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Business Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow to Navigate Uncertainty and Lead with Confidence – Flexible Leadership - Eps 55In this episode of the Business Leaders Coach podcast, Toye Oshunbiyi sits down with renowned leadership expert and author Kevin Eikenberry to explore what it truly means to lead in times of uncertainty.Based on his latest book, Flexible Leadership, Kevin shares how leaders can develop the mindset, skillset, and habit set needed to adapt to change without losing their values or direction.You’ll learn:Why flexibility is essential for modern leadershipThe difference between reacting and responding with intentionHow to use the Cynefin framework to understand th...2025-04-2545 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWhy Leadership Matters - Episode 54In this brand-new season of the Business Leaders Coach podcast, Toye is joined by his wife and leadership coach, Eniye Oshunbiyi, as they explore the question: Why does leadership really matter?Through honest conversation, personal stories, and lessons from years of coaching CEOs and founders, Toye and Eniye unpack what it means to lead from the inside out—and why self-awareness is a superpower for today’s leaders.Whether you're a startup founder, team leader, or seasoned executive, this episode will inspire you to think differently about leadership, growth, and the people you serve.🔍...2025-04-0828 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishQuestions to Help You Develop A Strategic Plan for Your Business Pt 2 Ep 53Having a clear strategy can help your business navigate in turbulent times -however, creating a strategy that is simple and easy to understand is usually quite difficult.
In this second part, I walk through the final questions that can help you develop a strategic plan for your business.
Key Questions:
1. Where will you play? The focus Question.
2. How will we win? The Success Question
3. What Capabilities must we have? The Resource Question
4. What management systems do we need? The Systems Question
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If...2022-07-2021 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishQuestions to Help You Develop A Strategic Plan for Your Business Pt 1 Ep 52Having a clear strategy can help your business navigate in turbulent times - however, creating a strategy that is simple and easy to understand is usually quite difficult.
In these next two episodes, I walk through some questions that can help you develop a strategic plan for your business.
Key Questions:
1. The Purpose Question – why do we exist?
2. The Core Values Question – what do we stand for?
3. The Vision Question – what do we want to see?
4. The Goals Question – how will we measure our success?
...2022-07-0621 min
Business Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Fail Forward Pt 5 – The Path Towards Success Ep 51If almost all successful people have encountered failure along the way, then failure could be seen as the path toward success.
This is the last episode in our series on How to Fail Forward. In this part 5, I highlight that our perspective must be to embrace failure and see it as part of the journey. And then take on the mindset that "Failure is the path towards success".
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a...2022-06-0809 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Fail Forward Pt 4 – Forgive Yourself and Others Ep 50When we fail, sometimes we find it hard to forgive. The capacity to forgive ourselves and others could be daunting, but it is necessary if we want to move forward.
Over the last few weeks, we have been going through a series on How to Fail Forward. In this fourth episode, we see why it is important to: Forgive yourself and others.
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and leave a rating...2022-06-0109 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Fail Forward Pt 3 – Have I Done Everything I Could? Ep 49Have you ever felt the need to blame something or someone when you have failed at something? Well, most of us do.
Over the last few weeks, we have been going through a series on How to Fail Forward. In this third episode, we see the benefit of asking ourselves: Have I Done Everything I Could?
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and leave a rating and/or comment over on iTunes...2022-05-2508 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Fail Forward Pt 2 – What Do I Still Need To Learn? Ep 48We are going through a series of five episodes looking at the topic: How to Fail Forward, and in this second episode, I ask; “What Do I Still Need To Learn?
Sometimes the reason why we are facing a failure is because we need to learn something from it.
Therefore, asking the question; “What Do I Still Need to Learn?” is important.
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and leave a rati...2022-05-1810 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Fail Forward Pt 1 – How Do We See Failure? Ep 47How we handle failure can play a key role towards how we achieve our goals.
Over the next five episodes, we are going to be looking at the topic: How To Fail Forward, and in this episode, I ask; “How Do We See Failure?
