Make a Change to Make a Difference – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In our latest episode, ⁠Adam⁠ is joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK🌟

Having been first diagnosed with alopecia in primary school, Sue found her way to Alopecia UK when she lost all of her hair in her 40s. She says that on reflection, losing her hair challenged her to find her strengths, and that despite it taking a while to get there, she knows she's a better person and has developed a kinder outlook on the world.

In this insightful episode, Sue shares her leadership philosophy and the values that guide her work. Sue emphasises the importance of meeting her team where they are, fostering circular love as a core value, and building rooted connections in the workplace. She discusses the multifaceted role of a CEO in a small organization, wearing different hats and juggling various responsibilities. Sue finds energy and purpose in engaging directly with the community her charity supports, organising events, and providing support to individuals affected by alopecia. She highlights the transformative impact of creating safe spaces for people to embrace their identities without fear of judgment. Sue also reflects on her experience of the Barefoot Coaching Training Programme, sharing the significance of tools like perceptual positions in her work with young adults.

Happy listening 🎧

Episode Links:

Website: ⁠https://www.alopecia.org.uk/⁠

Barefoot 30 Great Coaching Tools Booklet (See Perceptual Positions): https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/product/30-great-coaching-tools/

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In our latest episode, Adam is joined by coach, author and business owner Patrice Gordon. Patrice previously held senior positions at British Airways, Royal Mail and Virgin Atlantic. Pivoting from commercial finance into commercial partnerships, she led the largest airline joint venture across the transatlantic. After completing the Barefoot Coach Training Programme back in 2017, she has since developed her practice to focus on females in the workplace, inclusive leadership, and reverse mentoring, launching her book 'Reverse Mentoring, Removing Barriers and Building Belonging in the Workplace' in 2022.

After a wonderful response to our first episode, Adam is back with episode two. This time he is joined by one of Barefoot’s first-ever alumni, Sandra Reddish. In this inspiring conversation, Sandra shares how she is using her coaching skills to support survivors of domestic abuse, 21 years on from completing our Flagship Coach Training Programme.

Together, Adam and Sandra talk about:

• The change that led Sandra to train to become a coach with Barefoot
• How she is using coaching today in her work as a Domestic Abuse Outreach Worker for Broxtowe Women’s Project
• Her powerful debut book ‘One in Four Women’
• Plus, a whole lot more

We hope you enjoy listening.

Note that this episode references issues relating to domestic abuse.

Discussed in this episode:

• One in Four Women, Sandra Reddish – Amazon
• Sandra’s Website - domesticabuses.com
• Broxtowe Women’s Project 
• Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl - Amazon

We are staying close to home with this first episode as Adam is joined by Barefoot Coaching’s Founder and CEO, Kim Morgan. Hear about:

• The change that brought about Barefoot Coaching ⬆️
• The difference that Barefoot-trained coaches are making in the world and the variety of ways in which they are doing it 🚐
• Our exciting new ‘Make a Change to Make a Difference’ campaign 🗺
• The path that Kim would have taken, had she not started Barefoot Coaching 🗞
• The coaching techniques that Adam and Kim lean on most 🗣
• Plus, a whole lot more

A new episode arrives each month, so be sure to subscribe to be the first to know when each episode lands. If you subscribed to our previous podcast series ‘Dancing in the Moment’, there is no need to subscribe again.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Discussed in this episode:

• Barefoot Coaching Cards
• Award Winning Books by Kim Morgan
• Vision Chairs & Perceptual Positions –  See Thirty Great Coaching Tools

John Perry describes himself as a therapeutic coach, but that does not do him justice. You only have to hear him speak to understand just how much knowledge and experience he has gathered over his decades of client work, as well as (even more impressively) the curiosity and desire to always be learning, to tweak and to hone his craft.

John talks us through his view on how truly effective coaching focuses upon helping someone to focus less upon improving their self-esteem and more upon their self-worth. John describes the focus on self-esteem as being about constantly making improvements, moving forwards, and measuring worth by achievement. John tells us that working on self-worth is about helping the client to develop the sense that they are already worthwhile, that they were born worthwhile and that no matter what they do or don’t achieve, they are always worthwhile.

If you take an interest in coaching as a discipline that can be used to truly transform the way that someone sees themselves, then this episode will be for you.

John referenced many great resources for coaches and therapists during the episode, we have listed some of them here:

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl: https://amzn.to/3niR9Zz

The Doctor and the Soul – Viktor Frankl: https://amzn.to/3nldgyF

Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom – William Glasser: https://amzn.to/2LAqPMN

Kim references a book too, and although she forgets the name during the interview, it is a belter: The Ego Trick - Julian Baggini: https://amzn.to/3qVrOY5

In this episode of Dancing in the Moment, Barefoot CEO, Kim Morgan speaks to Executive and Team Coach, Sandra Whiles.

