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Alvin and German conduct a great conversation with Fintech Investor at Pivot Investment Partners, Atit Amin, '08. Atit works at the cutting edge of finance and tech, backing transformative companies that are changing the game at the intersection of wholesale finance and enterprise software. At Pivot, he helps founders scale businesses that have already proven product-market fit and are ready to grow with the right strategic partner. Before his current role, Atit gained a wealth of experience in the finance world—serving as a Senior Research Analyst at CEB, an Accounting Analyst at Chartis, and a Summer Analyst at NDC Capital Partners. He even got his start with an early internship at Lloyds TSB. He's also an active member of the CFA Society New York, demonstrating his continued commitment to the financial industry. At Colgate, Atit was an editor for The Colgate Maroon-News and earned his Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Affairs.

In this episode of the IMPACT = podcast, we talk to Sapna Shah, a partner at Novastar Ventures, one of the first and largest VC firms in Africa that focuses on entrepreneurs building transformative businesses in Africa. Originally from Kenya, Sapna started her career in London in international banking, initially at Lloyds TSB and later at HSBC, working with entrepreneurs and SMEs at various stages of their business lifecycle in the UK, US, Europe and the Middle East.  She returned to Kenya in 2012 to continue her passion for working with entrepreneurs, this time as an investor at Acumen and co-founder of a food start-up. She joined Novastar in 2015.  In this conversation with our host Andrew Murray Watson, Sapna shares her insights on the transformation of Africa's venture ecosystem over the last decade and its future potential growth. She also discusses the role of entrepreneurship in helping solve complex problems, as well as the opportunities and challenges for investors on the African continent.

Katherine Ainley is the CEO of Ericsson UK and Ireland, working alongside major mobile network operators and service providers to create world leading mobile networks and game-changing technology for millions of subscribers and enterprise partners. She is also a member of the leadership team for Ericsson Europe and Latin America.  Katherine joined Ericsson in February 2021 from BT where she held a number of senior executive positions for more than 10 years, including the roles of Managing Director of Ventures in Enterprise and CEO of Tikit, a then wholly owned subsidiary of BT. Her career has also included management and consultant roles with Lloyds TSB and Ernst & Young in transformation and customer experience.  Responsible for a team of more than 2,500 employees across the UK and Ireland, Katherine is leading Ericsson's vision for 5G technology and deployment in the UK, focusing on supporting the business growth of network operators through continuous technology and product performance, enabling digitisation across new industries and delivering world-class connectivity for consumers.  Originally from Wigan in the North West but now living in South East London, Katherine has studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has two young daughters and is a passionate supporter of Diversity and Inclusion programmes at Ericsson. 

Dana Karzan is the Chief Marketing Officer at VyStar Credit Union, a member-owned cooperative providing financial products and services such as investments, insurance, retirement planning, and financial counseling. At VyStar, Dana leads branding, marketing, advertising, social media, and community engagement. She has 20-plus years of experience in banking and fintech, with rich expertise in marketing, product management, and brand strategy.  Before Vystar, Dana held leadership roles at Facebook, Citibank, Wells Fargo, GE, Lloyds TSB, and US Bank. Her ingenuity in leadership earned her the 2022 OnCon Icon Top 50 Marketer Award, which recognizes top marketers worldwide. In addition to her work in the corporate world, Dana is an active board member at Groundworks JAX and the Jacksonville Symphony. In this episode… Financial institutions can easily engender fear or anxiety in customers when it comes to service provision. Credit unions offer an alternative solution when it comes to financial services. They strive to make the customer experience as stress-free as possible while supporting local communities in various ways.  Marketing professional Dana Karzan explains that cooperatives like Vystar seek to live up to their mission of improving their members' lives by providing better financial services and being a force of change in their communities. Beyond opening accounts and lending money, Vystar provides members with educational resources to learn how to save, grow equity, and consolidate debt. Credit unions help people achieve dreams such as buying a home, getting a college education, and taking once-in-a-lifetime vacations while revitalizing neighborhoods through supporting local businesses and serving on organization boards. In this episode of The Growth Fire Podcast, Kevin Hourigan sits down with Dana Karzan, Chief Marketing Officer at VyStar Credit Union, for a riveting conversation about marketing in the financial space. Dana shares VyStar's mission and the benefits it provides, how to evoke emotion in marketing, and how to leverage community service to drive business growth. 

