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In this episode of The Brand Called You, Babette Bensoussan, a decision-making expert, life, leadership, and business coach, and a specialist in competitive intelligence and strategy shares her journey from working in marketing for companies like Levi Strauss and Apple to starting her consulting practice. She emphasizes the importance of decision-making in entrepreneurship and leadership, highlighting common challenges such as biases and limiting beliefs. Bensoussan also explains her approach to coaching, focusing on cognitive behaviour and challenging clients' thought patterns. She discusses the role of competitive intelligence in understanding market dynamics, predicting trends, and supporting strategic decision-making. They cover topics such as ethical considerations in gathering competitive intelligence, utilizing information for strategic planning, and balancing the need for information with the risk of overload. Bensoussan emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions to drive effective decision-making and intelligence gathering.   00:34- About Babette Bensoussan Babette is the Decision-Making Maverick.  She is a life leadership and business coach. She's also a competition and strategy specialist.  And she's the co-author of four best-selling books on business analysis.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

Welcome to the Financial Secrets Revealed podcast episode where Amanda Cassar introduces Babette Bensoussan, the daughter of French Moroccan immigrants to Australia who now advises and coaches organisations and business leaders around the world.Babette is The Decisions-Making Maverick™at MindShifts: Life, Leadership & Business Coach.  She is also a prolific Author, and it then becomes a little hard to nail down a top skill for Babette.I first crossed paths with Babette in a friend's backyard in Sydney, Australia when she supported my fund-raising efforts for The Hunger Project.  I've also utilised her services as a coach personally and now find her a native of my home state of Queensland, having made the move from Sydney.Babette believes her childhood was very 1950's Australia with a breadwinner father and stay at home mother.  She navigated two cultures walking the tightrope between a French-Jewish home life and typical laid back and relaxed Australian school life.She shares with me the lessons she has learned and how she's carved her own niche, along with her views on the financial lessons she's learned over the years.“We educated ourselves be attending various workshops and seminars to improve our own knowledge.” – Babette Bensoussan.LinksMindShifts | Executive Coaching | Energy Leadership | Competitive Intelligence Experts  (Company Website)  BABETTE BENSOUSSAN, MBA | LinkedIn (LinkedIn profile)Babette Bensoussan - Wikipedia (Wikipedia profile)Purchase your copy of Babette's favourite Book: The Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients--The Most Inspiring Book on Wealth Ever Written: Clason, George S.: Amazon.com.au: Books  The Hunger Project Australia (thp.org.au) The Hunger Project, AustraliaOffer Purchase your copy of Financial Secrets Revealed on Amazon: Financial Secrets Revealed: Cassar, Amanda: Amazon.com.au: BooksPurchase your copy of the book on Booktopia:Financial Secrets Revealed, Collective Wisdom from Business Gurus, Financial Geniuses and Everyday Heroes by Amanda Cassar | 9781925648546 | BooktopiaPurchase your copy of the book on Barnes & Noble:Financial Secrets Revealed by Amanda Cassar, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)Follow Catch up with Amanda Cassar, host of Financial Secrets Revealed on Twitter and Instagram @financechicks or on LinkedIn at Amanda Cassar | LinkedInWebsites: https://amandacassar.com.au/ https://www.wealthplanningpartners.com.au/ (company website)https://trustedagedcare.com.au/ (company website) Or follow Babette on Twitter @BabetteBen Or The Hunger Project on or Insta @thehungerprojectau or FacebookSupport the show

