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#69 Insights from building my growth team

This episode is helpful when you’re thinking about how you could start to build out your own team, bringing people on to help you scale and grow your business and social impact in whatever way that looks like for you.

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#62 Leading organisations to financial resilience with Fran Ferris-Ockwell

Since launching Ferris-Ockwell Consulting in February 2020, Fran and her team have helped dozens of organisations to respond successfully to the challenges of the pandemic, and to develop and implement ambitious but sustainable strategies which support their social and environmental goals.

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#58 Coach or mentor - how do you choose?

In this episode, I talk about what the difference is between a coach and mentor, who might be best to work with at different times in your business, as they help in different ways. I also share my journey to moving from being a mentor to becoming a qualified coach.

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#57 Taking a break, pregnancy and business building

Why sometimes we're called to take a break and stop doing all the things in our business.

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#42 You don't have to give away your profits as a social enterprise

I find there's a lot of confusion about what a social enterprise is, and isn't, and what you "have" to do as one.
So in this episode I tackling the myths and mis-understandings of what it means to be a social enterprise.

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#34 Pivoting in response to Covid-19 in 2020 with Jen Baughan

To end the year I wanted to share two inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who have exceeded their revenue goals, despite real challenges to their social enterprises in 2020, due to covid-19. In this second interview, I speak to my best friend and colleague, Jen Baughan, co-Founder and CEO of Solutions for the Planet (the social enterprise we set up together in 2013).

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#33 Exceeding 2020 revenue goal by 12% despite Covid-19 with Veena Isoaho

To end the year I wanted to share two inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who have exceeded their revenue goals, despite real challenges to their social enterprises in 2020, due to covid-19. In this first interview, I speak to Veena Isoaho who expanded her shade-grown coffee business, Coronmandel Coast by opening up a coffee shop - Filtr, in November 2019.

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#30 The power of small with Masami Sato

In this episode I speak to Masami Sato, Founder of Buy One Give One, about the 'power of small' - how small things we do regularly can create a huge difference compared to big things we do just once. We talk about how you can do this in your business too.

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#26 How to align your brand with purpose

In this episode, Becky Shand, a Brand Alignment Coach shares how to align your purpose to your brand as a social entrepreneur.

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