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Today I am interviewing Michael Glinter who is a Career coach and more, having spent 21 years with The Judge Group (staffing company) along with having placed over 3700 people around the world since 1999.   We know the pandemic has impacted many companies, some have grown and some have needed to downsize, wherever you are you still need to hire great talent to drive your business forward, remember our people are our greatest assets. We will be explore hiring strategies for 2021: Both hiring and growing leaders with Michael, where he shares aspects of going broad as well as very focused, the analogy of fishing - trawler vs line fishing. Also, recruiting on aptitude and not looking for the finished article, instead focusing on core skills to do the job as well as the mindset to learn and grow into the role, Michael shares many examples of how we can recruit better for the age we are in.   See the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa-dQVRa3o   Connect with Michael: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelglinter/ Website: http://www.michaelglinter.com/ Email: michael@michaelglinter.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelAGlinter   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Today I am interviewing Ashirvad Lobo who is a Learning & Development specialist, coach, speaker and author.   We explored the whole area of how to create an engaging culture and look at whether engagement survey are useful tools to help inform leadership to what is really going on. Ashirvad explains some key best practice of engagement surveys, 1. Use a reputable company to help you (not survey monkey), 2. Bespoke the questions to the company and region, 3. Use it to engage your employees and get brand marketing behind the process. The key to them is the actions that come out of them, if they are just a tick box exercise then you won't make progress, use the insights to create working workshops to provide solutions - truly engage your teams the process.   YouTube link to the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSxcBr1u9R8   Connect with Ashirvad: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashirvadlobo/ Website: http://fulloflifebooks.com/ Email: ashirvad.lobo@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshirvadLobo   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   Are your goals demotivating you?   Sometimes when we look out into the distanced at the goal we are trying to achieve, they can be overwhelming, and at times feel to big, and this can actually demotivate us. Now I know it is important to set stretching goals, that will accomplish much, but what do we do when they demotivate us. I was struck by this recently whilst running on the trails, and I looked ahead at a climb of about 250m, and suddenly felt exhausted and overwhelm by the sight of it trying to run up to the top. It was a route I had done many times and was part of the plan of the day.   Here are 4 ways to bring back the motivation:   1. Remember the experience and training that got you here right now 2. Breakdown the goal into bite size pieces, don't try and eat the whole elephant in one! 3. Visualise yourself completing the goal, what will you see, hear and feel? 4. Since you created the goal, then you can assure yourself that you will have all the resources within you to complete it   And finally give yourself some slack - It’s ok to slow the pace down, even if the timings slips, as long as you achieve the goal.     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Today I am interviewing John Stapleton who is a Entrepreneur, Speaker, Investor, Advisor and Mentor.   We drew upon John's 30+ years experience of being an entrepreneur to explore how we can turn the challenges we may face into our advantage. John knows we are in unprecedented times, and appreciates the magnitude we are all facing however he call us to use the uncertainty and adversity and to look for the opportunities, by having setbacks and challenges it cause you to be resourceful and creative than ever before.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1qXidF5Vk   Connect with John: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-stapleton-8471a219/ Website: https://www.johnstapleton.eu/ Email: john@stapleton.eu   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Today I am interviewing Shona Elliott who is a Leadership consultant, Executive coach and Author. She was a successful CEO of a healthcare technology and supply chain organization and a senior leader in both healthcare and for-profit organizations, in Canada and the United States, with 15+ years of executive experience. Today she is the founder of Shona Elliott Leadership Services, helping senior leaders connect with their employees to build trust, increase engagement & achieve organisational goals.   We explore the very important role of a leader, that is to help your team emerge from a crisis, whether that be a pandemic or a project fail. Shona shares from her experience in healthcare, and that we need to create the space for our people to share and be transparent and provide an environment of trust and motivation.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUzSAGYe87c   Connect with Shona: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shona-elliott-965581b1/ Website: http://www.shonaelliott.org/ Email: shona@shonaelliott.org   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/    

