Helping Organisations Thrive with Julian Roberts

#71 Paula James | How to develop happy and expert teams

Today I am interviewing Paula James who is the Regional Managing Partner Chichester for Irwin Mitchell LLP.
 
Paula has the great intent and focus in her leadership to develop happy and expert teams, and so we explored how Paula achieves this with her team. Her primary focus is to have the well-being of the individual at the heart of the matter, whether checking in on someone, taking the time to listen to her team to having specific days off to facilitate well-being, rest and refreshment, it is all about being people focused. She also helps them develop their career, with development plans truly aligned to the company and the individual, ensuring these sessions happen with lots of listening, allowing the team member to share their passions and dreams, and looking to how the company can facilitate this.
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ju8YlUVeA
 
Connect with Paula:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-james-17242b51/
Email: paula.james@irwinmitchell.com
 
Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.
 
The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges:
- no clear strategy
- dysfunctional team dynamics
- not knowing their vision or mission
- feeling stuck and procrastinating
- business not growing
- leadership challenges
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

BOOST #11 | The problem with goal setting

Welcome to this solo series called BOOST, the purpose is to give you little BOOST to your day, to further provide ways to create a thriving organisation.
 
The problem with goal setting is that failure state can quickly turn people off from pursuing the goal they've set. What's more, once a goal is reached, the feeling of joy is often fleeting. People feel a rush of happiness, but it quickly fades as a new goal creeps into focus. The key is not just to set SMART goals but ensure that they are aligned to your overall purpose/mission of the company or even you personally. 
If they are encapsulated within the context of the purpose, then all you are doing is setting clear goals that will get you closer to the overall mission or purpose, they are far more motivating and inspiring and aligned to what matters.
 
Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.
 
The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges:
- no clear strategy
- dysfunctional team dynamics
- not knowing their vision or mission
- feeling stuck and procrastinating
- business not growing
- leadership challenges
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

#70 Gillian Harwood | How to harness adversity for creative business building ideas

Today I am interviewing Gillian Harwood who is the Co-Founder/Managing Director of United Workspace Ltd and Lewes Workspace Ltd.
 
Gillian Harwood’s career spans over 40 years. She was a pioneer of her time in the late 1970’s when she undertook the mammoth task of converting an abandoned Victorian bus factory, restoring and transforming it with flair and imagination into a successful business hub for small businesses; one of the first of its kind. It was a bold and courageous move and one that earned her ‘Business Woman of the Year Award’, presented to her by the late Margaret Thatcher.
 
Gillian shares how adversity created the opportunity for a business idea, it was the fact that her house was going to be repossessed by the bank, that the insight for 'bed sitters for businesses' (now known as co-working space) was created. And since the 1970's Gillian has gone on to create many more co-worker spaces across London and the south east, with the driving force to really help enable and empower new business to be established and grow. Recently she sold her Busworks co-working space business for £45m - a testament for her visionary leadership and entrepreneurship.
 
Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_9k_i3EUMU
 
Connect with Gillian:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-harwood-9b163877/
Website: https://needlemakers.co.uk/
Email: gillian@lewesworkspace.co.uk
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

#69 Michelle Seiler Tucker | How to scale your business with your people

Today I am interviewing Michelle Seiler Tucker who is Founder and President of Seiler Tucker.
 
Michelle shares her wisdom of many years of advising and helping to scale and sell businesses. Michelle has released a new book called Exit Rich with 6 P's method (#1 People, #2 Product, #3 Process, #4 Proprietary, #5 Patrons and #6 Profit) we focused on People & Product in this episode. Within people is to ensure that you have all the right people in the right roles, not only for now but have a future view as well. You can’t sell a business if it’s 100% dependent on you. Business owners and leaders need to focus on their strengths, hire out their weaknesses, and focus on the right area. The goal is to grow a business that can be run by the people around you. Product is all about making sure you continually innovate and market your business, don't be a Blockbuster and be complacent, always look for ways to meeting the needs of your customer or clients. Create a mindset in the business for innovation, of pushing the boundaries, pushing so much that you fail.
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wekqs1kTRg
 
