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Our grandparents always seem to give us the best advice and for Marissa Nehlsen her grandma shared "you are not a tree - you are free to move and plant yourself wherever you want to be, and then bloom where you plant yourself" Marissa Nehlsen is the founder and CEO of Freedom Financial Group. From humble beginnings as a rural farm girl to running a  multi million dollar financial organisation Marissa certainly knows a thing or two about the choices we make. In this delightful podcast I have the awesome opportunity to hear more about the thinking and mindset of one of the most inspiring women I know. I have the fortune to call Marissa a friend and to hear some of her insights into how she has created the life she now leads is a genuine honour. Marissa delivers results by connecting with people and sharing her practical tools and techniques to help them achieve their goals and transform their lives in 5 core areas; financial, emotional, relational, spiritual and physical. Beyond her financial organisation she is currently leading two new start ups to increase her reach and sow more seeds, in her own worlds she wants to help as many people as she can to transform their lives through the help she can provide. Marissa lives by the ethos of working out what you have in your pantry and using this to do good and serving others. As if that is not enough she also has created a charitable organisation called Foundation Latin America that is funding sewing schools all over the world If you want to discover more about Marissa and the work she does you can connect with her here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marissa.nehlsen Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-nehlsen-33095516a/ web: www.marissanehlsen.com

Persistence is everything. When your self belief fails you then you need to fall back on your persistence to see you through. If ever a person lived out her advice it is Solange Semedo.

Solange is the Group CEO of ETZ Group PLC - ETZ offers a full stack of software for recruitment agencies. With back office at its core, ETZ saves recruitment agency processing costs by up to 85%. Back office, payroll and CRM software that saves money and helps recruitment agencies grow.

A Portuguese national who was brought to the UK by her mother as a young child Solange has had a challenging journey to where she now finds herself leading her organisation. As she shares in this wonderful discussion hard work and perseverance have been two of the hall marks of her career. From packing goods in a factory, through working for large international law firms to investigating white collar crime Solange has had a very varied history. As a black female non UK national she has faced bias and discrimination, and it feels has always had to fight to have a voice. 

Her personal story has led her to genuinely wanting to lead with humanity and a caring approach - to ensure that the company she leads does not negatively impact the lives of teams in the way that she has had to suffer in her career. 

Listen in as she shares her wisdom and advice that she has gained from her life so far.

You can connect with Solange on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solangesemedolawyer1/

Solange is a UK commercial solicitor with over 10+ years’ experience in white collar crime, EU/Competition law investigations, and Compliance. Solange has worked in private-practice  at New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, and UK heavyweight Clyde & Co; and in-house at Oil & Gas company BP, US eDiscovery leader KrollDiscovery; and in the public sector at the Office of Fair Trading (now the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)). Solange has substantial knowledge in the Technology industry, speaks 5 languages fluently (Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Italian), has an LLB (Hons) in English and European Laws and an LLM in EU Law from the University of Essex.

Websites

www.GetETZ.com

https://www.etz-global.com/

https://www.freelanceinformer.com/

How has a dentist helped over 50,000 people globally to discover their purpose in life? 

Dr Gary Sanchez is the leader of the WHY Institute (www.whyinstitute.com) - an organisation that he formed to help people all around the world discover their WHY. In this fabulous conversation Gary shares his own story as to how he discovered his own WHY and what it meant to him, and how he has since discovered a Better Way that he has Shared with people everywhere.

From working with one of the coaches of "The Secret" fame to jumping on the phone with Simon Sinek (author of start with WHY) Gary's story is pretty incredible - he has transformed his world all because of a need to figure out for himself why he does what he does. What he uncovered was a system that can allow you to discover your why too in just minutes. Once you know your why we can have a really great conversation.

Having invested time in discovering my own why (and realising that Gary and I share the same WHY) i have been impressed by the work Gary is doing and how easy and yet powerful this tool is. In this conversation you can simply hear the passion with which Gary operates - as he says when what you do is aligned with why you do it - this is what fuels our passion.

If you want to find out more about Gary and the work he is doing then follow him on Linked In (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-sanchez-dds-9118bb4/)

How does staying curious help us to stay ahead of the curve? Toby Newman is passionate about helping others to learn and grow and is working, both inside his organisation and through his social collaborations to help inspire people to become life long learners.