I share some mindset statements that should help us start to see failure from a more healthy perspective.
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and leave a r...2022-05-1210 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe Big 5 Disruptions that Business Leaders Must Address Ep 46We all know that things are changing rapidly in the world of work, and recently Gallup pulled together what they called the 'Big 5'. According to them, the workplace is seeing the biggest disruption in some time, and it is changing the way we work and the future.
This episode covers 'The Big 5 Disruptions That Business Leaders Must Address and what you can do.
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If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and...2022-04-2715 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWhy Learning To Lead Yourself Is The Essential Skill Of The 21st Century Ep 45Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, is known to have said:
"In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long time perspective, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the internet, not e-commerce. It is the unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time – literally – substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And, society is totally unprepared for it".
In this episode, I share why le...2022-04-1315 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWhy The Economy Grows When Your Small Business Grows Ep 44In this short podcast episode, I share why Business Leaders Coach is explicitly on a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses grow from start-up to scaleup.
I give a very high-level overview of why the economy grows when leaders choose to grow their businesses.
Visit businessleaderscoach.com/whenyoursmallbusinessgrows for statistics shared in this episode.
If you enjoy listening to The Business Leaders Coach Podcast, the best way to support us is to take just a few seconds and leave a rating and/or comment over on iTunes or share it with your fr...2022-04-0611 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Give Feedback In 4 Simple Steps Ep 43Giving feedback sometimes can be a challenging behaviour to apply as a leader when you don't have a clear framework.
In this episode, I show you how to give feedback using four simple steps.
Key Points:
1. Position - Making sure that you position the conversation in right place and at the right place.
2. Action - Focus on the behaviour: What you heard them say and/or saw them do.
3. Impact - Share the impact that the action has on you the people or the situation.
4...2022-03-3031 min
Leading from Your CoreS2E9: Mental Resilience Among Leaders, interview with Toye OshunbiyiLFYC | S2 E9 – Obi Abuchi interviews Toye Oshunbiyi | Season Focus – Mental Resilience On this week’s Leading from Your Core Podcast and Vodcast, Obi Abuchi interviews Toye Oshunbiyi, Founder & CEO of Business Leaders Coach.Toye has been coaching and training leaders for over 20 years and is passionate about his mission. He is motivated by the belief that organisations that have great leaders become great companies. In his previous role in a global staffing company, Toye was responsible for coaching, training, and developing the directorate and senior managemen...2022-03-2344 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThoughts On Meaningful Work Ep 42In this episode, I reflect on the importance of the meaning of work.
Have you ever asked yourself why we work? Of course, a simple answer would be to put food on the table and pay bills, but what if there's more?
Here, I share some deeper insights on how we should view work. Any leader with challenges attracting or retaining people needs to understand how important this is.
Key Resources:
1. The Heart of Business by Hubert Joly
2. Measure of a Leader by Aubrey C. Daniels2022-03-2313 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPrinciples To Learn From Good To Great Ep 41In October 2001, Jim Collins published his book Good To Great, and since then many CEOs have made reference to this iconic book. Twenty-one years later, this book is perhaps more relevant now than ever before.
In this episode, I share principles to learn from Good To Great.
Key Points:
Companies need to focus on having:
- Disciplined People
- Disciplined Thought
- Disciplined Action
Key Actions:
1. Become a Level 5 Leader
2. Choose The Right 'Who' Then 'What'
3. Face...2022-03-1619 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourish5 Choices Great Leaders Make To Manage Crisis Ep 40During a crisis, it might be tough to know what to do. In this episode, I share 5 Choices Great Leaders Make To Manage Crisis.
Main points:
Choosing to have Hope
Choosing to control Emotions
Choosing to take Action
Choosing to practice Routine
Choosing to take time to Think
Go to https://www.businessleaderscoach.comto find out more2022-03-0919 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Lead In A VUCA World Ep 39What is VUCA? It is a term the US Army coined describing the world as Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. In this episode, I give more meaning to these words and share the VUCA counter to help business leaders navigate these turbulent times.
