Big Balance Theory - Dick Johns, award-winning writer, actor and corporate leadership management facilitator for some of the world’s leading brands on helping people to have better conversations

Dick Johns, award-winning writer, actor and corporate leadership management facilitator for some of the world’s leading brands on helping people to have better conversations

04/01/24 • 48 min

As an actor, Dick Bradnum worked for 30 years across TV, film and radio, appearing in The Office, High Hopes and My Hero. Under his own name Dick Johns, he has written and performed three successful solo shows at Chapter, Cardiff: Dick Johns - What Midlife Crisis? (2016), Let’s Talk About Death, Baby (2018) and in 2022 a documentary record of The Great Pandemic Sofa Show. Alongside this Dick works in the corporate sector having written, designed and facilitated leadership programmes for clients including Network Rail, Sony Games, Astra Zeneca, the NHS, LinkedIn, Marks and Spencer and hundreds more.

His work contributions have led to many awards being won for his diverse clients and his focus is helping people to have better conversations. He talks optimistically about the next generation and how engaged they are in being inclusive in their conversations, especially around neuro-divergency, and how much more empathy they have.

Dick is definitely more aware of the world around him since the pandemic era and wishes we all had more time for play in the workplace.

He selects his 3 words for a balanced life and explains why he choose them – Sunshine, Poetry and Glamour - and he reveals how a gold tie is sometimes his secret weapon!

Sarah:

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Guest: Dick Johns (2) dick johns | LinkedIn

website Dickjohns.co.uk

Producer, Karen Pirie

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Dick is definitely more aware of the world around him since the pandemic era and wishes we all had more time for play in the workplace.

He selects his 3 words for a balanced life and explains why he choose them – Sunshine, Poetry and Glamour - and he reveals how a gold tie is sometimes his secret weapon!

Sarah:

Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory

Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/

Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory [email protected]

Guest: Dick Johns (2) dick johns | LinkedIn

website Dickjohns.co.uk

Producer, Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie

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Nicky Applegarth, MD of award-winning global digital marketing agency, Ayima, mountain climber, wife and (nearly) fully trained dog trainer

In this episode my conversation is with Nicky Applegarth, MD of award winning digital marketing agency, Ayima. This agency serves many of the world’s biggest brands with a global team of just over 100. Nicky started her digital career back in 1999 in a small website design and build agency at a time when mobile phones were simply used to make phone calls and send text messages. In 2013 she took a five-month career and life break exploring South America on her own. The experience gave her a new sense of balance but it was shortlived and she was soon on ‘that treadmill’. Lockdown forced her to revisit balance and she shares how.

Nicky gives us her three words for happiness, success and balance:

FIT and

KINDNESS

and our conversation explores the challenges of recruiting a younger generation and how expectations have changed for this generation

Recommended read: Every Dog, A book of over 450 breeds – Nancy Hajeski

Recommended film: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Recommended podcast: Drinking from the Toilet – Hannah Branigan

Sarah:

Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory

Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/

Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory

[email protected]

Guest: Nicky Applegarth

(14) Nicky Applegarth | LinkedIn

Nicky Applegarth (@nickyapplegarth) • Instagram photos and videos

Producer, Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie

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undefined - In conversation with Dr Lizzy Bernthal, Former Lt.Col in the Army and now award-winning confidence and leadership coach, keynote speaker and author

In conversation with Dr Lizzy Bernthal, Former Lt.Col in the Army and now award-winning confidence and leadership coach, keynote speaker and author

In this episode, No. 28, my conversation is with Dr Lizzy Bernthal. Having served 25 years as a healthcare specialist in the Army, rising through the ranks to Lt Col and completing an MEd and PHD in resilience, Lizzy’s own business mission is to help others by removing toxicity in the workplace through resilient leadership.

Her many insights include:

What is resilience in the boardroom?

Why we should bounce forward not back

How confidence, trust and resilience are interlinked

The importance of #practisingwhatyoupreach

How a toxic environment can lead to a lack of self worth if not dealt with

The importance of failing to our development and growth

Lizzy gives us her 3 words for happiness, success and balance:

GARDENING

SPACE

SPARKLE

Lizzy wraps up with what we should do more and less of to get a happier, balanced life