Career Success Podcast by Jason Connolly

In this episode we speak to Warren Richmond, CEO, based in London Over the last 20 years Warren established the UK’s leading field marketing agency and a Times 100 Best Company to work for, Retail Marketing Group. During this time, he worked with world-class companies such as LG, PlayStation, and Adobe, helping them reach and engage with new audiences. Warren saw first-hand the problems brands have showcasing innovation products through traditional retail and e-commerce channels, so he created Situ Live to shake up the high street. Situ Live is an experiential retail destination based in Westfield London where visitors can experience the latest innovation from partners including Maserati, Bosch, Fitbit, Motorola, Lenovo, and Oculus. Visitors are able to get hands-on with products and engage with live demonstrations and storytelling, then when they see something they like, they simply scan a QR code to find out more or buy online. Warren has been featured in publications including The Times, Financial Times, Retail Week, Retail Focus, and Retail Gazette. In addition to his role as CEO of Situ Live and Chairman of Retail Marketing Group, Warren mentors’ various other small businesses. He has an unbounded passion for building and shaping businesses that have meaning and give purpose to people.

In this episode, we speak to the incredible Josh Boone from Ohio, US.Josh candidly spoke to us about how he grew a $10million+ marketing agency at the age of 20. We discussed addiction, mental health and his struggles with social anxiety. This episode is packed full of life lessons and business advice, a truly great listen. Josh is an advisor, strategist, consultant, former owner of an award-winning 7 figure marketing agency, and host of The Josh Boone Show.

In this episode we speak to Jane Ferré from London.Jane offers private career coaching for senior HR professionals who’ve outgrown their current role and want to secure their dream role in their dream company with a dream package in less than 6 months.Jane came to this after experiencing redundancy not once but twice in one year - once her choice, the other not.Before setting up her own coaching practice she had a 20+ year career in senior HR roles such as HR Business Partner, Head of Leadership Development and Head of Talent at British Airways before joining LEON Restaurants as their very first Head of Training. All of this means that Jane has been active in the job market in recent years. She understands exactly how much effort you need to put into each job application and how frustrating it can be when you get ghosted after an interview. She has also been on the other side of the recruitment table, so knows exactly what recruiting managers are looking for.

Miranda Holder from London is an acclaimed Fashion Stylist whose portfolio proudly showcases a variety of high-profile names in entertainment, from number-one girl band Little Mix to Boy George, Hollywood actress Vanessa Williams to singer Jamie Hannah. Miranda is also a regular Style Expert on TV & Radio sharing her passion for dressing well and hosts her own Podcast - Fashion Weekly Podcast with Miranda Holder - an uplifting chat show with famous stylish tastemakers from the world of show business and beyond.Miranda realised her dream of working in fashion in her 30s - only after a serious car accident in 2012. She went on to study at the prestigious Central Saint Martins along with the London College of Style, where she now lectures. Miranda’s philosophy is that “every woman deserves to feel beautiful” and she is dedicated to fashion as a form of self-care - something she is keen to teach women more about. Miranda’s ultimate mission is to help women feel empowered through style.

In this episode we are joined by Daniella Genas from Birmingham.Daniella Genas is a multi-award winning strategy and innovation expert.Through her business, She’s The Boss International, Daniella helps SME’s to transform their businesses. She has used her techniques, experience and training to generate significant results among the companies she has worked with.Key metrics include increased turnover and profits, increased staff, launch of new products/services and increased brand awareness across several businesses, in a diverse range of sectors.Daniella launched her first successful business in 2009 and her second business in 2014. She sold both businesses in 2015. In addition to her entrepreneurial endeavours, Daniella lists University Lecturer, Charity Trustee, radio presenter and Visiting Industrial Fellow as roles in her portfolio career.Daniella’s current focus is empowering SME's to build profitable, sustainable, systems driven businesses. With an MBA and Masters under her belt, alongside her entrepreneurial experience and formal business training, Daniella has a breadth of knowledge which has proven invaluable to the clients she works with. She has a proven track record of supporting clients to grow revenues by 6 figures. Daniella also hosts a weekly podcast series titled “Female Entrepreneur Stories” and interviews women in business, exploring their journeys and advice for success. 