In this episode, we circle back with Naeem Siddiqi, Senior Advisor, Risk and Quantitative Solutions, SAS, to explore the effects of COVID-19 on banks and risk managers, six months out from our previous discussions. GARP’s Robert Sales moderates this two-part discussion with Naeem, who is also joined by Alex Kwiatkowski - Principal Industry Consultant, Global Banking Practice, SAS - to consider the current and potential post-pandemic impact of the coronavirus on credit risk, cyber risk, operational resilience and the banking business model.     Over the years, GARP and SAS have worked together to bring risk practitioners unique insights on a variety of topics related to financial risk and have partnered on this episode of our COVID podcast series. About SAS As a leader in analytics, SAS has more than 40 years of experience helping organizations solve their toughest problems. Our unrelenting commitment to innovation enables banks to modernize and sustain a competitive edge. SAS provides an integrated, enterprise-wide risk-management platform for managing risk in an organization, from strategic to reputational, operational, financial or compliance-related risk management. Learn more about how SAS is driving innovation and business value for risk and finance professionals at www.sas.com/risk.   SPEAKER BIOS   Naeem Siddiqi Senior Advisor, Risk and Quantitative Solutions, SAS   Naeem Siddiqi is the author of the books Credit Risk Scorecards and Intelligent Credit Scoring, and has advised and trained bankers in over 20 countries on the art and science of credit scoring. He has worked in retail credit risk management since 1992, both as a consultant and as a risk manager at financial institutions.   At SAS, Siddiqi played a key role in the development of products relating to credit scoring. He is currently responsible for advising customers on issues concerning credit scoring and decisioning, risk strategy, climate change risk, and AI/ML in credit risk, as well as modernizing analytics infrastructures. He continues to meet and advise C-level bankers at top lending institutions worldwide.   Siddiqi was granted a bachelor’s in engineering with honors from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of London, and a master’s in business administration from York University in Toronto.     Alex Kwiatkowski Principal Industry Consultant, Global Banking Practice, SAS   Alex Kwiatkowski is SAS’s Industry Lead for Banking & Capital Markets. His role centers on articulating and amplifying company strategy and point of view to C-level executives, partners, media and influencers, along with creating powerful narratives and compelling content for thought-leadership purposes.   Prior to joining SAS in October 2017, Alex was the Senior Strategist for Banking and Digital Channels at Finastra (formerly Misys). Before this, Alex ran IDC’s Financial Insights team in Europe, where he was responsible for all advisory and consulting services, working closely with banks, technology vendors and service providers. He also spent four years as a Principal Analyst within Ovum’s Financial Services Technology Practice, and prior to that completed a stint as a senior manager within LloydsTSB’s Business Delivery team.   With a career spanning over 15 years in the financial services industry, and a decade spent in the fast-moving telco world before that, Alex is a veritable mine of significant and valuable knowledge. He is full of keen insights into how the sector must evolve, is blessed with a restless curiosity to explore and challenge traditional thinking, and possesses an unquenchable thirst for discovering new information – from the trivial to the revelatory – to help form his opinions. A regular speaker at major global industry conferences – including Asian Banker Summit, Retail Banking Europe, FT Middle East Banking Forum, and Retail Banking Asia – Alex is an energized and engaging keynote, willing to tackle the biggest and most controversial issues head-on.   Alex holds a BA in Contemporary East European Studies from UCL.

Steve shares from his experiences from Head of Service Improvement at LloydsTSB and Improving Service at a Mental Health Trust. He also reflects of differences between Higher Education and Further Education and proposes more partnership working.

This Podcast is brought to you by Nexo In this episode, Grey Jabesi interviewed Gareth Grobler. Gareth is an Internet Currency Entrepreneur. Speaker & the Founder of the Crypto Exchange iCE3X.com. A Founding Member of the UK Digital Currency Association. Gareth provides consulting to financial institutions wanting to apply Bitcoin technology to their current development roadmap. Gareth has over 15 years of experience in IT Infrastructure & Architecture development, and has held positions at Investec Bank, UBS, BNP Paribas and Lloyds TSB. In this episode, we discussed: His background Banking and money Bitcoin Wealth creation Ice3x AIC token Listen, love and share