Today I am interviewing Jason Richmond, who is the founder at Ideal Outcomes, a member of the Forbes Business Council and author.   We explored how to ignite growth in your company, whether that be in people or sales, but making sure is in a sustainable way. Jason has written a book on this matter called Culture Spark, in it you’ll get an in-depth understanding of organisational culture—what it is, and why establishing the right culture is more important than ever. Along the way, Jason shatters limiting beliefs and myths to reveal hard truths, such as: Culture is NOT a passing fad Perks and benefits DO NOT create great culture Hiring for culture IS incredibly important Great culture DOES NOT have to cost a fortune   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_xbQ1wtJeg   Connect with Jason: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-richmond/ Website: https://idealoutcomesinc.com/ Email: jason.richmond@dalecarnegie.com     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Today I am interviewing Nicole van Baardwijk who is Co-founder and CEO of WOOSH5.   Nicole and I explored the importance of why high performers in your organisation need resilience training since It’s easy to think that high performers are incredibly resilient – that’s how they get so much done, right? And yet, it’s not their great coping skills that makes many high performers shine so bright. Nicole shared some ways to help your manage those high performers like: Closely monitor the workload of your high performers to make sure they’re not overburdened. Don’t wait for high performers to tell you they’re doing too much or they’re feeling stressed – they may not even realise it themselves! Keep a close eye on their mental health. Offer support in the form of resilience training, coaching and ongoing education around balance, boundaries and the importance of rest and recovery.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzpgHLIPILA   Connect with Nicole: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-van-baardwijk-3a3440/ Website: http://www.woosh5.com/ Email: nicole@woosh5.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/      

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   Do you want to get things done? Do you want to achieve those big goals? How are you creating a way to execute on them?   I've got 3 questions that will really help you do this. The key is to ask the questions of the goals you have in front of you.   1. And can that happen? - this creates the belief.   2. And will that happen? - this engages your will and motivation.   3. And when will that happen? - this puts a point in time and stops procrastination.     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing James Kerr who is a management consultant, coach and keynote speaker working to make a difference for businesses by helping leaders reshape the way work is done.   We explore how we can create an organisation/company that is indispensable to their clients/customer, creating a business that your customers cannot live without. Looking at strategies like doing things "right" and not about perfection but right, with the key focus areas of leadership, vision, culture and people. And with people and culture ensuring we are creating an environment of trust and empowerment. All of this is encased in a change management framework, that allows you to continual evolve all of these.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNIxDBlU2Q   Connect with James: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmkerr1/ Website: http://www.indispensable-consulting.com/ Email: jim@indispensable-consulting.com     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/  

Today I am interviewing Wendy Born who is a engaging facilitator, coach, speaker and author.   We explored the whole area of creating great leaders, with an approach of using the principles of parenting in the workplace. This is not about having parent-child relationships at work, as these are not helpful but using aspects like role modeling - being aware that as a leader you are always on show and being observed for the alignment of what you say and what you do.   Wendy has written a book o this called 'Raising Leaders: Using the principles of parenting at work to become a great leader and create great leaders'. The book is available on Amazon.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0lmzUxG54   Connect with Wendy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leadershipspecialist/ Website: http://www.wendyborn.com.au/ Email: wendy@wendyborn.com.au   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   Elon Musk has this great mindset quote 'Stop being patient and start asking yourself, how do I accomplish my 10 years plan in 6 months? You will probably fail but you will be lot further ahead of the person who simply accepted it was going to take 10 years.'   We are in charge of how we respond and what we think, create a mindset to go beyond where we are now and ever before. Why can't you achieve the 10 year goal in 2021, nothing is stopping you, only you. Let's hit 2021 with this momentum mindset.   Wishing you a Happy and all inspiring 2021.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Deborah Battersby who is all about transforming high-achieving entrepreneurs and business leaders, she is the owner of Success Matrix Intl., an executive coach and strategist to entrepreneurs and business leaders.   This was a very powerful and deep conversation on understanding and influencing the subconscious for helping us to be more effective leaders. Deborah shares how she works with high achievers with emotional and behavioural patterns, and uses the learnings of Napoleon Hill (author of Think and Grow Rich).    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zleCQujJhlc   Connect with Deborah: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahbattersby/ Website: http://www.successmatrix.com/ Email: deb@successmatrix.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/debbattersby   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   As we end 2020 and look forward to 2021 it is important to take stock before we move on with purpose.   Use the holiday period to do the following, I call it the 3 R's.   1. Reflect - an important part of life it to reflect on life and use the insights as learnings, along with processing life. Find a place where you reflect the best, this could be outside in the woods.   2. Recharge - take time to recharge your batteries, spend time with friends and yourself, think am I an extrovert or introvert i.e. where do you get your energy from, people or yourself.   3. Realign - realign with your purpose and why, so often we drift away, so get back to it, this will give you focus along with motivation.   Have a wonderful holiday season, and wishing you a prosperous 2021.   Thanks for listening.     If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Lee Houghton who is a Business improvement coach and is the co-fonder of Get Knowledge (Enabling Service Sector organisations to reduce costs whilst delighting customers & people through coaching).   We explored how we can keep our employees engaged despite the changes we may be making right now. Lee shares the 4 C's. 1. Connecting around a single purpose. 2. Converse - what conversations you need to have to move it forward. 3. Collaborate as a group or team on problems and challenges. 4. Celebrate what you have achieved.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9qc8b3x6o4   Connect with Lee: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/ Website: https://getknowledge.co.uk/ Email: lee@leehoughton.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Today I am interviewing Dr Alkistis Agio who is a TEDx speaker, Coach/Trainer in Self Leadership and Wellness. We explored the 3 Golden Principles of Greek Philosophy for Self Leadership, 1. Ethos 2. Pathos 3. Logus. Alkistis also shared her ALKISTIS Method® as described in her book 'From Fear to Freedom' is a unique method, which integrates the ageless, time tested principles of Greek Philosophy as taught by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the School of Stoicism, with modern scientific, evidence-based techniques. It is aimed at creating authentic, effective leaders, who can take balanced, well informed decisions and gain the respect & loyalty of those whom they lead, whether it be a large corporation or themselves and their own lives. It is applicable to all professionals, from CEOs, to educators, entrepreneurs and more.   Watch full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezrgyMY_jL0   Connect with Dr. Agio: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alkistis-agio/ Website: http://www.alkistis.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alkistisTV   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/      

