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Some things are not working, so if youre serious about setting goals and accomplishing your goals, you need to look at things completely differently - Sope Agbelusi, Founder, MindsetShift

It is that time of the year where people make resolutions, resolutions that statistically you are not likely to achieve. Resolutions that by January 2022 you would have forgotten about until Dec 2022 because resolutions are not goals. "Your resolution is your desired outcome, while your goals are the steps you must take to accomplish it. Goals, not resolutions, are the key to long-term growth and success" Its not just about knowing what you want or where you want to go. Are you doing some level of reflection and critical self-assessment to have some understanding of HOW you can get there? In this weeks episode, I share 3 practical steps to lay the foundation for a committed year of achieving your goals.

About Sope Im Sope. I help ambitious and innovative leaders unlock their leadership potential through actionable coaching. In blunt terms? I help you get out of the tracks youve dug yourself into and onto the next steps of your path. Everyone gets stuck. The beautiful thing is, everything you need to move forward, to gain your momentum back, is in you. You just need some help getting it out and into action. Some topics discussed

• Looking at your new year differently
• Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast
• Living and practising your values
• Who is in your personal boardroom?
• Learning & unlearning in your mindset
• The 3 steps for your new year

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"Even if you have that spark of curiosity, it will grow" - Joseph Kayode-Alli, Vice President & Senior Counsel

As we plant seeds and take new roads towards our career goals, it's just as important to stay open and curious, especially with your passions. You may deviate from the "plan", but you can also explore and experience new spaces just because you want to.

In this weeks episode, Joseph Kayode-Alli takes us through career changes and bends that have led him to uncover new opportunities. It can be easy to take your current lens and apply to your life, but its important to take them off once in a while to be completely open...and potentially see new routes of growth and success. About Speaker

Joseph Kayode-Alli, currently serves as the Vice President and Senior Counsel for a leading financial services business. As a trained solicitor, Joe has worked at Mishcon de Reya and Genworth, with a focus on finance with his interest lying in maths. However, his career did not start in Law but rather in Medieval History and English. As a leader with varied interests, you can be sure Joe is keen on pursuing his passions.

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Some topics discussed

• The reality of the streets being paved with gold
• Your parents pass down what they have learnt
• Using your experiences as a lens for life
• Opening yourself up after overcoming pain
• You can be your environment, or you can be more
• Being in an environment of support and success
• Going after your passions and finding your people
• Being open to all opportunities by prioritising your passions
• Helping others understand what is in front of them

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If youre not part of it, its going to be very isolating and if it's not comforting safe space, then how can you really be a part of it - Bonnie Kate Wolf, Icon Designer

The growth of the digital world and the transition to web 3.0 is creating a world parallel to ours. This can create opportunities and untold success for almost anyone, but the reality is that it is currently being designed through the lens of white, middle-class males.

In this weeks episode with Bonnie Kate Wolf not only do we dive into the MetaVerse & NFT's but also discuss the importance of perspectives in our day to day lives. From how we see ourselves to how we grasp "rejection", and how we can redefine our understandings to create further roads, and sometimes, unknown opportunities. Occasionally, you've got to go anywhere to start somewhere.

About Bonnie Kate Wolf Bonnie Kate Wolf is an illustrator and icon designer working in brand and product design. She is currently working with Netflix, based in San Francisco. As well as the brand lead and illustrator for Design x Us. Her most notable clients and iconographic client work include Airbnb, Lyft, Square, Meta, Lush and many more Connect with Bonnie Kate Wolf

Some topics discussed

• Lack of diversity in the growing NFT Space
• Fear of Rejection: The logic behind not being scared
• Putting yourself out there and accepting the results
• Starting anywhere to go somewhere
• Learning how to fail
• Being good in one area, being better in another
• Showing the full human experience in design
• Leaders as umbrellas for your people
• You can re-label yourself

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Its about creating conditions where people can show up as their true authentic selves and to not be scared of judgment or retribution based on things they bring to the table - Kim Wylie, Global Director of People Development and Change, Farfetch

As we continue to navigate change and some level of uncertainty, prioritising your people and the workplace has become more important than ever before. Not everyone can thrive in ambiguous situations, so how do you effectively take your people on a rationale and collaborative journey of change?

