Dive Deep, Climb High

Diving into the world of well-being, James shares with us the importance of listening and recognising that as individuals, the way we each deal with our mental health will be different. Having worked at several universities, we explore James’ approach to leadership and why he believes you should say yes to everything, give it a go and have no regrets.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“Sometimes we all get up in the morning, and think I can't be doing with work today, I can't, I'm really stressed. I think it's healthy to have those open discussions with your line manager around how best to structure your work. Sometimes that might mean having a day off here and there and treating wellbeing and mental health a bit more like physical health when we wake up with the flu or a cold. We should be openly discussing wellbeing in a much more positive way. But that's a new skill to learn.”

ABOUT JAMES

James is Head of Residential Life at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), taking the strategic lead for all aspects of community building and wellbeing support. He has worked within residential life for nearly 10 years at various universities across the UK and has created award-winning student experience programmes.  Currently James is the UK Ambassador for the International Association of College and University Housing Officers. Additionally, James chairs the UK Residential Life and Student Experience groups as part of College and University Business Officers (CUBO) professional body.

CONNECT WITH JAMES

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgreenwood1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesResLife

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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In this episode we dive deep into the world of bad habits, overindulgence, and addiction. As someone who regularly overindulged, Duncan cleaned up his act, when faced with the questions, ‘Do you want another drink, or do you want a child?” As he shares his story, we explore some of the science behind bad habits and how as managers we could inadvertently be encouraging them in our own team.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“You want to reward the team. What do you do? You buy them donuts. That's not a reward, in my opinion, that's a punishment. You know, that's, that's not like something to celebrate. That's something that actually makes you feel less good and makes you less good at your job. So why would you do that? I don't buy people chocolate or wine in the same way that I wouldn't buy them cigarettes or cocaine.”

ABOUT DUNCAN

Duncan has done his fair share of overindulgence, strictly speaking he’s drunk more than his fair share of wine and eaten more than his fair share of cake. Along the way he found himself in some interesting places like on stage with S-Club, a stint as Mayor of his hometown and Morris dancing in Westminster Abbey. After 20 years of over-doing it, he cleaned up his act and trained with the Easyway clinic, the world’s most successful stop smoking service. Now he spends his time helping people push over-indulgence out of their life. He lives in Abingdon with one wife, one daughter and two bonsai trees.

Duncan’s Book: Get Over Indulgence: Take Control Find Your Stress-Free Life *

Get Over Indulgence

DUNCAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

Books

This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life Annie Grace * This Naked Mind

The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease (The Addicted Brain) Marc Lewis * The Biology of Desire

 CONNECT WITH DUNCAN

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanbhaskaranbrown/

Website: https://www.bhaskaranbrown.com/

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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Leadership is a partnership. This is what Jordan Meates believes. In this episode we not only dive into the partnerships he has with his team but also those accommodation providers he sees as being part of the extended Sheffield Hallam campus and the extended campus experience for students. We explore the role of trust in these relationships and how he has developed them over time, taking an evolutionary approach rather than a revolutionary one.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“I found that best partnerships, in that sense occur where there's both clarity and freedom. So, clarity on everyone’s role, clarity on what the expectations are, but freedom within that to be able to express oneself and communicate freely.”

ABOUT JORDAN

Jordan has several years’ experience in the student accommodation sector having developed specialisms in managing activity, services, partnerships, and people. In his role as Campus Services Manager at Sheffield Hallam University, Jordan provides operational management for the Campus Development Team, and possess extensive knowledge in the delivery of accommodation services having played a lead role in the implementation of Sheffield's city-wide property standard, snug, and more recently the University accommodation response to COVID-19. He is also elected to sit on the Association for Student Residential Accommodation (ASRA) Management Committee, contributing to the strategic development of the association.

