The Transformation Leaders Podcast | Better Thinking. Better Decisions. Better Transformation.

Tony's guest today is Valentina Smirnova, Head of Finance Operations at AXA Partners, she shares her insightful roadmap for navigating Cultural Diversity Matters in 2024. Discover the strategies, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped her success story and learn how you too can champion cultural diversity in your community and workplace.

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If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Valentina comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Valentina Smirnova

Experienced director with strong international exposure with a passion for strong delivery & first class business outcomes.Specialisation: programs of change, digital & cultural transformation, finding solutions for business challenges, identifying efficiencies & implementing it.

Contact Valentina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentinasmirnova/

Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge (TLBoK)

Tony is delighted to launch the first edition of the TLBoK, a definitive resource created for transformation leaders by transformation leaders, providing a comprehensive exploration of strategies, methodologies and insights that have redefined successful organisational change and transformation.

Available in all leading bookstores or via the #TLH website - here -https://thetransformationleadershub.com/tlbok-intro/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

In today's episode, Tony is delighted to announce the launch of the Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge or TLBoK for short, a definitive resource for transformation leaders.

Grab yourself a copy here. - https://thetransformationleadershub.com/checkout-tlbok/

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com 

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co 

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected] 

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals.

Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Jennifer Long. Jen is a Certified Master Coach and the CEO of OwnUp!®  LLC where she works with senior leaders, managers and teams across various industries to do better strategy, teaming and complex problem-solving to transform their organisations. 

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If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Jennifer comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Jennifer Long

She is the author of #1Amazon Bestseller book OwnUp!® How to Hold People Accountable Without all the Drama as well as co-host of her own podcast called Organisational Transformation or “OT KungFu” for short

Contact Jennifer : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertlong/

Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge (TLBoK) Book Launch

On 10 June 2024, Tony is delighted to launch the first edition of the TLBoK, a definitive resource created for transformation leaders by transformation leaders, providing a comprehensive exploration of strategies, methodologies and insights that have redefined successful organisational change and transformation. Available in all leading bookstores or via the #TLH website - here -https://thetransformationleadershub.com/tlbok-intro/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals.

Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Shamila Mhearban. Shamila, a recognised expert in high-performance leadership and Forbes Council member brings invaluable insight into her data-driven approach to understanding transformation leadership.

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If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Shamila comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Shamila Mhearban

An Executive Coach, Shamila specialises in providing High-Performance Executive Coaching for Senior Executives, Directors, VPs, C-Suite Leaders and NEDs. Deploying software that has been designed to allow clients to map and track their progress in their coaching journey, she helps here clients to isolate the impact of the coaching intervention and gain clarity on coaching ROI

Contact Shamila : https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamila-mhearban-executive-coach/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals.

Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Nancy Ho. Nancy’s vast experiential knowledge, impacting over 10,000 clients, provides authoritative, relatable content as she offers a new lens on transformative leadership challenges.

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If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Nancy, comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Nancy Ho

A recognised thought leader in personal and professional development, Nancy has a unique perspective on work-life balance. Her challenge to you - Can you achieve an equilibrium between success and fulfilment?

Contact Nancy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-ho-exec-coach/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here.

w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Andrea Petrone. After a successful business career where he worked for numerous great companies, he achieved fast-track career progression to the top and made a difference. By age 35, he had led entire organisations and helped them achieve great performance. He lived and worked in 7 countries and 3 continents. He couldn't ask for anything more. He was winning.

But at the end of 2018, he had an epiphany realising that his work was not aligned with his purpose and aspiration to make a bigger impact in the world.

Submit your questions

If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Andrea, comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day job' is as a Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real-world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Andrea Petrone

Andrea helps visionary and ambitious CEOs become world-class leaders, build extraordinary companies and achieve breakthrough performance.

Contact Andrea:

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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-world-class-leaders-show/id1588150545

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Colleen Slaughter. As an American living in France supporting Global Leaders to unlock their true potential and create meaningful impact, our conversation focuses on the core elements of a transformational leader and what it takes to deliver real organisational change.

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If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Colleen, comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's 'day-job' is Principal Consultant with FSP Consulting Services (FSP), a leading digital transformation specialist, combining real world experience in business strategy, change and adoption and digital solution delivery. www.fsp.co

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Colleen Slaughter

With over 20 years of experience as a Transformational Facilitator and Executive Coach, Colleen helps leaders understand their worth at a profound level, creating a ripple effect of purpose and service throughout their organisations and lives. By empowering them to make bolder moves, she assists her clients in transcending limiting beliefs and self-doubt, unleashing their innate power to achieve remarkable results.

Contact Colleen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenslaughter/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony's guest today is Guy Mason. With a background in engineering, Guy moved into applying technology to business early in his career. He has worked across start-ups and SMEs as a board member and CIO of significant international businesses in Europe, the US, and Australia.

