The Executive Edge

Episode 169

Released March 7, 2024

This week I talk to Lisa Tromba.

Lisa is a well-experienced Executive Search and leadership assessment advisor delivering diverse leadership solutions across Consumer, Food & Beverage and Industrial markets globally.

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Podcast editing & production: @jonbuscall

Episode 168

Released February 29, 2024

This week's guests is Shanil Ebrahim

Shanil is a partner in Deloitte in Canada, working with organisations, implementing AI and health solutions to prepare business for the workforce of the future. 

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Episode 167

Released February 22, 2024

This week's guest is Richard Clarke

Richard found it difficult to decide what he wanted to do in life, but he resolved to be happy while he searched. He travelled, did a variety of jobs and spent several years experiencing life before starting an IT company with a colleague.  

At work he wanted to make sure his employees felt happy as he recognised this feature of their working life made a big difference. Money was less important to him, but being surrounded by a team was important.

On the show, Richard discussese the 5  drivers for happiness at work.

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Episode 166

Released February 15, 2024

This week's guest is Stephanie Coradin

With a background in counselling and business development, Stephanie talks passionately about how executives in the hospitality industry need to connect with employees – at all levels.

In her experience, "emotional leadership", as she calls it, fosters a compassionate and caring environment which in turn leads to increased profitability and productivity. 

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Episode 165

Released February 8, 2024

This week's guests is Anita Chaudhuri.

Anita is a Guardian journalist who previously wrote for Psychologies magazine. Her main area of interest, which is close to my heart, is that of handling stress and finding creative ways to feel good.

She is also a talented photographer.  In this episode she does a great job of explaining how she came to master it. In the process of taking pictures there is a great deal of concentration, focus and single-minded determination. She finds these qualities give her a complete break from her thoughts and the inevitable ‘busyness’ of life.

This episode is very much about the benefits of incorporating creative practice in your daily life. 

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Podcast editing & production: @jonbuscall 

Episode 164

Released February 1, 2024

This week's guest is Jeanne Omlor

Jeanne is a business accelerator expert for coaches and consultants. With a background in fashion before deciding to become an actress, she grew up in Australia and settled in Paris for several years. Then took up translation work from French and after 8 years in Europe, she moved to New York.

She became an executive recruiter for Wall St and a consultant for them. Hiring top level people for business. She’s had an interesting life and learnt how to promote herself on social media. Driven to coaching and securing clients quite quickly, she excelled at it but taught herself well.

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Podcast editing & production: @jonbuscall 

Episode 163

Released January 25, 2024

This week's guests is Dr Randy Ross –  a globally celebrated authority in corporate culture.

He pairs passion and profit by fortifying emotional health and fostering an unparalleled sense of well-being in the workplace.

Renowned for his bestselling books, Fireproof Happiness, Relationomics, and Remarkable, he believes in creating an ecosystem where top talent thrives. He also finds the bottom-line flourishes.

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Episode 162

January 16, 2024

This week's show has two guests: Phil Lewis and Claire Croft. Together they form the dynamic business consulting service Corporate Punk that helps businesses to navigate change, conflict and work more effectively. 

Bottom line, they work to make businesses work better using a combination of business diagnostics, planning, consultancy and coaching. 

On the show, the pair discuss ways in which they help businesses and their transition from marketers to business consultants. 

The discussion also looks at how business teams often fall into conflict aversion where people avoid having healthy, important conversations that would otherwise result in positive change.

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Episode 161 

Released January 11, 2024

This week's guest is Neal Frick.

Neal has worked in executive leadership positions in a traditional, conservative industry of defence in the US. He found it more difficult because leaders miss the mark by not focussing on inclusion and instead espouse old school ways of doing business.  He feels this does not serve business anymore.

He advocates a new wave of doing business. More often we respond to a singular issue such as the need for flexible working practices after women return to work from maternity leave. This specific response to an issue happens because a group of people demand it.  Business then tries to rise to that challenge. Neal feels things should be more rounded than that.  He suggests that we can continuously stay ‘on top of inclusion’ if we talk to people more.

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Episode 160

Released: January 4, 2024

This week's guest is Chris Wood.

Chris runs his own business Chris Wood Leadership and is with me in this episode to talk about how our nervous system works. He believes if we can control the fight or flight reaction of our body.  We can have more input at times when we need to be more alert; make important decisions or do things that matter.

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Happy Holidays

Released December 20, 2023

Editor of the show Jon Buscall steps in to wish you a Happy Chrstimas and Happy Holidays wherever you may be. 

During 2023 we've put out a show every week and now it's time to take some much needed rest and relaxation. 

If you visit www.suefirthltd.com/thebestof2023 you'll find links to our favourite shows from the year in case you want to listen again or catch up on your listening! 

See you in 2024

Kindly, 

Sue

Episode 158

Released December 15, 2023

This week's guest is marketer Marco Torres from Marketing Boost.

He helps business owners worldwide boost sales and scale their businesses by as much as 5-fold through the use of incentive-based marketing.

He teaches entrepreneurs how to soar sales & marketing using “Value-Add-Incentives” instead of discounts.

His Facebook Group is home to more than 27,000 active business owners who are increasing their sales with his advice and affordable subscription program.

