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Today I'm heading to Tampa, on the west coast of Florida to connect with our guest Dr. Nekeshia Hammond.

Dr. Hammond is a distinguished psychologist, executive coach, and founder of Hammond Psychology & Associates.

She is also the creator and host of the well-received show "Mental Health Moment with Dr. Hammond."

Renowned for her expertise in mental health, burnout prevention, and leadership development, she engages as an international speaker and is an Amazon international best-selling author.

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Hammond has agreed to join as a member of our expert panel during the July 17, C4C Thought Leaders Forum helping us to unravel the topic of "Workplace Trauma"

Previously serving as the President of the Florida Psychological Association, Dr. Hammond is the immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors for the Ryan Nece Foundation.

Her prolific contributions to mental health and community well-being have earned her many accolades.

Among these are the Next Level Leadership Award, the Brian Thomas Spirit of Excellence, the Distinguished Psychologist honor, and the Outstanding Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Award.

Her thought leadership has been featured across multiple media outlets, including NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and Essence Magazine.

Dr. Hammond has also graced renowned platforms like Corporate Counsel Women of Color and TEDx, disseminating her integrative insights on mental wellness and leadership balance.

We are all eagerly awaiting the release of Dr. Hammond's latest book in September which is called Mindset Training. My pre-order has already been placed.

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Today, it's the end of another quarter. Can you believe Quarter 2 for 2024. This not only means we are officially at the halfway point of the year, but also that it's my turn once again to fly solo as we review the previous 12 guests who graciously shared their time and insights with all of us in the past 3 months - April through June.

And as is always the case when I'm doing these recaps, I'm sitting in my studio here in Shanghai and reflecting very briefly on the journey with each guest.

Today's Guests: All 12 from Quarter 1, 2024

We have had 12 amazing leaders join us and therefore as we do for every 13th week of the quarter, today we are going to look back over our line-up and touch on the highlights of the conversations.

Alright so, let's jump in and get started. By now you may be familiar with the approach - we chunk our 12 episodes into 4 groups of 3 weeks at a time – i.e. batches of 3 guests per group.

And thanks to our brilliant marketing team we're able to incorporate each of the promotional intros to save you listening to my wonderfully crafted radio friendly voice the entire time.

Benah Parker – Benah Parker, Ph.D. | LinkedIn

Colin Corby - Colin Corby | LinkedIn

Sue Firth - Sue Firth | LinkedIn

Callum Laing - Callum Laing | LinkedIn

Erin Andrea Craske - Erin Andrea Craske | LinkedIn

Dale Gauthreaux - Dale Gauthreaux, PhD, SHRM-SCP | LinkedIn

Julie Williamson - Julie Williamson, PhD | LinkedIn

Utkarsh Narang - Utkarsh Narang | LinkedIn

Juliette Denny - Juliette Denny | LinkedIn

Daniel Hauge - Daniel Hauge | LinkedIn

Ursula Eysin - Ursula Eysin | LinkedIn

David Roylance - David Roylance | LinkedIn

Final words from Wayne:

Next month, July, we kick off our third Challenge for year. In fact, we call The Ultimate 2-day Challenge and the topic is "Learn 2 Key Phases in achieving Facilitation Mastery.

In August we host our 3rd Virtual Mastermind – 4 x 2 hour sessions to immerse and continuing on from the Challenge we look deeper into the remaining 3 phases to reach Facilitation Mastery. If you have the desire to really elevates your ability as a Facilitator then July and August are curated specifically for you.

And then in September we are back for the 3rd Masterclass of 2024. The topic title is "How Strategic is your thinking and Decision-Making which is another hugely significant Leadership and Business skillset that we dive into.

BTW we are commencing a new bi-monthly free event in July – 8pm 17 July to be precise and we'll be launching our C4C Thought Leaders forum. We have a wonderful panel of experts that will join us as we explore the topic "Addressing Workplace Trauma"

So, if you thought we haven't been busy enough then come and check out this new group. You may also like to join the group and become a C4C Thought Leader yourself…

Wayne Brown - Wayne Brown | LinkedIn

C4C Thought Leaders first forum

Facilitation Mastermind – 3rd Virtual Mastermind

June MASTERCLASS – Communication for Executive Leadership Success

We have just one thing remaining before closing the curtain on this week and that is our 90 minute Masterclass that is live at 3 pm HK/SG time on 28 June – yes, that's Friday this week! If you haven't registered yet you still can.

