Delve into the business aspect of facilitators and trainers. Featuring interviews with professionals discussing topics such as finances, pricing, scaling, marketing, and client management. New episodes fortnightly.
Ep 16 – If you build it, they will come: Creating a business on a solid pipeline (and PR) with Ged Futter
In this conversation, Ged shares with me his journey of leaving the world of retail and starting his own business. We discuss the challenges he faced in his early years and how he managed to overcome them.
Ep. 15 – Are you a business or a project shop? with James Gairdner
In this episode two parts of the conversation with James jumped out at me.
The first is his challenge to me as to whether I run a project shop or a business.
The second was a quote from Elliot Jacques which suggests the way we construct our businesses is a mirror of our psychology.
Ep. 14 – I left because of a sandwich: from corporate to associate to B:Corp business
This episode is about moving from working in-house to becoming a B:Corp business, how associate relationships benefit from transparency and communication and how niching is beneficial.
Ep. 13 – The Trials and Tribulations of Freelance Life
In this episode, Kate and I discuss why she chose to leave the corporate world and how she thought she had associate work lined up, but it was retracted. What to do? Resign or Stay?
Ep.12 – Master the Art of Negotiating: Essential Skills and Tactics for Trainers and Facilitators with Mark Davis
Mark Davis is known as the Cultural Navigator. He weaves negotiation and cultural intelligence together supporting businesses with their negotiation skills, cross-cultural communication, and Leadership development.
Ep 11. The Power of Two: Creating Good Partnerships
This episode is about how we can navigate partnerships successfully. Not all business relationships need to have a formal and legal entity. Many of us choose to work with others in partnership and this conversation is about how we can do this well.
Ep. 10 The Parallels between a romantic relationship and a business break-up! with Meg Bolger
Meg Bolger is a facilitation geek passionate about social justice, teaching facilitation, and creating resources for a more beautiful world. Meg is the captain of Facilitator Cards, co-author of Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation, co-creator of The Safe Zone Project, and many other resources for facilitators and social justice educators. Meg lives in Vermont where she tries to get into the woods everyday and keep up with her three nephews.
Ep 9. Best we know the stuff we fail to notice! with Simon Kettleborough
This episode explores how the inner world of the business leader creates the shape and flow of the business they lead. Our values, beliefs, experiences, thoughts and emotions all lend themselves to the structure, behaviours and outputs of our business.
Ep8. 10 Days That Changed Everything: Leanne Hughes’ Path to quitting Corporate Life
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?
Ep7. The Mindset of Scaling a Training Business with Mark Cranstoun
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.