Business owners have underlying biases, beliefs, and insecurities that are starting to make itself known in the pandemic. This kind of mindset can cause them to make poor business decisions and hinder your growth. When faced with these uncertain situations, how can business owners overcome their personal beliefs? For this week's podcast episode, we invite multiple best-selling author and Managing Director of MindShifts, Babette Bensoussan to discuss the different levels of leadership thinking. She offers insights and solutions that can help businesses succeed during these types of situations. Learn useful tips on handling negative energies and to make your business more secure during a crisis. Tune in to this episode! About the Guest: Babette Bensoussan is an internationally-known consultant and speaker. As the Decision-Making Maverick, she assists organisations to make better competitive decisions. As a Managing Director of MindShifts, which specialises in competitive intelligence and strategic planning. She is passionate about leadership and new ways of thinking. She is also a professionally accredited coach, and currently working with Australian and Global Fortune 500 Companies, Government Departments, and SMEs. Resources: Visit the Comeback Game website (https://thegamechangers.global/the-comeback-game/) Join us on our Facebook Group - Game Changing Entrepreneurs Connect with Babette Bensoussan through her website (https://mindshifts.com.au/) Books mentioned in the episode: The Path to Freedom by Barry Williame Magliarditi (https://www.pathtofreedom.com.au/free-book-1) You can also connect with us on Linkedin. Tune in and subscribe to The Comeback Game: You can listen to The Site Shed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Thank you for tuning in!

This episode of SCIP IntelliCast with Babette Bensoussan is all about challenging ourselves with a fundamental question: Are You Making the Best Decisions?  Whether we're making decisions for ourselves or supporting decision makers with CI, we need to be familiar with the issues involved in decision making. This can range from biases and listening skills to limiting beliefs and interpretations. Often the issues in decision making are not the information or insights per se, but the way we interpret what we hear.

 Discover how to improve yourself and your choices through proper guidance, coaching, or counselling Learn more on the importance of having guidance and clarity as a mean to understand your choices and which are right for you and your life or business Find out how to overcome your limiting beliefs and make the right choice when you allow yourself to be guided Resources/Links: Check out Babette’s Website: www.mindshifts.com Summary Are you in the midst of making a great decision but aren’t sure if it really is the right decision? Are you looking for some clarity with how you’re handling your promotion, or work, or anything that feels like a big thing for you? Do you want to make sure that your choices are what’s meant for you and your business, brand, or life? Babette Bensoussan is a decision-making Maverick. She supports organizations to make better competitive decisions and support individuals to make better decisions about their life, careers, and leadership. In this episode, Babette shares the importance of having clarity when it comes to the decisions that you make in your work, business, or life. She also shares the benefits and importance of having a mentor, counsellor, or coach to guide you in your choices, business, or life. Make the right choices you won’t regret with the correct guidance! Check out these episode highlights: 01:23 - Babette’s ideal client: “My ideal client is anyone who's going through a transition of some kind and needs clarity. So, anyone who has a decision to make, going through a transition, or whatever it is.” 01:42 - Problem Babette helps solve: “Generally, it's about clarity around the decision they have to make. Being promoted to a new field, being promoted to leadership roles, moving out of leadership roles to director roles, moving from one kind of career to another career.” 02:45 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Babette: “They tend to be a little confused, unsure, they could feel a bit lost. Some of the women, they might feel that they're not good enough, who would listen to them, if they're going into consulting.” 03:50 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Babette’s solution: “There are two key things for me, first of all, is what I call "the bail", your blind spots, your assumptions, your interpretations, and your limiting beliefs. We all have them. But the problem is, how do you help yourself when you don't know or don't understand what your bail is, what your blind spot, your assumptions?” 05:34 - Babette’s Valuable Free Action: “I think, you know, there is nothing more invaluable than having a mentor, someone, that you respect, or admire, or a coach. I really, I'm a coach, and I have two coaches. One for my coaching supervision, and one for my business.” 06:21 - Babette’s Valuable Free Resource: Check out Babette’s Website: www.mindshifts.com 06:58 - A: You asked me some great questions but I guess my key learning is to let people know, listen to your advice, and plan. You create your own reality. So, if you want to create a reality that's different to what you've got, get someone to work with you, help you, and plan, plan, plan! Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “There is nothing more invaluable than having a mentor, someone that you respect, or admire, or a coach.” -Babette BensoussanClick To Tweet Transcript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast) Tom Poland 00:10 Greetings everyone and a very warm welcome to another edition of Marketing The Invisible. My name is Tom Poland joined today by the Babette Bensoussan. Babette, very warm welcome. Where are you hanging out? Babette Bensoussan 00:20 Thank you. You won't believe this. I'm in Mooloolah Valley,

