In this episode I am chatting to Andy Melia, CEO of Heart of the City, a charity that aims to bring responsible business into the Heart of the city. They support SMEs to be a force for good, through workshops, masterclasses and expert mentoring and their foundation programme will help you look at how your business can support your local community, reduce your environmental impact, build a more diverse workforce and look after your employees’ wellbeing – and they’ll help you put it all into a strategy that’ll help your business succeed!

We talk about how Andy felt starting his new role as CEO in the midst of a pandemic, what strategies he uses to keep engaged with his team and how he has evolved as a leader through this experience. You'll also hear me share one of the most powerful books I have read about our digital behaviour, but you'll have to listen to find out! 

In this episode I am chatting to Jane Bertch, Entrepreneur, Consultant and Founder of La Cuisine Paris a French cooking school in Paris offering a variety of cooking classes in English, anything from Croissant Classes, Macaron Classes, Traditional French Pastry Classes, Technical Skills Classes, and a French Cheese Workshop in addition to Food Tours in Paris and Versailles! She runs a small international team, with different backgrounds and experiences, who all work with a common value: the desire to share their "savoir faire" and passion with you.

We chat about the pivot Jane had to make to her business from running in person to online cooking classes and courses, to her own leadership style and journey and we discuss the importance of role models to develop ourselves. 

Hello and welcome to Still Loading a podcast dedicated to exploring leadership for the digital age.

My name is Ilona Brannen and I am your host for this exploration and adventure. I’ve been fascinated by us humans, how we develop and the interplay with technology for over 20 years now and I am so excited be here with you.  Leadership is a huge topic, which is so important to be able to create a future world we want to be part of, or not depending on your point on view.

If you are someone who leads an organisation, team project or simply looking to develop yourself this is the podcast for you.

So strap on in, get set and lets disrupt the leadership space to create better leaders for all of us.

Thats definitely worth listening to.

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