HOF Video Interviews

In this interview, Ursula Cameron, Director of Ursula Cameron Limited talks about her overall journey in the training and coaching profession and success mantra.

Key Highlights:

• Training, coaching and mentoring people for over 20 years now 1:09
• Use the world’s first Psychometric tools as a coach that gives her the opportunity to measure resilience and the impact of wellbeing 3:13
• Her upbringing has given her the kind of opportunity and confidence to take risks 5:15
• Involved with the Prince’s Trust where she helps young people set up their own businesses 7:46
• The initial challenge of knowing how to behave, knowing where to draw the line which doesn’t suit her and so on 11:28
• Challenges faced as a woman in a male dominated sector
• Recently partnered with Mental Health charity called Shawmind 13:56
• Looking to partner with Nottingham Trent University on a business program 14: 40
• Inspiring young women to believe in what they do 15:54

In this interview with Melanie Peacock, Founder and CEO of Double M, an HR consultancy firm. She is also a renowned author.

Key Highlights:

•  She is an educator and feels blessed to share her expertise. She is currently writing a new book and feels blessed to write and make her research accessible. She has written a book on change management for a global audience (0:52-1:52)
• She is also moderating a panel discussion on mental health at workplace (2;12-2:19)
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• How does our identity of who we are gets impacted by what we do or what we are? (2:48-2:53)
• The more focus should be on our value system and core passions (3:48-4:01)
• As an only child, she often found her parents discussing the frustrations at the workplace. This intrigued her into thinking how workplaces can be made enjoyable? (4:04- 4:37)
• Diversity means respecting and learning from people who are different than you (7:45-8:07)
• She is a big believer in the diversity of thoughts. Diversity of ideas dissenting ideas should be welcomed (8:10-8:34)
• Issues such as a working mother were not discussed. It was told to absorb and not discussed (10:50-11:07)
• In her first company, issues of diversity, especially as a woman of colour was brought up but never discussed. However, with her authentic self she could handle these issues (11:44- 12:07)

About Melanie Peacock  (She/Her) [PhD, MBA, FCPHR, SHRM-SCP]

Dr. Peacock has been extensively involved in professional HR initiatives as a senior manager, independent consultant, and educator. She obtained her Bachelor of Commerce (with distinction) from the University of Alberta, her MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (Western University), and her PhD through the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary.

As a senior manager and consultant, through Double M Training and Consulting, Dr. Peacock has led HR initiatives that create systems, processes, and policies that enable organizations to engage their employees and achieve strong results. She has worked for industries including telecommunications, oil and gas, medical research, financial management, and not-for-profit entities and continues to work as an independent consultant. Due to her extensive knowledge and competencies, Dr. Peacock is a sought-after media contributor and commentator at the municipal, provincial, and national levels. In addition to this text, Dr. Peacock has authored books regarding training and development and change management.

In this interview with Arya Taware, Founder and CEO of Future Bricks, talks about her aim to redefine finance for small and medium-sized housebuilders in the UK.

Key Highlights:

•  Venturing into the Prop-Tech sector to provide not only funding but other services to propertypreneurs (1:26-1:38)
• Her current passion for neuroscience and spirituality and awareness empowering her mind to unlock the potential of herself and others  (4:54-5:14)
• Channeling the inner critic and the narrative to find unlearning and find calmness (4:04-4:26)
• Inspiration from her father to start her entrepreneurial journey (2:15-2:36)
• Pushing beyond hearing no from investors to build her business in a foreign country (6:42-7:04)
• The problem of ageism faced by entrepreneurs on scaling up their ideas (7:05-7:10)
• Advising women to build an idea based on research to start their start-up journey (10:36-10:51)
• Empowering your team to see their dream and aligning them with values (8:05-8:39)
• Introspecting with your inner self to find happiness and containment (12:12- 12:22)

In this interview, Tricia Scott, Founder, and Editor of Create Evolve Overcome- The Female CEO, discusses her passion for empowering women in business by bringing their stories to light.

Key Highlights:

• Using Create Evolve Overcome to support and empower female-led businesses 00:51
• Making the leap from a 25-year-old career in real estate and finance to entrepreneurship 2:09
• Emphasizing the importance of remaining “human” while being a leader 5:38
• Discussing her passion for startup businesses, coaching women entrepreneurs, and equal education 8:45
• Finding mentors in her father and people from her professional life 11:52
• Using the tools developed by the magazine to shed light on the businesses of budding entrepreneurs 15:10
• How she navigated her way through the male-dominated corporate industry by staying in her lane and focusing on her work 17:30
• Talking about how imposter syndrome holds people back from accepting new opportunities 20:40

In this interview, Ivory Morgan-Burton, Founder & CEO of Storybook Events, discusses her company and how they strive to provide the best service possible to their clients.

Key Highlights:

• Starting her own business with new ideas that were not implemented by her employers 00:52
•  Managing last-minute changes and capturing the client’s vision  1:22
• Marketing the brand through networking and building relationships 2:29
• Using creativity to bring clients’ dreams to life 3:52 
• Leaving a room in the client’s budget and not promising what they can’t deliver 5:55
• Allowing clients to use their own resources while remaining their planner 8:04
• Conducting research to gain an understanding of upcoming trends and concepts 9:50
• Always having a second person by her side to oversee arrangements and learn, in addition to the team working at the event. 12:15
• Measuring the success of an event through referrals 14:06
• How the right way to become an event planner is through training, classes, mentorship, and experience. 15:15
• Allocating days of the week for different tasks of the event and balancing them 18:35
• Continuing with bridal consultation and guiding on a backyard wedding during the pandemic 20:20
• How a mix of new and returning customers is assisting her business’s growth. 23:29
• Managing time better to maintain a balance between work and

In this interview, Dr. Archana Dubey, Global Medical Director at HP, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Stanford, and the Founder of Invent Health, an incubator platform for digital health, talks about her passion for healthcare and innovation.

Key Highlights:

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:00 Her career transition from being a journalist to starting her own entrepreneurship journey
• 5:08 Diverging from her culture to enter the world of entrepreneurship while inheriting her father’s go-getter attitude. 
• 8:08 Her passion for entrepreneurship, learning, and empowering professional women.
• 10:08 Finding a mentor in her co-founder at Harappa and discussing mentor mantras.
• 13:02 Her fixation on recognition to have built something of impact and scale.
• 15:31 Challenges and discrimination women face every day and how she overcomes it.
• 18:06 Importance of good physical health and stamina for professionals.
• 20:08 Advising potential entrepreneurs to be clear about the vision and purpose of their idea before starting.
• 22:37 Taking Harappa live and becoming confident in her instincts in the past year.