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Lead with PurposeManaging a Changing Environment With Noah MillerOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Noah Miller, CEO and head of ESG Advisory Services at Rho Impact about what ESG is and what it means for business and the world as a whole. KEY TAKEAWAYS ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) refers to a management frame work – a structured approach to managing the risks and opportunities of a changing environment and environmental conditions, changing society and stakeholder expectations, and what that requires of leadership in order to manage that from a governance perspective. Clearly wi...
2024-11-2635 min
Lead with PurposeBehavioural Change with Josh CleallOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Josh Cleall, CEO of Jump – a company that helps other companies train their staff in more sustainable behaviours, about his career journey from intern to CEO, as well as behavioural change and sustainability. KEY TAKEAWAYS Our gamification tool and platform incentivises and rewards staff members and people to make tiny changes to their lifestyle, both at home and at work. These little changes all add up to a big impact which saves companies money, carbon, and can be demonstrated through th...
2024-11-1930 min
Lead with PurposeBuilding Effective Teams with Doug BettsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Doug Betts, an HR expert, about how founders can build more effective teams and the lessons that he has learned while growing his business. KEY TAKEAWAYS There’s a lot of things that happen on a daily basis in the corporate world that, when the pandemic happened, just didn’t make sense any more. I wanted to think about doing things in a different way and being a bit more of a positive disruptor in how I worked. For example, it s...
2024-11-1225 min
Lead with PurposeTurning Your Business Model Circular With Elin BergmanOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Elin Bergman, the circular economy queen of Sweden, to talk about her company, cradlenet, as well as her career in sustainability. KEY TAKEAWAYS I our ‘Circular Friday’ meetings we teach businesses about the latest news in the circular economy, we invite speakers, experts and scientists. It’s unique that we meet our members every single Friday. On top of that we hold regular member’s meetings where we go deeper into subjects like standards and legislations, so they know what to do. W...
2024-11-0530 min
Lead with PurposeSustainability in Construction with Chloe WynnOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Chloe Wynn, director of Maven Design Studio, about sustainability in traditionally one of the most environmentally impactful and wasteful industries: construction. KEY TAKEAWAYS Unfortunately, the construction industry is incredibly wasteful. Similarly to fashion trends come and go quite quickly in interior design. In our homes we’re encouraged to revitalise with a new kitchen every 5-10 years. What do we do with all that stuff that gets thrown away? Maybe it goes to a second-hand selling site, but sadly a lot of...
2024-10-2939 min
Lead with PurposeDiversity In Fashion With Richard LueOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Richard Lue, a fashion consultant, about fashion and working with big, global brands KEY TAKEAWAYS I studied accounting and finance, and I got into fashion by accident. I started modelling at 16 years old and I saw a sign in a window of a Benneton shop, so I applied and got the job as a sales assistant. The brand was very prestigious at the time and the brand put its name to a lot of worthy causes and I was p...
2024-10-2228 min
Lead with PurposeDigital Clothes Swapping with Maria RemyOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Maria Remy about circularity and fashion. KEY TAKEAWAYS The problem in the UK is there’s often quite a long time between swapping events where you don’t know what to do with your clothes, you want to consume more because of the fast pace of fashion but you may not have the chance to do so. We created a digital platform to be the bridge between the events. CLOSWAP is a Tinder-based model, swiping right and left releases dopamine, you then...
2024-10-1526 min
Lead with PurposeEcological Coaching With Adela MeiOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Adela Mei, founder of Jackdaw Coaching, to talk about ecology, conservation, business coaching, the rainforest, and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS I was running a bar, watching people drinking and I had this moment where I asked myself what I was doing. I ended up seeing a counselor by accident and he asked me what it was I wanted to know, and I said I wanted to find out how it all works. He said that was called ecology and I w...
2024-10-0841 min
Lead with PurposeFood Waste & Kimchi with Rebecca GhimOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Rebecca Ghim, founder of The Firm, a company that produces kimchi – a fermented food made of commonly discarded food byproducts to talk about her product and food waste more generally. KEY TAKEAWAYS The work ‘kimchi’ derives from the word for ‘dunked vegetables’. It’s similar to lacto-ferments and sauerkraut but instead of vinegar, it uses salt brine to preserve the vegetables. Kimchi making was something I always did with my family and when I moved away I missed it so much that...
2024-10-0134 min
Lead with PurposeThe Impact of Sustainability and Circularity with Niclas IhrénOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Niclas Iren, an expert within the sustainability and circularity space, about his pioneering work in this area including wireless charging of electric vehicles while they’re driving and the issues around new technologies like this. KEY TAKEAWAYS My interest in sustainability and circularity started with my interest of the issues of the future; where are we heading, what will this world become far down the road, what are the big, macro issues for the future? It wasn’t called sustainability when I st...
2024-09-2432 min
Lead with PurposeFollow Your Heart with Angela RothOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Angela Roth, an ex-police officer who is now a heart-led coach who coaches entrepreneurs in visibility and marketing to explain her journey. KEY TAKEAWAYS Policing took me to new places and parts of myself that I didn’t know existed. It stretched me in all sorts of areas and put me into contact with people I’d never have met. What it developed in me was a real compassion for people and the start they get in life. We have the powe...
2024-09-1035 min
Lead with PurposeInterview with David Chenery (Sustainable Interior Architecture)On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to David Chenery to talk about sustainable interior design and architecture and the differences and similarities between the two. KEY TAKEAWAYS We work with existing buildings. In the hospitality world, which we serve, the average space gets fitted out every 5-7 years. We need to look at that in terms of our duty as designers to avoid as much waste as possible and limit the environmental impact of that change. Sustainability and circularity weren’t discussed in this industry for many years be...
