Women In Business Radio Show

We had a varied show today starting off with GDPR - basically, what you must now do if you are handling information about other people. GDPR may not be sexy, it may not be fun, you may not want to do it, but if you're going to do business in the UK, then you have to comply. Thanks to Nick Bird, CRM expert for sharing how you can do that.In the second half of the show, Toccara Steele joined us from the USA and wowed us with her energy, inspiration, how she founded a women’s leadership group and of course How To Stop Saying You Can’t.Along the way she gave us some new ideas for holding events (which we are going to be copying!) and just a whole load of motivation to get out there and get going with your own business.[Show information: Host Sian Murphy, Co-hosts Laura Lawrence and Kelly Culver. Connect for more from the show at https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com and Twitter: @wibradiolive]

Are you dealing with Cancer? Perhaps you care for a cancer patient, manage staff or are still running your business after a diagnosis of cancer?There are so many highs and lows that come into play as well as legal rights and obligations. Not to mention the psychological and physical effects of being told you have cancer and dealing with the treatment.What are the practicalities of dealing with Chemo-Brain?What should you tell work colleagues or clients?If you're an employer, how can you manage changing performance in your staff?We packed so much into this show and all practical advice grounded in reality because founder Barbara Wilson is herself a Breast Cancer survivor and her business grew out of the realisation there was almost nothing out there to help those returning to work, running their business or dealing with staff tackling the issue of cancer.Listen in and connect with Barbara and her organisation for support, training and resources. If you are an individual with a low income, Barbara's Social E

Judging by the response we've had since this show aired, we managed to pack a load of useful information into this show and that's all thanks to Shawn McBride, TEDx Women speaker, author, Attorney at Law and top Business Consultant. We start by exploring why women can make good business partners, then move through into the top business blunders. Shawn compiled his top ten business blunders as a result of the problems brought to him as an attorney and so it's sound advice about how you can set your business up properly from the start and avoid problems down the line. If you're thinking of starting your business, or setting up in partnership this could be the best 45 minutes you could spend listening to how some simple precautions up front can help you to create the lifestyle you want from the business you create.

This week we had Sue Quigley chatting about journaling and how it can make an impact on your business and emotional well-being. It’s not all Perry books from Paper Chase!When you journal, you can get your thoughts onto paper and empty your head of all the thoughts accumulated throughout the day. This can leave many feeling overwhelmed.Entrepreneurs are busy people and it’s near impossible for us to remember everything throughout the day, Sue tells us why journaling works and how you can start now.

Today we were joined by co-founder of Avviso Media - Lucy Hall - and we were chatting about social media and anxiety in business. Anxiety is something that effects many of us even though we may not talk about it. Symptoms include; self sabotage, extreme worry, not replying to potential customers as well as physical symptoms like racing heart, sickness and memory lapses. Tune in to hear Sian, Laura, Kelly & Lucy discussing their personal experiences as well as giving actionable tips on how to manage anxiety in business.Visit https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com for articles, guest posts and resources.

Well I think we covered nearly all of it in today’s show with Grace Graham. Grace is a certified business coach (and there aren’t many of those around) who works with women and specialises in helping people identify and tackle imposter syndrome.If you’re wondering what that is, well it turns out that nearly all of us have experienced it at some point in our career. We talk about how to recognise it, what to do about it, what not to do about it and how to help someone you know who may have it.Along the way we take in her social media tip, book of the week, top tip to grow your business, and Grace’s top tip for being in business. And of course we ask her what she knows now that she wishes she had known when she started out. Which is a big enough mouthful to actually ask - let along answer!A really fun show with an absolute live wire who’s worked in the US as well as the UK and is an inspiration to anyone not feeling entirely brilliant about themselves - but who should be!Connect with the show at https://thew

Today we were joined by Rochester & Strood Member Of Parliament - Kelly Tolhurst in the studio and what a fascinating insight it was!Kelly owns her a marine painting business as well as being an MP, so today’s show was rather diverse in topic. On the show, Kelly shared valuable insight into what life as an MP is like as well as sharing tips on how to juggle multiple things, resilience and how she cares for herself with such a busy lifestyle.We also dip into overcoming fear and how what scares us, can also help us grow.

I think we managed to pack a lot into this show - a rather unusual book recommendation from our guest Natasha Boardman-Steer, founder of Creatabot. Some social media tips and ideas on productivity in the first part of the show and focusing on getting into flow and mindfulness.We also hear from Natasha about her transition from a crafter selling her creations, to being a creative consultant working with local government and corporate businesses to bring creativity into the workplace and facilitate well-being.A good fun show we think! Catch up with the show, more episodes and ideas at https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com

We were joined in the studio by two new women in business start-ups. Kimberly Smith who started her salon equipment sales and beauty company off the back of her previous business and award-winning Young Entrepreneur, Kelly Culver, who set up her own social media consultancy after finishing her apprenticeship.We pick their brains for what went well, what didn't, their advice on social media and the all-important task getting those first clients in through the door.There are more articles, ideas and connections at https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com - plus free shoutouts for your events!

For Linda Garcia, a Business Consultant who specialises in productivity, her life has changed drastically, and for the better, since she was diagnosed with breast cancer.At the time of her diagnosis and treatment she was employed, and after her experience made the decision to leave her job and set up on her own as a consultant.We hear her story, what happened, what worked, what didn't, what she learned along the way and of course we got her to share the secret sauce she uses with her clients to turn their productivity on its head and get some real results.Along the way we have a book recommendation, social media and business growth tips.

