The Purpose-Led Leadership Podcast

This episode is my guest appearance on the Across The Table Podcast with Target Recruit.

Chris (Base Mindset) is an ex-global top biller at SThree and a £25M Recruitment business owner turned purpose-driven NED and coach.

He believes that almost all business problems are people problems. Because people without a purpose have no centralised reason driving them to perform.

“Lots of companies want to get back to the old school w...

What is your biggest fear in life?

For my guest in this episode, Lewis Ellis, it’s not achieving or even trying.

This ethos has led Lewis to do great things but to also find himself in troubled waters. From creating successful marketing startups, synonymous with guerilla tactics, to washing up in a war zone as a holiday rep.

Lewis shares his fears but also why he wants to live a life by his rules. Whether that’s through the r...

You are more powerful than you think.

With the right attitude and mindset, you can achieve anything in life. This is the belief of my guest in this episode, Ani Filipova.

Ani grew up with humble beginnings in Bulgaria, a socialist country, where she was always told “be quiet” and “don’t speak up”. But she knew she wanted more out of life, and she has never let those voices stop her.

Going on to become COO of Citbank that has ...

What is life like with ADHD?

It is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders and many will judge those who have it before they get to know them, or even understand what it means to have ADHD.

In this episode I am joined by Thomas Woodhams, who, as well as having ADHD supports others with the condition through his content on LinkedIn.

Thomas is hilarious, honest, and unfiltered about how the condition has impacted hi...

Imagine your mother leaves a note to say she is going for jam but doesn’t return for 6 months.

This was what happened to my guest Zsike Peter.

Zsike had the hardest of childhoods. Born in Transylvania under the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. After the separation of her parents her stepmother performed cruel acts on her and her sisters that led to her birth mother kidnapping them to flee the country and rescue them.

Late...

Is being vulnerable a strength?

For many showing vulnerability is not something they are willing to do. They see it as a form of weakness. It isn’t, it’s what the world needs more of.

In this episode I am joined by Seth Prezant, who I first met climbing Kilimanjaro. Seth isn’t afraid of vulnerability and shares in depth about his relationships, including his divorce from his wife, and how this had a huge impact on his mental he...

You have the power to create your own story.

No matter what anyone else says or believes, you can achieve the life you want.

My guest in this episode, Meena Adnani, grew up in Indonesia and always knew she needed to break from the traditional role women played in her life experience.

Little did she know that this journey would take her to professional and financial success only to lose it all. Despite that loss, which she sha...

Nothing works unless you do.

Your family, your relationships, your business.

That’s why you need to look after yourself first to be able to best serve those around you.

In this episode I am joined by Nat Berman, who has lived by this rule in all areas of his life. He shares his views on the LinkedIn landscape after having built a successful personal brand from the platform.

He also discusses why finding the right people is ...

Construction is a man’s game, right?.....Wrong

There are still industries that have preconceptions about whether men or women are best suited to work in them. And construction is one of them.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

My guest in this episode is Kelly Cartwright, the company owner of Core Recruiter, showing the world that women can not only work in construction but be award winning leaders.

Kelly shares her experi...

One life event can change everything for better or worse.

It took my guest, Rob Sharp, 18 years to begin to face being sexually assaulted. In that time he turned to drugs, which took over his life. The relationships with his family broke down and have never recovered.

This is a story of pain but also of owning your life choices and facing your past.

You’ll hear Rob share the hardest of things from his childhood through to the...

3 generations of recruiters come together and delve into what it takes to be successful in the recruitment industry.

In this episode I am joined by Harry Portch, one of the UK’s youngest recruitment agency owners and Dominic Joyce with over 10 years experience working in recruitment, talent acquisition across agency, RPO and in-house.

We get into the nitty gritty of what recruitment consultants get wrong, right and everything i...

Eating disorders take over your whole life.

It affects everything from relationships, to who you are and how you show up in the world.

This was life as a young adult for my guest, Melissa Matson. She was always counting calories and believed that waking up in pain was a good thing. Now she’s through the other side and in a place where she uses this experience to ensure she lives a life full of self-kindness.

In this episode s...

Trauma is a part of many people’s lives, but not many are able to use it to then help others overcome theirs.

My guest in this episode is a very special friend, Nick Raeburn. He only started to work on his own childhood traumas late on in life and it has changed who he is and how he shows up in the world.

He gets raw and talks about his experience being abused by a family member as a child, and the impact this has had on the re...

What does great recruitment look like?

Well, this episode with Charlotte Smith is a no holds barred break down of all things recruitment.

Charlotte is a Recruitment Director who champions the industry and comes from a family full of recruiters. We talk about why emotional intelligence is a recruiter’s superpower and how to get the culture piece in organisations right.

We also go deep into 180 recruitment and why data is king ...

There are many preconceptions about what it is to be a man in the modern world.

A provider, strong, in control of their emotions.

But are these traits healthy and what does it mean if you don’t conform to these things?

In this episode I am joined by my good friends Tom Paine and Steve Ware. We explore these questions and more about what life is like for a man. We share our own fears and experiences with anxiety, loss of purpo...

Imagine living a secret life you were too embarrassed to share with your friends and family.

That shame is what my guest, Maya Raichoora, lived with throughout her teenage years. After being diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis she opened up to the world about what she was going through.

In her own words it has made her who she is today. But it doesn't define her.

In this episode she shares what life is like living with a chroni...

To live life free of shame is a powerful existence. Not many do, and those that achieve it will say it takes work on yourself. Constant work.

My guest in this episode, Dionne Slater, lived a life full of shame. From being abandoned by her father, to her mother setting some bad examples, which eventually led her down a path of sex work herself. In her darkest moments she tried to end her life only to be saved by her dog.

After a...

To be diagnosed with Tourette's after brain damage in his early 20s is a twist Luke Manton never expected. Luke has had to experience this condition and live in a world that discriminated against him for who he’s now become. This led Luke to attempting to end his own life, but in doing so he later found that he was loved so much, my so many. 💙 Since then he has 💙harnessed his adversity 💙created his own path and purpose 💙bec...

A public rejection on Dragon’s Den would be the end of many entrepreneurs’ dreams, not so Laura Bartlett. After being told to “have a reality check” she took the rejection and created something bigger and better.

As the Founder of House of Coco Magazine, now 10 years strong, she has lived through debilitating grief, separation, and bankruptcy. All these things have shaped who she is now and how she views the world.

In this epis...