 Discover how to improve yourself and your choices through proper guidance, coaching, or counselling Learn more on the importance of having guidance and clarity as a mean to understand your choices and which are right for you and your life or business Find out how to overcome your limiting beliefs and make the right choice when you allow yourself to be guided Resources/Links: Check out Babette's Website: www.mindshifts.com Summary Are you in the midst of making a great decision but aren't sure if it really is the right decision? Are you looking for some clarity with how you're handling your promotion, or work, or anything that feels like a big thing for you? Do you want to make sure that your choices are what's meant for you and your business, brand, or life? Babette Bensoussan is a decision-making Maverick. She supports organizations to make better competitive decisions and support individuals to make better decisions about their life, careers, and leadership. In this episode, Babette shares the importance of having clarity when it comes to the decisions that you make in your work, business, or life. She also shares the benefits and importance of having a mentor, counsellor, or coach to guide you in your choices, business, or life. Make the right choices you won't regret with the correct guidance! Check out these episode highlights: 01:23 - Babette's ideal client: “My ideal client is anyone who's going through a transition of some kind and needs clarity. So, anyone who has a decision to make, going through a transition, or whatever it is.” 01:42 - Problem Babette helps solve: “Generally, it's about clarity around the decision they have to make. Being promoted to a new field, being promoted to leadership roles, moving out of leadership roles to director roles, moving from one kind of career to another career.” 02:45 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Babette: “They tend to be a little confused, unsure, they could feel a bit lost. Some of the women, they might feel that they're not good enough, who would listen to them, if they're going into consulting.” 03:50 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Babette's solution: “There are two key things for me, first of all, is what I call "the bail", your blind spots, your assumptions, your interpretations, and your limiting beliefs. We all have them. But the problem is, how do you help yourself when you don't know or don't understand what your bail is, what your blind spot, your assumptions?” 05:34 - Babette's Valuable Free Action: “I think, you know, there is nothing more invaluable than having a mentor, someone, that you respect, or admire, or a coach. I really, I'm a coach, and I have two coaches. One for my coaching supervision, and one for my business.” 06:21 - Babette's Valuable Free Resource: Check out Babette's Website: www.mindshifts.com 06:58 - A: You asked me some great questions but I guess my key learning is to let people know, listen to your advice, and plan. You create your own reality. So, if you want to create a reality that's different to what you've got, get someone to work with you, help you, and plan, plan, plan! Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “There is nothing more invaluable than having a mentor, someone that you respect, or admire, or a coach.” -Babette BensoussanClick To Tweet Transcript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast...

This podcast is super special for me. I speak with my first coach - Babette Bensoussan. Babette introduced me to expanding my awareness in ways I had never previously considered. The quote that lived on her office wall, "A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions", is testament to the person she is and the space she creates.  Babette Bensoussan, founder of The Mindshift Group, has advised organisations and business leaders for 25 years in the field of Business Strategy and Competitive Intelligence. Babette is a published author, well-regarded speaker and a recognised global authority in this area of business. On top of this Babette is a qualified counsellor, coach, MBTI practitioner and the only practising Australian executive coach certified to use the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) - a revolutionary leadership development tool used to measure, harness and enhance professionalism leadership qualities.  In this podcast we talk to Babette about coaching - the industry, being coached, and her own personal development/growth experience. Specifically we cover:  Blindspots and assumptions  The difference between a Coach, Mentor, Therapist and your family & friends Coaches get coached - Babette has two coaches  Corporate Coaching, trending  If you want to become a coach - Find your niche & become an expert  The Energy Leadership Tool - Based on the 7 principles of thinking  What to look for if you want a coach  Why coaches avoid asking 'Why' questions?  Heart versus Logic  Why you would consider working with a coach? The type of people who don't get coached  Self acceptance  "I didn't want to keep living my life based in fear."  Our thinking gets in the way of us achieving our goals  Coaching engages your heart.  Connect with Babette

