The Business Diaries Podcast

The Business Diaries Episode 16 Neil Williams

Neil Williams is an experienced business leader and accredited coach, specialising in career, retirement, business and leadership coaching. He is also an accredited coach supervisor (A coach’s coach). In this episode, he takes us though the rollercoaster of his early career in insurance. Be prepared for some highs and lows and join us in considering the importance of values, changing attitudes towards redundancy and the importance of building personal resilience. Neil can be found at  https://www.nvwsolutions.co.uk/

 

The Business Diaries Episode 15 Nick Inge

Nick Inge is a former member of Kent Police, specialising in serious crime and counter-terrorism policing which involved working alongside MI5, MI6 as well as the National Crime Agency. He was responsible for managing informants that were pivotal to high-profile operations tackling terrorism, domestic extremism, serious crime and corruption. Since retiring in 2019, Nick founded and is CEO of specialist whistleblowing consultancy, iTrust Assurance Ltd and is co-founder of WorldlyWise CIC which advises young people as they enter adulthood. Nick has written two books - ‘Exposing the Truth – Whistleblowing Uncovered’ and ‘Jeopardy’.  In this episode, Nick shares a story behind his motto, “You never know” and why you should be open to opportunities and enjoy your business journey. In our discussion, we discuss the value of speaking up and telling the truth safely in all levels of business, how to to build a reputation in a new sector and attitudes to risk. Nick can be found at https://itrustassurance.co.uk/

The Business Diaries Episode 14 Hasmita Reardon

Hasmita came to the UK from war-torn Uganda in 1972, with her mother and younger brother, when she was just 11 years old, unable to speak English, with just one suitcase and £20. She is now a multi-award-winning entrepreneur who specialises in buy-to-let properties and mentors anyone who wants to learn the property business. She is a mum to 3 grown-up sons and 1 granddaughter, and in 2012, Hasy founded New Leaf support, a charity to help anyone experiencing domestic abuse. In this podcast, she takes us back to the time when she left Uganda; the trip to the airport, saying goodbye to her father, the walk across the tarmac to the plane in the blazing heat to landing in London where it was snowing and how this experience has shaped her character and business values.  An incredibly powerful story … one not to be missed.

Hasmita Reardon can be found https://reardonproperties.co.uk/ and New Leaf support https://newleafsupport.org/

 

The Business Diaries Episode 13 Rosemary Williams

Rosemary Williams is a qualified business coach and mentor. She offers one-to-one coaching, group workshops and hosts regular business discussion groups focused on solving issues for sole traders, owners and managers of businesses from all sectors. But Rosemary has another passion and interest – that is seafood - which comes from her family’s three generations as shellfish merchants in Kent. She is an author of several books for chefs and home cooks detailing how to prepare and cook shellfish and can regularly be found giving talks and masterclasses on this topic.  In this podcast, she shares how her passion for shellfish all began…

Rosemary can be found http://prepthatfish.co.uk/

The Business Diaries Episode 12 Andrea Barker

Andrea Barker is a confidence coach, a clinical Hypnotherapist and an NLP Practitioner. She empowers her clients, to feel more confident, to Like and Love themselves and reach their potential. She is a qualified trainer and regularly gives talks and workshops, as well as her one to one sessions one-to-one therapy sessions. In this episode, Andrea shares how a flying clipboard was the last straw. Andrea can be found https://andreabarker.co.uk/

The Business Diaries Episode 11 Ann Read

Ann Read is a Virtual Personal Assistant and Founder of The PA Portal. 

She supports her clients with so much more than admin, she’s a social media and digital marketing whizz.  In fact she’s Digital Women’s Highly Commended VA of the year, a UK wide award for women working in the field of digital marketing.  She is also a Mailchimp Partner, an expert in email marketing and communications.

You can reach Ann via ann@thepaportal.co.uk

The Business Diaries Episode 10 Chris Murphy

Chris trained as a physiotherapist, worked in the NHS, was a university lecturer and ran a training consultancy for 18 years. After 2 years spent gutting and renovating his home, becoming a beekeeper and an award-winning public speaker. Chris now mentors people who dislike speaking in front of an audience, helping them become clear, confident and engaging speakers. In this episode, Chris shares some of the key lessons he learned from running his own business and why he does things so differently now.

The Business Diaries Episode 9 Deborah Turner

Deborah Turner describes herself as a multipotentialite, running two very different businesses. As a property consultant, she focuses on strategic estate management advice for local authorities and business development/project management for private clients. With You Image Consultancy she specialises in personal branding helping clients ‘dress for success’. Also, Deborah is the Champion for Women in Business for the Federation of Small Businesses, FSB Area-lead for Kent, National Lead for BAME Women in Business and co-founder of Breakthrough Women, a not for profit organisation celebrating women in business and raising the visibility of women succeeding in business. In this episode, she shares a pivotal moment in her career which prompted her to turn over a new leaf.

The Business Diaries Episode 8 Magriet Steyn

Magriet Steyn (aka the Step family Harmony Coach) is a professional Life Coach and Certified Step Parent Coach. As a step mum to two adult stepchildren, bio-mum to two teens, and co-parent with two ex-husbands, she understands the complexities and challenges surrounding step family life.

In this episode, she shares how two curve balls changed her life forever and how she now uses the lessons she learned to help families all over the UK create step family harmony through having an open mind, sense of humour, open dialogue and compassion. Magriet can be reached at www.stepfamilyharmony.com 

The Business Diaries Episode 7 Steve Wells

Steve Wells is a global futurist, strategic advisor, writer and founding Director of Informing Choices Ltd. His work helps business leaders and policymakers make informed choices about the emerging future. In this episode, he shares his reaction to being made redundant and why he believes having a growth mindset is more important than having a plan and so much more… Steve can be reached at www.informingchoices.com