Connect with Michelle:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleseiler/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAO4MAkBCB9d14ooxN8rM7aak_LP1QTnnic
Website: http://www.seilertucker.com/
Email: info@seilertucker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSeilerTucker
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

#68 Charlotte Dewhurst | How to lead from the front with respect

Today I am interviewing Charlotte Dewhurst who is the Senior Director of Group Marketing at RS Components.
 
Charlotte shares that her purpose is making a difference to people, this was so evident when the conversation unfolded and we got on to the topic of leading people. Her focus has always been human-centric, making people matter in her decisions and interactions with those around her. Her key approaches are to lead with low ego, ensuring that we don't think we are the most important person in the room and engaging those around as a team to achieve the same purpose. Also lead with empathy, understand others, know what is driving them - focus on curiosity rather than judgement. There are lots of wonderful insights in how to lead in this age from Charlotte.
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5FLHJiTLTo
 
Connect with Charlotte:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-dewhurst-03932516/
Website: https://www.charlottedewhurst.co.uk/
Email: charlottedewhurst@hotmail.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlDewhurst
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

#67 Hilary Bartle | How to use the coalition of the willing to lead your organisation

Today I am interviewing Hilary Bartle who is the CEO of Stonepillow, Stonepillow support and empower homeless and vulnerable people to achieve sustainable independence and well-being.
 
Hilary shares how she use partnerships and collaboration to ensure she meets the vision and objectives of the charity. Also, it is important that she approaches her leadership with a model of the coalition of the willing. In the business world, a coalition of the willing is a mission-driven group of advocates, including project sponsors and cross-functional team members. These advocates use their skills, experiences, and networks to develop a new idea into a product or service and help bring it to market. Through a coalition of the willing, you can create excitement, inspire collaboration, and achieve alignment among leadership to formalise a new project or initiative.
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJuabHp-J8
 
Connect with Hilary:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-bartle-2aaa8a24/
Website: https://stonepillow.org.uk/
Email: HBartle@stonepillow.org.uk
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com
 

#66 Julie Kapsalis | How to use your network to make key things happen

Today I am interviewing Julie Kapsalis who is the Deputy Chief Executive of Chichester College Group.
 
Julie shared how she uses her network and those around her to make an impact and get key projects done, the power of her network. Although she galvanizes those in a project around a common goal, she is mindful of ensuring she picks those who are early adopters and maybe influencer's for the project. And also it is about being open and honest about the project and whether do all the goals align with each partner, ensuring that the focus is on the bigger size of the prize that will benefit all of those in the project. Julie underpins her leadership with compassion and understanding of her teams. 
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp5a0dOiYQw
 
Connect with Julie:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekapsalis/
Email: juliekapsalis@btinternet.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliekapsalis
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com

#65 Kevyn Rustici | What HR leaders need to do to lead the people agenda in the new normal

Today I am interviewing Kevyn Rustici who is a Strategic Human Capital Consultant for Gallagher.
 
Kevyn shared his insights and views on how HR leaders can help shape the future of work by truly focusing on the people doing the work, creating cultures focused on the emotional, mental, physical, and financial well-being of the individual. His approach is for HR leaders to use data and gain insights from this data. Having new information (People Data) available and utilising these insights will help to improve decision making, we will then use our gut, instinct and intuition less to make pivotal business decisions. Kevyn's idea is changing HR departments from a "cost center" to a "profit center" is not some crazy idea it's an evolution, a change of perspective and intention which will drive the necessary changes required in the new normal, because we aren't "Going Back to Normal."
 
Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xtFUbviaM
 
Connect with Kevyn:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrevolution/
Email: kevyn.rustici@gmail.com
 
If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me:
https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com