What does good leadership look like in the era of cultural democracy?In this episode Tandi speaks with policy consultant John Knell and CEO and Melbourne Fringe Creative Director Simon Abrahams about key shifts currently taking place in the arts and cultural sector.They discuss the particular challenges of leading a cultural organisation today, and how clarity of purpose is the key to resourcefulness.Key points covered:Why ‘conversations’ are replacing ‘marketing’ in arts organisationsHow cultural leaders are different to leaders in other industriesWhy the power of your vision is the key to mobilising resourcesOne powerful tip for becoming a stronger leader and enabling people to flourishWhy today’s cultural organisations need to be platforms for other people’s creativityHow to turn uncomfortable moments into fuel for innovationCulture organisations need to be committed to understanding their past, present and future audiencesHow to think about measuring intrinsic and instrumental valueWhy you should think carefully about your goal before you apply any tool or techniqueJohn Knell is one of the UK’s most influential thought-leaders on organisational transformation. He works with corporate and public sector clients on issues focusing on leadership, employee engagement and future of work. John is the co-founder of Intelligence Agency and was previously Director of Research and Advocacy at The Work Foundation. He has written The Art of Dying and The Art of Living, London’s Creative Economy: An Accidental Success?, Whose Art Is It Anyway? and The 80 Minute MBA. John’s consulting clients have included Microsoft, Tesco, Astra Zeneca, Eversheds, Lloyds TSB, Manpower, and Siemens. John's current clients include The Wellcome Trust, Art Council England, Taylor Vinters, Liverpool Everyman and the BFI.Simon Abrahams is a creative producer and arts advocate with recognition as one of Australia’s arts and cultural leaders. He joined the Melbourne Fringe team in 2015 and is currently the Creative Director and CEO. In the past Abrahams was Head of Programming for The Wheeler Centre and Executive Producer and Co-CEO for Polyglot Theatre. Simon co-founded Theatre Network Australia and was Chair from 2010-2017. Simon’s work has been awarded with the 2015 Melbourne Award (Melbourne Fringe), 2011 Governor of Victoria Export Award for arts and entertainment (Polyglot), three AbaF Awards, the 2014 CHASS Future Leaders Award. Also an actor, Simon appeared in Bron Batten’s The Dad Show.For more details, including the full transcript of the conversation, you can head to the episode webpage: https://www.thepatternmakers.com.au/podcast-episodes/episode3Connect with Tandi Palmer Williams & Patternmakers on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tandiwilliams/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepatternmakers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/tandi_willFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepatternmakers.com.au/To stay in the loop with the latest research, big ideas and useful tools, you can sign up to get Patternmakers' free, monthly Culture Insight & Innovation Update direct to your inbox each month: https://thepatternmakers.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7f009b1b1f874eddcffa4d79c&id=1408ed145f

