Your Truth Shared

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Joining Finola this week is special guest Greg Chuchra. Based in Poland, Greg is the proud co-founder and CEO of two technology titans, Predica and Tedee. Predica was included in the Technology Fast 50 and FT 1000 rankings, acknowledging Europe’s fast-growing companies. In this episode, Greg shares his fascinating journey of launching Predica in 2009 and how he scaled the high-growth business and handled its acquisition. We also get Greg’s take on the value of meaningful work, leadership without ego, and business problem solving and learn how he transitioned to launching Tedee, a product-focused business. 

Trust us when we say that Greg is a book guru, so keep an ear out at the end of the episode as Greg kindly shares his top 3 bookshelf must-haves for entrepreneurs. Key points throughout this episode include: 

- An introduction to Greg Chuchra.
- The road to Predica and its business origin story. 

- The value of meaningful work.

- Improving lives with the use of technology. 

- The benefits of continuous learning in business. 

- Designing a company for growth and keeping your ego in check. 

- Tackling scalability issues and implementing business change. 

- Igniting an authentic business culture from day one. 

- Greg’s experience with handling a business acquisition.

- Reinventing the way we work.
- Developing and establishing Tedee, a product-focused company.

- Greg’s top three book recommendations for entrepreneurs. 

Get connected socially with Greg Chuchra:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/grzegorz-chuchra  

https://tedee.com/ 

https://www.predicagroup.com/ 

Resources:

Book:

Getting Things Done by David Allen.

https://gettingthingsdone.com/books/ 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful-ebook/dp/B01069X4H0 

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

https://heathbrothers.com/books/switch/ 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Joining Finola on the podcast this week is special guest Brendan O’Hara. Brendan is the co-founder and CTO of Untapped AI, a powerful self-awareness company on a mission to help leaders flourish in business by tapping into their self-awareness to learn and understand more about themselves as well as their clients. 

In this episode, Brendan discusses the journey of cultivating self-awareness and accelerating business growth, shares his experience of adapting to challenging and ever-changing environments and reveals the advice he would offer to his younger self. Key points throughout this episode include: 

- An introduction to Brendan O’Hara.

- The rise and evolution of Untapped. 

- The link between coaching and self-awareness artificial intelligence. 

- Why self-awareness is essential. 

- Data protection: security, privacy and confidentiality.

- The concept of change fatigue and the cost of failure. 

- Advice for Brendan’s younger self. 

- Discovering insights and seeing the business grow. 

- Establishing your business identity. 

- An introduction to the objective observer. 

- The highs and lows in the journey of business growth. 

- The impact of Covid-19 on business. 

- Prejudice and privileges: Tackling difficult conversations. 

- The power within understanding your team. 

Get connected socially with Brendan O’Hara:

https://www.untapped.ai/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-ohara-110/ 

https://twitter.com/brendanohara10 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

‘’The words we say internally, and the visualizations we allow ourselves to form, create our reality.’’ – Rachel Gotto. 

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week Finola is delighted to welcome best-selling author, clinical hypnotherapist, personal success coach and speaker Rachel Gotto. Rachel ‘s story is astonishing and is unveiled in Flying on the Inside, a memoir of her trauma and recovery, released in December 2021 following the sudden loss of her husband and facing a life-threatening brain tumour. 

In this episode, Rachel shares her journey from tragedy to triumph, her joyous connection to living and life, how she overcame physical, mental and emotional hardships over the last 25 years, the power of the mind and why we need to treat ourselves with more kindness and compassion. Key points throughout this episode include: 

- An introduction to Rachel Gotto.

- How we are born to survive. 

- The strength within: creating your own reality. 

- Moving through hardship and strengthening your resilience. 

- The importance of flexing your mind. 

- Why we must treasure our physical and mental autonomy. 

- The power of fostering curiosity and brainstorming. 

- Overcoming the turmoil of imposter syndrome. 

- Finding the richness in your story and unlocking your greatness.

- Self-compassion and managing your internal dialogue. 

- The impact of negative self-beliefs and self-talk. 

- The power of repetition for the brain. 

- Showing up for our own transformation.

Get connected socially with Rachel Gotto:

https://www.rachelgotto.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelgotto 

https://twitter.com/RachelGotto 

Resources:

Book: 

Flying on the Inside by Rachel Gotto

https://www.rachelgotto.com/flying-on-the-inside 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Joining Finola this week is special guest Paul McClatchie. Paul is the inspirational proud founder of the award-winning recruitment firm, Engage People, which takes great pride in creating happier and more productive workplaces by aligning business with talent. 

