The Podcast
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.
The Birth of School of Facilitation
Kirsty shares her personal journey from leaving the corporate world in 2008 to the establishment of School of Facilitation in 2014.
This solo episode looks at personal and professional challenges, growth, and the birth of her business idea. It’s a story of resilience, self-discovery, and the evolution of a successful venture
Navigating Growth from start-up to scale-back
n this episode of the SOF Podcast, host Kirsty welcomes Mark Walsh, an embodiment teacher, and business entrepreneur, to discuss his fascinating journey from running a small business to a multimillion-pound business and back to a medium-sized business.
Prosperity Over Profit: Redefining our definition of Success with Kurt Lindley
Join Kirsty and Kurt Lindley as they dive into the life of running a business as a facilitator, trainer, coach, and consultant. They chat about everything from juggling workloads and managing diaries to the ups and downs of cash flow.
The Evolving Journey of a Freelancer
In today’s episode, Kirsty and Claire Vintiner discuss various aspects of freelancing, including valuing oneself and one’s work, reframing budgets, setting boundaries, and having great client conversations.
If you build it, they will come: Creating a business on a solid pipeline (and PR)
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.
Are you a business or a project shop?
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.
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.
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?
Master the Art of Negotiating: Essential Skills and Tactics for Trainers and Facilitators
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.
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.