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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.

Hosted by Kirsty Lewis

Hosted by Kirsty Lewis

Founder of School of Facilitation

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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.

Ep6. Competition, Collaboration and Community with Myriam Hadnes

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.

Ep5. How it all Began! with Kirsty Lewis

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.

Ep4. How we scaled our Duck factory! with Catherine & John Nicholson

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.

Ep3. It’s all about the money! with Rob Geraghty

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.

Ep2. Moving Towards Retirement with Meriel Swain

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.

Ep1. Conscious Decision Making with Richard Stokes

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.