Here's your link

If you can't make it we understand and look forward to seeing you the same time and location in one weeks time. Bye for now, wishing you a wonderful start to Quarter 3, 2024.

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Today I'm visiting Beech, in the county of Hampshire in south-east England to connect with our guest Mr David Roy-lance.

David challenges all of us to think about how many of us feel we are really being paid the level of our worth, or value? And how many of us feel like the world's best kept secret? He then offers a little reality check by adding that we are all paid to the level of value that other's perceive in us.

So who is David Roy-lance? Well he's an Amazon best selling author, award winning coach and the CEO of 2 businesses and provides business support to several others.

He is Europe's No 1 smasher of the glass ceiling. His client base is typically women in senior roles in large corporates who find that the strategies they used to get the role they have now are not helping them get further up the management chain.

What they get from David are the secrets of how your voice and body resonates so you can show up and shine.

In December 2020 David was recognized as one of the top 40 influencers in the world by the Women in Banking and Finance Group for his assistance in helping women get promoted into the board room.

His career began working as a professional actor and theatre director working alongside notables such as 007, Obi Wan Kenobi and the character Sergent Nicholas Brody of Homeland.

While at drama college he met his first real mentor, Patsy Rodenburg, the world's no 1 voice coach, who helped him understand the power of the voice. Since that time David has accrued over 20 years of experience working with FTSE 250 companies, SMEs, entrepreneurs and charities. Aside from fast tracking woman onto Boards such as the RBS, his teaching skills have allowed executives to double their income within a week of intervention.

He has also worked with Board room executives from Barclays, Standard Life and Coutts. He has delivered courses for staff at HSBC, Macquarie Bank, Zurich Insurance, American Express, Orange, Aviva and Turner Entertainment.

David identifies 3 pillars as central to creating impact…

"Posture, Voice and Energy"

TEAM ET you may not be ready for it, but I even try my hand at a little piece of Shakespearean theatre.

This is a fun conversation that explores how the world of drama entwines with the world of business

So please join David and me as we discuss executive development techniques and David's book - "Be Seen, Be Heard, Get Paid What You Are Worth: From Invisible to Superstar"

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Today I'm visiting Vienna, Austria. Yes, that's right the home of Sigmund Frued Weiner Schnitzel and the Danube, but I'm not here for any of that. Today we are chatting with our guest Ms. Ursula Eysin.

Ms. Eysin used to work as a production manager, moderator, and presenter in theater, opera, film & TV before becoming a passionate technology consultant and communication professional.

As a sinologist she's fluent in Mandarin and several other languages. Ursula's broad knowledge and experience enabled her to not only develop new business ideas, but to also create the right story, vision and action steps around it.

She is an expert in the strategic future process "scenario thinking", the creation of new business models, innovation, technology transfer, business development, and strategic communication.

Besides all of the above, Ursula serves as an Expert Evaluator with the European Commission, mentors various Austrian and international startups, gives lectures at several universities, and writes the monthly column "Code Red" for the Austrian technology magazine E-Media.

And she has recently started a podcast under the same name.

TEAM ET among the many topics you will hear Ursula and I discussing today, we'll be speaking about a project she was involved on associated with Kenyan government and 4 creatively titled scenarios - Roaring Lions, Abandoned Buffalos, White Elephants and Dying Rhinos.

This is an in-depth discussion around strategic thinking and planning, so please ready yourself as you join Ursula and me with our discussion that forces us to look 5, 10 and even 20 years into the future and practice of the art of Scenario Planning.

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Today I'm visiting the Central Region of Denmark to chat with our guest Mr Daniel Hauge.

As well as being an entrepreneur, Daniel is a #1 bestselling author with his book titled:

"The Cure for Mediocrity: Create Wealth, Achieve Freedom, and Live the World-class Lifestyle."

