Presenting Finance with Alexandra Bond Burnett Alexandra Bond Burnett

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The time has come to say goodbye to Presenting Finance, after a fantastic two years the show was voted No.8 in the Top 15 Presentation Podcasts on the Internet!  and a great place to say goodbye as we start the next new exciting podcast: Ambition to Impact 



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Is there anything funny about finance? Robin Kiziak, Finance manager of Hotel Chocolat joins the show this week to share his experience of embracing his natural humour in a corporate world. 



Discussed in the show:


What does humour add to the finance function?
How does storytelling increase connection to data? 
How to bring your natural self to the table and still be professional 



Links:

Website - Nothing Funny About Finance - www.nfaf.co.uk

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinkiziak/

Twitter - @Humour4Finance

Today Alex speaks with Carl Reader who as a public speaker, three-time author, accountant, and regular commentator in the news as a lot to share about influence, finance and how he has found his own way of making an impact on the world. 



In the interview we discuss: 


 How he won the postcode lottery and was gifted a grammar school education, but "pissed it away". 
How after getting his first job in accountancy he HATED is, realised due his ADHD was an asset and carved out his own carved out my own career by going out and meeting with clients.
That technical wizardry isn't going to help your finance career, but the human touch and the conversations and the translation will
How he finished his latest book BOSS IT just as the pandemic was starting, and the principles he shares for startups quickly became a bestselling guide for existing businesses needing to change quickly



Find Carl Here: 

@https://twitter.com/CarlReader

@ https://www.instagram.com/carlreader/

Read Boss it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boss-Control-Your-Time-Income/dp/1789666414

This week I'm going to share with you my method to help you start off strong when you speak. 

One of the biggest issues that affects professional confidence, in meetings, presentations or just on a call... is that the energy is all wrong when starting. If you don't start the right way you end up losing energy, engagement and it's really difficult to recover. Starting out strongly (not loudly, not fast or slow, strongly) will set you up for success, alleviate mind blank and solve a great many problems for you when communicating. 



In this episode, I cover my POW method; to get you to PAUSE. OWN. WELCOME. 

Using this you will feel, calm, in control and ready to win the conversation.

In the episode I mention my taster coaching session, which you can get more details on here: Coaching Taster 

Presenting Gary Turner, co-founder and MD of Xero joins me on the show, sharing his story of how far he's come, the start of Xero (a team of three with £50k TO) to the market leader it is today. I ask Gary about the values of Xero, and that they really mean to him and how they create that in side their culture. 

Show notes to follow. 

www.xero.com 
Sponsored by Speaking Ambition www.speakingambition.com
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Today I’m presenting Kirsty McGregor chairman of the corporate finance network and accountant in residence for Capitalise. During 2020 Kirsty led a campaign called #leavenobusinessbehind championing accountants to be the guiding hand for SMEs during the pandemic. Kirsty shares with me what she saw in the accounting space; resilient conversations clients, being the SME therapist and how well accountants have been equipped to manage these high stakes conversations themselves and their teams.