2024-08-2040 min
Lead with PurposeFrom Marketing to Regeneration: Joshua Prieto on Building Regenerative EnterprisesOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Joshua Prieto, co-founder of Seeds of Tao, about regenerative enterprises. KEY TAKEAWAYS The regenerative movement and regenerative enterprises are working towards is that we’d like to see a circular economy in the future, one that’s just and fair and actually has a right alignment with the natural systems that are at play. There’s not one circular/regenerative business out there today, we’re all very dependant on an extractive system, but we’re trying to seed the notion that busin...
2024-08-1347 min
Lead with PurposeFrom Fast Fashion to Purpose-Driven: How Chris Desai Found His True CallingOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Chris Desai, an award winning CEO, philanthropist and entrepreneur who is highly experienced in sustainability in the fashion industry and runs an environmental charity. KEY TAKEAWAYS Through working in music and fashion I ended up in fast fashion, which we all know is a massive polluter. 10 years into my career I started to see the amount of pollution we were causing and what we were doing to our planet and I though; enough’ s enough. I can’t say I love the...
2024-08-0639 min
Lead with PurposeLydia Brearley on Transforming Fashion through Sustainability and LegislationOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Lydia Brearley, a sustainable fashion advocate, about fashion, legislation, and how we can make changes together as an industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS While I was living and working in Shanghai in 2016 the Chinese government was focussing on pollution levels and a lot of the factories had restrictions imposed on them in terms of their output. At the same time mills were closing down which meant that orders were going late, prices were going up and this started affecting my business. Occasionally a s...
2024-07-3032 min
Lead with PurposeFlip The Switch: Dr. Teri Baydar on Shifting from 'War Consciousness' to Higher AwarenessOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Dr Teri Baydar, a leadership development coach & author, about her book, ‘Flip The Switch’. KEY TAKEAWAYS The book is about the 2 forms of consciousness that most humans experience (only 3-4% of us don’t). We live in a state of almost perpetual conflict, inner and outer, which I call ‘war consciousness’ and it stems from the structure of the left brain where we spend way too much time trying to fix things, tactically/practically figure things out, where we feel like we have to...
2024-07-2356 min
Lead with PurposeCompassion and Connection: Blaine Bartlett’s Approach to Conscious BusinessOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Blaine Bartlett, a consultant who has impacted more than one million people globally about his role as a coach and motivator and how business can succeed by taking inspiration from nature. KEY TAKEAWAYS In nature, in my childhood, I marvel at the seasonality, the way life seems to fit together, nothing seems to go to waste, it’s utilised in some way, shape or form. Even in times of drought things still grow. From that childhood experience I started considering what is...
2024-07-1640 min
Lead with PurposeFlipping the Switch with Dr Teri BaydarOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Dr Teri Baydar, a leadership development coach & author, among many other things, to talk about her journey and consciousness. KEY TAKEAWAYS My book, ‘Flip Your Switch’ is about the 2 forms of consciousness that almost all of us experience – only 3-4% of us don’t experience this. We live in a state of almost perpetual conflict, both inner & outer, which is what I call ‘war consciousness’ which stem from the structure of the left brain where we spend way too much time trying to fi...
2024-07-0956 min
Lead with PurposeRe-Enchanting Leadership: The Power of Poetry with Vincent AvanziOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Vincent Avanzi, the world’s only ‘chief poetic officer’ about how being poetic can change the world. KEY TAKEAWAYS I’ve had a real passion for poetry since I was a teenager, firstly from hip hop & then to a broader sense of playing with words & being able to speak to everyone. I studied at business school, worked 5 years in Microsoft, created 2 startups online, but I also did self-development work & spiritual exploration by travelling around the world for 2 years which changed the trajecto...
2024-07-0241 min
Lead with PurposeSustainability Management with Aparna AgarwalOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Aparna Agarwal, a student of sustainability management to talk about life as a student as well as culture within sustainability & sustainable fashion. KEY TAKEAWAYS I have a strong interest in storytelling, I’m especially interested in social media & how brands want to communicate their sustainability & social impact story to their audience. When something is ‘cool’, you need to understand that it’s going to stop being cool eventually, when it comes to sustainability & climate change, it’s the exact opposite; we can’t affo...
2024-06-2536 min
Lead with PurposeDo Good, Do Well and Be Well with Kieron JamesOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Kieron James, CEO & founder of the FinTech and payments company, Wonderful about his business and his journey in business. KEY TAKEAWAYS Wonderful started off as an aspirational online giving charity platform that was completely free for charities in 2016. We were looking at all these charities, donors & fundraisers doing wonderful things & we felt we could provide a platform that sat in the middle where we aspired to be as wonderful as they were. Every penny went to charity with no deductions. Money...
2024-06-1830 min
Lead with PurposeBalancing Purpose and Profit: Protecting Your Ideas to Change the World with Gareth BensonOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Gareth Benson, an IP lawyer, to talk about purpose and how he applies purpose to his work. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are a purpose-driven business it is still a business & it has to run like one. You cannot change & save the world unless it is providing an opportunity for everyone, including yourself. So, it has to be treated as such. You can only amplify this brilliant idea & take it to the masses by employing millions of people. Your ideas are valuable...
