The Business Elevation Show With Chris Cooper - Be More. Achieve More

How do you build a loyal tribe around your business who are connected and inspired by you, your ideas and each other? This week’s guest, Adam Strong, is a corporate productivity authority, entrepreneur, athlete, coach, speaker and trainer. He has been featured on the BBC, The Guardian, People Management, HR Grapevine and Global Woman magazines, and runs his own very successful podcast ‘The Game Changers’. Adam creates and implements bespoke productivity enhancement programmes for businesses that want to see increased profitability, more engaged employees and a healthier workforce. A former elite athlete for 3 years he was the training partner to the most successful British track athlete - Mo Farah. In this show, Adam will share his wealth of knowledge on how to build a highly engaged tribe around your business!

What must you change in these uncertain times to change your future? Do you have a methodology to enable you do it? Jessica Richards C.hyp MNCH (Acc) was fascinating in our first interview in 2020 so I invited her back to share her acclaimed methodology for personal transformation in more depth. Jessica has been a Clinical Hypnotherapist since 1985 and specialises in Personal Transformation and Corporate Leadership Development using her unique and highly effective ‘Changing the Groundhog Day’ process, which identifies and resolves self-limiting beliefs and is life changing. A highly experienced entrepreneur she was voted by the Academy for Chief Executives as one of the top three speakers of the decade due to her ability to help their executives resolve issues and gain creative insights into their purpose, direction and meaning in life. Join us as we take a deeper dive into Jessica’s wisdom and help you to change your future for the better!

Are you wise to how gender equality and diversity will enhance your business interests and create a better world? Jennifer Justice is an entertainment and live-experience executive known for building artists’ careers and businesses by marrying art with commerce. Whilst at Roc Nation, she was Jay-Z’s personal entertainment attorney for 17 years as well as Beyonce’s for a year. In 2019, JJ founded The Justice Dept. – a management, strategy and legal firm working with female (and woke male) entrepreneurs, executives, talent, brands and creatives to build exceptional value. Passionate about championing gender equality & diversity in the workplace she was named by In-Style as one of the 50 Badass Women Changing the World in 2020, and on Billboard’s Women in Power list three times. JJ has featured on the TODAY Show and regularly contributes on NBC News. Join us as we discuss why and how attitudes to women and diversity must be changed for a better world.

After a year that has seen many of us change the way we work, it has never been so valuable to elevate your skills in effective online networking and presentations! But trying to do so through a computer screen can feel overwhelming for some and down right uncomfortable for others. Where can we step up and how far can we take it?! For the last 20 years, Will Kintish has shown thousands in the business, professional and financial communities how to become more effective and confident networkers. Since Covid arrived he now shares his deep knowledge of networking and as a highly acclaimed speaker presentations by explaining how you can become as proficient online as you can face-to-face. With an unforeseen change to the planned schedule this week, I am delighted that Will has stepped in with perfect timing to discuss the key insights to becoming highly effective at online networking as well as mastering virtual presentation!

You would probably agree that as a human being you belong to the most intelligent and dominant species on our planet. Yet as a consequence of our behaviour massive global problems of our own making exist. To solve them we need more than intelligence - we need ‘WISDOM’. Judy Robinett is one of the wisest souls I know and the perfect guest to explore this subject with. Judy has helped entrepreneurs find needed capital connecting them with venture capitalists, angel investors, family offices, and other funding sources and guided them through the dealmaking and due diligence process for over 30 years. A wise business thought leader Judy has been profiled in The Street, Vogue, CBS, NBC, Forbes, The Washington Post & Bloomberg Businessweek. She is the author of “How to Be a Power Connector:The 5-50-150 Rule” and “Crack the Funding Code’’. If you want to become a part of the solution then join us to discover how to go beyond intelligence by building and accessing your wisdom.

On this celebration show, Chris Cooper will reflect and share insights from over 400 Business Elevation interviews to date. This will be with the help of special guest host, Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks the President and CEO of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC. Dr Karen has more than 30 years of experience as a trusted advisor and partners with her clients to select and retain the best people, create high performance teams, and develop cultures that get rapid innovative results. She is the 2021 recipient of the RHR International Excellence in Consultation Award. Chris has 30 years of multi-functional business experience. He elevates business success as an advisor, coach, facilitator, and consultant developing leaders, teams and building highly engaged workforces. He is the founder of Chris Cooper Business Elevation, The Business Elevation Show and The Elevation Collective is an exclusive network for business change makers. Join us for this exciting milestone show!