Key Points:
• What is VUCA, and where did this idea originate?
• What does VUCA mean for businesses?
• What is the VUCA counter to this?
Go to https://www.businessleaderscoach.com to find out more2022-03-0222 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Motivate And Engage Your People Ep 38In this episode we tackle a common question leaders ask: how do I motivate and engage my people? In the current climate of hybrid working, many leaders are eager to know how to ensure that their people are motivated.
Key Points Covered:
· What is Motivation?
· The two main ways we are motivated
· P.R.E.P (4 principles to help motivate and engage your people)
· Practical ways to create a Self-Motivating Culture
Go to https://www.businessleaderscoach.com to find out more2022-02-2337 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Build Your Leadership Pipeline Ep 37Having leaders at all levels within an organisation is essential for business success. Yet the leadership pipeline is one area that gets neglected the most in scaling up companies until it is almost too late.
In this episode, I walk you through how to build your leadership pipeline and the five transitions that a typical leader will need to go through as an organisation grows.
I also share the leadership pipeline mindset shift that needs to occur at each level.
The leadership levels:
1. Leading Yourself (Individual contributor)
2. Leading Others2022-02-1624 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow to Use Situational Leadership Style In Six Simple Steps Part 2 Ep 36Following on from Part 1, in this second episode I walk you through the final steps to apply situational leadership style.
Situational Leadership is a well-known leadership model that every manager and leader in a scaleup company must master.
This episode is divided into two parts.
In this part two, I share
· The two main overall approaches to the leadership style used
· The four leadership styles to use based on the development level of your direct report
· Final steps to apply Situational Leadership
Reso...2022-02-0921 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow to use Situational Leadership Style In Six Simple Steps Part 1 Ep 35Having challenges delegating to a direct report? Situational Leadership is a well-known leadership model that every manager and leader in a scaleup company must master.
In this episode, I walk you through how to apply situational leadership style in six simple steps.
This episode is divided into two parts.
In this part one, I share
· The two conditions when NOT to use the Situational Leadership approach
· The three things to always remember about Situational Leadership
· Steps to apply Situational Leadership
. Leadership and the One Minute Man...2022-02-0224 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourish5 Great Leadership Books I Read In 2021 Ep 34What great business books did you read in 2021? Well, in this episode I share with you 5 Great Leadership Books I Read in 2021.
I give you one main thought or big idea and also an action to take based on this thought.
The 5 Great Books are:
1. Humility Is The New Smart by Edward Hess & Kathrine Ludwig
2. Leading with Character by Jim Loehr
3. Leading From Your Core by Obi Abuchi
4. From Start-up To Grown Up by Alisa Cohn
5. The Heart of Business by Hubert Jol...2022-01-2629 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourish5 Steps To Becoming A Learning LeaderAs the world rapidly changes, becoming a learning leader is the only way to stay relevant, but how do we do that?
In this episode, I share 5 Steps to Becoming A Learning Leader and I share practical ways to implement a learning strategy daily.
Key Points:
Choosing to become a Self-Directed Learner
A Learning Leader must have a Growth Mindset.
A learning Leader must model being a learner.
Resources:
Self-Directed Learning by Malcolm Knowles
Harvard Business Review Article: Is Yours A Learning Organisation
5 Daily Habits Template
2022-01-1931 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishA New Leadership Perspective for 2022In this episode, I wrap up the year sharing a new perspective we all need to adopt as we move forward in our VUCA world.
Happy New Year!2021-12-3112 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourish4 Reasons Why Every Leader Needs A CoachDoes Every Leader Need A Coach? Well, in this podcast episode, I give four reasons leaders need coaches in today's fast pace world.
Coaching has become a significant need, and more and more leaders are aware of the need for a coach.
In this episode, you will also hear what Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and Bill Gates, say on this vital topic.