In this episode, Paul rewinds in time, sharing how he made a big decision and an even more significant move by transitioning from his director role at Cpl Resources Plc to growing his own business into the thriving company it is today. Paul also discusses shaping your company culture, the power of differentiating your business from others, how to support, inspire and lead your team to greatness and much more. Key points throughout this episode include: 

- An introduction to Paul McClatchie.

- The key to cultural alignment. 

- Embracing a strategic thinking mindset. 

- Paul’s experience of financial recruiting in challenging times. 

- Career moves: leaving a job to start a business. 

- Developing and sustaining employee engagement. 

- Influence at work and the determination to improve operations. 

- Differentiating your business from others.

- The business mindset: creating more leaders and followers.

- Why self-care in business is vital. 

- Paul’s 3 F’s – Focus, Fit and Fun. 

- The importance of setting and clarifying clear expectations. 

- Setting team goals and measuring performance. 

- Communicating with your team and learning about their ambitions.

- The map of recruitment and driving your business mission. 

- The highs and lows of growing a business. 

Get connected socially with Paul McClatchie:

https://engagepeople.ie/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmcclatchie/ 

https://twitter.com/PaulMcClatchie 

Resources:

Book: The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters.

https://chimpmanagement.com/books-by-professor-steve-peters/the-chimp-paradox/ 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Have you a passion for retail!? If so, you are in for a treat! Experienced strategist and retail guru Miriam Simon joins Finola on the podcast this week to discuss her fascinating entrepreneurial journey and the evolution of retail.

Miriam takes us behind the scenes and unpacks what it was like to work at senior and board levels for renowned brands such as Dunnes Stores, TK Maxx, Monsoon and B&Q – to name but a few. Miriam also reveals the importance of believing in your career path and opens up about her transition from retail to non-retail. 

Miriam is a highly sought-after mentor offering startups strategies destined for success and growth. If you are interested in growing your business, visit https://www.miriamsimon.ie/ for further details. Key points throughout this episode include: 

- An introduction to Miriam Simon.

- Valuable learnings from an early career.

- Managing parental leave.  

- The key to nurturing talent in business. 

- Miriam’s need for challenges. 

- Navigating through Ireland’s financial crisis. 

- Recognising business opportunities and mastering attention to detail. 

- The power of retail marketing and observation. 

- Why we should believe in our career paths. 

- The big move into non-retail: self-discovery and new beginnings.

- The impact of Covid-19 and what’s next for the future of retail.

- It’s time for change: the concept of the circular economy. 

- Why we should not fear educated guesses in business.

- Welcome to the new digital age: the rise of subscriptions and gamification. 

- The balance of power within SMEs. 

Get connected socially with Miriam Simon:

https://www.miriamsimon.ie/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamasimon

https://twitter.com/mirms09 

https://www.facebook.com/PTO.ie/  

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, Finola is joined by the inspirational Mick Kelly. Mick is a social entrepreneur, author, TV presenter and founder of GIY (Grow It Yourself) – a non-profit social enterprise on a mission to educate and enable a global movement of food growers to help rebuild a sustainable food system. 

In this episode, we learn how Mick connected his passion with a purpose following a supermarket encounter with a bulb of garlic. Mick opens up about the opportunities and challenges of growing a sustainable social enterprise and reveals the organic evolution of GIY. Keep an ear out at the end of the episode as Mick plants a sign-off seed sharing his advice for making your business dreams a reality! Key points throughout the episode include:

- An introduction to Mick Kelly. 

- A rewind to the roots of Grow It Yourself. 

- Identifying gaps in the market and taking action. 

- Sharing knowledge and expanding a local community into a nationwide community.

- Mick’s accidental step into social enterprise. 

- An insight into the food system and climate change.

- Business growth: striving for global success.

- Building confidence to achieve your goals. 

- How one person can make a significant difference in the world.

- The power of vision setting and goal setting.  

- Building a culture and the importance of organisational core values. 

- Finding courage and overcoming fears in business. 

- You are not alone: how business supports can help you.

- Mick’s advice for making your dream business a reality. 

Get connected socially with Mick Kelly:

https://giy.ie/ 

https://www.facebook.com/GIYIreland 

https://www.instagram.com/giyireland/ 

https://twitter.com/giyireland/ 

https://www.youtube.com/user/GIYIreland 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. We have a fascinating episode in store this week as special guest Carrie Eddins joins Finola. Carrie is a result-focused communication expert with beautiful energy who reaches into people’s hearts for a living, specialising in helping leaders on a mission of expressing themselves fully and pumping heart into business.

