Knowing You with Sarah Cripps

If you're familiar with the work of world-renowned Belbin Team Roles you'll be inspired by this conversation.

· Why understanding each person's team role is ever more critical

· The original research was carried out by Mrs Belbin who deliberately shone away from the limelight – a timely revelation to mark International Women's Week

· Face to face communication is becoming more prevalent

· Why reflecting on what we've achieved is vital

· AI has the potential to make us more 'human'

Jo's what 3 words to a road to happiness and balance for 2025:

· Team – we can only achieve so much by ourselves

· Slow-space – (we loved this) breathe, slow down and create pauses

· Reflection – let's just have some more 'wow' look what we've achieved!

Tune in to find out why

Her non-fiction book that would get her through isolation – Tolkein's Lord of the Rings Trilogy, especially chosen to reread to see how if her older lens sees things differently

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Jo Keeler

(7) Jo Keeler | LinkedIn

Belbin www.belbin.com

This episode is bursting with all things positive but this is not to be confused with Toxic Positivity. Using a range of studies to back her work, Tillie shares with us the importance of purpose, values, emotions and language to create a truly authentic, meaningful and engaged team. Our conversation explores:

· Why appraisals don't work

· How to know your limit before burn out hits

· How to foster a culture of transparency

Tillie's what 3 words to a road to happiness and balance:

· REST

· ECO SYSTEM

· CHALLENGE

Tune in to find out why

Her non-fiction book that would get her through isolation – Happier by Tal-Ben Shahar.

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Tillie Newnham Tillie (1) Tillie Newnham | LinkedIn Happy Work Hive – www.happyworkhive.com

Elain candidly and honestly shares her journey of her downward spiral in terms of mental health. She neither recognised the signs nor had the toolkit to deal with the symptoms. It completely transformed her perspective on work-related breakdowns. Once she'd sought help she took the brave decision to set up a business to help others and this month celebrates 10 years in business.

Within 2 days of the pandemic her phone didn't stop and she hasn't looked back since and it's clear she has an absolute passion to make a difference so that others don't endure the same as she did. "I am an expert in me" not someone seeking to perpetually please nor strive for perfection.

Elain's what 3 words to a road to happiness and balance:

· BALANCE

· BRAVE

· FAITH

Tune in to find out why

Her book that she would take into isolation turned out to be the one that got her through lockdown – A Trip of One Zone, by Kate Willis.

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Elain Crewe

www. About Us – Wellbeing4Life

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We're all aware of how working arrangements have changed for most since 2020. How do businesses get the balance right between serving their people and what's best for the business? What are the new skills needed to manage flexible working and the surge in online communications?

These are the topics covered in this latest episode with Zoe Hawkins, co- founder of In Good Company, a global triple accredited Coaching Training Organisation, Facebook community group, The Coaching Crowd, that's got just under 6500 members, and their No. 1 podcast of the same name that releases fresh insights every Monday since it launched in November 2021.

We also asked Zoe for her what 3 words to a road to happiness and in true authentic style we ended up with 6!

· LOVE

· PASSION

· FUN

· LISTEN

· CHOOSE

· GRATITUDE

The book choice that Zoe chose was a first – Wagamama's cookery book – that Zoe would take into isolation.

For contact details see below.

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Zoe Hawkins www.igcompany.co.uk www.zoe-hawkins.com

Welcome to this latest episode with Esther who shares lessons learned from her cancer diagnosis in 2015. Professionally she came off the treadmill and completely changed her career and has never looked back. We talk about the impact of covid and she shares top tips on how to get work life balance and keep your glass full!

Esther's what 3 words to a road to happiness

· GROW

· REFLECT

· THRIVE

The book that Esther would take into isolation is the brilliant Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. For contact details see below.

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Esther Partridge-Warner

Podcast engineer Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie

Welcome to this latest episode with fitness trainer Ruairi Davies. From a dream job training elite rugby athletes in Chile to a lockdown-enforced return home. He thought he would return 2 weeks later (a familiar tale) but that didn't happen and his career took a new focus. What he has learned and keen to share is:

· You can have a grand plan but that can change in an instance; don't panic because things do work out

· Only control the controllables

· Physical and mental health go hand in hand – you can't have one without the other

· Exercise gives you more than physical benefits – it creates social connections

· Just 10 minutes of activity a day can be enough.

