Purpose To Performance

Mark Cowan the ex-Facebook sales director, talks about his passion for growing entrepreneurial businesses. Mark joined Facebook in 2008 as employee number two outside the USA. During an 11 year career at Facebook, he was instrumental in commercial growth in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific markets.

Mark shares his unique story about what it was like in the early days of Facebook, from setting up sales processes, developing products, and training global teams to hanging out with Mark Zuckerberg. We discuss what it takes to thrive in companies that are experiencing exponential growth.

In the second part of our conversation, Mark talks about his career after Facebook as an entrepreneur, Angel investor and his recent appointment as CEO of the Regent Group, a nascent  Spanish company that’s rapidly building a portfolio of F45 fitness training franchises in Europe.

Mark has a warm and gregarious personality and is a natural storyteller, truly a man on a mission so strap in for a rollercoaster episode of Purpose to Performance.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· Career satisfaction comes from finding a company with a culture that suits your personality and values

· Having a clear mission that your team buys into is hugely motivating

· Move fast, break things, and fail forward

· Don’t feedback, feed-forward

· Selling is about creating solutions to solve customers’ problems

· Everyone wants to buy, you just need to explain why they want to buy from you

· Managing growth, the people who got you here may not be the right people for the next phase of growth

· Look out for the “resters and vesters” – employees who bask in past successes and are coasting

· Never under-estimate the transferability of your knowledge and skills

· The power of an exponential growth mindset

· People with ADHD have unique strengths

About my guest:

Mark Cowan is the CEO of Regiment Group, an investor in Benditas Drinks and OneYearNoBeer.com, the owner of F-24 Training, Singapore, and co-founder of High Life Properties Mallorca.

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners, senior executives, and young professionals become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

For more information about my business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

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Enjoy!

Successful CEO, investor, business owner, and chair of digital marketing agency addmustard, Lawrence Hunt, openly shares insights for start-up entrepreneurs in this episode of Purpose To Performance.

Right from his school days, Lawrence has followed his entrepreneurial spirit which led to 9 start-ups, 2 failures, 5 exits, and 2 IPOs. He’s had some incredible highs, like successfully launching SilverJet, one of the most innovative all-business class transatlantic airlines acclaimed by its customers and industry observers. He’s also experienced the personal stress and angst that comes with having to close failing businesses.

Over the last thirty years, Lawrence has learned to handle success and failure with equanimity, integrity, and resilience. He has also garnered a great deal of insight and wisdom on some of the critical factors that determine the success or failure of start-up businesses which he shares with our listeners.

Tune in to hear this compelling story from a very honest, humble, and engagingly charismatic entrepreneur.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· The joy of using your talent to make a difference

· The energy, focus, and resilience it takes to establish a start-up

· The mistake of not raising enough money

· Take the money - don’t be too precious about sharing equity

· The need to hire people who are comfortable with, or can adjust to, a start-up culture

· Every £1 of cost matters even in a multi-million £ business

· The importance of focusing on building a good business – the buyers will find it

· How to recognise your exit point

· Investors invest in good CEOs

· Tips for building resilience, managing stress, and avoiding the valley of despair

About my guest

Lawrence Huntis the chair of addmustard a marketing, technology, and creative agency that specialises in helping entrepreneurs to drive growth, performance, and brand value. For more information go to addmustard

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

My coaching programmes are specifically designed to address the issues most start-up founders face, helping executives and entrepreneurs lead confidently and accelerate their business growth.

For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this amazing nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to https://magicmind.co/ptpand get a 20% discount on your order.

Use the promo code PTP to benefit from a huge 40% discount for subscription orders. Enjoy!

International DJ and music producer Alex Christopherson, aka TACHES, explains how his creativity was nurtured from childhood and self-realisation has led to a successful career combining his passion and talent for music.

DJ TACHES is a successful international DJ and music producer with over 10 million downloads and a monthly audience of over 250,000. In this episode of Purpose To Performance I talk to him about the origin of his artistic talent, how he discovered the joy of the creative process, and how intuition, fuelled by hard work and self-belief, has guided him to career success and personal fulfillment.

