May 5, 2022
We don’t often talk about loneliness, and especially not in business. Yet for Penny Power OBE it has been the driving force in her mission to reduce loneliness in business by building and serving impactful business communities. Penny has personal experience of loneliness at various stages in her life. In childhood, as the child who didn’t fit in. As a stay at home mum. As an employee, as a sole trader, and as a business owner. Together with her husband Thomas, she built Ecademy, the first social network for business people, with a community of 650,000 members and yet she still suspects she was the loneliest person in the community.
In this powerful conversation, Penny describes her experience as an entrepreneur, public speaker, author and community builder. She shares openly and vulnerably about not only experiencing huge business success but also the story of her personal and professional recovery - having been broken, in 2011, by the loss of her business and community.
For Penny, making business personal means bringing all of who we are, with courage and confidence, into our service of others. If you’ve ever been tempted to think ‘it’s just business’, this episode is for you.
MORE ABOUT MY GUEST: PENNY POWER OBE
Penny is an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Author and Community
Builder. She is the mother of 3 adult children and has been married
to Thomas Power for 31 years.
Penny passionately believes in ‘community-led business growth’ and
her belief, in business, has always been highly personal. Her
latest book “Business is Personal” helps thousands of business
owners to find their success and happiness in business.
Business Loneliness is a mental challenge that impacts the
financial results for many, Penny focuses on this aspect of mental
support through building and serving business communities.
Penny was awarded her OBE by the Queen in 2014 for her
‘contribution to entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy’, citing the
work she and her husband, Thomas, achieved to bring community to
business owners in 1998, before LinkedIn and Facebook (who followed
4 and 6 years later). ‘Ecademy’ grew across 52 Countries with
650,000 members. Working with business owners and their
dedication to community values has been their life ever since.
Penny can be contacted via her website: www.pennypower.co.uk/businesshealthcheck
Or on Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pennyfpower
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennypower
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennypower/
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so that they can
create the legacy they want to leave in the world. With over
30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue loves nothing more
than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that often holds women back,
so that they can think, dream and BE bigger in leading the change
they want to see. Coaching internationally, Sue’s clients are
primarily world-changing women who want to lead with confidence,
increase their impact and live a life that matters.
TO CONNECT WITH / HEAR MORE FROM SUE:
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Join the Women on a Mission Community: Facebook Group
Connect with Sue at: suerevell.com | Twitter | LinkedIn
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teams, organisations and leaders to meet the challenges of
delivering care and support in the 21st Century. For
over 20 years, we have been supporting organisations to confidently
lead, manage, sustain and improve services that ensure the
well-being of their teams and the communities they support. We
offer a range of expertise from leadership, organisational
development & transformational change, to digital and creative
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