Interviews
Interview: Michael Bungay Stanier on March 30, 2010
Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Principal of Box of Crayons (www.BoxOfCrayons.biz), a company that works with organizations and teams around the world to help them do less Good Work and more Great Work.
Box of Crayons’ clients range from AstraZeneca to Xerox and are based in North America, Europe and Australia. They have particular expertise with blue chip organizations in the professional service, pharmaceutical and consumer goods market sectors. Box of Crayons’ premier product is the Coaching for Great Work program which gives managers and leaders practical coaching skills that stick. It is delivered by a global cadre of program leaders. As a consultant and facilitator, Michael regularly works with groups ranging from four to two hundred.
Michael was the 2006 Canadian Coach of the Year. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and holds a Masters of Philosophy from Oxford, and law and arts degrees with highest honors from the Australian National University.
Michael’s latest book is Do More Great Work (www.DoMoreGreatWork.com). It’s written to support and enable managers and leaders do more Great Work. It has 15 practical exercises in it, as well as original contributions from people like Seth Godin, Michael Port and Dave Ulrich.
Michael also created The Alchemy of Great Work (www.GreatWorkAlchemy.com), The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun (www.EightPrinciples.com) and The 5 ¾ Questions You’ve Been Avoiding, (www.fivebigquestions.com), short internet movies that have been seen by well over a million people in at least 175 countries around the world.
Michael is a popular speaker at business and coaching conferences around the world. He has been a speaker at three of the most recent International Coaching Federation conferences, the OD Network, the International Association of Facilitators, CSTD and SHRM.
Prior to founding Box of Crayons, Michael held senior positions in the corporate, consultancy and agency worlds in the UK, the United States and Canada. He has been involved in numerous large scale change efforts, including writing the global vision for GlaxoSmithKline.
Follow Michael on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/boxofcrayons/
Interview: Marion Chapsal on March 23, 2010
Marion coaches and trains international leaders and business owners in Leadership and Presentation Skills. She boosts International Women to connect with their vision and achieve their goals.
As a professionally trained actress and experienced teacher and performer, she is also an expert at public speaking. She practices creative and active coaching through the use of innovative tools, as well as ancient metaphors and storytelling that foster creativity and right-brain thinking.
Marion shares with us how she has leveraged her own journey, passions and experience to contribute to others. She lives in Lyon, France and is a mother of 5. She loves books, comics and chocolate!
You can learn more about Marion and read her blog at http://www.geronimocoaching.com/
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Interview: Ted Rubin
As the Chief Marketing Officer for e.l.f. Cosmetics, Ted Rubin was known for his active use of Twitter (where he has in excess of 20,000 followers and grew over 50,000 followers for e.l.f. Twitter handles), his responsiveness to all, and the growth of an incredible blogger network through his hands on development, attention and nurturing.
At e.l.f., Ted’s responsibilities included communicating with and building e.l.f.’s client base (membership doubled from 1MM to in excess of 2MM during his tenure), leveraging brand equity through strategic marketing programs (with many major brands and publishers), and creating/developing/managing a major thrust into social media initiatives and partnerships and building the most highly respected social media presence in the cosmetics industry. In addition, the merging of traditional PR and the ability of social media to create/spread PR opportunities, was leveraged to full effect under his tenure… a first for many companies and something which many are yet to understand.
Ted believes the key to continued success for any brand/retailer/etailer is identifying with the customer. He is quick to point out “listening is finally getting the respect it deserves through Social Media… listen and adjust your message to make it relevant to your consumer. Brand loyalty declines due to lack of relevance… a direct result of not listening.” “Number one is always try to understand who your customer is and stay true to your brand.”
Ted recently became a member of the OpenSky Board of Advisors, and will be taking an active advisory role assisting them in building their social media presence, engaging and interacting with the blogging community, and working with other worthwhile potential partners. He anticipates a long-term relationship advising Opensky and will continue to wade through other opportunities.
A native New Yorker, Ted holds a Bachelor of Science in business and economics from Cornell University. He is divorced, has two teenage daughters, and lives in Long Island.
