Business Problems Solved Podcast

By Lee Houghton

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WARNING - This podcast WILL challenge your thinking. Welcome to Business Problems Solved! In this podcast we help you solve your business problems by providing real examples and practical approaches to make today better than yesterday. Introducing your host, the multi-sector, self-professed ‘most improved improvement person’ and qualified Business Problem Solver Lee Houghton (pronounced Hawton) You can contact Lee on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter by searching for Lee Houghton THE Business Problem Solver or via visiting www.leehoughton.com for more content and to solve your business problems. And remember – saying you know how to do it, is not doing it …

Episode Date
The 5 Things That Helped Me Run My FIRST Marathon
Apr 29, 2024
Who are you and how well do you really connect with others?
Apr 22, 2024
Using ICE and Coaching to enable Transformational Change
Apr 15, 2024
Using ICE as an Improvement coach
Apr 08, 2024
The best teams don't have the best thinkers, they create the best thinkers
Apr 01, 2024
What, makes a great question doesn't it
Mar 25, 2024
Leadership change buy in is not about buying it in
Mar 18, 2024
Does Your Change Team Make this Big Mistake?
Mar 11, 2024
Have Your Footprints Left Clues
Mar 04, 2024
Growth Only Happens When You Rest
Feb 26, 2024
The 4 Parts That Make Up The Whole Person
Feb 19, 2024
Manage Things, Lead People, Coach the Gap
Feb 12, 2024
Organisational vs Personal habits
Feb 05, 2024
Should We Strive for Organisational Instincts or Habits?
Jan 29, 2024
Emotion is the Key to Creating Positive Action
Jan 22, 2024
Don't Sweat the Unimportant Stuff, Do Sweat the Small Stuff
Jan 15, 2024
We Have Lost the Art of Conversation
Jan 08, 2024
My BIG Worry for 2024
Jan 01, 2024
Reflections on 2023 and it's Still About The 4C's
Dec 18, 2023
Put Your Body Where Your Priority Is
Dec 11, 2023
It's No Wonder Our Communication isn't Effective, is it
Dec 04, 2023
The Importance of Having a Structured Diary
Nov 27, 2023
How Confident Are Your People And Can You Do More
Nov 20, 2023
Making the 4 C's a System Not a One Off
Nov 13, 2023
We Should Rethink Failure
Nov 06, 2023
Does Everyone TRUST These 3 Things When Delivering A Change
Oct 30, 2023
The 3 Non Negotiables For A High Performance Leadership Team
Oct 22, 2023
How many teams do you have?
Oct 16, 2023
The Challenges Moving From Internal Lean Practitioner To External Consultant with Sam Morgan
Oct 08, 2023
When it Feels Real it is Real. 9 Months to 100km
Oct 01, 2023
Are You Really Comfortable With Silence Internally And Externally
Sep 24, 2023
Are your questions preventing you from GETTING BETTER
Sep 18, 2023
Empty Happiness Empty Improvement - Are yYou Getting Better or Getting By?
Sep 10, 2023
Leadership Lessons From Lees Little Ones
Sep 03, 2023
Policy deployment cascading the metrics and strategy, gaining alignment. Do you do it wrong_
Aug 27, 2023
Opportunities Are Always There But Not Everyone Sees Them
Aug 20, 2023
Do You Want to Be Safe or Strong?