2024-06-1150 min
Lead with PurposeQuantum Counselling with Dr Sue WilliamsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Dr Sue Williams about exactly what quantum counselling is. KEY TAKEAWAYS Quantum counselling is based on quantum physics & epigenetics. Epigenetics deals with how generational good & bad things from previous generations such as trauma, illness, disease, talents & abilities affects us by being imprinted into your DNA & passed down through the generations. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I grew up when I was a kid. I was suitable for a number of different careers but none of them...
2024-06-0449 min
Do I Really Hate Men?Ep 9 - A Balancing Act - Managing Motherhood, Entrepreneurship and Single Life with Tze Ching YeungThis week on the show Ang is joined by Tze Ching Yeung, an award winning marketer, social entrepreneur and author. Tze is also a single mum that has experienced the heartbreak of divorce and has emerged from the other side. In this wide ranging interview with Ang, Tze discusses how she juggles all aspects of her incredibly busy life, whilst also being a single parent, and how she makes sure that her relationship with her children comes first and foremost. KEY TAKEAWAYS With two children, Tze recognised that the decisions she made throughout her divorce had...
2024-05-2947 min
Lead with PurposeLiving Life on Purpose: Darrell Irwin on Aligning Skills and Passion in EntrepreneurshipOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Darrell Irwin, founder of the Cre8ion brand marketing agency, co-founder of a software company called Di9ital and a personal development movement called HUM4NS about his journey through entrepreneurship. KEY TAKEAWAYS Most people launch out into a career, learn how to do it & begin to lead in a career which leads to the aspect of legacy. When I got into the leading position & owning an agency, it wasn’t ticking all the purpose boxes. I then started to live li...
2024-05-2839 min
Lead with PurposeUnveiling the Compassionate Cop: From Law Enforcement to Entrepreneurial EmpowermentOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Angela Roth, who used to be a police officer & now coaches entrepreneurs about visibility & marketing. KEY TAKEAWAYS Being a police officer took me to new parts of myself that I didn’t know existed. It stretched me in all sort of areas & put me in contact with people I would never have met. What it developed inside of me was a real compassion for people & the start that they get in life & the power we have to change that if we ge...
2024-05-2135 min
Lead with PurposeDriving Innovation with Alex WittyOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Alex Witty, an award-winning product designer who is passionate about motorsport, innovation and sustainable design, which may seem like a contradiction, but listen on to find out how these two things cross over. KEY TAKEAWAYS Famous drivers are being called hypocrites for talking about environmental protection & sustainability while still driving. It’s clearly not a mix that’s gone well, but like all good things something needs to change. The waste of value and material when tyres are incinerated is ludicrous. It g...
2024-05-1431 min
Lead with PurposeInterview with Prof. Jaideep PrabhuOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Professor Jaideep Prabhu about frugal innovation and circular business models. KEY TAKEAWAYS The process of production & consumption since the industrial revolution has been a linear one; companies took resources from nature, make products & services from them which they sold to consumers to use, & when we were done with them we simply dumped them back into nature. This system, while it was phenomenally successful for the companies themselves, created a lot of negative externalities for the environment & society. It’s both wasteful & un...
2024-04-2354 min
Lead with PurposeInterview with Yusuf OsmanOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to leather craftsman, Yusuf Osman to talk about his career and his passion for leather. KEY TAKEAWAYS My mission right now is to get the world talking about leather, but it’s taken me a long time to get here. I didn’t know a creative career existed when I was a child, so from the narrow range of options presented to me at school I decided to choose law. As soon as I arrived in London for university, I realised it wasn...
2024-04-1643 min
Lead with PurposeLead With Purpose – Interview with Lucy HallOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Lucy Hall to talk about sustainability in the fashion industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS My co-founder and I saw first-hand the meteoric rise of eCommerce and fast fashion, you’d shoot 100-150 products a day by the end of her modelling career. That’s a huge amount of over-production & under-utilisation & it didn’t sit right with us, we knew we were complicit in encouraging people to consumer more & more in our roles in the fashion industry, we wanted to use our skills for better...
2024-04-0931 min
Lead with PurposeSteps to Overcome ProcrastinationOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung gives her five steps to avoiding procrastination to increase productivity. KEY TAKEAWAYS People tend to procrastinate because they are trying to avoid some kind of pain perceived with doing a certain task. This could be because it’s boring, difficult or, if you complete the task & have to show it to the world, that pain could be about being judged or failing. So, we do something less painful or distracting like cleaning the kitchen, walk to dog, clean out drawers, watch a TV sh...
2024-04-0219 min
DEBBIE WILLIAMS's PodcastFashion SustainabilityTze Ching Yeung is a versatile professional noted for her work in purpose-driven marketing. Tze Ching, the creator and digital marketing strategist of We Disrupt Agency, is an award-winning designer and brand builder. She often lectures and is interviewed about sustainability in the fashion industry, which complements her brand-building experience. She wrote “Making Sense of Fashion” to help consumers understand the fashion industry and how to make it more sustainable. In this episode Tze Ching provides thought provoking advice on how we might think about fashion.Links:https://www.slowfashion365.comhttps://www.wedisruptagency.comht...
2024-03-3115 min
Lead with PurposeInterview with Riikka OlliOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to tech & eCommerce expert, Riikka Olli, about circular business models. KEY TAKEAWAYS My circularity/sustainability interest is linked to my background. Coming from Finland I literally lived in a forest in my childhood years. It comes from a connection to & respect for nature. It’s important that we change the way the world is turning towards environmentalism & doing business that protects the environment. A couple of years ago I got curious about exploring circular business economies. When I started working on Menddie I had...