You often find some of your deepest learning occurs in the areas you are least familiar with, I found it hugely insightful listening to Alex talk about how he has followed his heart and passion rather than been swayed by conventional career paths to find success and joy in his work. This is one of the most stimulating and enjoyable podcast conversations I’ve had and one I strongly recommend to anyone seeking to unlock their creativity.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· The most valuable of parental gifts: a growth mindset

· How to nurture creativity

· “Jimmy-rigging” the intuitive use of improvisation and invention skills to problem solve

· The power of self-belief – creating the unshakable belief that whatever you put your mind to, you can do it

· The freedom created from intent without expectation

· The logic of choosing passion and talent to guide your career

· The joy of being in your flow state immersed in the creative process

· Self-realisation and how it enables you to choose to live a fulfilling life

· Perfectionism and the challenge of letting go

· Understanding your internal values and aspirations to reduce personal conflict

About my guest

Alex Christopherson aka DJ TACHES is an international DJ, music producer, creative artist and coach. For more information or to contact Alex go to Official TACHES or email [email protected]

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this amazing nootropic drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to https://magicmind.co/ptp and get a 20% discount on your order.

For subscription orders use the promo code PTP to benefit from a huge 40% discount. Enjoy!

Karen Darke MBE is a transformational coach, celebrated author, inspirational speaker, gold-medallist Paralympian athlete, and a global explorer. I managed to catch her between two incredible adventures to have a fascinating conversation across a range of interesting topics including growth mindset, compassion, kindness, performance, and innovation.

Karen led a trip to Bhutan in September for a small group of people seeking to find their “inner gold” - creating peace and perspective in their minds to reduce stress and allow them to find their best selves. Karen describes the unique Bhutanese culture which is based on Buddhist values of kindness and compassion explaining how the country makes major investment decisions based on the impact on “Gross Domestic Happiness” rather than the Western model of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  She provides fascinating insights into how this remarkable approach to government manifests itself in everyday life as well as commenting on the lessons that we can learn from this special place.

We then shift focus to Karen’s next, and even more challenging adventure to Antarctica in December. She’ll be pushing the boundaries in her quest to find the “Pole of Possibility” – a previously uncharted location in the middle of the Antarctic ice cap where the 79th meridians of longitude and latitude cross. Karen explains the personal significance of this place and the goals of this three-person expedition; exploring ICE: Inner Gold, Connection, Environment: the sustainable wellness of people & planet. She describes the deep mental and physical preparation required to undertake such an immense challenge, and how she uses her deep understanding of mindset and her inner strengths of determination, positivity, and resilience to power performance and unlock potential. 

It’s a truly inspiring conversation that’s relevant to us all as we seek to find our inner gold, unlock our full potential and discover the possibilities that are there for us in our lives and careers. 

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

• How transformational coaching can help you develop, change and achieve

• The importance of creating mental space and inner peace to relieve stress and anxiety

• How adopting kindness and compassion creates harmony for you and those around you

• Where focus goes – energy flows

• The power of conscious choice; how you can choose whether an experience will be heavenly or hell

• How to harness your inner gold to unlock your potential

• Busyness is not a reality it’s a state of mind

• The power of connectedness, what’s possible when you combine a positive mindset with science, innovation, and nature

About my guest:

Karen Darke MBE is an executive and performance coach, keynote speaker, and director of Inspire and Impact. For more information or to contact Karen go to karendarke.com

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance. 

For more information about my coaching services go to andrewclemence.com 

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance 

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot. 

To try this amazing nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to magicmind.co/ptp and get a 20% discount on your order. 

For subscription orders use the promo code PTP20 to benefit from a huge 40% discount. Enjoy!

Bernie Price is an award-winning executive coach who has helped business leaders and organisations achieve successful performance and cultural transformations. Through her company, Pragmatic People Solutions, Bernie has worked with some of the largest travel, transportation and financial service companies in the UK, delivering award-winning transformational programmes.

I am delighted to reconnect with Bernie, an ex-colleague from my early days as an executive director in the travel industry, to discuss her work as a transformational coach. In an engrossing hour of conversation, we talk about coaching leaders to optimise performance, helping teams deal with conflict, and how to inspire and deliver positive change in organisations. Along the way, we touch on some of today’s hot topics, such as creative disruption, rust-out, and the great resignation.

It's a fascinating podcast that I’d recommend to any business leaders wrestling with the challenge of re-energising or re-focusing their organisations in the wake of the pandemic.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· Critical success factors for delivering successful organisational transformations

· Post-pandemic recalibration and finding personal balance

· How to overcome “Rust-out” - rediscovering your passion for your job

· Strategies for dealing with “The Great Resignation” and the “Silent Exit”

· The power of generative coaching

· Harnessing creative disruptors using positive intent

· How to resolve conflict in teams

· Overcoming the “difficult middle” in change projects

· The fundamentals of designing the future organisation

· The importance of good nutrition and regular exercise for optimising performance and reducing stress

About my guest

Bernie Price is an award-winning executive and leadership coach, the managing director of Pragmatic People Solutions, an organisation devoted to inspiring people and companies through cultural transformation. For more information or to contact Bernie go to www.Bernie-Price.com

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

My coaching programmes are specifically designed to address the issues most start-up founders face, helping owners lead confidently and accelerate their business growth.