There really is life during and after breast cancer. In fact, life can go in unexpected and unimagined directions. Listen in to hear 3 women in business guests tell their stories, explain where they are now, how their businesses have started and developed.Our guests on the show today were Mary Huckle, Personal Trainer; Davina Steel, founder of Gluten free bread producers Mannavida and Joanna Butler owner of Tutordoctors in Berkshire. We also explore some tips and ideas for dealing with the side effects, both physical and mental, whilst juggling your business life.This is the first of a series of programmes and initiatives to help women who are dealing with Breast Cancer to connect, start and grow their business.If you would like to take part in the future, there is more information on this page as well as a short form you can use to register to take part.https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com/business-after-breast-cancer/

For Jude Adams, being diagnosed with ME proved to be a turning point in her career as a singer-songwriter, taking her to brilliant and greater projects; launching her album with a cohort of musicians and going on to win funding and awards.Plus, she did all of this after she started singing for the first time when she was 50 years of age.An inspirational story for any of us of that age who may be wondering if 50 is too late to be starting something big and new - it definitely isn't!Plus, we have her PR Consultant Penelope James in the studio sharing how PR can contribute to your success.As it's the beginning of October we also have our start of the month Spiritual Business Insights for October at around 10 minutes into the show.If you head over to the website, there are also additional resources from this particular episode, such as a transcript of the Press Release and details of the tools of the week from the show.Visit us at https://thewomeninbusinessradioshow.com

There's nothing quite like getting insider tips on Twitter from the head of Twitter in Europe. Thanks to Bruce Daisley for sharing his insights on the platform and how it should be used for business. If you're not already using Twitter, tune in to find out how to get started and get traction in your business.However, the real cream off the top of the milk that comes out of this show is Bruce's ideas, resources and insights about how we can work less and produce more. He recommends a couple of books to get take us a little further and of course, we can tune into his podcasts as he interviews the key thought leaders in the field of happiness and work culture. So often as business owners we focus on the busy busy busy activity of inputs and outputs, which can convince us we’re achieving stuff, whilst the real measure of success lies in true outcomes. Giving ourselves permission to take breaks is key to successful business and a happy life, but sometimes it just isn't that easy to switch off. If you would like

In today's show, we welcomed Desislava Dobreva, an international branding specialist and founder of BaddAss Brand Squad (http://www.badassbrandsquad.com/). And she's just a bit different to the norm!If you're thinking you've heard everything there is to possibly hear about branding, this show may well have a couple of little surprises for you.As I'm sure you can imagine, as a business radio show, we spend a lot of time talking about branding with our guests, but Desdobrava came up with some ideas we'd not come across.If you've been into branding for a while or taken a really deep branding dive, then, of course, there are going to be concepts covered that you've run into before. What we enjoyed was the different slant, the different way of thinking and approaching branding you, or branding your business.Branding is probably the simplest and most complicated topic for your business - and yes, we know that doesn't make sense - what Desdobrava gave us was a different way of looking at it; simple questions you c

Oh boy, this was one hell of a show! You may notice it's a bit shorter than usual (that's because of our host, Sian Murphy, had terrible trouble with the knobs. Add onto that a call in from the USA and phone issues - you get the picture. But we've cut all of that out so all you get to listen to is when we finally get Belladonna Riso live into the studio.Belladona is one of the most fascinating guests we've had on the show. A Real Estate Agent managing a branch and a cohort of staff, she decided to step back to where she started out - as a sales rep. Of course, she also has her own business and to top it all off she's a witch.Listen in to hear about the power and process of making radical business decisions, using your intuition in life and business and we also touch on how to manage the perceptions of corporate clients when you also do something a bit woo-woo on the side - as in fact so many of us do!Finally, we mention the art of Iching and bringing that to business. We really do only touch on that, bu

Have you ever had big ideas? Perhaps you thought your big dreams were just that - dreams. Pie in the sky? For someone else but not you. Tune in to hear Liu Batchelor of LVB Creative with some tactics for how anyone can turn their big ideas into action and reality.A lively show with our usual top and tail elements of Tool, Book and Social Media Tip of the week.

It's just impossible to nail down a particular thread for this show beyond it being social media tips, ideas, how to use it for business, how to grow your business and on and on.Our guest is Lucy Hall, founder of Social Day (a nationwide event happening at venues all over the UK) and more recently Kickstart media, a new event aimed at women in business to fill the gap in their digital knowledge, revealed by a recent UK Government poll.We hear a little of Lucy's story, how she grew her business, some tactics for quick branding and of course the usual social media tips which just fly out of Lucy from all angles.Enjoy and take action!

Listen in to find out how Gemma Sharpe shifted from her corporate career in HR, battled breast cancer and turned what she learned about building her own confidence into a business programme helping other women to do the same.Gemma started her business Lordene Learning to help women and developed her own 5 Pillars of Resilience and Wellbeing which she shared with us live on air.And what is RAW ?"Feeling good and functioning well, with the strength to deal with difficult situations, cope with challenges and adapt to change"This is one of our favourite interviews - Gemma is a real pro, a qualified coach and clearly knows her corporate stuff as well - but there was no jargon, no cliched hackneyed old coaching terms. She turned her troubles with cancer into a truly inspirational journey of one woman launching her business to turn her life around, and the life of those she works with.We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed having Gemma in the studio with us.

Our guest this week is Sarah Jane Lucas also known as Bird, from Bird On A Bike. Author, radio show host, personal coach, international speaker and head of a multi-million-pound business. Find out where she started, where she is now and how she created the journey. As an advocate for the power of women, she helps us with practical techniques, easily applied, to help us generate the physical and mental energy needed to step into that journey right now.

If you've ever wanted to hear what a group of women marketers sound like ad-libbing marketing tips and ideas, now is your chance. We should have had a Google Analytics expert in the studio with us but he wasn't very well (no man-flu jokes) and so we just did out thing off the cuff.We enjoyed it, we didn't take it too seriously and we hope we shared some useful marketing information and ideas from the cliff face.