
Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
The goal of this podcast is to interview business owners and/or C-level executives to get an understanding of how they built their culture, what worked, what failed, and what tips can they give new and upcoming business owners. Our goal over the next ten years is to help as many small to medium-sized businesses get to the next level by growing their people, which will grow their company. Through coaching and transformational leadership, Pull the Chute can guide company leaders to invest time to get to know their people and understand their roles, goals, and challenges to provide learning & growth opportunities - ultimately helping their people be the best they can be.
Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
77% Workers Disengaged?! Shocking Truth Behind Employee Struggles
Pull the Chute podcast features Nick Smallman, Founder & CEO Of Working Voices, Co-Founder of Curv, Thought Leader, The science of Lying, the value of Truth.
Nick is the Founder and CEO of boutique training company Working Voices. Over the last 20 years he’s developed more than 50 Courses, Workshops and Seminars in all areas of human communication. He has lectured at the London Business School and Columbia Business School and counts some of the world’s most successful companies as his clients, such as JPMorgan, Sony Music, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock.
Nick’s political work is focused primarily in the UK and US where he works with politicians on everything from campaigns to communication strategy. Building political brands and crafting powerful speeches that get results are the lifeblood of his work, but he often provides an objective ear for his clients who are trying to solve a problem connected with their influence.
Nick is particularly interested in the effect of smartphones and social media on society. As our culture becomes increasingly screen based, our relationship with technology is fast becoming the dominant communication issue of our age. Nick lectures on this subject and works with young people and businesses, helping them to have a healthier online experience. He operates a website called yourlifeonsocialmedia.com to help people to change their relationship with social media via workshops.
Nick is also the Co-Founder and advisor to Curv, a new social network that looks to put collaboration at the heart of our online experience.
When coaching, Nick is inspirational and insightful. He believes in showing rather than telling and his style is conversational, challenging, and improvisational.