In Pursuit of the Better You

Stand up and own your expertise - you can create an impact and be influential through what you already know. 

How can owning who you are and what you do develop you further - how can you get out of y…

On undertaking a 'Strengthscope' test, Fay's greatest strength, within the context of work, came out as 'common sense' - and it made her feel a little bit weird. 

On mentioning this to Becki, Becki l…

Today, we're talking about innovation and what it means to you. 

We both shy away from the word 'innovation', it's always felt like quite a big thing - world changing with a great sense of meaning, n…

This week we're challenging a  well known phrase "there's no 'I' in team!"

Teams are full of individuals - and each individual is an entity in their own right - and the team will be made up of differ…

Special guest, Ruth Kudzi, joins us today to talk about her own personal develpment journey. 

Ruth is a successful entrepreneur  - founder of Optimus Coach Academy - training coaches to ICF standards…

The issue of clarity often comes up during coaching sessions - who we are, what we want to do, what we want to achieve, who we want to be, etc.

All our thoughts and possibilities jumble in our head a…

What's in the phrase "you need to see it to be it!"

How true is this for you?

We know what's available for us through seeing other people doing their thing. 

However, with changes in technology at su…

Talking about boundaries today - setting, maintaining and updating them as our life and work change. 

How do you feel about setting boundaries and do you do this effectively?

When we think about boun…

The bullsh*t we tell ourselves - the instances that stay with us that we make meaning of throughout our lives. 

We all do it but I guess the stories and the bullsh*t varies!

In this episode we both t…

Role models - have you had role models?

Fay certainly has - but Becki hasn't had a role model.

So in this episode we discuss this - why I have found role models important and inspiring and how Becki …

In this episode, we're talking about new roles and promotions, and the support you get or give your staff to ensure you/they are able to perform well and confidently at that new level.

There's a dang…

In this episode we're talking about how we ask questions in a way that promotes us having positive conversations. 

How the questions we ask can promote as sense of autonomy and responsibility and ind…

Accountability - how we can work with other people to help us be accountable to meet our goals, our intentions. 

When we start something new, we're often very focused and intentional - but often, we'…

Vulnerability - a word used a lot in personal development - what do you think about it?

Do you struggle to understand your vulnerability - do you feel it means you're weak if you're vulnerable? 

In t…

Happy New Year!

Are you raring to go and excited for 2023?

Have you got a word for the year?

I wasn't feeling it to start with - but then my word hit me like a sledgehammer! Find out what my word is …

Are your friendships in decline? According to an American Perspectives Survey in 2021 and compared with a Gallop survey in 1990 - in 1990 no men said they had no close friends - and yet in 2021, 15%…

Today we're talking about strategy, mindset and energy.

Often we feel that we just need a strategy to get stuff done - to get us from where we are to where we want to be. We also hear a lot about hav…

In this episode, we're looking at how our behaviours go before us to show our actions - and how our actions can speak louder than words. 

Notably, and still, just about topical, we were impressed by …

We get to an age when we get nostalgic - "ooh, if I could have done things differently..." - do you think you'd have taken the advice if you'd have had it?

Becki talks about the Baz Luhrmann's song '…

Today we're talking about the importance of breaking things down and getting specific into the detail of what you're doing - what you want to develop and make successful.

When we don't get specific w…