How do you grow your business and maintain the energy needed to keep moving forward even when the going is tough? Roger Masterson is a serial entrepreneur with a big reputation for helping business owners to think differently. A disruptive thinker, he is the founder of Celtic Castles, the award-winning online castle-booking company, based in Yorkshire, England. Known affectionately as the ‘Castle Man’, there is nobody in the world who knows more about staying in castles than Roger! In October 2020, I booked a small castle recommended by Roger for a very special birthday for my wife. As we watched a TV show called ‘Grand Designs’ in the medieval castle lounge, my youngest son said, ‘Dad who was that man you booked this from?’ As if by magic, Roger appeared on our TV screen – ‘It was him!’ Join us as we explore the importance of growth and how maintaining gratitude is one of the keys to success with the ‘Castle Man’.

Are you the face of your own business or expected to be an ambassador for the organization you work or your profession in your work? If so, how you come across to others can make the difference between success or failure. I first met Alex Owen-Hill in Edinburgh whilst attending my first Robbie Burns night (a famous annual Scottish tradition). Alex was master of ceremonies and although he describes himself as an introvert he completely lit up the room. I decided there was something special about Alex and discovered that he is an expert at helping business owners and tech professionals to develop a confident, engaging, and unique voice for their business, without losing their authenticity. Join us as we explore how you can elevate your impact with your own unique voice with my guest multi-talented voice teacher, content marketer, clown and musician Alex Owen-Hill.

Living through such turbulent times it is easy to appreciate why business professionals could find themselves in situations of disagreement. The risk though is that it is often easy to view conflict as an energy drain and the natural reaction is often to avoid it and store up potentially complicated legal issues for the future. Glenn F. Meier brings significant experience as a trial attorney, litigator and dispute resolver into helping people discover agreements out of disagreement. As a business lawyer and advisor he helps company leaders plan legal strategies that account for the needs and goals of all stakeholders and has many years of experience handling transactions, disputes, and business law issues. During this discussion we will discuss how to reach agreement on a definition of conflict that supports engagement. Join us as we explore how to discover agreement in disagreeable times. Concepts that could help you in situations where disagreement is present in your life.

Who is acquiring vast ownership in financial markets today and why is this causing a major shift in global economic power and competition? Recently I had the privilege to talk to Winston Ma about his extensive experience whilst gaining a sense of how sovereign funds are literally reshaping investment in the digital economy. Winston is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. From my experience a highly accomplished and engaging thought leader with the talent to simply explain a complex world. Someone who us unusual in having worked as an investment professional and practicing capital market attorney in both the US and China. A highly prolific author we will explore his latest book “The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds Are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy”. Join us to add to your understanding of what is truly going on in the world of business, economics, high finance, and global tech competition today.

What is personal and business purpose, why are they so important and how do you discover your own? During this show my guest Steve Morris and I will discuss these important elements which can provide the fuel for enormous personal and business success. As both Steve and I have individually helped hundreds of business people to define their purposes we will both share our insights. Steve is a highly successful brand and culture advisor, multiple author, and speaker. His latest book The Beautiful Business launches in the Spring. Living his purpose has also led to great success as an artist with his paintings shown in galleries across the US. Chris helps leaders elevate their businesses by developing leaders, teams and highly engaged organizations. He also realises his purpose with almost 10 years as host of the Business Elevation show one of the most listened to shows on the Voice America Network. If clarity of purpose alludes you or your teams join us!

With monumental shifts in what we see as ‘normal life’ how do you elevate your thinking and thrive in 2021? In 2004, working scientist and professional physicist Tom Campbell predicted that if the planet suffers much more damage then mother nature would get even! As business and the world faces huge challenges Tom’s extensive wisdom and trilogy ‘My Big TOE (My Big picture Theory Of Everything)’ are providing highly acclaimed insight and solutions. Tom spent 10 years as a senior analyst in military technical intelligence, 20 years developing US missile defense systems, and was an expert consultant generating complex risk analysis for NASA. In parallel, he spent over 45 years as a consciousness researcher exploring the properties, boundaries and abilities of consciousness. During this 3rd interview with Tom we will discuss how to settle your anxiety, elevate and expand your thinking and make a bigger positive impact in 2021 – do listen in.

Are you wanting to make a difference in today’s vast sea of confusion? Do you want to live a life of meaning, with greater resilience, and with joy? Dr Ginny Whitelaw, a Zen Master and founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership, sharing with you how you can master the principles of resonance to live your most significant life. A biophysicist by training, she combines a rich scientific background with senior leadership experience at NASA, and more than 25 years developing global leaders. At NASA, Dr. Whitelaw led the integration of the International Space Station Program and was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal. Join us as we discuss her new book Resonate: Zen and the Way of Making a Difference (my current favourite read) for anyone wishing to make a difference in this new unsettled world order.