2024-03-2653 min
Lead with PurposeBuilding An Empathetic TeamOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about empathy in action is how visionary leaders are changing the game, why it should be at the heart of leadership, & how it’s reshaping the business landscape. KEY TAKEAWAYS The essence of empathy in action is a world where leaders don’t only understand their team members, but actively seek to connect with their experiences. That’s something that’s quite unusual to see in the current business environment. It’s not just about being kind, it’s about fostering a workplace cu...
2024-03-1207 min
Lead with PurposeCircular PackagingOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about plastic packaging & why it’s important. KEY TAKEAWAYS Circular packaging minimises waste & could reduce your waste processing costs. If you reduce the packaging you may also reduce the cost of initially creating the packaging. It also reduces your environmental impact & aligns your brand with sustainability which resonates more strongly with today’s conscious consumers. Nearly 80% of plastic packaging ends up in landfills or the environment, wherever you go you can almost guarantee seeing some form of plastic packaging somewhere. Circular packaging aims...
2024-03-0511 min
Lead with PurposeInterview With Rachel Kan on Real CircularityOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Rachel Kan, the founder of Circular Earth & Real Circularity as well as an author of a book with the same name about circularity – which is the topic of 2024 & is core to achieving true sustainability. KEY TAKEAWAYS We see circularity as a thing that constantly creates new value or keeps the value perception of the things that you’re creating, whether you’re turning it into something else or pushing it into a different industry, it’s still creating value for all of those...
2024-02-2738 min
Lead with PurposeBuilding A Mission Driven TeamOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about how to use passion to build a mission-driven team that thrives by creating a workplace where individuals aren’t just employees, they are contributors to a shared mission KEY TAKEAWAYS You need to create a workplace culture where individuals find meaning, fulfilment & a shared purpose in their work. That in itself creates a happier people & a happier team. According to a Gallup study, teams with high employee engagement – where they are happier – experience 21% higher profitability. Hire & develop passionate individuals. Building a missio...
2024-02-2006 min
Build Better BrandsBranding: Working in it, building it, living it and learning from itWhether you are a long time listener or you've just found us, thank you for supporting the show. Danielle wanted to highlight and look back on some of the incredible conversations she's been lucky enough to have over the previous 62 episodes and re-share some of the learnings that may help with your journey.In this episode we hear from Kingsley Peters - founder and creative director of Kingel, Tze Ching Yeung from We Disrupt Agency, Sane Mafa from Studio M, global creative leader and brand strategy consultant Ezequiel Abramzon, the mental health PT James Roffey, personal bran...
2024-02-1545 min
Lead with PurposeGrant Cardone's 10X Commandments of MarketingOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about successful marketing guru, Grant Cardone’s (who she has recently parnetered with) strategies to help purpose driven businesses. KEY TAKEAWAYS Best known always beats best. This is especially true in the sustainability space where there are products that can literally change the world, but we don’t put ourselves out there or feel comfortable marketing it. McDonalds don’t have the best burgers but they’re the best at marketing and people go there. Assume nobody sees it. I don’t market eno...
2024-02-1310 min
Lead with PurposeClosing The Loop: What Makes A Business Circular?On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about ‘closing the loop’ & how it can transform your business. KEY TAKEAWAYS Instead of the traditional take, make & dispose models, circular models emphasises a closed loop system where they are designed to be reused, re-manufactured & recycled. Aside from being a positive force for the planet, circular business models can actually boost your bottom line. Companies that adopt a circular practice can unlock up to $4.5 trillion in economic value by 2030. Audit your supply chain. Take a close look at identify ways in which wast...
2024-02-0609 min
Lead with PurposeHappy New Year!To celebrate the start of 2024, Tze Ching reflects on the direction her show is set to take for the next twelves months. This year will see a shift in focus towards the topic of circularity and sustainability in business. Further topics such as design thinking, impact measurement, marketing, and sales will also be at the top of Tze Ching's list to be discussed. Additionally, Tze Ching shares with her listener a new challenge: Slow Fashion 365. This challenge is aimed at helping individuals create a more sustainable and stylish wardrobe. Listeners can expect a wealth of tips, ideas, a...
2024-01-3008 min
Lead with PurposeConsumerism A Sign Of Social IllnessOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about consumerism, the insatiable desire to keep buying more and more, and the relentless pursuit of material wealth which has become one of the major characteristics of our society. Is it just harmless shopping or is it a reflection of a social illness? In this episode she looks at some of the negative impacts of consumerism has on individuals, communities and the environment. www.makingsenseoffashion.com KEY TAKEAWAYS Consumerism is very much fuelled by the ‘cult of materialism’, where people find...
2023-12-1917 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Avoid Using Greenwashing ClaimsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about the words not to use to avoid claims of greenwashing (making misleading or false claims about a product or a company’s environmental friendliness to attract eco-conscious consumers). KEY TAKEAWAYS Greenwashing has become a huge problem in industries like fast fashion where huge claims are made to attract eco-conscious consumers to buy their products. To avoid greenwashing claims it’s essential to be transparent and honest in your marketing otherwise you could very quickly lose all your trust and credibility from your...
2023-12-1216 min
Lead with PurposePublic SpeakingOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about how to get over the fear of public speaking at events and how she got over her fear of public speaking. KEY TAKEAWAYS When you speak in front of an audience you could potentially have hundreds of thousands of people listening to you and your message and you can share your message and your passion with them. So, it’s a really, really powerful thing to get more comfortable with. Define your speaking topics you want to speak about and make sur...
