Stories of Success Podcast

The podcast Stories of Success is a listening experience for your personal development. Volker Ballueder regularly interviews high achievers, entrepreneurs, consultants, visionaries, coaches, and mentors about their secrets and experience. Learn from the best! Enjoy!

Reflecting on 3.5 years of podcasting - taking a break 08/05/2021

Reflecting on 3.5 years of podcasting - taking a break Hi all, /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/19683035

Mixed Mental Arts 07/15/2021

Mixed Mental Arts On this final episode of season 4, all my theories come together by speaking to Dr. Matt , Mateusz Grzesiak. Dr. Matt is a lecturer, therapist, and consultant. He holds several masters degrees, including in psychology and law, as well as degrees in management. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/19602812

How to survive the crisis! 06/24/2021

How to survive the crisis! This episode was recorded back in January with Paul Rowlett. A British entrepreneur who thought he would lose his multi-million pound business, when we all went into the first lockdown in 2020. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/19441370

Mindfulness in the workplace - a chat of two enthusiasts 06/03/2021

Mindfulness in the workplace - a chat of two enthusiasts I got introduced to Andy Lee through Cheryl from Xerox who has been on my podcast previously. When we spoke for the first time, we hit it off on the topic of mindfulness and stress reduction. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/19219268

What all you can do with content! And what life taught us! 05/13/2021

What all you can do with content! And what life taught us! Case Lane is a global writer, entrepreneur, podcaster, blogger, and the founder of Ready Entrepreneur, a business that prepares aspiring entrepreneurs to start an online business. She has been a former diplomat, consultant and corporate executive. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/18988802

Finding your niche! 04/22/2021

Finding your niche! Chala Dincoy, founder of Repositioning Expert and author of Gentle Marketing and How To Win Friends The Way Apple Wins Customers had been an award-winning marketer with a number of Fortune 500 companies including Pepsi, Frito-Lay, and Playtex, before moving on to found Repositioning Expert. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/18724778

Providing Psychological Safety for schools and in the workplace 04/01/2021

Providing Psychological Safety for schools and in the workplace Michael Brennan co-founded tootoot in 2013 with a core mission of supporting the psychological safety and wellbeing of individuals by making it easier for individuals to talk about anything that was making them feel unhappy or unsafe. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/18480596

A new way to think for a new world 03/11/2021

A new way to think for a new world This week's podcast is with Francis Cholle. A global leader in creating social innovation for a sustainable future. For him it is all about unleashing untapped potential, key to achieving a competitive advantage by using intuitive intelligence. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/18171671

Leadership Development from a Brand Perspective 02/18/2021

Leadership Development from a Brand Perspective In this week’s episode I welcome Cheryl Smith to my podcast. Cheryl leads talent management for Xerox, a public company with over 25,000 employees globally. She is a seasoned talent professional with over 25 years of success in talent assessment, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement, organisational surveys and change programs for world-class, global organisations including Gartner, Legrand, Diageo, MetLife and AIG. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/17914181

A chat about leadership 01/28/2021

A chat about leadership For 20 years, Tim Spiker, founder of The Aperio and writer of The Only Leaders Worth Following has been helping individuals and organisations lead better, and find better leaders. He delivers keynote speeches and creates customised learning experiences to change the way people look at leadership, and he guides long-term developmental journeys as well. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/17632976

Let's talk uncommon sense 01/07/2021

Let's talk uncommon sense In this first episode of 2021, it took me a while to understand what Csaba Toth was talking about. However, once I understood his ‘Uncommon Sense’ approach, I was sold! /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/17204732

Life is about Impact, not likes. 12/03/2020

Life is about Impact, not likes. This week's guest is Simon Squibb: a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, podcast host, founder and Chief Purpose Officer at the Purposeful Project. He retired at 40 but is now back. We recorded this episode a while back, with some friendly dogs barking in the background. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/16966997

Thursday, 9 am and October are all the same thing now 11/12/2020

Thursday, 9 am and October are all the same thing now I am very honoured to have Pascal Finette back for a second round. Pascal and I got introduced when I first launched my podcast in early 2018, and we recorded an episode then, which has been downloaded almost 300 times. He since has launched more things, became more famous, and I feel honoured he took some time to answer more of my questions. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/16683536

Thank you, Andy. 10/29/2020

Thank you, Andy. I interviewed Andy last year, just before Christmas 2019. He openly spoke to me about his illness, and his life limiting cancer. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/16507256

A reflection with friends on the global pandemic 10/15/2020

A reflection with friends on the global pandemic This week’s podcast is a panel discussion with four former guests. We took a long time to manage all our diaries and I was glad when we finally got together to discuss Covid19, personal development, and how it seems the positive things that came from lock down. A episode going deep. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/16303451