Ian Moyse from Wokingham is Chief Revenue Officer at OneUp Sales, has sat on the boards of a number of related industry bodies; FAST (Federation Against Software Theft), CIF (Cloud Industry Forum) and Eurocloud and been a non-exec to many firms.Ian was awarded the accolade of UK Sales Director of the year by BESMA (British Excellence in Sales Management Awards) and in 2019 & 2020 was listed in the top 50 Sales Keynote speakers by Top Sales World.Ian has been a regular judge on the Women in Sales Awards (WISA), Top Sales Awards, BESMA and the UK Cloud Awards

In this legal episode we speak to Angela Neale from London. This episode contains great advice for Solicitors in their legal career.Angela is a partner at boutique Property law firm, Comptons, and Head of the residential conveyancing team.Angela has been at her firm for over 20 year, during which time the firm has doubled in size and the department tripled. They are very proud to have won several awards for conveyancing and customer service over the years. She is also a single mum to a 3 year old boy.

Celebrity cosmetic dentist Dr. Bill Dorfman has been practicing for over 30 years in the Beverly Hills area and has had a career unparalleled to any other dentist in history!He has transformed the smiles of celebrities such as Katy Perry, Usher, Anthony Hopkins, Fergi, Hugh Jackman, Michael Strahan, Jessica Simpson and Mark Wahlberg among many others.Dr. Bill was the only dentist featured on ABC's hit show Extreme Makeover, and is currently a recurring guest co-host on the CBS Emmy Awarded daytime talk show, The Doctors. Referred to as the ‘Michael Jordan of Dentistry,’ he has also appeared on numerous TV shows including Larry King Live, Oprah, Access Hollywood, E!, Extra,  and Entertainment Tonight. As the founder of Discus Dental – one of the world's leading dental companies – he helped lead the company from its inception to more than $1.3 BILLION in sales primarily with award-winning tooth whitening products such as ZOOM! and BriteSmile. Dr. Bill has received 20 lifetime achievement awards, 2 Guinness Book of World Records, is a New York Times Bestselling Author, and recently was the first dentist ever Knighted by the Royal Order of Constantine. As a passionate philanthropist, together with country singer Garth Brooks and the Crown Council of Dentists, he has helped raise more than $44 million for children's charities.Dr. Bill is also the founder of the non-profit LEAP Foundation. LEAP is a week-long motivational/leadership program taught at UCLA every summer to more than 400 students between the ages of 15-25+.More than just a dentist, Dr. Bill Dorfman is an author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, TV personality, health and fitness enthusiast, proud father of 3 daughters, and much more!

A very insightful episode from the country “go-to” lawyer for all legal matters pertaining to both Classical and Contemporary Dance, Irving David. Irving read law at the London School of Economics and subsequently trained with the leading London entertainment law firm, Wright & Webb. After qualifying as a solicitor, he joined Warner Brothers in London, rising to become their UK Director of Legal and Business Affairs.Irving returned to private practice and together with a colleague, Vivian Wineman, formed David Wineman which, in 2008, merged to become DWFM Beckman.Earlier this year, a new chapter opened in Irving’s professional career when he joined Level, a premier London law firm exclusively focused on media, entertainment, technology and sport.As a music and entertainment lawyer, Irving has built up an impressive roster of clients in the music, entertainment and media industries over the years and offers extensive knowledge of Commercial Law and Intellectual Property Rights including Copyright, Trademarks and Product Licensing.Irving also has a passion for Ballet and is considered to be the “go to” lawyer for all legal matters pertaining to both Classical and Contemporary Dance. His client roster ranges from a broad selection of independent record labels and music publishers to countless singer songwriters, managers and agents. His corporate clients include Birmingham Royal Ballet, One Dance UK, the Frederick Ashton Foundation, Viviana Durante Company, The Harvey Goldsmith Group of Companies, and the International Artist Managers’ Association.Irving is a director of SBT Trading (the trading arm of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) advising it on Commercial Law, Intellectual Property and Product Licensing matters; a corporate member of IAMA providing its membership with a legal helpline; and a full voting member of BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.#lawyer #irving #medialawyer

