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In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we hear the second part of our conversation with Lowell Sheppard, author of Dare to Dream. We talk about his DARE program to achieve high stake dreams. About Lowell Sheppard Lowell Sheppard is a seasoned adventurer, author, YouTuber and most recently the host for a new TV series on History Channel called Dare to Dream (to be released in spring 2024). He is also the founder of the Never Too Late Academy, which seeks to “help people everywhere acquire the courage and the tools to realize high stake dreams.” He currently lives in Japan on his boat. About Dare To Dream Based on Lowell’s own experience, this book provides important insights on to how to redesign your life, awaken dormant dreams, create audacious goals, and take high-stake risks to achieve them. It examines the anatomy of a dream and shares a four-step (DARE) program to realize high-stake dreams. Lowell has learned from both success and failure, but most of all, he has learned the benefits of pure grit

In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Lowell Sheppard to talk about his latest book, Dare To Dream: Develop the courage and tools to realize high stake dreams, and his adventurous life. About Lowell Sheppard Lowell Sheppard is a seasoned adventurer, author, YouTuber and most recently the host for a new TV series on History Channel called Dare to Dream (to be released in spring 2024). He is also the founder of the Never Too Late Academy, which seeks to “help people everywhere acquire the courage and the tools to realize high stake dreams.” He currently lives in Japan on his boat. About Dare To Dream Based on Lowell’s own experience, this book provides important insights on to how to redesign your life, awaken dormant dreams, create audacious goals, and take high-stake risks to achieve them. It examines the anatomy of a dream and shares a four-step (DARE) program to realize high-stake dreams. Lowell has learned from both success and failure, but most of all, he has learned the benefits o

In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Jennifer Sundberg and Pippa Begg to talk about their book Collective Intelligence: How to Build a Business That's Smarter You About Jennifer Sundberg and Pippa Begg Jennifer and Pippa are co-CEOs of Board Intelligence, a leading provider of business reporting software. To date, they have supported more than 3,000 organizations and 40,000 leaders to unleash board performance and collective intelligence.   About Collective Intelligence In Collective Intelligence, the authors show how the world’s most enduringly successful businesses aren’t reliant on a super-star CEO or executive team. They empower everyone – from the boardroom to the shop floor – to think hard and act fast by systematically building three capabilities: critical thinking, great communication, and a shared focus on what matters most.

For this episode of LID Radio Podcast, we’re joined by Lukas Michel and Herb Nold to talk about their book The Transition of Organizations: Managing for Growth at Each Stage of the Organization’s Life Cycle.   About Lukas Michel & Herb Nold Lukas Michel is the founder of Management Insights, with over 30 years' senior executive experience, supporting executives worldwide with agile management. He is the author of six management books.  Dr Herb Nold is a professor of business administration at Polk College, Florida. He holds a doctorate of management in organizational leadership).   About The Transition of Organizations The book explores various common patterns of management styles and then offers transition strategies to help managers succeed in the digital economy. The authors guide leaders to prepare for these transitions by laying the foundations or infrastructure needed to prevent a crisis that inhibits further growth. They also provide leaders with a greater understanding of the growth framework, w

On this episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Matthew Butler-Adam and Yusuf Ameer to talk about their book Cracking Corporate: Building a career that you can be proud of. About Matt & Yusuf Matt is a Regional Managing Director at Duke Corporate Education in the UK, and was previously a Mergers and acquisitions manager at Deloitte and a consultant at Bain & Company. Yusuf Ameer is an Associate Director in Mergers and Acquisitions at Deloitte Australia, previously ran a consulting business of his own and was the head of strategy and business development at Caltex North West.    About Cracking Corporate Cracking Corporate offers valuable lessons in choosing career options and tackling the different challenges at each stage in your career. The authors provide insightful advice on thinking about your purpose in life, planning your education becoming an expert in a particular field, developing your network of contacts, handling difficult people and situations, and using good ethical principles.

On this episode of LID Radio Podcast, we have EQ practitioner Nicole Soames with us. We talk about her latest book, The Emotional Intelligence Book.   About Nicole Soames Nicole Soames is a highly qualified coach and emotional intelligence practitioner. She is the founder of Diadem, a leading commercial skills training and coaching company. Nicole is also the bestselling author of The Negotiation Book, The Influence Book, The Presenting Book and The Coaching Book, all part of the Concise Advice Series from LID Publishing.   About The Emotional Intelligence Book In The Emotional Intelligence Book, Nicole shows you how to develop your self-awareness, social skills, self-management and ambition in order to cope with and succeed in your work and personal life.

