Hi, I’m Adrienne McLean from The Speakers Practice. It is great to have you join us for our podcast Think Bigger, Grow and Succeed. We are interviewing professionals on the topic of seeing the bigger picture and discuss how individuals at work or in business can do this so they grow and ultimately succeed at their goals.

This interview is designed to be motivational and uplifting , we’re discussing skills and approaches to get you to the next level.

This is Series 3 of Think bigger, grow and succeed sponsored by The Speakers Practice and is a Program to support business owners, executives and professional individuals wanting to develop their career or business. Our theme this series is about “Moving forward and achieving aspirations”

Today, joining me is Karen Chaston, The Chaston Centre.

Karen has an outstanding career in the corporate, financial sector as a Chief financial Officer of a publically listed company and has been a CPA for more than 25 years.

Today Karen at The Chaston Centre helps with tangible solutions that assists individuals to move beyond any kind of loss and create their better everyday life.

And because there are over 40 different loss events that affect all of our lives, The Chaston Centre has developed the People Profits Connection, that provides tangible solutions for your company to value your people as your greatest assest and in turn:

• make the best possible product,

• offer the best possible customer experience and

• build the strongest possible company.

Questions

1. What are the pro’s and con’s of staying in your comfort zone?

2. What are your recommendations for thinking bigger about your goals and aspirations

3. What happens when one goes out of their comfort zone and test new approaches?

4. What is the best way to approach achieving a goals?

5. How important are personal & professional aspirations to business ?

6. How important is it to keep connected & building connections to move forward?

7. The vision and mission are essential - how do these drive businesses to grow?

8. Creating strategies is important for reaching goals, what are the steps to create a successful strategy?