Resources
Download a copy of 21 HR Jobs of the Future
https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/whitepapers/documents/21-hr-jobs-of-the-future-codex5450.pdf
Schedule a call:
htt...2021-12-0918 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThree Questions to Help You Know Yourself BetterDo you know yourself? As simple as this might sound, many leaders struggle to articulate this. In this episode, I share three questions that can help you get to know yourself better as you continue to grow to become the leader you want to be.
Key Action:
1. Motivation: What motivates you?
2. Trait: Take your personality profile test.
3. Skill: Become more self-aware: Journal:
Key Resources:
Startup Leadership by Derek Lidow
Take the free 16 Personalities Test here
Emotional Intelligence Workbook
2021-11-2612 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow to Grow Your Character and Competence in just 15 mins a day!As a leader, having both character and competence is essential to gain trust and credibility from your people, but how can we develop them?
We usually think that to develop such essential qualities, we have to go into the classroom and might not be aware that every day is an opportunity for us to grow in these areas.
In today's podcast, I share some insights on how to grow your character and competence as a leader in just 15 mins a day!
Using insights from two outstanding books on this topic; 'Leading with Character...2021-11-0919 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow To Lead from Your Core interview with Obi AbuchiNew Episode! Today, I interview Obi Abuchi, author of his newly released book: Leading from Your Core.
Obi Abuchi is the founder and CEO of CORE Leaders International and in this episode, Obi and I explore some of the key messages in the book:
Obi highlights an important principle that leadership must be developed from the inside-out. He shares examples and challenges leaders face to play 'the service game' rather than 'the ego game'.
Key takeaways:
What you really think about leadership matters
What a strong core looks like
How you can d...2021-10-2652 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishA Woman on a Mission: Interview with Jasmin Thomas Founder of OhanaIn today's episode, I interview Jasmin Thomas, Founder of Ohana.
A woman on a mission! Many people dream of starting their own business; Jasmin made it more of a life or death choice. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Jasmin quickly discovered the benefits of CBD oil. After much research, she started her own company and is now serving others with products that benefit their situation.
Jasmin shares things she has learned and her next area of impact on the femtech world!
We discuss her passions as a black female founder, femtech and the...2021-10-1935 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishUncommon Service | How to stand out from the CrowdUncommon Service | How to Stand Out From the Crowd
As a service business, how do you stand out from the crowd?
Research is showing that over 80% of businesses in both the UK and US are service businesses.
Today, I want to share four insights from the book uncommon service by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss.
Uncommon service: how to win by putting customers at the Core of your business.
If you are a business leader, I will strongly recommend you buy, read and implement this - if there was ever...2021-10-1316 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe Infinite Game | 5 Questions to Craft Your VisionThe Infinite Game by Simon Sinek challenges us to think about having a 'Just Cause' for our business. In this podcast episode, I derive '5 questions to craft your vision' from Simon's point around having a 'Just Cause' and give you questions you can ask to assess if you are playing the infinite game or not.
Download the questions for free at:
http://businessleaderscoach.com/theinfinitegame
Listen/watch and find out if your current vision passes the Infinite Game test?
The 5 Questions are on
Standing or something
Inclusion
Service
Resilience
Idealis2021-10-0523 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWe Are Back!WE ARE BACK!
The podcast is back; after an unexpected break.
In this episode, I announce that the Business Leaders Coach Podcast is kicking off with one episode every week.
The aim is still the same: to help entrepreneurs and business leaders with practical ways to take their business to the next level. I have discovered that some needs with small businesses are to upskill and empower their management population, so we will address how to help managers of others and managers of managers.
We wi...2021-09-2403 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWorking Skills Needed for the 21st CenturyIn this episode, I share with you the top ten skills needed to in our new economy. As we transition into this new normal, you've got to ask yourself if these are the skills you need personally or, that you are looking for as you build your team. One thing is sure. They are essential.
Resource:
Top 10 skills needed in 2020 click here
2020-05-2838 min
LifesPriority07: Six Days of Creation | Growing to MaturityIn this episode, I explain why it is important for us to focus on growing to become mature in Christ as we bring people to him. The Six days of Creation is a metaphor that could help us see how we need to keep striving to grow to become all that God wants us to be.
