Podcasts Archive

  • Max#36: How I rowed the Atlantic – Richard Hume

    Max#36: How I rowed the Atlantic – Richard Hume

    As well as being  a triple ironman finisher, Richard Hume is also one a very select group of people to have completed the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race. This gruelling 3,000 mile event, which can take over 80 days to complete, challenges competitors in ways not comparible to most other endurance events. Dealing with the isolation, the monotony, [...]

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  • Max#35: Becoming a triple ironman – Richard Hume

    Max#35: Becoming a triple ironman – Richard Hume

    Being able to complete an ironman event is said to be one of the most extreme tests of mental and physical endurance on the planet. Competing continuously for over 12 hours; swimming 2 ½ miles, then cycling for 112 miles before completing a 26 mile marathon, will push anyone to their absolute limits. However, now try and [...]

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  • Max#34: The New Rules of Selling – Gavin Ingham

    Max#34: The New Rules of Selling – Gavin Ingham

    Welcome back to episode 34 of the Maximise Potential Podcast. No matter if you are responsible for a business or focusing on developing your career, the current environment is arguably the most competitive, uncertain and challenging that anyone has ever known. As a result we felt it was essential to invite an expert onto the podcast who [...]

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  • Max#33: Bonita Norris – how I set goals

    Max#33: Bonita Norris – how I set goals

    The lastest episode to be uploaded to the Maximise Potential Podcast is an incredibly inspiring interview with Bonita Norris, the youngest British woman ever to climb Mount Everest at the age of 22. Bonita is returning to the Maximise Potential Podcast to share with us the mental techniques, approaches and goal-setting strategies that she used [...]

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  • Max#32: Exclusive tips to maximise your career – Miriam Lee

    Max#32: Exclusive tips to maximise your career – Miriam Lee

    The Maximise Potential Podcast, brought to you in association with the Award-winning Recruitment Group Jenrick, is pleased to release its latest interview with Miriam Lee, Head of Business Development for Jenrick IT. Welcome to episode 32 of the Maximise Potential Podcast. As you are all well aware, the goal of Maximise Potential to to help you advance [...]

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  • Max#31: Andy North – Endurance Athlete

    Max#31: Andy North – Endurance Athlete

    The Maximise Potential Podcast, brought to you in association with the Award-winning Recruitment Group Jenrick, is pleased to release its latest interview with Andy North as he approaches the Sunshine Challenge 2011 – Yorkshire to Gibraltar. Welcome to episode 31 of the Maximise Potential Podcast. In our last episode with Bremont Watches, Nick English used an expression [...]

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  • Max#30: Nick English – Bremont Watches

    Max#30: Nick English – Bremont Watches

    The Maximise Potential Podcast, brought to you in association with the Award-winning Recruitment Group Jenrick, is pleased to release its latest interview with Nick English, co-Founder of Bremont Watches. Bremont Watches is rapidly becoming one of the premier luxury brands within the mechanical watch market, a fact that has been further confirmed when they recently won [...]

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  • Max#29: Neil McCarthy – Online Marketing Expert

    Max#29: Neil McCarthy – Online Marketing Expert

    Knowing how to maximise the return on your website and online brand is one of the most complex issues faced by managers in this increasingly complex part of the marketing mix. Neil McCarthy, Sales Director at Shopzilla, the largest shopping comparison website in the World, is widely regarded as one of the leading voices within the [...]

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  • Max#28: Dean Macey – International Decathlete

    Max#28: Dean Macey – International Decathlete

    Traditionally, the title of the “World’s Greatest Athlete” has been given to the man who wins the decathlon. Dean Macey, or the Dean Machine, as he was so frequently referred to, is one of the unique individuals to have achieved this accolade, doing so at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Dean would undoubtedly have finished his career with [...]

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  • Max#27: Jora Gill – global CTO

    Max#27: Jora Gill – global CTO

    Jora Gill has developed a reputation for being one of the very best CTO’s (Chief Technical Officers) on the globe. He is regularly featured in leading Management publications and is a frequent guest speaker and panelist at global conferences regarding innovative Management Techniques and the future of IT. He is seen as a pioneer who regularly [...]

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  • Max#26: Matthew Syed – author of BOUNCE

    Max#26: Matthew Syed – author of BOUNCE

    Matthew Syed has been an achiever all of his life. A triple Commonwealth Champion and two-time Olympian, Graduating with a first from Oxford, A writer for The Times since 1999 and to top it all off, he’s also a winner of Sports Journalist of the Year. His most recent accolade however, and the focus for our interview [...]

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  • Max#25: Tim Whitworth, Finance Director – Morgan Cars

    Max#25: Tim Whitworth, Finance Director – Morgan Cars

    Morgan Motor Company is Britain’s sole surviving car manufacturer, yet far from just surviving, the car company is currently experiencing one of its most successful ever commercial periods and is being increasingly seen as one of Britain’s global success stories. Following on from our interview with Head Designer, Matt Humphries, [...]

