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The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life145 Dr Francoise Orlov: Coaching in Neurodiversity - The Art of Great ListeningI met today’s guest last year, a world-leading coach and the kind of deep thinker that I love to spend time in conversation with. I know you will enjoy hearing from her too.Dr Francoise Orlov, who holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Strasbourg in France, is an accredited Master Coach, Mentor, and Coaching Supervisor. She is a published author and a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. As an advocate of the professionalisation of coaching, she actively contributes to the advancement of best practices through her collaborations with major coaching bodies.Pr...
2024-06-1131 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life138 Aoife O'Brien: How To Be Happier At Work - In Conversation With Dr Gary CrotazUsually at this point I say - welcome to another episode of ‘The Unlock Moment’ podcast. But today is really exciting because I’m joined by hit podcaster Aoife O’Brien and we’re bringing together two great leadership and careers podcasts into one, as The Unlock Moment and Happier at Work come together for us to talk about really how to find work and career purpose, happiness and fulfilment.You'll hear our take on career success, finding your own authentic leadership, using your talents and strengths and how knowing your Unlock Moment helps you to find a deeper s...
2024-04-181h 29
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life134 Adam Pacifico with Dr Gary Crotaz: The Leadership Enigma meets The Unlock MomentIn this very special episode, Adam Pacifico of The Leadership Enigma podcast got together with Dr Gary to talk all things The Unlock Moment. We talked about Gary's personal journey and how he discovered purpose in coaching, speaking and podcasting. And we discovered a powerful Unlock Moment in Adam's own journey, the day he dropped his daughter off at rehab for addiction and tuned into his own vulnerability as a parent.Adam Pacifico is a partner at global leadership and recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles. A qualified lawyer, he prosecuted and defended in the criminal courts and took 6...
2024-03-1753 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life132 Maika Leibbrandt: Feature-Length Sequel to Ep 42 - From Scarcity To Abundance, The True Power Of An Unlock MomentHi, it’s Gary here. Welcome to a very special episode of The Unlock Moment. This is something we’ve been planning for a long time, and at the same time it’s something we didn’t plan at all. Something quite remarkable that gets right to the heart of The Unlock Moment.Back in October 2022 I was joined by Maika Leibbrandt in Episode 42 of The Unlock Moment. She’s one of the world’s very best and highest profile strengths coaches, having spent many years at the Gallup Organisation developing and leading much of their work on talents a...
2024-03-061h 44
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life130 Prof Rebecca Jones: The Professor Who Went Back To School - How To Activate A Growth MindsetBack in 2019/2020 when I started on this journey of coaching, speaking, podcasting and writing, I had the great privilege of training on the Henley Business School coaching programme here in the UK. My guest today is an esteemed Professor at Henley and I was fascinated by her recent choice to trade places and become a student on the same programme that I’d trained. We’ll talk about that! But her personal journey is also frankly pretty inspiring – how she beat the odds to ascend the academic ladder and become a business school professor. Professor Rebecca Jones PhD is...
2024-02-2651 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life101 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #23: Live Where You Want, Work Where You NeedI met for lunch today with an old friend of mine. We were talking about how much of life is determined by our work – it shapes where we live, how much time we spend commuting, where we send our children to school. In reality wherever we’ve lived for the last twenty years has always been strongly influenced by the work we do, how we get there and how late we need to be in the office.My friend said to me, “I’ve always thought you should start with where you want to live, and then figure o...
2023-09-0503 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life99 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #22: When Your Purpose Is To Serve OthersI was reminded this week of the Maya Angelou quote, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Time and again, my guests on The Unlock Moment talk about how the remarkable clarity they found was about how they realised that their purpose was to serve others.I was in conversation with one of my coachees recently, an extraordinary person who has made it her personal mission to impact the lives of young children around the world who have been a...
2023-08-3102 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life98 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #21: What To Do When You're Offered A Shiny ThingI was approached for a big role recently. The kind of role that would be higher profile than I’d ever had before, more responsibility than I’d ever had before, higher pay than I’d ever had before. It was seductive. Shiny things are seductive.But in the back of my mind I also knew that it would represent a step back, from the life I’ve built today around the things that really are my purpose in life, to a past life that was more disruptive, higher stress and higher risk of burnout. In reality I know t...
2023-08-2803 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life91 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #20: Maybe You Can Swim After AllWe took our dogs swimming last week. They’re both Pomeranians – not much dog but a lot of fluff. And they both have a bit of an aversion to water. One hates it on her feet, so the merest contact with a puddle and she’s frantically wiping herself on the curtains to get dry. The other hates to drink it, so will go for hours avoiding hydration until she’s virtually a dry cracker and then inhales half a bowl of water when she finally realises it’s the source of life.So we really didn’t know how t...
2023-07-2603 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life89 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #19: Simon Sinek and a reflection on alonenessI had the great pleasure of meeting Simon Sinek the other week. He was doing a speaking engagement at the Royal Festival Hall in London with Steven Bartlett, raising funds for a new piece of choreography for Rambert, where I’m involved as a board member. We were talking about my idea of ‘Alone, With Others’ – that sense of it being just you in the midst of the maelstrom. Most of us are lucky enough to have people around us who love us, care for us, support us, mentor us and are simply there for us when we need them. Bu...
2023-07-1903 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life86 The Unlock Moment LIVE at Climb23 Investor Summit - Discover Your Purpose As A LeaderIn this special episode, I’m bringing you a live recording of The Unlock Moment. In May 2023 I presented The Unlock Moment on stage at the Climb23 Innovation conference in Leeds here in the UK. Climb is the UK’s festival of innovation, industry and investment and is brought to you by Investor Ladder and CRSI. You can find out about next year’s event by going to the website climb24.co.ukIn this session I was in conversation with Georgia Kirke from Write Business Results, a business that helps entrepreneurs to share their ideas by gettin...
2023-07-0542 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life85 Dr Gary Crotaz - From Dance To Coaching, It's All About The BalanceNow if you’ve been listening for a while then you’ll remember a powerful conversation with a friend of mine, and a brilliant coach, Beatrice Zornek. It’s one of the most downloaded episodes of all time on The Unlock Moment. So when Beatrice approached me recently and said ‘why don’t we turn things around and put you on the spot’, I thought it might be fun and interesting. And that’s what we’re doing today!We talk about my life in dance, my journey to coaching and much more in between. How balance and imbalance ar...
2023-07-031h 15
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life83 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #18: When You Might Be Digging In The Wrong TunnelIt’s the paradox of the successful. Psychologists call it survivor bias. The people you hear from are the people who were successful. That’s why now they have the platform that means you’re listening to what they say.And what they say is ‘never give up’.Muhammad Ali. ‘Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’Vince Lombardi. ‘Winners never quit and quitters never win.’Thomas Edison. ‘Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.’But sometimes it might just be true that the gold you're searching...
