On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 19th Oct 23, my guests were business exit coach Christine Nicholson and marketing expert Becky Holland of BH&P, who joined me to talk about their work, and to discuss a range of business news stories.
The theme for my two music choices was songs my wife had introduced me to! First was New Order with “Blue Monday” - hear the 7-minute version at https://youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk?si=VyK0hMyICnolpsYB.
Becky then spoke about BH&P, her marketing agency, which recently secured B Corp certification – see https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification/. The P is for Partners, and she talked about what they do, who they do it for, and when she chooses to bring in those partners for added expertise.
Connect with her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaholland/ and the BH&P website is at https://www.bhandp.com/.
For the first time on The Business Show, Christine then talked about her business, which is named after her and which helps business prepare for exit, be that planned or unexpected (as a result of one of the four D’s!).
Connect with her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-nicholson/ and her website is at www.christinenicholson.co.uk.
Her music choice was “Starman” by David Bowie because it was the first song that ever stopped her in her tracks! Hear it at https://youtu.be/tRcPA7Fzebw?si=O7mCIF76_Nvrqq_1.
Christine also chose https://www.farmersguide.co.uk/business/succession-planning-simple-steps-to-protect-your-farm/ for us to discuss – for her as much an issue of food security as succession planning.
Becky’s story for us to discuss is at https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/rishi-sunak-defends-climate-policy-u-turn-despite-criticism - businesses need certainty!
We then played Becky’s choice of music – “Go your own way” by Fleetwood Mac. She chose it just because she likes the idea of being able to go your own way. Hear it at https://youtu.be/ozl3L9fhKtE?si=UrlMk79PVQu69wVT .
We moved on to my story, as at https://hbr.org/2023/08/mastering-the-art-of-the-request?ab=HP-topics-text-23 – how should leaders best make requests to get things done?
The last song was the second introduced to me by my wife – The Cure with “Let’s go to bed” – hear it at https://youtu.be/j6vVP91C3Iw?si=Ue7Txq4CLuZoFy6G .
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