This is Focus, Purpose & Leadership by Robert Bean. I decided to create this podcast because in my 40 year career in the advertising, communications and brand strategy worlds, I've come to learn about the fundamental importance of clarity and purpose. Or in my terms, the value of having a 'single organising principle, a principle that a business would live or die by that is single minded and focused and helpful in consistent decision making. In this series I'll be chatting to leaders who have put this into practice whilst developing their own successful businesses.
In this episode I talk to Kevin Reeves, an ex special forces soldier who’s served all over the world. Abandoned by his parents and hiding for a life o...
In this episode I talk to Mark Chadwick, CEO and founder of EcoAct, a major European Climate Change consultancy. As you will hear, he’s optimistic abo...
In this episode I talk to Robin Rowland OBE, the previous CEO of YO! Sushi for 19 years and non-exec director of Marston’s PLC, Cafe Nero & Eathos in ...
In this episode I talk to Clare Blampied OBE, managing director of the family owned pasta sauces business Scala UK. She started aged 26 and has grown ...
In this episode I talk to Eric Partaker, Eric Partaker, Co-Founder and CEO of the Chilango Mexican restaurants chain. We met at their original site in...
"Being able to keep employees motivated, provide skills progression, career progression and to be able to retain the skill set in order to continue to...
“Being real people who sounded more like a customer than a producer was quite important... and it helps when it was genuine. We were just that… people...
“The food and service in conjunction with the artwork on the walls... the crockery and the music… having that all come together to create the sense of...