For this episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Mark Powell to talk about his new book The Fifth Phase: An insight-driven approach to business transformation.   About Mark Powell Mark Powell is a Partner at Ernst & Young, a world-leading consultancy firm. He specializes in the application of data and analytics to drive business transformation. He is the author of three other business books and is based in the UK.   About The Fifth Phase In his new book, Mark analyses the new, Fifth Phase of business transformation, which will build the refineries that turn data into useful products.

In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Sally-Anne Airey to talk about her first book Mindful Command: The Way of the Evolving Leader About Sally-Anne Airey Sally-Anne Airey is the founder of Skilful Leaders where she coaches leaders and their teams to become who they really want to be and to do the work they really want to do. Earlier, in her 23-year career in the Royal Navy she was at the forefront of leadership practice and development. She left as a commander, and the Navy’s first serving mother. About Mindful Command In Mindful Command, Sally-Anne delivers the lessons she learnt in her impressive career in a clear and accessible way. Introducing her Mindful Command framework, she simplifies the journey for others treading the path to developing real leadership skills. 

For this episode if LID Radio, we're joined by Max Landsberg to talk about his latest book The Power of the Dao: Seven Essential Habits for Living in Flow, Fulfilment and Resilience. Max Landsberg is a bestselling author whose previous books have sold over 1 million copies and been published in 15 languages). He is a former partner at McKinsey & Company; Senior Partner at headhunters Heidrick & Struggles and Korn Ferry. Most currently, he was a Director at McKinsey & Company and is based in London.   In The Power of the Dao, Max shows the reader how to live in a sate of flow all of the time, based on the enduring, ancient wisdom of Daoist principles and practice.

In this episode of LID Radio, we’ve got Chris Budd with us to talk about his new book The Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellbeing. He also shares what role money plays in our happiness and how to create a financial wellbeing plan. Chris Budd is the founder of the Institute for Financial Wellbeing and is the Chairman of Ovation Finance. He is the author of The Financial Wellbeing Book (part of LID’s Concise Advice series). The Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellbeing presents an understanding of our finances that is defined not in terms of wealth or status, but by your happiness. Through a four-cornerstone approach, it provides practical advice on how to create a financial wellbeing plan that will help you focus away from simply accumulating wealth, and instead focus on enjoying your life.

In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Per Wimmer to speak about his autobiography The Sky is No Limit, his work in investment management, his record-breaking adventures and the upcoming space trip. About Per Wimmer Per Wimmer is a global financier who founded investment management companies Wimmer Financial and Wimmer Family Office. Outside of work, he is an astronaut, adventurer and philanthropist.     About The Sky is No Limit Per’s life story is far from ordinary and very much driven by the desire to push boundaries. This first volume of his autobiography, The Sky is No Limit, covers Per’s formative years, his growing fascination for adventure, travel and space, and the growth of his career in international finance, culminating in the founding of Wimmer Financial. Check out The Sky is No Limit: https://www.lidpublishing.com/books/the-sky-is-no-limit/

In today's episode of LID Radio Podcast, we're joined by Marco Buschman, author of The Connection Quotient. Marco Buschman is a leadership expert, inspirational speaker and master certified coach. He specializes in facilitating and supporting organizations in creating high-performance cultures. In his book, Marco demonstrates how the Connection Quotient enables an honest, courageous and humane interconnection to form, while still focusing on financial outcomes and results, developing these relations to improve the business networks they serve. The CQ enables us to illuminate our human qualities and use these to connect with others, discuss differences, expand insight and encourage the development of new ideas. The CQ will introduce a new workplace culture where organizations and teams can approach the personal and professional through a more transparent and inclusive style. Ultimately, the CQ makes it possible to play “hard on the ball, and soft on the individual”. Episode Questions: 00:57 - Why did you d

In this episode of LID Radio, we're joined by Michael Farmer to talk about his new book, Madison Avenue Makeover, the transformation of the global digital agency Huge and the transformation of the ad agency business.  Prior to founding Farmer & Company in 1992, Michael Farmer was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and a Director of Bain & Company. He headed Bain’s Munich, Paris and London offices during Bain’s decade of European expansion in the 1980s. He is the author of Madison Avenue Manslaughter (LID). His new book, Madison Avenue Makeover, tells the riveting story of Huge and its journey through its transformation effort. It also provides a unique insight into how one company changed in order to survive, and at the same time, redefined the advertising agency business.

