Christina Economou's guest appearances

Christina Economou

The Conversation

Everyday Leadership

Mara Wilson

Jerry Colonna

Dan Macklin

Laura Gassner Otting

Chris Anderson

Esther Perel

Andy Storch

Lisa Fischer

Eric Edmeades

Sarah Marquis

Tara Shears

Robert Jordan

Winston Ben Clements

Charlotte Mensah

Heather Jones

OwlTail

In this episode, I talk to Christina about finding the courage to step away from the titles and allure of corporate life when she realised that her life was out of balance impacting her mental health. We discuss transferable skills, the importance of family and opening up to friends when going through dark times as well as leadership, unconscious bias, imposter syndrome, and what it means to be a leader who truly cares. About Christina Economou: Christina is the Commercial Director for Ezra who is on a passionate mission for equality. Using technology at Ezra she is removing the elitism around coaching. Using her voice she speaks up about racism and gender equality.  Follow Christina LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceconomou/  Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChrissieEco To find out more about providing coaching for your whole organisation https://www.helloezra.com/ If you liked this episode, please share it with your friends / write a review - it goes a long way! :) In Episode 04 of EverydayDay Leadership, Christina and I discuss (times are approximate):  Demystifying the elitism around coaching  - 2:50 How companies have embraced tech for coaching - 4:00 Leveraging previous mental health issues to deal with lockdown - 5:30 Identifying when your mental health is out of sync and you need to act - 7:10 Opening up to work and family about mental health - 8:45  What a company that truly cares about people looks like - 9:45 Being brave enough to walk away from a career and put yourself first - 11:15 Dealing with Imposter Syndrome - 13:15 Transferring corporate skills to the family business - 14:30 70-year-old dad embracing digitised way of working - 16:00 Connecting the dots looking backwards - 17:15 Changing the culture in the shop - 11:45 What is leadership? - 21.15 Business owners need to remember - 22.30 Family is the backbone despite having a different lived experience  - 22:40 Taking learning from home and applying them in the corporate world - 25.40 Leaders showing genuine concern and showing they care  - 26:45 Leading with empathy and the impact that has on people - 30:20 Not getting seduced by the PR, awards and accolades around inclusion - 32:30 Experience of unconscious bias as a woman: 33:20 Power of vulnerability and opening up to people - 38.40 Struggling with switching off from work and being intentional  - 42:30 3 guiding principles to live life by - 45:00 Definition of success - 46:50 Thriving and not surviving - 48:20  Subscribe using your favorite podcast app via   Apple Podcasts Spotify Deezer Stitcher  SPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher  Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners.   I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.uk  I appreciate you and your support

