Join me in this episode with David Leahy, MD of Great People Inside Australia, as I uncover the controversy surrounding psychometric tools. Explore the objective insights they offer for hiring and development, and discover how organizations can optimize recruitment, develop team members, and support them to excel. Some of the questions I will be diving deep into are: How David became so passionate about people The difference between the psychometric assessment that you use and the popular ones l...
Oct 24, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Are you a service provider looking to grow your business and attract more clients? Have you ever considered starting a podcast but aren't sure where to begin? Then, this episode is for you! I am thrilled to welcome my special guest this month, Sheryl Plouffe , who is a former broadcaster and podcasting expert. Sheryl has helped countless service providers launch and run successful podcasts, generate leads, and get paid speaking gigs. In this episode, Sheryl will share her top tips and strategies...
Jun 06, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 23
What if you could empower your people to make the right decision, even when you aren't there? A radical new approach to recruit, onboard, Upskill and maintain team morale and standards with UGC videos combined with positive daily reminders is now within reach of everyone. Join me Live in the next podcast episode as I explore with my special guest Luke Canham, founder of MultiplyME, how to build culture, camaraderie & ownership within a business. Some of the questions we will be diving deep i...
Nov 24, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 22
My special guest in this episode is Eyob Yesus. Eyob is the director of The Experience Index and has founded two event-based brands to create experiences that connect people. Icon Corporate Events is a corporate event management company and Growth Gen which is a member-based organisation that runs a series of virtual events that supports small business leaders. Some of the key questions that I explore with Eyob: His definition of the word entrepreneur What led him to embark on his entrepreneuria...
Jul 19, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 21
My special guest in this episode is Nomiki Georgiadis founder and director of Business to Business Buzz. As a SYSTEMologist® and Marketing Systems Specialist, Nomiki enjoys building marketing assets and business systems, for busy owners of SMEs. Business owners hire Nomiki, when they feel overworked, burnt-out, or are a bottleneck to the workflow because they don’t have a systemised business from which to scale and grow. She turns the un-documented processes in their business… into a fully docum...
May 14, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, Jackson Millan owner of Aureus Financial shares how you can escape the time for money trap and turn business profit into personal wealth. Jackson Millan - The Wealth Mentor has spent the last 14 years helping service businesses understand the language of money and manufacture financial freedom for themselves and their families. He has successfully helped over 1,000 clients build in excess of $1.5 billion in combined wealth and has scaled multiple 7 figure businesses. He is a mas...
Feb 23, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 19
I don’t know about you, but I truly believe that we don’t ‘accidentally’ meet people. We meet them for a reason. I met Kyle earlier this year at an online business event, and as we started to learn more about each other, Kyle shared his story, one of the most inspiring and humbling stories that I have heard! It all started one day where he was rushed to hospital! And whether or not he would make it past the age of eighteen was hanging by a light string off a tightrope. And no it wasn’t because o...
Dec 23, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode, Carole Issa talks with Ash Roy, founder of Productive Insights about his entrepreneurial journey and the biggest lessons he’s learned along the way. Some of the key themes that Carole explores with Ash: 1’27” Leveraging your strengths 2’43” The defining moment that put him on his entrepreneurial path 4’39” What he learned from creating his successful podcast 7’07” Who has inspired Ash on his entrepreneurial journey 11’47” Making a difference while being worried about making mone...
Oct 28, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, Carole Issa talks with Mike Tosetto, Director at Never Sit Still about how he went from running a one-man band creative studio business into building a 7-figure award-winning creative team. Mike is the director and founder of Never Sit Still, an animation studio based in Sydney, with a client list including Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Pinterest, Spotify and Event Cinemas. He has previously chaired the Australian Graphic Design Association in NSW, spoken at Node Fest, The Design Co...
Sep 02, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Being a business owner is often portrayed as a masculine and assertive figure. A lonely rider, a warrior with a strong character, who crushes through obstacles and overcomes challenges with stoicism and determination. What if you are a woman who believes that business is a way to help and serve others? What if your friends and family members keep joking about you being a people pleaser? What if you were born in an environment where women need to 100x their efforts to be seen and acknowledged, an...
Aug 11, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Discover how to succeed as a Western business in eCommerce in the Chinese market with Jean-Yves Laguillez, co-founder and CEO of Emotion Digital. Emotion Digital is an online marketing agency located in Shanghai and Paris. It helps western brands get into China through WeChat marketing and other social media platforms particular to the Chinese digital landscape. With over 10 years of direct experience in China as a top executive, Jean-Yves bring his expertise to his clients, helping them to leve...
Jul 01, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 14
What's at the intersection of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for? You're about to find out in this episode the power of discovering your Ikigai as Carole Issa dives deep into the world of how we can find our purpose with Ben Koch, CEO of NuMinds Enrichment. Ben Koch is an entrepreneur, educator, coach, healer, and mindfulness expert with 20 years of meditation experience. He is also the co-founder and CEO of NuMinds Enrichment, and through this...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Tom Libelt learned from a young age how to sell and negotiate business by getting haggled by Russian vendors. His family moved from Poland to the US to escape communism, and his parents took any job they could to survive. Seeing all this as a young man motivated him to never want a job and keep moving forward as an entrepreneur, publisher, salesman, and one of the top Polish hip hop artists. Tom spends most of his time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He runs Smart Brand Marketing and We Market Online C...