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  • Max#24: Introduction to NLP by Fiona Campbell

    Max#24: Introduction to NLP by Fiona Campbell

    In response to the amount of interest that our interviews have generated within the subject of NLP, we decided to interview one of the most prominent trainer’s and coaches within this field. Fiona Campbell is one of the UK’s most distinguished NLP Trainers, who specialises in NLP for Business Success. She is has over 20 years of [...]

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  • Max#23: Steve Morris, Morgan Motor Company Director of Operations

    Max#23: Steve Morris, Morgan Motor Company Director of Operations

    Morgan Motor Company is Britain’s sole surviving car manufacturer, yet far from just surviving, the car company is currently experiencing one of its most successful ever commercial periods and is being increasingly seen as one of Britain’s global success stories. Following on from our interview with Head Designer, Matt Humphries, featured on episode [...]

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  • Max#22: Sam Brown – World Taekwon-Do Champion

    Max#22: Sam Brown – World Taekwon-Do Champion

    Sam Brown is the current World Taekwon-Do Champion, achieving this incredible feat in the first ever World Championships to be held in the founding country of the martial art, Korea. In today’s interview with Maximise Potential, Sam shares the interesting journey he has taken over the last eight years in order for him to achieve [...]

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  • Max#21: Matt Humphries, Morgan Motor Company Head of Design

    Max#21: Matt Humphries, Morgan Motor Company Head of Design

    Morgan Motor Company is Britain’s sole surviving car manufacturer, yet far from just surviving, the car company is currently experiencing one of its most successful ever commercial periods and is being increasingly seen as one of Britain’s global success stories. I recently recorded this four part interview series at the Morgan factory in Malvern with key [...]

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  • Max#20: Maximising your Workforce Planning – Kos Lesses, Internal Recruitment Project Manager

    Max#20: Maximising your Workforce Planning – Kos Lesses, Internal Recruitment Project Manager

    Finding and then encouraging the best individuals to join your company is widely regarded as the key determinant for business success or failure. Kos Lesses, is a project manager with an extremely strong record of implementing ‘Talent Management’ and ‘Workforce Planning’ programmes within a string of major City organisations, such as JP Morgan. He is regularly [...]

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  • Max#19: David Weir – Great Britain’s most successful wheelchair racer

    Max#19: David Weir – Great Britain’s most successful wheelchair racer

    The latest episode to be uploaded to the Maximise Potential Podcast is an incredibly inspiring interview with David Weir, Great Britain’s Top Wheelchair Racer who has completely re-written the record books within the sport. This phenomenal racer has won four London Marathons, three of those consecutively. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, he won two golds, a [...]

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  • Max#18: Bonita Norris – How I became the Youngest British Woman to climb Mount Everest

    Max#18: Bonita Norris – How I became the Youngest British Woman to climb Mount Everest

    The lastest episode to be uploaded to the Maximise Potential Podcast is an incredibly inspiring interview with Bonita Norris, the youngest British women ever to climb Mount Everest at the age of 22, an incredible feat that took amazing courage and skill,  inspiring people all over the World to maximise their own potential and be [...]

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  • Max#17: Tony Dobbyn – “How I motivate a team to achieve amazing results”

    Max#17: Tony Dobbyn – “How I motivate a team to achieve amazing results”

    Today’s interview is with Tony Dobbyn, The Global Head of Service Operations for one of the largest Financial Corporations in the World. Tony has gained a worldwide reputation for being one of the most effective managers at maximising the productivity of teams, especially in relation to helping teams adjust after a merger or acquistion. Tony’s interview [...]

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  • Max#16: Elliott Cole – “my first full season in triathlon”

    Max#16: Elliott Cole – “my first full season in triathlon”

    Today’s interview is with Triathlete, Elliott Cole who is giving us his regular training and event diary update. In this interview Elliott discusses: How well he competed in the London Triathlon 2010 How important the Maximise Potential Podcast has been in keeping him motivated throughout the season How he motivates himself towards maximising his own [...]

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  • Max#15: Greg Searle – Olympic & World Champion Rower

    Max#15: Greg Searle – Olympic & World Champion Rower

    One of the key objectives of the Maximise Potential Podcast is to bring our audience real stories of success from real people, with the goal of inspiring others to take positive action in their lives in order to be motivated and successful. Today’s interview is no exception as I am extremely proud to welcome our first [...]

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  • MAX#14: How to develop Effective and Powerful Communication – Kay White, Communication Specialist and Trainer

    MAX#14: How to develop Effective and Powerful Communication – Kay White, Communication Specialist and Trainer

    Maximising the potential of your communication from Communication Specialist and Trainer, Kay White. Kay shares with us some superb tips and advice on how we can all improve the effectiveness of our communication in order to gain more from our career and life in general. In this interview with Kay, discover: How to construct your sentences to [...]

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  • Max#13: Pen Hadow – “how I maximise my potential”

    Max#13: Pen Hadow – “how I maximise my potential”

    In our final interview with record-breaking polar explorer Pen Hadow we discuss: How Pen’s life changed when he returned home after his record-breaking feat. What his achievements taught him with regards to the need for work/life balance. How ‘Maximising one’s Potential’ is all within the mind. The model Pen applies in his own life to continue challenging himself. As with [...]

