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Follow: Ford Hastings - www.fordhastings.com FH LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings/ Joe Thomsett LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/joethomsett/ Joe Thomsett Twitter - @joethomsett Will Hastings LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/will-hastings-7814abb1/ ----- Alexandra Galviz (Authentic Alex) ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/authenticalex/ )is LinkedIn’s Top Voice in the UK for both 2017 and 2018. She developed a platform on LinkedIn by being one of the first people to talk openly and honestly about the effects that chasing corporate and material success can cause on our mental health. She created LinkedIn Local to encourage LinkedIn connections to meet offline through hosted events. It grew from 4 people in 4 countries in 4 cities into 80 countries, 600 cities and 1,000 hosts in under 18 months. She has subsequently launched and is the CMO of LocalX, a Community Consulting, Accelerator and Technology Company. From Alex: “A little about me… In 2016 I had a quarter life crisis (yes that’s an actual thing and if it’s not I’m officially making it one). So after 4.5 years of climbing my way furiously up the career ladder into a management position by the time I was 24, I decided to take a short break from the corporate underworld that turned into full-blown retirement at the ripe old age of 25. I swiftly proceeded to backpack solo through Sri Lanka, Nepal and India for 6 weeks, some say to find myself (Eat, Pray, Love style), I’d say just for the Eat part. By day I teach people and businesses how to get noticed on LinkedIn, grow their brand and leverage the platform to achieve their goals. In between I work with students and graduates, upskilling them via workshops, public speaking gigs and mentoring them into the workforce. By night I turn into a LinkedIn blogger posting my thoughts on my successes and setbacks I’ve overcome as a student, graduate, young professional, self-confessed introvert and now as a solopreneur in all its raw glory under the hashtag #AuthenticAlex.” In this Episode, we cover: *Living an authentic life *What makes a person coachable? *Growing online communities to worldwide movements *Courage and impostor syndrome *The contributing factors to the workplace mental health epidemic *The misconception regarding introverts and extroverts *And much more! Listening to Alex will give you practical insights into how to build an online and offline community effectively; using honesty, integrity and authenticity. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ford Hastings - fordhastings.com - , a board level search firm for startups, scale-ups and SME's. Ford Hastings have for over 20 years sourced C-Suite professionals and Non-Executive Directors on behalf of SME's, VC Funds and PE houses. As a listener of this episode, you can get up to £2,000 off a board search by quoting 'Podcast-Galviz' when enquiring.