According to Daniel Wood there are 25 ways to raise capital for your business projects or financial investments. So what are they and when is it sensible to borrow funds? Daniel started out as a property investor, investing from his home country in Sweden into the United Kingdom. Over time he and his wife Gisela were able to build a property portfolio that allowed them to leave their jobs. Since they have gone on to found the Swedish Wealth Institute and Momentum Property Education where they support investors and entrepreneurs by introducing them to some of the top experts in the industry. Daniel has personally raised over 20 Million GBP for Property Investments and helped facilitate property deals on three continents. If you are considering raising funds, or interested in learning more about risk listen to this interview with someone I have known for a number of years and trust to give exceptional guidance.

How do you access your own Everyday Peace to empower you, to not only feel calm and whole during today’s unsettled times, but also to create the life you’ve always dreamed of? My guest Dr. Dravon James is the founder of Everyday Peace. An author & motivational speaker, Dravon’s goal is to educate, empower & inspire others to build the life of their dreams no matter what shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise. Her journey began in poverty on the South Side of Chicago through to becoming a successful pharmacist, a motivational speaker, the author of Freedom is Your Birthright and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire”. Join us as we discuss how to access the foundational cornerstone of building the life you have dreamed whilst also dealing effectively with today’s turmoil and chaos.

We are living in a momentous period of history with great divides in ideology, high anxiety and isolation as our homes, families, networks, and livelihoods are disrupted by the global pandemic. There is a need for positive leadership to end prejudice, rebuild economics and personal and planetary wellbeing, creating unification and utilising technology and wisdom to resolve the many issues we face. Rarely in most of our lifetimes has there been a greater need for positive high integrity leadership. Join us as I talk to Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks the President and CEO of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC. and host of the podcast, The Voice of Leadership and TV show Dr. Karen Speaks Leadership. Author of Lead Yourself First. With more than 30 years of experience as a trusted advisor, former Army officer and psychologist Karen and I will explore the call for positive leadership and how we can all play our part in rebuilding a better future.

During this interview we will discuss why you must design your marketing like a bucket and how to turn high quality leads generated into high quality business. Barnaby Wynter has spent his whole career dedicated to making sense of how marketing impacts your business. He founded The Brand Bucket Company in 2010 to extend his impact on corporates to start-ups. Having owned a Top 200 integrated London advertising agency for 10 years, Barnaby led a team to develop a foundation system for marketing your business. Over 7 years, The Brand Bucket Programme was refined as it was applied to over 570 brands worldwide. Today, Barnaby provides the expertise from 30 years of experience, to enable businesses to become a go to brand in their market. Join us as we learn how to best market your business to generate quality leads and turn them into quality business.

Are you facing or fearing unexpected career change and disruption during these unprecedented times? Or are people asking you for your advice and you want more resources to help them? Join Maggie Craddock and I as we discuss the key questions and the mindset needed to effectively navigate sudden waves of financial stress, management shakes ups and downsizing. Maggie is President and CEO of Workplace Relationships and is a veteran executive coach known for her work with Fortune 500 CEOs and senior management. She has been featured on CNBC, ABC News, and National Public Radio, and has written a wide range of nationally syndicated articles on emotional agility in the workplace and her methodology has been discussed in publications ranging from the Harvard Business Review to Oprah Magazine. For anyone feeling that they might be heading towards an impending iceberg then this interview is designed to help you (with our compliments).

Having a team in the background to help you with time consuming tasks can make the difference between business success and failure. With more and more people now working from home, it has perhaps never been a better time to work with or even become a virtual assistant! This week’s guest Michele Ibbs originally trained as a nurse before moving into a very successful career in medical sales. In 2000 Michele joined her husband in his business in the steel industry and over the following seven years they took the business from a £360k a year business to a group of businesses turning over £1.6M, unfortunately after seven years the couple split. Armed with the knowledge of sales and setting up businesses, Michele decided to create ‘I'm Your P.A. Ltd’ a virtual assistant business which now manages workloads for 180 businesses. Join us as we discuss how to find or be the ideal VA and how to work with VA’s to gain the most value from the relationship.

How do you be the best leader you can be, and then get better? In a world where the pace of change only gets quicker, there are some valuable lessons to be learned from past experiences. During this week’s interview, guest host John Jennings will be discussing with Ron Lynch some of the lessons he has learned, from his vast experience of building and growing businesses, as well as helping others to do the same. Ron Lynch has a wealth of experience, built from 40 years of working across a broad range of businesses and sectors, from establishing his own successful marketing consultancy, through to senior roles in the public and private sectors, as well as being a trustee for several charities. Here in the East Midlands area of the UK, Ron is best known for his role as a Regional Director for one of the UK largest business groups, the Institute of Directors. Join us to hear Ron’s thoughts and advice based on his vast experience and knowledge.