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  • Max#12: Pen Hadow – “how I walked 440 miles to the North Pole and claimed my place in history”

    Max#12: Pen Hadow – “how I walked 440 miles to the North Pole and claimed my place in history”

    In this interview with record-breaking polar explorer Pen Hadow we discuss: Pen’s successful trek to the North Pole, solo and without re-supply, where he made history by becoming the first (and only) person to do so. How he had to dig deeper into his mental and physical resources than he had ever done so before How it felt [...]

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  • Max#11: Pen Hadow – “you can achieve any goal you set your mind to”

    Max#11: Pen Hadow – “you can achieve any goal you set your mind to”

    This is our second interview with record-breaking polar explorer Pen Hadow where he discusses: how his desire to constantly challenge himself, even as a child, had  - and still has  - a massive bearing on his life also how it made him accustomed [...]

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  • Max#10: Pen Hadow, Polar Explorer – ‘how I deal with failure’

    Max#10: Pen Hadow, Polar Explorer – ‘how I deal with failure’

    Pen Hadow became the first man in the world to walk unsupported and without re-supply to the North Pole in 2003 – a feat which many have tried to emulate and all have failed. To this day, it is his name alone that is in the record books for completing this incredible journey, which has [...]

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  • Max#9: Elliott Cole Triathlete – diary update

    Max#9: Elliott Cole Triathlete – diary update

    Today’s interview is with Triathlete, Elliott Cole who is giving us his regular training and event diary update. In this interview Elliott discusses how well he competed in his first two Olympic Distance Triathlons for the season, as well as highlighting some excellent (yet so simple) fitness tips for people to implement to take advantage [...]

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  • Max#8: Maximising a business in a saturated marketplace (Media Widsom interview part 2)

    Max#8: Maximising a business in a saturated marketplace (Media Widsom interview part 2)

    Today’s interview the second in our series with Award Winning Photographic Company, Media Wisdom, with today’s episode being with Abi Cockcroft, joint-founder and owner of the company. Abi talks specifically about how Media Widsom was launched, 9 years ago, into an already saturated and heavily competitive marketplace. She explains the approach they have used to build [...]

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  • Max#7: Giles Christopher, Founder of Media Wisdom Photography

    Max#7: Giles Christopher, Founder of Media Wisdom Photography

    Today’s interview is with Giles Christopher, founder and owner of Media Wisdom Photography. Giles talks about the highs and lows of his early career in the movie and film business before moving on to discuss his motivations for starting his own business. Giles is not only interesting, but is also an incredibly passionate and articulate person [...]

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  • Max#6: Steve Davies, Management Consultant (part 2 of 2)

    Max#6: Steve Davies, Management Consultant (part 2 of 2)

    Hello everyone and welcome back to episode 6 of the Maximise Potential Podcast and part 2 of our interview with global management consultant, Steve Davies. In the first interview Steve spoke at length about how he maximised his own career and the advice he would give to others wishing to maximise their own career and business [...]

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  • Max#5: Elliott Cole Triathlete – lake swimming and competition update

    Max#5: Elliott Cole Triathlete – lake swimming and competition update

    Today’s interview is with Triathlete, Elliott Cole. Today Elliott gives us an insight into the importance of Lake Swimming within his training regime, as well focusing in on why sleep is such an important part of your health. Elliott also answers questions regarding what running shoes he uses, what make and model of bike he rides [...]

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  • Max#4: Steve Davies, Management Consultant Interview (part 1 of 2)

    Max#4: Steve Davies, Management Consultant Interview (part 1 of 2)

    Today’s interview is with global managment consultant, Steve Davies, who is one of the most energic and creative strategic management consultants of recent times and has been instrumental in the development of global brands such as X-Box, Sony Ericsson phones, O2 and was also part of the initial team who invented Bluetooth Technology. Our aim of [...]

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  • Max#3: Maximise your Job Interviews (Part 2 of 2)

    Max#3: Maximise your Job Interviews (Part 2 of 2)

    Top 10 job interview hints and tips (Part 2 of 2); this podcast offers interview advice when job hunting, ensuring you have the best interview possible. The podcast features an interview with Jo Taylor, Jenrick Group Marketing Executive who, along with Philip Fanthom, Managing Director of Jenrick IT, recently vounteered their time at Kingston University’s ‘Bootcamp,’  [...]

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  • Max#2: Maximise your job interviews (part 1 of 2)

    Max#2: Maximise your job interviews (part 1 of 2)

    Top 10 job interview hints and tips; this podcast offers exclusive interview advice when job hunting, ensuring that you are able to prepare yourself in a manner to enable you to have the best interview possible. Job interviews are extremely stressful, especially if you have been in the same job for a number of years and [...]

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  • Max#1: Elliott Cole Triathlete – introduction

    Max#1: Elliott Cole Triathlete – introduction

    Interview #1 with aspiring triathlete, Elliott Cole. Elliott is aiming to qualify for the 2011 World Triathlon Championships - and we are following him, every step of the way!

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