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

We have all been part of teams that have been successful, and some that have simply not worked. Why is it that some teams achieve great things, yet others show such promise and end in failure? It has been said that no one achieves anything of great significance purely on their own, so it is clear that teams are essential to success. During this show we are going to really explore how to achieve high performance within a team, with someone who knows first hand. Kathy Tracey has experienced significant team success in her sporting endeavours, representing New Zealand in the national Kayak team and then claiming both a world record and world first by rowing across the Atlantic in a women's 4's crew. She is also a business owner and an expert in organizational management and leadership development. If you want to hear more about developing successful teams and the impact that Kathy, enduring 12 days of continuous sea sickness, had on the crew, then do join the show.

Have you ever struggled to take the next step in a task because you felt that you were out of your safety (comfort) zone? Having the personal courage to take action can be very challenging when you fear the unknown. However, sometimes we don’t put our next steps into perspective. Nigel Vardy’s story can help. Nigel is a mountaineer, motivational speaker and author. One who suffered severe frostbite whilst climbing on Mt McKinley in Alaska, which led to the full amputation of the toes on both of his feet and the majority of his fingers. “My niece says I have feet like a teddy bear,” he laughed. Today, he defies logic and is still climbing even achieving a British first climbing the highest peaks on the world’s seven largest islands despite his injuries and a fear for heights. Join us to find out more about Nigel's story and his views on courage and overcoming the fear barrier and the many lessons he has learned during his inspirational career.

We have all seen them…., those people out there that seem to just let challenges brush off them, make decisions with certainty and most of the time seem to be the right ones, … the ones who seem really “nice” people yet have an inner strength at their core that you just know drives everything they do, and how they do it. PURPOSE ! ……. The title says it all. When most people assume that it is money, power and things that they hunt, the truth can be found when we bother to first truly understand ourselves. In 2010, I attended the ‘Professional Speaking Association’ annual conference which show cased some of the top International speakers in the industry. There were some wonderful speeches, however, one person from my perspective brought the house down. That person was - speaker, author, BBC broadcaster, adventurer, father, husband, David Hyner. Join us and find out more about this essential success component and how to discover and live your purpose.

Sometimes we might feel that we have to be everything to everyone. However, our real power often lies in being true to ourselves, being more authentic and more unique. On this show, Ayd Instone, a successful author, branding consultant, musician and widely acclaimed speaker will be sharing his take on the importance of ‘Uniqueness’. We'll hear how leveraging his own uniqueness was the key to his own considerable success and how you can apply the same strategies. As a person he appears quietly spoken and intelligent, on stage he combines his unique talents and appearance interweaving powerful messages, and songs, about creativity and branding. If you're interested in seeing how drawing upon more of your experience, talents and life journey can lead to greater success, join us on this show.

Goal setting can be a life changing practice. My guests for this show are Brian Mayne an inspirational speaker, author, teacher, and creator of the world-leading achievement system ‘Goal Mapping’. From a nomadic fairground childhood with little education and then bankruptcy Brian transformed his life when he discovered goal setting. He is now helping to transform the lives of millions of people with his goal setting systems. In the words of Tony Robbins: “Brian is one of the best at helping people create a world-class blueprint for their life, not just goals but sustainable success. His Mapping Systems are a blast and really effective.” We will also be joined by Carroll Macey an acclaimed people development coach, consultant and facilitator. Carroll will share how goal setting transformed her life after significant childhood trauma and how it is helping many of her clients. If you want to learn how to set empowering goals that transform your results, then do join us for this live show.

My guest on this second show is John E. Regan - a professional Actor, Director, Keynote speaker, Musician, Film maker, Screen acting coach and author. Brought up in bombed out London during the second world war, John went from rags to success by following his passions and learning how to visualize his desired outcomes. With John’s expertise and life journey examples, we will explore the importance and techniques of vision and visualization in achieving greater results in life and business.

Welcome to Be More. Achieve More - Inspiration for the Entrepreneurial Mind. My guest on this first show is the incredible Mette Bloch - speaker, TV presenter, author, comic and twice World Champion single skulls rowing gold medal winner. We will briefly introduce this new show and then focus our attention on chatting with Mette to understand how we can develop our thinking to achieve greater success in our ventures.