In this weeks episode, Kim Wylie, a business transformation expert, shares some proven strategies to keep your people connected, confident and happy while laying personal tactics of being intentional, curious and understanding as a leader.

About Kim Wylie

Kim is an expert in organisational change and business transformation. Her career has been spent working with organisations across the world in a variety of industries, advising them on the design and execution of successful technology change and cultural transformation programs.

She previously worked at Kim Google for their Work Change and Transformation team. And is now currently serving as the Director of People Development and Change at Farfetch. She was recently published in The Economist, and has a Postgraduate Certificate in the Psychology of Change and Organisational Development.

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Some topics discussed

• Confidence in being an expert in your subject
• Getting your team comfortable and confident with change
• Being involved and contributing to change
• Creating the right conditions to avoid burnout
• Creating psychological safety
• Identifying ways of looking after your team
• Taking the time to reflect
• Celebrating your accomplishments
• Feedback is a gift
• Feedforward as well as feedback
• Clarity through leadership

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"Labels put limits on people, it's about fixing your mindset..and realising that I will be anything that I need to be based on that present moment" - Martin Pemberton

When we attach what we are good at with "who we are" and this stops happening, it can seem like your world has crumbled to pieces. The ego loves labels, it doesn't show gratitude, it makes you think you are better (or less) than someone, it pushes you into spaces that you may not desire. But it is becoming more important to not only have self-awareness but awareness of self in our lives.

In this week's episode, Martin Pemberton, ex footballer shares relatable understandings of the role of ego in our lives. It can be our personal bodyguard and can protect us, but it's not front of house, and should not be in control. About Martin Pemberton

Martin Pemberton is an English football central defender who has played for many different professional clubs before moving to non-league side Farsley Celtic in spring 2005. It became a challenging period with personal battles with mental health issues after retiring from a career as a professional footballer and entering into a challenging role as Learning Mentor for disadvantaged children.

This started his self-recovery and self-love journey which led him to create the 1 to 11 structure to help with finding your personal blueprint of happiness, with references to football.

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Some topics discussed

• Knowing what you will become & keeping your faith in your passion
• Checking your ego: you are not above or below anyone
• The perception of yourself not solely being based on what your good at
• Managing your personal bodyguard - The Ego
• The importance of listening when hearing mental health issues
• Challenging our idea of what it is to be a man
• Understanding the different versions of me in different contexts
• The connection of self-love and the way you live life
• Creating YOUR blueprint of happiness
• Recognising your internal communication
• Impact of the ego on mental health
• Changing the individual to change the collective

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"Everybody doesnt have your best interest at heart, everybody sees you differently but you have to be secure in who you are and that you can always show up as your best self - so this doesnt break you or alter who you are" - Angel Livas

In today's episode, I'm joined by Angel Livas, Founder of The Woman Behind the Business, as we delve into what it means to recognise the power you have over your own life. There will be challenges, there will be disappointments, there will be things that we hoped went to our plan exactly, but we all know the business (and life) is not a straightforward road.

Join me as Angel shares her story of keeping her faith, finding happiness and knowing that you are and can always be more than what you originally thought. If you have the idea with the support and provisions around it, then why aren't you doing it?

About Angel Lives

Angel N. Livas is a best-selling author, visionary, CEO, and 2019 Communicator award recipient for her radio program, The Woman Behind The Business Talk Show.

In 2016, Angel organized a movement for women entrepreneurs to expand their companies into international territories by way of her non-profit, The Woman Behind The Business. Since its inception, women from across the globe annually convene in Nassau, Bahamas, where the first international chapter was formed.

