Christina Talks Podcast Christina Robinson

Join host Christina as she interviews Martin Mason, a talent and diversity and inclusion specialist. Martin shares how he helps organisations improve their recruitment, talent, and D&I practices. They discuss the difference between diversity initiatives that are tokenistic versus intentional. Martin explains important but not yet mainstream concepts like social mobility and how organizations can remove unnecessary barriers to create more equity. He provides insights on how businesses can foster inclusive cultures through education, seeking diverse perspectives, and focusing on desired outputs. Martin talks about trends like neurodiversity and leveraging different talent pools. He also introduces his company's new tech platform, Talent Mapper, which helps businesses understand their existing workforce capabilities.

KEY TAKEAWAYS


Don't just do tokenistic activities for diversity - have the intent to create impact.
Social mobility is about removing unnecessary hurdles for people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Broaden recruitment outreach beyond top universities to increase diversity.
Discuss desired outputs first, then work backwards to build an inclusive recruitment process.
Seek perspectives from people different from you when making big decisions.
Emerging trends are neurodiversity and tapping into wider talent pools through social mobility.

BEST MOMENTS

"It's not in the mainstream because people don't realize that they need to take some responsibility to fix this."

"You've got to go to the right advisors."

"The smart businesses are the ones that are seeing it as a long term investment, because if you can outthink your competition and innovate, then your business is sustainable."

"Stay curious and educated. The more that you can keep your mind open and learn, the better it will be."

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Christina Talks Podcast

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ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

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Get ready for a fun and enlightening ride with nutrition guru Dale Pinnock. Dale talks about his decades of experience in the nutrition field, simplifying healthy eating into practical lifelong habits. You'll learn the science behind anti-inflammatory foods like turmeric and oily fish, how certain mushroom extracts can boost brain power, and why quality supplements are key. Dale gets real about the declining state of metabolic health today and how we can start fixing it through proper nutrition education and cooking skills. 

Tune in to soak up Dale's expansive wisdom and walk away with simple, doable steps to eating healthier and living your best life!

KEY TAKEAWAYS


Simplify healthy eating into practical, lifelong habits rather than short-term diets
Turmeric, ginger, and oily fish provide potent anti-inflammatory benefits
Certain mushroom extracts like lion's mane can enhance cognitive function
Quality is critical when choosing supplements for them to work effectively

BEST MOMENTS


"Quality is critical when choosing supplements for them to work effectively."
"Turmeric and oily fish provide a powerful one-two anti-inflammatory punch."
"You ask for what you want. Be discerning. Make the effort."
"Just write what you wanna write. Otherwise what is the point."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Medicinal Chef

Dale Pinnock website

Dale Nutrition YouTube

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Dale Pinnock, aka The Medicinal Chef, has been a nutrition expert for over 30 years. With 7 bestselling books and regular TV appearances under his belt, Dale has become a leading voice on simplified, practical health advice. His passion lies in creating lifelong healthy habits and dismantling fad diets. Dale's wisdom comes from hands-on client work, extensive research, and a genuine desire to help people live healthier lives. When he isn't writing or seeing clients, you can find Dale whipping up medicinal recipes packed with science-backed nutrition in his kitchen.

ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

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“The Shari Teigman” is a  performance coach and creative strategist who works with individuals to unleash their maverick in their life and business through being who they truly are. Shari joins Christina to discuss the vital importance of expressing your true self and why the journey to finding out and understanding who you are, who you have been and who you truly want to be is pivotal in creating your unique life and business and impacting on the world as a unique individual

KEY TAKEAWAYS


You can get lost in branding but you can also find in it yourself too, and when you ask, ‘Who am I?’ there is a silent inner revolution and the realisation that you can’t be anyone except yourself  
If you don’t reconcile internally who you truly are, you can experience imposter syndrome, and struggle to find where you fit in
There is justice and rebirth when you face who you think you are, who you’ve been and who you think you want to be  over and over again
There is the knowing and there is the habit, when we are expanding into learning how to think differently we are facing our primal habitual self
We learn in a state of openness and  do in a state of panic, go mode and excitement, we don’t use the same parts of ourselves
Leadership is connection and to connect you need to be vulnerable because you can’t build trust without it
No one else lives your life and knows how you feel so why would you ask everyone else’s opinion about what to do next
We can’t change anything until we have space and perspective, when you have space you can see the difference and  act differently
You go on a ride knowing you have your self-leadership, how to ground yourself, manage your state and who to lean on and how to read your own clues and that all that needed in your toolbox
You have to know what you are ready for, who you are and who you want to be before you look for a coach
The reason we have those ‘not them’ moments with the wrong mentors is because we are going to be saved by someone but you need to find out what you don’t need, you learn by doing and undoing

 

BEST MOMENTS

08:00 “Am I going to battle and have balls to survive or am I going to battle and have balls to drive”

11:49 “I’m so vulnerable and messy, I’m human, and I like the relevancy of knowing exactly what my clients feel like on a day-to-day basis”

17:53  “The environment you learn in is not the environment you do in”

35:12 “When we become more rich in our internal world and are intrinsically led all our interest in the world has a better pacing to it” 

38:33 “Your greatest growth points are in the buckets you avoid and are not willing to go to on your own”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Christina Talks Podcast

https://www.green-umbrella.biz/how-to-launch-anything-using-social-media/

ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

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Jennifer Roblin is an anxiety coach, who specifically works with teenagers and young adults.

