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Business Problems Solved Podcast — 330 episodes

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Is this the last episode?

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The Importance of Trust in Feedback

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There are lots of i's in TEAM

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It is not just your performance as a Change Team

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Big Picture Big Insights Key Topic 3: Culture, Morale, Communication, Collaboration, Resources & Environment

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Big Picture Insights Key Topic 2: People, Leadership & Strategy

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Big Picture Insights Key Topic 1: Systems and Processes

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What Does it's All About People Mean

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The 3 Phases or a vision and importance of meeting people where they are

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The 5Rs of Successful Habit Formation

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Leadership is not defined by the title it is by what you do

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Setting Expectations Require Shared Understanding

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The Leadership Challenge for 2025

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Reflections from 2024

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Stop letting your change team FAIL

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The importance of strategic allignment and the 2 types of change teams

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3 Thoughts on Creating Safe Spaces and Psychological Safety

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The real problem is a lack of thinking not a lack of tools

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How to Help People Take Action After a Training Course

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Chicken or Egg, Tools or People, what is the best way

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Questions, Right Thing Every Time and Leadership

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World Class Basics - Helping the RIGHT person do the RIGHT thing at the RIGHT time EVERY time

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Should You Use Japanese Words or Not

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Exposing the Key Parts of Facilitating a Successful Daily Meeting

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How Do We Connect?

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Safe spaces, the power of feelings and Video testimonials with Tommi Murshed-Parish

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Modern Day Goalkeepers - Lee Robinson shares his story from failure to future goalkeeping stars

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Does you PIP squeak or does your PIP flow

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Choices, Don't leave your change to chance

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Do you ACT, right or wrong?

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300th Episode! Think SMART FIRST to Achieve your Impossible Targets

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The 4 Similarities Between Cleaning and Change

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The 3C's to Being a Champion

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Maintaining Change Momentum And Limiting Loneliness - Part 2

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Maintaining Change Momentum And Limiting Loneliness - Part 1

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A fool with a tool is still a fool

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Change Is A Journey But A Personal One

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6 Months of 2024 Complete: Intensity x Frequency Connection

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Are You BEST Connected With Your Change And Leadership Initiatives

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What's better? Maturity vs Ownership

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Operational Excellence is About Making People NOT Whiteboards

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Don't Expect People to Ask for Forgiveness, Give Them Permission

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ABCD: Always Be Connecting Dots

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When setting actions does it hinder their completion

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Are you really putting enough IN

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Doing it IS NOT enough

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Are you protecting your team even in a safe environment

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The 5 Things That Helped Me Run My FIRST Marathon

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Who are you and how well do you really connect with others?

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Using ICE and Coaching to enable Transformational Change

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Using ICE as an Improvement coach

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The best teams don't have the best thinkers, they create the best thinkers

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What, makes a great question doesn't it

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Leadership change buy in is not about buying it in

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Does Your Change Team Make this Big Mistake?

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Have Your Footprints Left Clues

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Growth Only Happens When You Rest

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The 4 Parts That Make Up The Whole Person

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Manage Things, Lead People, Coach the Gap

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Organisational vs Personal habits

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Should We Strive for Organisational Instincts or Habits?

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Emotion is the Key to Creating Positive Action

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Don't Sweat the Unimportant Stuff, Do Sweat the Small Stuff

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We Have Lost the Art of Conversation

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My BIG Worry for 2024

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Reflections on 2023 and it's Still About The 4C's

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Put Your Body Where Your Priority Is

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It's No Wonder Our Communication isn't Effective, is it

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The Importance of Having a Structured Diary

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How Confident Are Your People And Can You Do More

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Making the 4 C's a System Not a One Off

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We Should Rethink Failure

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Does Everyone TRUST These 3 Things When Delivering A Change

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The 3 Non Negotiables For A High Performance Leadership Team

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How many teams do you have?

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The Challenges Moving From Internal Lean Practitioner To External Consultant with Sam Morgan

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When it Feels Real it is Real. 9 Months to 100km

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Are You Really Comfortable With Silence Internally And Externally

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Are your questions preventing you from GETTING BETTER

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Empty Happiness Empty Improvement - Are yYou Getting Better or Getting By?

