Shows
Comeback Nation#12 - Learn The Moves that Make You Win with Niyo EnterpriseEntrepreneurial duo Niyo Enterprise join me to talk about the highs and lows of building a start-up company.2020-11-2834 minComeback Nation#11 - Bouncing Back From Redundancy with Aaisha Knights-IhediwaAaisha Knights joins us to talk about how being made redundant was a blow to her identity but shares how she bounced back and reshaped her perspectives on career and life.2020-11-0818 min
Comeback Nation#10 - Black History Month Roundtable SpecialIn honour of Black History Month, I invited five women across different fields onto my podcast for a candid discussion on black women in the workplace.
We peel back the layers of real-life experiences to uncover some tangible solutions that organisations can implement to help achieve genuine cultural transformation that fosters inclusion.
A special thank you to my guests Ama Afrifa-Tchie FRSA, Frances Mensah Williams CBE FRSA, Nneka Orji, Elizabeth Ajayi and Dr Avril Gabriel, who shared career advice, spoke on personal experiences and gave their own recommendations on how things can be made better.2020-10-291h 34Comeback Nation#9 - The Benefits Come From Recovering WellWhen we think about bouncing back from setbacks, disappointments and failures it can be easy to assume that it only means getting straight back into the action. However, this tactic often proves ineffective in the long-term if we don't take the necessary time to recover well. Even athletes incorporate recovery into their training plan in order to reap the full benefits of their training sessions. In this episode, I speak about the importance of taking any amount of time to recover after failures or setbacks and key things to consider in order to make it a reality.2020-10-0813 minComeback Nation#8 - No Self-Pity with Bryan D'SouzaBryan D'Souza, Strategic Alliance Lead at blockchain firm R3, came to speak to me about how he navigated education and career whilst dealing with dyslexia. His inspiring story gives insight into what it's really like to have dyslexia as he shares how he has used it to his advantage, to strengthen him and push himself outside his comfort zone.2020-09-2234 minComeback Nation#7 - Have Faith, You Don’t Know What The Future Holds with Kike OniwindeKike Oniwinde, multi-talented Founder & CEO of the BYP Network with over 40,000 members spoke to me about her journey in training to represent GB at the Olympics. She experienced multiple injuries in the process and everything seemed to be going wrong but the experience only turned out to be preparation for something bigger to come.
BYP Network is a platform that connects black professionals with each other and corporations. The BYP Network recently raised over £850,000 ($1.1m) in an equity crowdfund through Seedrs, and has featured in major publications such as, Forbes, BBC, Business Insider and Roc Nation.2020-09-1925 minComeback Nation#6 - Asking Yourself The Difficult Questions with Michael TabiradeMichael Tabirade, Executive Coach at Masteri Group, Life Coach and Author of 'The Power of Goals' visited my podcast to talk about a difficult year in his life that forced him to be still and look carefully at his inner life to ask himself some difficult questions. This sets him on a totally new path.2020-09-1322 minComeback Nation#5 - Reinvention In New Waters with Hira AliHira Ali speaks about having to reinvent herself in the UK after working in Dubai and how she built her brand from scratch in the face of cultural differences and obstacles to now become a sought-after writer, speaker and coach.2020-06-2628 minComeback Nation#4 - Undoing The Effects of Negative StereotypesIn the wake of the recent murder of George Floyd and global Black Lives Matter protests, I thought it apt to talk about ways black people can bounce back from the burden of negative stereotypes and how susceptible they are to believing them themselves.
2020-06-0719 minComeback Nation#3 - Back From Square One with Charlene & Tony ChanceFrom failed food start-up and failed tech start-up to successful online business. Listen to podcast episode #4, "Back From Square One" with my guests Charlene and Tony Chance, a husband and wife entrepreneurial duo from London. They share their story of the ups and downs they've encountered in business and how they've come back from them using their '3Rs of failure.' Now living in Bali they run their 6-figure business from their laptops, anywhere in the world. 2020-03-0828 min
Comeback Nation#2 - Charge For The Preparation with Michelle RaymondIn this episode of Comeback Nation, HR consultant and Coach Michelle Raymond, Founder of The People's Partner http://www.thepeoplespartner.com/ shares a setback she experienced when charging clients for her services, but how she bounced back with some learnings around how to approach the balance between pricing and relationship management.
2019-05-2925 min
Value through Vulnerability podcast from HEXO ChangeEpisode 35 - Louise Karunwi, Talent Development, Leadership Coach & Entrepreneur at The Juntos GroupThe weekly #HumansFirst open and inclusive calls can all be found here -> https://humansfirst.club/events
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I had the pleasure of welcoming Louise onto the podcast today. We had a really interesting discussion covering inclusion, belonging, leadership, culture, personal development, vulnerability & more.
The article that Louise wrote for the CIPD can be found here -> https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/changing-work-views/future-work/thought-pieces/future-diversity-inclusion
If...2018-12-2935 min
Value through Vulnerability (boosted by HumansFirst)Episode 35 - Louise Karunwi, Talent Development, Leadership Coach & Entrepreneur at The Juntos GroupI had the pleasure of welcoming Louise onto the podcast today. We had a really interesting discussion covering inclusion, belonging, leadership, culture, personal development, vulnerability & more. The article that Louise wrote for the CIPD can be found here -> https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/changing-work-views/future-work/thought-pieces/future-diversity-inclusion If you a women within any job role in the finance or tech sectors, please do reach out to Louise to assist her with her Masters dissertation. Louise can be contacted...2018-12-2934 minComeback Nation#2 - When The Experts Say No.Can you imagine being rejected by the experts themselves? Learn from Temi Kamson, Founder of social enterprise, GT Scholars (www.gtscholars.org) as she explains how opinion doesn't equal truth or fact and what she did when she faced obstacles in getting funding.2018-10-0419 minComeback Nation#1 - No Loss of EnthusiasmWelcome to the very first episode of the Comeback Nation (CN) Podcast! It's not always easy to see it this way but how we deal with failure often determines our success. In this first episode, I share what CN is all about, why I started it and lessons from my own journey. I'd love to hear your thoughts, comments and questions so feel free to drop an email at me@louisekarunwi.com2018-08-2412 min