2023-06-2203 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life80 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #16: Alone, With OthersI’ve been reflecting a lot on a chapter heading for my forthcoming book on ‘The Unlock Moment’ – alone, with others. It reflects the idea that you are surrounded by people who love you, who support you, who mentor and coach you, who partner with you. And yet in the centre, and I mean this in a good way, you are alone.Alone to own who you are. Alone to own the decisions you make. Alone to own what happens next.Alone, with others. In that moment of clarity it’s just you, your purpose, your stren...
2023-06-1503 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life78 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #15: The Power of Two, or ThreeI’ve recently brought another person on to my team, so now we’re three of us working on The Unlock Moment, the podcast, my coaching and speaking work. I’d put off the cost of an additional team member for as long as possible and then, when I realised that I was dropping the ball on important things, I knew I had to bite the bullet and invest in the additional help I needed. And what a good decision that was. With help, I’ve been able to spend more time where I can have most impact.When I...
2023-06-0903 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life76 Germain St-Denis - Leadership Is Helping People To Be Their BestThis was one of the most enjoyable conversations I've had on The Unlock Moment, really a delight to spend time with such a humble leader.I met Germain St-Denis recently when he was named a fellow Top 10 Thought Leader in Coaching by Thinkers 360. I heard him on another podcast and I knew that you would love to hear his story. He is one of the wisest and most reflective coaches and leaders I've spoken to for a long time. Based in Toronto he is a coach and former senior leader with the Oracle Corporation.In 2015...
2023-05-2939 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life75 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #14: Free Yourself, Be YourselfOur minds are full of oughts and shoulds. And it’s often other people that put those oughts and shoulds in our head. You ought to have done that better. You should have made a different choice. You failed.It’s paralysing, causing us to spin round in circles chasing something in the past that now we can never go back and change. And it makes us doubt our judgement and turn molehills into mountains.It doesn’t mean we don’t pursue personal learning and growth. Quite the opposite. Freeing our mind of the overwhel...
2023-05-2303 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life74 Niraj Kapur - How Vulnerability Changed My LifeIn this episode I’m delighted to bring you a very special guest who I met recently and I knew I had to bring on to record.Niraj Kapur is an expert sales coach, trainer, speaker and author of the Amazon bestseller, 'Everybody Works in Sales'. He has delivered Linkedin and Sales Training to over 450 small businesses, startups and solopreneurs. LinkedIn awarded him Top Voice status in 2022 and he has almost 30,000 followers on the platform.Now if you think of your stereotypical salesperson, you might wonder what the fit is with The Unlock Moment. But to...
2023-05-2148 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS Gordon Bateman - Innovation and Entrepreneurship, previewing The Unlock Moment at Climb23In this special bonus episode of The Unlock Moment, I meet CEO, entrepreneur and investor Gordon Bateman, who is hosting the Climb23 innovation festival for investors, start-ups, scale-ups and industry in Leeds, UK on 23/24 May 2023. We're going to be bringing The Unlock Moment to the Climb23 main stage on 24 May as we delve into the power of purpose-driven leadership, arena style!In this conversation, we talk about the Unlock Moment that sparked Gordon's desire to set up his own business, CRSI, to build and develop teams in high-growth investor-backed businesses, and the Investor Ladder platform to connect...
2023-05-1733 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life73 Steph Lee - Menopause And Me, Waking Up To Workplace WellbeingToday we're talking about the topic of workplace wellbeing. Steph Lee is a business transformation coach here in the UK, and founder of People First Workplace as well as the host of the podcast 'Redefining Wellbeing In The Workplace'. Steph's previous career was as a Finance Director and CFO in large organisations such as the global data analytics and brand consulting firm Kantar. Continually under pressure trying to juggle her career, her workload and her deadlines with life at home, ultimately her Unlock Moment came when she suddenly hit severe symptoms of the perimenopause and she broke down. This...
2023-05-1555 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life72 Meaghan Martin - Rejecting the Hollywood Power Dynamic and Finding My Self-WorthIn this powerful exclusive interview, Hollywood teen sensation Meaghan Martin, star of Disney Channel's Camp Rock and Mean Girls 2, talks about the challenges she faced as a child in an adult world. She questions why she was told as a seventeen-year-old girl by 50 year-old directors and network executives that she didn't matter and that she was an inconvenience. She asks why they thought that was an acceptable choice and what it says about the power imbalance inherent in an industry where a small group of people wield huge power over your career. Across the acting industry and in sports...
2023-05-0953 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life71 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #13: Finding Your FitMy wife and I were sitting down with two sleepy dogs tonight and working on completing the jigsaw we’d started a few days ago. A pretty scene of Venetian canals at sunset, we’d decided that in this cost of living crisis, buying a jigsaw of Venice was a better use of our bank balance than a week on the Grand Canal.In the last few months I’ve been working with several clients on figuring out how they fit in a leadership team when they don’t fit the traditional mould. Hovering a jigsaw pi...
2023-05-0503 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life70 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #12: Align Yourself With The People You Want To Grow YouWhen I interviewed world-leading coach Maika Leibbrandt on The Unlock Moment, she used a phrase that has stayed with me. She said “I chose to align myself with the people I wanted to grow me.” I thought it was a fascinating turn of phrase on intentionally choosing the people you surround yourself with – she didn’t say “align myself with great people so I could grow”, she said “align myself with the people I wanted to grow me.”Where others might find themselves planted in an arid environment, drawing on the scant nutrients from the dry soil the best they ca...
2023-05-0203 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life69 Dr Richard Osibanjo - What Is Your Purpose? What Is Your Legacy?Dr Richard Osibanjo is a world-leading coach whose journey in analytical chemistry developed in him a fascination for the chemistry of people and leadership. Now Chief of Staff and Director of Organisational Transformation at the Intel Corporation he develops and delivers people strategy and is also a member of the prestigious Marshall Goldsmith 100 group of coaches, many of whom have previously graced this stage.He’s a frequent contributor to Forbes and the author of the book ‘Turning Points: Action Today, Change Tomorrow.’Richard has a powerful message for people to lead with purpose, informed by his...
2023-05-0148 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life68 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #11: Three Words To Change Your LifeWhen I talked with world-leading coach Dr Carol Kauffman on The Unlock Moment, she described the three words that changed her life.Such a simple, yet powerful message – in moments where she was facing a choice, she would come back to those three words and it would guide her as to the right path.When life feels complicated, uncertain and anxiety-inducing, finding a few words that encapsulate your mission can help you to discover remarkable clarity. --Dr Carol Kauffman: https://carolkauffman.com/
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2023-04-2503 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life67 Chris Males: From the Pitch to the Boardroom, How To Achieve Sustainable High PerformanceToday we’re getting into the space of high performance. How can you give more energy to others? How can you increase your mental agility? How can you adapt to disruption? How can you lead with impact?Chris Males is Managing Director and form Head of Performance Coaching at TIGNUM, the world leading Sustainable High Performance development firm. A former athlete, Chris is also himself a sought after speaker and high performance coach, and in the last 5 years alone has presented in over 20 countries and coached over 500 senior leaders from leading organizations such as Novartis, Unilever and th...