Submit your questions

If you would like to clarify anything with Tony or Guy, comment below or email Tony. We will be sure to respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25-year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. Its core focus is to help members stand out from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Guy Mason

Guy’s sector knowledge is broad, but his deep experience is in retail, hospitality, leisure, transport and distribution. He has real-world experience in Audit, Risk and Investment, creating data functions in large and small businesses and the opportunity that data brings together the governance, regulation and compliance issues it needs.

Guy has a particular experience in value creation in business through extensive work on M&A, transformation, and delivery to private equity owners. Guy graduated from Cambridge University and ENSAM, Paris.

Contact Guy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-r-mason/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub is a truly global peer-to-peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

In this enriching episode of the Transformation Leaders podcast, Tony is joined by Niki Avraam, a dynamic lawyer, entrepreneur, and change agent.

Niki opens about her unconventional approach to law. She narrates the distinctive, transformative journey in the legal field that defied traditional norms and paved her path to success. Nikki's narrative highlights how rounding off the edges of traditional law practices can unlock doors to innovative practices, contribute to societal change, and drive you towards a fulfilling career.

As an intrinsically motivated ‘legal entrepreneur’, Nikki turned the tables within the legal profession. Nikki discusses her co-founding a commercial law firm in London and reveals the secret sauce - a work environment that cherishes diversity and encourages autonomy. This episode delves deep into Nikki's aspirations for the future workforce, a unique blend of leadership combined with personal life experiences that form a canvas of her professional accomplishments, and her perspective on transformation.

Underlying our deep-dive into Nikki’s passion for challenging the status quo is a compelling discussion on the essence of storytelling, transformation, and the ‘why'. Emphasizing the importance of operating outside comfort zones, we delve into fostering an adaptable, innovative approach to problems. Experience a discussion challenging traditional structures, especially in sectors like law, and uncover strategies to navigate resistance while aligning with the organization's vision.

Listen in as we zero in on organizational growth principles, focusing on setting clear company values, understanding key stakeholder needs, tailoring messages to their viewpoints, and fostering an innovative, fail-friendly environment. We conclude with insights into how a growth mindset can become a catalyst for organizational transformation. Join us in this riveting chat as we explore the landscape of change, transformation, and leadership with purpose.

Submit your questions

If you would like to clarify anything with either Tony or Niki make a comment below or drop Tony an email. We will respond.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25 year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020. #TLH's core focus is to help members to standout from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities. www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]

About Niki Avraam

A legal entrepreneur, pioneering a new era of leadership and workplace transformation through speaking and business advice. Passionate in her belief that when individuals are empowered with autonomy and agency in their roles, they naturally feel a sense of ownership and are more likely to be invested in the organisation’s goals. By nurturing this sense of ownership, we can unlock a pathway to individual and organisational success. 

Contact Niki: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikiavraam/

About #TLH

The Transformation Leaders Hub - a truly global peer to peer network for change and transformation professionals. Check it out here. w: http://www.thetransformationleadershub.com

Welcome to this special episode of our podcast, recorded during a lively and insightful 1% Club Roundtable within The Transformation Leaders Hub. This session, dedicated to "Developing a Growth Mindset," brought together change leaders, transformation managers, and forward-thinking professionals to explore the pivotal role of growth mindset in organisational change and transformation.

Key Highlights:

The Importance of a Growth Mindset: We delved into why nurturing a growth mindset is crucial in today's rapidly evolving business landscape, emphasizing its role in fostering adaptability, innovation, and resilience.

Understanding Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets: Through a detailed comparison, we highlighted the defining traits of growth and fixed mindsets, offering insights on how to recognise and encourage growth-oriented behaviors within teams.

Practical Strategies for Cultivation: The session covered actionable strategies for fostering a growth mindset within teams and organisations, emphasizing the role of leadership, the power of peer learning, and the significance of embracing challenges as opportunities.

Engaging Roundtable Discussion: Following the presentation, participants engaged in a vibrant discussion, sharing personal experiences, challenges, and strategies related to embedding a growth mindset in their transformation initiatives.

For those who missed the live session or wish to revisit the insightful discussions, we have good news! The full roundtable discussion, along with the rich exchange of ideas and experiences it sparked, is available exclusively within The Transformation Leaders Hub.

Interested in joining the conversation and accessing a wealth of resources tailored for transformation leaders? Visit https://thetransformationleadershub.com/ to join The Transformation Leaders Hub and become part of a community dedicated to driving change and achieving transformational success.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights and connect with fellow change-makers. Join us at The Transformation Leaders Hub and take your first step towards empowering your growth mindset journey in organisational transformation.

About Tony Lockwood

After a 25 year career delivering change and transformation, Tony launched The Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH) in 2020.

#TLH's core focus is to help members to standout from the crowd, build their network with their peers and open up new career opportunities.

He is the author of the soon to be published Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge and creator of the Transformation Canvas - Download a copy of the ebook, Evolve or Perish! that uses a story to demonstrate how to embed the Canvas into you transformation efforts.

Tony can be contacted by email at [email protected]