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Donna O'Toole is the Founder of August Recognition, a business dedicated to helping other businesses to win awards as part of their marketing strategy. Donna and her team advise on the strategic timing of award entries, leveraging past successes, and aligning award participation with business goals.

Donna also talks about her own challenges as a business leader, including navigating uncertainty, adapting to change, and providing clarity to her team.

I’ve entered and won awards in the past but Donna has explained how much more there is to creating a compelling entry. I particularly loved her award personas and the fact that mindset and different perspectives are also a key component to being successful.

I’ve worked with Donna and her team over several years and seen her grow her business substantially. Their dedication to helping their clients demonstrate credibility and achievements is exemplary. Donna’s ability to balance business ambition with empathy ensures she gets the best from and for her team, enabling them to do the same for their clients.

How well are you balancing results, with empathy and relationships?

You can find out more about Donna O’Toole and August Awards at https://www.augustawards.com

Topics covered:

· Strategic approach to entering awards (00:01:18)

· Understanding the judge's perspective (00:05:10)

· Different personas in award entries (00:07:16)

· Maximizing the value of winning awards (00:10:21)

· Overcoming mindset barriers (00:15:22)

· Strategic Approach to Awards (00:20:05)

· Uncertainty and Clarity (00:21:29)

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· Buy the book Leading through uncertainty

· Take the Team Performance Scorecard and discover the 12 hidden dynamics of your team’s performance

· Sign up to our Leadership Hints and Tips

· Connect with Jude Jennison on Linked In

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Eman Al-Hillawi is the CEO of Entec Si, a business change management cuonsultancy. Eman discusses the challenges her business faced during the pandemic, including the financial strain and the emotional impact of redundancies.

She reflects on the importance of relationships and the need to balance business growth with nurturing the team. The conversation also covers the shift to hybrid working and the significance of trust and flexibility in the workplace.

Eman is such an inspiration and I love the parallels between managing uncertainties as a pilot and in business and the importance of preparation, risk assessment, and adaptability.

Having worked with Eman over a number of years, I know how hard it has been for her to navigate the challenges of recovering from the pandemic. Her resilience and honesty are inspiring. So many businesses have had some tough challenges since 2020 with recovery from the pandemic, as well as navigating new innovation and new ways of working , and yet so often people have struggled alone.

How are you faring in the post-pandemic era and what do you need now to support you to move forward?

You can find out more about Eman Al-Hillawi and her business at www.entecsi.com

Topics covered:

· Recovery and dealing with uncertainty (00:03:43)

· Balancing business growth and nurturing the team (00:14:46)

· Navigating uncertainties in a hybrid working environment (00:19:44)

· Managing uncertainties as a pilot (00:25:21)

· Adapting to Pressure (00:29:00)

Other free resources:

· Buy the book Leading through uncertainty

· Take the Team Performance Scorecard and discover the 12 hidden dynamics of your team’s performance

· Sign up to our Leadership Hints and Tips

· Connect with Jude Jennison on Linked In

www.judejennison.com

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Chad Foster is a keynote speaker who became blind at the age of 21 due to an eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa. Chad had a dream as he was growing up to be in the medical field but had to change this due to his eyesight and ended up going to Harvard Business School and became the first executive to graduate from their leadership programme.

I feel grateful for having had the chance to interview Chad. He is genuinely a wonderful human being who has this incredible sense of purpose and meaning as a result of going blind at the age of 21.

I love how the tough love that Chad learned from his father is in Chad’s words today. He speaks with such clarity and his words felt like an arrow to the heart, not in a cheesy way but his straight-talking truths hit me hard at moments and make me want to be more ambitious and a better person.

In Chad’s words: “The stories we tell ourselves about our circumstances either limit us or propel us towards our goals.”

You can find out more about Chad on his website www.chadefoster.com and his book Blind Ambition at www.blindambitionbook.com

Topics covered:

· Coping with blindness (00:03:24)

· Overcoming self-pity (00:07:22)

· Gratitude and happiness (00:14:56)

· Developing resilience (00:16:41)

· Key achievements and career journey (00:18:32)

· Overcoming barriers and turning disadvantages into advantages (00:24:12)

· Embracing discomfort and personal growth (00:31:22)

· Owning a Guide dog (00:34:17)

Other free resources:

· Buy the book Leading through uncertainty

· Take the Team Performance Scorecard and discover the 12 hidden dynamics of your team’s performance

· Sign up to our Leadership Hints and Tips

· Connect with Jude Jennison on Linked In

www.judejennison.com