Aug 14, 2023
Change Management and Sun Cream: Surprising Similarities
Aug 06, 2023
The Main Reasons You Face Resistance To Change And How To Overcome Them
Jul 30, 2023
Creating-an-Improvement-Strategy
Jul 23, 2023
5 Years On And Chris’ 3 Lessons
Jul 16, 2023
Your Ability is Second to Your Capability in The Eyes of Whom You Help
Jul 09, 2023
The Think Feel, Say, Do Gap
Jul 02, 2023
Lean, Leadership, and Honest Hard Work with Steve Rames
Jun 22, 2023
Make Silence Acceptable - Output Doesn't Always Mean Your People Are Engaged
Jun 18, 2023
A Career With Water, From The Sea to Cells Not Shells With James Edmondson
Jun 11, 2023
The 3 Things Summary
Jun 04, 2023
The 3 Things About Coaching
May 28, 2023
The 3 Things About Standards
May 21, 2023
The 3 Things About Measures or Metrics
May 14, 2023
The 3 Things About Leadership
May 08, 2023
The 3 Things About Problem Solving
Apr 30, 2023
The 3 Things About Visual Management
Apr 23, 2023
The 3 Things About Daily Meetings
Apr 16, 2023
The 3 Things About Customer Experience
Apr 09, 2023
The 3 Things About Habit Formation
Apr 02, 2023
The 3 Things About Operational Excellence
Mar 26, 2023
There Are Always 3 Things, Right
Mar 20, 2023
The Main Habit to Build is Continuous Improvement
Mar 13, 2023
Belief Desire And Your Habits
Mar 06, 2023
Does Asking The Same Questions Help or Hinder?
Feb 27, 2023
Are You Comfortable With Silence When Asking Questions?
Feb 20, 2023
What is Your Priority, if Everything is Then Nothing is
Feb 13, 2023
How to Really Create Problem Finders
Feb 06, 2023
Make it Small, Keep it Small When Leading People
Jan 30, 2023
The Basics of Business Change or The Common Pitfalls
Jan 23, 2023
Motivation – Do Your People Have It, and Whose Fault Is It?
Jan 16, 2023
You Can Only Answer The Question If You Know The Question. Have We Stopped Thinking?
Jan 09, 2023
The TOP 3 Business Problems For 2023
Jan 02, 2023
The Difference Between Internal And External Improvement People
Dec 19, 2022
Feedback - What Does it Mean to You ?
Dec 12, 2022
Continuously Improving the Environment
Dec 05, 2022
Is Your View of a High Performing Team Leading You Astray?
Nov 28, 2022
Chris Rainsforth Life Lessons - From Being an Idiot to Ideal Life
Nov 21, 2022
It’s All About The Journey And Making The Cut With Matt Grady
Nov 14, 2022
I am Writing a Book And I Need Your Help
Nov 07, 2022
The 3 Phases of an Improvement Coach - My Journey
Oct 31, 2022
Getting People To Do The Right Thing At The Right Time EVERY TIME
Oct 23, 2022
What Are You Thinking, And How Understanding What Everyone Else is Thinking Could Help You
Oct 16, 2022
You Get Resistance Because You Are Pushing Faster Than They Want To Go
Oct 09, 2022
What Needs to be True to Activate Your Team or Business Vision?
Oct 02, 2022
Creating An Environment Where Your People Will Flourish
Sep 25, 2022
Want vs Can And Your Role as a Leader to Motivate
Sep 18, 2022
A Lifetime of Lessons in Leadership With Jim Longton
Sep 11, 2022
Meetings Take Too Much Time, But We Need Them. When and How We Should Have Them.
Sep 04, 2022
Stop Treating Improvement Like A Project
Aug 28, 2022
Do You Really Respect People In Your Leadership and Change ?
Aug 21, 2022
From Everton To Entrepeneur With Just For Keepers Founder Ray Newland
Aug 14, 2022
Contact Centres Leadership And People With David Holmes
Aug 07, 2022
Leading Lean By Living Lean With Philip Holt
Jul 31, 2022
People Are Not Like Pasta
Jul 24, 2022
Are You Celebrating In Business The Right Things And Often Enough ?
Jul 17, 2022
Always Make Time: The Hidden 4th Life Lesson Uncovered
Jul 11, 2022
Change Team Lessons, The Leaders Role And The Invisible Change Agent With Lisa Moody
Jul 03, 2022
Mark Drager, Marketing and Taking Photos of 3 Legged Cats
Jun 27, 2022
Problem Solving Is Not Just About Solving Problems
Jun 19, 2022
Jared Thatcher And The Virtual Lean Summit
Jun 12, 2022
Letting In Goals Is Part of The Job of The Goalkeeper
Jun 06, 2022
SO ASK Better Questions To Be A Better Leader
May 29, 2022
Does Your Team Have A Silence, A Conversation or an Action Bias? Find the Balance
May 22, 2022
The Golden Circle and Applying it to Change
May 15, 2022
Interview with Josh Gain, Founder of the 10x Manager Community
May 08, 2022
The 2 Most Important Measures You Are Probably Not Looking At
May 01, 2022
3 Critical Success Factors For a Change Team
Apr 24, 2022
It's Not What You Say, It Is How You Say It With Nicholas Faribeault
Apr 17, 2022
Should You Start Big or Start Small ?