· Why an 80 year old called him a miracle worker

Ruairi's what 3 words to describe his road to success, balance and happiness

· Health – no surprises there

· Limitless – don't set self-limiting beliefs and go for what suits you and your lifestyle

· Courage – take that leap even if it's just a step, or a commitment to do something.

The book that kept Ruairi going through lockdown – Barbarian Days, , A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

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Ruairi Davies, Action Athletic

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Podcast engineer Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie

Welcome to this latest conversation with Hayley Tutte. Two years ago, past guest Hayley bravely shared with us how the silence created by lockdown led to a whole change in career. Since then, Hayley has gone from self-employed to running her own clinic, works 3.5 days a week and is more balanced than ever. A recent ADHD diagnosis has further transformed her life. Things we now know about classic ADHD characteristics are:

· Procrastination

· Hyper focussed and hyper observant

· Can often overshare then overthink and overanalyse

· Task paralysis

· Struggle with long lengths of time with people

· Impulsiveness

Hayley's three words to navigate her own road to success are:

· Connection – building solid, meaningful connections with people is vital

· Stability – essential for most people but especially to deal with ADHD characteristics

· Movement – keeping physically fit is crucial

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Hayley Tutte

Facebook Huquine Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Huquinesporttherapy.co.uk

Welcome to this latest conversation with Dave Hider. Dave has held extensive strategic leadership roles and during lockdown, whilst working full time, navigating different processes as a result of lockdown with most of his team furloughed he completed his MBA with distinction. Covid made him realise that life is too short so he left the trappings of a stable career and started his own business Mind-Gap with a purpose to help leaders bridge the gap between unlocked potential and success. The business is booming and he is committed to donating 30% of his time and profits to support some of the poorest countries in the world and talks about corporate karma.

As a coach and trainer he talks about balancing market opportunities of online coaching and rich and engaging training. Can it be done without the coffee conversations?

"Ploughing a furrow…" We explore the meaning of work-life balance and how his own journey is so liberating and rewarding that, even though he works more hours now, he is more balanced.

Dave reveals how he's moved from the 'fast line' to the 'flow lane' and why purpose is pivotal to all that he does. In his case he is really driven to helping people, businesses and communities to hunt out what else they could be doing, discovering and 'leaning into'.

Dave's 3 words for happiness, success and balance:

· GIVING – always attracted to those that give

· PURPOSE – how do we move to proactive not reactive sense of purpose

· POTENTIAL – the importance of stepping out of your comfort space

Dave wraps up with what we should do more and less of to get a happier, balanced life

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(33) Dave Hider MBA | LinkedIn

Unlocking Potential Through Leadership Training - Mind-Gap

Podcast engineer Karen Pirie

In this episode my conversation is with Maddy Shine. Maddy is a website wonder coder, an SEO supremo and runs three businesses. Her purpose is to shine bright and help other women entrepreneurs do just that. Our conversation leads to changes in buyer behaviour since lockdown and her tips on how to grow your business, why giving, especially to your own community, is important and how to make your brand stand out. We hear about the importance in wellbeing of our Third Space and so much more.

Maddy gives us her three words for happiness, success and balance:

Community

Connection

Conversation

Maddy wraps up with what we should do more of and less of to get a happier, balanced life.

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Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/

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(17) Maddy Shine | LinkedIn

www.maddyshine.co.uk

Producer, Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie

In this episode, No. 28, my conversation is with Dr Lizzy Bernthal. Having served 25 years as a healthcare specialist in the Army, rising through the ranks to Lt Col and completing an MEd and PHD in resilience, Lizzy's own business mission is to help others by removing toxicity in the workplace through resilient leadership.

Her many insights include:

What is resilience in the boardroom?

Why we should bounce forward not back

How confidence, trust and resilience are interlinked

The importance of #practisingwhatyoupreach

How a toxic environment can lead to a lack of self worth if not dealt with

The importance of failing to our development and growth

Lizzy gives us her 3 words for happiness, success and balance:

GARDENING

SPACE

SPARKLE

Lizzy wraps up with what we should do more and less of to get a happier, balanced life

Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory

Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/

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(4) Dr Lizzy Bernthal | LinkedIn

www.rypotential.co.uk

Producer, Karen Pirie

Twitter: @karenepirie