Champions Uncovered - Ignite Greatness: Recent Episodes
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Be Inspired. Be Moved. Inspiring conversations and actionable insights from ordinary people who choose to become extraordinary. Championing an area in their life in business, sport and the community.Champions Uncovered is all about igniting greatness and fueling champions to move into action through personal leadership and development. Our podcast purpose is to cheer you on your journey to becoming the best version of you through motivational conversations and encourage you to take action.
Champions Uncovered Masterclass on the topic of Sports Ambassadors highlights ways a sport ambassador can enhance your brand, matching products that suit the athlete and how sponsoring up and coming athletes strengthens the sport in the long term.
Start conversations that get results with Chris Fenning
Leadership Coach, Carla Wasserfall speaks to award-winning author, speaker and trainer Chris Fenning in this Champions Uncovered Ignite Greatness podcast.
Chris Fenning makes it easier for us to communicate at work. He helps experts talk to non-experts, teams talk to executives, and much more. Chris's practical methods are used in organisations like Google and NATO, and have appeared in the Harvard Business Review.
Find out how Chris can help you at www.chrisfenning.com
Books available:
- Effective Emails: https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Emails-Straightforward-Communication-Business/dp/1838244069
- 39 Ways to Make Training Stick: https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Make-Training-Stick-Development/dp/1916818013
- The First Minute: https://www.amazon.com/First-Minute-Start-Conversations-Results/dp/183824400X
- The First Minute Workbook - A practical tutorial with self-assessment and activities to help you improve the clarity of your communication at work. Based on the multi-award-winning book, The First Minute (https://chrisfenning.com/get-the-first-minute-workbook-free/)
" Abandon your fears. Embrace the mountains." - Mountain Abandon
This episode focuses on navigating the paths of life and business. Meaningful movement is found in embracing the mountains.
Pierre is a champion in his field of ultra-running, a Drakensberg fanatic and a knowledgeable adventure guide.
As an experienced pilot and flight instructor, Pierre naturally has an understanding of navigation and is passionate about sharing his map skills, mountain survival mentality and love of nature with others.
This podcast is filled with wisdom as Pierre shares his experiences along the way.
Whether you are an athlete or a business athlete, you will benefit by listening to the insights shared.
Visit Mountain Abandon https://www.mountainabandon.com/ for coaching, events, consulting.
Instagram Follow "The Flying Runner" - Pierre Jordaan https://www.instagram.com/the.flying.runner/
An interview with Carla Wasserfall co-founder of Champions Uncovered and Patricia Stock who is the co-founder and CEO of MGI RAS (part of MGI Worldwide), fulfilled various senior and executive management roles such as Head of Transformation
Patricia is A strategic entrepreneurial accountant. Master’s degree in international accounting, CA and a Chartered Director (South Africa)
A vector certified performance and leadership coach, in line with her passion for helping organisations and people to grow responsibly in realising their potential in a sustainable manner.
A commitment to people and organisations transformation.
Her life’s philosophy is “Grow as I Grow”.
Topics covered in the podcast:
- DEFINING LEADERSHIP”
- LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
- LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
- FAITH IN ACTION
Be inspired to move by listening to this podcast.
As an entrepreneur, Sarah O'Brien Hammond is a community creator, life and career coach and recruiter. She creates safe and judgement free containers for women to gather and talk about the things that matter most.
In her coaching practice, Sarah works with high performing women who don't feel aligned (inspired, motivated, challenged, purposeful) with the work they are doing or life they are living. She supports women in designing their dream life/career, gaining the confidence to go after it and designing a roadmap to getting there.
Sarah is also passionate about ditching the hustle and grind mentality and achieving success differently. She lives in the Big Apple with her two teen daughters, husband and french bulldog, Champ!
In this podcast Mark Ewing shares insights about taking the next step when the path is unclear and provides starting point tips. Be moved and inspired by this podcast.
Do you wonder why people respond differently to the way you do?
We all have a unique way of doing things and what moves us.
Leadership and Organisational Coach Carla gives insights and explains the 9 different core motivations of people.