2023-12-0514 min
Lead with PurposeNetworking TipsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about how to network better and getting over the intimidation some people feel at networking events. KEY TAKEAWAYS Networking is a very important thing that we should be doing because that’s where we meet collaborators or people in our industry that we can learn from or potentially find new clients. So, it’ vey important that we’re comfortable networking. The first thing I do is set a goal as to why I’m going to a networking event, having clear goals helps you...
2023-11-2814 min
Lead with PurposeMy 3C Key Person of Influence FrameworkOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about how becoming a key person of influence in your industry requires strategic approach and consistent effort, and she shares her simple 3C Framework with you that will help you get there. KEY TAKEAWAYS The 3Cs are: Content, Connection, and Consistency. If you get those three parts right then you are well on your way to becoming the key person of influence (KPI – the person who gets all the work, gets to speak on stages, work comes to you rather than chasing it...
2023-11-2126 min
Lead with PurposePurpose Driven Marketing with Sam OnigbanjoOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Sam Onigbanjo, a visionary in the realm of digital marketing, to talk about digital powerhouses and how to create connections in the digital world. KEY TAKEAWAYS I got into all these platforms because I kept connecting and making sure people were seeing what I was doing. Pre-Covid people still believed in going to the office and having physical meetups. At that time, as an early adopter, we were really pushing the digital agenda and we were being told things like: “This is r...
2023-11-1436 min
Lead with PurposeLife Alchemy with Cristiana RochaOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to life alchemist Cristiana Rocha to discuss exactly what that is. KEY TAKEAWAYS What I’m doing is no longer a therapy, I come from the field of art and dance, from psychology. I always wanted to bridge movement and the physical body with the inner body, the inner soul, it’s invisible but we know that it’s moving us. What I facilitate at a session is really connecting you to the frequency of love and connecting a web where the energy...
2023-11-0756 min
Lead with PurposeCommunication For Good with Helen NealOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Helen Neal, the owner of HN Communications and Leaders LIVE, to talk about how organisations communicate effectively on climate, people and purpose. KEY TAKEAWAYS More now than ever businesses are trying to do more in terms of sustainability than they did before, even small and medium sized businesses. Some sectors are doing better than others and have realised that if they don’t make these changes now there will be fundamental challenges of their existence, potentially, in 10-20 years time. I nev...
2023-10-3137 min
Lead with PurposeTalking To The Animals with Ruth DoolittleOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Ruth Doolittle, a multi-award winning animal communicator, therapist, shaman, and intuitive teacher to talk about animal communication and intuition. KEY TAKEAWAYS We all have intuitive gifts. Unfortunately, what happens through conditioning, society, home life, education, and lots of other cultural aspects, we tend to tune down and learn to ignore and disregard our intuition. Intuition is at the core of being an animal communicator, having an open heart and mind is also helpful. People tend to call it a hunch, gut...
2023-10-2449 minBuild Better BrandsThe Tables are turned: Danielle faces the questions as a guest to share her thoughts on brandingDanielle was interviewed by Tze Ching Yeung on her podcast "Lead with purpose" about branding for businesses and personal brands and her creative journey. Tze Ching started her entrepreneurial journey back in 2007 with the launch of a sustainable clothing and home furnishing ecommerce business. Through the 15-year journey, she learned so much, but easily the most meaningful lesson learned was about the importance of marketing. She now focuses on channelling those insights to help others succeed, through We Disrupt Agency, a business coaching, mentoring and digital marketing company.KEY TAKEAWAYS
2023-10-0530 min
Lead with PurposeHaving a Wide Impact With Jez WoodOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Jez Wood, one of the Founders and Directors of KOVE Properties as well as a mentor at Progressive Properties about his experiences with entrepreneurship from project management to fundraising, and marketing. KEY TAKEAWAYS Property is a fairly new iteration to my career in the last 4 years. Prior to that I was in the charity/corporate sector with a commercial leaning, I ran a social enterprise training café for a few years, as well as spending time in hospitality with my o...
2023-08-1530 min
Lead with PurposeBuilding Better Brands With Danielle ClarkeOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Danielle Clarke about branding for businesses and personal brands and her creative journey.FREE e-book: Get Brand Clarity, Brand Success today!: https://keap.app/contact-us/8242732045906025 KEY TAKEAWAYS As a kid I spent most of my time colouring in and playing with Play-Doh, Lego, and reading. Creativity was a big part of my life. My school was doing a fundraiser and I decided to start a school magazine. I got my friends involved to create puzzles, jokes, colouring pages, we...
2023-08-0831 min
Lead with PurposeThe Perceived Value of Your Products And ServicesOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about pricing because so many of us struggle to set the right price around our products and services. KEY TAKEAWAYS Before we set a price, we have to ask ourselves the question: What is it we’re selling, is it of any value to anybody? Then we set our prices accordingly, and we have to be honest; is what we’re producing, whether it’s a product or service, actually going to solve a problem, do people actually need this thing, and wh...
2023-08-0105 min
Lead with PurposeWebsite VS Landing PageOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about the difference between websites and landing pages because the differences aren’t clear to some people and the pros and cons of each. KEY TAKEAWAYS The purpose of a website is to serve as a comprehensive online platform for your business, organisation or you as an individual. They provide detailed information about you, your products and services, contact details, blog posts, news sections and so on. They usually provide a range of information to facilitate various user interactions. Landing pages ar...