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Leadership Lessons From Lees Little Ones

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Policy deployment cascading the metrics and strategy, gaining alignment. Do you do it wrong_

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Opportunities Are Always There But Not Everyone Sees Them

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Do You Want to Be Safe or Strong?

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Change Management and Sun Cream: Surprising Similarities

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The Main Reasons You Face Resistance To Change And How To Overcome Them

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Creating-an-Improvement-Strategy

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5 Years On And Chris’ 3 Lessons

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Your Ability is Second to Your Capability in The Eyes of Whom You Help

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The Think Feel, Say, Do Gap

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Lean, Leadership, and Honest Hard Work with Steve Rames

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Make Silence Acceptable - Output Doesn't Always Mean Your People Are Engaged

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A Career With Water, From The Sea to Cells Not Shells With James Edmondson

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The 3 Things Summary

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The 3 Things About Coaching

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The 3 Things About Standards

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The 3 Things About Measures or Metrics

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The 3 Things About Leadership

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The 3 Things About Problem Solving

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The 3 Things About Visual Management

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The 3 Things About Daily Meetings

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The 3 Things About Customer Experience

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The 3 Things About Habit Formation

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The 3 Things About Operational Excellence

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There Are Always 3 Things, Right

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The Main Habit to Build is Continuous Improvement

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Belief Desire And Your Habits

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Does Asking The Same Questions Help or Hinder?

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Are You Comfortable With Silence When Asking Questions?

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What is Your Priority, if Everything is Then Nothing is

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How to Really Create Problem Finders

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Make it Small, Keep it Small When Leading People

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The Basics of Business Change or The Common Pitfalls

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Motivation – Do Your People Have It, and Whose Fault Is It?

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You Can Only Answer The Question If You Know The Question. Have We Stopped Thinking?

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The TOP 3 Business Problems For 2023

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The Difference Between Internal And External Improvement People

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Feedback - What Does it Mean to You ?

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Continuously Improving the Environment

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Is Your View of a High Performing Team Leading You Astray?

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Chris Rainsforth Life Lessons - From Being an Idiot to Ideal Life

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It’s All About The Journey And Making The Cut With Matt Grady

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I am Writing a Book And I Need Your Help

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The 3 Phases of an Improvement Coach - My Journey

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Getting People To Do The Right Thing At The Right Time EVERY TIME

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What Are You Thinking, And How Understanding What Everyone Else is Thinking Could Help You

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You Get Resistance Because You Are Pushing Faster Than They Want To Go

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What Needs to be True to Activate Your Team or Business Vision?

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Creating An Environment Where Your People Will Flourish

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Want vs Can And Your Role as a Leader to Motivate

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A Lifetime of Lessons in Leadership With Jim Longton

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Meetings Take Too Much Time, But We Need Them. When and How We Should Have Them.

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Stop Treating Improvement Like A Project

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Do You Really Respect People In Your Leadership and Change ?

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From Everton To Entrepeneur With Just For Keepers Founder Ray Newland

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Contact Centres Leadership And People With David Holmes

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Leading Lean By Living Lean With Philip Holt

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People Are Not Like Pasta

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Are You Celebrating In Business The Right Things And Often Enough ?

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Always Make Time: The Hidden 4th Life Lesson Uncovered

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Change Team Lessons, The Leaders Role And The Invisible Change Agent With Lisa Moody

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Mark Drager, Marketing and Taking Photos of 3 Legged Cats

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Problem Solving Is Not Just About Solving Problems

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Jared Thatcher And The Virtual Lean Summit

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Letting In Goals Is Part of The Job of The Goalkeeper

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SO ASK Better Questions To Be A Better Leader

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Does Your Team Have A Silence, A Conversation or an Action Bias? Find the Balance

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The Golden Circle and Applying it to Change

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Interview with Josh Gain, Founder of the 10x Manager Community

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The 2 Most Important Measures You Are Probably Not Looking At

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3 Critical Success Factors For a Change Team

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It's Not What You Say, It Is How You Say It With Nicholas Faribeault

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Should You Start Big or Start Small ?

