Ladder Down

In this episode Kate chats to Kathryn Eade the Founder of ‘Up and Thrive’. Kathryn specialises in change resilience - something we all need in this topsy-turvy world we live in! Having started, scaled and internationalised her own learning consultancy and supported the development of an Entrepreneurial Hub in Montreal, Kathryn’s passion is to help female founders to be bolder in their aspirations and provide the tools, insights and supportive space to achieve them. Going from overwhelm and burnout to sustainable success. 

After 20 years in the private, public and third sectors here in the UK and abroad, Kathryn has lived and breathed the realities of running businesses, leading teams and facilitating change, and shares these insights as a trusted advisor to several charities and SMEs, both at Executive and Board Level. 

Her approach is based on listening, asking insightful questions and quickly homing in on the needs of her clients. She translates her extensive knowledge and experience of building a business into practical solutions that they can use to achieve success.

She is proud of the impact she has had working alongside women of all sectors and backgrounds and as an award winner for her work inspiring and supporting female entrepreneurs, she is frequently called upon as a speaker and panellist.

When she’s not working, you’ll find her outdoors either swimming or running, or planning her next family adventure! You can connect with Kathryn on Linked in  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryneade/ or www.upandthrive.com or as she says, give her a call on 07484363727

In the latest episode of 'Ladder Down' Kate meets Hector Riva-Palacio, who not only has a cool sounding name, his initials create an acronym which is also the name of his business – HRP that is ‘HELPING REACH POTENTIAL’. Hector has over 20 years experience of leading, coaching and developing leaders and managers.

He is a Master Strengths and NLP Coach, specialising in positive and strengths psychology. Hector specialises in realising the potential of people through transformational leadership and works closely with organisations that are experiencing significant change or rapid growth.

He says his strengths are being strategic, creative and detailed and believes that we all have a greater chance of reaching our full potential when we know who we are and understand our unique value.

He helps people become aware of what we were born to do and create a path to become that person – cool hey! Find out more about Hector at: https://www.helpingreachpotential.co.uk/ 

Noah Swiderski, is Founder of BritonMedia.com - launched in May 2019 and now rising as the #1 Modern Podcast Agency.

Throughout Noah's career, he has worked with hundreds of professionals and podcasters. He began his career in sales and rapidly grew to become a leader among an organisation of 10,000+ talented professionals in door-to-door sales, before making the transition to become an entrepreneur. His extensive experience with meeting clients, building relationships, and helping his clientele feel satisfied provides an unparalleled level of perspective, as well as help with public speaking and sales strategies in today’s rapidly changing job market.

Noah is passionate about sharing his motivation and potential on a weekly basis as a thought leader on BritonMedia.com and social media at @britonmedia. He currently is based out of Windham, New Hampshire in the United States and in his free time, enjoys listening to podcasts, working out, and traveling to warm places. Connect with Noah on social or at https://britonmedia.com/ 

Meet Amanda Wynne Evans, a Marketing expert who runs Wynne Marketing based in Chester. The business began as ‘Wynne Media’ back in 2010 as a web design and branding business but as the business grew, Amanda recognised the need for ongoing marketing support and strategic expertise for small businesses, so the focus and name changed in 2016.

In May 2019, Amanda changed the business model into a collaboration with other creative experts like herself, enabling a wider range of specialist marketing services to professional services providers in the regulated space. This merry collaboration of creative, flexible experts are what she calls her Wynne Marketing FLEXPERTS! 

She is passionate about helping people build a brand and a business they love. You can connect with Amanda in all the usual social places or visit her website: https://wynne-marketing.co.uk/ 

Kate shares her experiences and thoughts on over-coming the dreaded imposter syndrome/inner critic/gremlins. 

In this episode, Kate meets Katy Lehman, a mortgage and protection expert with over 17 years experience. She works with people to make their dreams a reality protect them and their family to safeguard their futures. Passionate about providing tailored and relevant advice to her clients, she goes way further than just arranging their mortgage and protection packages.

Connect with Katy online or find out more at: https://nookmortgages.co.uk 

In this podcast, Kate interviews Hems de Winter. Born in Rotterdam, Hems found himself totally unsuited to the family traditions of dredging, land reclamation and civil engineering and, devoid of any meaningful qualifications, opted instead to leave school in Liverpool and try for a career in journalism.

After various roles including court reporter, chief reporter and chef sub editor, he was appointed Editor of the Liverpool Weekly News at the age of 25.

Hems left journalism after ten years and spent several years as a press officer with Cheshire County Council before joining his first PR consultancy as an account executive.

It was in 1989 that he took the decision to launch his own agency and 33 years later, de Winter PR still flourishes, having transformed itself from a small, parochial lifestyle business into a multi-award-winning agency with global clients.

Hems left the agency in good hands three years ago to launch ‘Hems de Winter Consulting’ and pursue his passions for helping business owners create more sustainable and more successful values-led businesses, and mentoring young people.

He is now working with agencies and organisations across the North West. Hems is a TEDx speaker, Young Enterprise board member, mentor, hospital governor and a trustee on several charities. Connect and find out more at: http://hemsdewinter.co.uk/ 

In this episode, Kate talks about all things mindset and resilience with Therapist Cat Williams. Cat is a Rapid Transformational Therapist, Strengths Psychology coach, author and TEDx speaker, specialising in resilience, mind-set, self-confidence, wellbeing and relationships.

Click below for access to Cat's free coaching material, online ‘Minimising Stress & Maximising Resilience’ course, book, podcast episodes, TEDx talk, website and social media links: https://linktr.ee/cathelpingreachpotential

Welcome to Ladder Down, the podcast where Kate Cousens chats to people about their career and/or business journey. 

Sending the ladder down is the concept of someone sharing their success to help raise others up. In this episode, Kate Cousens introducers herself to listeners and explains a bit about her own career journey and move to business owner.

Kate is Director and Shareholder at HM bamboo Limited based in Chester, working alongside her business partner Steve Lloyd: https://bit.ly/2YqoLKl Together they provide growth advice, leadership development and mentoring to ambitious business owners and leaders.

After spending 20 years climbing the career ladder herself, she has been working as an advisor since 2018 and is passionate about ‘sending the ladder down’ to help others on their own ascent.

She has also written and self-published a book called ‘Ladder Climbing in High Heels’ where she shared her experiences and 'Ladder Lessons': https://amzn.to/3tQOz0C 

Wife and Mum to three teen/tweens, there is never a dull moment for Kate who loves nothing more than putting her feet up listening to a podcast or reading a book along with a glass of wine. She hopes you will join her and have a listen!