Day 1: Novice
Day 2: Awakened
Day 3: Deliberate
Day 4; Flowing
Day 5: Mastery
Day 6; Wisdom2020-05-1051 minLifesPriority06: Hope for the WorldIn this episode, I record a Facebook live message acknowledging that the resurrection of Jesus reminds us why we can have hope even during these times. I share 4 specific reasons why we can believe in Jesus. Let's spread this message of Hope: #ibelieveinjesus
Key Points:
The Promises of Jesus
The Principles and Precepts of Jesus
The Perspective of Jesus
The Power of Jesus
Resources:
How to Understand the Bible Better2020-04-1216 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourish5 Mindset Shifts to become a 21st Century LeaderAs the world is going virtual, leaders are realising that they need a new perspective to navigate this new world. What do business leaders really need to focus on? Being a 21st Century leader is not just a shift to working remotely, but a shift to an entirely new way of thinking.
In this episode, I share 5 Mindset shifts that business leaders need to make to survive and become 21st Century leaders.
Resource:
https://hbr.org/2019/09/put-purpose-at-the-core-of-your-strategy2020-04-0728 minLifesPriority05: Where is God when people are suffering?“Where is God when people are suffering?” “I’ve had enough!” “I can’t believe this God anymore”
This was a recent conversation I had with a friend who was building his relationship with God. In this episode, I try to shed some light on a very challenging question that many of us ask or even find hard to consider. Do you know someone also asking this question? Listen and pass it on if you think it may help.
Interested in knowing more? email me toye(at)LifesPriority.org
2020-04-0540 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe 5 Core Daily Habits for Effective LivingAs nations have millions of people working from home, daily core habits have never been so needed for each leader and employee.
In this episode, I share with you 5 Core Daily Habits that will help you maintain control of your mental, emotional well being. These Keystone Habits have the ability to make you feel in control despite all the uncertainty that might be going on around you.
Key Points
How your mindset is of most importance and how to take charge of it.
The number of priorities to tackle each day
How to focus...2020-03-2920 minLifesPriority04: You Are LovedIn this episode, I share with you a foundational perspective that needs to be at the core of our understanding of God. Knowing that 'You Are Loved' is so fundamental to our relationship with God because it shapes how we think and behave.
As we are going through this current global crises, there has never been a better time to be reminded that God loves us first. We can then choose how we respond to that.2020-03-2530 minLifesPriority03: Keeping Hope Alive in a Coronavirus WorldWe are currently facing a global pandemic! As followers of Christ, how should we respond? Where should our focus be? What is God teaching us through all this?
In this episode, I share with you a clip from a sermon I preached in 2017 foreseeing these challenging times. My recommendation on what we should focus on was to keep hope alive, and now is the time to do such.
Key Points:
We must keep Hope alive
We must manage our Emotions
We must put what we know into Action
We must establish Routines
We must T...2020-03-1922 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWhat Small Business Owners Must Do to Survive the Impact of the Coronavirus OutbreakIn this episode, I share my thoughts on what I think Small Business Owners should focus on as we go through the Coronavirus outbreak.
What can Small Business Owners do as the Coronavirus outbreak threatens to potentially cripple some businesses? Well, if you haven't started doing this, you must start now!
Resources
Businessleaderscoach.com/settinggoals
https://institute.jpmorganchase.com/institute/research/small-business/small-business-dashboard
2020-03-1215 minLifesPriority02: Perspective is KeyIn episode two, I share why having the right perspective is the key and the starting point for our growth and development with God. However, the question therefore is; how can we get the right perspective? I share my journey and how I came an interesting find.
This post will give you a foundational step in the direction of growth. I end up sharing four life changing questions that is guaranteed to shape your thinking for godly living.
Reference Blog post – go here2020-02-2227 minLifesPriority01: The Two-Trees Concept - Why Our Ability to Choose MattersIn this official first episode, I share a fundamental principle that is essential for human beings to learn.