CONNECT WITH JORDAN

Email: j.meates@shu.ac.uk 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-meates-b9364b1b1

ASRA website: https://www.asra.ac.uk/ 

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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In this episode, Mel dives deep into these recent podcast episodes

018 You Cannot Lead Without Love with Renee Rajkumar

019 Become a Networking Angel with Jane Donachy

020 Candidate Attraction is Vital with Hayley Mintern

Three wonderful conversations with three fabulous women, who are all leaders in their chosen specialisms. With Renee we explored the power of transferable skills and how she uses the competences she has honed in her day job to help her in her coaching practice and vice versa. Meanwhile Jane, shared her secrets to becoming a networking angel and the belief that we cannot fail at a conversation, whilst Hayley explained why candidate attraction is vital especially in these challenging times when finding the right talent for our organisation is so difficult.”

KEY TAKEAWAY

“If you want to have a team that is decisive, and happy to take accountability, then you need to create an environment that enables them to do this. As leaders, we need to be encouraging people to find their own way of doing things.”

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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There is no doubt that finding talent in the current marketplace is tough. In this episode we dive deep into the world of recruitment and what you need to do to ensure you attract the best people to your team. As a recruitment expert in higher education, Hayley shares with us her top tips for recruiting the right people and why she believes that as leaders we need to be excited and passionate during the recruitment process, showcasing our skills, vision, and strategy.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“We've all been guilty of looking at a CV and assuming that because somebody has worked at a competitor organisation, they can do the job. But we need to be broader in terms of our search now looking at personality traits for individuals and how they can fit within the team, or where their skills from other sector such leisure, hospitality and retail can transfer in.”

ABOUT HAYLEY

Hayley is a Business Director and joined MRG in 2015. She is responsible for our Living Assets and Commercial Education Division. After working in the Rugby Football Union Education Department leading on international projects for six years, Hayley moved into recruitment working for Reed managing both temporary and permanent campaigns. Hayley joined MRG in 2015, initially supporting Estates and Facilities Management appointments across Higher Education. Hayley has spent the last seven year working with student accommodation and commercial team across Higher Education. She has strong understanding of supporting complex structures, delivering leadership appointments, and providing market intel.

CONNECT WITH HAYLEY

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hayleymintern

MRG website: www.mrgpeople.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into the world of networking and why it should be a key part of your leadership strategy. A networking angel, Jane shares the reasons why she believes networking is such a powerful tool, how it helped her transition from the world of catering into higher education and her tips for overcoming the fear of talking to someone you don’t know and why you can’t fail at a conversation.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“The fear around networking is often, ‘oh I don’t know them.’ But we are all human beings and once you start talking, you will have something in common. It might be holidays, it could be sport or reading, it could be anything. You will find something that’s a common denominator and the conversation will flow. But you have to make an effort. And you have to want to know about people and be interested in what they say.”

ABOUT JANE

Jane Donachy is a business development and networking specialist with over 30 years’ experience in both commercial and not-for-profit sectors across the U. K and Australasia. Her successful and diverse career spans a variety of industries including accommodation, catering, food services, hospitality, and retail. Jane is currently Associate Director of Catering, Retail and Accommodation Services at the University of the Arts London. In 2021 she became Vice Chair of CUBO, a membership organisation for campus and commercial services professionals, which supports over 900 members in the UK and Ireland, where she aims to support the board in making changes to ensure we are “the go too” place for advice, support, and networking opportunities within the commercial department in universities.

CONNECT WITH JANE

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janedonachy

Email: j.donachy@arts.ac.uk

CUBO website: https://www.cubo.ac.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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In this episode we dive deep into the world of risk, compliance, and coaching. During the day, Renee is Risk and Compliance Manager at the University of the Arts London, whilst in the evenings and at weekends she runs her own coaching business, Portal Coaching. In this heart-warming episode Renee shares how, she uses her risk and compliance skills to help her in her coaching practice and vice versa and why she believes you cannot lead without love.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“For me, the true quality of a strong effective leader is consistently managing with love and leaving people in a better state. If you want to lead people, you must be able to lead yourself. You have to love yourself enough to work on yourself. We are continuously growing, there are areas we always need to be working on.”

ABOUT RENEE

Renee is enthusiastic about life and people. Renee's career background is in process operations, quality, safety, and compliance in the manufacturing and Higher Education environments. 