Incredibly he released this book at the age of 17 – that's 7 years ago and is currently considering producing an updated version.

From dropping out of high school and being involved in crime and drug abuse to now being the founder of Passion 4 Achievement, Daniel leads an organization helping thousands of entrepreneurs across the world maximize performance in and out of business.

He is obsessed with personal growth, entrepreneurship, and the relationship between them.

He believes everyone can build their version of a world-class life, and he aims to help as many entrepreneurs as possible achieve exactly that.

Daniel does this primarily through helping entrepreneurs optimize their productivity, focus, energy levels, and systems / routines in and out of business, so they can scale without the bad stress, overwhelm, burnout, and wasted potential.

TEAM ET among the many topics you will hear Daniel and I discussing, from both personal and business aspects, we chat about self-awareness and regulation, aligning personal values with your career and what we can learn from the study of successful people.

So please join Daniel and me with our discussion around "personal development what it takes to become an entrepreneurial superstar"

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Today I'm morphing into an AI bot popping up in cities across Europe and the UK in an effort to keep pace with our guest Ms. Juliette Denny.

Juliette is a learner engagement expert with almost 20-years of experience innovating in the learning tech space.

She has an unrivalled passion for learner engagement and offers unparalleled insight when it comes to learning and development best practice.

She is considered a pioneer and an expert in applying gamification and social functionality to online learning.

Her vibrant talks are packed full of statistics, case studies and actionable take-aways and are designed to ensure you come away with new insight or a fresh perspective.

And TEAM ET, like me I'm confident you will be able to vouch for that claim, after listening to this conversation.

A recipient of some 150 industry awards for the work her team has performed over the past decade, she has now turned her attention to revolutionizing education with new AI Learning pedagogies.

When asked why she is so passionate about this her reply is "Because the future belongs to the curious."

To support this venture Juliette is now heading up the company called Iridescent Technology and I swear the colour of Juliette's hair is purely coincidental not a marketing promo.

TEAM ET please join Juliette and me with "the future of personalized learning has arrived and it's called Coeus AI"

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BTW as a footnote for the Learned:

During our discussion you'll hear us refer to Bloom's Taxonomy – more specifically Juliette is referring to the Cognitive Learning Domain within the Taxonomy and her new AI learning platform's capabilities to bridge the lower and higher levels of that domain – THROUGH DEMONSTRATION AND ARCHING between applying and analyzing.

Today we're in Melbourne, Australia and chatting with our guest Mr. Utkarsh Naran, the Founder and CEO of IgnitedNeurons.

Utkarsh is on a mission to help managers become future leaders for the world.

He is a learning consultant and an accomplished coach on the path to achieving ICF-PCC accreditation, having over 1,000 hours of coaching experience.

With a career spanning 17 years across healthcare, leadership, and e-learning, Utkarsh has led numerous cross-domain teams in both tech startups and large-scale client projects for Fortune 500 companies.

His career started as a 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 in 2007 before moving to 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 in 2013, to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 and leading sales in 2017 and now since 2020 with his company helping individuals and teams 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.

Utkarsh holds certifications as a Happiness Coach from the Berkeley Institute of Well-Being and as a NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) Coach.

He serves as an Executive Coach at BetterUp, Torch.io, and other Silicon Valley startups, catering to executives globally. Notable clients of his coaching include LinkedIn, Infosys, MakeMyTrip, Zynga Games, Salesforce, and The Lego Group.

TEAM ET you will hear during our conversation that we go into Utkarsh's TEDTalk and a word that was foreign to me until this discussion – a "Funambulist." Listen in to learn more about what that means.

We also speak about Change, Growth mindsets, Values, Curiosity, Fear and Courage.

This is a wide ranging discussion that you are sure to take a lot from.

So please join Utkarsh and I as we tackle the topic of "How we can all become better Managers or Leaders one step at a time."

Utkarsh's message:

"A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world. Let's work together and ignite that spark within."

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Today we are back in Denver, Colorado and based on how many of our guests are based in this city, I'm starting to get a sense for why this region is so popular. Our guest is Ms. Julie Williamson, Managing partner at the Karrikin Group.

