer in US and other countries to VP of a software/tech company in the healthcare industry in Finland... Dealing with pressure, perfomance and moving forwards with apositive mindset.

It is a great pleasure to be speaking to Lawrence Smith today and hearing about the changes of culture (USA to Finland is already quite a jump) and from pro athlete to VP in tech… Particularly interesting is the management of pressure, (both mental and physical), performance, productivity and positivity and the similarities and differences in these in sport and in business and workplaces.

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More about Lawrence:

Lawrence Smith: USA Manager for Oy Raisoft Ltd, VP of Smart|Break.

Website: https://www.smart-break.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-smith-83980515/