Gain more understanding of yourself and others, when you book one Gain Clarity & Understanding session with Champions Uncovered.
Bookings available to understand your strengths and overcome barriers within.
Content source: Co-Authors Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
Do you wonder why people respond differently to the way you do?
We all have a unique way of doing things and what moves us.
Leadership and Organisational Coach Carla gives insights and explains the 9 different core motivations of people.
Gain more understanding of yourself and others, when you book one Gain Clarity & Understanding session with Champions Uncovered.
Bookings available to understand your strengths and overcome barriers within.
Be inspired in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Birgitta Wasserfall interviews Dr Anke de Beer.
Anke shares about the challenges parents and children are facing in the Digital Age. This has become even more evident in the recent years where the direct effects of digital overexposure can be seen, firsthand in every household.
Guest Anke de Beer, PhD is the co-author of Digital Dilemma
This podcast is for everyone searching for insights on:
- Parenting in the digital age
- Technology
- Mental Health
Be inspired to live a life victorious by overcoming challenges in the digital age.
Be inspired in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Birgitta Wasserfall interviews Sarah Hill.
Sarah Hill is shares openly about her struggle with Mental Health, the measures she's put into place to manage the challenges and what dealing with Mental Health has taught her as a person.
This podcast is for everyone searching for insights on:
- Mental Health
- Identity
- Overcoming challenges
Be inspired to live a life victorious by overcoming adversity.
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Be inspired in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Birgitta Wasserfall interviews Kruger Van Wyk.
Kruger Van Wyk played first class cricket for New Zealand as a retired first class cricketer he is the Team Consultant to the South African National Academy and Women's National Team since 2018.
Kruger's life purpose is about giving-back, contributing and assisting others in reaching their dreams.
This podcast is for everyone searching for insights on:
- Balancing work and family life
- Self-growth
- Values
- Measuring your worth
Be inspired to move towards living an authentic life.
Thank you to Zinhle Twala for his voiceover, introducing the host and guest in this podcast.
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Be inspired to keep taking one step at a time and move your life to the next level in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Carla Wasserfall interviews Lee Den Hond.
Lee Den Hondhas climbed and summited the highest mountain in the world, an award winning business woman and entrepreneur, sought-after keynote speaker, extreme athlete and author of the book “what happens when you say yes!” and a difference maker.
In this podcast, Lee Den Hond shares:
- What it takes for you to climb your highest mountain
- Key lessons to reaching your goals and activating courage
- Inspiring you to make a decision today
Some of Lee’s most inspiring challenges that she has overcome
- In 2013, she became the third South African woman to climb the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest and reach the summit.
- Multiple full ironman events (3.8km ocean swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km marathon)
- Marathon des Sables (a run in the desert 257km of heat, terrain)
- Success in business: "South African Business Woman of the Year in the Entrepreneurial Category".
Lee continues to make a difference in the community with the Field of Dreams Foundation and lives with purpose impacting people’s lives and cheering others on by inspiring them to move.
Listen to the podcast here.
This podcast is for you, if you want to move in the direction of your highest dreams and goals!
You can contact Lee den Hond via her website https://leedenhond.com/
Champions Uncovered - igniting greatness within!
Be Inspired in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Carla Wasserfall interviews Carl Bates.
Carl Batesis a dynamic entrepreneur, thought leader, sought- after keynote speaker and strategic advisor for a variety of companies and organisations. He is considered a global leader in the education, appointment and guidance of high-performance boards.
He is also an expert in maximising individual and team contribution to maximise return. Through his leadership, the Sirdar Group has become Africa’s leader in this field.
This podcast is for you if you are an Entrepreneur, Business Owner or considering starting a business.
In this podcast, Carl Bates gives clarity and insights:
- What game you are playing? Craftsmanship or Entrepreneurship
- The law of the 3 hats: the distinction of roles in business (shareholder, director, and management)
- The law of ego: You and the greater purpose of having a business
- A personal leadership perspective from Climbing Kilimanjaro Journey
- The concept Play to win
Be inspired to move your business to the next level.
