The Dent Podcast

After returning from a trip to Africa and spending time with the local African people to experience their day to day lives and struggles, and then listening to a group of mums in the UK complain about the school canteen running out of jacket potatoes; Fran Boorman came to the realisation that she wanted to give more with her life. Her eyes had been opened and Fran felt compelled to develop a company that could help the people who needed it directly, but also those in a position to help to do so more effectively.  Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Global Goals, Fran went on to build her company Goal 17 specialising in mentoring for equality and diversity. On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Fran is an award-winning business leader, the founder of Goal 17 Ltd, an award-winning social enterprise, and she is the creator of The Prove It Method. In 2019 Fran was named Global Women’s Number 1 Female Business Influencer and she has  also been inducted into a supervisory board to the UK Government to progress Women in Enterprise. Here’s a taste of Fran Boorman and Glen Carlson’s conversation – The concept behind Fran’s company Goal 17 and how it was inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Global Goals Developing a successful mentoring program that brings together young homeless people, corporate workers and UK Premier League Football clubs Being featured in an article by Forbes after a journalist saw one of Fran’s Twitter posts and how that lead to exposure from other top media outlets including the BBC Fran’s epiphany around what truly matters in life after a visit to Africa and spending time with the local people allowed her to see the struggles beyond the middle class’s first world problems The pivot point in Fran’s professional growth and company expansion after becoming a Key Person of Influence How Fran developed a brochure of vision and utilised the tool to network and get in front of some of the UK’s biggest CEO’s including Manchester United, Westham and Asana Building emotional resilience to trust in your vision and push through the naysayers to continue growing professionally and reach your goals Understanding the United Nations Global Goals and why they had such an impact on the direction that Fran wanted to head towards in both her personal and professional life   Links to connect with Fran Boorman – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn   The post 100. Fran Boorman / The UK’s #1 Female Business Influencer appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Many view the practice of Martial Arts as a way of developing physical skills for self defense and ultimately the confidence to protect yourself and loved ones if required.  However an often overlooked aspect of Martial Arts is the psychological tools that can be gained to further character development including resilience and empathy. Seb Bates drew heavily upon his Martial Arts experience to not only overcome a life changing injury but to also build a successful career that gives him the freedom to lead a life full of adventure, while also teaching children, parents and business owners the principles to strengthen their character and lead confident, resilient lives. On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Seb Bates is the founder of The Warrior Academy, a global Martial Arts organisation voted top 5 in the world.  He is also the Co Founder of multiple online, global businesses including Shield, FTEN X Academy and Not A Victim, an anti-bullying organisation. Seb is also a professional fighter and wingsuit/base jumper who had to overcome a serious accident which almost took his life. Here’s a taste of Seb Bates and Glen Carlson’s conversation – How Seb survived a 50 foot fall after his parachute became twisted during base jumping and why he returned to the extreme sport after a 2 year recovery from the accident Seb talks about facing the potential of living a life restricted by his injuries and chronic pain, and why he refused to let this become his reality How Seb made a return to competitive Martial Arts by utilising the low impact groundwork and grappling techniques of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Sebs foundation business ‘The Warrior Academy’, a martial arts organization based in Dubai, that focuses on character development The origin story of Sebs entrepreneurial journey and how studying architecture helped him to realise that it was freedom that he really desired in life Traveling South-East Asia and discovering a passion for Martial Arts through the cultural experience of Thai boxing camps Sebs professional approach to character development through developing a simplified methodology based around the 3 C’s – Confidence, Conduct and Concentration How becoming a Key Person of Influence helped Seb to expand his vision for the academy and further develop himself as a mentor and entrepreneur The key assets that have given Seb the ability to have freedom and adventure in his professional life Thanking childhood bullies and utilising the trauma from being bullied to strengthen character and resilience Teaching parents to forgive and be empathetic towards their children’s bullies so that they can become the mentor that their child needs to learn how to rise above the experience Applying courage in the business world especially when it comes to the imposter monster Mindful and meditative practices from Martial Arts that can be applied to the business world and how Seb keeps himself balanced Sebs advice to parents around character development and raising confident children   Links to connect with Seb Bates – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn The post 99. Sebastian Bates / The Way of the Warrior Entrepreneur appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Podcasting in business has seen a huge growth over the past 5 years and with the current limitations in place on how we communicate due to the pandemic, podcasting has become even more of a focus for brands to reach new and old audiences. However, so many podcast projects become abandoned after businesses fail to garner the traction that they were expecting.  