In this episode, I talk to Christina about finding the courage to step away from the titles and allure of corporate life when she realised that her life was out of balance impacting her mental health. We discuss transferable skills, the importance of family and opening up to friends when going through dark times as well as leadership, unconscious bias, imposter syndrome, and what it means to be a leader who truly cares. About Christina Economou: Christina is the Commercial Director for Ezra who is on a passionate mission for equality. Using technology at Ezra she is removing the elitism around coaching. Using her voice she speaks up about racism and gender equality. Follow Christina LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceconomou/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceconomou/</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrissieEco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ChrissieEco</a> To find out more about providing coaching for your whole organisation <a href="https://www.helloezra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.helloezra.com/</a> If you liked this episode, please share it with your friends / write a review - it goes a long way! :) In Episode 04 of EverydayDay Leadership, Christina and I discuss (times are approximate): <ul> <li>Demystifying the elitism around coaching  - 2:50</li> <li>How companies have embraced tech for coaching - 4:00</li> <li>Leveraging previous mental health issues to deal with lockdown - 5:30</li> <li>Identifying when your mental health is out of sync and you need to act - 7:10</li> <li>Opening up to work and family about mental health - 8:45 </li> <li>What a company that truly cares about people looks like - 9:45</li> <li>Being brave enough to walk away from a career and put yourself first - 11:15</li> <li>Dealing with Imposter Syndrome - 13:15</li> <li>Transferring corporate skills to the family business - 14:30</li> <li>70-year-old dad embracing digitised way of working - 16:00</li> <li>Connecting the dots looking backwards - 17:15</li> <li>Changing the culture in the shop - 11:45</li> <li>What is leadership? - 21.15</li> <li>Business owners need to remember - 22.30</li> <li>Family is the backbone despite having a different lived experience  - 22:40</li> <li>Taking learning from home and applying them in the corporate world - 25.40</li> <li>Leaders showing genuine concern and showing they care  - 26:45</li> <li>Leading with empathy and the impact that has on people - 30:20</li> <li>Not getting seduced by the PR, awards and accolades around inclusion - 32:30</li> <li>Experience of unconscious bias as a woman: 33:20</li> <li>Power of vulnerability and opening up to people - 38.40</li> <li>Struggling with switching off from work and being intentional  - 42:30</li> <li>3 guiding principles to live life by - 45:00</li> <li>Definition of success - 46:50</li> <li>Thriving and not surviving - 48:20</li> </ul> Subscribe using your favorite podcast app via <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-leadership/id1467901267?uo=4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0TuBkXzawOIl05yxbEPTIj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.deezer.com/en/show/1713862" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deezer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/everyday-leadership-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a></li> </ul> SPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher  Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners.  I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.uk I appreciate you and your support

Leadership is Going From Breakdown To Breakthrough with Christina Economou

Anya Ayoung Chee

Clothes designers from Trinidad and Greece get together with Kim Chakanetsa, to talk about the killer combination of creativity and business sense you need to make it in the competitive world of fashion.Anya Ayoung Chee is from the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.  Always interested in fashion, but too scared to study it at college, she started making her own outfits when competing to represent her country at Miss Universe.  Anya later entered the US reality TV show Project Runway, and came out the surprise winner, having only learnt how to sew weeks before!  She's had her own labels, but is currently leading a collective of 30 local designers with the aim of putting the Caribbean region firmly on the global fashion map. Christina Economou is a rising star of the European fashion scene.  She studied in Paris and won the 2011 International Award at London Graduate Fashion Week, then returned to her home city of Athens to fulfil her dream of launching her own luxury label. Christina has a love of bright colours and bold prints, and sources much of her production and fabric locally, for example in the historic Greek silk town of Soufli. She says fashion school did not prepare her for how to combine her design skills with running a business, so she's had to learn the hard way.Image: Anya Ayoung Chee (l) and Christina Economou (r)Credit: Joey Rosado (l) and Yiorgos Kaplanidis (r)

Clothes designers from Trinidad and Greece get together with Kim Chakanetsa, to talk about the killer combination of creativity and business sense you need to make it in the competitive world of fashion. Anya Ayoung Chee is from the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Always interested in fashion, but too scared to study it at college, she started making her own outfits when competing to represent her country at Miss Universe. Anya later entered the US reality TV show Project Runway, and came out the surprise winner, having only learnt how to sew weeks before! She's had her own labels, but is currently leading a collective of 30 local designers with the aim of putting the Caribbean region firmly on the global fashion map. Christina Economou is a rising star of the European fashion scene. She studied in Paris and won the 2011 International Award at London Graduate Fashion Week, then returned to her home city of Athens to fulfil her dream of launching her own luxury label. Christina has a love of bright colours and bold prints, and sources much of her production and fabric locally, for example in the historic Greek silk town of Soufli. She says fashion school did not prepare her for how to combine her design skills with running a business, so she's had to learn the hard way. Image: Anya Ayoung Chee (l) and Christina Economou (r) Credit: Joey Rosado (l) and Yiorgos Kaplanidis (r)

Fashion Designers: Anya Ayoung Chee and Christina Economou