Lots of people have had more success in business & made more money than me. What Ive done better than most (along with my wife, the unsung hero) is put it all together to build a great, multi-dimensional lifeone that I dont need a vacation from" About Kevin Dahlstrom Kevin Dahlstrom is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company and Bank of Central Pacific. He is a Fintech thought-leader with more than 20 years of experience leading marketing, product strategy and e-commerce for leading financial organizations. Previously he served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Elevate where he developed and implemented a multi-channel,data-driven customer acquisition strategy responsible for acquiring more than one million customers as well as being a key member of an executive team responsible for that companys dramatic revenue growth, which averaged over 50% annually for nine years. Prior to Elevate, Kevin held senior positions in several high-grown Internet and software companies in Texas and California and he is an avid rock climber. Connect with Kevin

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Intentionally creating a kickass life
• The Importance of Self-Worth
• Rock climbing and valuable life lessons learnt
• Reflections from turning 50
• Learning from failures
• Why Retirement is a funny notion
• Definition of success
• Money does not equal happiness
• Applying the concept of compound interest in all areas of life
• Remote work and creating in-between moments for family
• Being a founder, impact on family and false urgency
• Creating intimate moments with family
• Faith and the practicalities of living with hope

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A key characteristic of an everyday leader is decision making. We are humans and sometimes we find making decisions challenging, we will procrastinate, prevaricate and do something else without ever doing really making a decision. Real leaders make decisions and deal with whatever happens next. These words from my latest guest on Everyday Leadership Denise Nurse reflects how Denise approached life as a lawyer, presenter and entrepreneur using her five values as a foundation to make decisions and succeed in multiple careers. About DeniseDenise is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Success Coach of DBN ENTERPRISES as well as the Co-Founder of the Black Founders Hub a peer networking group for ambitious black founded services businesses and Co-Founder of Support SEND Kids an organisation that uses technology to aggregate and amplify voices currently supporting the SEND community She is also a lawyer, presenter, entrepreneur and board member of One Dance UK and Uchenna Dance Company. She was the CEO and co-founder of Halebury, a law firm that specialised in flexible working for senior lawyers. In 2018 she and her co-founder sold the business to Elevate Services Inc where she was Vice President of the global flexible resourcing business till 2020. She has presented for Sky Weather, Sky Travel, BBC's Escape to the Country, advised on consumer and legal issues on the BBC's Watchdog to name a few. Connect with Denise

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Why it is important to take yourself out of your comfort zone and practical tips to help you push past your fear
• Why Leaders need to invest in their personal development and back themselves
• Recognising transferable skills i.e between present and being a lawyer
• Understand and leading a life aligned with your values
• Focusing on the outcome what is the result we are trying to create here
• Co-Founding a non-traditional law firm
• Introducing flexible working in 2007 to clients who struggled to understand the concept
• Unlearning and relearning
• Why our education system does not set us up for success
• Definition of Leadership

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"Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients" This quote from Richard Branson captures the mission my guest Matthew Phelan is focused on solving at his company The Happiness Index and on this episode we delve into why happiness is not a fluffy metric and why organisations need to pay attention to it if they want to grow and thrive. About Matthew PhelanMatthew Phelan is Co-Founder and Head of Global Happiness at The Happiness Index. He founded the Happiness and Humans Community to help build a future of work that is more human. He hosts the Happiness and Humans Podcast and is the author of Freedom To Be Happy. Matt is also a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Connect with Matt

• Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness
• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being a "sea firman" and the power of journalling
• Building habits instead of process
• Walking away from his "dream job" when it turned out to be a nightmare
• Navigating and growing through uncertainty
• Learning from his experiences with foot and mouth disease and how that built resilience
• Taking existing skills into a new market and starting again
• The data behind Happiness, Discrimination & Race
• Why organisations need to create a Freedom To Be Human culture
• Not wasting time on people who don't care or want to listen to the data
• Scaling company happiness in a hybrid world
• Cognitive Dissonace
• Integrity & Authenticity

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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 (Britains first-ever black British beer sommelier) and has collaborated with breweries on her own beers. Connect with Marverine

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• 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 Dont Cry documentary
• The trope of the strong black woman
• Black-owned breweries & taking the beer industry by storm
• Leadership Definition

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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

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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

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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 Ones 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

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

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Ultimately you never know what is going on in someone elses 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 ?? magic. She is a former strategist & storyteller for multibillion-dollar global brands and has a few extra tricks to help you jostle up fresh ideas and take big, bold leaps so so you create the most awesome sh*t of your life. Connect with Jocelyn

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Chaos being a catalyst for change
• Getting "quit" from her job on her birthday
• Your brain projecting the future based on the past
• Convergent v Divergent Thinking
• Rewiring your brain
• The science behind why it is important you clap for yourself and celebrate small wins
• Imagining people as a penguin
• Coaching

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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

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• 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

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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

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