Dr. Lynda Ulrich from Vermont, Canada, is the founder of Ever Widening Circles (EWC), a Positive Global Media Company that began publishing articles in 2014 about remarkable insights and innovation going uncelebrated. Now she is on a mission to bring us all together around an enormous wave of goodness and progress well underway in the world that almost no one knows about. She’s calling that global wave The Conspiracy of Goodness. Dr. Lynda is being interviewed by news media around the world about the opening of a new era. Her bestselling book, positive news website, app, podcast, education website, TEDx Talk, public speaking & consulting website, and the recently launched Conspiracy of Goodness Network, are all helping to do just that. Dr. Lynda came at this task as an outsider: a dentist, mother of three, ordinary web-user, artist and global traveler for decades. The two unique characteristics she brought to this task are fearless curiosity and the ability to find a light in every human being.Many unusual life experiences allowed her to ignore the rules and assumptions of those in the trenches of the online world and reimagine what was possible with the amazing tool that the internet offers us all. As the ultimate kind of connector, Dr. Lynda sees possibility everywhere and is an expert in fitting seemingly stray parts together; instincts sharpened by a life as a global traveler, exceptional artist, and early adopter of technology. Dr. Lynda has devoted her professional life to finding inspiring ways to keep the humanity in healthcare. And now she is speaking to thought leaders around the world every week who are making the world a better place in astonishing ways.Her gift is in synthesizing their genius into narratives, ideas, and connections that can change our shared future. Dr. Lynda’s work proves, unequivocally, that it is STILL an amazing world. ***In November, 2020, Dr. Lynda was the closing speaker for one of the oldest, most well attended TEDx events in the country: TEDx Naperville. In her 12-minute talk, Exposing the Conspiracy of Goodness, she introduces us all to a vision of the future that can be ours with 4 simple shifts.

In this episode we are joined by Jeff Wald from Manhatten in the US.Jeff Wald is the Founder of Work Market, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP).Jeff has founded several other technology companies, including Spinback, a social sharing platform (eventually purchased by salesforce.com). Jeff is an active angel investor and startup advisor, as well as serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors.Jeff is the author of the Amazon Best Seller The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.Book Description;As the robots rise, we are faced with the End of Jobs, but not in the way you might think...The world has witnessed three step functions in technological change: mechanisation, electrification, and computerisation. These industrial revolutions led to massive increases in productivity and thus we need far fewer workers. With each of these technological breakthroughs, the power balance between companies and workers shifted heavily to companies. The abuses of that power by companies instigated employee unrest and sometimes even armed uprisings. Counterbalancing forces rose to constrain companies’ power, eventually prompting unions, regulation, and the social safety net to bring stability to the relationship.As we enter the fourth great leap forward in technology with robots and AI, we face the first services revolution. The power balance will again shift massively to companies as new technologies drive productivity increases in the service industry, much as the last three industrial revolutions transformed manufacturing. What lessons can we learn from the past three industrial revolutions and the current state of the labor market? How will we renegotiate the social contract to ensure fairness for workers, set clear rules for companies, and provide stability for society? What is the future of work? 

Jill Fredenburg is an author and filmmaker based in Memphis, Tennessee. Her work explores the relationship between social technologies and identity formation. Her book, LGBTQ+ Revolution 2.0: A Celebratory Collection of LGBTQ+ Narratives serves as one example of spacemaking for underrepresented queer stories.Jill is a Communication PhD student at the University of Memphis and runs A Sign on the Door, a Medium publication for the sides of ourselves we often leave undiscovered.

In this special episode of The Career Success Podcast titled “The Secret to Super Productivity” we speak to Christina Eanes based in Washington DC in the US.Christina is a former FBI violent crime analyst and senior manager, now author, speaker, podcast and YouTube channel host, and self-improvement guru.Christina specialises in super achieving and is on a mission to help others achieve more in life, mainly by getting out of their own way, and currently does this through her books, podcast series, professional development courses, and keynote speeches.Christina worked on an array of programs, including the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and the FBI's Leadership Development Program, where she helped train thousands of leaders. After advancing to a senior manager position within the FBI before turning 40, Christina decided to open her own business to help people transform their personal and professional lives.Christina’s other publications include: Quit Bleeping Around: 77 Secrets To Super achieving and The Secret to Super Productivity – all three books are available on Amazon

Emma Holmes from the UK has a passion for creating and living life on purpose.Emma has been scratching since the year 2000, when she discovered she had a love for fresh scratching and funky hip hop.After much time spent learning techniques and developing her flow, she found a way to break things down for anyone who wants to learn the art.Emma founded Studio Scratches in 2008 and opened School of Scratch in 2014 and is dedicated to assisting her students to become excellent at the art of scratching.School of Scratch is one of the world’s leading online schools and Emma has built a supportive community to help people learn how to scratch DJ, using a complete set of video tutorials which form her ultimate ‘how to scratch’ DJ course.Emma applies these same skills as a life coach, where she breaks things down for anyone who wants to learn how to create a more deliberate life.Emma shares a philosophy inspired by this quote by Henry David Thoreau: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.”

