Jeannette is joined by Aisling Connaughton, the founder and owner of Cyd Connects, a sustainability consultancy.
Aisling shares her journey from a career in the beauty industry to becoming a champion for sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices. She discusses the importance of values and how they have influenced her business and personal life. Aisling also highlights the need for diverse thinking and the role of mentorship in driving positive change
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Aisling's journey into sustainability began during her corporate career in the beauty industry, where she worked for companies like L'Oreal and Estée Lauder.
Aisling's values, including love and doing business differently, have influenced her work in sustainability and her commitment to making a positive impact on people and the planet.
Cyd Connects offers ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) frameworks and solutions to businesses of all sizes, with a focus on B Corporation certification, which promotes a stakeholder model of business.
There is a great need for diverse thinking and the need for businesses to represent their customer base at all levels, including gender diversity and other forms of diversity and inclusion
BEST MOMENTS
"It's about moving businesses from a shareholder model to a stakeholder model."
"The thinking that created the problems cannot create the solutions."
"You can't talk about poverty unless you've experienced it."
"Proximity is power. Who you're spending your time around really determines your life."
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
Cyd Connects - https://cydconnects.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Aisling Connaughton is a co-founder of Cyd Connects, a women-led sustainability consultancy helping business become a force for good.
As a TEDx speaker and guest lecturer at Goldsmiths University, Imperial College and EADA Barcelona, Aisling’s skill is in taking what can seem like a dry and overwhelming subject like sustainability, and making it simple, innovative and fun.
In her role as a certified B Leader, Aisling is working to raise awareness of how the B Corp framework can act as a catalyst for better business and accelerate the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Website: www.cydconnects.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/aisling-connaughton-01111123/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/aisling_connaughton/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cydconnects
TEDx talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYy33FhURNM
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT THE HOST
Jeannette’s linktree - https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsU57ZGoPhm55_X0qF16_Q
LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot
Facebook - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot/
Email - info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com
Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
