Anatomy of a Leader with Maria Hvorostovsky

Are you about to RAGE QUIT your job? STOP - Listen to this first. In Episode #22 I talk with Dr. Tracy Brower author of “Secrets to Happiness at Work”. We talk about why we work, why we should expect to be happy at work, what are the conditions for happiness at work, how to decide whether to leave a job or not.  The Great Resignation is real, work-life balance is dead - so what is the alternative?  EPISODE #22: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw ------------------------------- DR. TRACY BROWER ------------------------------- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracybrowerphd/ Twitter: @tracybrower108 - https://twitter.com/TracyBrower108 Instagram: @tlb108 - https://www.instagram.com/tlb108/ Website: https://tracybrower.com/ RESOURCES: The Secrets to Happiness at Work - https://amzn.to/2YiCir6 You've Been Ghosted In Your Job Search: 5 Ways to Cope - https://bit.ly/3CImxbH Happiness is Good for Business: 6 Ways to Create it For Employees - https://bit.ly/3CJoZii ------------------------------- FOLLOW ME ON: ------------------------------- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/ Twitter: @MHvorostovsky - https://twitter.com/mhvorostovsky Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com ------------------------------- Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team ------------------------------- LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

What can female founders teach us about leadership? What is the most important aspect of leadership? What doubts do entrepreneurs have? In this short video our female guests from Season 2 share their insights and lessons. #19 EVA ALEXANDRIDIS - 111SKIN: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMsL2tBvOko Listen: https://apple.co/30rJwd1 LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/eva-alexandridis-77705735 Website:https://111skin.co.uk/ Instagram: @111SKIN - https://www.instagram.com/111skin/ #17 VANESSA JACOBS - THE RESTORY: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYIRZQsuZyA Listen: https://apple.co/3uC4roM LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vanessajacobs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therestory_/ Website: https://www.the-restory.com/ #15 GRACE FODOR - STUDIO10 BEAUTY: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTS6AbSJXQ4 Listen: https://apple.co/38AyDqc LinkedIn:https://uk.linkedin.com/in/grace-fodor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio10makeup/ Website: https://studio10beauty.com/ #13 MIRIAM LAHAGE - AEQUIP Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8fCJsodZuc Listen: https://apple.co/3yZFRPZ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahage/ Aequip: https://www.aequip.co.uk/ #12 MILLIE KENDALL MBE - BRITISH BEAUTY COUNCIL: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kae6T5Txkf8 Listen: https://apple.co/3iBaAgp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/millie-kendall-mbe-4b205613/ Instagram: @MillieKendall - https://www.instagram.com/milliekendall Website: https://britishbeautycouncil.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishbeautycouncil #11 CEANNE FERNANDES-WONG - COCOON: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI3_JRLEa1c Listen: https://apple.co/2VxwZSK LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceannefernandes/ Instagram: @ceanne https://www.instagram.com/ceanne/ Cocoon: https://www.cocoon.club/ #8 WHITNEY HAWKINGS - FLOWERBX: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_b65SA6RUg Listen: https://apple.co/37tmX85 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-hawkings-643a3317/ FLOWERBX Instagram: @TheFLOWERBX - https://www.instagram.com/theflowerbx/ Whitney on Instagram: @TheFlowerBMB - https://www.instagram.com/theflowerbmb/ MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY - HVO Search: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/ HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode! Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team

Dr Brennan Jacoby is a philosopher specialising in Trust (he wrote his PhD on betrayal). He is the Founder of Philosophy at Work, a company helping businesses ‘think their best’. He is one of the most interesting people to talk about curiosity, trust and how we can apply thousands of years of philosophy to doing business and working. He also made a huge impact on me personally when it comes to communicating. In Episode #20 I spoke with Brennan about staying curious, asking questions, how you don’t need to have all the answers, even if you are a leader. How to make meetings impactful and how to incorporate quality thinking into our day-to-day busy work lives. WE DISCUSS 02:12 - Helping businesses think their best w/ Philosophy at Work 05:37 - Do leaders do enough thinking? 07:08 - The practice of thinking 12:38 - Deliberate thought 18:05 - What makes a good leader? 22:17 - What thinking skills do leaders need today? 24:52 - 5 faces of curiosity 29:49 - Why did Brennan specialise in Trust? 32:58 - How can you create more trust? 42:19 - Building space for curiosity 51:31 - Who is the best thinker of all time? EPISODE #20: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw DR BRENNAN JACOBY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-brennan-jacoby-51807790/ ClubHouse: @brennanjacoby Twitter: @brennanjacoby - https://twitter.com/brennanjacoby?lang=en PHILOSOPHY AT WORK: Website: www.philosophyatwork.co.uk Instagram: @philosophy_at_work - https://www.instagram.com/philosophy_at_work/ RESOURCES: Onora O'neill's Ted talk on trust - https://www.ted.com/talks/onora_o_neill_what_we_don_t_understand_about_trust?language=en Keith Grint on wicked problems -  http://leadershipforchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Keith-Grint-Wicked-Problems-handout.pdf Harvard Business Review on curiosity - https://hbr.org/2018/09/the-business-case-for-curiosity MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

