EP3: Charlie Copsey - Fighting Talk, Elite Athletes & Taking a Leap of Faith
Charlie Copsey has 20 years experience in production working on BBC Radio 5 Live's 'Fighting Talk', since then, Charlie has started her own business - 'The Underground Fan Club' where she creates fan experiences like not other. She noticed that most talent would be awesome and charming off screen but when they were on screen they would almost go into autopilot which prompted Charlie to come up with a way to allow people to feel more comfortable and let fans see their true personalities.Charlie has gone through the mental turmoil of going out on her own and starting a business and is now smashing it and her lessons for anyone looking to take a leap of faith and just get going are essential ones.Enjoy!
Josh Brandon has over 20 years experience in talent management, working with musicians, actors, athletes and influencers. Josh has seen people go through every stage of stardom and understands better than most the difference between making it and missing out. Josh is also highly educated after studying at Oxford, MIT and Henley Business School. Josh has founded multiple start-ups and ventures along side his talent management career. He's had a birds eye view of multiple formats of high-performance and may just be the perfect person to bring life to the show title of human alchemy as he's seen people make that change more than most. Enjoy!
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EP1: Stuart Lancaster: Leadership, Failure & Desire to Get Better
Stuart Lancaster is a highly experienced professional rugby coach who has worked at all levels of the game. He has played professionally, coached at academy level, first team level and international level as well as coaching overseas in France and Ireland. I sat down with Stuart after he had just been released from Racing 92 and before he took his role at Connacht. Stuart spoke about the challenges of leading in a different language, dealing with players who have lost the desire to improve, the difference between international and club teams, delivering tough feedback and how to create a culture. Stuart is someone that is constantly trying to improve and while Stuarts field is rugby, he is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to leadership and coaching. So, if you're looking to build a team, sharpen your leadership skills or learn what it's like running a professional sports team, this episode is for you. Enjoy!
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EP14: Starting a Podcast - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
I had no idea at all what to expect when starting a podcast, what would be easy, what would be hard or what to expect. Before the podcast moves in a different direction, I thought it would be interesting to take you through the process of starting a podcast and what I learned throughout as well as some of the big mistakes I made and a couple of wins. It's a also a great time to introduce the plans moving forward and who I've brought on to help make the podcast better, so if you're interested, join me for a 20-minutes and find out all about it.
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EP13: Marcus Watson - Winning an Olympic Medal, Toughest Opponents & Career Reflections
In this episode I speak with an old teammate of mine, Marcus Watson. Marcus had a really diverse career that saw him compete at the Olympics, tour the world with England 7's and compete at the highest level of club rugby in both the U.K and Italy. What I think you'll learn most from Marcus is how to reflect on your experiences in a healthy way. One of the benefits of a conversation like this is that you get to see how people were really experiencing events in a way that would have been hard to observe at the time. For example, Marcus talks about how winning an Olympic medal left him feeling fairly apathetic despite his expectations. Enjoy!
Human Alchemy is a podcast focused on people who have trained themselves to go from ordinary to exceptional. Alchemy is the mystical practice of turning lead into gold and we speak to people who have managed the human equivalent. While there is a focus on performance, the podcast focuses on the moment or phase of change where someone starts to become something else and dives into how it was achieved. Every now and then there will be an episode focused purely on one topic which will be called a 'Ross Examination' (For those early listeners you'll be familiar with the name) where I'll try to focus in on the key performance drivers of said topic. Enjoy!
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