Many of us are not aware that we have lost the right perspective of the role we play in creating the world we live in. Our ability to choose matters more than we may realise. If you are asking questions like 'Where is the world going'? 'When are we ever going to slow down?' then this post should help you place things in perspective.
2020-02-1619 minLifesPriorityWelcome to LifesPriorityWelcome to LifesPriority!
In this episode, I give a brief overview and share my story around why the topic of 'learning how to make God our number one priority in every area of life' is an important message.
Resource:
https://lifespriority.org/
https://lifespriority.org/qt Download my e-book 'How to Have Transformational Quiet Times with God'
Life@Work by John Maxwell
Join the Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LifesPriority/
2020-02-1510 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishRe-brand from Leadership for Startups to The Business Leaders CoachYes, Leadership for Startups is going through a Rebrand, in this episode, I explain in brief why the rebrand, the exciting topics I am going to be covering and the business leaders we are going to serve through this podcast.
Check out the new website: https;//www.businessleaderscoach.com
More to come...2020-01-3108 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe Benefit of Mentors, Coaches and Books - Joanna AbeyieIn this episode, I interview Joanna Abeyie, a go-getter who has blazed a trail as a multi-award-winning social impact entrepreneur, and a champion of diversity, inclusion and equality. She has played a key role in creating the employment of diverse talent over the last 12 years.
Joanna is currently the CEO and founder of Blue Moon, a flagship inclusive Executive Search Business as well as a Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy Practice.
Joanna shares her story, what drives her, the benefits of having great Mentors, Coaches and books to guide her on her entrepreneurial journey.
K...2019-12-211h 06
The Immigrant's JourneyEp.21 Why businesses matter to society- a chat with entrepreneur & host of Leadership for Startups podcast Toye OshunbiyiYou can hear Toye's fab podcast on https://open.spotify.com/show/15uEATbAcjr4W1JO7kBHT5
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https://www.facebook.com/theimmigrantsjounrey/2019-12-1935 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishBuilding a Business that Serves - Interview with Nick FrostIn this episode, I interview Nick Frost. Nick is the Co-Founder of CRMG and has been involved in Cyber Security for over 20 years. Prior to starting his own business, he has held leadership roles at PWC and other similar companies. He started his first company in 2015 and just started CRMG in 2018 with a colleague.
Nick shares with us his wisdom on how to build a business that serves its customers.
Key Points:
The importance of having a vision;
The skill of leveraging from partnership relationships;
Finding people with the right chemistry when hiring;
Why it...2019-12-1259 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishSight - How to Create a Vision for your OrganisationIn this episode, I talk about the importance of creating a vision for your organisation. The topic of vision gets talked about a lot and is not always understood.
Key Points:
Four reasons why you benefit from having a clear vision;
Four key ingredients that make up a clear vision;
Four questions to ask yourself while creating your vision.
2019-11-3015 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishHow to Run Your Business Like You’ll Run A MarathonIn this episode, I interview Anthony Young, Founder & Director at Bridewell Consulting one of the UK’s leading independent Cyber Security Companies. Anthony shares with us his passion for running Marathons and shares the similarities and lessons leaders can learn when running their businesses.
Key Points:
Have a detailed plan that helps you to know what your focus should be daily, weekly, monthly.
Focus on building relationships and create exceptional customer experiences for your customers/clients.
Ensure that you have the right people around you.
Key Resource
You can reach Anthony Young at bridewellConsulting.com2019-11-2057 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishWhy Leaders Should Make Reading Books a HabitIn this episode, I talk about why leaders should make reading books a habit.
All entrepreneurs, leaders and managers get stuck in their thinking and find it hard to deal with the various challenges they are facing. One trait you’ll see from successful entrepreneurs is their love for reading. We can find many of the answers in good books.
