The Focus Bee Show

Didem Un Ates is a multiple award winning Tech Leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Didem goes through how she manages all the different areas of her life & business, and how she best dealt with overwhelm when she had covid last year.  In this episode, we cover:Importance of Diversity & Inclusion Managing different business areas efficientlyOn-going review of progress different fieldsDealing with overwhelm through slowing down. Pushing through the glass ceiling! ABOUT Didem Un AtesAs General Manager of Customer Success for Microsoft’s Azure Data Platform, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Business in EMEA; Didem works with 30+ subsidiaries and is responsible for Data & AI customer success strategy, readiness, and execution.  Having worked in three countries, Didem has more than 20 years’ experience in the global technology industry, spanning Enterprise Software and SaaS, Big Data & AI, Managed Services & Cloud business models.  Outside of Microsoft, Didem is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of 'Creative Education Trust,' which oversees 17 high-schools and 16,500 students in underprivileged regions in the UK. Didem is also a member of the Forbes Tech Council.  CONNECT with DidemLinkedIn VIDEO of this episode YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart Katie founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': Listen Katie Stoddart PODCAST Visit Katie Stoddart BLOG Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED

Lee Chambers, well-being consultant, dives into the nitty-gritty of the role of well-being in peak performance: In this episode, we cover:Incremental & long-term benefits of well-being practises: 1% boostData driven overview of well-being Sleep – essential tips & why it mattersSustainable progress for exercise and other well-being practisesManaging hyper-achiever & impatienceDifferentiating between Optimising & Perfection ABOUT Lee Chambers  Lee Chambers – Environmental Psychologist, Wellbeing Consultant and Founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing.Having spent the last 10 years working in a variety of fields, including local government, a corporate organisation, and in elite sports, he has now brought his experience and qualifications with the aim to impact the wellbeing of thousands of individuals and businesses through organisational wellbeing advancement, while looking to promote conscious and purpose lead leadership internally.Lee has qualifications in Performance Nutrition, Environmental Psychology and Advanced Sleep Consultancy, and he delivers multi-discplinary workshops focused on improving performance and productivity through increasing employee wellbeing. This is an issue very close to his heart, as after losing the ability to walk in 2014 due to chronic illness, he has battled back to achieve a positive health outcome and is now on the pathway to become medication free. He also presents the Health and Wellbeing show on Ribble FM Radio and speaks in Educational establishments about his varied career path, health challenges and having a resilient mindset.Based in Preston in the North of the UK, Lee is currently working with business owners and employee teams to create culture change, wellbeing strategies and champions. He is a father of 2, coaches a disability football team, and enjoys eating good food with good friends. He is currently writing his first book, “How To Conquer Anything”, which will be released in April 2021.CONNECT with LeeListeners can download ‘My Authentic Purpose Book’ Here!Lee’s ConsultancyLinkedinYoutubeTwitter: @essentialiseFacebook/Instagram: @essentialisecoach VIDEO of this episode YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart Katie founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': Listen Katie Stoddart PODCAST Visit Katie Stoddart BLOG Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED  

Kate Bradley Chernis, founder & CEO of Lately, opens up in this episode and reveals her self-doubts, the roller-coaster journey of entrepreneurship, dealing with rejection, managing fears, being vulnerable and above all why Kate still loves this journey. Hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did!  In this episode, we cover:Career change from Radio Hosting to own businessHow to change how we feel through how we express ourselvesHow to deal with rejection on a daily basis: ‘I Eat bitter pills for breakfast, lunch & diner’!Struggles to see own success when focused on things to improveThe rose petals metaphor ABOUT Kate Chernis: Kate Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, the only social media management platform that creates content FOR you with the power of AI. As a former marketing agency owner, Kate initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart, and got them a 130% ROI, year-over-year for three years. Prior to founding Lately, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales and marketing expertise. CONNECT with KateLinkedIn Twitter Website VIDEO of this episode Video ABOUT Katie Stoddart  Katie founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': Listen Katie Stoddart PODCAST Visit Katie Stoddart BLOG Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN FREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED

Lavinia is a Financial Wellbeing & Business Coach. Having her on the show opened up the can of worms of: our relationship with money, how we link it to our self-worth, what we can put in place to increase our financial wellbeing. So much gold in so little time! In this episode, we covered: Global financial well-being day!  Overview on the blockchain industry  Money mindset  Diversity & Inclusivity ABOUT Lavinia OsbourneLavinia Osbourne is a Financial Wellbeing & Business coach; as well as a Blockchain, Fintech & Welltech specialist. She is the founder and director of Butterfly Wealth Creation - A Holistic Financial Wellbeing and Money Mindfulness consultancy for over 10 years. BWC promotes financial wellbeing and money mindfulness to both individuals, groups and corporates, including WeWork, MFW and other high-profile brands.In addition to the above, she is the host and founder of Women in Blockchain Talks- the UK's no.1 female-led and award-winning Blockchain educational and networking events platform in the UK. She is a recipient of the TechWomen 100, 2020 awards which celebrates emerging female talent and leadership, in the tech space.  Empowering women is a staple and foundational to what she does, and her overall aim is to uplift, encourage and guide people to being the best they can be with themselves, their work and their money.  CONNECT with LaviniaLinkedIn Website VIDEO of this episode VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart Katie founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': Listen Katie Stoddart PODCAST Visit Katie Stoddart BLOG Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDINFREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED 

