Archive for December 2023

Where does the decision to leave the corporate world come from? How do you know when the time is right? And what are the first few steps you can take as you set up your business?

In this episode, Mark Cranstoun, the CEO and co-founder of Total Negotiation discusses how they grew the business from a lifestyle business to a global success.

Dr Myriam Hadnes is a skilled and passionate facilitator. During the pandemic she wanted to create a space for facilitators and trainers to come together and learn from one another. What started as a collaboration between 30+ people in 2020 has now turned into a global community in 2023.

How exactly did I, Kirsty Lewis, end up running a boutique training business?

This solo episode shares how I accidentally came upon the idea to leave the corporate world.

Catherine and John Nicholson, founders of The Virtual Training Team, have gone from 2 – 15 people, and a 7 figure turnover in 8 years. They openly admit it started as a lifestyle business and then questions like “what could we create?” started to pop up as their curiosity grew.

Finances and money are an essential part of running a business and I think the more we talk about them, how we use them and work with them, the easier it becomes and it helps us learn and grow.

In this episode we discuss the different thresholds we cross in our Facilitator and Trainer journey – the beginning, the finding of associate work and retirement.

This episode is about decision-making in our businesses, the frameworks we use to say yes or no to work and how becoming more conscious in our decision-making is important to cultivate.