This week on An Unorthodox CEO we are joined by Sarah Southerden Lee's wife and friend of Steve & Paula! Listen as Steve & Sarah chat all about how she found her way into finance & how she worked her way up. Plus, find out how Sarah met Lee & how many pairs of shoes she owns...

00:00 Intro

01:40 Sarahs life growing up

03:15 How she found her way into finance

08:15 Best part of Sarahs job

10:40 Working from home & productivity

13:40 Becoming a Team Leader

17:20 Anxiety & overcoming it

20:21 How Sarah met Lee

22:54 Sarah, Lee, Steve, Paula & their friendship

23:51 Sarahs thoughts on Lee joining the business

26:00 Looking in on the challenges of Sussex Beds

28:20 Quickfire Questions

34:30 Outro

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On this week's episode of An Unorthodox CEO, Steve chats with his friend Colin and original member of Sussex Beds all about what the business was like in the 80's and how its change to now. Plus, they chat about Colin's job in Windows, some contentious quickfire questions and how Steve & Colin work together on the Gangshow!

00:00 Intro

02:20 How Steve & Colin met

04:50 Why Colin ended up working at Sussex Beds

07:10 Colins jobs at Sussex Beds

08:10 What is was like moving from general furnishings to beds

10:20 Funny memories from the opening days

11:47 Opening ‘Little Bexhill’

13:10 How the opening of Haywards Heath changed the business

16:22 Colin became Steves manager

18:50 Hiding in wardrobes…

20:00 The opening of Eastbourne Shop & the sport shop

21:30 Colins jobs in the Window industry

22:50 Watching Sussex Beds evolve & what that was like & why good team is so important

24:10 Stage Managing Gangshow

27:19 Performing in Gangshow & other shows

28:54 Quickfire Questions

36:31 Outro

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On this weeks episode, Steve and Mark chat through his life before Sussex Beds and the jobs that led him into sales, how he has worked his way up with at Sussex Beds starting as a Sales Advisor and his journey to Regional Manager, plus how he de-stresses after work!

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00:00 Intro

01:56 Life before Sussex Beds

04:38 How made his way into Sales

09:53 Starting as a sales advisor with us

14:40 Going from a big to a small business

16:20 Becoming Uckfield Store Manager

18:45 Taking the leap to manage a brand new store

20:37 Becoming a Regional Manager & the kind of manager Mark wanted to be

26:00 80% people management and how that works

27:10 Hardest part of his job

29:44 How Mark has changed over the last 10 years

33:40 Mark & his family

36:20 Hobbies & how he de stresses

45:55 Quickfire questions

54:00 Outro

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