Apr 06, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Once upon a time, a California girl went to China and started the greatest adventure of her life… 🇨🇳 An entrepreneur based in Shanghai and the COO of the N°1 LinkedIn Marketing Agency, Genius Encel, Tamar helps Fortune 500 companies generate leads through LinkedIn. As the Co-President of LinkedIn Local Asia, she's created a network of communities made up of LinkedIn lovers, embracing the original idea of LinkedIn Local: getting to know ‘’the person behind the profile’.’ Her Shanghai community ...
Feb 10, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Who would have thought that starting a side hustle could be the doorway to a dream job? A few months before a series of crises hit Lebanon, Sarah had already set herself up to success through embracing the challenge of running a side hustle. Thanks to the invaluable lessons learned from the startup world, she landed her dream job and is now thriving in her career working remotely for B-Yond, a telco disruptor in the United States. Her career path is highlighted with one success after the other w...
Dec 21, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Although Phnam was raised in an environment that was risk-averse, her mission today is to push every boundary to design for a better future and change people's lives through her work at NonFiction . In this episode, Carole Issa interviews Phnam to dive deep into her world and discover her unique perspective on design and so much more than that. Some key themes that Carole explores with Phnam: - 2'10": The role of Phnam at NonFiction - 4'30": Children are wiser than adults and the power of being ...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 9
When I think about Elie Medawar, four ideas come to mind: Behavioural flexibility Leveraging strengths Learning machine Contagious enthusiasm Elie started Medbox at a very challenging time in his life. There were red signals everywhere. He had just left his job, and he was about to become a dad. Everyone was dissuading him from starting his own business and saw it as a risky and crazy move. Yet, he took a leap of faith and made it happen anyway. Fueled by every challenge that came his way, drive...
Jul 24, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Who thought that comfort food could be healthy? Kitchen Confidential was born in Beirut out of the passion for creating the highest quality comfort delicacies by using nothing but premium quality organic and natural nutrient-rich ingredients. It all started in 2013 with the Khairallah family, Walid a Medical Doctor, his brother Imad a Financier, and Siham their mother, a talented executive chef. Together, they decided to transform comfort food into a healthy version without compromising on taste...
Jun 12, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Long before Dora and Majid met, Majid had left school at the age of 12. His first job was to carry jugs of water to the construction site next to his parents' home, where the workers were spending long days under the burning summer sun. Several years later, he became a sous-chef and then a professional chef running his own catering business. Dora was a school principal and had a big dream. She wanted to create a place where kids could learn and grow while having fun and freely explore Nature wit...
May 19, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This is a 3-minute insight episode. In this episode, Carole Issa talks about the power of connection with Nadiya Dragan El-Chiti, who is a breastfeeding professional. If you enjoyed this inspirational clip with Nadiya Dragan El-Chiti, then you might be interested to listen to Episode 4 of the Leadership Activators podcast where Carole Issa dives deep into how Nadiya led the way by empowering mothers through breastfeeding. Are looking to start your business or scale it by doing something you love...
May 12, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
When Nadiya was expecting her first child, she found herself surrounded by naysayers dissuading her from wanting to breastfeed her baby. Yet, she took on the challenge to prove them wrong. And so began her journey of becoming a breastfeeding professional to serve mothers, empower and inspire them to discover their strengths, and walk into motherhood with confidence. Some of the key themes Carole covers with Nadiya Dragan El-Chiti: - 1’34”: What is a breastfeeding professional - 6'39": What drove...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Carole Issa interviews Samer to discover his philosophy and thinking behind creating and leading his business Eshmoon in the very challenging market of Beirut Lebanon. This episode is the second part of the conversation (Check Episode #1 for the first part). With no formal business education, Samer Tutunji goes from being a chemist and a yoga teacher to successfully creating and leading his business Eshmoon. Some key questions Carole asks: - 0’40": What were the lessons learned from his mentors ...
Feb 09, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This is a 3-minute insight episode. In this episode, Carole Issa talks with Samer Tutunji about the power of slowing down. Samer is the founder and cook at Eshmoon. Eshmoon is a brand of healthy and Holistic products made from natural and organic ingredients founded in 2012. In 2018 Eshmoon Holistics won the second position in the Brilliant Lebanese Awards for the title of business of the year. Famous for its healthy chocolate truffles, spreads, and tablets. Eshmoon has a variety of culinary pro...
Dec 24, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
With no formal business education, Samer Tutunji goes from being a chemist and a yoga teacher to successfully creating and leading his business Eshmoon . In this first part, Carole Issa interviews Samer to discover his philosophy and thinking behind creating and leading his business Eshmoon in the very challenging market of Beirut Lebanon. Some key questions Carole asks: - 1'13": Where the idea of starting Eshmoon came from - 3'08": Why for Samer Eshmoon is not a business and how does this appro...
Nov 04, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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