Key Resources
Download Your Free Guide: The 100 Best Business Books2019-10-1909 min
Incredible Life Creator with Dr. Kimberley LinertBuilding business from startup to scale up - Toye Oshunbiyi Ep 26Toye Oshunbiyi is a husband and father of two kids, and outside from that role he helps leaders and entrepreneurs to build business that grow from startup to scale, up, to empower their staff & free up their time through his coaching & training programmes. Toye has worked as a leadership coach, leadership consultant and business coach & trainer for over 20 years gaining experience in trends on Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Future trends of work. Toye hosts a business growth podcast called: Leadership for Startups- Helping businesses to grow and flourish
Contact Toye Oshunbiyi: www.leadershipforstartups.com , EverythingonBusiness.com Business Leaders Coac...2019-10-0341 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishKeep Learning from Your Failures - Interview with Obi AbuchiIn this episode, I interview Obi Abuchi -
Obi Abuchi is the CEO of CORE Leaders International, the author of The Magic of Monday, a transformational speaker and Coach with an obsession for helping leaders grow in the area of personal mastery. He has been married for 17yrs and has three very exuberant and delightful boys.
Key Points:
The Importance of leading from your CORE
Seeing failure as an opportunity to learn
Tips on how to thrive in personal leadership
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The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday2019-10-0247 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPeople - The 6 P's of Highly Productive People (Part 7)In this episode, the focus is on 'PEOPLE' and I describe the four most common attributes that people display when communicating - this is the 6th and final P of the 6 P's of Highly Productive People.
John Maxwell is famous for saying that 'One is too small a number to achieve greatness". If you are building a business, you cannot achieve any success without having the ability to get along, lead and motivate people. One of the common questions people ask is: How do I lead and manage people who are different to me? We take a...2019-09-2514 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishProductivity – The 6 P’s of Highly Productive People (Part 6)In this episode, I look at Productivity, the 5th P in the 6 P's of Highly Productive People.
We are now living in an age where it is so easy to be busy but not productive. Being a productive person is more challenging in today’s world than ever before. In this Podcast, I look at three ways to categories our work.
Key Points
Three ways of categorising work
Resources
Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
Getting things Done by David Allen
2019-09-1708 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPriorities – The 6 P’s of Highly Productive People (Part 5)In this episode, I talk about Priorities, the 4th P in the 6 P’s of Highly Productive People.
Being clear on our priorities is becoming a challenge for many of us. However, a highly productive person has a process and specific criteria that help them.
Key Points
Sales - Sales will always be the lifeblood of a business
Marketing - The essential key to helping sales
Hiring - If you are at the stage of building your team, being involved in the hiring process is a priority for you.
Personal and leadership development - Yo...2019-09-1008 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPurpose - The 6 P's of Highly Productive People (Part 4)In this episode, I talk about ‘Purpose,’ the 3rd P in our 6 Ps of Highly Productive People.
As a Leader and Entrepreneur, it is vital that you have a clear purpose, first for yourself, and then for your organisation.
However, Purpose isn’t always that straightforward. As a startup leader, you want to bring on board engaged staff members who share and are passionate about your vision.
You might not know that ‘Purpose’ is what will help you find these people.
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The one question you need to answer on Purpose...2019-09-0614 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPersonal Development – The 6 P’s of Highly Productive People (Part 3)In this episode, I talk through the second P–PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
“If you leave your growth to randomness you’ll always live in the land of mediocrity.” – Brendon Burchard
Highly productive people are passionate about their personal development. These are people that are hungry to learn and grow as individuals. As a leader, these are the people that you are going to need to hire in your organisation; but does this describe you?
The quote from Brendon above reminds us that taking ownership of our growth is our responsibility and unless we are intentiona...2019-09-0345 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishPrinciples - The 6 P's of Highly Productive People (Part 2)In this episode, I start with 'Principles'- the first of the 6 P's, in The 6 P's of Highly Productive People.
Leaders need to know what they stand for and will also benefit if they have chosen a guiding set of Principles to help navigate through challenging times.
Key Points
1. The distinction between Values and Principles.
2. The two different types of Principles that you need to select from.
3. The examples of choosing your principles upfront.
4. The potential consequences of not having a set of guiding principles.
Resources2019-08-2730 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishIntroduction to The 6 P's of Highly Productive People (Part 1)In this episode I introduce a concept that I call The 6 P's of Highly Productive People.
