For this episode, Toni is joined by Amy Bird, the CEO of Connolly´s Scrap Metals and Countrywide Metals, the founder of Women in Recycling and a former model. She explains what it was like for her to take the reins of a family business in what is still a male-dominated industry. She and Toni discuss how to be successful in that environment and what women can do to support each other and break down the barriers that are still there.

Amy shares the ups and downs, including how she and her husband coped with being ripped off and losing a business worth millions, despite winning a court case against the perpetrators. She explains how she and her husband found the strength to rebuild and create a new six-figure business. Toni and Amy discuss finding a strong why and building resilience.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

·      There are still not many women working in scrap or recycling. At last year´s industry dinner, only 6 of the 500 guests were women.

·      Women are still not helping other women enough.

·      When Amy and her husband were conned out of their business, they were devastated but still found the strength to start again.

·      Having a strong why helped them to work their way back up to owning a highly profitable business.

·      Physical exercise massively helped Amy to cope and work to rebuild.

·      Taking little steps each day stops you from wallowing.

·      Don´t let others project their insecurities onto you.

·      You don´t have to tick every single requirement to apply for the job you really want.

·      Learn to trade the money you earn multiple times.

 

BEST MOMENTS

“I just felt this real pull that Bella (her daughter) would get to go on and do at least as much as I did, and hopefully more. “

“It's easy to, like you say, roll over and just wallow in this, but equally, it is easy to take some little steps every day, “

“It just really befuddles me that there aren't more women that are actually supporting women. “

ABOUT THE GUEST

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-bird-connolleys

https://www.instagram.com/womeninrecycling

https://www.womeninscrap.com

 

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Toni C. Eastwood OBE, MBA, (Business Transformation Coach and Facilitator) 

Award-winning entrepreneur, who knows exactly what it’s like to start and scale NFP Business, raising multi-millions in funding. She has served as a non-executive board member and Chair of several charities and NFP organisations. With 30 years’ experience in SME, Business startup and growth, as Director of an FTSE 30 Company, starting and growing two businesses over the last 12yrs. Toni knows what it’s like to leave the familiar behind, to personally risk everything to follow your passion for service and importantly to handle the inevitable obstacles along the way.