Thank you to Birgitta Wasserfall for her voiceover work in this podcast.
Be Inspired in this Champions Uncovered podcast where host Carla Wasserfall interviews Samantha Skyring.
Samantha Skyring, the founder of Oryx Desert Salt , started by packing her grinders and bags on her dining room table and the product is now in the USA in Whole Foods Market - a natural organic supermarket.
“A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles - Anon”
In this podcast, Samantha will inspire you to live intentionally with an attitude of gratitude and how adversity can be a source of opportunity when you take a step of courage. Samantha shares practical tips on the entrepreneurial journey, your wellbeing and encourages you to build your motivation muscle.
Gratitude is a tool to move you forward. Neale Donald Walsh once said "The struggle ends where gratitude begins." and to live with an attitude of gratitude and open your heart to new possibilities is a game changer.
Visit Oryx Desert Salt for more on this unique product that works in harmony with nature, not in opposition to it. Being sustainable and harvested from a renewable source will always be key values to the Oryx Desert Salt vision.
Be inspired in this two part podcast by the power of setting an active goal. Champions Uncovered host Carla Wasserfall interviews Kovilan Naidoo, an ordinary South African guy in his 30’s setting an extraordinary goal for himself to complete his very first marathon in 2021 and becoming extraordinary in the process.
In this podcast as he shares the “before” the marathon journey and the marathon experience (we won’t spoil it to find out how the marathon went). He gives practical advice for the right mindset on the running and marathon journey.
His positive attitude to life is what makes him a champion.
A heartfelt personal journey of applying his new found love for running, into his daily routine and habits helping improve himself as an individual to live a more balanced healthy lifestyle. Kovilan is a husband and a new dad to a fur baby.
He works full time as a travel industry professional and is very passionate about his career and is a people person. He believes sport and music unites people.
May this podcast inspire you to set a goal for yourself and to start to champion an area of your life. Sport is one way to maintain a strong mind, keep moving and focus on your wellbeing.
This Podcast was produced, edited and hosted by Champions Media, a division of Champions Uncovered Pty Ltd.
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Champions Uncovered interviews Thuli Zikalala founder of Yellow Owl who making a difference bridging barriers. Thuli is a bold leader who is passionate about driving positive change in her community and a qualified South African Sign Language interpreter and who is breaking ground in this space and in this interview she shares more on her journey.
Yellow Owl is a company making digital content more inclusive and accessible to a wider audience through SASL (South African Sign Language) interpreting, this is aimed at removing information barriers within the Deaf community.
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Champions Uncovered Podcast Guest Ingra du Buisson-Narsai gives practical ways to apply Neuroscience to unlock human potential.
Ingra is the author of Fight, Flight or Flourish and a registered Organisational Psychologist in private practice. As the Director of NeuroCapital Consulting which consults to some of South Africa’s leading and most admired companies, her unique contribution is being a catalyst for change, using integrative organisational Neuroscience.
A relevant podcast that has applicable ways to understand how Neuroscience can be applied for wellbeing.
This podcast was produced by Champions Uncovered Pty Ltd
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An encouraging and inspiring interview with Angelique du Toit who is a successful business woman, an inspirational speaker, author of 5 published books and an authentic leader.
Angelique shares her journey and story of courage, hope and gives practical and applicable ways to thrive in life with greater purpose, passion and productivity.
This podcast was brought to you by Champions Uncovered
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Lawrence Brittain (Rowing Silver Medallist Rio 2016 ), talks to Champions Uncovered host Birgitta Wasserfall about the challenge he had to face to overcome in his athletic career.
Founder and CEO of Inverroche Distillery, Lorna Scott shares her leadership learnings and her lessons along the journey inspires start up entrepreneurs. #LeadingWoman
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Dreamschemeni.org CEO, Stephen Mullan talks to Birgitta Wasserfall about the positive difference they are making in the lives of at-risk young people in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
For more than a decade, they are committed to building a long-term commitment to young people and for caring for the whole person.
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Made For More, is an organization based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Their aim is to equip young people with the knowledge and understanding that there is value in their identity and the choices they make.
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