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   Perspectives! Perspective is just a point of view. If we realise that it is only that, a point of view, it will really help us in our quest to understand others better. It may appear as the truth, but really it is only true to ourselves. So if we are to become effective and engaging leaders, we need to fully understand others and their point of view, this does not mean we have to agree, but get a fully picture of what might be the truth. So before you jump to conclusions on someone’s action/motive, I would pause and try to gain a few different perspectives/options to gain a fuller understanding. Often I use a NLP technique with my coaching clients called Perceptual Positioning, it is a vey effective way to gain different perspectives on a situation, especially in a conflict one. What advice would you give?   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Today I am interviewing Adam Lewis who is the CEO & Founder of Apploi, Adam has spent a number of years in HR & Recruitment, and especially in the tech industry of these sectors.   Adam shares some valuable insights in how to keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive once you start to scale up from start-up, along with helpful strategies to motivate his team in these challenging times.   Watch the interview in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RquxkUAnLr8   Connect with Adam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsideas/ Website: http://www.apploi.com/ Email: adamlewis1@outlook.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Adams_Ideas   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/    

Today I am interviewing Siobhan McHale who is a Culture Transformer | Author of “The Insider’s Guide to Culture Change” | Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup | Member of Thinkers50 Radar 2020.   We explore how Siobhan has taken her years of experience as a consultant and now executive GM of People, to help and enable organistions to change their culture to enable them to thrive and grow. Siobhan shares her culture MAPP - looking at mental maps of what people think and feel, to actions of what people do and the processes involved like controlling and measuring. But are guided by patterns in the organisations, the unwritten rules of engagement - making sure these are fit for purpose of the now.   Full interview here at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq2DWrXE7J8   Connect with Siobhan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchalesiobhan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SiobhanMcHale2   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.   Firstly, what is a thriving mode?   Thriving is living and thinking abundantly. Thriving is joyful and infectious. Thriving is having plenty of energy and inspiration.   So how to do we switch to a thriving mode? Here are some ways that will help you do that. Commit that you will choose to find the good in every circumstance, no matter the circumstance, there are always possibilities - Remember failure is just feedback on your journey! Fill your life with POSITIVITY not negativity – some ways to do that: Remind yourself of your purpose and Why, and keep focused on it. This remains the same despite your circumstances. Practice gratitude as this elicits a positive state as it releases dopamine and serotonin, two neurotransmitters that are responsible for our feel-good emotions. Celebrate success no matter how small. Do this on a personal level and on an individual level but also do it on a team level. Look for achievements on a daily and weekly basis.   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

Today I am interviewing Nancy Halpern who diagnoses and resolves political dysfunction in organisations; Podcast host; keynote speaker; thought leader on workplace politics. We explore that internal politics is a skillset, like negotiation, relationship building and influencing others, however the key is the intention behind any of these. Make sure the intention is to build, serve and prosper the organisation, and not to 'screw' people over.   Full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwsh4Z05L8   Connect with Nancy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhalpern/ Website: http://www.nancyhalpern.com/ Email: nancy@nancyhalpern.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/nhalpern   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/