2023-04-2335 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Adwoa Akoto - Achieving The Same Purpose In A Different WayAdwoa Akoto is a British-Ghanaian actor, writer, model and entrepreneur who appeared in HBO & the BBC's hit series 'I May Destroy You'. She talks about her unusual route from economics and finance into acting and how her experience working with NGOs shaped her desire to create impact in this world. In this short extract she describes how she explored different ways to connect with her purpose and achieve the impact she desired. It's an inspiring story of ownership. Enjoy this Unlock Micromoment with Adwoa Akoto!--Adwoa Akoto: https://www.instagram.com/adwoaakoto_...
2023-04-1905 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life65 Alexandra Wyman: The Suicide Club - What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses DeathIf you’ve been listening for a while then you’ll remember psychiatrist and suicide expert Dr Mark Goulston’s powerful episode here on The Unlock Moment called Catching People When They Fall. I heard today’s guest in conversation with Dr Mark on his own podcast and was compelled to invite her to come and tell you all her story. I’m so grateful that she accepted the invitation.Alexandra Wyman is an advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide. After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to...
2023-04-1747 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life64 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #9: Striving for PerfectionYou might have heard the 1% mantra. … Every day become 1% better. Just 1%. It seems so tiny. Multiply that up through the course of the year, 1%, 1%, day by day, and by the end of the year you’ll be almost 40 times the person you were at the start. It’s beautiful maths … but of course hopelessly unrealistic for virtually all of us. As Dr Ruth Gotian said on this podcast, if self-improvement were so easy then why are we still buying so many self-help books?Change takes time. But on the journey of change there will be breakthrough moments. What can...
2023-04-1403 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life63 Whitney Johnson - Regaining Your Balance After You Disrupt YourselfIn this fascinating conversation that flows from music school to investment banking, from balance in your career to balance on the dance floor, this interview with world-leading coach Whitney Johnson is quite the journey. With millions of followers, she's the celebrated CEO of Disruption Advisors, a leadership development company helping you grow your people to grow your organisation.A Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author, Whitney was named by Thinkers50 as one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world. She is a world class keynote speaker with a quite extraordinary 1.8 million followers...
2023-04-1254 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life62 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #8: Start With Why NotA bit of motivation as we go into the long weekend! It was Simon Sinek whose iconic TED talk in 2009 brought the idea of Start With Why to the world – one of my favourite business books. Tens of millions of people have viewed that video, where a speaker on a stage, armed only with a pen and a flipchart, changed the way people around the world view how great leaders inspire action.You don’t have to solve everything in order to move yourself forward a bit, you just have to put some things to one side whil...
2023-04-0704 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life61 Carol Kauffman - Real Time Leadership, Don't Hold BackToday’s guest is something of a legend in the world of coaching. Dr Carol Kauffman was ranked the number one leadership coach in the world by Marshall Goldsmith. She is an international thought leader and practitioner in the field of coaching, with over 40,000 hours of practice working with people from all walks of life, from aspiring leaders to CEOs, elite athletes and royalty. She launched the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School and is also on the faculty at Henley Business School here in the UK, which is where I trained as a coach.In th...
2023-04-0545 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life60 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #7: Focusing on Sleep With Time BudgetingRecently our two little dogs Mochi and Beansprout have been burning the candle at both ends. No matter how late at night I take them out for their last bathroom visit, they still wake me up between 5:45 and 6:15 in the morning for another trip. It’s left me feeling oddly disconnected when I start my work for the day, almost as though my brain is struggling to get into gear.I’ve had many times in my career where pressure of work has caused me to compromise on sleep. Then one of my coachees introduced me to the...
2023-03-3003 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life59 Dr Robert Lefkowitz - The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist - Journey to the Nobel PrizeIf you’ve ever experienced the so-called fight or flight response, you’ll know about the rush of adrenaline you get when something triggers your sense of fear. Your heart beats faster. Your blood pressure goes up. Your breathing gets more rapid. Why? Because the adrenalin that your body produces interacts with receptors on cells around the body. Like a key in a lock, the adrenalin binds and triggers a response in those cells which leads to all those fight or flight symptoms you experience.And equally you can block those receptors. Ever heard of beta blockers or a...
2023-03-2758 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Normand Ciarlo - Creating a Culture of BelongingI was delighted last year to welcome Canadian retail leader and a former colleague Normand Ciarlo to The Unlock Moment. At the time he had recently left Holt Renfrew where he was in charge of their flagship Montreal luxury department store, Ogilvy. Since he recorded he’s become a Director at the iconic Canadian retailer Chaussures Yellow where he looks after over 90 stores in Quebec and New Brunswick. In this short extract Normand talks about how to create an inclusive culture in your organisation – a topic he’s deeply passionate about.--LinkedIn: https://www.linked...
2023-03-2306 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life57 Mike Ott - Coming Back From The Brink Of DeathToday’s episode is really an incredible story. A rising star in the hedge fund industry in New York, in 2019 Mike Ott experienced a near-death event that in just one moment changed everything. Today we’re going to hear from him about his journey of rehabilitation, recovery and reinvention and how it transformed his outlook on life. This is an episode you will not want to miss.--Mike Ott: https://mikeott.net/
The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — executive coach, speaker and award-winning author. Downloaded in over 120 countr...
2023-03-2038 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Tayo Rockson - Have You Done Everything You Said You Were Going To Do?Tayo Rockson calls himself a polymath-in-progress. He is a writer, speaker, consultant, podcaster, poet, professor, co-founder and brand strategist at UYD Management, a strategic consulting firm that empowers organisations to incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. In this short extract he talks about his philosophy in life and how a dramatic life event gave him remarkable clarity about the path ahead. Enjoy this Unlock Micro-Moment with Tayo Rockson!--Tayo Rockson: https://tayorockson.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tayorockson/
The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — ex...
2023-03-1610 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life56 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #5: Freedom To Be ImperfectIn my book The IDEA Mindset, I wrote “Freedom is the day you realise that it’s ok not to be good at everything. Choose the path that plays to your strengths.”It sounds so obvious, but often the simplest things are the ones you need to pay most attention to.I spent a lot of my life trying to overcome my weaknesses and fill my gaps. I noticed what I couldn’t do much more than I noticed what I did really well. It led me down a lot of divergent paths as I saw myse...