“Be the philosopher in the room.” Dr Brennan Jacoby is a philosopher specialising in Trust (he wrote his PhD on betrayal). He is the Founder of Philosophy at Work, a company helping businesses ‘think their best’. He is one of the most interesting people to talk about curiosity, trust and how we can apply thousands of years of philosophy to doing business and working. He also made a huge impact on me personally when it comes to communicating. In Episode #20 I spoke with Brennan about staying curious, asking questions, how you don’t need to have all the answers, even if you are a leader. How to make meetings impactful and how to incorporate quality thinking into our day-to-day busy work lives. EPISODE #20: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw DR BRENNAN JACOBY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-brennan-jacoby-51807790/ ClubHouse: @brennanjacoby Twitter: @brennanjacoby - https://twitter.com/brennanjacoby?lang=en PHILOSOPHY AT WORK: Website: www.philosophyatwork.co.uk Instagram: @philosophy_at_work - https://www.instagram.com/philosophy_at_work/ RESOURCES: Onora O'neill's Ted talk on trust - https://www.ted.com/talks/onora_o_neill_what_we_don_t_understand_about_trust?language=en Keith Grint on wicked problems - http://leadershipforchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Keith-Grint-Wicked-Problems-handout.pdf Harvard Business Review on curiosity - https://hbr.org/2018/09/the-business-case-for-curiosity MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

Eva Alexandridis, the Founder of 111SKIN is eloquent, elegant and enlightened. Growing up in Bulgaria with limited access to beauty products she, together with her husband Yannis - a plastic surgeon, created a skincare brand that now offers a luxurious, sensorial experience and is stocked in some of the most iconic stores in the world. We spoke about the long, difficult journey of building the brand, making assumptions about team members based on the companies they come from, trust, being burnt and so much more.  WE DISCUSS 02:13 - Eva growing up in Bulgaria & birth of 111Skin 08:54 - How to make the idea happen 15:37 - Future of the brand 19:11 - The effect of the pandemic 21:48 - Eva’s secrets to success and advice to people starting now 26:38 - Achieving balance of work and life 34: 20 - On Leadership 39:10 - Being a woman in business 41:40 - Advice to younger self / trust 47:31 - Eva’s skincare routine and top product EPISODE #19: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw EVA ALEXANDRIDIS: LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/eva-alexandridis-77705735 111SKIN: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/111skin-ltd Website:https://111skin.co.uk/ Instagram: @111SKIN - https://www.instagram.com/111skin/ Facebook: @111SKIN - https://www.facebook.com/111SKIN/ Pinterest: @111SKIN - https://www.pinterest.com/111skin/_shop/ TikTok: 111skinofficial - https://www.tiktok.com/@111skinofficial? YouTube: 111SKIN - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtq4PNvXgpR5zQJzSlB7YA Twitter: @111SKIN - https://twitter.com/111Skin MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

“Once the person earns your trust, let them shine. No brands are built by one person.” In Episode #19 I spoke with Eva Alexandridis, Founder of 111SKIN about her upbringing in Bulgaria, creating 111SKIN with her plastic surgeon husband Yannis, trusting her team and on being burnt. EPISODE #19: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw EVA ALEXANDRIDIS: LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/eva-alexandridis-77705735 111SKIN: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/111skin-ltd Website:https://111skin.co.uk/ Instagram: @111SKIN - https://www.instagram.com/111skin/ Facebook: @111SKIN - https://www.facebook.com/111SKIN/ Pinterest: @111SKIN - https://www.pinterest.com/111skin/_shop/ TikTok: 111skinofficial - https://www.tiktok.com/@111skinofficial?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 YouTube: 111SKIN - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtq4PNvXgpR5zQJzSlB7YA Twitter: @111SKIN - https://twitter.com/111Skin MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

