How To Achieve Innovation in Business: Disrupting a Traditional Industry
In this episode, we delve into how two visionaries are transforming a highly traditional industry with a world first innovative product that promises both cost savings proven return on investment and environmental benefits.
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Disruptors: Our guests, George Kochanowski, a former chemical engineer and founder and CEO of Staxxon, and Richard Danderline a finance expert are pioneering the development of folding shipping containers. With over $2 billion spent annually on repositioning empty containers, their solution offers significant cost reductions and positive environmental impacts.
The Journey of Innovation: Discover how George’s inquisitive mind led to the creation of this revolutionary product. Despite being told his idea was impossible, George’s perseverance, strategic planning, and entrepreneurial mindset are now challenging long-standing industry norms.
 
Driving Change: Insights on how to effectively introduce innovation in a traditional industry.
Mindset Matters: Strategies for maintaining a strong mindset in the face of setbacks.
Smart Conviction: The balance between blind faith and informed confidence in achieving success.
Uncommon Sense: The importance of unconventional thinking in driving progress.
Join us as we explore the fascinating story of Staxxon, and learn from George and Richard's experiences in innovation, resilience, and leadership.

Statistics point to only one-third of employees being happy at work.
Yet there are considerable benefits to having a happy workforce.
We welcome Richard Clarke to discuss how he's achieved workplace happiness. Richard is founder of the tech business Secret Source and has studied behavioural and well-being science.
Having always been obsessed with the concept of happiness from a young age Richard travelled the world to discover how to achieve this state of being.
Realising he wanted to build a business to make people happy, he relocated to Gran Canaria and set up his company.
Richard’s goal has never been about making money, the goal is a higher value, where the team feels psychologically safe and enjoys going to work.
Understand how Richard achieves workplace happiness. The impact it has on business growth and the importance of having a personal WHY – the reason for being.
 
🎯 We also discuss:
How to let go of the reins as a leader and trust the team
Why every decision is focused on the happiness it creates
How it benefits clients
How to create psychological safety within the team

Why Revolutionising Leadership Matters and
How To Achieve It
Welcome to an inspiring episode with Todd Kuckkahn, a renowned keynote speaker and leadership coach revolutionising leadership and culture.
We delve into the critical aspects of communication and why many companies consistently get it wrong.
Todd shares his unique approach to performance reviews by focusing on three essential questions that ensure employees are happy and help prevent difficult performance conversations.
We explore the importance of living by our values and navigating situations where team values differ from your own.
Todd emphasises a crucial point: If you lead by title alone, you’ve lost touch with reality.
He recounts his experience where a fear of making mistakes was rife, and why adopting a different perspective is vital to business success.
🎯 Our conversation covers a range of insightful topics, including:
The challenges of emotional intelligence at the C-suite
The benefits of being challenged, and accountability with consequences
How servant and spiritual leadership principles can transform organisational culture
How we treat others matters to business success
Why leadership is about influence and connection not titles

Discover the principles and habits to triple profits, double cash flow, and 10X business valuation
 
We're delighted to welcome Herb Cogliano, an international executive business coach with three decades of invaluable business experience.
Herb shares a wealth of insights from growing a family business, navigating the challenges of scaling a business, and embodying the essence of impactful CEO leadership.
Drawing inspiration from the legendary John D. Rockefeller, the pioneering force behind the Standard Oil Company, now Exxon Mobil Natural Gas.
→ We delve into the transformative power of Rockefeller's 10 Habits to scale a business.
These time-honored principles have stood the test of time for successful entrepreneurship.
We discuss these principles and the five key traits of a high-impact CEO to triple profits, double cash flow and 10X business valuation.
🎯 Tune in to discover how to apply these transformative habits to supercharge your business. 
Prepare to be inspired, enlightened, and equipped with practical tools to be an impactful CEO leading a successful business.

Elevate your Emotional Intelligence Capabilities and Increase Your Leadership Performance
 
In this episode, #122, we're privileged to explore the wisdom of Joshua Freedman, a trailblazer in emotional intelligence in leadership.
Joshua Freedman is not just an expert; he's a visionary with a best-selling book:
At the Heart of Leadership: How to Get Results with Emotional Intelligence.
 
World's Largest EQ Study
Joshua is the CEO of Six Seconds - a global emotional intelligence community. He leads the world's largest study on Emotional Intelligence. It reshapes our understanding of emotional intelligence in leadership.
In our conversation, Joshua declares that divorcing emotions from leadership is the most ludicrous advice he's ever encountered.
Why?
Because leadership isn't just about strategy or numbers—it's about people.
It's about understanding the complex tapestry of human emotions that underpin every interaction, decision, and outcome in the workplace.
Joshua unveils his three-step approach to enhancing emotional intelligence, offering clear, actionable insights that can be implemented in just six seconds.
 
We also talk about:
How EQ makes us less volatile, more intentional, and more able to stand in complexity and connect with others.
The massive shifts in emotional intelligence between 2019 and today and how this impacts our approach to leading different generations.
The importance of emotions in business
Joshua shares insights into the importance of the driving force behind our emotions on our behaviours, and the return on investment of emotions in business.
 
Prepare to be inspired, enlightened, and equipped with practical tools for your journey toward emotional mastery. Enjoy this enlightening conversation with Joshua Freedman.

Business leaders and managers must have good communication skills and being effective at presenting is vital.
Our guest, Andrea Pacini, the Founder of Ideas on Stage, has a compelling story. 
It led him to become a leading presentation coach and author of the best-selling book "Confident Presenter."
His mission is to help business owners, leaders, and their teams become the best presenters they can be, ultimately growing their businesses and increasing their influence.
In this episode Andrea shares valuable insights, including:
Why the objective of a presentation is not just to share information
How to use your voice for impact in delivering a powerful message
The three key areas for a successful presentation
How to avoid confusing and losing your audience by structuring the presentation effectively and using engaging visuals
Why the curse of knowledge will kill your presentation, and how to overcome it
Insights into Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs' communication styles, highlighting their ability to captivate and inspire through effective presenting
How to become a dynamic vocal speaker, including tips for improving the vocal variety and maintaining the audience's attention
The impact of non-effective communication on businesses, and how improving presentation skills can drive growth and success

Welcome to another insightful episode of Lead To Succeed.
Today, we're joined by Marcus A. Chan, a dynamic sales expert, and author of "6 Figure Sales Secrets."
Marcus has a compelling journey from facing challenges in the sales world to becoming a top performer.
Marcus didn’t think he was cut out for sales after working harder than any other sales executive but not getting results.
It was a visit to his Doctor, that made Marcus realise how he needed to change his approach to sales and shift from pitching to consulting.
Instead of blaming his territory, the economy, and everything else on his lack of results, he had a mindset shift and started to learn about modern sales.
He invested in his own personal development and committed to being better.
Then he consistently became the number one top performer and in one company he gained 12 promotions in 8 years.
Marcus shares his experience of what it takes and the three critical steps to have a top-performing sales team.
 
Listen to Marcus’s tips and experience to achieve the following:
Faster onboarding of sales teams to become high-performers
Practical steps on what to do if sales results aren't hitting targets
How to manage the sales process
A three-step process to lead a sales team