Follow Ted Rubin on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tedrubin
Interview: Kat Tansey Author of Choosing To Be
Kat Tansey- Author, Educator, Advocate, Radio Show Host she is a magical storyteller who shares her soul, expands our minds, and reveals to us our inner wisdom. An innovative educator and award winning author, she is passionate about promoting the Empowering Arts of Change, Meditation, and Sleep.
Kat is an inspirational teacher who early in her career trained thousands of people and consulted with over fifty corporations to help them meet the challenges of change. Her first book, Winning the Change Game, reflected lessons learned from twenty years in the corporate world as a training and change management consultant.
Her second book, Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master, is the story of how she overcame depression after losing her successful consulting practice when she was struck down by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Choosing to Be was awarded the 2008 Independent Publisher’s Bronze Medal for Visionary Fiction, and has been highly praised by Thom Hartmann, distinguished radio commentator and lifelong meditator, as one of the best books on meditation he has ever read. A 2nd edition of Choosing to Be is being published by Findhorn Press later this year, and the sequel, Finding the Path of Freedom: the Legacy of the Feline Zen Master, is due in early 2011.
Kat spent much of 2009 researching insomnia to resolve her own sleep issues, and she recently released Insomnia Relief Recipes, her e-book that educates people about sleep and how to become confident sleepers without using drugs. She is now developing teleseminars to support the book.
As a result of her own profound experiences with personal change and helping individuals cope with their transitions, Kat was named the Exceptional Wisdom scholar on Personal Change in early 2009. She is collaborating with Dave Carpenter, Exceptional Wisdom scholar on Peak Performance, to develop an e-book and teleseminar series about embracing change in order to prosper in difficult times.
Empowering and promoting women has always been a significant part of Kat’s journey, and she is now focusing that passion on collecting the wisdom of midlife women. Her weekly talk show, Finding the Magic in Midlife, allows her to interview and discuss in depth lessons to be learned from a wide variety of midlife women. Kat is building an archive of these interviews and developing a series of programs to pass this wisdom on to current and future generations of women.
Kat Tansey
www.kat-tansey.com
Change Your Sleep…Change Your Life!
www.insomniareliefrecipes.com
Author of award winning book:
Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master
www.choosingtobe.com
Co-host, Finding Magic in Midlife Radio Show
www.exceptionalwisdomradio.com
Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/kattansey
Interview: Thomas Waterhouse Author of Simple e-Couragements
Thomas is a counselor in Tampa Bay, Florida with thirty years of professional practice in applied psychology, clinical psychotherapy, and mental health counseling. His journey is colorful, beginning with the honors program at Syracuse University studying physiological and research psychology. He went on to graduate studies in Humanistic Psychology at West Georgia College, focusing on Human Growth & Potential. Thomas transcended formal academia with several years of doctoral-level work in traditional Clinical Psychology at the Fielding Institute.
Needless to say, Thomas’ educational journey provides a rich “experience base” that lends depth and excitement to his writing, speaking, and encouragement of groups small and large. One can say in the simplest of terms that Thomas is a creative writer, inspiring speaker, and a seasoned counselor.
Thomas is the Principal of Simple E Creations, Incorporated, home of the Simple Encouragement® brand and the Simple Encouragement® Movement. His creative team is developing a product-line of Simply Encouraging™ Stuff including a series of Simple Encouragement® Books and other exciting products to extend “The Movement” to its farthest reaches. Simply stated, Simple E Creations, Inc. and Simple Encouragement® exist for the purpose of speaking life to potential, bringing healing to pain, and shining light into dark places.
Thomas’ calling, mission, and brand is Simple Encouragement®, a worldview founded on the core belief that “Hearts filled with courage can rise to any challenge”. With a unique blend of science, art, and spirituality, Thomas brings creativity and dynamism to the process of encouraging others. In fact, the Simple Encouragement® Movement defines encouragement as a “mystically practical worldview” that touches souls and changes lives through simple sharing, observations, and humor.
Interview: Ben and Efrat: Relationship and Love Experts
Ben and Efrat are Soul-mates and partners for life. Leaders, Mentors, Teachers, Friends and Lovers.
They both come from the earth-bound, “feet on the ground” world of science and finance. When they met, they embarked on a mutual path which led them to listen to their inner voice and in one swift, brave move – changed the course of their life!
