In this episode, Sam’s guest is Melissa Lund.
Melissa is an image coach, personal stylist and personal shopper working with companies and individuals worldwide. After training at London College of Fashion, she launched her own consultancy in 1992 offering individual and group sessions for men and women.
She works with clients on impact and impression management, style, colour analysis, wardrobe editing/management and shopping. Her mantra is always look good, feel good, perform well.
Melissa is also an experienced fashion show stylist and public speaker and believes that credible training is a pre-requisite to being a successful image coach which has led her to start an academy to address the gaps in the market.
Melissa has won two awards for her work - in 2023 she was voted Best Personal Stylist (Southeast) and in 2024 Best Personal Stylist (London) by SME Magazine.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Sheldon Daniels.

Sheldon Daniel is an Executive Coach and Strategic Reputation specialist with over 25 years of experience, including a role as the former Director of Corporate Responsibility at BP Group. He works with companies and individuals to enhance leadership and communication skills, focusing on visionary, adaptive and effective leadership in diverse environments. His innovative coaching methods incorporate role-play, pop culture, sports and mindfulness to facilitate client breakthroughs.

Sheldon has co-authored chapters on coaching and diversity in respected publications and brings a Caribbean flair, warmth and humor to his coaching sessions. He is dedicated to building extraordinary leaders and fostering enduring relationships across cultures and corporate landscapes.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Dr Travis Kemp.

Travis is a Consultant Organisational, Counselling, Exercise and Sport and Coaching Psychologist as well as Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at the University of South Australia.

He was a member of the original Faculty of the world’s first university-based Coaching Psychology program at the University of Sydney, co-author (with Tony Grant and Michael Cavanagh) of the world’s first evidence based coaching psychology text, a foundation committee member of the world’s first coaching psychology interest group within the Australian Psychological Society and a contributor to the world’s first set of Workplace Coaching Standards for Standards Australia.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Patrick McCann.

Patrick is the Director of Learning with Linklaters LLP, the 2023 recipient of Legal Cheek’s Award for Best Training in a Law Firm. Before that, Patrick worked in four other prestigious law firms having graduated in Law King’s College London. He is also Chair of the City of London Law Society Training Committee and co-founder of multi-award-winning City Century, a more-than-50-firm collaboration annually recruiting ca 150 solicitor apprentices into London. Patrick founded the Society’s Social Welfare Solicitor Qualification Fund for which he raised over £1m which will support over 100 early lawyers.

In this episode, Sam's guest is Steve Radcliffe. Steve is one of Europe’s top leadership experts and author of the bestselling book, Leadership Plain and Simple. In the last 20 years, he has provided leadership guidance to over 50 chief executives and heads of the Civil Service, GCHQ and the NHS. He is most well-known for his powerful leadership development approach, Future – Engage – Deliver, that The Times describes as “the no-nonsense approach shaking up the world of leadership”. It has been the approach used in his and his team’s work helping grow over half a million leaders at all levels of organisations in all sectors.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Dr Marcia Reynolds. Marcia is a pioneer in the coaching profession. She was the 5th global president of the International Coaching Federation and is recognized in the ICF Circle of Distinction for her contributions to coaching world-wide. She is dedicated to uplifting the human spirit with transformational conversations that change minds and lives. She has published 5 best-selling books that support her mission.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Dr Lois Frankel.

Lois is a New York Times Bestselling author, executive coach and a pioneer in the field of executive coaching. She is perhaps best known for writing the business bible for women, Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and other books in the “nice girls” series. She has travelled the globe helping organisations to thrive by enabling men and women to achieve their personal best through competent, compassionate and creative coaching.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Prof John Amaechi, a respected organisational psychologist and Leadership Transformation Expert at APS Intelligence Ltd, the consultancy he founded in 2006. Recognised as an influential thinker in HR, John is a Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School and a Fellow of the Institute of Science and Technology. He's the author of the New York Times and the Sunday Times bestselling leadership book, The Promises of Giants, John draws on his early life in Stockport, near Manchester (UK), his career as the first Briton to play professional basketball in the NBA and deep psychological insights, to challenge and inspire others.