Apr 10, 2022
Carl Klemm Former Head of Toyota and Author of The Balance of Excellence
Apr 03, 2022
The Four Words Are Positive Not Negative
Mar 27, 2022
Intensity X Frequency
Mar 21, 2022
The Mindset To TEACH Improvement
Mar 14, 2022
As a leader, What Can You Learn From Customer Experience
Mar 07, 2022
The Funniest Lean Guy With Jake Harrell
Feb 28, 2022
Are You Measuring Things For The Right Reason?
Feb 21, 2022
Becca Francis - Change and ADHD
Feb 14, 2022
Apprenticeships, LinkedIn, Learning and Passion with James Lott
Feb 07, 2022
The Power of Illustration with Gary Nightingale
Jan 31, 2022
Does Your Team Work, Or Do You Have Teamwork?
Jan 24, 2022
Constructive Conflict And Better Communication - The Challenge For 2022
Jan 17, 2022
Toyota and Organisational Teamwork - with Kevin Robinson
Jan 10, 2022
Unlocking Your Potential Through Recognising Your Uniqueness - with Lee Chambers
Jan 03, 2022
A Life In Food Manufacturing with Ornua Ingredients Operations Director, Nigel Peters
Dec 20, 2021
Improvement, Lean, Bodybuilding and Being Successful - with Mark Cameron
Dec 13, 2021
What Success Really Means - with eCommerce Guru, Matt Edmundson
Dec 06, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Fitness, Fun and Junior Football - with Stu Boocock
Nov 29, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - The Importance Of Connection - with Dave Scholes
Nov 22, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Britain's First Female Firefighter, Jo Reynolds
Nov 15, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Paul Dunlop
Nov 08, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Andy Henderson
Nov 01, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Lili Boyanova
Oct 24, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Gloria Milner, A Life Coach With An Extraordinary Life
Oct 17, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - From South Africa To South Wales - with Herb Morrick
Oct 10, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Overcoming Limiting Beliefs - with Harry Armistead
Oct 03, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Sally Chapman And Her Squiggly Journey
Sep 26, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - The Importance Of Kindness with Karyn Ross
Sep 19, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Matthew Davies on Obsessions, American Football and Coaching
Sep 12, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - Scott Rolph And The Importance Of People
Sep 05, 2021
Real People, Real Stories, Real Value - with Lewis Barton
Aug 29, 2021
More Than Visual Management
Aug 22, 2021
Failure Is Good
Aug 15, 2021
Using Comedy To Overcome Resistance To Change
Aug 08, 2021
Leveraging LinkedIn To Energise Your Client Base - with Craig Dean
Aug 01, 2021
Creating Magical Customer Experiences - with Ricky Locke
Jul 25, 2021
Mindset Masterclass - with Nat Schooler and Kim-Adele From MasterMindSet
Jul 18, 2021
Coaching And Connection - with Katie Anderson
Jul 11, 2021
Lee Reflects After Three Years
Jul 04, 2021
How To Be The Best Point Of Contact - with Martin Teasdale
Jun 27, 2021
From Welding To Changing The World - with Norman Crowley
Jun 20, 2021
Accelerate Your Business Journey - with Paul Serafino
Jun 13, 2021
Clear Thinking - with Kate Miles-Roberts and Bev Holden
Jun 06, 2021
Fireside Chat - Lee Meets Nick Bradley
May 30, 2021
Not Just An International Author - with Chester Elton
May 23, 2021
Not Just An International Author - with Alain Hunkins
May 16, 2021
Not Just An International Author - Donna Serdula
May 09, 2021
Not Just An International Author - Mark Graban
May 02, 2021
Not Just An International Author- Adam Lawrence
Apr 25, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - with Susie Palmer-Trew
Apr 18, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - with Sandra Thompson
Apr 11, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - with Angie McQuillin
Apr 04, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - Alison Tansey
Mar 28, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - with Kate Birtles
Mar 22, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - with Veronica Owusu
Mar 15, 2021
Confident Women Leaders - Clare Muscutt
Mar 08, 2021
Ethical Communication For Better Business - with Liston Witherill
Mar 01, 2021
James Owen Roberts On What It Takes To Become A Two-Time Paralympian
Feb 22, 2021
Invoking Change To Make Organisations Better - with Ron Pereira
Feb 15, 2021
Building Communities And Collaboration - with Julie Creffield
Feb 08, 2021
Do Your Bits Tingle When You Work? - with Andrew Miller
Feb 01, 2021
What Are You Doing? - with Paul Holbrook
Jan 25, 2021
Making Shankly - Transferrable Lessons
Jan 18, 2021
The Four Big Business Problems For 2021
Jan 11, 2021
No Such Thing As An Overnight Success
Jan 04, 2021
Coaching Working Parents - with Ayesha Murray
Dec 21, 2020
Why Start With "Why"?