2023-03-1403 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life55 Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown - The Unsold Mindset - How to Sell Without SellingWhatever we do in our work or in our life, we're all selling something. Influencing others is selling. Getting buy-in is selling. Teaching is selling. Sharing an idea you're passionate about is selling. And when you ask people who they think is the best salesperson on the planet, alive or dead, most commonly they say 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Steve Jobs', 'Jesus'. Selling isn't only about selling products and services.Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown sought out some of the most successful people from all walks of life, CEOs, entrepreneurs, doctors, trial lawyers, professional athletes, military leaders...
2023-03-1351 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life54 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #4: Letting Go of Regret, Step By StepThis morning I was thinking about how running used to be so much easier than it is today. I wish I'd been more appreciative at the time.It makes me think about how regret holds us back in life. We regret decisions we made, or didn’t make. We regret opportunities not taken. We regret not trying harder when, with hindsight it feels like that was our big moment.But in reality, the only moment that matters is the moment right now. The only thing you can control is what happens next. And the only pe...
2023-03-0703 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life53 John Baldoni - Grace Under Pressure - Humanity, Humility and Vulnerability in LeadershipToday’s guest on The Unlock Moment is John Baldoni, renowned US coach, keynote speaker and the author of no less than 16 books translated into 10 languages. He hosts the ‘Grace Under Pressure’ interview series on LinkedIn Live, and famously integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes – now that’s definitely a love we share.Thinkers 360 has named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. Global Gurus ranks John a Top 15 global leadership expert. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame.John is...
2023-03-0540 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life52 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #3: There's Never a Better Time Than Now to Follow Your True CallingTime after time people say to me in coaching sessions, “I wish I’d done it sooner, when I still had time.” Whether you’re in your twenties or your eighties, everyone feels like they’re running out of time.And yet it couldn’t be further from the truth. People are uncertain about what the future holds, but as world-leading coach Marshall Goldsmith said in Episode 36 of The Unlock Moment, “There’s only one thing you can ever be happy with – what you have. There’s only one time when you can ever be happy – now. There’s only one place...
2023-02-2803 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life51 Dr Ruth Gotian - The Success Factor - How To Be SuccessfulToday’s guest is someone I’ve been following for a while and hoping to bring on to The Unlock Moment – I’m so delighted she said yes. Dr Ruth Gotian is a leading executive coach and trusted mentor. She was ranked as the #1 emerging management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. She is also the Chief Learning Officer in Anesthesiology and former Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. In addition to publishing in academic journals, she is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today. Her research is about the mind...
2023-02-2652 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life50 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #2: Getting Good At Stopping ThingsThe Unlock Moment is that flash of remarkable clarity when you suddenly know the right path ahead. Listeners to this podcast are discovering their own Unlock Moments, by bearing witness to the stories of others and by learning from experts on coaching, psychology and motivation. Every lock needs a key, and for you to discover your own Unlock Moment, you’re going to need to find the right key for you. That’s why I created these Box of Keys episodes, little ideas that might help you find your own moment of remarkable clarity. Welcome to my Box of Keys...
2023-02-2303 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life49 Beatrice Zornek - Finding Soulful Vocation - Why Deep Self-Reflection is So PowerfulToday’s guest Beatrice Zornek is genuinely one of the most fascinating and insightful thinkers I’ve come across in recent times and it’s why I asked her if she would come and record with me. If you’ve listened for a while you’ll know how much I enjoy spending time with people who are figuring things out in the moment and it’s a privilege to be able to witness that deep work in practice. You’ll hear an extraordinary personal journey, you’ll learn something about giving your brain the space and time to do the thinking it...
2023-02-191h 02
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life48 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #1: You Can't Think To A DeadlineThe Unlock Moment is that flash of remarkable clarity when you suddenly know the right path ahead. Listeners to this podcast are discovering their own Unlock Moments, by bearing witness to the stories of others and by learning from experts on coaching, psychology and motivation. Every lock needs a key, and for you to discover your own Unlock Moment, you’re going to need to find the right key for you. That’s why I created these Box of Keys episodes, little ideas that might help you find your own moment of remarkable clarity. Welcome to my Box of Keys...
2023-02-1402 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life47 Clare Roberts-Molloy - Life Begins at 40This episode is all about getting unstuck in mid-life and unlocking your passion. Based here in the UK, Clare Roberts-Molloy is a potentiality coach, empowering individuals and businesses to identify and achieve their potential. She focuses on working with women over the age of 40 to realise their goals and dreams. As a multi-entrepreneur who is passionate about her local community, Clare is a curator of one of the TEDx idea sharing events, the founder and chair of Periods Matter, a period poverty charity, a magistrate and a trustee of other women-focused charities and organisations.--...
2023-02-1122 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Anthony Fletcher - a lesson in leadership from a groundbreaking CEOIn this Unlock Micro-Moment, you're hearing a short extract from my conversation with Anthony Fletcher, the ground-breaking CEO of Believe In Science, the parent company of healthy doughnut business Urban Legend, and former CEO of Graze Snacks. Since our conversation he has raised over £10m and launched Urban Legend in leading UK retailers Tesco and Selfridges. In this short extract he talks about discovering how to become the most effective leader he could be. Enjoy this Unlock Micro-Moment with Anthony Fletcher! For the full conversation, check out Episode 25 of The Unlock Moment.--Anthony Fletcher o...
2023-02-0106 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life46 Marc Kramer - 'What Are The Chances?' - Leaning Into Luck in Making the Impossible PossibleFrom off-the-charts low scores in his school exams to raising $3 billion, Marc Kramer's story is an extraordinary one of defying expectations and making his own way in the world. As he puts it with his characteristic dry wit, "I think people always want to say, 'No, that can't happen.' And yet they overlook the fact that if somebody puts themselves out there and tries it, that there's a reasonably good chance that that might work. After all, it's all a matter of trying. I always tell my kids 50% of life is just showing up." Marc is now the...
2023-01-1842 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life45 Paul Epstein - Playing Offense, Unlocking Leadership in the World of SportsMy guest today comes from the world of the NBA and the NFL. I’m looking forward to hearing about what he’s learned along the way in a fascinating career in the world of sport, business and leadership.A 15-year pro sports business executive, Paul Epstein became the go-to fixer for NBA teams, NFL franchises, and league executive offices. He was the Why Coach of the San Francisco 49ers. He recognizes that victory comes from the inside, and requires an All-In culture empowered by a growth mindset and a belief that we all have unlimited potential – when w...
2022-11-2544 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life44 Alex Budak - Becoming a Changemaker, Discovering Your Potential to Lead Positive ChangeThe remarkable clarity that you experience in an Unlock Moment can trigger significant change in your life – a change of perspective, a change of priorities, maybe a change of location or career. When you suddenly let go of what’s been holding you back, the opportunities that appear ahead can be extraordinary.My guest today is an expert in making change happen, and he’s lived that experience himself.Alex Budak is on the faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. He’s a social entrepreneur, and the author of the n...
