Presenting Finance with Alexandra Bond Burnett

Presenting Finance with Alexandra Bond Burnett

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Presenting Finance with Alexandra Bond Burnett episodes

  • 37. Why it's time to say goodbye to Presenting Finance

    We have news! 


    The time has come to say goodbye to Presenting Finance, after a fantastic two years the show was voted No.8 in the Top 15 Presentation Podcasts on the Internet!  and a great place to say goodbye as we start the next new exciting podcast: Ambition to Impact 


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    6 min
  • 36. How Hotel Chocolat's Finance Manager embraces humour to communicating finance

    Is there anything funny about finance? Robin Kiziak, Finance manager of Hotel Chocolat joins the show this week to share his experience of embracing his natural humour in a corporate world. 


    Discussed in the show:

    • What does humour add to the finance function?
    • How does storytelling increase connection to data? 
    • How to bring your natural self to the table and still be professional 


      • Links:

      Website - Nothing Funny About Finance - www.nfaf.co.uk

      LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinkiziak/

      Twitter - @Humour4Finance




      26 min
    • 35. How to BOSS IT in your finance career and make it your own; Presenting Carl Reader

      Today Alex speaks with Carl Reader who as a public speaker, three-time author, accountant, and regular commentator in the news as a lot to share about influence, finance and how he has found his own way of making an impact on the world. 


      In the interview we discuss: 

      •  How he won the postcode lottery and was gifted a grammar school education, but "pissed it away". 
      • How after getting his first job in accountancy he HATED is, realised due his ADHD was an asset and carved out his own carved out my own career by going out and meeting with clients.
      • That technical wizardry isn't going to help your finance career, but the human touch and the conversations and the translation will
      • How he finished his latest book BOSS IT just as the pandemic was starting, and the principles he shares for startups quickly became a bestselling guide for existing businesses needing to change quickly


        • Find Carl Here: 

        @https://twitter.com/CarlReader

        @ https://www.instagram.com/carlreader/

        Read Boss it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boss-Control-Your-Time-Income/dp/1789666414

        58 min
      • 34. How to start strong when you speak - POW!

        This week I'm going to share with you my method to help you start off strong when you speak. 

        One of the biggest issues that affects professional confidence, in meetings, presentations or just on a call... is that the energy is all wrong when starting. If you don't start the right way you end up losing energy, engagement and it's really difficult to recover. Starting out strongly (not loudly, not fast or slow, strongly) will set you up for success, alleviate mind blank and solve a great many problems for you when communicating. 


        In this episode, I cover my POW method; to get you to PAUSE. OWN. WELCOME. 

        Using this you will feel, calm, in control and ready to win the conversation.

        In the episode I mention my taster coaching session, which you can get more details on here: Coaching Taster 


        28 min
      • 33. Creating Space to be Stronger: Presenting Gary Turner Xero Co-founder and MD
        Presenting Gary Turner, co-founder and MD of Xero joins me on the show, sharing his story of how far he's come, the start of Xero (a team of three with £50k TO) to the market leader it is today. I ask Gary about the values of Xero, and that they really mean to him and how they create that in side their culture. 
        Show notes to follow. 
        www.xero.com 
        Sponsored by Speaking Ambition www.speakingambition.com
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        50 min
      • 32. Presenting Kirsty McGregor, how do we find the skills to be resilient in accounting?
        Today I’m presenting Kirsty McGregor chairman of the corporate finance network and accountant in residence for Capitalise. During 2020 Kirsty led a campaign called #leavenobusinessbehind championing accountants to be the guiding hand for SMEs during the pandemic. Kirsty shares with me what she saw in the accounting space; resilient conversations clients, being the SME therapist and how well accountants have been equipped to manage these high stakes conversations themselves and their teams.
        41 min
      • 31. Why failure is invaluable for innovation in accountancy

        This week I'm failing all over the place. And loving it. Accountancy and finance is such a binary space living in a world of yes and no, fails and wins. In this episode I talk about what the finance space is missing out on - the value we talk from failure, and how powerful that can be for innovation and discovery. 


        33 min
      • 30. The confidence gap for women in accounting with CEO Madeline Pratt
        This week I'm speaking to Madeline Pratt, CEO and founder of Fearless Foundry and CEO and founder of Womxn Talk Money - a community of female speakers in finance. We talk about Madeline's experience working with accountants on their personal brand, and also her experience on the speaker circuit and how she came to create a network of women finance professionals who speak on stage. 
        Women Talk Money is your community where we collaborate for the advancement and empowerment of womxn in the accounting and finance space.  https://www.womxntalkmoney.com/
        Fearless Foundry is a creative consultancy that specializes in helping ambitious innovators with marketing, branding, and business development - find out more about them here: https://www.fearlessfoundry.com/
        Follow Madeline here:
        instagram.com/madelinekpratt
        twitter.com/madelinekpratt
        45 min
      • 28. 5 ways prepare to show up as your best self for presentations
        We all have our good days, and bad. Sometimes we are tired, or stressed and bring our B or C games to our meetings. Mindset affects not only your presence, but ability to make decisions and how you influence in the room. 
        Many things affect the way we 'show up' in accounting, but I have prepared a list of 5 ways that you can instantly use to help you be at your very best, to deliver high value work and make strong positive connections. 
        If you would like to find out more about yourself and how you make waves in accounting, take the influence in accounting scorecard
        25 min

      About Presenting Finance with Alexandra Bond Burnett

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      Join speaking & impact coach Alexandra Bond Burnett as she explores the human side of finance professionals & accountants, exploring the mindset, interpersonal and speaking skills required to succeed.