Renee is founder of Portal Coaching and is trained in NLP, solution-based coaching, business coaching and hypnotherapy. Renee started Portal Coaching to work with companies and individuals to get clarity on who they are, life, work, and relationship issues. ​Recognising it is not always easy to take control of situations because of challenge to take charge of our minds, Renee is motivational and inspiring, challenging beliefs and behavioural patterns to break cycles of negativity and replace them with positive actions.

CONNECT WITH RENEE

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/renee-rajkumar-985758a

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portalcoachingltd/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/portalcoachingltd

Portal Coaching website: https://www.portalcoaching.co.uk/   

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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In this episode, Mel dives deep into these recent podcast episodes

014 People Buy From People with Simon Horniblow

015 Regulate Your Nervous System with Paul Crick

016 Let Your Head & Heart Rule with ChaNan Bonser

Three incredible conversations, covering a range of topics including student engagement, why people buy from people, how we can regulate our nervous system and the benefits of coming out of our heads and into our bodies. As leaders, if we want to be the very best version of ourselves, we cannot do what we have always done because we will only get what we have always got. In their own ways, each guest encourages you to take a step outside of what might be comfortable and do something different. The question is are you brave enough to take up the challenge?

KEY TAKEAWAY

“As leaders, we don't need to have all the answers, but we do need to have the strength of character to be willing to acknowledge when we don't know something. I've met so many people who find this incredibly challenging to do, seeing it as a weakness and not a strength.”

Book Recommendations:

 Fear Less: How to Win Your Way in Work & Life Dr Pippa Granger* Fear Less: How to Win Your Way in Work & Life

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Robert M. Sapolsky* Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk* The Body Keeps the Score

The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships Bonnie Badenoch* The Heart of Trauma

The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits* Wim Hoff The Wim Hof Method

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into our bodies and the wonderful world of creative kinesiology. Sharing her own voyage of discovery as someone who spent much of her time inside her own head, to understanding the wisdom and insights her body holds, ChaNan is now able to maximise her performance by letting her heart and head rule together. With some very simple practical tips that will enable you to connect with your body, this conversation will undoubtedly calm your mind whilst opening up new ways to maximise your leadership potential.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“Creative Kinesiology is about listening to the body. It comes from the premise that your body is its own expert, and you just need to listen to it. When we use our brain, we want to understand it and apply logic but when we go into our bodies, we don’t need that.”

ABOUT CHANAN

ChaNan Bonser is a therapist and healer, a teacher and trainer based in Mid Wales.

She works with a global client base, both on a personal and organisational level and has helped many clear blockages within their systems and environments, to bring them into deeper contact with their bodies, creating space for potential to be fulfilled. She is a Director of the Creative Kinesiology School, working to help develop and deliver courses that empower people to step more fully into their lives, and to help them realise their dreams, as well as managing day to day stress and pain. She is an anatomy geek and is fascinated by the physical body and the stories it can share and is dedicated to helping others find their way.

CONNECT WITH CHANAN

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chanan-bonser-a46a2024

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chananbonser

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaNanBonser

ChaNan’s website: www.chananbonser.com

Kinesiology Wales website: www.kinesiologywales.com         

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we take a deep dive exploration into our nervous system and how by understanding what happens to us at neurobiological level, we can be better leaders. As a keyboard player with a fear of performing in public, and a reformed management consultant who experienced some pretty stressful and toxic work environments, Paul embarked on a journey of learning and self-discovery that led him to the belief that as leaders we need to work from the inside out.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“I want people to understand that a conversation is a neurobiological chain reaction. Think about meetings. It's a series of neurobiological chain reactions. And until we see the world through this lens, people are going to continue doing what they're doing, not knowing the impact of this on our neurophysiology or our neuro chemistry. How the hell are you going to manage teams, if you don't recognise, we're co creating our experience, and that this neurobiological chain reaction is happening.”

