Everyday Leadership

Some days you just have to suck it up , keep it zipped and deliver because that allows you to get to the position where you are trusted and rated  enabling you to do what you really want to do.

About Marverine Cole 

Marverine Cole is a multi-award-winning Journalist and Broadcaster. She has worked for ITV Central, BBC, Sky News and QVC the first black female presenter. She has produced original radio documentaries for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 1Xtra and BBC Radio 4. 

She sits on the Board of Directors of Birmingham Royal Ballet and is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Journalism courses at Birmingham City University.  Marverine is also a  Voiceover Artist and a consummate Events, Conference and Awards Host.

Marverine is one of Britain's leading beer commentators and is a Beer Sommelier (Britain’s first-ever black British beer sommelier) and has collaborated with breweries on her own beers.

Connect with Marverine

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being paid your worth
• Taking calculated risks
• Vowing to never work in Journalism after a poor experience
• Getting to “Rated” status and how that sets you apart 
• Thoughts on tabloid journalism
• Black Girls Don’t Cry documentary
• The trope of the “strong black woman”
• Black-owned breweries & taking the beer industry by storm
• Leadership Definition

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." – African Proverb which is why today's episode is different as you get two podcasts coming together to discuss leadership, business, inclusion and the entrepreneurial journey to name a few of the topics we cover.

More Information On My Co-Host
Paul Spiers is the Host of ‘The New P&L – Principles & Leadership in Business’ podcast series and the founder of The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute.  The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute works with companies and their leaders to help them re-evaluate the values, principles and purpose that define them.

It then uses its proprietary methodology to help better integrate these values, principles and purpose into the heart of a business and the operational, strategic and commercial arteries that drive it, so they play a more fundamental role in its success.

Connect with Paul

• Linkedin
• Website
• Podcast

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Authentic Leadership
• Vulnerability & Leadership Polarity
• Empathy & Ego
• The M.A.N.T.R.A Principle
• The business case for change 
• ROI of coaching for leaders
• The difference between diversity and inclusion 
• The creation of The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute.
• Faith & the entrepreneurial journey 

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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"I used to think this would be a great idea for someone to do but little did I know that someone would be me. I was on maternity leave, my background was in business development therefore I did not see myself in that role. It took almost 8 years between my initial idea and the execution of what I created. "

The above statement is the realisation my guest today, Joyce Osei when through from inception of  having an idea around writing a book to actual creation and her journey is a great reminder of timing, patience and recognising that we are far more capable than we think.

About Joyce Osei

Joyce Osei is on a mission to inspire, impact and innovate with Entrepreneurs and Senior Leaders in Tech. She is a Business Analyst, Diversity & Inclusion Advocate and a published author.

With over 15 years of experience in client-facing roles, Joyce has supported Leaders in Tech, Legal, Media, Transport & Logistics and Banking & Finance to create and build inclusive corporate cultures so that their employees can be authentic, fully contribute and thrive.

Joyce now works with Entrepreneurs and Senior Leaders to help them increase diverse representation in the digital content they produce, so they can better engage with their audience and impact the world.


Connect with Jocelyn

• The Book
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Feeling free to make mistakes
• Reframing your experience
• Leadership creating psychological safety
• Being the only black person in the whole school
• Becoming An Author
• Not letting the lack of knowledge stop you
• Lessons from Marriage
• Encouraging Curiosity 

 Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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"Stop asking for permission, don't ask for a seat. Build your own table and make it awesome, they will come" are words that perfectly capture the journey and creation of Remoteli the company my guest Samuel and his co-founder Kwame built in Ghana in 2020 with no funding.

About Samuel Brooksworth

Samuel Brooksworth is the Co-Founder and CEO of Remoteli.  Remoteli provides provide a range of outsourced services to businesses and individuals around the world. 

In 2016, Samuel was a candidate on BBC One’s the Apprentice and then went on to found Build and Master. A learning platform helping entrepreneurs get started in business and helping professional develop in their careers. 

Samuel has also worked with organisations including The Guardian, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Lloyds Banking Group, University of Nottingham, Coventry University London, University of Liverpool in London and Young Enterprise UK.

Connect with Samuel & Remoteli

• Personal Website  | Remoteli  Website
• Personal LinkedIn | Remoteli LinkedIn
• Personal Instagram | Remoteli Instagram

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• The difference a year makes from furlough to running your company with 40+ staff 
• Going on the apprentice
• Growing up as a black man in the UK
• How Remoteli came about
• Repeatedly getting no & rejected 
• Dealing with foreign tax
• Breaking down stereotypes & promoting African excellence
• Intentionally building an inclusive and culture
• Not understand the concept of racism in ghana
• Leadership
• Lesson from marriage that have helped him personally and professionally
• The power of faith 

 Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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“Ultimately you never know what is going on in someone else’s brain, you are struggling to understand what is going on in yours. So stop stopping yourself from taking action based on your fear of the opinion of others. ”

That is just one of the many nuggets my guest Jocelyn "Brain Coach " Brady is the founder & CEO, Scribe Story Studios shares on today's episode.