Dec 14, 2020
The Mindset of A Champion - with Jordan Reynolds
Dec 07, 2020
The CUES for Confidence
Nov 30, 2020
We Need More Professional Weirdos - with Lord Simon Jacobs
Nov 23, 2020
Learn to Lead and Lead to Learn - with Katie Anderson
Nov 16, 2020
Rockstar Drummer Tom Morley
Nov 09, 2020
Positive Recognition Can Be Life-Changing - with Neil Skehel
Nov 02, 2020
Five Lessons From Children, Not For Them
Oct 26, 2020
Change Your Habits And Change Your Life - with Anish Hindocha
Oct 18, 2020
Empowering Others Through Listening - with Julian Roberts
Oct 11, 2020
Talking In A Language That Everyone Can Understand - with Mark Rice
Oct 04, 2020
The 100th Episode! Ask Lee Anything!
Sep 27, 2020
99 Podcasts & This is my Favourite One!
Sep 20, 2020
From Lurker to Legend With Victoria Hamilton
Sep 13, 2020
Stand-Up Comedy Might Be The Key To Communicating Your Message
Sep 06, 2020
Optimise The Voice Inside You – with Emma Buratti
Aug 30, 2020
Understanding People and Perseverance
Aug 23, 2020
Perseverance Is The Key To Success - with Tom Lock
Aug 16, 2020
The Importance Of People - with Oliver Burton
Aug 09, 2020
Emily Leyland - Fresh Perspective Part 2
Aug 02, 2020
Emily Leyland
Jul 26, 2020
Does Your LinkedIN Profile Help You?
Jul 19, 2020
Do You Know Anything About Marketing?
Jul 12, 2020
Are You Curious?
Jul 05, 2020
Jazmine Wolf
Jun 28, 2020
Laughing Yoga
Jun 21, 2020
Returning To Work, It Can Still Work
Jun 14, 2020
Sunny Sandwell
Jun 07, 2020
What is Your Story?
May 31, 2020
Peter Brodie The Sales Coach
May 24, 2020
Making an IMPACT with your communication
May 17, 2020
Damian Hughes - The secrets of High Performance
May 10, 2020
My Story
May 03, 2020
Paul McGee Interview
Apr 26, 2020
Geoff Ramm Celebrity Service
Apr 19, 2020
Change is Lonely
Apr 12, 2020
Networking With Trish Wilson
Apr 08, 2020
The Most Important Person In The World Right Now Is You – with Nigel Risner
Apr 05, 2020
The Business Mastermind & Business Problems Solved
Apr 01, 2020
The 4 C’s of High Performing Teams
Mar 29, 2020
Becoming A Key Person Of Influence - with Daniel Priestley
Mar 23, 2020
The BEST Model
Mar 16, 2020
Aim A Little Higher - with Kamal-Ellis Hyman
Mar 09, 2020
Celebrate Success & Self Reflection- Mirror Vs Window
Mar 02, 2020
Never Accepting The Status Quo – with Mike Dennison
Feb 24, 2020
Learning to Walk
Feb 17, 2020
Change Begins With People – with David Bovis
Feb 10, 2020
Creating a Vision
Feb 03, 2020
How to be Really Happy – Interview with Dr Andy Cope, UK’s Only Doctor of Happiness
Jan 27, 2020
Past, Present or Future - Where Are You?