In addition to being co-owner of this organization Julie is an experienced keynote speaker and published author. You can check out her book on Amazon which is titled – Matter: Move beyond the Competition, create more value and become the obvious choice.

Julie is a leading voice in how alignment can transform leaders and organizations,

and she has worked around the world with some of the largest companies, helping them set and execute on strategy and transformation.

BTW TEAM ET you'll hear us go deep into this topic during the conversation.

Julie is interested in how executive engagement happens and how leadership teams form and un-form.

Her deep understanding of behavioral science combined with her executive experience and business acumen allows her to push past the barriers that hold back teams from finding alignment, transforming organizations and accelerating growth.

TEAM if you want to maximize your takeaway from this episode, I'd encourage you to check out the Karrikin Group website and review the various models you hear Julie and I discuss. Things such as the Diamond Triangle, The Behavior and Competence models. You might even wish to try your hand at completing The Space Between Agreement and Alignment exercise.

TEAM ET – please join Julie and I as we tackle the topic of Leadership Alignment and unpack the all-important "How" equation.

I guarantee you will come away from this conversation with a new perspective of just how important it is to have your leadership team not only singing from the same hymn sheet but pulling together during their strategy implementation.

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Hello, today is a special milestone for the show as we are celebrating our 100th episode and therefore I've decided to catch up and enjoy the occasion with my good friend Mr. Dale Gauthreaux back in Atlanta, Georgia.

Well, I was there in person a month back, and this time its only a virtual visit.

Who is Dale aside from being a past colleague, friend and someone I like to think sits on my Personal Board of Directors – you'll understand more about what that means when you listen to our conversation.

Additionally, Dale specializes in helping leaders and organizations address performance and engagement challenges.

Through consulting, training and coaching, Dale helps leaders develop the capacity and capability to accomplish their organization's goals.

A student of organizational culture and effectiveness, Dale brings over 30 years of experience in organizational effectiveness, leadership development, strategy, and culture transformation.

His experiences span manufacturing, sales, health care, financial services, technology, education, and non-profit organizations.

Dale lives and learns in the Atlanta area but enjoys frequent visits to his native Louisiana to savor the food, music and culture of his second home, New Orleans.

TEAM ET - please join Dale and I as we tackle the topic of Leadership from various angles and the impact it has had during both our careers together with plenty of insightful suggestions about you might approach your role.

Remember wearing the badge of Leadership is just one of your identities, and beneath that façade we are all people first.

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Today we are in London to chat with our guest Ms. Erin Andrea Craske.

Ms. Craske is an award-winning strategist with a 20-year career, culminating as Global Head of Consumer Brands.

With expertise in strategic development, profitability, leadership, and communication, she's an ICF-certified business and leadership success coach.

Leveraging 16 years of leadership, she empowers contribution-driven businesses to succeed on their terms and build a profitable business while amplifying a ripple effect of goodness.

There are literally so many wonderful things that I could share about Erin and the work she's doing.

Starting with the great book she has written called "From Profit to Purpose." It's the alchemy if you like; the A to Z: a practical strategy guide that encompasses insights on building self-selling brands, achieving business longevity, thriving in saturated markets, and avoiding strategic pitfalls.

Or to her philosophical side (even though Erin denies that she has one), with quotes such as the following two examples.

"THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF IS THE COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL GROWTH. BY STRIVING TO BECOME BETTER, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS."

and

"EMBRACE HIRING THOSE BETTER THAN YOURSELF; THEIR SKILLS AND MOTIVATION FUEL BUSINESS GROWTH. TRUE GREATNESS IS IN BUILDING AN INSPIRING TEAM, NOT IN SELF-ADMIRATION."

And TEAM I'm literally scratching the surface – you also will hear me ask the question about Erin's insane yet enviable Lifelong Learning habits which make mine look amateurish at best.

TEAM ET you are all truly in for a treat from this fascinating and highly intellectual individual, so please ready yourselves for an exciting conversation as we explore the "Profitability Flow Framework – it's foundations and 6 pillars."

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