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Carl Klemm Former Head of Toyota and Author of The Balance of Excellence

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The Four Words Are Positive Not Negative

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Intensity X Frequency

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The Mindset To TEACH Improvement

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As a leader, What Can You Learn From Customer Experience

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The Funniest Lean Guy With Jake Harrell

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Are You Measuring Things For The Right Reason?

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Becca Francis - Change and ADHD

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Apprenticeships, LinkedIn, Learning and Passion with James Lott

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The Power of Illustration with Gary Nightingale

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Does Your Team Work, Or Do You Have Teamwork?

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Constructive Conflict And Better Communication - The Challenge For 2022

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Toyota and Organisational Teamwork - with Kevin Robinson

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Unlocking Your Potential Through Recognising Your Uniqueness - with Lee Chambers

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A Life In Food Manufacturing with Ornua Ingredients Operations Director, Nigel Peters

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Improvement, Lean, Bodybuilding and Being Successful - with Mark Cameron

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What Success Really Means - with eCommerce Guru, Matt Edmundson

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Fitness, Fun and Junior Football - with Stu Boocock

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - The Importance Of Connection - with Dave Scholes

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Britain's First Female Firefighter, Jo Reynolds

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Paul Dunlop

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Andy Henderson

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Lili Boyanova

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Gloria Milner, A Life Coach With An Extraordinary Life

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - From South Africa To South Wales - with Herb Morrick

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Overcoming Limiting Beliefs - with Harry Armistead

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Sally Chapman And Her Squiggly Journey

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - The Importance Of Kindness with Karyn Ross

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Matthew Davies on Obsessions, American Football and Coaching

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Scott Rolph And The Importance Of People

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Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Lewis Barton

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More Than Visual Management

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Failure Is Good

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Using Comedy To Overcome Resistance To Change

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Leveraging LinkedIn To Energise Your Client Base - with Craig Dean

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Creating Magical Customer Experiences - with Ricky Locke

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Mindset Masterclass - with Nat Schooler and Kim-Adele From MasterMindSet

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Coaching And Connection - with Katie Anderson

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Lee Reflects After Three Years

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How To Be The Best Point Of Contact - with Martin Teasdale

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From Welding To Changing The World - with Norman Crowley

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Accelerate Your Business Journey - with Paul Serafino

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Clear Thinking - with Kate Miles-Roberts and Bev Holden

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Fireside Chat - Lee Meets Nick Bradley

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Not Just An International Author - with Chester Elton

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Not Just An International Author - with Alain Hunkins

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Not Just An International Author - Donna Serdula

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Not Just An International Author - Mark Graban

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Not Just An International Author- Adam Lawrence

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Confident Women Leaders - with Susie Palmer-Trew

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Confident Women Leaders - with Sandra Thompson

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Confident Women Leaders - with Angie McQuillin

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Confident Women Leaders - Alison Tansey

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Confident Women Leaders - with Kate Birtles

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Confident Women Leaders - with Veronica Owusu

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Confident Women Leaders - Clare Muscutt

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Ethical Communication For Better Business - with Liston Witherill

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James Owen Roberts On What It Takes To Become A Two-Time Paralympian

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Invoking Change To Make Organisations Better - with Ron Pereira

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Building Communities And Collaboration - with Julie Creffield

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Do Your Bits Tingle When You Work? - with Andrew Miller

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What Are You Doing? - with Paul Holbrook

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Making Shankly - Transferrable Lessons

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The Four Big Business Problems For 2021

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No Such Thing As An Overnight Success

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Coaching Working Parents - with Ayesha Murray

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Why Start With "Why"?

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The Mindset of A Champion - with Jordan Reynolds

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The CUES for Confidence

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We Need More Professional Weirdos - with Lord Simon Jacobs

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Learn to Lead and Lead to Learn - with Katie Anderson

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Rockstar Drummer Tom Morley

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Positive Recognition Can Be Life-Changing - with Neil Skehel

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Five Lessons From Children, Not For Them

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Change Your Habits And Change Your Life - with Anish Hindocha

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Empowering Others Through Listening - with Julian Roberts

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Talking In A Language That Everyone Can Understand - with Mark Rice

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The 100th Episode! Ask Lee Anything!

