n this weeks episode, I'll be having a conversation with The big man Ian Skinner (Business Improvement Group, Diverse Cleaning South, All round great guy and last but not least my mentor) Ian or Big Ian as he's referred to in business, owns a successful cleaning business called Diverse cleaning South and a mentoring/training company called The Business improvement group where he mentors people on how to become better in business, He was also in the navy for 9 years, where he honed his leadership skills and has also managed and owned many businesses previously to that. We discuss a number of topics related to business but also just life in general. In particular, the importance of understanding people and how business is very much based on people and their emotions. As per, we discussed family life and childhood and how finding a balance was a challenge. His drivers to keep on going and also what keeps his feet on the ground. We spoke about some of his challenges he's faced with his character type and how he's had to train himself to overcome that. We touch on his passion for developing people and the success he's had with that and we also go into detail about the people skills which can be transferred into all businesses. Enjoy the show.