In this episode we speak to John Saunders, from Washington DC. John is the author of The Optimizer: Building and Leading a Team of Serial Innovators John spent more than two decades as a Wall Street Senior Vice President, sales team leader, and award winning sales executive. John followed his passion for helping others grow and founded a coaching and consulting company, ForwardAdvisory Solutions.John is a member of the Georgetown University MBA Alumni AdvisoryCouncil, a regular contributor to the MBA mentorship program and an active angel investor.

In this important episode we speak to Frank King from Eugene, Oregon, USA Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years.He’s fought a lifetime battle with Major Depressive Disorder and Suicidal ideation, turning that long dark journey of the soul into 6 TEDx Talks and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental Health Awareness with associations, corporations, and colleges.Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing himself more times than he can count. A Motivational Public Speaker who uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide. And doing it by coming out, as it were, and standing in his truth, and doing it with humour. Frank believes that where there is humour there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing. The right person, at the right time, with the right information, can save a life.

In this special episode of the Career Success Podcast titled “How to develop a growth strategy” we speak to Jan Cavelle, author of Scale for Success – published by Bloomsbury.Jan covers her 8 points on how to scale your business and develop an all important growth strategy. A highly interesting and insightful episode which any business owner in the £1-10million turnover bracket should listen to.Jan is an entrepreneur from the UK who has a few decades of running micro and small businesses behind her. She is very familiar with all the challenges that go with that, having started one from the kitchen table when her children were small and she was a single mother, to go on to build that into a multi-million turnover business.Jan has put her entrepreneurial experiences together with her passion for writing. The book is aimed at helping entrepreneurs to grow their businesses during the big leap of £1-10million.#growth #careersuccess #podcast #jmc #jasonconnolly

In this episode we speak to Robby Yates from Memphis, Tennessee.Robby Yates has quite the diversified resume. From his time as a corpsman in the US Coast Guard, to a degree in Nuclear Medicine, to logistics and insurance, Robby’s passions and pursuits have led him to a great many experiences.Robby is now the Founder of Follow App, an app designed to connect business professionals by helping them to network more efficiently and safely. In the spirit of networking and connecting, Robby is also the host of Where the Fortune Is, a podcast where they discuss the trials and triumphs of leaders in their various industries.

Caterina Kostoula from London coaches leaders for impact and fulfilment as the founder of coaching company, The Leaderpath®. Before that she was a business leader at Google. Her best-selling book “Hold Successful Meetings” is part of the Penguin Expert Series. She is also in Forbes Coaches Council  and coaches for INSEAD business school.

Dominic Monkhouse from the New Forrest is a proven architect of business growth.Dominic has scaled two UK technology service firms from zero to £30M a year in less than 5 years.He now helps aspirational business leaders achieve their potential.Working to provide clients and audiences with the business tips that work today, and give as many unfair advantages as possible. Dominic is a proven architect of business growth.As managing director he headed up teams that scaled two UK technology service firms from zero to £30M a year in less than 5 years–at Rackspace in Uxbridge and Peer 1 Hosting in Southampton. With Peer 1 achieving $200M globally. Sandwiched between these roles is a sensational turnaround at IT Lab, taking them from 90 days to oblivion and a monthly loss of £65000 to profitable (later selling for £65M).In his life before IT, he sold drugs, gold, diamonds and learned much as a purveyor of beautiful knickers and chickens. Dominic now helps others as a business coach and works with his clients and their teams in the “Management Lab” he has built on his farm near Salisbury. Dominic hosts a weekly podcast, The Melting Pot, and shares nuggets of value on his subjectively not-crap newsletter. Including the weekly blog where he curates the best articles on all things Scaling Up. A regular public speaker, Dominic gives many talks on creating growth and building great places to work. His aim is to share with his growing audience of business leaders the things that work today and give as many unfair advantages as possible.