Share Your Story

Share Your Story

By Michael de Groot - @stayingaliveukBusinessEducationSelf-ImprovementCareers
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Share Your Story episodes

  • Leif Sørensen - Transforming Workplace Learning
    Leif believes we can achieve more when we raise our stakes on better learning at the workplace. In his company, Actee, they have specialized in game-based learning within the field of change management, leadership training and relational communication. Everyone from the one-man-consultancy to large international enterprises are using their digital simulation platform to create engaging and involving learning activities inviting all users to take ownership of their learning.
    Leif has for many years, worked with organisational change. His experience has taught him that successful change projects focus on people, learning in all corners of the organization, and well-planned development processes.
    Previously, Leif has founded a series of start-up companies, and has worked as CEO of Relation Technologies from 2010 to 2017. From 2018 Leif is venturing a new chapter in his career as the founder and CEO of the company Actee, where they have developed a digital simulation platform.
    “With the Actee platform, we open to a world of games and tools for better workplace learning. Our users can design their own game-scenarios, learning sessions or benefit from a range of pre-made games and tools.”
    1 hr 18 min
  • Vicky Ross - I Understand Me
    Personal and Business Coach | Professional speaker | Author | Licensed NLP Personal & Business Trainer | Instructor of Hypnotherapy | Clinical Hypnotherapist
    Vicky specialises in transforming people and businesses through behavioural business training, business development and one-on-one personal development. She has over 27 years of experience in the field of personal development and has assisted over 5000 people around the world to achieve their full potential. Vicky draws on her experience gained from years of assisting Dr Richard Bandler, John la Valle and Paul McKenna Ph.D at their NLP and personal development seminars in London.
    She authored books, created journals, online programs and Hypnotic audios that empower her clients to become the best version of themselves and to create a successful environment.
    She has a unique gift of understanding the cause of any difficulty and seeing the clear steps to resolve the blocks that her clients have. Her expertise is her ability to tap into the unconscious patterns of behaviour and draw out the thinking that prevents her clients from being happy and successful. She take complex ideas and concepts and translate them to understandable language to help her clients understand their own behaviour to then make the necessary shifts.
    Vicky’s mission is to create powerful, authentic Leaders that easily motivate and support their teams.
    1 hr 25 min
  • Harun Rabbani Part 2 - The Art of Decision Making
    We are transitioning into an epoch marked by an aware and awakened human species. In order to succeed, we urgently need to make better decisions on an individual and collective basis. We do this by developing better leaders who also happen to be the curators of all our most precious resources.
    Harun Rabbani’s purpose is to help our leaders become better decision-makers by removing the deeply embedded programming that block inner connection and flow. Outer success arises from the optimal performance of the internal structures for decision-making. This means aligning and integrating the thinking, heart, body, intuitive and energetic minds.
    Harun’s SIX core values are:
    1. Making a significant impact in the lives of our clients, colleagues and collaborative partners.
    2. Being authentic by living and speaking our truth. We say what we do and do what we say in a timely, professional, appropriate and transparent manner.
    3. Enjoying the freedom to be our creative selves without limitations. Our freedom extends to our genius mind, health, career, money, relationships, spirituality and contribution to and influence in society.
    4. We treat all with compassion by seeking to understand and support our stakeholders to the best of our ability.
    5. By tapping into Universal Creativity, we develop the most powerful solutions for our clients.
    6. We make a difference to the people and the planet in a profitable way.
    1 hr 12 min
  • Tsufit - Author, Speaker, Step into the Spotlight Coach
    Recently featured in Forbes, TSUFIT is the author of Award-Winning book Step Into the Spotlight!: A Guide to Getting Noticed.
    TSUFIT is a former lawyer who has been described by the Toronto Star as “a starburst of energy― bright bubbly and upbeat” and by Publisher’s Weekly as a “coaching dynamo”. Her book, Step Into the Spotlight! has been endorsed by Tom Peters, Jay Conrad Levinson, Jack Trout, BNI founder, Ivan Misner, Les Brown, Al Ries & many other New York Times best selling authors and experts.
    Formerly an actress, singer & comedienne & the subject of 100’s of feature newspaper articles, television & radio appearances internationally, TSUFIT has appeared doing stand-up comedy in night clubs and on national TV and has appeared on television and film commercials internationally.
    TSUFIT coaches professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, authors, speakers, coaches, consultants and CEOs to catapult their personal brands and themselves into a starring role! She coaches her clients to get seen, get heard and get noticed!
    Once named a “Super-Achiever” by Canadian Lawyer Magazine, TSUFIT is a Dean’s List Law School Graduate who practiced litigation law for 10 years before leaving law for the limelight. Her music CD “Under the Mediterranean Sky” has made Top Album lists all over North America and is played on the radio internationally.