As Tim Reid cites during this episode very few make it beyond their sixth episode. So why is this?  And why has this episode’s guest Tim Reid been able to breakthrough and successfully build engaged audiences for multiple podcasts?  With over 12 years experience in the podcasting world, Tim Reid brings a wealth of insight around how to find success in podcasting.       On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Tim Reid comes from a marketing background including being the marketing manager for Flight Centre and spending 10 years in advertising working with brands such as Gillette, AXA, Yellow Pages and Dulux. Since then he has become the founder and host of Australia’s #1 and longest running business marketing podcast – The Small Business Big Marketing Show.  With over 500 episodes, three million downloads and listeners in over 100 countries, and was awarded Australia’s Best Business & Marketing Podcast at the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. Tim is also the author of ‘The Boomerang Effect’, which teaches business owners why being helpful in your marketing returns more customers and makes you more money.   Here’s a taste of Tim Reid and Glen Carlson’s conversation – Tim talks about how he found success in podcasting after his experience with marketing in the corporate space and how business owners can achieve the same What the podcasting landscape looked like over 12 years ago when Tim Reid first discovered the medium Why so many business owners go into podcasting with unrealistic expectations and end up abandoning the project in its early stages The importance of putting your charisma and energy into audio content and how speaking at events can help build the skills including Tim’s smart, heart & fart approach How Tim uses being curious to extract engaging content from his podcast guests Repurposing podcast content into different forms of media such as books and blog posts Glen and Tim discuss the impacts of technology and social media on society and why many business owners are backing away from it Tim’s take on imposter syndrome and how he approaches it in both his personal and professional lives Podcast production, what Tim does himself and what he outsources to producers and content creators Tim talks about his book ‘The Boomerang Effect’ and why its a must read for those looking for the next step in marketing their business Why wellbeing is such a huge topic at present and should be taken seriously by business owners and treated holistically  Tim opens up about his experience with his own wellbeing and what it took for him to start taking it seriously   Links to connect with Tim Reid – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn The post 98. Tim Reid | The KING of ‘Small Business Big Marketing’ appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

(This episode discusses adult themes such as drug use, child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault.  Listener discretion is advised.) Tammy Banks describes her mission as wanting to interrupt the generational cycle of harm, poverty and abuse.  And there’s a good reason for this being Tammy’s mission as these confronting global issues have been a part of Tammy’s lived experience. The way that Tammy has brought this mission to life is through developing methodologies and providing training for support services that draws upon her life experiences and the adversities of which she has faced. On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Tammy Banks is the Co-Director of Taye Training and Consultancy, home to Training 4 Influence.  She is also a Psychologist with experience in forensic psychology, as well as the best selling author of the book ‘Transform Your Training’ and a TEDx speaker. Here’s a taste of Tammy Banks and Glen Carlson’s conversation – Tammy talks about her methodology for recruiting and training operational experts and how the training delivered is all about helping frontline workers to assist in transforming the lives of the most vulnerable people in our communities Tammy’s origin story and the adversities she overcome such as homelessness, a lack of a formative education and being refused entry to a college education, and how the lessons she learned from these experiences shaped her drive and ability for empathy and kindness The tools that Tammy used to transform her life to become a psychologist and how Tammy has incorporated these tools into the training methodology at Training 4 Influence Tammy’s experience as a forensic psychologist working with convicted criminals and how this field took her into a period of breakdown and burnout  How Tammy started her entrepreneurial journey and the factors that encouraged her to enter the business world and the realisation that charity is not the only way to do good with in the community How becoming a part of the Key Person of Influence community gave Tammy the confidence to walk away from her full time job and pursue her goals of transforming the training space Building a business with scalability and the various stages of growth including the point at which Tammy realised she would have to focus on the new business full time in order to facilitate further expansion The signs that Tammy looks for to know that she is personally growing and developing Tammy talks about