The NXTGEN Show

Welcome to the NXTGEN SHOW, my name is Benjamin Brain – performance and leadership coach to next generation leaders in family businesses - and it’s my mission to share with you the stories, experiences and lessons learned of other accomplished next generation leaders from across the UK.On today’s show, I was joined by Gavin Howarth of Howarths.Howarths, a successful HR and Employment law firm in West Yorkshire, was launched by Gavin’s parents back in 2003, after his father retired from a succ...

Welcome to the NXTGEN show, my name is Benjamin Brain, Performance & Leadership coach, and it’s my mission to share with you the stories and experiences of accomplished, "next generation" leaders in family run businesses from across the UK.In this episode, and in a first for the show, I was joined by father and son duo, Adam and Kevin Pritchard of Linford Grey Associates in Coalville, Leicestershire.Adam, the Founder and Managing Director of Linford Grey Associates, began his career in th...

Welcome to The NXTGEN Show. My name is Benjamin Brain and it’s my mission to share with you the stories, experiences and insights of accomplished "next generation" leaders in family businesses from across the UK.On today’s episode I was joined by Ben Wilson, Managing Director of MPM - an award-winning, Leeds based manufacturer and supplier of composite and fiberglass tooling and products.The business was launched by Ben’s dad back in 1978. He retired in 2010 when, alongside his two brothers, ...

Welcome to The NXTGEN Show, where it's usually my mission to share the stories and experiences of next generation leaders in family run businesses from around the world.This week’s episode of The NXTGEN Show is a slightly different format to the usual.For regular listeners, you’ll know that this show is all about great conversations with the next generation leaders of family businesses – and that’s going to continue. I’ve got some AMAZING guests lined up ready to share their own story, insigh...

Welcome to the NXTGEN show where it’s my mission to share the stories of next-generation, business owners, CEOs and leaders from family run businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world.In this episode of the NXTGEN show I get to pick the brains of Chris Black.Chris is the managing Director of Sound Leisure who hand-make the most incredible 60’s and 70’s style jukeboxes that you’ve ever seen and they’re on of only two businesses on the planet that make them.Chris’ father, Alan, first la...

Welcome to the NXTGEN show where it’s my mission to share the stories of next-generation, business owners, CEOs and leaders from family run businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world.In today’s episode, I was joined by Chloe Wright.Chloe started out by almost reluctantly helping out in a number of the family businesses after she finished up at university whilst she figured out her own direction.She ended up sticking around and since then has gone on to launch a number of her own busi...

Welcome to The NXTGEN Show, this is Benjamin Brain and it's my mission to share the stories of next generation, family business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs from businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world.On today’s show, I had the pleasure of being joined by Helen Wathall MBE. So, a quick introduction to Helen.She’s the fifth generation of her family to run Wathall’s which was established in 1858 by her great great grandfather, over 164 years ago, and today are Derby’s lon...

Welcome to the NXTGEN Show where it’s my mission to share the stories of 2nd and 3rd generation family-business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs from businesses of all shapes and sizes. Today’s guest on the show is Jonathan Morgan.At 33 years old, Jonathan is a Partner and Director of Sales, Lettings & Financial Services at Peter Morgan Estates - A successful property business in South Wales that’s now been operating for over forty years.Jonathan walked into the family businesses at...

In this roundtable discussion episode of Adversity To Prosperity, Neale Lewis and I were joined by systems and processes experts from manufacturing and construction to talk about how they use effective systems and processes to build highly efficient, productive and lean businesses...For this mini-series I've teamed up with business coach extraordinaire and scaleup expert, Neale Lewis and we'll be tackling the many challenges for business owners and entrepreneurs brought about by the Coronavir...

Welcome to episode 43 and in this week’s brilliant business interview you’ll discover the following three business insights; 1) Which famous Rocky quote is just of true of business as it is of boxing.2) Why a trade like bricklaying can literally take you anywhere in the world if you want it.3) And why it’s not always about what a successful business can do for you, but what it enables you to do for others.In today’s episode, I talk business with Ian Hodgkinson.After being inspired by his...