ABOUT PAUL

Paul is the Founder and Managing Partner of his own leadership development consultancy, The Elevate Partnership. He specialises in helping leaders and senior leadership teams to expand their inner character and capacity to enable them to lead at the next level. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for The Adagio College of Performing Arts and, until recently, served on the European Mentoring and Coaching Council board and the UK as Professional Development Director.  Paul has been a management consultant, coach, educator, facilitator, and trainer for over 20 years, working worldwide with Fortune 500 and Times 250 corporations, public sector institutions and voluntary organisations.

Paul’s Recommendations: 

Books:

Fear Less: How to Win Your Way in Work & Life Dr Pippa Granger* Fear Less: How to Win Your Way in Work & Life

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Robert M. Sapolsky* Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk* The Body Keeps the Score

The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships Bonnie Badenoch* The Heart of Trauma

CONNECT WITH PAUL

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulcrick

Website:  https://www.theelevatepartnership.com

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into the importance of engaging students and building a sense of community throughout their university journey. Simon also shares why he is so committed to bringing people into his business who are at the start of their careers and how the passion of his team spurred him on, to lean into a difficult leadership challenge.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“An idol of mine is my dad and he always told me people buy from people and that has always resonated with me. Whether you’re selling something, or you need the buy in of someone you work with. The full saying is people buy from people they trust, and they trust people they like. Having great people around you lets you do great things and actually it makes life much more enjoyable.”

ABOUT SIMON

Simon is the co-founder and Managing Director of Campuslife, who work with universities and PBSAs across the UK to deliver the best possible student experience through their range of innovative insight-led digital products and services. Before forming Campuslife in December 2007, Simon worked on several productions for all five terrestrial broadcasters before turning his attention and skills to the world of new media and multiplatform projects. Simon is passionate about making great quality video that engages its target audience as well as looking at new ways of allowing viewers to interact with content via online platforms, social media sites and mobile devices.

CONNECT WITH SIMON

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-horniblow-2a63a89/

Campuslife website: www.campuslife.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

DISCLAIMER

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*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, Mel dives deep into these recent podcast episodes

009 Expand Your Influence with Jo Hardman

010 Attitude Determine Altitude with Rebecca O’Hare

011 Capacity for Change with Charlie Warshawski

Three wonderful conversations, with two people who are working within the higher education sector in the UK and one who has worked closely with Dr Carol Dweck, who led the pioneering research into mindset theory. Diving deep, each guest provided valuable insight into how they have achieved their goals and battled imposter syndrome to get where they want to be.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“We know that everyone is not like us, but we don’t live it. Why? For me, the answer is simple. For us to live this statement, we must first understand who we are, we need to be able to recognise our superpowers, but also our blind spots. How can we hope to understand others when we can't understand ourselves? And to do this takes time, it takes guts, and it takes determination.”

Book Recommendations:

Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential Dr Carol Dweck* Mindset

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

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HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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In this episode we dive deep into how our mindset can impact our capacity for change. Chatting with the wonderful Charlie Warshawski, who has worked closely with Carol Dweck, we explore her pioneering research into mindsets and how shifting our belief from, ‘I can’t do something.’ to ‘I haven’t yet learned the process,’ can help us grow.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“The mantra these days is praising effort, or praising process, rather than praise a person. The problem is that praise often undermines people's self-esteem. Often it sends a message to say we are praising and evaluating you. We are saying, we think you're brilliant, we own the view about whether this picture is good, this drawing is good, this piece of work is good, whether your intrinsic personality is good. Whereas if we step back from that a bit, and we start using descriptive praise, we can describe what we see. And if we're going to praise anything, we praise effort. We praise process.”

ABOUT CHARLIE

Charlie is an education leadership coach and trainer, specialising in supporting organisational, team and individual change. He offers 20 years of education, coaching and training experience, with a background that spans the education, voluntary and commercial sectors. He has worked with students as their mentor, with staff and leadership teams as their coach. Since 2015 Charlie has been part of a team working under the supervision of Professor Carol Dweck, author, and main researcher of mindset theory. The work has involved running in-depth programmes for teachers, helping them to develop a growth mindset culture.