2023-07-2513 min
Lead with PurposeRethinking Your Style With Marjolein van ee DonkOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Marjolein van de Donk about her journey from fashion designer to authenticity coach, and what exactly an authenticity coach is. KEY TAKEAWAYS When I was really young, I was super creative, sewing old clothes my family gave me and creating things. That got me thinking I should be a fashion designer. I applied myself, studied and eventually started working in fashion. But I slowly realised that what I was doing was just creating more garments that had to be sold...
2023-07-1832 min
Lead with PurposeThe Versatility of Hemp With Contemporary HemperyOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Claire O’Sullivan and Kitty Wilson Brown of Contemporary Hempery to talk about how they’re trying to revive the UK’s hemp industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS Our quest has 2 goals: 1, we want to revive hemp for textiles in the UK, and 2, we want to elevate this fantastically versatile and beautiful fibre back to where it should be; in all of our wardrobes and our homes. I (Kitty) did textiles at university, specialising in woven textiles. Throughout all my work sustainability was a...
2023-07-1129 min
Lead with PurposeContacts Equals Contracts Lesson By Grant CardoneOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung shares something she has learned from Grant Cardone, a very successful businessman and sales expert who has training programmes around marketing, sales, entrepreneurship, etc. He recently gave a seminar after appearing on the TV show ‘Undercover Billionaire’ where he was challenged to create a $1million business from scratch in 90 days with $0. He ended up making $5.5million. How? KEY TAKEAWAYS Firstly, Grant Cardone was not allowed to use his name, his credit cards, his contacts, or his family during his 90 day challenge. He expl...
2023-07-0413 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Balance Impact And ProfitOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about how to balance the desire to make a positive impact with the need to generate profit and sustain a business. KEY TAKEAWAYS A lot of social entrepreneurs (and some charities) need to create an impact, have to rely on funding and have to trade to maintain the business and generate some kind of profit for the business or the community they’re trying to support. To do this, the first thing you should do is clearly define the mission and th...
2023-06-2713 min
Lead with PurposeSuccess And Purpose With Elliot EvansOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Elliot Evans, a career leap coach, a nomad and a tinkerer, about his journey from naked waiter to hedge fund trader and then on to coaching. KEY TAKEAWAYS I started my career in a bank which was a lot of work and not very fun. Since then I’ve made it my mission to figure out the career thing in a way that felt sustainable and like I could have enough fun that I could be effective as a result of...
2023-06-2049 min
Lead with PurposeHandling Adversity With Dan MatherOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Dan Mather about how to handle adversities in life and business and how important mindset is in how to handle these adversities. KEY TAKEAWAYS I never ever expected to be where I am today. Life set out its own pathway for me, I think. I never felt like I was that good as an engineer, I thought I was faking it. One day I had a falling out with the service manager because I didn’t agree with what she wa...
2023-06-1332 min
Lead with PurposeLife Is What You Are DoingOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung gives a quick reminder of something very important that some of you may need to hear today. KEY TAKEAWAYS Recently my friend, Bruce Rockowitz and I were talking about entrepreneurship and life, about money, and the topic of retirement came up. A lot of people dream of making a lot of money and the retiring to enjoy their lives. Bruce can’t think of anything worse than retiring because he loves his life and what he’s doing. He said to me: “Life is wha...
2023-06-0604 min
Lead with PurposeDisrupting The Fashion Industry With Sabinna RachimovaOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Sabinna Rachimova, founder of her own sustainable fashion brand, Sabinna to talk about her career and what drives her. KEY TAKEAWAYS I don’t have a family background in fashion or the creative industry. I learned traditional Tartar handcraft from my grandmother who was a teacher but was very into making, because back in the USSR you didn’t have the money to buy anything so you had to teach yourself those skills. This is how I got into fashion and...
2023-05-3035 min
Lead with PurposeMoney Life Balance With Bruce RockowitzOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Bruce Rockowitz about money as Bruce is an incredibly successful CEO, businessman and philathopist KEY TAKEAWAYS At 5-years-old, for whatever reason, I was always entrepreneurial. I started off selling flower seeds door-to door where I lived for two years. That was the beginning of my business career and from that age onwards I worked. At the same time, I started playing tennis and became a professional player, the work I did paid for my tennis career and tennis brought me...
2023-05-2324 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Overcome Fear Of Rejection When Making Sales CallsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung gives some tips and tricks to help you overcome the fear you may feel when making sales calls. KEY TAKEAWAYS I really hate making sales calls, especially those initial outreach calls. I don’t mind standing on a stage and doing a presentation/talk on topics like sustainability, mental health, business, whatever, I’m comfortable speaking in front of people, speaking to clients, closing deals, interviewing podcast guests. But there’s something about that initial outreach call that I just really don’t like doi...
2023-05-1617 min
Lead with PurposeTahmid Chowdhury | Pressure, Burnout & Getting Burned (business & state of mind)On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Tahmid Chowdhury, a transformational coach and author about how he ended up doing what he’s doing including working on EU policy around sustainability. KEY TAKEAWAYS When I was working in government, I found out I really enjoyed the management aspect which led me to get more interested in the people side of things which got me more involved with the diversity network and I’ve carried on doing it, exploring what makes people tick and how we can shift our mind...
