Elisabetta Torretti is Head of Sales and Customer Success at Plumm, an organisation focused on employee mental health and workplace wellness. During this episode, Elisabetta shares insights into her diverse career journey, emphasising how her experiences in startups and living internationally accelerated her personal growth. 

This episode explores the essential skills needed to enhance your personal and professional development, the evolving landscape of employee benefits, and Elisabetta highlights the crucial link between mental health and workplace performance, offering practical advice for organisations. 

Tune in for valuable insights and actionable strategies in this concise yet comprehensive exploration of personal growth and workplace wellness.

Amy Polly is a teacher, speaker, author, and mental health campaigner. Prior to this, she worked as a fully qualified accountant in the private and public sector for almost 20 years, before giving up the corporate world in 2021. As she shifted her focus to mindfulness and well-being she focused her efforts on bridging the gap between businesses and mental health.

In this podcast episode, Amy speaks about the importance of mindfulness, tackling mental health, and well-being in the corporate world, and across the education sector, and provides insights on what we can all do to embrace a more mindful approach to work and life.

Arad Reisberg is Professor of Corporate Law and Finance at Brunel University London, and until recently was the former Head of Brunel University Law School. Arad's experience is vast and throughout his career, he has showcased his passion, to transform the lives of others by creating a supportive, open, and collaborative environment. Arad seeks to get the best from everyone and believes in transforming an environment through long-term vision, motivation, empowerment, integrity, creativity, and accountability.

In this podcast episode Janice Neilson, TTM Partner & Director of Coaching for Education, speaks with Arad about promoting well-being, influencing change, and the position effective leadership plays in positively impacting students and our colleagues' lives. 

1:35 - What are you most proud of?
4:09 - What has influenced your ability to be resilient and overcome challenges?
6:14- How did you create a culture of learning, confidence, and resilience at Brunel University? 
9:54 - What drives your interest in diversity and inclusion?
14:19 - What advice would you give to other leaders, what skills do they need to influence change and create impact?
17:55 - What makes you interested in the welfare of other people?
22:48 - From overcoming a life-changing event, what learnings were you able to take into your role?
25:30 - Leadership advice - understanding, being kind and awareness.
28:03 -  What actions have you taken to help achieve inclusiveness for learners from socially disadvantaged backgrounds?

In this episode, we speak with Bill Harvey. Bill is an Emmy award-winning innovator and inventor. Bill has spent the last 35+ years as a thought leader in media research & key solution provider to Fortune 500 brands. A seasoned speaker, author, and world-renowned Media Researcher, Bill is the Founder of Research Measurement Technologies (RMT) and The Human Effectiveness Institute (THEI).

Bill's childhood experience on stage led to a lifetime of study of the flow state, the state of consciousness most conducive to success. He liked this feeling of being "on" and wanted to learn how to be "on" more often. And so began his lifelong passion to understand how to be mindful enough to bring on higher states of consciousness and to help others do the same.

During our chat, Bill discusses where he believes individuals' unhappiness in the workplace stems from. He outlines tangible steps we can all take to be more effective, and happier in life and work, and how organisations can support their employee's growth and development. He also tells us more about the impact he's seen working with individuals and organisations over the course of his career. Tune in to hear more. 

In this episode we speak with Tom Barry, Co-Founder of leadership consultancy, Will It Make the Boat Go Faster. Tom and his co-founder Ben Hunt Davis, who won a Gold Medal in Sydney in the British Rowing Eight, borrow from his Olympic gold medal story with a simple question, if I do this or if I do that, Will it Make the Boat Go Faster? 

After co-founding his performance consultancy 11 years ago, he and the WIMTBGF team takes the principles, practices, mindset, and way of working from Olympic gold medalists into everyday life for individuals, teams, and organisations.  

Tom brings more than 40 years of experience in leadership, performance, and consultancy. During our chat, he discusses what a leader does, what a leader doesn't do, the disciplines and mentality required of a leader, and what we can all do to become better leaders regardless of the job title that we hold.

0:00  - Introductions & Background 
3:40 - What attributes do effective leaders have? 
5:10 - What excites you and how do you integrate it into your work?
7:20 - How do you share your vision with the rest of the team?
9:55 - The importance of structure, process, and direction teamed with passion and excitement 
11:24 - How do you make sharing your vision scalable?
13:35 - How do we create team connection in a digital world?
15:50 - How do you create a culture of feedback?
19:10 - What can we all do to integrate behaviours that impact and result in a positive workplace culture?
22:10 - What can leaders do to influence and change a workplace culture when they start to see undesirable behaviors appear?
24:43 - How can coaching play its role in the workplace in providing self-awareness to employees?
29:09 - Do you believe that people can change their mindset at any point in their career and how do we do this?
33:58 - How do you measure the performance of the initiatives you've put in place with your clients?
41:13 - Have you seen a shift in the investment of people from organisations following the pandemic?
46:04 - What can we all do to contribute to a fun, collaborative, impactful workplace?