releasing her first book ‘Transform Your Training’, the challenges she found around developing her written language and the resources Tammy sought to become a confident author Acknowledging the need for social change within our communities and why it is Tammy’s mission to ensure that support services have the best training possible to deliver what is truly needed by some of society’s most complex and disadvantaged people   Tammy’s advice to business owners around increasing revenue and not straying from the core mission to be able to do so How to approach authenticity in the business world and not sacrifice your personal values while still respecting the values of others Where Training 4 Influence as a business is currently standing and the future developments and projects on the horizon The advice that Tammy would give to her younger self around trusting instinct and having faith in yourself Links to connect with Tammy Banks – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn The post 97. Tammy Banks | FROM HOMELESS TO CEO appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Most people experience insecurities in some shape or form throughout their personal and professional lives.  Insecurities can prove to be a serious roadblock to progression if left unaddressed and given the opportunity to dominate perceptions. Jaemin Frazer believes that unless you solve the insecurity problem you will never reach your full potential and in this episode of The Dent Podcast, Jaemin joins Glen Carlson to discuss how to overcome insecurity.    On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Jaemin is the founder of the insecurity project, the author of Elegantly Simple Solutions to Complex People Problems  and soon to be released Unhindered.  He is a TEDx speaker and the voice behind the popular One Minute Coach radio segment featured on stations all around Australia. Jaemin helps leaders, entrepreneurs and those with ambition overcome insecurity.  He is widely regarded as one of Australia’s best life coaches and a leading voice globally on the subject of personal insecurity. Here’s a taste of Jaemin Frazer and Glen Carlson’s conversation – How growing up in a household that embraced faith and religion, helped Jaemin to understand generosity, kindness and how to build, as well as nurture relationships in both his personal and professional lives Learning how to have hard conversations with people that aren’t performing in the workplace or that are even having a negative effect on the organisation Exploring the foundation of belief systems, free will and the gaps in our everyday thinking and decision making What lead Jaemin to question and partially abandon his faith, and how the decision disrupted his personal life and relationships Building rapport within yourself and realising that there is great wisdom within our own conscious states How Jaemin moved into business coaching and mentoring, including his methods for identifying and attracting high achieving clients in those early days Utilising radio shows, podcasts and writing books to market yourself in the early stages of developing your business and networks Identifying and challenging personal insecurities, such as imposter syndrome, to allow for confidence and growth as a professional Jaemin talks through some of the 7 practices he prescribes for working through insecurities, including the difficult questions we must answer to move forward A walkthrough Jaemin’s business model and product ecosystem, and how it is all working The amazing experience Jaemin had being invited to deliver a Ted talk around the theme of purpose Links to connect with Jaemin Frazer – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn The post 96. Jaemin Frazer | From broke coach to $250k revenue (in less than 25 hours/week!) appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

The Human Rights Commission have published data indicating that 70% of businesses won’t hire employees that are over 50 years old.  When presented with these statistics and reflecting on his own personal experiences and observations; Hunter Leonard realised his purpose to contribute to the ending of Ageism.      On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Hunter Leonard is the founder of Silver & Wise and author of the best selling books – Generation Experience and The Experience Equation.  He has helped over 500 clients deliver growth of more than $2 billion in revenue, and delivered more than 650 workshops and seminars.  He is a multi award winning marketer and has written 7 books in all. Hunter believes that everyone should invest their time into finding what their purpose and mission is on this planet, and that by doing so people will discover what truly ignites their drive for success beyond increasing revenue.  Hunter and Glen dive deep into this topic within this episode. Here’s a taste of Hunter Leonard and Glen Carlson’s conversation – Hunter shares his experience with workplace ageism as he began to build his own business in his early 30’s, the discovery that a quarter of people suffered ageism in the workplace and how this experience presented a particular set of problems that Hunter was driven to solve Discussing data from the Human Rights Commission that indicates that 70% of businesses won’t hire employees over the age of 50 and challenging the generalisation that older employees are not tech savvy The business model behind Silver and Wise, and Hunter reflects on how he secured his first million dollar contract during the early days of developing the organisation The challenges Hunter faced when expanding his business and the realisation that the business model would need changing in order for Hunter to take back control of the journey and purpose originally envisioned when creating the organization The tool developed by Hunter for Silver and Wise clients that utilises 8 rooms including a Strategy and Leadership room in which clients are asked to focus on the future.  