2023-05-0936 min
Lead with PurposeConscious Leadership: Interview with Julie HogbinOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Julie Hogbin, a published author, crypto-miner, investor, podcaster, and creator of Conscious Leadership Code, to talk about her life and career journey. KEY TAKEAWAYS I left school the first day I could: It was a Tuesday. On the Wednesday I walked down the high street looking for a job and I started working on the Thursday and I’ve been working ever since. I was really good at calculations – I could do it faster than someone using a calculator. I worked in a...
2023-05-0244 min
Lead with PurposeKey Person of InfluenceOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about so-called KPI’s (Key person of Influence), someone who has a significant impact on the success of a business, which every business should have.KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes I talk to clients and they don’t want to be the ‘front-person’ of their business, they want to remain anonymous. In my opinion, it’s a mistake because when you have a key person of influence it’s much easier for your client or customers to relate to you as a human. This is what sets yo...
2023-04-2512 min
Lead with PurposeWays To Enjoy More JoyOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks about something inspired by one of her mentoring clients who seemed different in their latest session. In the last few weeks she had embarked on a journey called ‘Expedition Joy’ where she made a conscious effort to bring more joy into her life. KEY TAKEAWAYS Joy is a little bit different from happiness to me. Joy is an inner feeling and happiness is an outward expression. Bringing joy into your life is a decision. There are many ways we can bring joy into...
2023-04-1816 min
Lead with PurposeHow to Launch Tech or an App in an Effective Way With Joel YeapOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Joel Yeap, founder of Yeap.Tech who advises early stage impact tech founders with no tech background. In this episode he shares some of his insights and knowledge in how to launch tech or an app in an effective way. KEY TAKEAWAYS My parents worked at an NGO doing development work in Lebanon where we moved when I was one, so I grew up and went to primary school there. That was my earliest encounter with social impact and that’s stu...
2023-04-1140 min
Lead with PurposeMaking The World a Better Place With Jo SalterOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Jo Salter, an ethical fashion consultant who is committed to making the world a better place through her work about her journey through her career. KEY TAKEAWAYS My mother is a strong, Catholic, Irish woman, so through my childhood there was this sense of doing what’s right, morality, looking after other people, community and all those elements that were very important to me. From a young age I was involved in those kinds of discussions. At workplaces after graduating I was...
2023-04-0429 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Attract And Retain A Value-Driven TeamOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about how to attract and retain talented employees who share your values which is something she has discussed a lot with her clients recently as, since the lockdown, it’s become harder for them to find people who have the same sense of value as them, and they’re also struggling to keep employees. KEY TAKEAWAYS Firstly, we need to establish what our values and missions are and clearly communicate them to our employees and make sure that they understand how their valu...
2023-03-2809 min
Lead with PurposeUnderstanding Values And BeliefsOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about the importance of beliefs in our lives to empower or self-limit and how you can listen to the empowering ones and acknowledge but discard the self-limiting ones in order to fulfil our dreams and our goals. KEY TAKEAWAYS Most of our beliefs are generalisations on our past based on our interpretations of either painful or pleasurable experiences. Often we are unconscious about what we believe and how those beliefs affect our actions, we don’t question why we do certain things, bu...
2023-03-2125 min
Lead with PurposeBeing a Passionate Female Entrepreneur With Sue ParkerOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Sue Parker, a passionate entrepreneur, podcast host and speaker who is on a mission to help people to create a lifestyle business beyond the more traditional careers paths, creating more freedom, more time and more money. KEY TAKEAWAYS I had this idea, like a lot of people, that life should be school, college, university and the objective of life is to get a good job, advance your career, get promotions, get better status, job title, better salary, bigger house, bigger car...
2023-03-1433 min
Lead with PurposeDiversity and Inclusion With Jacqui BarrettOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Jacqui Barrett about diversity and inclusion. Jacqui is MD of Wider Thinking, an equity, diversity and learning platform that delivers insights to understand behaviour and also delivers the data to help inspire future actions. KEY TAKEAWAYS I worked at the BBC for 15 years, right up until the week before my baby was due to be born, planning the financial side of BBC 3 as well as the schedule. On my last day I cried because I knew I wasn’t going to go...
2023-03-1050 min
Lead with PurposeWhat Circularity Means: Interview With Rachel Sheila KanOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks to Rachel Sheila Kan, a fashion circularity expert, TEDx speaker, author and founder of Circular Earth and the Ecosystem Incubator, to talk about what circularity means to her. KEY TAKEAWAYS Circularity is beyond the product. We could create a product that is circular, but it could create unintended consequences just in its coming to being. We have to think about all of the other things attached to it: locality, where it’s coming from, what kind of emissions and things are happening? So...
2023-02-2830 min
Lead with PurposeDigital Marketing SecretsPeople don’t care about you unless you care about them! This is one of Tze’s number one marketing secrets and in this episode, she explains why and how you can utilise this secret to improve and upgrade your own marketing; including 5 tips for creating content your ideal customer will love. KEY TAKEAWAYS When people see your marketing, if they see something that they relate to or makes them feel heard, this is when they will stay, sign up to your newsletter or even buy from you. When you are struggling to create content for your...
2023-02-2409 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Deal With OverwhelmOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about overwhelm. This is something that is so common and something a lot of her clients come to her with for a number of reasons. KEY TAKEAWAYS When people feel overwhelmed they end up doing more and feeling burned out and really tired, exhausted or drained and then they collapse because they physically can’t do it anymore. The best thing to do when you’re feeling stressed or when you feel like you have too much on is to ask “Am I feeli...