Throughout the show, Carrie opens up about her dyslexia, her courageous path to The Blondepreneur, and the importance of building connection through communication and content and reveals her exciting plans for the future. Key points throughout include: 

- An introduction to Carrie Eddins: a sparkle, a volcano, a bubble, a squeak. 

- The key to building emotional connections. 

- Women and men in business: is there a difference?

- The need for safe networking spaces for women.

- The struggles of millennial women. 

- The connection recipe: reading people’s hearts.

- The challenge of identity.

- Stepping into your truth and how to cultivate self-trust. 

- What advice would you give to your younger self? 

- Building up the courage for change.   

- Going back to the content marketing roots. 

‘’Content without connection is like tea without cake.’’ – Carrie Eddins. 

Get connected socially with Carrie Eddins:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieeddins 

https://www.theblondepreneur.com/ 

https://twitter.com/blondepreneur 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/ 

https://www.finolahoward.com/ 

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

‘’Everybody has the entitlement to feel beautiful, happy, confident, and comfortable in their own skin. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from. It’s classless. It’s raceless.’’ – John Murray.

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, joining Finola on the podcast is one of Ireland’s leading headshot photographers, John Murray. John is on a mission to close the gap between how we think we look and what we think the rest of the world expects us to look like and the gap between who we feel we are, as opposed to who we believe the rest of the world expects us to be. 

This week’s discussion focuses on identity, which is such a fundamental aspect of marketing and seeing through the lens of unconditional love. John shares his journey of stepping into photography thanks to a concert cancellation, the importance of self-awareness, and his passion for empowering others to see and embrace their whole selves through his work and image wellness talks. Key points throughout the show include: 

- An introduction to John Murray.

- Becoming a photographer: converting a hobby into a profession.

- Overcoming the discomfort of getting your photograph taken. 

- How to smile with your body? 

- Hijacking your hormones: The fight or flight response. 

- The impact of identity distress.

- Tackling imposter syndrome and low self-esteem. 

- You are the writer of your own story. 

- The path to self-acceptance. 

-  Knowing your why and finding your purpose. 

Get connected socially with John Murray: 

https://www.johnmurrayheadshots.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/johnmurrayheadshots/ 

https://www.facebook.com/JohnMurrayHeadshots/ 

https://twitter.com/JMPhotodub 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/JohnMurrayHeadshots 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/ 

https://www.instagram.com/thisisfinolahoward/ 

https://twitter.com/FinolaHoward 

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

"Because we spend so much of our time at work, I think it's really, really important to make sure that you are happy at work because it leaks into every aspect of our lives." – Aoife O'Brien.  

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Have you ever wondered what the secret is to obtaining job satisfaction or what makes people truly happy at work? Well, wonder no more as joining Finola on this week's episode is Happiness at Work expert and host of the same-titled and booming business podcast, Aoife O'Brien.

Having worked in multiple countries across the globe, Aoife kindly shares many interesting learnings from her extensive professional experience. Finola and Aoife cover great ground in this episode discussing human behaviours, discovering your calling, aligning your career and personal values and much more. So go ahead and dive right in! 

Key points throughout the discussion include:

- An introduction to Aoife O'Brien. 

- Gaining an interest in employee retention and human behaviour. 

- How to identify your strengths and discover your calling. 

- Overcoming the fear of data. 

- Fitting in at work and understanding organisational behaviours. 

- Are company values established and being lived?

- Aoife's approach to hiring.

- The importance of identifying your values and needs. 

- The hiring process: aligning recruitment with company values.  

- Striking the balance of workplace autonomy.

- Put people first, and the profits will follow. 

- Why you should treat employees like customers. 

- The human side of the business.  

- The key to achieving life harmony. 

Get connected socially with Aoife O'Brien:

https://www.happieratwork.ie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie

https://www.facebook.com/groups/happieratworkpodcast 

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, joining Finola on the podcast is inspirational business founder and Chairman David Walsh. David has such a fascinating story, amongst so many learnings to share. We begin by rewinding in time as David opens up about his childhood growing up on a small family farm in County Kerry and discloses his parents' surpassing influential impact on his beliefs and development.

David maps out the steppingstones of his professional career from agriculture, progressing to a market director at Keenan's, to entering the realm of entrepreneurship with Netwatch and HaloCare. During the show, David delves into the ripple effect of positivity, his experience of navigating through recessions, realising the necessity of change and shares the key to sustainable growth. Further key points covered include:

Get connected socially with David Walsh:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwalsh7/

https://halocaregroup.com/

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com