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This Is Why Your Culture Is Broken and How NLP Fixes It with Rebecca Bonnington

16/10/2025 · 47 mins

Entrepreneur, author and NLP trainer Rebecca Bonnington joins Business Babble to spell out why most companies stall. It is not the economy, it is culture. She explains how NLP helps founders and leaders ask better questions, make faster decisions, build resilient teams and scale towards a valuable exit. We get into people first leadership, defining non-negotiables, turning chaos into systems, and why hundreds of small customer moments beat any so-called USP. There are spicy takes on education, resilience, parenting, and the future of innovation too.

  • How NLP helps entrepreneurs run their own head and solve problems faster
  • The simple culture framework that attracts the right people and repels the wrong ones
  • Why standards and boundaries matter more than slogans
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16/10/2025 · 47 mins

This Is Why Your Culture Is Broken and How NLP Fixes It with Rebecca Bonnington

Entrepreneur, author and NLP trainer Rebecca Bonnington joins Business Babble to spell out why most companies stall. It is not the economy, it is culture. She explains how NLP helps founders and leaders ask better questions, make faster decisions, build resilient teams and scale towards a valuable exit. We get into people first leadership, defining non-negotiables, turning chaos into systems, and why hundreds of small customer moments beat any so-called USP. There are spicy takes on education, resilience, parenting, and the future of innovation too.

What you’ll learn

  • How NLP helps entrepreneurs run their own head and solve problems faster
  • The simple culture framework that attracts the right people and repels the wrong ones
  • Why standards and boundaries matter more than slogans
  • The truth about scaling vs growing and when to plan your exit
  • A real client story that doubled the pipeline and boosted profit
  • Why kids need resilience and what business can learn from that

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Three Scottish operators who still run businesses off mic.

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Mike Annandale

Founder of award-winning letting agency moo-let, Mike champions better service for Scottish landlords and tenants while steering multiple ventures across property and golf.

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Johnny Bisset

Trade entrepreneur behind JDB All Trades, Johnny coordinates full-service renovations across Scotland and brings that boots-on-the-ground rigour to every Business Babble conversation.

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Wicus van Biljon

Business Doctors advisor, Wicus works with Scottish SMEs to turn ambitious visions into executable plans, tightening operations while coaching founders through growth.

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