2023-02-1411 min
Lead with PurposeInterview with Emily DeaconTze Ching is talking with Emily Deacon, business coach and founder of Earthos who help Greentech start-up’s align positive impact on the planet with making a profit Emily shares her own journey and great advice about some of the key challenges that start-ups need to overcome to be able to grow successfully from fully understanding your values to getting culture and hiring right when you first begin KEY TAKEAWAYS We associate full-time jobs with security but there’s lots that’s out of your control and there is much more you can control when y...
2023-02-1028 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Effectively Communicate Our ValuesOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about how purpose driven entrepreneurs are driven by a sense of purpose, values and a mission to make a difference in the world. But, how do we actually communicate this clearly and effectively with our employees, customers or funders so we can get their interest and support to help us achieve our mission? KEY TAKEAWAYS You need to have a clear understanding of your own mission and values. It’s almost impossible to communicate clearly what they are if you aren’t 100% clea...
2023-01-3110 min
Lead with PurposeInterview With Lucy HawthorneOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks to Lucy Hawthorne, a facilitator, campaigner and founder of Climate Play. Through play-based learning or, so called ‘serious play’, Lucy helps make it safe, light and fun to talk about climate change issues, helping people to engage more deeply, honestly, and creatively to a topic that people would rather run away from. KEY TAKEAWAYS Serious Play is play with a purpose. It’s playful methods and techniques I used in order help make progress on serious, apparently grown up stuff. I use it in...
2023-01-3129 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Sell Through Social MediaOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about dating… well, selling through social media, which is a pretty similar journey to go through. We meet someone, we ask for the contact details, we build trust, nurture the relationship, and eventually get to the point where we get married (accepting the proposal). KEY TAKEAWAYS It doesn’t matter how long the sales journey is, you have to go through the same steps with your customer for a successful sale: You need to be authentic, a good listener, engage in conversations (thes...
2023-01-3107 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Write An Engaging Social Media BioOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about something super simple but very important: Creating an engaging social media bio. Our bios are out first touchpoint for our customers, therefpre it’s very important that it speaks to them so that they will follow you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Keep your bio short and meaningful, and make sure it’s easy to scan almost immediately. A good profile picture can help here, instead of using a logo, think about using a photo of you because people usually connect with other people, not...
2023-01-3107 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Write a Powerful Purpose StatementOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about how to write a powerful purpose statement as many companies now know what drives business growth is purpose beyond profit, which is why having a purpose statement in place is essential from the day you start your company. KEY TAKEAWAYS Having a powerful purpose statement in place will help guide your organisation, it will also help guide your customers in terms of whether they like you or not, if they agree with it, it’s more likely they’ll follow you. It’s...
2023-01-3113 min
Lead with PurposeHow To Identify Your PurposeOn this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks about how most of us struggle to know what we want to do with our lives at some point. What is the purpose of life and why are we here? KEY TAKEAWAYS When one has a clear purpose, we do tend to be more determined in our goals and the things that we want to do. How well do you understand your purpose? Do you stop sometimes to question yourself and what your purpose is? We should take some time off before...
2023-01-3118 min
Lead with PurposeIntroductionWelcome to the Lead With Purpose podcast. This podcast features tips, ideas and interviews to help impact driven entrepreneurs launch, grow and scale their purpose driven business (and life). Purpose driven entrepreneurship can be a lonely and very frustrating path to be on but it doesn’t have to be. The aim of this podcast is to help build a community and to help you navigate through some of the struggles that you may face, as you launch, grow and scale your impact. Your host, Tze Ching Yeung, is an award-winning social entrepreneur, marke...
2023-01-3105 min
Lead with PurposeComing Soon..Purpose driven entrepreneurship can be a lonely and very frustrating path to be on but it doesn’t have to be. Lead with Purpose looks to help build a community and to help you navigate through some of the struggles that you may face, as you launch, grow and scale your impact. Your host, Tze Ching Yeung, is an award-winning social entrepreneur, marketing strategist and business coach. She often speaks at schools, universities and events about the state of the fashion industry and the social/environmental damage it is having on the planet. Tze C...
2023-01-1000 min
Sustainable(ish)[158] Engaging young people with slow fashion – with Tze Ching Yeung
Often one of the first ways that young people start to express themselves is via fashion, but fashion comes with a considerable environmental footprint. Textile production accounts for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and uses 1.5 trillion litres of water annually. And we all wear clothes. In today's episode I'm chatting to someone who is on a mission to get young people engaged with slow fashion. Tze Ching is the founder of Refashion My Town, which is educating young people about the impacts of their clothing choices, and equip them with the skills and resources they need to...
2022-10-2144 min
A Sustainable Life with Jen Gale[158] Engaging young people with slow fashion – with Tze Ching Yeung
Often one of the first ways that young people start to express themselves is via fashion, but fashion comes with a considerable environmental footprint. Textile production accounts for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and uses 1.5 trillion litres of water annually. And we all wear clothes. In today's episode I'm chatting to someone who is on a mission to get young people engaged with slow fashion. Tze Ching is the founder of Refashion My Town, which is educating young people about the impacts of their clothing choices, and equip them with the skills and resources they need to...
2022-10-2144 min
Kandu-ArtsS.H.O.P. Episode 41Join us in listening to a very interesting episode of our S.H.O.P. podcast in which Ed and the Refashion My Town founder Tze Ching Yeung discuss all things related to fashion in the context of sustainable development, and also present the newly opened space in which those ideas come to life, the Refashion My Town shop in Borough Parade in Chippenham.
2021-08-1045 min