In this very special episode of LID Radio, we're joined by Nicholas Janni, the author of Leader As Healer - the Business Book of the Year 2023.  Nicholas won the prestigious award at this year's Business Book Awards. The book also won its title category - Leadership Book of the Year. This episode is hosted by Sally Dunsmore. Sally is the co-founder and director of FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival and consultant to HM Government of Gibraltar on Gibraltar International Literary Festival. She also co-founded the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film and Music. 

LID Radio with the LID team In the last episode of our special series celebrating LID's 30th anniversary, we hear from LID's Communications Manager, Teya Ucherdzhieva. She shares what role an author plays in their book campaign, what makes up a successful campaign and what emerging trends in book marketing authors should be aware of. Teya holds a first-class degree in journalism from Coventry University. She has strong skills in digital marketing, social media and content creation. At LID, Teya implements effective PR and digital marketing campaigns to engage the audience of each book and raise the profile of LID authors. She also hosts LID’s podcast LID Radio, in which she converses with LID’s authors on a range of topics from the world of business. Teya is fluent in English and Bulgarian.

LID Radio with the LID team In this episode of our series celebrating LID's 30th Anniversary, we're joined by LID's Associate Publisher, Alec Egan. Alec shares what makes a successful book project, what kind of author fits best into LID and more fascinating insights. Alec scans the book publishing horizon for cutting-edge thinking with a potential to appeal to a broader audience. A strong team player with a keen eye for commercial opportunities, he is instrumental in bringing new authors into the LID family. Alec understands authors’ needs and the market; he knows how to create the right type of chemistry in a project to produce maximum impact in business outcome and reputation building. Alec is fluent in English, Russian and French.

In this episode of LID Radio, we're joined by Anthony 'Tas' Tasgal to talk about his lates book, The Insight Book, whether there is an effortless shift from data to ‘ta-da!’, some of the most common misconceptions about insight and much more. Anthony Tasgal spent 15 years as an ad agency planner before setting up POV, a strategic brand consultancy. He is a Training Director for the CIM and a Visiting Lecturer at Buckingham, Nottingham Trent and Beijing Normal Universities. He is author of The Insight Book, The Storytelling Book, The Storytelling Workbook, Incitations, and The Inspiratorium (all published by LID). He lives in the UK. About The Insight Book: This book is an entertaining, instructive and accessible guide to understanding and deploying insight to see things differently and find creativity from all sources and in all places. Insight has become an important way to gain a deeper understanding of how your customers think and feel about your products and services. The book explains what insight is,

LID Radio with the LID team In this episode of our series celebrating LID's 30th Anniversary, we're in the company of LID's Editorial Manager, Clare Christian. Clare shares with us what makes up a good book manuscript, what the editorial process at LID is and what are some future trends publisher and authors should be aware of. Clare is a highly experienced publisher and editor with a deep understanding of the publishing industry. She has worked for some of the UK’s leading publishing houses, delivers lectures on new business models, and is a past winner of The Young Publisher of the Year Award. At LID she works closely with authors to develop great proposals into brilliant manuscripts and then turn those manuscripts into exceptional books.

In today's episode of LID Radio, we're joined by Kevin Duncan and Sarah Duncan to talk about their new book, The Sustainable Business Book, and how any company can improve its sustainability credentials. Kevin Duncan is a business adviser, marketing expert, and bestselling author. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is the author of The Diagrams Book, The Ideas Book, The Excellence Book, The Smart Thinking Book, The Business Bullshit Book, The Intelligent Work Book, The Bullshit-Free Book and The Sustainable Business Book (all published by LID). Sarah Duncan is a sustainable business development and ethical marketing consultant. She has been in business for over 30 years and set up her own consultancy, Sleeping Lion, in 2005. She now helps businesses navigate their way through the world of business ethics and sustainability with advice, support and bespoke workshops. She is the author of The Ethical Business Book (LID). About The Sustainable Business Book: The authors adopt a

In today's episode of LID Radio, we're speaking with Magnus Lindkvist about his latest book, The Reset Book, and how can we cope with a crisis. Magnus Lindkvist is an internationally renowned futurist and consultant. He is the author of The Future Book, When the Future Begins and Minifesto (both published by LID). He is based in Sweden. About The Reset Book We cannot avoid crises in our lives, businesses and societies. But we can learn how to reset and bounce back from a crisis. And not the same place, but to something bigger, better or, at least, different. The clues about how this can be accomplished lay hidden in case studies, psychological research, corporate storytelling, personal anecdotes and historical documents. Magnus Lindkvist is the interdisciplinary detective in search of these clues, and in doing that, he provides insights, tools and solace for any person or organization seeking to reset and bounce back.