Make a Change to Make a Difference

Adam is back with episode three of the Make a Change to Make a Difference Podcast, this time he is joined by Barefoot Associate Coach Professor Veronica Pickering DL.

Veronica is a Coach and Inclusion Consultant whose work sees her championing the needs of diverse communities all around the world.  In May 2013, she made history by becoming the first black woman to be appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire, she then went on to be appointed and approved by Her Late Majesty the Queen as an RAF Honorary Air Commodore. Veronica is a Council Member for the RSPB, a National Ambassador for the Woodland Trust and a patron for many other organisations and charities.

In this episode, Adam and Veronica discuss:

We hope you enjoy listening.

Resources discussed in this episode:

www.veronicapickering.co.uk

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:

We hope you enjoy listening.

Note that this episode references issues relating to domestic abuse.

Discussed in this episode:

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:

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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:

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/

I absolutely loved talking to Danielle about the work she does and I really hope this will be of use to those of you asking ‘How do I choose a niche?’.  Here, Danielle speaks with passion about the work she does with people going through a relationship breakup, divorce or separation.

I really feel that Danielle has done something wonderful and exceptional and her wisdom and experience in how she uses coaching to help people at a really difficult time of the lives is incredibly valuable.

You can find out more about the work Danielle does here: http://www.danielleb.co.uk/. ‘After the Split’ by Danielle is available to buy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/317utTV.