To understand and deal with HR challenges better, we must first understand what we are dealing with in the general scale—what are the overall business challenges? No matter on what level it is, external or internal, it will still affect the performance of the team. It's always better to know the root cause before we build any plans in HR Management. So, in this episode of The HR Uprising Podcast, Nick Holley, the Associate Director of the Corporate Research Forum, dives deep about strategies on how to improve our HR, without removing the traditional ones, and opening our eyes to the unnoticed ones. Discover also the concept of systemic thinking, which can help every OD professional. Other topics that were discussed involve building credibility, determining every individual's drive, maintaining a business' sustainability and many more. KEY TAKEAWAYS “Value is not created to be operationally efficient in the here and now, but it's really understanding the future trends in your market and developing a strategy to respond to it. ” To ensure that we improve our HR, we must know the challenges the business is facing. Determine the external and internal factors that affect them. If HR professionals want to establish their credibility, then it's easiest when they bring actionable solutions inside the business. Make changes not just in the HR space, but also for the entire company/industry. Stand your ground. Don't get over your head on building your image. Let's act on what the business needs and not on what the line managers want. D. professionals are systemic thinkers—meaning, they know and understand that every element is interconnected with each other and with that information, they're able to drive improvements and prevent complications. Systemic thinking – understanding that there are several elements in each system that are connected and impact each other ‘What drives performance and what can we do?' This is the most basic question we shall ask in HR. It's not going to start with planning HR management, but to understand what motivates every individual. BEST MOMENTS “HR is not about HR; HR is about the business.” “The world is full of solutions looking for problems.” “The questions you need to start with: Why is our business in trouble? How are we going to get out of trouble? And, what is HR going to do in that journey?” “We are not accountable to line managers; we are accountable to the long term sustainability of the business.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Join the HR Uprising Linked In Group here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ The HR Uprising Podcast: The Art of Demystifying O.D. https://hruprising.com/episode-3-the-art-of-demystifying-o-d/ Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz https://www.amazon.com/Being-Wrong-Adventures-Margin-Error/dp/0061176052 Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied by Howard Yu http://www.howardyu.org/leap/ Deep Work: Rules for Focused Succes in a Distracted World by Cal Newport https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crf-learning-hrbp-business-catalyst/ https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crf-learning-integrated-talent-management/ https://hruprising.com ABOUT THE GUEST Nick Holley has extensive experience not only in researching key trends in HR (he was voted the fifth most influential thinker in HR) and working with major global businesses, but he also has a background in senior HR roles as a partner at Arthur Andersen and Director of Global People Development at Vodafone.  This gives him a highly focused commercial and practical outlook on HR. Nick has worked as a coach and facilitator for HR leadership teams and helped them develop their people and organisational strategies and plans in Allianz, BAT (London and Kiev), BSkyB, Centrica, CERN (Geneva), Danske Bank (Copenhagen), Heineken (Lisbon), HSBC, Imperial, ING (Amsterdam), KAUST (Jeddah), Legal and General, Mercedes Benz, Nationwide, Nordea (Copenhagen), Qatar National Bank (Doha), Salesforce, Saudi Aramco (Dhahran), the Serbian Government (Belgrade), Serco and the United Nations (Copenhagen). He has also developed and delivered HR capability programmes for the Abu Dhabi Government (Abu Dhabi), Avanade (Frankfurt, London, Seattle and Singapore), Celtel (Lagos), Cisco, Credit Suisse, Danone (UK, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Jakarta, Mexico City and Paris), Ecobank (Accra), Egmont (Copenhagen), Health Education England, HRNorge (Oslo), HSBC (Birmingham, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, New York and Vancouver), ING (Kuala Lumpur), ITV, Johnson Matthey, Kier, KPMG, Ladbrokes Coral (UK and Gibraltar) , Marston's, Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley, NATS, NetJets (London, Lisbon and Zurich), NHS, Oracle, Oxfam, PZCussons, Rolls Royce, Rosneft (Moscow), SABMiller, Saudi Telecom (Riyadh), Shell, Spirax Sarco, Statoil Hydro (Stavanger), Thomson Reuters, UBS (Hong Kong, London, New Jersey, Stamford and Zurich), Whitbread, Yahoo and Zebra Technologies. He is an internationally recognised speaker at HR events in Barclays, BT, California Strategic HR Partnership, Dansk HR (Copenhagen) , EPIC, Flora (Icelandic HR Association), GSK, Henley Business School, Hovis, HR Forum, HRNEurope, HRNorge (Oslo), HRTech, Kone, Lloyds TSB, Mercedes Benz, Nestle, NHS, Prudential, Royal Mail, SABMiller, SDWorx, Shell, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Willmott Dixon. He is an Executive Fellow at Henley Business School and was a professor and for ten years head of the Centre for HR Excellence.  Nick is Associate Director of Learning for the Corporate Research Forum. @Nick_Holley https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickholley https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disrupt-die-nick-holley/ https://diginomica.com/performance-management-the-soul-sucking-monster-of-hr Corporate Research Forum https://www.crforum.co.uk/ https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crfs-organisation-development-manifesto-a-road-map-for-progress/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I could have spoken to Kevin for another hour! What a rich, insightful and learning fuelled conversation. We discuss a wide range of topics including vulnerability, leadership, his constructive challenge to HR profession, effective change / fascinating case study re : Royal Mail (39 Astras given away!), transparency, accountability, recruitment and so much more. Kevin can be contacted via the following means: Twitter - https://twitter.com/kevingreenwnc LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-green-221a7522/ Email - kevin@whatsnextconsultancy.uk.com You can find Kevin's new book here -> https://www.koganpage.com/product/competitive-people-strategy-9780749484545 Kevin has been an entrepreneur, a CEO and HRD of a FTSE 100 and he brings the skills and capability from each of these roles to assist the organisations he works with. He specialises in businesses that want to grow, develop and improve. He does this as a Non-Executive Director, Strategic Advisor or Consultant. Kevin has long been recognised as an excellent and experienced leader. He has always believed that developing and helping people realise their potential is an art and a science. He has worked with many leadership teams and individual leaders to maximise their performance. This can involve workshops, facilitation and individual coaching. As a TEDx speaker, Kevin is an experienced communicator who can inform, inspire and engage. He has spoken at large conferences and at internal leadership events. His areas of specialism include global labour markets, competitive people strategy, how to create high performing cultures and what great leaders do. Other significant roles Kevin was CEO for The REC from 2008 – 2018, during Kevin’s tenure the REC has been recognised with many awards, including the Trade Association of the Year Award in 2011. Kevin was given the Trade Association Leadership Award in 2012. Prior to his role at the REC, Kevin worked for the Royal Mail from 2003 to 2008. As HR Director, he was responsible for people strategy in a business with a turnover of £7 billion and employing 165,000 people across 2000 sites. Kevin was part of the leadership team which transformed the business from losing £1.5 million a day in 2003 to making over £700 million profit in 2007. Kevin was Managing Director of Qtab, a strategic HR consultancy that specialised in helping businesses to develop and implement people strategies. His clients included Lloyds TSB, First Choice, Fuji, Orange and Unilever. Kevin contributes regularly to broadcast and print media to provide insight on the UK employment market and the recruitment industry, including Newsnight, Radio 4’s Today, and Radio 5 Live’s Wake up to Money. Please find my Interpersonal Catalyst brochure here in case I can support you at all -> https://my.visme.co/projects/rxyz4jpo-garry-turner-interpersonal-catalyst --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valuevulnerability/message

When I worked in the corporate world, I never saw myself as being a salesperson. That’s because I never had any goals that were directly linked to a sales target. Sales just kinda happened all around me, whilst I focused on being a manager of people or projects. And to be really honest, I used to be really bored in the 2 hour meeting every Monday afternoon with all the other commercial managers when I worked in Marks & Spencer. They’d get so obsessed whilst talk through their sales figures & whether they were ahead or behind ‘plan’. Then in my whole time of working in Lloyds TSB, I’d only ever spoken to one external customer EVER & that was only because I stupidly answered the phone of the Regional Director’s PA, who sat on the desk next to me … whilst she popped away to grab a coffee on my first day in that new role & office!(The customer phoned to make a complaint & when I said my name … she responded … ‘Have they put me through to India?’ in an angry tone & seriously wouldn’t believe I was sitting in the London Head Office. I was so glad to see Nicola come around the corner & save me … & I vowed never to answer her phone again from that day forward!) Yet every month, I’d still get money put into my bank account & even sometimes extra bonus money on top of that too! So can you imagine the reality that faced me, when I decided to leave that world behind & start my own business? Yep … the business would only be a business .. if it made sales (otherwise it’s just an expensive hobby!) And as it only had one ‘employee’ – who was also the boss … it was down to ME to do that job … right from the start! So how do you ace sales even if you don’t see yourself as being a salesperson? It can be so easy to jump straight into figuring out the strategies, tactics or approach that you ‘should’ take or avoid. But even before that … there’s something that is critical to making sales simple … your MINDSET! This is why I totally loved having a great in-depth chat with the wonderful sale coach, Jessica Lormier … for this week’s podcast episode. Unlike me, Jess’s corporate career was totally focused around sales & she was able to bring that experience to help her start & grow to a 7 figure business. So tune into hear how you can get out your way to make sales easier & more fun in your business. Plus, promise me that you’ll listen all the way to the end … because Jess shared some words of wisdom that her mum shared with her … which I’m now going to share with you … they are seriously golden! Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:* Connect with Jessica Lormier via her Smart Leaders Sell website & ace podcast.* Jess's superpower is a Creator & my superpower is a Trader. What is your superpower? Find out by taking the Wealth Dynamics test here.* Looking for some help to get our your way? See how we could work together here.*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the 46th CONKERS’ CORNER recorded on 18th May 2017. In this interview, I have the pleasure of speaking with part-time private investor and blogger @sholdsworth1963 Steve Holdsworth. Steve was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and lived in Borehamwood until he was four, after which the family moved to Perivale, West London. His father was a self- employed carpenter and his mother mixed bringing up two children with various secretarial jobs and had a pretty ordinary upbringing. Steve attended Northolt High School a pretty ordinary large comprehensive. Whilst bright and in all the top streams for most subjects, Steve by his own admission “lacked the kind of drive to excel in anything in particular.” He left school at the age of 16 years age with a handful of O levels as he “didn’t do much work”. On leaving school Steve, found employment as a junior at Barclays Bank, his role was mainly administrative initially but later took on other roles in the Bank, including that of a Bank teller. However after around five years Steve found Banking was not for him. He then took a job as a salesman for the electronics retailer Tandy, but by his own admission he was not a great salesman. In the late 1990’s whilst Steve was working with a large market research company called Taylor Nelson AGB, he gained his first interest in stocks and shares from some of the colleagues he worked with. However it was also at that time when Steve had got himself into a lot of consumer debt. With a determination to clear his debts, Steve stumbled upon the Motley Fool boards for consumer debt. Via these boards Steve found the Motley Fool investor forums and boards. He describes Motley Fool as a wonderful forum of individuals freely sharing their knowledge and experience. He added that he attended their monthly socials in London and found them “great for his learning”. Steve admits that he was a bit impatient and actually started investing before he had cleared his debts. The first stock that he bought was Lloyds TSB in 2005, because it was a big blue chip, high yielding stock. He admits that he made ad hoc purchases and bought and sold shares as they took his fancy. He admits that when he first started out he would not look beyond the tips he found via Motley Fool boards and the Financial Times with very little research. However later he found Digital Look and Hemscott (Morningstar) for screening stocks. Having worked in a series of jobs across many sectors, more recently Steve has worked as a Charity Fundraiser. Starting in June 2017, Steve intends to embark on a phase that will encompass him being a full-time active investor. This ties in seamlessly with the personal blog that Steve has just recently started, which he has called GoStevie’s website http://gostevieblog.weebly.com/ . Steve has had several investment successes and some made some notable mistakes during the past twelve years or so. This discussion provides an insight into the journey that Steve has taken, which so far has encompassed Banking, Retail, Market Research, Administration, Charity Fundraising, and much much more. The topics we discussed include: -Stocks; -Clearing debt; -Keeping records/logs -Value investing; -Attending Shareholder seminars; -Investor events; -Motley Fool; -ShareSoc; -Learning; -Winning investments, -Mistakes -Don’t become too overweight in one stock; -Position size; -IPO’s; -Attending AGMs; -Timing markets; -Public speaking; -Moral compass; -Clients first; -Mindset; -Lessons learnt; -Becoming a full-time investor; Listen now to gain insights into how Steve invests and learn from the lessons in his successful and insightful investing journey.

Topic: Who changes the change? Are we in a radical new era of thinking about organisations, or is it plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose? Are we any better now at managing organisations - and managing change and transformation - than we were forty years ago? Or should we just stop stuffing it up? The boys chew the fat...   Hosts: Joseph Paris, Founder of the OpEx Society & The XONITEK Group of Companies Benjamin Taylor,  Managing Partner of RedQuadrant. Guests: Ollie Mack - Change & Transformation, Dennis Vergne - RedQuadrant. [caption id="attachment_175" align="alignnone" width="200"] Ollie Mack[/caption]   About Ollie: An expert coach and facilitator, Ollie has been working in organisational development since University where he rose to the top of student organisation AIESEC as International President based in Brussels. After a number of years working at Raleigh International heading up their Youth At Risk team (and becoming a key member of the board) Oliver moved to Common Purpose where he quickly moved through the ranks to Managing Director of their Customised Business. [caption id="attachment_191" align="alignnone" width="200"] Dennis Vergne[/caption]     About Dennis: Dennis Vergne is a founding partner at RedQuadrant. Based on his experience, research, programme design and delivery, he is a recognised organisational change expert. Dennis has a passion for enabling transformational change that sticks, turning ideas into effective practice and behaviours. He holds an MSc in this field (Oxford – distinction) and belongs to an international network of reflective change practitioners – www.thechangeleaders.com. Although he is originally from Holland, since 2004 most of his work has been within the British public sector. Before this, he co-led a brave but failing effort to revolutionise childcare in Europe – by a setting up a company that would use and could afford the best children’s early years’ development and education practices. His experience also includes (before 2002) strategy and change work for a rather diverse (read: odd) variety of clients such as Belgium Government, Norsk Hydro, Motorola, Novartis and Lloyds TSB.  

Carsten Thode, Chief Strategy Officer at Synergy, is the feature interview on this week's SB Weekly. Part of the Engine Group, Synergy positions itself as a brand-facing, creatively-driven and digitally-native sports agency that focuses on delivering business value for its array of clients, which include Standard Life Investments, Canterbury and Beko. Carsten started out his career at management consultancy Marakon Associates - working with clients such as Diageo, Schweppes and Lloyds TSB. En route to Synergy he also had a short stint at Manchester United as Head of Strategic Relationships. On the podcast, Carsten discusses: - What's exciting for sports marketing in 2017 - How Synergy is rapidly improving its offering through the Engine Group's capabilities - Work being done to optimise the delivery of branded content - Why there's a large disconnect between rights-holder and brand thinking - How the Formula One 'walled garden' is going to come down - to the benefit of agencies and brands - Why the age of the influencer is over - brands now want micro-influencers - What annoys him about the sports marketing sector in America specifically.

Chief executive of Easyjet, Dame Carolyn McCall, is one of the UK's most successful businesswomen. Initially seen as an outsider, she has won over staff and investors, piloting the airline into the FTSE 100. Over the past three decades, she's also run the Guardian Media Group, and brought her wisdom to the boardrooms of Lloyds TSB, Tesco, Burberry and New Look. Last year she was voted Britain's most admired business leader. An only child, Dame Carolyn was brought up in Bangalore and Singapore, before moving to boarding school in Derbyshire, and later meeting her husband at Kent University. Mark Coles finds out more about this high flyer from her school roommate, former colleagues Alan Rusbridger and Sir Michael Rake, and Easyjet pilot Captain Angus Hogg. Presenter: Mark Coles Producers: Ruth Alexander and Sarah Shebbeare.

Would you like to quickly understand who you were doing business with to help you build a very healthy professional relationship with them? By reading physical cues it is possible to assess the type of person we are speaking to and engage with them more fruitfully and easily. In this show we will examine 6 types of people and explore how best to communicate with them. Each type responds positively to certain words and concepts – and is repelled by other words. We will find how to quickly recognise each type and best establish rapport with them. My guest John Cremer is an expert in the art of Reading People with over 25 years of experience in the field and is the author of “Reading People” – a guide to getting great results from yourself and others by using ancient wisdom. He has worked with clients ranging from the London Metropolitan Police Force to HTC, HP, Lloyds TSB and the UN. To get the best out of this episode please listen with an open mind and sense of humour.

Would you like to quickly understand who you were doing business with to help you build a very healthy professional relationship with them? By reading physical cues it is possible to assess the type of person we are speaking to and engage with them more fruitfully and easily. In this show we will examine 6 types of people and explore how best to communicate with them. Each type responds positively to certain words and concepts – and is repelled by other words. We will find how to quickly recognise each type and best establish rapport with them. My guest John Cremer is an expert in the art of Reading People with over 25 years of experience in the field and is the author of “Reading People” – a guide to getting great results from yourself and others by using ancient wisdom. He has worked with clients ranging from the London Metropolitan Police Force to HTC, HP, Lloyds TSB and the UN. To get the best out of this episode please listen with an open mind and sense of humour.

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In part one, Jasmine Birtles talks about who to buy presents for this Christmas.

In part two, Jasmine Birtles talks about how to set a spending budget.

Jasmine Birtles looks at where the best bargains are to be found.

Jasmine Birtles looks at how to best the mosst from reward schemes.

Jasmine Birtles looks at how you can be a savvy spender even by leaving it til the last minute.

In part four, find out what adds value to a property.

In part three, Phil helps out with the sums.

In part one, Phil Spencer gives an introduction to the Move or Improve Guides.

In part two, find out how to know your market.

In part five, see what the turn offs are.

In part four, find out what adds value to a property.

In part five, see what the turn offs are.

In part three, Phil helps out with the sums.

In part two, find out how to know your market.

In part one, Phil Spencer gives an introduction to the Move or Improve Guides.

Hear some tips for managing your Christmas cash, with financial expert Cesarina Holm-Kander.

Independent financial guru Alvin Hall provides his top tips on how to work through your fear of finances and stay out of the red.

Hear financial expert Jasmine Birtles' advice on paying your credit card bills and staying out of debt.

Quentin Willson's hints and tips on how to choose which used car to buy.

Quentin's advice on how to buy an environmentally friendly second hand car.

Dealer or No Dealer? Quentin has thoughts on both.

Quentin's handy guide to what to look for on the test drive.

Quentin's tips on how to haggle for the best price.

Welcome to the first Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Bizcast. In this episode, leading business journalist and Financial Editor of the Evening Standard, Anthony Hilton, will be firing questions at Trevor Williams, Chief Economist of Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets. All of this will be overseen by Quentin Cooper, lauded by the Times as "an expert on everything from pop music to astrophysics."