Charlie’s Recommendations:

Books:

Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential Dr Carol Dweck* Mindset

Punished By Rewards: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes Alfie Kohn* Punished by Rewards

TEDx Talk:

The Power of Believing You Can Improve Dr Carol Dweck https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve

CONNECT WITH CHARLIE

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charliewarshawski

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveyourcoaching/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/loveyourc

Website: www.loveyourcoaching.com

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into the world of residential life and how your attitude not your aptitude determines your altitude. With a passion for giving students the best possible residential experience, Rebecca shares her career journey to date, her approach to life and learning and getting the job you want. As she says, “everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

KEY TAKEAWAY

“I use my strengths in my career. There are also things I do that cost nothing. I will always arrive on time. I will be prepared. I will have the best attitude in the room.  I don’t tell myself I have to do something, I tell myself I get to do something, what a privilege.  I will be dressed for the job. These things you can bring to any job or career. They’re important and cost nothing but say a lot about you as an individual.”

ABOUT REBECCA

Rebecca O’Hare is Assistant Director (Residence Life & Accommodation Office) at the University of Leeds, UK and recently completed an MA in Student Affairs in Higher Education.  She co-founded and co-hosts the Student Affairs podcast ‘Free Food, Free Drinks’ and previously, worked for global PBSA operator Campus Living Villages as their Head of Residence Life. Rebecca was chair of the ACUHO-I Global Initiatives Network, a former member of the ASRA committee and was awarded the CUBO Residence Life professional award in 2019, the Class of 2020 Best Initiative award for wellbeing in 2019 and the BYTA Rising Star award in 2018.

CONNECT WITH REBECCA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-o-hare/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_ResLife

Free Food Free Drinks Podcast: https://anchor.fm/freefoodfreedrinks

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into the world of commercial services and how you can expand your influence as a leader.  Having spent his entire working life at the University of Lancaster, Jo Hardman shares how being an opportunist has helped his career, why he is driven by a desire to make the people around him have a better existence and what he enjoys most about being Chair of CUBO (College & University Business Officers Association).

KEY TAKEAWAY

 “In recent years that’s the thing that has changed me the most, understanding that everyone’s not like me. We all know it. It’s one of those things you know but you don’t live it. For me, it's not what you are, that's the most important. Realising that other people are something else is more important than knowing what you are.”

ABOUT JO

Jo Hardman has worked at Lancaster University for 30 years in a wide range of commercial, research and marketing roles which has helped him get under the skin of the widest possible elements of HE life. As current chair of CUBO (College & University Business Officers Association), Jo got involved in the Board as he could see an organisation that wanted to lead and help set the agenda for commercial services in the University sector.

CONNECT WITH JO

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jo-hardman-4558a417

Email: j.hardman@lancs.ac.uk

CUBO website: https://www.cubo.ac.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL 

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, Mel dives deep into these recent podcast episodes

005 The Answer is Inclusion with Linbert Spencer OBE

006 Workplace Wellbeing with Bobbi Hartshorne

007 Turn Customer Service Inwards with Andrew McMillan

Three conversations about three very different topics.  Interestingly, whilst on the surface these subjects are distinct, as we dived deep into each episode, and my guests shared their wonderful insights some common themes began to emerge. These included the pitfalls of throwing money at a challenge without being super clear about where you are going from a strategic perspective.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“Behavioural change is the fundamental piece that is often missing when we articulate where it is we want to go. We fail to spend time thinking about what will be different when we achieve our goal. What will we see, hear, and feel? How will our experience have changed? How will the experience of our team, colleagues, students have changed?”

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into what can happen if an organisation turns its customer focus inwards. As an employee engagement specialist, Andrew shares with us his six-step framework for embedding a customer service culture and what he has learnt through his twenty-six years working at the John Lewis Partnership and most latterly, running his own consultancy business.

KEY TAKEAWAY

 “Leading is bringing people together to coalesce around a core objective. To be proud of what they do. Taking pride in looking after each other and their customers whilst enjoying themselves. Having fun at work as s a result.”