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking with Babette Bensoussan about strategy and competitive intelligence.Babette is on the board of Volunteering Sunshine Coast, and she's formerly been a director of the National Australia Day Council, the New South Wales Board of Adult and Community Education and Eastside Radio.As a decision making maverick. Babette assists organisations to make better competitive decisions and assist individuals to make better decisions about their life, careers and leadership. As Managing Director of Mind Shifts, she specialises in competitive intelligence, strategic planning and strategic marketing projects in the Australian region.She's passionate about leadership, future trends and new ways of thinking. She works with Australian and global fortune 500 companies, government departments and small to medium enterprises and seeks to enhance the quality leadership and strategic thinking that surrounds us in our everyday lives.Contact Babette or find out more about her:https://mindshifts.com.au/babettebensoussan/https://www.linkedin.com/in/babettebensoussanBoards Babette is on:Volunteering Sunshine Coast - https://www.volunteeringsunshinecoast.org.au/Resources mentioned in this episode:Analysis without ParalysisFOR MORE INFORMATION:Join the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardHelga’s Board Kickstarter and Board Accelerator programs: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/eventsDetails about the 2020 Board KickStarter program: https://www.trybooking.com/BGYYLDetails about the 2020 Board Accelerator program: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/single-post/2018/02/07/Board-Accelerator-group-coaching-program-for-womenFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au

It is a very competitive business environment and competitive intelligence provides a unique edge. Find out what your competitors are doing, what the market is doing, what your customers are doing and what you should be doing and why.

This episode will dive deep into mindset shifts and what it means to really understand strategy and our competitive environment. For over 25 years, Babette Bensoussan has served as an advisor to organisations and business leaders around the world. A recognised global authority on Competitive Intelligence, and one of the most published authors and well-regarded speakers in her field, Babette brings valuable insights to entrepreneurs, business leaders and senior executives. In this episode you will learn: Mindset shifts you need to do right now to grow your business Why big companies like Kodak cease to exist right now The importance of understanding business strategy

     In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, Babette Bensoussan, founder of MindShifts, joins me as we talk about competitive intelligence. Babette is internationally acclaimed in this space being a Competitive Intelligence (CI) Expert and Strategist. She is both an academic and an entrepreneur and has written numerous books around this topic. Our conversation also touched on industry ...   Read more... This article is copyright ©  Dr Jesse Green The post 189. Understanding Competitive Intelligence appeared first on Dr Jesse Green.

In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, Babette Bensoussan, founder of MindShifts, joins me as we talk about competitive intelligence. Babette is internationally acclaimed in this space being a Competitive Intelligence (CI) Expert and Strategist. She is both an academic and an entrepreneur and has written numerous books around this topic. Our conversation also touched on industry trends, relevant data that businesses need, making decisions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, and positioning your practice for growth. Join us in this interesting and fascinating episode today. n this episode we discuss:    [02:17] Babette's background and how she works as both an academic and an entrepreneur. [09:59] The books that Babette has written. [11:09] An overview on competitive intelligence. [14:22] Typical data used by businesses for analysis. [17:22] Social trends or changes as consumers. [23:24] Babette's view on a collegiate environment and a competitive marketplace and how they do or do not co-exist. [25:12] Self-interest and emotional intelligence in people. [28:59] The VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) model. [32:53] Advice for small businesses on being able to respond in an agile manner. [35:24] Decision making in a VUCA world and how you can minimize risk in those environments. [40:15] Common traits that good leaders have.

Knowledge is having the right answer; intelligence is asking the right question My guest today says, “Knowledge is having the right answer.  Intelligence is asking the right question.” Joining me today is Babette Bensoussan. For over 25 years Babette Bensoussan has served as an advisor to organisations and business leaders around the world. A recognized [...] The post [Ep #100] Knowledge is having the right answer; intelligence is asking the right question appeared first on The Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast Network.

The topic may sound like a strange question to ask a soloist, but Babette Bensoussan thinks differently. A co-author of five critically acclaimed books, Babette founded the MindShifts Group, a consulting company specialising in competitive intelligence. In 2006, she was the recipient of the the world's most prestigious CI award and remains the first and only Australian to attain this.

The topic may sound like a strange question to ask a soloist, but Babette Bensoussan thinks differently. A co-author of five critically acclaimed books, Babette founded the MindShifts Group, a consulting company specialising in competitive intelligence. In 2006, she was the recipient of the the world's most prestigious CI award and remains the first and only Australian to attain this.