Mind Body Leadership 09/24/2020

Mind Body Leadership In this episode of season 4 I welcome Marcel Daane. I am super excited to welcome Marcel as he has been prominent on my social media feeds for a long time. I admire the work he does as an executive and leadership coach, and his concept about body mind connection in a business world. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/16061246

Consulting Success - Season Starter! 09/03/2020

Consulting Success - Season Starter! This season is all about personal development, and about how you can improve as a person. I have some amazing guests lined up. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/15718979

The story of a professional speaker in times of Covid19. 07/16/2020

The story of a professional speaker in times of Covid19. For the last but not least episode of season 3 of my podcast, I welcome Lisa Ryan who is the Chief Appreciation Strategist at Grategy. As a Certified Speaking Professional, a Certified Virtual Speaker and the best-selling author of ten books including “The Upside of Down Times: Discovering the Power of Gratitude”, she shares a lot of information on how to become a professional speaker and what gratitude means in day to day life. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/15155882

Success and Happiness - it's down to listening 07/02/2020

Success and Happiness - it's down to listening Chris is a tech entrepreneur that believes technology can be used for good and can dramatically impact the world in a positive way. He is lucky enough that his personal vision matches up with his company's vision at The Happiness Index. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/14964950

Understanding who you are is a difficult journey! 06/18/2020

Understanding who you are is a difficult journey! This week’s podcast is with Lizzy Hodcroft. She is an inspiration to talk to, on how to overcome mental health issues and becoming successful, selling a business and now launching a new business called Myndr. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/14797163

Stress Management & Burnout Prevention 06/04/2020

Stress Management & Burnout Prevention This week’s podcast is with a fellow German coach Stephanie Schaffner. After a corporate career in sales and business development, she changed direction to become a trainer for stress management and a coach for burnout prevention. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/14613875

Chasing Black Unicorns - Doing Business in Africa 05/21/2020

Chasing Black Unicorns - Doing Business in Africa On this episode I welcome Marek Zmysłowski. Marek is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive, focused on online businesses in Frontier and Emerging Markets. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/14430851

Burn-Out, Depression and Anxiety 05/07/2020

Burn-Out, Depression and Anxiety This was a great recording with an industry friend around various topics. Not only did we discuss media, but we more-though spoke about what it means to have a burn-out and to live with anxiety, not only during the Covid19 crisis. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/14127248

Success is being happy and content along the journey 04/23/2020

Success is being happy and content along the journey I enjoyed meeting Gian Power ACA on my podcast who set up his first business aged 13 and later worked at Deutsche Bank and PwC and witnessed first-hand some of the wellbeing & inclusion issues that need to be tackled in the corporate world. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13980683

Solo Episode - my thoughts in uncertain times 04/16/2020

Solo Episode - my thoughts in uncertain times This is a solo episode. First time I record on my iPad, and I hope the quality is ok. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13934498

Supply Chain and Returns in uncertain times 04/02/2020

Supply Chain and Returns in uncertain times In this week’s podcast I welcome Al Gerrie who is the Founder and CEO of ZigZag Global, a software solution to help e-commerce retailers manage returns domestically and globally. We recorded this at the peak internet time during the first week of national office closures due to the Corona virus, and unfortunately the connection dropped a few time. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13727564

Leadership in unprecedented times 03/19/2020

Leadership in unprecedented times My podcast this week is with a former colleague and friend Luis Esteban. Not often do I ask colleagues to be on the podcast, but after meeting Luis Esteban last year, we just hit it off and have so many things in common. Luis is now CEO of Initiative Spain, and I moved on too. His Twitter handle is @lesteban /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13555172

Retaining Talent 03/05/2020

Retaining Talent Meeting Wasim opened my eyes to Learning and Development in organisations and the role it plays for retaining the right talent. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13338758

Trust your gut or not - all about executive decision making 02/20/2020

Trust your gut or not - all about executive decision making In this week’s episode I welcome Dr. Gleb Tsipursky. We recorded it on a Friday night without having had a chance to talk about his topic in great detail before. What attracted me to Gleb's profile is that he is on a mission to protect leaders from dangerous judgement errors - widely known as cognitive biases. So his expertise is around decision making and gut instinct, and actually not relying on your gut instinct. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/13151411

Start Being Yourself - Turn fear into confidence 02/06/2020

Start Being Yourself - Turn fear into confidence Barbara is a coach, spiritual mentor, thought leader and public speaker. After facing several challenges in life and surviving stage 4 skin cancer at the age of 32, she decided to live her second life at the fullest. In this episode she shares her story of success. She also wrote a book, founded an online school, gives talks and inspires people to deeply transform their lives. /episode/index/show/storiesofsuccess/id/12973550

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