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99 Podcasts & This is my Favourite One!

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From Lurker to Legend With Victoria Hamilton

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Stand-Up Comedy Might Be The Key To Communicating Your Message

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Optimise The Voice Inside You – with Emma Buratti

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Understanding People and Perseverance

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Perseverance Is The Key To Success - with Tom Lock

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The Importance Of People - with Oliver Burton

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Emily Leyland - Fresh Perspective Part 2

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Emily Leyland

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Does Your LinkedIN Profile Help You?

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Do You Know Anything About Marketing?

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Are You Curious?

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Jazmine Wolf

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Laughing Yoga

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Returning To Work, It Can Still Work

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Sunny Sandwell

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What is Your Story?

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Peter Brodie The Sales Coach

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Making an IMPACT with your communication

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Damian Hughes - The secrets of High Performance

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My Story

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Paul McGee Interview

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Geoff Ramm Celebrity Service

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Change is Lonely

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Networking With Trish Wilson

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The Most Important Person In The World Right Now Is You – with Nigel Risner

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The Business Mastermind & Business Problems Solved

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The 4 C’s of High Performing Teams

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Becoming A Key Person Of Influence - with Daniel Priestley

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The BEST Model

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Aim A Little Higher - with Kamal-Ellis Hyman

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Celebrate Success & Self Reflection- Mirror Vs Window

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Never Accepting The Status Quo – with Mike Dennison

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Learning to Walk

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Change Begins With People – with David Bovis

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Creating a Vision

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How to be Really Happy – Interview with Dr Andy Cope, UK’s Only Doctor of Happiness

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Past, Present or Future - Where Are You?

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Making Yourself A Little Bit Famous – with Penny Haslam

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2020 Vision, Jab-Jab-Move & 3 Scripts

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DUSC The Acronym to Help You Deliver Change

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Understanding The Fundamentals First

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You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – with Billy Schwer

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Growing an entertainment empire: Interview with The Partyman Group of Companies CEO, James Sinclair

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Dont Start With a Solution

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Holding up a Mirror

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You Can Do It Too – With Richard McCann

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Break the Rules

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Being Your Authentic Self With Angela Cox

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THE BIG FIVE 0 - Summary & Gift!

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Is This The Secret To Personal And Business Success?

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The Power Of Moments – with James Perryman

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The  ‘Lean’ Strategy, looking for and solving problems in business - `interview with Michael Balle, bestselling author

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Are You Looking Forwards or Backwards?

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Rules For Rockstars – with James Dodkins

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2 Questions ANSWERED About Problem Solving

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What Is Success? – With Sonya Looney

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Difference between being GOOD and GREAT

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Learning 'The Barcelona Way' With Damian Hughes

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How Happy Are You?

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From Impossible To Inevitable – with Michael Finnigan

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Changing A Culture

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Krystyna Lennon- The Worlds BEST Hypnotist

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Change Can be FUN

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Black Cloud Carriers AND EXCITING NEWS!

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A Huge Apology!

298

Recognise & Respond. DON'T REACT

299

Creating a High Performing Team

300

Leadership Lessons From Klopp

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The Key to Sustainment

302

Role modelling for change

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Measure Mountain

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Why do CHANGE Initatives Fail?

305

The 5 D's

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Dealing with Change

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The Art Of Self-Talk

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Coaching vs Consulting; How to Know What YOU Actually Need

309

Employee Engagement

310

Are You Using Standards Effectively?

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Plan. Do. Check. Act. (P.D.C.A. Cycle)

312

Its ALL About You

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Build Trust

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Vital Lessons of a Change Agent

315

Lessons From The Dancefloor

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Should we Set Targets

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Should you Deliver Quick Wins

318

Leaders Vs. Managers

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Customer Experience Vs. Employee Experience

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Changing Habits& Influencing Behaviour

321

Communication

322

The Bubble Theory - Grow Your Bubble

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What is a Problem?

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Saying You Know it, is Not Doing it

325

An introduction to THE Business Problem Solver – Lee Houghton

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Deliberate Action - Delivery

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Inspiration

328

Customer Experience

329

Desire - Discover

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Dedication