2022-11-0633 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life43 Kevin Sullivan - Transitioning from Military to Civilian with the Military Career CoachI always find it fascinating talking with veterans about the transition from the command and control structure of the military to the leadership and cultural conventions of the civilian world. We know that veterans can be some of the most inspiring and effective leaders in the workplace, but that’s no accident. It takes time to transition, assisted by personal development, mentoring, coaching. All designed to find that true, authentic leader that can bring their best self to the workplace. My guest on this episode of The Unlock Moment is a deep expert in unlocking the potential in veterans....
2022-10-3046 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life42 Maika Leibbrandt - Finding Fame, Finding FreedomNow this is an episode I’ve been looking forward to recording for a long time. When you look at the global coaching community, there are very many coaches but not many that you would recognise walking down the street. Today’s guest is one of the most famous faces in world coaching. After starting her career in broadcast radio, Maika Leibbrandt spent over 14 years at the Gallup Organisation where she developed and launched Gallup’s Global Strengths Coach program, educating thousands of coaches and leaders on the life-changing potential of a talent-first approach to coaching – one of those coaches...
2022-10-241h 13
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life41 Garry Ridge - Transforming Culture Through Servant Leadership at WD-40My guest today is something of a legend in the business world, a champion of inclusive leadership and famous for building a culture of incredible employee engagement.Garry Ridge, the self-styled Culture Coach, has 25 years of experience as Chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company, makers of the iconic penetrating oil. Most of us have probably reached for our can when we’ve had a squeaky wheel or a stuck lock – it’s the kind of product that needs no introduction and no squeaky or squeak-free home can be without it.Garry is also an adjunct profes...
2022-10-1643 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life40 James D White: Anti-Racist Leadership, a Personal JourneyIn this episode I’m delighted to welcome one of America’s top corporate leaders, James D White, to The Unlock Moment. As the former CEO of the smoothie brand Jamba Juice, James led a successful turnaround, achieved record results and ushered in a new era of diversity and inclusion. He is a transformational leader with over thirty years' experience as a CEO and operating executive in the consumer products, retail, and restaurant industries, as well as an experienced corporate director and adviser with twenty years of experience on more than fifteen public and private boards. James curre...
2022-10-0133 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life39 Seth Goldenberg: Radical CuriosityToday's guest is a master in the art of a great question as well as one of the smartest people I've had the pleasure of interviewing on The Unlock Moment. This is an episode that will help you to think really big when figuring out your north star or purpose in life. Seth Goldenberg's most recent book, "Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures", was recently selected as an FT Business Book of the Month.Seth Goldenberg is a designer, curator, and entrepreneur who harnesses the power of questioning to catalyze innovation and cultural...
2022-09-2042 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life38 Ryan Hartman: The View from 100,000 FeetFor many years I’ve encouraged my corporate teams and my coaching clients to take a more 100,000 foot view of the world. We all have a habit of getting lost in the weeds sometimes and it’s a useful skill to be able to rise above the chaos and survey the big picture. So it made a huge amount of sense to bring someone on to the podcast who could help us do just that.For space tech CEO Ryan Hartman, a life in the military, aerospace and defence prepared him for top leadership roles in some of t...
2022-09-1135 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life37 Justin Zorn & Leigh Marz: Finding the SilenceWhen I talk to people who have experienced an Unlock Moment, a remarkable flash of clarity when they’ve figured out the path ahead, they often describe a moment of silence. It might be real silence, the absence of sound, or it might be that the world has slowed down for a moment – a shocking piece of news, a change in circumstances, that has caused them to stop and reflect. What’s the deepest silence you’ve ever known? Today, amidst the mass proliferation of mental stimulation, this may be a difficult question to answer. Yet it’s...
2022-08-2446 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life36 Dr Marshall Goldsmith: The Earned LifeIn this remarkable Master Locksmith episode of The Unlock Moment, I meet Dr Marshall Goldsmith, the world's number one executive coach. A member of the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, Harvard Business Review named him the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. He’s written or edited 43 books, which have sold over 2.5 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. In Amazon’s 100 best leadership-and-success books ever written, he has 2 of them, including my favourite leadership lesson of all, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. A former professor of management practice at the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business in New Hampshir...
2022-08-1348 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life35 Morag Barrett: The Future-Proof WorkplaceIn this Master Locksmith episode, I interview Morag Barrett, one of the top executive coaches in the world. She’s a leadership development expert, and bestselling author of “Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships” and “The Future-Proof Workplace”. Her new book on the ally mindset, “You, Me, We: Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up as One!)” is coming out later this year. Morag is the founder and CEO of SkyeTeam, a boutique leadership development firm, and has supported more than 15,000 leaders from 20 countries and on 4 continents achieve outstanding results by improving the effectiveness o...
2022-08-0444 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life34 Nathan Furr: The Upside of UncertaintyIn this special Master Locksmith episode, I interview INSEAD Professor and author Nathan Furr, whose latest co-authored book, “The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown” is out now. Whilst the classic format of the Unlock Moment podcast explores a person’s life and career journey and dives into their personal moments of clarity, with The Master Locksmith episodes I invite experts in psychology, leadership and motivation to bring their ideas and guidance to help you, my listener, to find your own Unlock Moments.Most people – especially leaders – view uncertainty as a negative, something...
2022-07-1836 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life33 Ben Prouty: Know When It's Your Time To LeadIn this episode I interview serial start-up entrepreneur and CEO Ben Prouty, whose experience at high-growth startups including Streetcar (car sharing), Lovespace (storage by the box), Shepper (asset inspection) and now Poncho (family support platform for working parents) taught him the stage of a company's lifecycle that energises him and brings out his best as a leader. Ben brings a refreshing honesty to counter the assumption that entrepreneurs all want to be the next Zuckerberg or Musk - in fact he is at his best in the scrappy, early stages of start-up growth. This is a rare opportunity to...
2022-07-1150 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life32 The Master Locksmith Masterclass with Dr Gary Crotaz: Finding HappinessIn this Master Locksmith Masterclass, Dr Gary Crotaz switches from interviewer to expert, sharing content from his book about figuring out the path ahead, The IDEA Mindset. This Masterclass is all about Finding Happiness. He dives into the elements of IDEA - Identity, Direction, Engagement and Authenticity - and shows how they come together to help you intentionally design a life you love and that connects with your values and purpose. The Masterclass features memorable extracts from conversations with his guests on The Unlock Moment podcast, so you can hear how these topics show up in real people's stories...
2022-07-1150 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life31 The Master Locksmith Masterclass with Dr Gary Crotaz: ResilienceIn this Master Locksmith Masterclass, Dr Gary Crotaz switches from interviewer to expert, sharing content from his book about figuring out the path ahead, The IDEA Mindset. He explains the six powerful levers, the '6 Ps', that can help you build stronger mental resilience, together with tips, tricks and exercises to help you put each one into action. Each topic is illustrated with a memorable extract from a conversation with one of his guests on The Unlock Moment podcast, so you can hear how these topics show up in real people's stories of remarkable change.Discover more...