For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to https://magicmind.co/ptpand use the promo code: PTP20.

Using the PTP20 promo code will give you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days, you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!

On this week's edition of the Purpose To Performance podcast, Dr Rob Petrie and I announce the launch of our new venture, Coaching Heads, which will provide headteachers with personalised leadership coaching services. We explain our mission to ensure that every headteacher has access to high-quality, bespoke coaching that enables them to thrive personally and professionally. 

The statistics around burn-out among UK headteachers are frightening and our research confirms that many school leaders are feeling overwhelmed by the constant challenge of balancing results and budgets. Our objective is to provide heads with the independent, non-judgmental support they need to develop the strategies and skills to overcome the challenges that are frustrating their performance and causing stress. 

Rob and I passionately believe in the importance of inspiring children and providing them with the best possible opportunities in life, this can only be achieved if headteachers are given the support they need to perform at their best. As two experienced professional leadership coaches, we are committed to providing headteachers with individual, affordable, and effective coaching.

Click on the link for more information about Coaching Heads or contact Dr Rob Petrie or Andrew Clemence.

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less go to https://magicmind.co/ptp and use the promo code: PTP20.

Using the PTP20 promo code will get you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

Margaret Whitaker, OBE, is a successful entrepreneur, business owner, investor and philanthropist who is credited with improving the health and well-being of the UK over the last fifty years.

On this week’s edition of the Purpose To Performance podcast, Margaret recounts her remarkable and inspiring story from early adoption and becoming a teenage mother through founding Slimming World and developing the business to become the UK’s most successful weight loss group. She has overcome feelings of rejection and low self-worth to become an inspiring business leader and ground-breaking philanthropist recognised for her charitable endeavours and contribution to the health of the nation.

Join me as I discover the secrets to Margaret’s compassionate leadership and explore how she has transitioned from start-up business founder to chair of several multi-million pound companies and the driving force behind charities and NGO’s that are pioneering health and medical research.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· The power of reframing negative feelings like rejection to create motivation and desire to succeed

· The importance of self-belief in overcoming obstacles and un-locking potential

· How scarcity of capital and resources prompts innovation and creativity

· How empathy and compassion lead to connection, trust and inspiration

· The importance of core values like trust, groundedness and hard work

· The power of social cohesion and accountability

· Why word-of-mouth marketing trumps big advertising budgets

· Understanding what good managers look like

· Learning through doing and daring to make mistakes

· Investment in high-quality training is vital when scaling a service based business

About my guest:

Margaret Whitaker, OBE is the founder and chair of Slimming World, the owner of Pearl Motor Yachts, and the Son Amar Group.

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

My coaching programmes are specifically designed to address the issues start-up founders face, helping owners lead with confidence and accelerate their business growth.

For more information about my business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less go to https://magicmind.co/ptpand use the promo code: PTP20.

Using the PTP20 promo code will get you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!

We all experience emotions, but how many of us understand them and can unlock the messages they are sending us? Emotional literacy is just that, the ability to recognise, interpret and regulate our emotions.

This week on Purpose To Performance I’m fortunate to be joined by an expert on the subject. Dan Newby has spent the last 20 years researching, coaching, writing, and speaking about emotions. He’s one of the foremost authorities on the topic of emotional literacy. As an ontological and somatic coach, Dan helps people explore their emotions to create greater awareness and develop the skills to navigate their personal and professional lives with greater dexterity and balance.

Listen in as Dan helps me navigate through this fascinating and important conversation about emotions and how we can improve our emotional intelligence.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· What emotions are and what purpose do they serve

· Why are we so uneducated when it comes to understanding emotions

· How to start improving your awareness and understanding of emotions

· The power of emotional literacy and the practical benefits of emotional intelligence

· Fear, anxiety, and self-doubt - how to recognise the difference between this cluster of emotions and advice for overcoming emotional barriers

· How to get better at handling emotionally based decisions

· How to unlock, embrace and enjoy suppressed emotions

· The secret to using movement to change your mood

· How to use your emotional literacy to prepare for tasks with understanding and intent

· The benefits of ontological and somatic coaching for strengthening your emotional literacy and improving psychological well-being

About my guest

Dan Newby is one of the world’s foremost authorities on emotional literacy. He is a prodigious researcher, writer, coach, and speaker as well as the founder of School of Emotions, a learning and coaching platform that helps people improve their emotional literacy.