Other rooms include Quality Management, People and the Adapt & Disrupt room Hunters belief that everyone has a purpose and how the jigsaw pieces of life fall into place after that purpose is discovered Elevating professional goals beyond money revenue and embracing a responsibility to your business community to inspire a greater sense of purpose in yourself and your team How Hunter approaches managing responsibilities and accountability within his organisation, including with the suppliers and subcontractors    Links to connect with Hunter Leonard – Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn The post 95. Hunter Leonard | A multi million-dollar business model for ending ‘Ageism’ appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Jay Shetty is a storyteller with the purpose of making wisdom go viral.  Through his podcast alone Jay has shared hundreds of stories, including those of some of the worlds most inspiring people, such as Kobe Bryant, Ray Dalio and Alicia Keys.  However rarely does Jay take the opportunity to sit back and reflect on his own story and the path that he has led.  In this episode of The Dent Podcast we get to hear Jay’s story.   On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Jay Shetty is a best selling author, podcast host, former monk and purpose coach.  He has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and is the host of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast which reached over 64 million downloads in its first year of production. Jay believes that it was his lessons learned while studying and living as a monk in his early twenties that set him up with the tools to challenge his idea of success and make the bold decisions required to build a plentiful career that not only hits his financial goals but also his goals for humanity. Here’s a taste of Jay Shetty and Daniel Priestley conversation – Jay talks about his fascination for human behaviour and how the knowledge that he’s acquired in that area drives him to be a successful entrepreneur The people and stories that inspired Jay from a young age, including Richard Branson and David Beckham How Jay’s initial goals towards the end of his time studying at at business school changed from wanting to work for a large firm to wanting to work for himself How our markers for success evolve as we get older and gather new experiences in both our professional and personal lives Why Jay chose to become a monk and how the experience taught him to make bold moves How hating excel spreadsheets lead to a major breakthrough in the early stages of Jays career How Jay used speaking opportunities to share his knowledge on social media and mindfulness, and grow his network Jay opens up about being shy as a kid and how being forced into public speaking from the age of 11 by his parents may not have been that beneficial The idea behind being ORS – open, random and supportive Exploring what it means to become a business partner and whether that suits all business owners Jays exploration into journalism and the media, and how it lead him to producing videos for Youtube  Jay talks about the success with his book Think Like A Monk, the writing process and handling the self pressure to recreate the success with a second book Reflecting on the benefits of business partnerships and the process of finding the right people to team up with Launching the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast in 2019 and challenging the notion that Jay could only create short form content Creating communities that allow more people to rise and shine in their business live’s Why Jay still feels like he is only just getting started in his professional life Links to connect with Jay Shetty – Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn The post 94. Making Bold Decisions with Jay Shetty appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Peter Brennan’s story is no fairytale.  The events and adversities that have shaped his life have often led him to dark places.  However Peter has embraced his journey and the lessons that presented along the way, and by doing so excelled in the creative industries.  This episode is all about looking at life from different angles and growing in perspective. On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Peter Brennan is an award-winning designer with a 20+ year career across three continents. Speaker, Founder & Creative Director of Electric and Analog – a brand, content and design studio based in Sydney, Australia.  Peter is also the co-founder and Head of Brand at Heaps Normal – an independent, non-alcoholic beer for mindful drinking.   Here’s a taste of Peter Brennan and Glen Carlson’s conversation – How Peter makes reinventing and creating brands at Electric and Analog look sexy How finding a problem to solve can be the first step to creating a brand from scratch How Peter and team developed the Electric and Analog branding from the bottom up Peter talks about his relationship with alcohol and how it inspired him and three mates to develop Heaps Normal non-alcoholic beers What could be behind the fast moving growth being experienced by the Heaps Normal team Peter shares his personal story about his relationship with his father and how his perspective has shifted as he’s become a father and grown Peters relationship emotionally and logistically with his brands Electric and Analog, and Heaps Normal Why branding matters and the seven core components of a brand Peter talks about his own experience with burnout and the tools that he has learned to ensure self care in his professional life The benefits of journaling in both professional and personal life Utilising nutrition and supplements to support the energy levels and bring your best to each to day Peter shares his grandfather’s advice around looking at things from a different angle to try and get an idea across the line Peter talks about a hijacking experience in South Africa and how the event shaped his personal development Links to connect with Peter Brennan – Electric and Analog Heaps Normal Facebook Instagram LinkedIn The post 93. How to not get shot & build a $7 million business with Peter Brennan appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