2022-06-301h 00
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Dr Mark Goulston's Coaching Masterclass - Michelangelo MindsetIn this bonus seven-minute extract from The Unlock Moment, discover a coaching masterclass from top US executive coach and author Dr Mark Goulston on his leadership framework, Michelangelo Mindset. An empowering way of unlocking your leadership talents to change the behaviour of those around you, this approach will make you think differently about what makes a great leader.Want to hear the whole episode with Dr Mark Goulston? It's Episode 6 of The Unlock Moment.https://markgoulston.com/https://michelangelomindset.com/
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2022-06-2407 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life30 Anthony and Kel Matsena: Creativity Fuels The Journey From Darkness To LightIn this episode I interview emerging stars of the dance and performance world Anthony and Kel Matsena. This episode of The Unlock Moment is very special, very moving, very powerful. Listening back. I was amazed at Anthony and Kel's richness of thought, their perspective, their wisdom at such a young age, still only in their 20s. The Matsena brothers have been through a huge amount in their lives. Being uprooted from their home in Zimbabwe, terrible family tragedy, and their experience of oppression has shaped their creative identity as breakthrough choreographers and performers. But so has the warm community...
2022-06-161h 19
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life29 Cinta Miller: How to Become Your Own Safety NetCinta Miller is one of the top stylists in the business. She's worked for some of the biggest brands in the world. She's created looks for London Fashion Week. She's worked with the likes of Robbie Williams and Ed Sheeran. But she didn't make it to the top in her field by accident. This is a story thats starts on a council estate, a challenging school environment, scraping by, living on tips to make enough money just to afford the bus fare to be able to get to work the next day. If you want to hear what it...
2022-06-1153 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life28 Steve Woolcock: Leadership Lessons as a First-Time CEOIn this episode I interview charity sector CEO Steve Woolcock, who became a first-time CEO last year when taking on the top job at educational charity First Rung, an organisation that exists to provide learning and employment opportunities to support young people in the UK to achieve success and fulfil their potential. Steve talks eloquently about how he worked on unlocking his natural talents and strengths, helping him to find his feet in the CEO role, define his unique leadership style and bring his best to this amazing charity.First Rung: http://www.firstrung.org.uk/
2022-06-0453 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Chris Tibbetts - Drastic Action - 100kg Weight Loss To Save Your LifeIn this bonus ten-minute extract, executive coach, transformation specialist and international speaker Chris Tibbetts talks about his Unlock Moment, when his doctor gave him the news that he had to change his lifestyle immediately or he could drop dead at any time. He talks about how he changed his mindset in order to transform his physical health and ultimately lose over 100kg in weight - ten years on he's here to tell the tale.Want to hear the whole interview with Chris? It's Episode 18 of The Unlock Moment.Instagram and Facebook: @theemotionaleatingcoachukWeb...
2022-06-0209 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life27 Amit Patel: Leaving Medicine and Creating a Peachy FutureIn this episode I meet Amit Patel, former breast and endocrine surgeon who left the NHS to pursue a career in business and entrepreneurship. After six years in Director roles for the £12bn international healthcare group BUPA, Amit decided to strike out on his own and found Peachy, the UK's first truly digital health insurance platform targeting millenials and small to medium-sized enterprises. He describes the tough decision to leave medicine, how he weighed up his love for helping people and performing surgery with the challenges of control of career path as a doctor. Amit talks openly and honestly ab...
2022-05-3051 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Patrick J. McGinnis - FOMO and Finding PerspectiveIn this bonus nine-minute extract, Patrick J. McGinnis, investor, author, podcaster and the inventor of FOMO talks about his Unlock Moment when he found perspective after a highly challenging period of his career through the 2008 financial crash and started to rebuild for the future. Patrick's unique take on the Easter Bunny helps to expose the difference between myth and reality in discerning what really matters when designing a career that you truly love and that connects with your values and purpose.Want to hear the whole interview with Patrick? It's Episode 16 of The Unlock Moment....
2022-05-2809 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life26 Adwoa Akoto: Purpose, Authenticity, Impact - Discovering Your PathIn this episode I meet Adwoa Akoto, British-Ghanaian actor, writer, model and entrepreneur who appeared in HBO/BBC's hit series 'I May Destroy You'. She talks about her unusual route from economics and finance into acting and how her experience working with NGOs shaped her desire to create impact in this world. Reflecting on the conversation, she says, "I didn't even realise a lot of the answers to the questions that you're asking me, I've never really thought about in so much detail. So this has been really enlightening for myself as well." Listen to the power of silence...
2022-05-2446 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life25 Anthony Fletcher: Leadership Lessons From a $100m Healthy Snack Scale-UpIn this episode I meet celebrated healthy food inventor, entrepreneur and CEO, Anthony Fletcher, whose experience at Innocent Drinks followed by 8 years as the CEO of Graze snacks inspired his mission to remove the junk from junk food and reinvent the doughnut through his latest Willy Wonka creation, Urban Legend. He describes with great honesty and authenticity both the highlights and the tough moments of growing Graze to a $100m turnover business, facing major challenges along the way that threatened the fundamental business model. He talks about how it impacted him as a leader and how he had to...
2022-05-2251 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life24 Dolly Waddell: Change The RulesIn this episode I meet executive coach and team facilitator Dolly Waddell, whose upbringing in the orbit of a highly successful family luxury jewellery business honed her natural instinct for entrepreneurship. A moment of tough self-reflection made clear how her life as a vicar's wife and mother of four was defined and constrained by societal expectations, running contrary to her vibrant natural spirit of individuality. This Unlock Moment led her to intentionally change the rules, define her own future and take ownership of the path ahead. Supported by a loving husband and a family advisory board aged between 5 and 13...
2022-05-1946 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life23 Joanne Clifton: Before the Glitterball, a Journey of Extraordinary CourageIn this exclusive long-form interview I talk to World Ballroom Showdance Champion, Strictly Come Dancing Champion, musical theatre star and someone I’m proud to call a close friend, Joanne Clifton. She describes in compelling and sometimes shocking detail the journey she took to becoming world champion - the intense training regime, the extreme physical and psychological pressure she endured and the toll it took on her mental health. From having her ankles whipped in the training room to extreme emotional pressure and financial stress, this is an unforgettable story that has not been told previously in this depth an...
2022-05-151h 13
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life22 Amanda Britton: Leading a World-Class Institution at Rambert SchoolIn this episode I meet Amanda Britton, the inspirational Chief Executive, Principal and Artistic Director of the world-renowned Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Her powerful story, from leaving home at the age of 12 to pursue her passion for dance, through being one of the youngest new hires at Ballet Rambert and eventually taking on leadership of the iconic Rambert School, reflects her deep personal connection with dance and the legacy of Marie Rambert, but also her incredible vision for the future of a School that just celebrated its centenary. She talks in depth about how the team...