ABOUT ANDREW

Andrew started his career as a management trainee with the John Lewis Partnership at Brent Cross. He held several different roles before being asked to lead on customer service for the department store division, where he developed JLP’s market-leading culture and attitude towards customer service and sales.  That customer-driven culture is something that is synonymous with the John Lewis brand and during his tenure John Lewis won many awards for customer service and were frequently cited in the media as a leading customer-oriented organisation. In 2012 Andrew set up his own consultancy specialising in employee engagement, customer experience and the leadership to create the link between the two.  He is in demand internationally as a conference speaker, facilitator, and chair.   

CONNECT WITH ANDREW

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-d-mcmillan-5133677/

Engaging Service website:  www.engagingservice.com

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode we dive deep into workplace wellbeing, uncovering why it is no longer just a nice to have, but a strategic imperative. As a wellness expert Bobbi shares her thoughts around how organisations can move from wellbeing 1.0 where it is tangential to the long-term strategy of the business to wellbeing 2.0 where it is understood to be a critical success factor, firmly embedded in the workplace culture.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“Wellbeing continues to be proven to have an impact on almost every metric that a leader would care about, from bottom line, performance and share price to team cohesion and productivity, to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Take wellbeing seriously.”

ABOUT BOBBI

Bobbi is the Founder and Chief Wellness Officer at WellWise, the Workplace Wellbeing Optimizers. Bobbi is also a freelance strategic workplace wellbeing consultant. Bobbi began her career in higher education as a student ambassador supporting the Aim Higher programme at University of York, she then spent the next 5 years in widening participation, recruitment, admissions and marketing at the Universities of Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Goldsmiths, and Essex, before moving to Dubai where she worked as an International Higher Education Consultant and then joined Global Student Accommodation group in 2015. At GSA she pioneered a multi-award-winning student wellbeing operational framework for a global portfolio of student residences. strategy service.

Bobbi’s Book Recommendations:

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership Bill Walsh*

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Chief Wellbeing Officer Steven P. MacGregor, Rory Simpson* Chief Wellbeing Officer

Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World*

Nine Lies About Work

CONNECT WITH BOBBI

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbihartshorne/

Wellwise website: www.bewellwise.com

Ensorenda website: www.ensorenda.com

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Moving to the UK, from Jamaica in 1955, Linbert Spencer OBE, always understood he was different from those around him. Recalling parts of his life story, Linbert shares his perspective on leadership and his thoughts as to why we have failed to make the progress we could have done in respect of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“The inclusive leader has an intentional relationship of influence, the purpose of which is to cause people to feel consistently included, which I would define as feeling respected, valued, trusted and safe. Then they are able to be their best self and do their best work.”

ABOUT LINBERT

A former actor, international athlete, television presenter and CEO of a charity, Linbert has been helping organisations and individuals to transform themselves for more than 30 years. An international consultant specialising in inclusion, leadership, performance management, personal development and coaching he has facilitated learning and development seminars and workshops in more than 20 countries as well as across the UK.

Linbert’s Book: The Diversity Pocketbook * Diversity Pocketbook

CONNECT WITH LINBERT

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/linbertspencer

Website: www.linbertspencer.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

DISCLAIMER

The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, Mel dives deep into these recent podcast episodes

001 Why Dive Deep with Mel Loizou

002 Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) with Daryll Scott

003 Intercultural Competence with Jo Bloxham

KEY TAKEAWAY

“As leaders, we cannot hope to lead others until we can first lead ourselves and that means diving deep into who we are. As human beings we are all beautifully imperfect – there is not a single person on this planet who is perfect no matter what they may tell themselves and that’s ok. We need to all get more comfortable at looking in the mirror (metaphorically that is), celebrating our superpowers and recognising our blind spots. We need to get comfortable with diving deep.”

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s Book, When Fish Climb Trees*:  When Fish Climb Trees

Check out Mel’s TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

CONNECT WITH MEL

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

https://www.instagram.com/mel.loizou/

https://twitter.com/Mel_Loizou

https://www.fishclimbtrees.co.uk

HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

DISCLAIMER

The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.