As the CEO of DC Media Connection, Angel utilizes her keen sense of video production and content creation to attract her clients to their ideal consumers. Recently, Angel was named Woman to Watch 2020 for Business Excellence by the Creative Life Institute.

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• Women Behind Business Website

Some topics discussed

• Feeling the power of others while recognising the power of yourself
• Forgiving yourself on the journey of happiness
• Treating yourself is an indicator of how others can treat you
• Showing your authentic self to your kids
• Being intentional with your family
• Being able to listen with an open ear
• Keeping faith in the midst of change
• Recognising the power of yourself as the creator of your life
• You are more than your first business idea
• The importance of creating something that is just yours
• Watch who you are sharing your dreams with
• Sharing your story on your own terms
• Lessons in business: setting boundaries with your clients

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Join us for today's episode, with Ademola Adeyeba, Founder of Get Hench and 1000 Black Boys who honestly breaks down how we can take back control through addressing the more painful things head-on. If you are seeing repeat cycles and patterns in certain areas of your life, then there is work to do. If you are looking for tips that usually come from hindsight, join me as Ademola shares practical strategies we can implement in our day to day lives. "There will be pain, when You want to do something new. You want to take on your business will launch a business. You want to write the book, you want to be in that relationship. You want to progress in that career, wherever it is that you want, wherever it is for you, that you call your goal, your dream. You have to just be okay with it's going to be pain." Remember, YOU are the common denominator in all areas of YOUR life. See it, take control and find your awesome. About Ademola Ademola has 20 years experience of working within the competitive Corporate/B2B Conference and Events Industry. He has also gone on to train and develop leaders who now run their own businesses. He is the founder of Get Hench an inspiration brand and there are 4 parts to our business that allow us to make our vision of people living powerful, purposeful and happy lives a reality. He is also the founder of 1000 Black Boys, which is a Social Enterprise that is committed to empowering and inspiring young black men and boys to take positive action to impact themselves and their community.

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Book a free coaching call here Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Coming to the UK at 9 and not finding gold
• Being bullied in primary school
• Dealing with suicidal thoughts
• Shifting your perspective and looking at things differently
• The best cure for shyness
• Reconciling with yourself that there will be pain and how to navigate it
• Recognising the repeat cycles and patterns in your life
• Doing something yet being unfulfilled
• Why we all need to GET HENCH
• Purpose V Passion and what that means for you
• 1000 Black Boys project

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About Bie Bie Aweh is a sought-after brand strategist and talent developer focused on equity and inclusion strategy which fuels her work today at DoorDash as the Senior People Growth Manager for Women/Non-binary and underrepresented talent development. With nearly a decade of experience in coaching adult learners, designing and facilitating training, building sustainable partnerships between institutions and employers, fostering long-term professional relationships through meaningful networking opportunities, and driving social change by providing career pathways for underrepresented minorities. Previously she worked as Director of Learning & Development at uBiome, a biotechnology company with technology to sequence the human microbiome and prior to that she was a career developer at Dev Bootcamp where she built the employer partner program to work with more than 70 technology startups throughout the U.S and coached students to ensure they found meaningful employment in the innovation industry. She was also a founding team member of HBCU.vc and began her career in higher education, holding positions with UC Berkeley and Occidental College. Connect with Bie Aweh

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• The importance of setting boundaries and bringing others along on your journey
• Defining what your value is and how you add value in how you show up
• Shooting your shot and how that lead to partnering with LinkedIn
• Natural Hair & Being Professional
• Practical advice on how to find a mentor
• Elevate Programme - co-founding a diversity and inclusion programme at DoorDash that actually works. The programme is focused on retaining and promoting high-potential women of colour into senior positions
• Why she struggles to celebrate accomplishments and how she is working on changing.
• The difference between aSafe Space and Brave Space
• Having a high quality to voice ratio
• Definition of Leadership

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