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

My coaching programmes are designed to address the issues most start-up founders face, helping owners lead with confidence and accelerate their business growth.

For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to https://magicmind.co/ptpand use the promo code: PTP20.

Using the PTP20 promo code will give you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days, you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!

We all experience emotions, but how many of us understand them and can unlock the messages they are sending us? Emotional literacy is just that, the ability to recognise, interpret and regulate our emotions.

This week on Purpose To Performance I’m fortunate to be joined by an expert on the subject. Dan Newby has spent the last 20 years researching, coaching, writing, and speaking about emotions. He’s one of the foremost authorities on the topic of emotional literacy. As an ontological and somatic coach, Dan helps people explore their emotions to create greater awareness and develop the skills to navigate their personal and professional lives with greater dexterity and balance.

Listen in as Dan helps me navigate through this fascinating and important conversation about emotions and how we can improve our emotional intelligence.

What you’ll learn in this podcast:

· What emotions are and what purpose do they serve

· Why are we so uneducated when it comes to understanding emotions

· How to start improving your awareness and understanding of emotions

· The power of emotional literacy and the practical benefits of emotional intelligence

· Fear, anxiety, and self-doubt - how to recognise the difference between this cluster of emotions and advice for overcoming emotional barriers

· How to get better at handling emotionally based decisions

· How to unlock, embrace and enjoy suppressed emotions

· The secret to using movement to change your mood

· How to use your emotional literacy to prepare for tasks with understanding and intent

· The benefits of ontological and somatic coaching for strengthening your emotional literacy and improving psychological well-being

About my guest

Dan Newby is one of the world’s foremost authorities on emotional literacy. He is a prodigious researcher, writer, coach, and speaker as well as the founder of School of Emotions, a learning and coaching platform that helps people improve their emotional literacy.

About me:

I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance.

My coaching programmes are designed to address the issues most start-up founders face, helping owners lead with confidence and accelerate their business growth.

For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com

For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance

About our sponsor:

Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot.

To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less, go to https://magicmind.co/ptpand use the promo code: PTP20.

Using the PTP20 promo code will give you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days, you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!

I’ve spent many years learning what it takes to lead a successful start-up, now I coach founders and small business owners on the secret to leading successful organisations. This week on Purpose To Performance, I have Ed Ewer, the founder & CEO of SYR, helping me unpack the topic. SYR is the new global marine recruitment agency disrupting the superyacht industry. The company is thriving, hitting all its growth and performance targets since its launch in February 2021. In this time, Ed has developed a strong team with a clear vision and shared values. He’s also created, a distinctive and sustained social media campaign has helped to establish the brand and build its reach. As a result, the business has established a strong portfolio of customers and developed an excellent reputation for service and delivery. Like every start-up, it has taken a monumental effort from Ed to get the business to where it is today. Along the way he’s benefited from the guidance and support of a professional business coach. In this episode of we take the opportunity to look back and discuss some of the key decisions Ed made, as well as the challenges he faced, what he’s learned, and his advice to anyone considering hiring a business coach. What you’ll learn in this podcast: · What motivated Ed to start his own business · The vision and goals for the business he wanted to create · The process he went through in preparing to launch SYR · How he knew he was ready to get started · How he identified the gaps in his skillset and filled them by recruiting the right people · His most significant challenges and how he overcame them · How having a business coach like me has helped Ed sharpen his business strategy and strengthen his leadership skills · What advice he would give to other business owners considering hiring a coach · How Ed has adapted SYR’s strategy to respond to the economic uncertainties that have impacted the business environment · How SYR is positioning itself for future growth About my guest: Ed Ewer is the co-founder and CEO of SYR, a global marine agency specialising in shore-side recruitment. About me: I am a business and leadership coach who helps business owners and senior executives become more effective leaders and optimise their performance. My coaching programmes are specifically designed to address the issues most start-up founders face, helping owners lead with confidence and accelerate their business growth. For more information about his business coaching services and to take your leadership to the next level, go to andrewclemence.com  For more information about the podcast, go to Purpose To Performance About our sponsor: Purpose to Performance is powered by Magic Mind, the world’s first productivity shot. To try this nootropic energy drink that helps you do more and stress less go to https://magicmind.co/ptp and use the promo code: PTP20. Using the PTP20 promo code will get you 20% off all your orders and subscriptions, but in the first 10 days you can get 40% off if you apply it to a subscription. Enjoy!