Sandra’s cheeky letter to Kim resulted in this delightful conversation, described as a ‘splash of colour and light’.  Here Sandra takes us through her coaching journey, the importance of finding the type of work that ‘feeds your soul’ and how she has found running a business during lockdown.

You will hear about Sandra’s new boundaries, about being more mindful and more in the moment and how she has enjoyed discovering new tools from the connections she has made during this year from across the globe.  It’s ‘beautiful stuff’, we hope you enjoy listening.

Kim and Sandra got so caught up in chatting during the episode that they never got back to Sandra’s top tips for using an online platform to deliver coaching sessions, so we have included them here for you to see:

• Lots of breaks and movement
• Welcoming background that reflects your style and approach
• Post it reminders in front of you
• 5 minutes of mindfulness before sessions
• Keep things simple – technology, slides and sharing
• Check-in, contract, content – build trust and psychological safety
• Team Coaching – work with a co-host – one looking after the technology and the other delivering to the group and then swap roles
• Group sessions and meetings – open the Zoom room early and let people have a coffee and chat before the session starts
• Most importantly – smile and be kind

You can find out more about Sandra and the work she does here.

In this episode of Dancing in the Moment, Barefoot CEO, Kim Moran talks to Business Coach, Co-Founder of Coaching Culture Ltd and Editor of Coaching Culture Magazine, Jo Wright.

Jo speaks passionately about how she built and rapidly grew her coaching business in just over 3 years and all of the lessons she learnt along the way. Jo’s passion for making coaching accessible to all people really shines through in this episode and we hope that all coaches will take inspiration from Jo’s journey to inspire them to grow their own coaching businesses in the way that works for them.

Jo’s business, Coaching Culture Ltd is a community where like-minded professionals come together to share best practice and learn how to drive a coaching culture within organisations. Coaching Culture Magazine is a free subscription that gives you access to information and articles about coaching, tools and techniques, insightful podcasts and webinars and lots of coaching resources. You can find out more about Jo and Coaching Culture Ltd here.

In this episode, Barefoot CEO, Kim Morgan talks to Agile Coach, Visual Facilitator and Barefoot Alumnus and Tutor, Jon McNestrie.

Jon speaks passionately about his magical and life-changing experience on the Barefoot ICF-accredited PG Certificate in Business & Personal Coaching course following listening to the Audible version of ‘The Coach’s Casebook’ and being inspired to take his coaching to the next level.

Jon is an Agile Coach which he describes as a ‘set of principles about working in a more collaborative way, empowering teams, delivering things in small cycles and constantly improving those processes.'

You can find out more about Jon’s next Visual Facilitation event coming up in September here.

Kim’s books, The Coach’s Casebook and The Coach’s Survival Guide are available to buy on Amazon.

In this episode, Barefoot CEO, Kim Morgan talks to Anna Rasmussen who is the CEO and Founder of OpenBlend – a people centered performance tool that enables managers to support all aspects of an individuals development journey.

Anna talks passionately about her journey after completing the Barefoot, ICF-accredited Post Graduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching Course back in 2008, and explains how asking for help and using her network helped build a hugely successful business that now works with large organisations all across the globe.  The natural drive Anna has to support people to reach their potential really shines through and she explains that although extremely hard work – it didn’t feel that way when approached with a sense of mission and passion to achieve something great.

You can find out more about Anna and her business OpenBlend here: https://openblend.com/

In this episode of our Dancing in the Moment podcast, Barefoot CEO, Kim Morgan talks to Lorna Davis who has had a 20 year global career in senior leadership roles. Lorna shares with us the importance of the listening space, collaborative leadership, transparency and vulnerability.

Lorna speaks with passion about making change in business by encouraging, including and inspiring the most junior people, and also about finding the thing that fuels your movement and the thing that gives you direction – from which the actual mechanisms for action will be obvious.

Spending time in Lorna’s company is a privilege and a delight.  I came away from this conversation feeling inspired and challenged me to be more, think more and do more about the issues ‘where my heart breaks.’

Lorna is passionate, modest, feisty and thoughtful and this podcast is a gift to all coaches.  As Lorna suggests, let’s plant some seeds, and see what grows.  Be led by your heart, values and what matters to you.

In 2019, Lorna held a TED Talk on ‘A Guide to Collaborative Leadership’ and you can watch it here: https://www.ted.com/speakers/lorna_davis. You can find out more about Lorna and the work she does here: https://www.lornadavis.net/