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For me as a guy now in his 50's, I had no idea what Stress was and to be fare thought that it was weak minded people that needed to get a grip. I never believed that I would suffer from it, never mind the fact that I tried to 'check out' and end it all. It was the most terrifying and debilitating illness I have ever suffered from and for many, many months the fight to survive hung in the balance, a balance I had no CONTROL over.

I had been brought up to believe men should be big, strong, never need help and not to show emotional weakness and protect. Nothing prepared me for what happened and it was my core programming that was the real issue for my mental health state, or lack of it. The rest you can find out by listening to my interview and visiting my website/FB page, or watch my videos and blogs.

I was most inspired when I founded another organisation a few years ago which aimed to give service men and women the tools they needed to start their own business. And it was when a CEO of another charity came to me, with the help I had given him and his management team suggested that I form another organisation helping other businesses and charities to grow and scale.

As a consequence the Business Growth Bureau was formed. As you can imagine this grew rapidly into what you see today and we have helped many organisations to become successful as a consequence.

I love to create virtual circles where every party (from customers to prospects, investors, staff, advocates and suppliers) win out of the relationship with the Bureau.

Fundamentally we all benefit from the leverage effect that this creates when we can build a strong organisation where we are all here to help each other and achieve strong sustainable growth. I believe that if we can help people and organisations, then we all benefit and what you tend to give does generally does tend to come back.

This also sets strong foundations for joint venture relationships and partnerships. I want to see us having a massive impact on your business to generate more sales or charities to achieve more donations and sponsorship.

My personal goal is to influence at least 1,000 companies and organisations a year to become much more successful and I would love you to be part of that journey with us.

Do get in touch and let me know how we can help.

Here is a breakdown of the services that Autumn can provide:

Local mindful based cognitive therapy sessions around the Midlands, which offer affordable structured help in friendly group settings (from an amazing £5-£7 per session). 
Mindfulness and personal development sessions for companies and charities.
Laughter yoga sessions. Huge fun!
Affordable one to one therapy, either in person or via Skype, or emails. Also life coaching.
Autumn is currently writing a book called “Reflections of a Happy Dead Person” due out Winter 2019.
A wide variety of self-development classes in the community, topics include confidence building, assertiveness, Law of Attraction, self-acceptance, face your fears, and many others.
She is a qualified and experienced trainer and can deliver full/half day training on mental health awareness, mindfulness, self-development and motivational workshops.
Motivational Speaker.
Event Organiser both spoken word and music and well-being festivals.
Counselling Supervision.
Soon to be released the Smiling Brain App, a new and interactive mental well being app and Sandi the Cuddle Cushion an innovative sleep aid.

Lindsay has had a very varied working life, doing everything from admin, volunteering, sales, teaching, training, fundraising, management and chairing a board of charity trustees. Almost 20 years working in the public sector in administration and management, followed by almost 20 years career in the voluntary sector, including board level experience.

Loves to see people develop their confidence, so that they can speak up appropriately. Takes great joy in helping people to enjoy a rewarding working life that fulfils their potential.

As a member of a Toastmasters International club since 2010, supports members in their public speaking journey, and sees at first hand how encouragement, support and practice makes a difference to confidence. Meetings every second and fourth Monday at 6.30 at the Novotel Broad Street, Birmingham. Visitors welcome.

Loves books, especially personal development books, and can be found reviewing them on You Tube #abookinfiveminutes.

Interesting facts: My first job was in Nuclear Engineering. I like finance - coming second in a competition at Microsoft Asia HQ. I'm obsessed with self-development, lifting myself out of depression and regular panic attacks. I'm binary, it's 100% or nothing. I love going on adventures especially skiing or surfing.

One of my hardest challenges to date. Opened up trading with ethical factories in Ghana. Raised £10,000 on Kickstarter in 2017 to begin the project, being featured in National Press. Donated backpacks to be filled as Xmas parcels for the homeless. Generated £40,000 in turnover from the first year of trading. So far we have sold 1000 backpacks and now sell a range of accessories.

Her Innovative Communicator courses help to transform feelings of dread and drudgery of work into optimism and enthusiasm, so that workers at all levels start each day filled with joy. ​From the boardroom to the frontline, her no-nonsense approach means she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and get stuck in! For businesses to succeed the employees within them need to deliver the mission and direction that is set in the boardroom. Communication is key to galvanise, inspire and bring employees together to achieve this mission.

Miti has broad experience, including 20 years working with FTSE 100 companies. She has seen communication at its best and its worst. As a result, she understands the value of effective communication and the direct impact it has on a company’s bottom line. Indeed, Miti is one of the most sought-after and respected communicators in the industry. Her five star reviewed book, ​The Innovative Communicator: Putting the soul back into business communication​, has had a real influence on the business community.

In her own words: “​Great communication means great business these days. Bad communication is bad business all days!​”

Miti spent her childhood in both the UK and Ghana and is extremely proud to have dual nationality. As a young adult, she lived in many different countries. These early experiences sparked a lifelong love of travel and desire to get to know people and amass friends wherever she goes. This worldwide experience has helped Miti in improving business communication on an international scale.

Aged 40, Miti trained as an actor, but ultimately decided not to pursue it as a career. Although, her love of the arts still very much impacts her life today as it refreshes her mind, and sparks new ideas. She uses this training and influence in her work, which you can see in her presenting style and love of a good story.

Another love - broadcast communication - saw Miti pursue a career in television, where she worked for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, first as a journalist and then as a producer and director of documentaries. Later, she went on to lead communication and change programmes for a number of global corporations including household names such as Aviva and Lloyds Banking Group.

Website: miticom.co.uk Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mitiampoma

Twitter: twitter.com/MitiAmpoma

Facebook: facebook.com/miti.ampoma

Friday Challenge: #mitifridaychallenge

Chris Denny is a researcher, trainer, consultant, and business owner. When he is not running a business or spending time with his family, he is researching attention to detail or helping others become more detail-oriented.

Chris delivers training workshops and seminars for companies and government organizations and conducts one on one coaching for high-value employees. Attention To Detail training is available via online courses.

The seed of Attention To Detail Solutions started in 2010 when Chris had an employee who was technically strong and generally valuable aside from his low attention to detail. After searching for a book or training and finding nothing that would help, Chris started to create something that could help. He had inadvertently found a passion and after 6 years of exhaustive research, hundreds of surveys, and dozens of interviews, Chris emerged with the Attention To Detail Training™ system.

Website: attentiontodetail.com

Facebook: facebook.com/atdetail

YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC1UKFMsFg3-v-Zo4Yzn-74Q

After graduating from the University of California, Yonason Goldson embarked on an adventure hitchhiking across the United States and backpacking across Europe. He ended up in Israel, where he spent nine years studying the ancient wisdom of the land, then spent the next 23 years teaching it to high school students in Budapest, Hungary, Atlanta, GA, and St. Louis, MO, where he and his wife live happily as empty-nesters.

As director of Ethical Imperatives, LLC, Rabbi Goldson is now a platform speaker teaching professionals why good ethics is good business. He is a TEDx speaker and author of five books including:

Proverbial Beauty: Secrets for Success and Happiness from the Wisdom of the Ages

Fix your Broken Windows: a 12-step system for promoting ethical affluence

Dawn to Destiny: Exploring Jewish History and its Hidden Wisdom

Visit him at: https://www.yonasongoldson.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardanthonyleighton

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesocent_