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What if the biggest barrier to high performance at work isn't talent, strategy, or even time — but the way your brain and energy actually function? In this grounded, practical episode of Legendary Leaders, host Cathleen O'Sullivan is joined by Alex Davids, director and founding partner of Next Evolution Performance — a global coaching business that helps leaders and teams achieve more while using less effort. With over 20 years of experience across the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Alex blends neuroscience and psychology to help people understand how their brain, behaviour, and energy systems really work. Alex opens with a concept that instantly resonates: continuous partial attention — the quiet, cumulative drain of open tabs, constant notifications, and always-on expectations that depletes the cognitive energy leaders need most. She and Cathleen explore why pushing harder is so often the worst strategy for better performance, how to identify your optimal focus period, what sustainable high performers do differently with their devices, and why busyness is frequently a cover for poor systems rather than genuine productivity. Alex also shares candidly the moment she had to admit she wasn't walking her own talk — and the small, deliberate habits she rebuilt around. This is a conversation that will slow you down in the best way — and leave you thinking differently about where your energy is going, and what becomes possible when you stop spending it on the wrong things.   Episode Timeline:   00:00:00 When Performance Meets the Brain 00:04:24 The Hidden Cost of Continuous Partial Attention 00:06:06 Finding Your Optimal Focus Period 00:13:31 Why We're Competing With Our Own Technology 00:19:23 Energy Management Over Time Management 00:22:28 What Depleted Leadership Teams Look Like 00:26:57 Walking the Talk — Alex's Pivotal Moment 00:32:04 Boundaries, Guilt, and the Auto-Responder 00:37:22 What Sustainable High Performers Do Differently 00:41:18 The Experiment of Stillness 00:47:38 Life After Social Media 00:52:55 Dopamine and the Economy of Attention 00:59:55 Observing Your Own Mind 01:04:38 Useful Thoughts Over Positive Ones 01:09:15 Presence as the Ultimate Performance Tool     Key Takeaway:   Reduce Distraction Before Anything Else: Continuous partial attention is quietly draining your cognitive energy without you noticing. Before adding another productivity tool, try removing what's pulling your focus away. Less input is often the highest-leverage move. Match Your Hardest Work to Your Best Energy: Not all hours are equal. Identify when your energy peaks and protect that time for your heaviest thinking — doing it the other way around costs you far more than you realise. Busy and Productive Are Not the Same Thing: If overwhelm feels constant, it's a signal something in the system isn't working. Keep asking: is this actually the best use of our energy right now? Give Your Device a Job Description: Sustainable high performers have a defined relationship with their phone — not just a phone. Deciding what it's for, and what it isn't, is one of the simplest boundaries you can set for your focus and energy. Stillness Is a Performance Strategy: The brain needs space to think creatively, shift perspective, and connect ideas. Building small moments of stillness into your day isn't a luxury — it's how you stay capable of the thinking that actually matters.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​     About Alexandra Davids:   Alexandra Davids is a high-performance coach and cognitive energy strategist who helps business leaders and teams optimize their mental performance and achieve peak productivity without the risk of burnout. As Co-founder of Next Evolution Performance, she specializes in translating neuroscience and behavioral psychology into practical workplace strategies that go beyond traditional time management to include cognitive energy and "effortless high performance." Alexandra was a founding partner of Inside80 and previously a coach within Shirlaws, and she brings over 20 years of experience across US local government and global corporate values development. Today, she works with senior CEOs and executives around the world to redefine workplace efficiency and bring sustainable high-performance narratives to life, drawing on decades of experience and a deep passion for human psychology. Connect with Alexandra Davids: Website: https://www.nextevolutionperformance.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/high-performance-coach-alexandra-davids-neperform  20/20 Webinar: https://nextevolutionperformance.com/events-20-20-clearer-views-on-the-neuroscience-of-high-performance/      Connect with Cathleen O'Sullivan:  Business: https://cathleenosullivan.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathleen-osullivan/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legendary_leaders_cathleenos/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LegendaryLeaderswithCathleenOS     FOLLOW LEGENDARY LEADERS ON APPLE, SPOTIFY OR WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PODCASTS.  

Profit Is King But The Multiplier Is Queen, with Marc Johnstone, Global Partner at the Shirlaws GroupMy guest today is Marc Johnstone, Global Partner at the Shirlaws Group. Shirlaws helps SME businesses attract growth and succession capital by optimising their businesses with Shirlaws proven growth management systems.Some of the highlights of our conversation include Marc talking about when he used to think the secret to leadership was getting other people to agree to his ideas, and what came along that helped his viewpoint evolve, Marc's highlighting that people working a 60 hour week will find only 30 of hose hours are really high value work, describing a tough period for Shirlaws when they hit the "brick wall of disillusion", and the top things Shirlaws help businesses do to increase their multiplier for a higher valuation.  To check out the white papers Marc mentioned in the conversation, go to: https://poweredbyshirlaws.com/news-insightsYou can contact Marc directly at: marc.johnstone@shirlawsgroup.com  or find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcjohnstone To learn more about what it takes to be an evolved leader, and to check out our other podcast episodes, go to:  https://www.evolvedstrategy.com.au

Brian Coultrip is CEO of Shirlaws, The Shirlaws community of business professionals encompasses coaches and consultants, CEOs and senior teams as well as HR and L&D professionals across all sectors. With their world-class IP, training and global community of experts help to overcome the source issues that affect most businesses and create an environment in which businesses, and the people who work in them, can flourish. It was in his early 20's that he fell into Recruitment and through the next 25 years he built teams, businesses, relationships, and much more. He exited two of his own and was in the final stage in a couple of others. He was always hungry for more. He took a break from the norm of Recruitment and meandered into the world of Intellectual property (namely business growth methodologies) and has already achieved great things, he's going to go further too! KEY TAKEAWAYS The best way to grow your business globally is by understanding cultural differences and how those play out in different countries. For example, some cultures want quick sales while others may be more interested in getting to know your company before making any commitments or buying anything at all; there are no one-size fits all approach when it comes down to doing what works well with each culture. Next, it's worth considering the price - each country's economy varies so there will undoubtedly be different costs. However, in the end, you will have great global opportunities considering these cultural differences. BEST MOMENTS “So I think my first barrier is always understanding the culture and the ways perceived to be the right way to do business. Right. So do we wine and dine then sell or do we just drop a proposal then we wine that we dine and do we sell afterwards? Do we wait to be invited to sell this? So that for me is the cultural part and then it comes down to research of the local markets. To try and find good resellers or distributors. I've always found that incredibly difficult.” “Very simply, you couldn't build a process that works in the UK and expect to leave the UK on a plane and land and start deploying that same process. “ “It's important that everybody becomes unified by a simple product by a simple logo by a simple brand. I'm aware, Russia has just got a version of McDonald's but I suspect it will never outlive McDonald's, their global brand. So yes, it's really important to us that the words Powered by Shirlaws and Compass on every street corner.” “Why not have a foot in both camps? Why not have a small exposure school entity? And if that's a franchise market, if that's a reseller or distributor relationship go look, go ask the questions, go hunting around and listen. If nothing else, you will meet some great people and you've just given yourself some brand exposure, whether you touchdown in that particular territory or not.” ABOUT THE HOST Levent Yildizgoren, the author of 'Good Business in any Language', is an award-winning entrepreneur, localisation professional, and a PRINCE2 qualified project manager. CONTACT METHOD Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leventyildizgoren/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/yildizgoren IG: https://www.instagram.com/levent.yildizgoren/ ABOUT THE GUEST Brian Coultrip is CEO of Shirlaws, The Shirlaws community of business professionals encompasses coaches and consultants, CEOs and senior teams as well as HR and L&D professionals across all sectors. CONTACT METHOD https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancoultrip/ https://twitter.com/BriCoultrip www.poweredbyshirlaws.com www.shirlawscompass.com VALUABLE RESOURCES Do you have any questions about translation, localization, or international growth? Visit TTC website: https://ttcwetranslate.com/ Are you curious about how ready you are to go global? Take TTC wetranslate's Scorecard: https://global.scoreapp.com/ Take your business global with the 5-step LINGO modal! Purchase 'Good Business in any Language' on Amazon now: https://cutt.ly/2ORR

Ak is a Certified Master Practitioner Coach and Mentor and founding President of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council Asia Pacific Region. He is Director of Perth based Beckon Business – Coaching, Mentoring & Consulting. Prior to Beckon, he was a Partner and a Senior Coach with AltusQ where he was also a Director and Deputy Chairman from 2008 to 2010, having started with AltusQ (then Shirlaws) in February 2002. With over 20 years of full-time coaching experience behind him, Ak works with Boards, Senior Executives, Teams, Business Units and owners of Mid- Tier businesses on their commercial, cultural and personal growth. Based in Western Australia, Ak's clients include a diverse range of Resource Industry (Hard Rock & Oil and Gas) businesses as well as businesses servicing that industry. He also coaches businesses within other industry sectors including Banking, Financial Planning, Accounting, Property Development, Legal, Biotechnology, Government (Federal, State & Local), Health & Education Sectors, Real Estate, Engineering and Construction, Advertising, Hospitality, IT, and Manufacturing. Together with fellow business partner Vanessa Fudge, Ak has developed a Corporate Mentoring ‘white label' program which has been used in corporations and industry bodies across Australia. He has co-authored two chapters, “Mentoring Across an Industry – the Recruitment Industry in Australia & NZ case study” published in the 2017 Sage Handbook of Mentoring (Clutterbuck et.al), and “Can a ‘white-fella' be mentored using ‘black-fella' wisdom?” a case study on alternative coaching modalities in the Australia/Pacific region, in “Coaching & Mentoring in the Asia Pacific” published by Routledge 2018. Ak is entrepreneurial at heart, having started up and sold businesses in the HR Advisory and General Management outsourcing sectors. He is co-founder of Second Squared and WayFinder Capital, focused on building the eco-system around, and bringing the Search Fund investment class to Australia. In December 2019, together with Second Squared Co-Founder Lui Pangiarella, Ak published “A Mind for Acquisition – Preparing Yourself to Buy Your Business.” Business Website  https://www.beckonbusiness.com/ LinkedIn Page/Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/akram-sabbagh/

Chris is the the CEO of Lionheart, and also is a partner in Shirlaws, a global organization that advises private enterprise along the business journey to grow, fund, exit and enjoy. His leadership skills were forged in the fires of a successful 20-year corporate career. Chris also has a Bachelor of Commerce, in Finance and Master of Business Administration. Chris has 3 daughters  During this episode, Chris shares his origin story from his childhood growing up in southern Ontario and moving to BC as a teenager, to his education, working on Wall Street, his corporate career and his shift to becoming a coach. Chris also offers advice on steps to take if you are unhappy with your work life and building a business. Links Lionheart – Lead with Pride Facebook – Chris Cook

Tim Dwyer is a word class business growth specialist; a consultant, entrepreneur, mentor, keynote speaker and business leader. With a career spanning 25 years, Tim has worked with thousands of clients across global brands, large corporates, SMEs, and entrepreneurs. As head of Telstra's strategy for the SME Sales division, Tim was part of a dynamic team behind the growth of a $2.4 billion portfolio. From there he specialised as a revenue and growth expert at Shirlaws and ultimately became the CEO.Tim is now is a group partner at Business of brand.This conversation was amazing. Tim shares some incredible insights about the hero's journey, the importance of setting clear intentions rather than getting stuck focussing on the “how”, the two coexisting paradigms of fear and love, the wonder of the role of key mentors and coaches, colluding with doubters and dealing with bullies.I'm sure you'll find it super useful and relevant to wherever you are at in your journey of overcoming insecurity.

Making Word of Mouth really work Word of Mouth Marketing is seen as the most powerful way to grow a business, over 80% of all Word of Mouth conversations happen in the real world, between people. We all love stories. Yet most people think it just happens, in fact, there is a method and process to effective WOM. What is Word of Mouth Do you really understand what your relationship is with your customers and based on volume and intimacy how you should connect with them? Who are your advocates? How do you co-create and communicate with them and how do you do an effective referral? Word of Mouth should be a key part of your marketing mix and become the way you do business Who is Graham Wilson Graham spent 35 years in Healthcare Services, PharmaCo’s, Medical devices, Medical Tech and the Care sector. He was a Founding director in building the world’s biggest Pharmaceutical services and outsourcing business Innovex/Quintiles, driving consistent growth from 30- 60% per annum and from 9 people to 3500 in 11 Countries. During this time Graham lived and worked in the UK, the USA and Europe. Following the sale of Innovex, he Chaired and supported the growth of Healthcare Logistics Ltd to become market leader, from 60 to 800 staff, 174 clients and a significant exit. Over the past few years Graham has Chaired 6 businesses and been on 11 Boards from £300m to start up, driving strategy and growth Graham recently qualified as a Business Coach with Shirlaws, a leading Global Coaching business. He has run and developed behaviour programmes that focus on culture and performance for over 30 years and is a Qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist. Currently, Graham owns and runs a Care business and is MD of WoM Enterprise Ltd who are involved in leading-edge marketing support through Word of Mouth marketing He continues to Coach clients in multiple sectors. On this edition of Business Connections Live, Graham Wilson will help you: A better understanding of the value of Word of mouth An understanding of the power of advocates Why you need to get your story right Why word of mouth should become embedded in your culture Learn How to Create Content Quickly for Social Media: Why word of mouth is so important Understanding how we learn and how our customers behave The power of stories The power of real advocates WoM as a culture

This week on Inspired Edinburgh we have Rebecca Bonnington. Rebecca is a business and leadership coach who has coached hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs throughout the world. She specialises in team development, improving communication and business development training. She is also an NLP trainer and master practitioner, author of How To Outshine The Rest, and most recently a partner at the Shirlaws Group, a portfolio of companies who advise private enterprise on how to grow, fund or exit their business in order to enjoy their life’s work. Rebecca discusses her early life in Manchester, moving to Edinburgh, discovering NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), as well as sharing a wealth of knowledge on business and personal development.   01.20 Rebecca’s early life 02.00 Rebecca at University 03.00 What was Rebecca’s career path? 04.00 How did Rebecca end up moving to Edinburgh? 05.50 How did ‘Rebecca Inspires’ come about? 07.00 What is NLP? 08.20 How did NLP help Rebecca? 10.30 How has Rebecca used NLP to serve others? 13.00 What makes a good coach? 15.10 Why is emotional intelligence important? 17.20 Coaching a 9 year old 19.00 Working with Shirlaws 21.00 How do Shirlaws help businesses? 22.00 What does Rebecca like about Edinburgh? 23.00 Scotland’s pros and cons 26.00 Rebecca’s purpose 29.45 How others might find a purpose? 30.45 Rebecca on legacy 31.20 What is Rebecca most grateful for? 32.00 Rebecca’s thoughts on success 33.40 Who inspires Rebecca? 34.30 Rebecca’s life goals 35.20 Personal development resources 36.30 Best piece of advice 37.40 Advice to 20 year old self 38.20 What do Rebecca’s children teach her? 39.00 What would Rebecca change in the world?   You can find Rebecca at: http://rebeccainspires.com https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaInspires https://twitter.com/Rebeccainspires https://www.instagram.com/rebeccainspires   Find Inspired Edinburgh here: http://www.inspiredinburgh.com https://www.facebook.com/INSPIREDINBURGH https://www.twitter.com/INSPIREDINBURGH https://www.instagram.com/INSPIREDINBURGH

Brian is a huge music nerd - ever wonder where he gets it from? With Chris on his honeymoon, DOUG SHIRLAW joins the show for a special father-son podcast! The two Shirlaws talk lives spent as music nerds, and Doug tells some great stories about growing up in the 1960's, public transistor radio playing, and the rebirth of singles. They also talk The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, the under-appreciated J. Geils Band, one hit wonders, Father John Misty, and how new music keeps everyone young. Enjoy, and send us your favourite songs @TTYLshow on Twitter!

Arete Executive Podcast hosted by Managing Partner Richard Triggs. Interview with Darren Shirlaw, Co-Founder, Shirlaws. Richard Triggs LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs Darren Shirlaw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenshirlaw Arete Executive website: www.areteexecutive.com.au Shirlaws website: http://www.shirlawsgroup.com/ Richard's book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com.au/Uncover-Hidden-Job-Market-Executive-ebook/dp/B00WCQ5U46/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445566942&sr=8-1&keywords=uncover+the+hidden+job+market LinkedIn CEO Incubator Group: https://www.linkedin.com/grps/CEO-Incubator-6948255/about? Theme music by Simon Gardner "Sunny" from the album "Choose Your Own Adventure": http://simongardnerguitarist.com

Arete Executive Podcast hosted by Managing Partner Richard Triggs. Interview with Linzi Boyd, International speaker, Author and Global Partner of Shirlaws Group Richard Triggs LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs Linzi Boyd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linziboyd Arete Executive website: www.areteexecutive.com.au Shirlaws website: http://www.shirlawscoaching.com/ Richard's book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com.au/Uncover-Hidden-Job-Market-Executive-ebook/dp/B00WCQ5U46/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445566942&sr=8-1&keywords=uncover+the+hidden+job+market LinkedIn CEO Incubator Group: https://www.linkedin.com/grps/CEO-Incubator-6948255/about? Theme music by Simon Gardner "Sunny" from the album "Choose Your Own Adventure": http://simongardnerguitarist.com.au