The Coaching Hub Podcast

In this episode, Ruth chats to her husband and marketing director of Optimus, Christian Kudzi. They discuss what it’s like to work with your partner – exploring what challenges come up, how to solve them and what the benefits are (yes, they exist!).  Christian also shares a bit more about his marketing role, giving you a special glimpse into what’s planned for Optimus… Spoiler: there’s some exciting stuff coming up!  Peek behind the scenes and listen now! 

At Optimus, we’ve updated two of our courses. Check out: 

The Coaching Fundamentals for brand-new coaches – designed to teach  you the basics of coaching and equip you with foundational knowledge

Developing Your Coaching Skills for existing coaches – designed to upgrade your existing coaching skills and take you to the next level of your career 

Both are self-paced courses made up of digestible sessions, workbooks and monthly calls to practise what you learn. 

Explore the Coaching Fundamentals course here. 

Discover Developing Your Coaching Skills here. 

If you complete either of these courses, you’ll get £497 OFF any of our diplomas.

Are you resilient? Now, before you answer, remember: resilience doesn’t mean hardiness. It doesn’t mean soldiering on when you’re running out of steam. So what is it? 

 

In today’s episode, Ruth defines resilience and shares practical steps you can take to get more of it. She gives you a glimpse into her past and explores what life was like when she wasn’t resilient. Discover what that looked like, and see if the signs of low resilience are showing up in your life. 

Working on your resilience means safeguarding your emotional health. It’s key to both your success and wellbeing. Listen above and find out how to fill your resilience bucket. 

Want to become a coach and help others become more confident versions of themselves? Have a look at our highly-respected and comprehensive coach training programme. 

Our coach training is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), offering you a direct route to accreditation. 

For an all-inclusive programme designed to make you a professional, click here. 

We’re enrolling now for May.

In today’s episode, Ruth chats with Lulu Little – a doctor working in emergency medicine and a soon-to-graduate coach!  Lulu explains how learning to be curious and present as a coach has changed the way she works with patients. 

Tune in as Lulu tells us what listening really is, and what actually matters in a conversation with someone requiring help. 

Are you really listening? Or are you missing the true meaning behind people’s words? 

Happy listening.

See more from Lulu Little here

If you’re in a helping profession like Lulu, you could deepen your conversations and strengthen your impact by becoming a coach. Or, you could dedicate yourself to professional coaching completely. Either way, coaching hands you the tools to change people’s lives for the better. 

Why train with us? 

Our Professional Coaching Diploma course offers much more than standard coaching courses. As well as a direct route to ICF-accreditation, you’ll learn evidence-based approaches rooted in science, develop your business skills and benefit from nonstop support– both during and after your course. 

To find out more about our respected coach training course, click here.

What does confidence mean to you? What would your life be like if you could be more confident? 

Most of us find ourselves battling with a lack of confidence at times. Even the most confident among us have their moments. 

In today’s episode, Ruth reveals how we can self-coach ourselves to raise our confidence levels. She’ll be exploring evidence-based ways you can boost your self-belief and get closer to reaching your goals! 

For a multitude of practical and potent techniques, have a listen. 

Want to become a coach and help others become more confident versions of themselves? Have a look at our highly-respected and comprehensive coach training programme. 

Our coach training is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), offering you a direct route to accreditation. 

For an all-inclusive programme designed to make you a professional, click here. 

 

We’re enrolling now for May.

Ever felt like something is missing in your work life? Like something is missing no matter what job you do. In today's episode, Lisa discusses how she felt her previous job didn't match her values and needed to find her purpose.

Lisa decided to venture into coaching and found the right fit with Optimus and never looked back.

Find out more about Lisa and her new venture at:

Website: www.lisadawncoaching.co.uk

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-staker

Email : [email protected]

At Optimus Coach Academy, we support aspiring coaches to become highly-skilled and respected professionals that facilitate deep and transformational changes.  Make a difference in people’s lives. Sign up for our coach training programme here. Enrolment closes in April!

Everybody talks about gratitude, don’t they? If there’s one piece of advice people are handing out, it’s to practise feeling grateful. 

Originally sceptical about the benefits of gratitude, Ruth started her practice because she felt ‘she should,’ expecting it to have no real impact in her life. However, she soon discovered the benefits of gratitude are IMMENSE. Her practice has managed to get her through the toughest times of her life. And it can do the same for you!

 Listen to the podcast above. 

By the way, are you in a leadership position? 