As competition becomes more intense and the pace of change is moving at rapid speed, leaders need to select, develop or hire employees who have much potential for the future of their organisation. It is without a doubt that the companies and organisations that will stand the test of time will be those that hire and/or develop highly productive people. This episode looks at why this is important and how can you identify these people.
In this Podcast, I...2019-08-2415 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishAre You Ready for the Journey?David Mudrick has been a keen entrepreneur since his teenage years, but detoured to become a qualified Civil Engineer working for the Federal Government for many years. Finally following his passion, he started his own business which hit the 500 Inc list.
In this episode, I interview David as he shares his entrepreneurial journey. He shares the challenges he faced to reach the success he was looking for, and the complexity that came with the success.
As an Entrepreneur, you need to ask yourself: Are You Ready for the Journey?
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If yo...2019-08-201h 00Business Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe 4 Core Leadership Roles Every Leader Needs to Master In this episode I share 4 Core Leadership roles that an entrepreneur would need to master to take their company to the next level
Key Points
The distinction between your strength roles and your leadership roles
A dive into the 4 Core Leadership roles
Questions you need to ask yourself
Resources
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Built to Last Jim by Collins and Jerry Porras
Work the System – Sam Carpenter
The 5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell
Measure of a Leader by Aubrey Daniels
2019-08-1320 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe 3 Distinct Roles: Which Role do you play in your business?In this episode I share with you the 3 distinct roles that are needed in a successful Startup, but then there is one more that is usually forgotten.
Key Points
Being self-aware is the secret to your growth
Knowing your strengths is your great advantage
The 3 distinct Roles that every successful business need
The Role that everyone forgets
Resources
‘The E-Myth’ by Michael Gerber
‘Born to Build’ by Jim Clifton & Sangeeta Badal
Entrepreneurial Competencies Needed by Manager in their Work
Takes: 12 Essential Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs: Click here
Leadership for Startups: Website
2019-08-1310 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishThe Higher Purpose of the Entrepreneur with Michal BrejnakMichal is an entrepreneur based in Warsaw, Poland. He has had his fair share of success and challenges on his entrepreneurial journey.
Over the year he has become more aware of the deeper purpose of the role of Entrepreneurs.
In this episode, we discuss the 'Higher Purpose of the Entrepreneur' -
Key Points
The need for Entrepreneurs to have a clear 'why'
The perspective shift that many entrepreneurs need to make in the new economy
The rise of the 'Conscious Entrepreneur'
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Michal's Podcast: Soul Incorporated Podcast2019-08-0938 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishFeedback -The Gift of Collaborative Feedback with Chris ChinDo you find it challenging to give and receive feedback? The skill of giving & receiving feedback is one that every leader must master. In this episode, I interview Chris Chin, author of the book: 'The Gift of Collaborative Feedback. Chris shares with us why this skill is so essential if we desire to lead productive and effective teams in our business.
Chris, and I discuss the challenges we face when giving and receiving feedback. Why many old Model's don't work, and how to practically give feedback using his PRESENT Model.
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Feedback i...2019-08-0259 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishMindset - Getting Up When You're Knocked Down, with Bevis AllenBevis has come from a humble background to being a professional boxing coach. He is an entrepreneur that has run his own fitness coaching business and has supported and advised the British Boxing Olympic team. He has been a consultant to the British government in his field of expertise as a professional coach.
Bevis shares with us the correlations that entrepreneurs and leaders face that boxers have to deal with in the ring.
Starting a business is a challenging feat. How do you get up when knocked down? Bevis shares his wisdom with us.
2019-07-2629 minBusiness Leaders Coach | Helping business leaders build businesses that grow and flourishAn Introduction to the Leadership for Startups PodcastIn this episode, I explain the purpose for the Podcast, who it is for and why you should subscribe. 2019-07-1108 min