In this episode Toby shares his background story that has led him to having delivered his own TedEx talk, created a You tube channel and formed the 'nevereandinglearner'. In this honest and thoughtful discussion he shares that where he is now was not necessarily part of a plan and how he took inspiration from the Bar Luhrmann song "wear sunscreen" from 1997 (for those younger listeners to this podcast you can check it out here - worth a listen https://youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI).

Toby is the Internal Talent Development Lead for TedEx Eindhovenas well as being an L&D Manager at HERE technologies. You can connect with him on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theneverendinglearner/

His TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHrXGDqNzc&list=PLDoXrtJe8hy4EJ2PswlFy-zSTmv1LEddn – this playlist includes the talk with his post thoughts and journey to TEDx. He also has YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUEYHTCDPcdwXMsQNkb1Qg?view_as=subscriber

In the podcast Toby shares a number of resources - here are the links:

Freakonomics: https://freakonomics.com/archive/

Self-awareness great resource: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/how-to-practice-self-awareness/

The counselling course: https://www.bluetivity.com/

Throughout her very successful career Debbie Halls-Evans has been drawn to helping people to grow, develop and overcome their personal challenges so it is no surprise that she now leads a global people development organisation with her husband. In this brilliant conversation Debbie shares her story - the journey she has taken that has seen her have a successful corporate career, through winning a TV cooking show, to now leading RLC Consult.

Debbie shares how her work ethic and her belief in what she can do has been a constant thread throughout her life. Like many she has doubts but she has learnt to overcome them and take action. Throughout all of this her one overriding piece of advice is to "be the kindest person you know". 

Debbie is the partner at RLC Global (www.rlcglobal.com) - you can also follow her on Linked In (https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbiehallsevans/)

Your instinct knows the way. When sharing her single biggest piece of advice Karen Turner, Founder and Consultant at 22 Coaching & Consulting (https://22coaching-consulting.co.uk) tells us to stop fighting it and start to follow it.

This has led her from a successful career in the healthcare industry to set up her own consultancy where she helps healthcare clinicians and practitioners to build their business' and achieve even higher levels of patient care and practice performance.

In this wonderful episode we discover how Karen overcame here own inner critic to set up her own business and pursue the things that matter most in her life - some people call it selfish but as we discover Karen has recognised that this is just about following your dreams.

What role does the HR profession play in changing the world of work today? In this amazing conversation Shakil Butt, HR Hero for Hire, shares his own background and journey through the worlds of finance and HR to become one of the leading voices in changing the landscape for work in Britain today.

On the back of the recent global movements around diversity and inclusion Shakil shares his own passion for the role leaders play in creating fully inclusive spaces where people feel safe to perform at their best. He also shares how some personal development he undertook allowed him to really focus on what matters most in his life and how this has helped him shift his focus. 

What does success mean? Shakil is really clear on what it means for him.

To find out more about Shakil and his work visit https://www.hrheroforhire.co.uk

You can also connect with him on Linked in here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakil-butt-hr-hero-for-hire/

What does political philosophy have to do with leading customer contact centres and creatng great customer experiences? This was a questions that today's guest Rob Davies has been asking himself recently. The answer? The love of solving complex problems and the importance of tolerance.

As a PHD academic Rob wrote his thesis on the power of tolerance. Then in his own words he fell into the gambling sector and his career has since taken him around the globe helping business to build amazing customer experience. However, what has stayed true is that that Rob loves working on complex issues and identifying solutions.

In this wonderful conversation he will share with you the 3 foundations of tolerance and how this have become the fundamental building blocks on which he has built his leadership - and the basis for many of the career choices he makes.

If you would like to connect with Rob his linkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-davies-390b4231/

In this episode we are speaking to Ishtar Ali from Ancora renovate. Ishtar is an inspirational leader who has taken a brave decision to be a female leader in the male dominated world of construction and renovation. In this episode we will find out what made her take this path and what she has learnt along the way. 

Ishtar shares the inspiration she has taken from her mum - another lady who had a career where she broke with societal norms and did things that perhaps the stereotypical view not expect of an Asian Lady living in the UK. From this inspiration Ishtar has repeatedly chosen to challenge herself and take risks, all from a framework of hope and refuge.

To find out more about Ishtar and her work then please visit www.ancorarenovate.co.uk 

You can also connect with Ishtar here:

@ancorarenovate on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ancora-renovate