Growing up in Cameroon, Christelle realised that to follow her true aspirations she would have to look beyond her birth countries borders.  A true entrepreneur from the very beginning, Christelles instincts and intuition allowed her to support herself through university by selling dresses.  What started as a way to make an income while studying bloomed into a lifelong passion that has created great success. On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Christelle Nganhou is the co-founder of Grass-Fields, a successful business that provides African inspired fashion.  The idea for the business came about after Christelle was asked to dress less colourfully at a job interview.  Rather than sacrificing part of her identity, Christelle contacted her twin sister Michele and the pair began building what would become Grass-Fields.  Here’s a taste of Christelle Nganhou and Daniel Priestley’s conversation – Christelle talks about Grass-Fields, the products they are known for and how she has grown the high in demand fashion business Growing up in Cameroon with seven siblings and how the passing of Christelle’s father changed her life How Christelle strived for an education and the awesome story of how she made it to university and started selling dresses to support herself Graduating university and leaving Cameroon to do further study in the United Kingdom Discovering a new way of life in the UK, taking on a cleaning job to support herself and the opportunities that started to open up for Christelle How Christelle found her way back into fashion in the UK, starting from the bottom and selling dresses again The early successes and demand that Christelle’s business experienced resulting in stock constantly selling out Christelle’s feeling that the business was not a proper business and how she lost the passion temporarily Trusting your intuition and how doing so lead to all of the success Christelle has had in her business and life Links to connect with Christelle Nganhou – Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn The post 92. Success Through Intuition with Christelle Nganhou appeared first on Key Person of Influence.

2020 is drawing to a close and although it will be sometime before life returns to a state of normal, many businesses and entrepreneurs have embraced innovation and pivoted towards new strategic directions.  Some businesses have had to move their entire operations online and adapt to new workflows and systems.  Some have completely changed their products and offerings.  Some businesses have not survived and some have grown exponentially. One of the biggest conversations being had at present is that of peoples change in mindset when it comes to the work/life balance and making money.  We explore this with Glen Carlson, Paul Dunn and Mike Clark in this episode.    On The Dent Podcast, we interview key people of influence in all walks of life. We delve deep to unearth how these successful people got to where they are, their trials and tribulations, as well as their successes, and what their experiences can teach us all. Paul Dunn is the co-founder of B1G1: Business for Good, a 4-time TEDx speaker and mentor.  His training programs are used by over 220,000 companies globally and Paul has also been honoured as a social innovation fellow in Singapore.   Mike Clark is the Queensland State Leader of Dent, an author, entrepreneur and now podcast host of the new series ‘Queensland Business Influencers For Good’.  Mike has worked with thousands of businesses to work through their challenges and build trust and influence within their markets. Paul Dunn and Mike Clark join Glen Carlson to share their observations from the year that businesses will never forget, as well as reflect on their experiences from previous economic cycles.   Here’s a taste of Paul Dunn, Mike Clark and Glen Carlson’s conversation – A look at how some international companies are innovating during the pandemic to provide novelty experiences for consumers Mike shares his observations of the current entrepreneurial space in Queensland and the innovators that are grabbing his attention How the sudden shift to technology and online work has presented new opportunities for innovation and freedom to live and work from where you choose  The panel share their thoughts around how the general attitude towards making money has changed in 2020 Paul Dunn has experienced three economic cycles in his professional life, he shares his insights from this including his take on failure Glen Carlson talks about his experiences back when the GFC hit in 2007 and the toll it took on his business at the time Mike Clark’s new podcast ‘Queensland Business Influencers For Good’ has recently been released and Mike talks about the project and the motivation behind it   Links to connect with Paul Dunn – Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Links to connect with Mike Clark – Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The post 91. Never Waste a Crisis with Paul Dunn & Mike Clark appeared first on Key Person of Influence.