2022-05-1245 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life21 Brett Sammels: Forging a Future in the Family BusinessIn this episode I interview Brett Sammels who worked his way up through the family business LAW Creative, helping to build it into one of the leading European independent full-service marketing agencies. He talks about managing the weight of the family name, building a distinctive culture and eventually taking the hot seat as Managing Director. I do a significant amount of coaching work with family businesses preparing the next generation to take over leadership in the coming years, and Brett articulates many of the unique characteristics and responsibilities of proving yourself as a member of the founding family.
2022-05-1136 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life20 Normand Ciarlo: Creating a Culture of BelongingIn this episode I interview charismatic Canadian retail leader Normand Ciarlo who ran the leading luxury department store in Montreal - Holt Renfrew Ogilvy. With a background in dance and performing arts, Normand brings his love of theatre to the retail stage. Passionate about creating a culture in which everyone feels that they belong, Normand talks with conviction and brings to life his leadership philosophy on diversity, inclusion and belonging, and how senior leaders can create the environment in which their teams feel fully engaged and able to fulfil their potential.Normand Ciarlo on LinkedIn: https://www...
2022-05-0845 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life19 Tayo Rockson: Use Your Difference To Make A DifferenceIn this episode I interview New York-based Tayo Rockson, an inspiring thought leader in diversity, inclusion and anti-racism. A self-styled polymath-in-progress, Tayo has established himself as an authority in communicating effectively across cultures and personal branding. He has graced various stages including TEDx, the Chautauqua Institution in New York, and the United Nations. Tayo hosts 'As Told By Nomads', one of the top business podcasts for entrepreneurs in the world, and is the author of 'Use Your Difference To Make A Difference', a book on how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world. In this powerful conversation, Tayo...
2022-05-0546 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life18 Chris Tibbetts: Drastic Action - 100kg Weight Loss To Save Your LifeIn this episode I interview executive coach, transformation specialist and international speaker Chris Tibbetts. Massively overweight and faced with the prospect of just six months to live, he turned his life around and went on to lose over 100kg - transforming his life expectancy in the process. Ten years on, he now helps others to be in the best shape both physically and mentally. This is a raw and honset account of the ebbs and flows of a battle with emotional eating, and an inspiration for listeners facing into seemingly impossible odds.Instagram and Facebook: @theemotionaleatingcoachuk
2022-05-0439 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life17 Nick Novak: Conquering Burnout By Acting On Your ValuesIn this episode I interview social impact entrepreneur, investor and EdTech pioneer Nick Novak, who spent years working intensively in high profile and high-growth EdTech platforms including Schoolnet and Arbor Education Partners. Nick had figured out his personal values some years before, but his Unlock Moment was the realisation that knowing was not enough - he had to take action in order to combat burnout and create the happy and fulfilling life he craved. It's a powerful story that will resonate with anyone who is feeling stressed, overwhelmed and burned out, with guidance on practical steps you can take t...
2022-05-0153 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Tony Walmsley - Leadership Lessons from the TouchlineTony Walmsley has coached at some of the biggest football clubs in the world. It shaped his thinking on how to inspire world-class leaders who influence performance. His Unlock Moment came when thrust into a live TV interview after a tough defeat - how he handled the provocative questioning helped him to understand the kind of leader he was at his best. The vivid stories Tony tells of both the highs and the lows offers an honest, gritty and authentic reflection on a life in football and brings you right on to the touchline in the heat of the...
2022-04-3006 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life16 Patrick J. McGinnis: FOMO and Finding PerspectiveIn this episode, I interview the inventor of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), Patrick J. McGinnis. He talks with honesty and humour about the experience of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in the 2008 financial crash and the journey he went on to discover a path where he could make a difference to millions through his books, podcast and speaking work. Patrick's hit FOMO Sapiens podcast has been downloaded over 2 million times and his TED talk on faster decision-making has over 1 million views - this is someone you're going to want to listen to and learn fr...
2022-04-2846 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life15 Dr Gauri Seth: Brain-Based ConnectionIn this episode, I interview Dr Gauri Seth, psychiatrist, coach and mother of three, whose background in psychiatry, family therapy and academia formed the basis of her powerful work in helping parents build stronger family connections with their children. Her Unlock Moment was a realisation that she had to adjust her priorities in favour of her children in their most formative years, which led her to put her medical career on pause and establish herself as an entrepreneur with a successful coaching practice based around her Brain-Based Connection model for parent-child connection.Website: https://www.brainbasedconnection.co...
2022-04-2542 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life14 Russell Grant: Strictly SpontaneousIn this very special episode, I interview TV personality, star of Strictly Come Dancing, actor, author and astrologer Russell Grant, for whom a life-changing call to join the cast of Strictly reconnected him with a long-lost passion for performing and brought out his natural spontaneity. Strictly helped Russell recover from a dark time in his life and to rewrite the public's perception of him. It gave him a new lease of life and a refreshed energy - he is living proof that it's never too late to create a life you love. Discover a new perspective on his Strictly...
2022-04-2458 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life13 Simon Alexander Ong: Energize Your LifeIn this episode, I interview author, speaker, and coach Simon Alexander Ong, whose Unlock Moment was sitting in the crowd at a Tony Robbins event, realising he was more fascinated by how Robbins created that incredible impact on his audience than he was in the content of Robbins’ talk. From a background working at Lehman Brothers in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, over the course of a decade, Simon reinvented himself as a personal development entrepreneur and has now published his first book, 'Energize', out now with Penguin. In a world where we are always 'on', Simon coaches yo...
2022-04-2044 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Micah Lorenc - You Don't Always Have to Play SafeMy interview with US strengths expert and executive coach Micah Lorenc is the most downloaded episode of The Unlock Moment to date. His blend of authentic self-reflection and beautiful storytelling has resonated strongly with you, my listeners. So here's a short and snappy seven-minute extract from our conversation talking about how he figured out that he should change his priorities and career path. If you're struggling with frustration and looking for clarity and purpose in your future, this is the episode for you.Want to hear the whole interview with Micah? It's Episode 5 of The Unlock Moment.
2022-04-1807 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life12 Alexis Knox: Restyling Your LifeIn this episode, I interview global style icon Alexis Knox, who has worked alongside the biggest names in popular music as an in-demand international fashion stylist, working with music’s most edgy personalities including Miley Cyrus, M.I.A, Charli XCX, Little Mix, Bruno Mars, Craig David, Rita Ora, Jessie J, Grimes, and more. She talks honestly and candidly about the personal toll her 24/7 globetrotting lifestyle took on her and how the pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused her to re-evaluate her priorities and design a more sustainable and fulfilling lifestyle without compromising her ambition. Alexis is a real force of nat...