Jan 20, 2020
Making Yourself A Little Bit Famous – with Penny Haslam
Jan 13, 2020
2020 Vision, Jab-Jab-Move & 3 Scripts
Jan 06, 2020
DUSC The Acronym to Help You Deliver Change
Dec 23, 2019
Understanding The Fundamentals First
Dec 16, 2019
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – with Billy Schwer
Dec 09, 2019
Growing an entertainment empire: Interview with The Partyman Group of Companies CEO, James Sinclair
Dec 02, 2019
Dont Start With a Solution
Nov 25, 2019
Holding up a Mirror
Nov 18, 2019
You Can Do It Too – With Richard McCann
Nov 11, 2019
Break the Rules
Nov 04, 2019
Being Your Authentic Self With Angela Cox
Oct 28, 2019
THE BIG FIVE 0 - Summary & Gift!
Oct 20, 2019
Is This The Secret To Personal And Business Success?
Oct 13, 2019
The Power Of Moments – with James Perryman
Oct 06, 2019
The  ‘Lean’ Strategy, looking for and solving problems in business - `interview with Michael Balle, bestselling author
Sep 30, 2019
Are You Looking Forwards or Backwards?
Sep 22, 2019
Rules For Rockstars – with James Dodkins
Sep 15, 2019
2 Questions ANSWERED About Problem Solving
Sep 08, 2019
What Is Success? – With Sonya Looney
Sep 01, 2019
Difference between being GOOD and GREAT
Aug 25, 2019
Learning 'The Barcelona Way' With Damian Hughes
Aug 18, 2019
How Happy Are You?
Aug 11, 2019
From Impossible To Inevitable – with Michael Finnigan
Aug 04, 2019
Changing A Culture
Jul 28, 2019
Krystyna Lennon- The Worlds BEST Hypnotist
Jul 21, 2019
Change Can be FUN
Jul 14, 2019
Black Cloud Carriers AND EXCITING NEWS!
Jul 07, 2019
A Huge Apology!
Jun 30, 2019
Recognise & Respond. DON'T REACT
Jun 23, 2019
Creating a High Performing Team
Jun 16, 2019
Leadership Lessons From Klopp
Jun 09, 2019
The Key to Sustainment
Jun 02, 2019
Role modelling for change
May 26, 2019
Measure Mountain
May 19, 2019
Why do CHANGE Initatives Fail?
May 12, 2019
The 5 D's
May 05, 2019
Dealing with Change
Apr 28, 2019
The Art Of Self-Talk
Apr 21, 2019
Coaching vs Consulting; How to Know What YOU Actually Need
Apr 14, 2019
Employee Engagement
Apr 07, 2019
Are You Using Standards Effectively?
Mar 31, 2019
Plan. Do. Check. Act. (P.D.C.A. Cycle)
Mar 25, 2019
Its ALL About You
Mar 18, 2019
Build Trust
Mar 11, 2019
Vital Lessons of a Change Agent
Mar 04, 2019
Lessons From The Dancefloor
Feb 25, 2019
Should we Set Targets
Feb 18, 2019
Should you Deliver Quick Wins
Feb 11, 2019
Leaders Vs. Managers
Feb 04, 2019
Customer Experience Vs. Employee Experience
Jan 28, 2019
Changing Habits& Influencing Behaviour
Jan 21, 2019
Communication
Jan 14, 2019
The Bubble Theory - Grow Your Bubble
Jan 07, 2019
What is a Problem?
Dec 31, 2018
Saying You Know it, is Not Doing it
Dec 24, 2018
An introduction to THE Business Problem Solver – Lee Houghton
Dec 17, 2018
Inspiration
Dec 17, 2018
Desire - Discover
Dec 17, 2018
Dedication
Dec 17, 2018
Deliberate Action - Delivery
Dec 17, 2018
Customer Experience
Dec 17, 2018