(222) What I Wish I Had Known About Focus Throughout the years, I have learned, read and practised many aspects of focus. Recently, after launching my book on focus, I am reflecting on what I wish I had known about focus. Some of the episode’s magic: Short-term and Long-term focusOne quick way to boost focusOne powerful tool that is a total focus game changerAnd so much more! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/QXyjD9vcR00  ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, transformative leadership coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to sustain peak performance and thrive in their life & business. As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/TheMagicOfFocus PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbeeBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/

(221) Journey to Centricity with Ilenia VidiliIlenia Vidili, passionate customer centricity advisor, author and keynote speaker – shares her insights on customer centricity. Some of the gold we covered:Three pillars of customer centricityHow customer centricity & purpose are correlatedShifting from product focus to customer focusAnd so much more! ABOUT Ilenia VidiliIlenia Vidili is a passionate customer-centricity advisor, author, and keynote speaker. She conducted corporate marketing for NEC, Bayer, ARM, and a broad range of start-ups. Today she helps businesses think differently, combat inefficient processes, turn product mentalities into people mentalities, and improve customer focus.Ilenia gives enthusiastic global keynotes in multiple languages on embracing customer-centricity as the key to unlock the future. She has been inspiring leaders and C-level executives of the likes of Coca Cola, L’Oreal, Savills, Harrods, and many more. Driven by bringing humanity to business, her mission is to see a brighter future—where companies embrace a higher purpose, create value for all stakeholders, connect their minds and hearts, and contribute positively to society. She is the author of Journey to Centricity: A customer-centric framework for the era of stakeholder capitalism. CONNECT Ilenia Vidili: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ileniavidili/ Instagram: @ilenia_vidili Website: www.ileniavidili.com  VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/aJW79EwDO7E ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, leadership & performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports business owners to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeINSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbee 

(220) Book Release: The Magic Of FocusSuper excited to announce the release of my book: The Magic Of Focus. This book’s main message is to enable you to lead your life with intention. Some of the core points I uncover in the episodeBook journey & writingMain parts of my book on focus Core message of the episodeAnd so much more! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video:   https://youtu.be/FKes6l0i3MwABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, transformative leadership coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to sustain peak performance and thrive in their life & business. As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbeeBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/

(219) Wonder and Rigor with The Creativity Whisperer, Natalie NixonNatalie Nixon, the creativity whisperer, shares the magic of creativity with us!Some of the gold we covered:Why this duality of wonder & rigorHow to have more wonder in our lifeHow to cultivate our creativityThe 3 Is of CreativityAnd so much more! ABOUT Natalie NixonNatalie Nixon, PhD is "the creativity whisperer for the C-Suite". She is a creativity strategist who advises leaders on achieving transformative business results by applying wonder & rigor. She is a highly sought after global keynote speaker, valued for her accessible expertise on creativity, the future of work and innovation.Natalie was selected for Real Leaders' "Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World for 2022" list; and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company and INC. She is the author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap - an honoree in the creativity category of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. Her firm, Figure 8 Thinking, was named among the top 20 women-led innovation firms in 2021 by Core 77. Clients have included Microsoft, Salesforce, Comcast, Citrix, Morrison & Foerster, Living Cities, VaynerMedia and Bloomberg.A hybrid thinker, Natalie consistently applies her background in cultural anthropology, fashion, design thinking and dance. She is an early-stage investor at two social impact ventures, valued for her ability to work at the intersection of commercial value and stakeholder equity.Natalie is a trustee of the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Design Museum; Vassar College; and Leadership+Design. She has lived in Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Israel, and Sri Lanka and is proficient in Portuguese and Spanish. She is certified as a Foresight Practitioner by the Institute for the Future. She received her BA (honors) from Vassar College, and her PhD from the University of Westminster in London.When she's not dancing up a storm in hip-hop class, Natalie is fine-tuning her salsa, foxtrot and tango on the ballroom floor. She lives in her hometown of Philadelphia with her husband, John Nixon, and is the proud stepmother of SydneyCONNECT Natalie Nixon LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/natalienixonphdWebsite: https://www.figure8thinking.comVIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/w_7G8ZP0YJoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, leadership & performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports business owners to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeINSTAGRAM:  &

(218) Big Magic, Creativity and All That JazzOne of the topics I am most passionate about is creativity. Through reading ‘Big Magic’ by Elisabeth Gilbert, I gained massive insights into this topic.Some of the episode’s magic: How to enhance your creativityCore learnings from ‘Big Magic’Key steps to develop your creativityAnd so much more! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/-2KL1bCHpOQ ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, transformative leadership coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to sustain peak performance and thrive in their life & business. As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbeeBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/