2022-04-161h 00
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and lifeBONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Samuel Haughton - Choosing HappinessCan you give me just ten minutes of your time to learn something that might change your life? In this bite-sized extract from my conversation with actor and talent manager Samuel Haughton, he talks about how he chose between pursuing success or pursuing happiness, and about the extraordinary impact on his mindset and his life choices that followed. I have received incredible feedback from many people who have listened to Samuel's full episode and took away so much that they can apply to their own lives. Go find it, it's Episode 1 of 'The Unlock Moment'.Find the f...
2022-04-1510 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life11 Tony Walmsley: Leadership Lessons from the TouchlineIn this episode, I interview performance specialist and elite football coach Tony Walmsley, whose experience with Manchester United, Sheffield United, and Central Coast Mariners shaped his thinking on how to inspire world-class leaders who influence performance. His Unlock Moment came when thrust into a live TV interview after a tough defeat - how he handled the provocative questioning helped him to understand the kind of leader he was at his best. The vivid stories Tony tells of both the highs and the lows is an honest, gritty and authentic reflection on a life in football and brings you right...
2022-04-111h 04
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life10 Lauren Parsons: Finding ConfidenceIn this episode, I interview New Zealand-based wellbeing specialist and TEDx speaker Lauren Parsons, whose Unlock Moment was to transform the shy, unsporty persona from school into a confident and outgoing fitness instructor, educator, and public speaker. Listen in if you want to learn how to turn your negative labels into positive ones and unlock your confident self.Feel free to connect with Lauren on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenparsonsnz/Tune in to the Thrive TV Show at https://thrivetvshow.com/Get your complimentary copy of Lauren’s ebook “5 Keys to a Po...
2022-04-1029 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life9 Hayley Thomas: There's Not Always TimeIn this episode, I interview online fashion founder Hayley Thomas, whose husband's diagnosis of Stage 3 Bowel Cancer completely changed her perspective on life and triggered her to get on and turn her entrepreneurial dream into reality. Five years on, Ben is cancer-free and her sustainable fashion brand Eleven Loves is growing from strength to strength, now with 35,000 Instagram followers. This is a powerful story of hope, teamwork, and achievement that challenges the idea that there is a 'perfect moment' to launch a business.Follow Eleven Loves on Instagram: @elevenloves.co.ukWeb: elevenloves.co.uk
2022-04-0345 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life8 Serena Kern-Libera (Segiri): Achieving Social Change Through Dance/Pop MusicIn this episode, I interview dance / pop sensation Segiri, by day known as Serena Kern-Libera, international trade lawyer and winner of the prestigious Asian Women of Achievement award in 2020. In her Unlock Moment, deciding to launch her own record label D2D Records to support young up-and-coming talent brought together her passion for music, her sharp legal and business brain and her desire to effect social change through the power of mentorship. This podcast also features Segiri's sparkling dance / pop track 'Parallel'.Follow Serena Kern-Libera on Twitter: @Serena_KernInstagram: @SerenaKern and @segiri_music
2022-03-2943 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life7 Wendy Willard: 'SLATHY' - A Way To Talk About When It's Not OKIn this episode, I interview U.S. strengths coach and serial foster mom Wendy Willard about her Unlock Moment, in which a move to Nicaragua with her family led her to fundamentally re-evaluate her needs. Through foster-parenting 25 teenagers, she developed her simple but effective SLATHY (shamed, lonely, afraid, tired, hungry, yucky) framework to help people in families and in business find the words to talk about their feelings when their needs aren't met.Learn more at thestrengthsencourager.com Discover SLATHY at slathy.comFollow Wendy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestrengthsencourager/
2022-03-2741 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life6 Dr Mark Goulston: Catching People When They FallIn this episode, I interview best-selling author, coach, and psychiatrist Dr. Mark Goulston about his unique methodologies Surgical Empathy, and the Michaelangelo Mindset. He brings these powerful approaches to life through the stories and experiences that have led him to where he is today. A master storyteller and a master listener, Mark is someone you could listen to for hours - this is truly a powerful episode that you will remember for a long time. Dive deep inside his mind when he describes his formative experiences at medical school and how he intentionally translated that experience into the design of...
2022-03-2652 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life5 Micah Lorenc: You Don't Always Have to Play SafeIn this episode, I interview Micah Lorenc, U.S.-based strengths expert, and executive coach. We talk about his journey over several years to exit the relative safety of an enjoyable and comfortable corporate role to pursue his passion for coaching and facilitation. Micah talks with great honesty and authenticity about the realities of the choices you have to face as an entrepreneur with a family to support and you will feel his warmth and energy as he brings to life his personal journey.Connect with Micah Lorenc on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micah-lorenc-0564885/...
2022-03-1753 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life4 Mariko Cantley & Nazar Batih: The Power of a Fresh PerspectiveIn this episode, I interview US champion and world silver medallist professional ballroom dancers Mariko Cantley and Nazar Batih. They talk about their unusual backgrounds and how Nazar dealt with being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes as an elite athlete in his mid-20s. Their Unlock Moment was a meeting with two coaches in Italy who completely changed their outlook on dance and enabled them to break through to the highest echelons of world-level competitions. They are an inspirational example of achievement against the odds and the power of pursuing your passion with every ounce of your being....
2022-03-1749 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life3 Dana Williams: Continual ReinventionIn this episode, I interview US-based strengths guru and former senior marketing leader for Southwest Airlines, Dana Williams. Her Unlock Moment was to discover a new understanding mid-career about what she was really here to do. That realisation led to a fundamental reorientation of priorities in the pandemic, the creation of a new business and her book, 'The Strengths Journal'. She reminds us that we should always stay curious about what makes us love the work we do.Connect with Dana Williams on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/danawilliamsconsultingFollow her Strengths Journal on...
2022-03-1741 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life2 Marietta Melrose: Taking ControlIn this episode, I interview Hollywood actor and producer Marietta Melrose, whose extraordinary journey from Bulgaria to London to the bright lights of LA could really have been taken from a movie. Her Unlock Moment was discovering certainty about her passion for acting, and her subsequent story of unwavering commitment against the odds is genuinely inspiring. Follow Marietta on Facebook & IG: https://www.instagram.com/marietta_melrosehttps://www.facebook.com/mariettamelrose
The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — executive coach, speaker and award-winning author. Downlo...
2022-03-1146 min
The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life1 Samuel Haughton: Choosing HappinessIn this episode, I interview Samuel Haughton, an actor and performer, and one of the first people ever to work with me on the IDEA Mindset journey. His Unlock Moment was finding clarity on his true purpose by giving his brain the space and time to do the thinking it needed to do. Follow Samuel Haughton on Twitter & IG:https://www.instagram.com/samuel.haughton.42https://twitter.com/samuelhaughton
The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — executive coach, speaker and award-winning author. Downloaded in over 120 countries. Sign up t...
2022-03-1134 min