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Podcast editing & production: @jonbuscall

Episode 157

Released December 7, 2023

This week's guest is with Naketa Ren Thigpen who is a balance and relationship advisor. 

She trained in psychology, sociology, and anthropology as an undergraduate but went on to understand trauma and how this impacts us. Specifically, as a social worker. She understands human behaviour and wants to support people. She’s also found it helped her with her own relationships.

Naketa transitioned into running a personal development company although her primary speciality, that of managing trauma, is still where she supports people.  So, we began to talk about how people can find balance in their lives and prioritise their relationships, because it’s so easy to let intimacy and time for our loved ones, slip when we are very busy.

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Episode 156

Released November 30, 2023

In this episode I want to talk to you about the second chapter of my new book ‘Toolkit for life’. This features the topic of how to communicate well. It is available for purchase and download on the site now.

All of us pick up the skill of expressing ourselves when we’re quite young, but it’s a skill that is by no means easy for all of us. Trying to get your point across and not feeling heard, or not managing your feelings in that moment can be tricky. It can make you feel less competent, or confident, at it. So, as a result it can be difficult to keep trying.

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Episode 155

Released November 23, 2023

This week's guests is Brenda Harrington.

Brenda discusses her background in business, her transition to coaching, and some key aspects of leadership and decision-making. She has also written an excellent book called ‘Access Denied’

Brenda shares her extensive experience in private industry, particularly in real estate-related activities and global mobility consulting. She and I discuss a tumultuous acquisition experience that led her to explore coaching and professional development. She also emphasizes her belief in the importance of the human aspect in business and her decision to pursue executive coaching, leading to the establishment of her practice.

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Episode 154

Released November 16, 2023

In this episode Randy Crane – the "fearless marketer" – promotes the use of greater emotion in the marketing process.

Randy talks about sales techniques and how difficult it can be to sound original, authentic, or even innovative. Randy feels many of the old school methods are now outdated such as the Features, Advantages, and Benefits process he’s seen used in the past.

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Episode 153

Released November 9, 2023

In this week’s episode, we dive into the fascinating journey of two women, who not only spent 30 years working at Boeing but also came together to start their own business. The interview with Susan Ireland,highlights the challenges of working in male-dominated industries and the personal choices that led to their entrepreneurial path.

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Episode 152

Released November 2, 2023

This episode of The Executive Edge features Grayson James, a highly knowledgeable individual who is the CEO and Founder of Grayson James Consultants, LLC. He also runs a business called Full Contact Institute where you can find copies of his excellent book on this topic.

Grayson's business is a globally recognised company that specialises in leadership collaboration and performance improvement. With more than thirty years of expertise in guiding senior executives and their teams, Grayson is a consultant for organisations aiming to achieve genuine organisational change.

The episode opens with a discussion about Grayson's interest in how people collaborate and communicate effectively. He shares his background as a professional mediator and coach, emphasising the importance of awareness in leadership. He believes much of our behaviour is automatic and habitual, making it essential to become aware of our patterns in order to make positive changes.

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Episode 151

Released October 26, 2023

This week's guest is Michael Malone – a professional in the field of Corporate Finance, specialising as an Investment Banker and Financial Consultant. Michael is now the Vice President at ‘The Financial Retirement Group’ where he assists individual clients with attaining long term financial goals.

On today’s episode, Michael introduces himself as a financial advisor and explains that his firm helps clients live 20% longer. He shares his background, which includes transitioning from real estate into finance, and eventually specialising in retirement planning. We discuss the sensitivity that executives have around the concept of retirement. We also cover the challenges they face when considering this stage of life.

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Episode 150

Released October 19, 2023

In this week’s episode I explain my reasons for writing my fourth book called Toolkit for Life which comes out today

Instead of releasing this as a whole book I’ve decided to release it chapter by chapter. That’s because each chapter talks about skills or tools.

Why have I done this?

I believe we all need tools in life as these help us navigate difficult situations or phases of change. For example, when we leave home and start living independently, or running our own business, or having children. These are huge changes for us and many of them are positive. But where change is perceived as more of an issue, or we feel overwhelmed, it can get difficult. We can struggle to feel competent and capable, instead getting stressed, overwhelmed, and anxious. I feel it’s not always the situation that triggers this but our lack of skill or experience of it before.

So, instead of relying on ourselves, we doubt ourselves, damaging our self-belief and trust in our decisions. Decision making and problem solving is one of the forthcoming chapters. So is the ability to communicate and ask for what we need.

This month though is the first chapter: the power of strong self-esteem. This is the foundation block on which every other skill or tool is built. The better we feel about ourselves, the stronger our confidence and ability to have faith and belief in our judgement.

As you go through life you learn what you are capable of. This learning is essential for maturity and growth. Many of us test this, trying on new things and setting goals. But others can feel vulnerable, uncertain, and lacking in confidence. This belief can build, or it can be damaged it would seem, by what other people say or do. Especially if these people are important in our lives such as teachers, friends, or parents.

But if you can maintain a powerful sense of trust in yourself you can draw on It throughout your life trusting that even difficult situations will pass. That you can cope and that not everything in life is easy. Strong self-esteem helps you work out what you do matters and how you think. It all helps build confidence, belief and conviction in yourself

The first chapter is out today – to get more information, please click on this link