    TSUFIT’s unique story was the subject of a national television documentary which aired on several networks across Canada.
    TSUFIT is in demand as a keynote speaker, radio and TV show guest, seminar leader and mom (although she points out that she is not currently taking on any new clients in the last category!) Today, Tsufit is going to share the BIGGEST MISTAKES speakers make. Take it away, Tsufit!
    1 hr 9 min
  • Harun Rabbani - Author and Premier Speaker on Leadership and Self-Mastery
    Since the age of 12, Harun Rabbani has been immersed in entrepreneurship. His work spans across 8 industries and has primarily focused on influencing transformational change. He is an award-winning trainer, speaker and author. Today, Harun specialises in helping highly ambitious leaders to inspire, influence and impact on the lives of their clients by making better decisions. 
    You are the sum of all your decisions. Your life and business reality is nothing but all those micro-decisions you’ve made every day. Become a better leader by learning how to make better decisions.
    Harun Rabbani is a premier speaker on Leadership and Self-Mastery. As a presenter, he delivers cutting-edge ideas and insights that help individuals to become influential decision-makers. This helps individuals get extraordinary results, teams to attain peak perform and organisations to make a massive difference to the people, the planet and their profits.
    54 min
  • Madeleine Black - Author of Unbroken, Public Speaker and Psychotherapist
    The sharing of her story publicly in September 2014, opened many doors for Madeleine in ways she never imagined and the invitations started to pour in.
    She has taken part in both TV and radio interviews and has been invited to share her story of being gang raped as a teenager at conferences, events and schools.
    She recognises that she was a victim of a crime that left her silent for many years, but has now found her voice and intends to use it. Not just for her, but for so many who can’t find theirs yet.
    She is married and lives in Glasgow with her husband, three daughters, her cat, Suki, and dog, Alfie.
    Her memoir, Unbroken, was published on April 4th 2017. In Unbroken, Madeleine tells her deeply moving and empowering story, as she discovers  that life is about how a person chooses to recover from adversity.
    45 min
  • Ravinol Chambers - Film Maker, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Storyteller
    Ravinol Chambers is an Irish born entrepreneur, speaker and producer / director who is passionate about the 'power of stories' to change lives and make a difference.
    He regular speaks on 'harnessing the power of emotive storytelling' and 'using video to raise funds for good causes'.
    In 2017, his video agency 'Be Inspired Films' won 'UK Production Company of the Year' at the Recommended Agency Awards and his clients include Google, Royal Albert Hall, Cabinet Office, and Oxford University.
    1 hr 14 min
  • Deborah Norton - Internet Strategist and Digital Marketing Consultant
    As an Internet strategy consultant, Deborah possesses over 20 years of working on senior level search and online digital marketing. In 1997 Deborah headed up business development for a then start-up company, formerly Outrider – now Catalyst which is now an internationally acclaimed Search Marketing firm, owned by WPP Group.  
    Presently, consulting (as Bravo) with businesses on creation and implantation of large-scale complex Internet consulting projects, Internet strategy services, web development, content / online marketing, Organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Strategies (SES), Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC) and the development of strategic online marketing plans for B2B & B2C clients.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Curt Mercadante - Entrepreneur and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
    Curt Mercadante is an entrepreneur like you. He has tried. And failed. Won and lost.
    He has suffered through anxiety and doubt and burnout.
    But rebounded to grow several successful businesses, including a $1 million-a-year marketing firm counselling some of the country’s largest corporations and non-profits.
    He has learned as much from his failures as his wins — and founded Gravina Coaching Systems so he could put that experience to work for you.
    He is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and has coached a wide variety of clients, ranging from non-profit executives and marketing professionals to homeschool moms and political consultants.
    52 min
  • John Lamerton - Author, Entrepreneur and Mentor to Small Businesses
    John Lamerton is a lazy entrepreneur and investor. He balances running an ambitious lifestyle business with raising two young children.
    A former "hustler", he now earns more money "working" 20 to 25 hours per week than he used to pulling all nighters and "grinding" for 100+ hours per week. He now spends his "spare" time mentoring fellow ambitious lifestyle business owners, teaching them how to design their business around the lifestyle they truly want.
    In 2017, John released his first book "Big Ideas for Small Businesses", as the definitive "how-to" manual of the lessons and successes that's he's picked up in his two-decade long business career thus far - A former Civil Servant, John has run more than 60 small businesses since the year 2000, making millions of pounds (and thousands of mistakes!) along the way.
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The ‘Share Your Story’ podcast are interviews with small business owners. They begin by sharing their personal back story and their business growth journey, often sharing challenges along the way.…