Jocelyn is a certified Brain Coach (from the NeuroLeadership Institute), she helps her clients tap the full potential of that

What do you do when you are told the idea you have had for your business is not where your strength lies and you should consider pivoting to something different? This is the dilemma my latest guest faced and how she handled that experience is a lesson we all need to know about to help us make better informed decisions.

Alison is a strategist, trainer and workshop facilitator with over 15 years of experience leading and facilitating creative teams,. She is passionate about finding the perfect balance between creativity, productivity and collaboration.

Alison is a keynote speaker on team culture and effective collaboration delivers guest lectures at various universities, and is the author of  “A Pocket Guide to Effective Workshops”.

Connect with Alison

• Linkedin
• Website
• Twitter 

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Definition for creativity
• Reinventing your business 
• Letting go of who you think you need to be 
• Introvert/Extrovert 
• Making meetings enjoyable
• Safe To Fail Experiments 
• Working from home exposed a lot of the things that were not working  
• Helping teams work better together
   

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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Don't change who you are just to please other people, recognise that even though it can be hard staying true to who you are will set you apart. 

This is a lesson my guest Suki Fuller has hard to learn the hard way and it what has helped her navigate a portfolio career over the past 20 years. 

Suki Fuller is a multi-award-winning competitive strategic advisor, a storyteller of data, intelligence advisor with diverse experience from chemical engineering to intelligence having lived and worked globally (EMEA, GCC, China, UK and US) in Academia, National Security, Law Enforcement, and Private Corporations.

Suki is a globally recognized Competitive and Strategic Intelligence professional as one of 96 Fellows in the world at The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows. 

She is also a highly sought after international speaker, mentor,  judge for various programs, Board Member, strategic advisor, and the founder of Miribure; a Strategic & Competitive Intelligence company focused on the integration of intelligence with lean/agile principles.

She also loves Penguins. 

Connect with Suki 

• Linkedin
• Website
• Twitter 

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being called Thesaurus girl as a child
• Reading books by moonlight
• The discipline of having “No Electronics in the bedroom”
• Growing up as a Rastafarian in the 1980s in the UK
• Meeting the queen and not curtsying
• Making yourself valuable to others
• Give people the space to voice their opinions
• Being too direct and why that is not always valued 
• Seeing people as human first before titles, positions, celebrities status 
• Intentionally being around people who think differently to you
• Build Back Better and why that slogan is backward thinking 

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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After having children my guest today experienced a slowdown in her legal career, penalised like most women still are for taking time out when her kids were born but she did not let that define her. Even though it meant transitioning into a new industry that she knew nothing about, she intentionally created a life that gave her the flexibility she needed as a mother but also allowed her to pursue her goals and dreams and ultimately become an owner of the business she worked in.

About Reshma Sheikh

Reshma Sheikh is Managing Director of Octavian UK. Octavian is an international provider of security, facilities management and more recently IT solutions/support, operating throughout the UK, Africa, the Middle East and the USA. Diversification into new markets and Worldwide locations over the years has been a key driver for Octavian’s growth.

Connect with Reshma 

• Linkedin
• Octavian UK

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Having children took her off the fast track in her career 
• Dealing with changing your identity
• Taking over the business during the pandemic 
• Learning to embrace your difference and using it to your advantage
• Dealing with failure and rejection
• The impact her Mother has had on her
• Dispelling stereotypes 
• Making time for yourself and dealing with burnout

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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"Whatever you first started you had no experience when you first started so don’t let that be your deterrent to starting something new."

That is one of the many gems my guest Andrew Osayemi shares with us as we talk about becoming an expert in telling your story, chasing your dream with no experience, the importance of showing up, not focusing on the NO instead looking at new opportunities to build new doors.

About Andrew Osayemi

Andrew Osayemi is an Author, Netflix TV show creator and co-producer of the highly popular sitcom, Meet the Adebanjos, an ex-financial markets trader and a graduate recruitment expert who has helped thousands of high-potential student get top internships and graduate jobs. He has worked as a graduate recruitment specialist for the award-winning graduate diversity recruitment firm, Rare Recruitment; working with global firms such as JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and more.   

Connect with Andrew

• Linkedin
• Production Company
• Book - How My Disastrous Teenage Love Life Will Get You Your Dream

Connect with me

• Website: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sope_Agbelusi
• Email: [email protected] 

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My guest today went from not looking promising to anyone in his family to becoming a serial entrepreneur. 

Micheal Kaye shares his wisdom from running several businesses in multiple sectors including the good and the bad of being an entrepreneur. We touch on how his greed ruined his first business to how to get started when struggling for investment, dealing with pressure from family, keeping a tight circle, sacrifices involved in running a business as well the importance of hiring the right people. 

About Micheal Kaye

Micheal Kaye is the founder of Talking Drum (West African restaurant ), RXB LDN (Barber Shop), a China sourcing company, building construction company, an e-commerce business called MK Bathrooms and other investments.

Guest info:

Instagram - Michael Kaye
Talking Drum - Talking Drum
Barber Shop - RXB LDN
Construction Company: Housingbest.co.uk

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