We’ve just put together a brand-new Leader as a Coach training programme. Being a good leader isn’t easy, but when you pair leadership with coaching, you get brilliant results from your team. 

To boost your performance as a leader and to steer your team towards success, click here to find out more about our intensive programme. 

How can we strengthen our role as leaders? Through coaching our team members, of course. 

Coaching is a coveted leadership skill. And it’s not hard to see why. Through coaching, leaders are able to support their teams and enhance their overall performance and engagement.

Some companies use coaching models like GROW, but there’s so much more to a coaching approach than a single model. Press play and listen to how neuroscience and other elements of coaching can play a part in developing a super team!

Through coaching as a leader, you can create space for your team and leave people feeling both valued and empowered. That means they’ll be in a position to make better decisions!

To find out more about why coaching is a key leadership skill, listen to the podcast now.

Coaches can bring about real change in people’s working and personal lives. Our students go on to make a difference with science-backed techniques and extensive training that leaves no gaps.

Our February cohort started their training today! If you want to become an ICF-accredited coach, it’s not too late. Book a call with Course Director & CEO Ruth Kudzi here. 

When people think about coaching, their minds often hop straight to life coaching. But there are other niches and areas of coaching that exist. Business coaching is one path you can take! Our student, Sara Mobarhanfard, has chosen to coach entrepreneurs. In today’s episode, Ruth chats to Sara Mobarhanfard about business coaching for entrepreneurs. 

After spending 10 years in the construction industry, she quit the corporate world and began a fashion brand in 2018. And now, she’s turned her passion – business consulting – into a full time career. She finds the best way to help her clients is through providing business coaching.  

She used to believe “If you have the right business strategy, and you understand the market well and you do all the right things, then that’s it – you have a good recipe and you make it work.” But now, as a coach, she thinks differently.

Listen above.

See more from Sara Mobarhanfard at the following links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sara_mobarhanfard/

Sara chose to complete her coach training with us. Our course has been put together with great care and carries the right balance of theory, hands-on practice and coaching experience. If effective evidence-based approaches are important to you, our curriculum is a good fit for your needs.

We’re starting our top-quality course on the 7th of February. Sign up here.

Need to have a conversation about the course first? Book a call with Ruth here.

Introducing coaching within early childhood can set your child up for future success. In today’s episode, Ruth chats to Joanne Burke about why embedding coaching into your child’s early experiences can make a huge difference. 

As a primary school deputy head and early years advisor, Jo brings her depth of experience and knowledge to this important and fascinating conversation. 

Find out how we can empower children and get them learning essential skills by teaching them to adopt a coaching mindset! And what the far-reaching benefits are… 

Listen above. 

 

See more from Joanne Burke at the following links: 

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/findingjoyamongstthechaos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jotheearlyyearscoach/

Joanne chose to complete her coach training with us. Our course has been put together with great care and carries the right balance of theory, hands-on practice and coaching experience. If effective evidence-based approaches are important to you, our curriculum is a good fit for your needs. 

 

We’re starting our top-quality course on the 7th of February. Sign up here.

Need to have a conversation about the course first? Book a call with Ruth here.

Leaders spend too much time exhausted and overwhelmed, wishing they had more time to accomplish every task on their todo list. While we cannot create more time, we can create more energy. In today’s episode, Ian Browne explains what an energy leader is and how leaders can become stronger and more effective by tapping into the four dimensions of energy. 

With a master’s degree in coaching and mentoring under his belt, Ian decided to take his training further with us at Optimus. Find out why he made this decision despite undergoing intensive study of coaching, and why he’s glad he did! 

[1:16] About Ian and what he does  [4:06] On studying coaching and his research on leadership [6:07] What made him go for the diploma after the master’s?  [7:51] Finding your own way within coaching  [11:25] In between coaching sessions and applying what you learn  [13:28] What is an energy leader and energy coaching?  [16:20] What we can do with energy and the core parts of energy leadership [20:13] What research shows about energy and leadership (and the mistakes leaders make) [21:12] Looking at where beliefs come from in clients [22:23] Find out more about Ian Browne 

Find out more from Ian at www.theenergyleader.com 

Theory is useful when it comes to coaching. However, if like Ian, you want to take a practical approach and discover the impressive power of pure coaching (and deliver it yourself), we’re the right training provider for you. 

Our coach training programme combines science-based coaching theory with practical application, giving you the confidence to enable and support lasting change in your clients. 

Become an effective results-backed coach in 2022! We’re enrolling for February right now. Sign up here.