After spending 30 years in the corporate world, Jennifer quit her job, realising her lifestyle wasn’t what she wanted for her and her family.  Jennifer joins Christina to talk about why she changed career and what drove her to work with young people. They also talk about what anxiety is, how it can manifest and how we can become aware of our own beliefs and behaviours and how this impacts others.

KEY TAKEAWAYS


One of the main things Jennifer enjoyed in her corporate role was big teams of people, she now realises she was coaching these people.
Anxiety is evolutionary, the sole purpose of anxiety is to keep us safe, it’s looking for danger all the time.
The amount of information we as individuals have to deal with on a day-to-day basis in the modern world is astounding, this can have a profound impact on our levels of anxiety.
Jennifer felt she could have the biggest impact coaching those under 25, changing their future but also having a positive impact on those around them including their parents. Jennifer also became more passionate about helping young people when her friends' son took his own life at just 19.
There are different types of anxiety, including generalised anxiety disorder which impacts children on an everyday basis.
Parents can imprint their own anxieties onto children, leaving a long-lasting impression on them. Children learn these behaviours at an early age and it becomes their identity and who they are.
There isn’t a one size fits all approach to coaching people through their anxiety, you have to figure out what motivates that person and what it is they want to achieve.
Many of the approaches that Jennifer uses are about individuals realising and recognising their behaviours and what they can do to take control and influence their lives.
Try and be more aware of the media you take in, for example with songs, ensure you listen to the lyrics. If we listen to negativity we take it on board.
Ask yourself how you are feeling and stop and truly think about what your answer is and the words you use.

BEST MOMENTS

04:15 “I realised there is such a job as coaching”

14:25 “Once you’ve proved to yourself you can do it, you can’t ‘unprove’ it”

17:20 “Children are so frustrated they’re venting their anger in the family home”

20:01 “We don’t realise how we are affecting the people around us”

49:20 “I just didn’t have the words to label my emotions”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Jennifer Roblin | Anxiety Specialist

www.betteryourlife.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

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In this episode, Christina is joined by a woman she relates to on many levels and whom she holds a lot of respect and admiration for, an ‘absolute powerhouse of a woman’ Dawn Willock. Dawn is a business owner who stands for truth and integrity in business. She talks to Christina about why this is important to her, how this translates into her business practices, and why peer support is essential to any entrepreneur or business owner. Dawn also talks about the importance of embracing change in business, why covid had some positive influences, her book writing process and even a story about DMing Russell Brand!

KEY TAKEAWAYS


Many are fearful of change, but it’s necessary and is often how we make a name for ourselves in business. You have to get out of your comfort zone to make progress.
Covid forced change, it pushed some businesses into the modern world. Those who had already implemented change effectively previously had an advantage over those who resisted it.
You have to be bold and take chances to become successful, if you don’t try things in the first place then you will certainly fail!
You must weigh up the balance between your work and personal life. It’s not worth doing everything 100% at work if your personal life is falling apart.
Dawn fell out of love with her business which then impacted her energy, drive and passion which in turn influenced the metrics and health of the business.
Your business challenges aren’t unique, you have to be honest and then seek support and help. Masterminds can be invaluable for this.
Book writing has been cathartic for Dawn and allowed her to feel joy in new and unique ways. She has written her book for her, if it sells well that’s a great bonus!

BEST MOMENTS

02:55 “Be brave, question things, fundamentally I stand for truth and that has been something that’s been a gift”

07:34 “Those who were going to survive, were willing to change or had already changed”

12:40 “From a business perspective, not everybody is on the breadline”

21:40 “That’s where the magic is, where you take 100% responsibility for yourself”

39:20 “Because I’ve given myself something with so much joy you don’t mind the graft of work in the things that you don’t necessarily want to have to do”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Christina Talks Podcast

https://www.green-umbrella.biz/how-to-launch-anything-using-social-media/

ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

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Website

Fellow podcaster Stephen O’Donnell has been in the world of recruitment for 36 years, including owning and running recruitment agencies before building a website and branching out into the technology side! He joins Christina to talk a little about his personal journey and why he has such a passion for utilising tech in recruitment. Stephen also talks about the role of AI as well as outlines the red flags to watch out for in tech!

KEY TAKEAWAYS


People often play down their expertise, especially in the UK. You need to recognise where your expertise lies and then share that with others.
Stephen was drawn to the tech side of recruitment out of pure curiosity and then discovered his unique talent for it.
Some tech can be utilised for almost instant results, but some take time to work, such as things that focus on marketing.
There is some promising AI in recruitment right now, including tech where the system is learning from both candidates' and recruiters' behaviour and experience and matches them accordingly
When you are looking at recruiting someone you don’t just look at who they are and what they can achieve today but what you expect to get from them in the future and technology is exactly the same.
Bear in mind which apps your customers will use, what you prefer to use or think is in favour might not be what your ideal client uses. You don’t want to spend time and money developing your product onto apps they will never use or convert on.

BEST MOMENTS

05:05 “I want to be known as someone who knows what they’re talking about within recruitment”

29:07 “There are some technologies I’d expect to make an immediate effect, there are some that are gonna take a while to pay dividends”

30:57 “It was one of those, this is gonna change everything moments”

41:49 “Just because something can be done, doesn’t mean it should be done”

51:16 “I’m never ever working on the launch of an app ever again”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Christina Talks Podcast

https://www.green-umbrella.biz/how-to-launch-anything-using-social-media/

ABOUT THE HOST

Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of

social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t

matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.

For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know

how to use them!

LinkedIn

Twitter

Website