In Episode #18 I spoke with Simon Whitehouse, the CEO of Eco-Age, who was also the first CEO of JW Anderson (I may have had something to do with that). We talked about being and acting yourself, parents as role models, empathy, taking a moral path, fairness, men crying at home and at work, leading with your conscience, the most valuable function in a team, being a first time CEO, the dynamic of being a CEO to a Creative Founder and the different paths to being a CEO. This is one of the most unfiltered and candid conversations so far… But you’ll be the judge of that. WE DISCUSS 01:54 - Growing up - never been comfortable with being a leader 12:20 - Empathy - How would I like my mother to be treated? 14:30 - When Simon is not so nice and concept of fairness 17:39  - Seeing dad cry - being and acting yourself 22:34 - Two different routes to becoming a CEO 24:19 - Role at JW Anderson - expressing your emotions 31:17 - Building and leading a high performing team 35:28 - Relationship between CEO and Creative Founder 40:29 - The role of general manager is to set the tone of the culture 42:21 - Dealing with challenging situations 44:22 - What does being a leader mean - challenge and psychological safety 50:55 - How having a baby shaped Simon’s view of business and life 56:43 - What would have saved Simon a lot of hassle 01:01:41 - Advice to younger self 01:08:42 - Simon being obnoxious 01:11:22 - The Impossible Question EPISODE #18: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw SIMON WHITEHOUSE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-whitehouse-a065472/ Instagram: @simonsrockyroad - https://www.instagram.com/simonsrockyroad/?hl=en ECO-AGE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecoage/ Instagram: @ecoage - https://www.instagram.com/ecoage/?hl=en EBIT™ Instagram: @enjoybeingintransition - https://www.instagram.com/enjoybeingintransition/?hl=en MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

“The chain is as strong as its weakest link” In Episode #18 I spoke with Simon Whitehouse, the CEO of Eco-Age, who was also the first CEO of JW Anderson (I may have had something to do with that). We talked about being and acting yourself, parents as role models, empathy, taking a moral path, fairness, men crying at home and at work, leading with your conscience, the most valuable function in a team, being a first time CEO, the dynamic of being a CEO to a Creative Founder and the different paths to being a CEO. This is one of the most unfiltered and candid conversations so far… But you’ll be the judge of that. EPISODE #18: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw SIMON WHITEHOUSE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-whitehouse-a065472/ Instagram: @simonsrockyroad - https://www.instagram.com/simonsrockyroad/?hl=en ECO-AGE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecoage/ Instagram: @ecoage - https://www.instagram.com/ecoage/?hl=en EBIT™ Instagram: @enjoybeingintransition - https://www.instagram.com/enjoybeingintransition/?hl=en MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

Vanessa Jacobs is all about action, grabbing the tiger by the tail and taking that first step. After a career in investment banking and consulting, she started what she calls her side ‘mummy hustle’. Little did she know that this would turn into a full on successful startup The Restory - a leading luxury aftercare company providing services for the likes of Harrods, Harvey Nichols and most recently Manolo Blahnik. In Episode 17 we take a look into the story behind The Restory, lessons learnt about starting a side hustle, taking the leap from consulting to startup, burnout and everything in between. WE DISCUSS: 02:21 - The birth of The Restory 07:14 - See a need - fill a need 09:31 - Vanessa’s biggest business challenge 15:54 - The hardest thing for a start-up 18:15 - Fuel for the fires 20:02 - (Believing) 22:41 - What is leadership 27:04 - Growing up and moving to London 31:20 - Advice for consultants who want to start their own business 32:32 - Understanding failure / Taking care of yourself 35:27 - Advice for Vanessa’s younger self 40:11 - The “Impossible” question 41:53 - What Vanessa is most proud of VANESSA JACOBS LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vanessajacobs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vljacobs THE RESTORY Twitter: https://twitter.com/therestory_/status/930832106330230784 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therestory_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-restory/ EPISODE #17: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw (change this) MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/ Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo HVO Search: www.hvosearch.com/ Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!

“Once I commit myself, I'm really all in. And I'm, as I said, a bit of a masochist about it” Vanessa Jacobs is all about action, grabbing the tiger by the tail and taking that first step. After a career in investment banking and consulting, she started what she calls her side ‘mummy hustle’. Little did she know that this would turn into a full on successful startup The Restory - a leading luxury aftercare company providing services for the likes of Harrods, Harvey Nichols and most recently Manolo Blahnik. In Episode 17 we take a look into the story behind The Restory, lessons learnt about starting a side hustle, taking the leap from consulting to startup, burnout and everything in between.  VANESSA JACOBS LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vanessajacobs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vljacobs THE RESTORY Twitter: https://twitter.com/therestory_/status/930832106330230784 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therestory_/ EPISODE #17: You can listen to the full episode here OR WATCH it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-YIz5pEMM9vigbYOxK2Kw MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/ Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo Get in touch if you need help HIRING your senior leadership team LEAVE A REVIEW: If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Subscribe, Rate, and leave a REVIEW. The best review will get a mention in the next episode!