(217) Transformation & Raising Consciousness Through The Enneagram With Beatrice ChesnutBeatrice Chesnut is a world leading expert on the enneagram, with 30 years of enneagram work – it was a great honour to have her on the show! Some of the magic we covered:Enneagram for spiritual growthKey steps to transformationCompassion on the road to transformationPast and future of the enneagram And so much more! ABOUT Beatrice ChesnutOne of the most authoritative voices and thought leaders in the modern Enneagram movement, Beatrice Chestnut has been studying and working with the enneagram for 27 years, since she learned about the system from pioneering Enneagram expert, David Daniels, MD.Beatrice is the author of two books, The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Awareness, and The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st-Century Workplace. She also compiled the popular booklet, The 27 Enneagram System’s 27 Personality Subtypes, a short summary of Claudio Naranjo’s seminal subtype teachings, which she is expanding into a larger Enneagram Subtypes handbook to be published in 2018.Over the last eight years, the center of gravity of Chestnut’s work has shifted from depth psychotherapy to executive coaching, leadership development, and team coaching. She has worked with companies representing a wide array of industries, include biotech, hi-tech, marketing, consulting, finance, and health care.More than anything, she is committed to “walking the talk” in her Enneagram work—using the Enneagram as a tool in her own ongoing, life-long inner work. Beatrice is passionate about supporting people in doing the work of creating more fulfilling relationships, work, and life experiences. She views the Enneagram as an important vehicle for the larger, all-important goal of raising global consciousness so we can,collectively, create a more positive, sustainable, and self-aware worldcommunity.CONNECT Beatrice ChesnutWebsite: https://www.beatricechestnut.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpenneagramacademyPodcast: Enneagram 2.0 https://open.spotify.com/show/7dmV26Kyx8lF1CojrMTOP6?si=i5Jw_JsRRtuVK0NK5iQ6cw&nd=1LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatrice-chestnut-0493602/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beatrice.chestnut/VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/WxQMF435DTEABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, leadership & performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports business owners to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/TWITTER: &

(216) The Life-Changing Art of Surrendering & Wu Wei How can you lead a life that is fully in flow?  A few key points today: The core principle of Wu WeiWhy Shenpa blocks Wu WeiFinding a balance between proactivity/ self-discipline and acceptanceAnd so much more! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/rgGH9BboniI ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, transformative leadership coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to sustain peak performance and thrive in their life & business. As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbeeBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/

(215) Transform by Stepping Into Your Genius with Manuel GuidiceManuel Guidice, a life & executive coach, dives into the realms of transformation in this episode!Some of the gold we covered:How can we step into being? Slow down to speed upBuddhism, Hinduism, MysticismSurrender Experiment & Untethered soulAnd so much more! ABOUT Manuel GiudiceManuel Giudice is a London-based Life and Executive Coach, known for his ability to inspire and transform individuals and organisations.  From an early age he supported his family in growing their businesses in Southern Italy, in often challenging circumstances. A Sports bet and a turn of events led him to start travelling before permanently moving to England in 2008. During the last decade he has worked with people from many walks of life, including creatives, entrepreneurs, professionals, business owners from across 10 industries, as well as leaders in some of the planet's largest companies (the likes of Shell, Oxford University Press, Verizon, Asahi). Featured in the British national newspapers Metro and The I Paper, Brainz Magazine, and the Business Transformation Network, Manuel is the author of the weekly newsletter  'One Step Forward' where he shares mindsets, habits, and tools for personal growth and positive psychology in 2023.  He spoke for JCI London (Chamber of Commerce), UCL (Save The Children), the UA in the UK Fashion and Beauty Community, and the Positive Nature Network. His talks were described as inspiring, practical and "...even necessary during such hard times".CONNECT Manuel GiudiceWebsite:  https://www.manuelgiudice.com/Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelgiudice/Instagram: @manuelgiudicecoachingTwitter:  @ManuelGiudiceTCVIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/w4Tr-UMhXuM ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, leadership & performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports business owners to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeINSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbee

(214) Your Greatest Superpower in Life & Business What’s your greatest superpower in life & business? Your ability to choose your response to lifeThis is linked to stoicism, being proactive etc. This is your superpower because it enables you to rise above challenges, and to make the most of each momentAnd so much more! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video:  https://youtu.be/3fNMu7I4TFY ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, transformative leadership coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to sustain peak performance and thrive in their life & business. As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbeeBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/

(213) The Science & Joy of the Extraordinary - Immersion with Paul ZakPaul Zak, a leading neuroscientist, speaker and author shares his insights on how to build immersion in our life & work. Some of the gold we covered:How to define immersionKey parameters for immersionKey ways to measure immersionThe link between immersion, dopamine & oxytocinAnd so much more! ABOUT Paul ZakPaul Zak is one of the top 0.3% most cited scientists, the author of Trust Factor, and Immersion. He is a professor of economics, psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University. He has given talks in over 30 countries, and has been a TED speaker 5 times. His lab and company create technologies that enable humans to flourish. Paul Zak has studied brain imaging, and was among the first to identify the role of oxytocin in mediating trusting behaviours between strangers. He has coined the term "neuromanagement": how the use of neuroscience can enable organisations to have a high performance & high engagement culture. He has developed a methodology called Ofactor to quantify organizational culture and identifies how to continuously improve culture to increase trust, joy, and performance. He has used Ofactor to help organizations ranging from nonprofits to startups to Fortune 50 companies change their cultures. His Ofactor research reflects the approach advocated by his late colleague at Claremont Graduate University, management guru Peter F. Drucker, in which organizations with flat hierarchies empower employees. His 2017 book Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies shows leaders of organizations how to create and sustain a culture of trust.CONNECT withPaul ZakWebsite: https://pauljzak.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-zak-91123510/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pauljzakTwitter: https://twitter.com/pauljzakVIDEO of this episode:YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/25TAiDXrIxw ABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, leadership & performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports business owners to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCAST: https://thefocusbeeshow.buzzsprout.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestoddartBLOG: https://thefocusbee.com/blog/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFocusBeeINSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thefocusbee/FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/thefocusbee