Jessica is a multi-award winning hypnotherapist. Her insights in the subconscious mind, how we function at a deeper level are incredible! We covered some ground breaking terrain in this conversation.  Amongst others, in this episode, we cover:How can we become more aware of these patterns? How can we make our conscious & subconscious coordinate? ‘The role of the subconscious is not to make us feel good but to survive’. ABOUT Jessica BostonJessica Boston is a multi-award winning hypnotherapist, HPD, CCHyp, DipCHyp that specialises in unlocking the creativity, freedom and growth hidden in your subconscious. Some of her training includes: Hypnotherapist Practitioner’s Diploma, The Marisa Peer Method (Rapid Transformation Therapy RTT), Applied Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (AMDR). For almost a decade, Jessica has been helping individuals to unlock their creativity & potential through hypnotherapy.   CONNECT with JessicaLinkedIn Website Instagram VIDEO of this episode YouTube Video ABOUT Katie Stoddart  Katie founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': Listen Katie Stoddart PODCAST Visit Katie Stoddart BLOG Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED 

Amanda Holst Larsen is an HR business partner at Pfizer with a strong focus on productivity & leadership. She is an intrapreneur skilled in people management, change management and leadership development.   In this episode, we cover: The top contributors to life/work balanceHow to schedule & plan your day in a productive wayThe importance of gratitudeBuilding authentic relationships CONNECT with Amanda Holst Larsen:Amanda Holst Larsen - LinkedInVideo of the episode:You Tube- The Focus Bee Show ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':Listen Katie Stoddart PODCASTVisit Katie Stoddart BLOGConnect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON BEING FOCUSED

Virginia Skrobish is an executive coach, author of 'the archer's bow', and consultant. During this episode, some of the topics we covered are: How to learn from failurePerfectionism & the quest for always betterManaging impatienceHow to choose the way we feelCONNECT Virginia Skrobish:Virginia Skrobish- LinkedInVideo of the episode:You Tube- The Focus Bee Show ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':Visit Katie Stoddart PODCASTVisit Katie Stoddart BLOGConnect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON FINDING FOCUS

Laura L. Bernhard is a podcast consultant helping entrepreneurs create profitable podcasts. She also runs The Marketing Bound Podcast that helps service-based entrepreneurs with inbound marketing strategies, like content creation. email nurturing and social media. During this episode, some of the topics we covered are: Greatest take aways from her podcast How to grow a profitable podcastTransform your habits - top tips!CONNECT Laura L Bernhard:Laura L Bernhard- Podcast: https://www.marketingbound.com/podcast Laura L Bernhard - Website: https://www.marketingbound.com/Laura L Bernhard - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralbernhard/Video of the episode:You Tube- The Focus Bee Show Episode 22 ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':Visit Katie Stoddart PODCAST: https://thefocusbee.com/podcastVisit Katie Stoddart BLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddart KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON FINDING FOCUS: https://expert-founder-4646.ck.page/c2bdfe369b

Lily Wong is a podcaster, English teacher, Influencer & 5am enthusiast! During this episode, some of the topics we covered are: How & why to become a 5am person? The benefits of a tribe & accountabilityMeditation, Exercise & Reflection - perfect trio! Abundance - revealed! It is not all about finance. CONNECT Lily Wong:Lily Wong - Podcast: Fly with LilyLily Wong - Website: http://flywithlily.com/Video of the episode:You Tube- The Focus Bee Show Episode 21 ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. Passionate about: leadership, performance and resilience; Katie challenges each and every person she works with to re-focus on what matters most. As an ambassador for women in tech, Katie frequently speaks at conferences, such as SWE - Society of Women Engineers, STEM re-imagined; her articles have been published in Thrive Global. Katie Stoddart 's weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’ is based on interviews with leading experts in performance. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':Visit Katie Stoddart PODCAST: https://thefocusbee.com/podcastVisit Katie Stoddart BLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddart KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON FINDING FOCUS: https://expert-founder-4646.ck.page/c2bdfe369b

Sella Masselink is an innovation consultant and design sprint facilitator.  Her main fields of interest are: Service Design, User Experience (UX), Behaviour Change, Innovation, Agile, Design Sprint, Gamification, Neuropsychology & Positive PsychologyDuring this episode, some of the topics we covered are: The link between creativity & structureFollowing inspirationPower of meditation to reduce overwhelmCONNECT Sella Masselink:Sella Masselink - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sellamasselink/Video of the episode:You Tube- The Focus Bee Show Episode 20 ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart founded ‘The Focus Bee’ and is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. Passionate about: leadership, performance and resilience; Katie challenges each and every person she works with to re-focus on what matters most. As an ambassador for women in tech, Katie frequently speaks at conferences, such as SWE - Society of Women Engineers, STEM re-imagined; her articles have been published in Thrive Global. Katie Stoddart 's weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’ is based on interviews with leading experts in performance. CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':Visit Katie Stoddart PODCAST: https://thefocusbee.com/podcastVisit Katie Stoddart BLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/Connect Katie Stoddart on LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddart KATIE's FREE TRAINING ON FINDING FOCUS: https://expert-founder-4646.ck.page/c2bdfe369b