Years after that, Today, Ben & Efrat are Tantra Mentors with a unique expertise in Relationship, Sexuality and Emotional Communication.
In their work they inspire others with leadership by example, bringing forth teachings from their own personal experience as well.
Ben & Efrat’s life Mission is: “To provide, to assist and inspire around them a life based on love.”
Ben & Efrat deliver a unique proven system that was weaved and manifested by combining the ancient Tantra Vision with newer concepts, adapted to modern leading-edge life. They teach with courage and work on a fearless basis.
Ben & Efrat talked among other topics on the importance of a spiritual bonding, based on self responsibility and emotional communication that comes from a courageous open heart for creating a powerful, fulfilling, Fun, Loving relationship. How to turn your existing relationship into a life-time long celebration.
Interview: Kriss Akabusi Author of Success Comes In Cans
Kriss is famous for his achievements in athletics where his greatest individual triumph was his gold medal in the 1990 European Championships when he also beat David Hemery’s 22 year old British Record. He began his international athletic career in 1983 as a member of the 4×400 metre relay squad and will probably always be remembered for helping Britain clinch the Gold and beat the Americans in the World Championships 4×400 metre relay in Tokyo in 1991.
In 1992 as 3 times Olympic medallist, World, European and Commonwealth Champion Kriss was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen in her Birthday Honours List in recognition of his services to the country through athletics. His move into television and entertainment began when he presented THE BIG BREAKFAST. This was followed with a full time position as co-presenter with BBC’s RECORD BREAKERS. He has presented various children’s programmes and appears regularly on game and chat shows where the brief is “fun and entertainment”.
Kriss is currently the CEO of The Akabusi Company, a corporate communications and training company, where his marvellous personality and reputation as a fantastic public speaker has made him a very popular and attractive advocate. He is also an accredited personal coach, having qualified at the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. He is one of only four qualified Hudson Institute coaches in the UK.
He is the founder and Chairperson of The Akabusi Charitable Trust (TACT), a charity that promotes the social and economic development of communities in poverty in Nigeria. TACT, working with local partners and NGO’s, funds projects in the areas of health and education, water and sanitation, and social enterprise, supporting sustainable projects that can make a real difference.
Interview: Bob Burg Author of The Go-Giver and Go Givers Sell More
Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s business person. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations.
Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 – sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities Olympic athletes and political leaders including cabinet secretaries and a former United States President. He is perhaps best-known for his book “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales” which has thus far sold well over 175,000 copies and is still going strong.
His current book (coauthored with John David Mann), is entitled, The Go-Giver. A business parable that both touches hearts and build bigger bank accounts, it shot to number 6 on the Wall Street Journal Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release. It’s also Bob’s fourth book to top the 100,000 mark in sales. His next book is due for a February release; it’s entitled, Go-Givers Sell More. Also coauthored with John David Mann, this books take the Five Laws of The Go-Giver and applies them directly to the selling process. Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve.
Interview: Colin Lewis Author of Wisdom Notes
Colin Lewis, Leadership Development Coach, former CEO, Writer of Wisdom Notes. School of Life manuscripts containing the Wisdom to help you succeed in life. His Mission: To raise US$1 million for orphans.
Interview: Monica Diaz Author of Otheresteem
Mónica Díaz de Peralta, Author of Otheresteem. Monica speaks about Truth in Organizations, Aspirations Theory, Otheresteem and Coaching. She is the CEO of Quidam Global,a company that is distributing HUMAN ELEMENT® and related materials in Spanish. They teach, consult and train trainers in this profound and effective methodology.
Interview: Tim Hurson Author of Think Better
Tim Hurson, Author of Think Better. Tim has helped Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 organizations create innovation, marketing new product, and workplace transformation programs. In the process, he’s seen how barriers to creative and productive thinking are also barriers to success — for individuals and for groups. He speaks regularly about how to use the principles of productive thinking and creative leadership to manage change rather than be swamped by it. He shows how organizations can foster a creative working environment, stable enough to provide cultural continuity and flexible enough to adjust to rapid changes in technologies, markets, and mandates. Learn from Tim Hurson how you too can expand your thinking because how you think, who you are and what you do MATTERS!