Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Antoine Abou-Samra is a seasoned founder, entrepreneur, and C-level executive who has been CEO of two businesses. Today, based in Beirut, being passionate about food and wine, Antoine is now founder/producer of A Table For Two and creator/host of The Wine Hour podcast. In this conversation, we discuss Antoine's path, having traversed so many experiences, lived and travelled in many places. We look at the lessons learned while being CEO. He shares his perspective being based in Beirut these difficult days. We also explore his wonderful personal mission that drive his two ongoing projects, building bridges around the world through cuisine and a good bottle of wine.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Sarah Shaw, entrepreneur, designer and CEO of Entreprenette, aka Sarah Shaw Consulting. Having started her career in the movie industry, Sarah's launched 3 fashion and accessory companies, personally landed over 60 world famous celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Oprah. She now helps entrepreneurs, particularly entreprenettes, specialised in helping solve practical and pragmatic problems, and helping them to reach out to celebrities to get their products and services recognised... We discuss her approach, why and how female entrepreneurs can be different from their male counterparts. We look at some of her secret sauces and what it takes to work with influencers and celebrities. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Marshall Mosher is a world-record-holding action sport poly athlete, tech futurist and host of the Inside the Adventure podcast. He's also the founder and CEO of Vestigo, that builds performance-enhancing experiences that train your team to embrace innovation and navigate change through a mindset of courage. In this conversation, we explore Marshall's world of adventure sports, the challenge of running up to the edge of one's limits. We look at Virtual Reality can be used to create meaningful learning experiences for businesses, especially when working remotely. We also look at what the future holds for VR tech. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Minter Dialogue Episode #442Becky Hall is a systemic executive coach, facilitator, speaker and now author of the new book, "The Art of Enough, 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world." In this conversation, we discuss why and how to broker a life that is Enough, bearing down the on biggest challenges of our age, finding the path between excess and scarcity, why you should start a No Journal and much more.  If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Brant Menswar is a speaker, author and performance coach, specialized in helping people and organizations discover, align and activate their non-negotiable values to increase performance. On top of his life as a bona fide rock star for 20 years, Brant brings an energy and conviction that is entirely palpable. His book, Black Sheep, Unleash the Extraordinary Awe-inspiring, Undiscovered You, came out in Sept 2020 and it's a powerful read for anyone looking to sort through the chaotic messiness that is life. In this conversation, we discuss Brant's journey to finding his Black Sheep, the ability to to deal with messy spirituality, finding one's deepest and most earnest values and becoming a conscious creator. We also get an inside look at a new venture Brant is launching to reinvent how we discover books.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

This week's interview is with Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann, a seasoned CEO with broad leadership experience in sales and marketing, risk management, and international business operations. Rebecca, a bona fide polyglot, started up the RMK Group in 2020 to advise CEOs of start-ups in all phases of growth. She is also co-author with Lilian So of "FITCEO: Be the Leader of Your Life, Achieve holistic health in your busy life at work, home and play," published by Page Two. In this conversation, we discuss Rebecca's fascinating journey and dive into her new book, looking at the importance of fitness in mind, body and heart, why and how to bring personal values into work, managing your energies and much more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Minter Dialogue Episode #439Dorie Clark is a highly reputed author, consultant and keynote speaker, who teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Her latest book is THE LONG GAME, How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World. In this conversation, we discuss Dorie's own journey, her documentary film, the work toward making her Broadway musical as well as some of the core concepts in her book, including good multi-tasking. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Richard Stone is CEO of StoryWork International and has dedicated his career to the power of storytelling. He is co-author with Scott Livengood of the new book, Story Intelligence : Master Story, Master Life. In this conversation, we discuss what it is about storytelling that is so forceful, able to change our minds and shift our energies. We look at how stories can be used to heal and to live a more satisfying life. We explore how society is suffering from destorification and how we can build resilience through storytelling.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Tom Rainsford is Marketing Director of Beavertown Brewery, the fast-growing London-based brewery, that was set up just ten years ago, with such recognizable beers as Neck Oil, Bones and Gamma Ray. Previously, Tom was Director of Brand, Engagement and Culture at the mobile network operator, GiffGaff, where he spent 12 years. With a mission to "encourage everyone to unleash their creative potential," Beavertown is not your ordinary company. From an executive team that professes to be a group of failed musicians, to a brand that prefers to think as a band, Tom is leading a standout marketing effort. In this conversation, we look at how Beavertown has come to break through so fast, what drives their marketing tone and outputs, how to recruit when you want to do things differently and the lessons learned that might help unleash your creative potential.  If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Minter Dialogue Episode #436Dr Margie Warrell, who has a PhD in the dynamics of power, gender and leadership, is passionate about helping people to live bigger, braver lives. Host of the Live Brave podcast, Margie is the author of five bestselling books, You've Got This! (2020), Make Your Mark (Wiley 2017), Brave (Wiley 2015), Stop Playing Safe (Wiley 2013, now out in a second edition) and Find Your Courage (McGraw-Hill 2008). Margie's also an international speaker and member of the advisory board of Forbes School of Business & Technology. We discuss the importance of language, tackling the fear that holds us back, how fear shows up differently in different contexts, how to find your passion and purpose, how to instils courage in people -- including your own kids, and much more. A most important conversation. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.