Helping Organisations Thrive with Julian Roberts

Today I am interviewing Lorena Acosta who is a personal brand evangelist, and has demonstrated how to develop a robust sustainable personal brand since she has over 1.4 million followers on LinkedIn.   Developing your personal brand is not just for the entrepreneur but also for any leader in an organisation, listen to Lorena who shares from her experience of helping many leaders develop their personal brand. She defines personal branding as 'the nucleus of the trust factor', and it is all about people getting to know you as a human being , you as a person and not a title or position. Lorena shares a number of ways to help leaders develop this, and create a personal brand that will make an impact.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srl0fkqePwM   Connect with Lorena: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-acosta-/ Email: lorena.acosta@BeBusyBeingAwesome.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Kenneth Bombace who is the CEO of Global Threat Solutions.   Kenneth shares how he has lead in the very uncertain times we have all had in the last 18 months, where he has not stranger to uncertain times since he has led all Protection Operations for one of the largest police departments in the United States and as an Army Intelligence Officer he led policing and Counter Insurgency Operations in Samarra, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His one big advice is don't focus on profit margins but strive for sustainability, not just your company or your infrastructure of the business but on the people, maintain the talent with those who have been loyal and have served your mission and purpose.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKSR0-8_Vo   Connect with Kenneth: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbombace/ Website: https://www.globalthreatsolutions.com/ Email: bombace@gtsintelligence.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Andrew Deutsch who is the CEO of Fangled Technology.   Andrew shares how it is important of having advocates in your organisation, so that they share beyond the workplace of the positive views of the company, we also looked at how we can develop them to have a positive impact on the business. Andrew shared that you need to ensure you reward employees, make sure they know why they are there and aligned to the purpose of the company and create an environment where they feel proud of their work. And finally have the focus to create brand advocates that metaphorically 'people will wear the company shirt when they are not at work'.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DfDWyIkVI   Connect with Andrew: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-deutsch-2445936/ Website: https://fangledtech.com/about/ Email: andrewd@fangledtech.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Chris Wallace who is the Co-Founder & President of InnerView Group.   Chris shared how we should create alignment of who we stand for as a brand in an organisation with the employees, and ensuring that there is engagement in this process. Chris emphasised that engagement is vital, if you can engage employees in dialogue, they’ll start representing your brand and products in a more compelling way. The organisations investment in the messaging will strengthen them, give them confidence, and help them deliver an experience that far surpasses reciting facts without passion. And by engaging you turn the knowledge of the 'brand' into what they believe, and belief has immense power to create growth in sales, creativity and productivity.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JxJakb5jE   Connect with Chris: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherewallace/ Website: http://innerviewgroup.com/ Email: chriswallace70@hotmail.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Amy Lynn Durham who is the CEO of "Create Magic At Work" and a U.C. Berkeley Certified Executive Coach.   Amy shared how to create magic at work with spiritual intelligence, although it is important to be holistic in our approach, since we have PQ (physical intelligence), IQ and EQ as well, and making sure that these areas are also growing and developing throughout our lives. These factors build upon each other, e.g. if you are physically tired this PQ deficit will have an impact on your leadership, so we need to make sure these are all in order too. She also shares the many skills we can develop for SQ, based on the definition by Cindy Wigglesworth, SQ is defined as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2MTlO5KCI8   Connect with Amy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylynndurham/ Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Todd Cherches who is the CEO & Co-founder of Big Blue Gumball.   We dived into the power of visual thinking and communicating within leadership, and we looked at how to create a compelling vision and making sure that you are aware of 2 aspects of what people will be thinking (thought bubbles), one is 'Why should I care?' and the other is 'How will I benefit from this?'. Todd then shared numerous techniques of helping leaders communicate in an effective way through visual thinking, and making the abstract concrete (Watch the YouTube video if you want to see all the visual aids he used - very inspiring).   Watch the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxuL4iorjAY   Connect with Todd: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcherches/ Website: http://www.toddcherches.com/ Email: todd.cherches@bigbluegumball.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing John Buglino who is the Director of Marketing for Optessa.   It was great to hear how John leads with empathy in all that he does, and how leading in this way has such an impact on your team and ultimately creates a better environment for building relationships which leads to better productivity and creativity. John also shares that business is only the third priority at best for a employee, so the answer for an employee request is “yes” because you will get the best work from supporting the person not assuming priority. And finally empathy isn’t being a doormat. It’s having open conversations about boundaries.   Watch the full interview on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1tKPyZsLM   Connect with John: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbuglino/ Email: johnb@optessa.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Cheryl Dixon who is a seasoned Chief Communications Officer.   This episode is packed with so much gold around communicating within organisations, as Cheryl shares her wisdom around leadership and communication skills for hybrid work environments, best practices for fostering a positive culture, creating agreements for effective organisational communication, message cascades, leadership transparency and much more.    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5KmScGMaYs   Connect with Cheryl: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylfdixon/ Website: https://www.cherylfdixon.com/ Email: cherylfdixon@gmail.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Michelle Gibbings who is a Workplace expert and keynote speaker. We explored how we can take a bad boss conflict and turn it into a positive impact in our teams and organisations. Michelle shares her wisdom drawn from decades in corporate leadership, personal stories and much more. Her key approach is in these 5 key ways: 1. Determine where the problem really lies, 2. Identify your role in the bad boss situation, 3. Strategise your best option forward, 4. Take action using concrete tools and 5. Reflect and monitor progress for long-term gain.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwA0pdmg_aI   Connect with Michelle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegibbings/ Website: http://www.changemeridian.com.au/ Email: michelle@changemeridian.com.au   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

Today I am interviewing Mike Maynard who is the MD of Napier Partnership Ltd.   Mike shares his passion for recruiting and developing young people in his organisation, whether they are graduates or on an apprenticeship scheme. He likes the idea that they bring differing perspectives which challenge the norms, they develop fast and create a lot of high energy. Mike also shares the challenge of not assuming that they know it all along with making sure you communicate clearly in an open way, ensuring they have an opportunity to share their concerns and misunderstandings. He also supports them with a buddy system - like mentoring - so each individual can share with someone else other than their manager.   Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOcg3z2wxk   Connect with Mike: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard/ Website: http://www.napierb2b.com/ Email: mike@napierb2b.com   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com