Liz Clayton-Jones, founder of Beehive Performance, advanced strengths coach and former corporate leader. Liz helps science, research and manufacturing teams become truly high-performing by putting people at the heart of every success. She shares her leap from 31 years in corporate to building a business from the heart (not just the head), why she once walked away from a signed contract that wasn’t a values fit, and how an experimentation mindset (“you can’t fail an experiment—you only get unexpected outcomes”) unlocks progress in life and work. We dig into inclusive teams (including neurodiversity), strengths-based leadership, and practical ways to support women through menopause at work—from honest manager conversations to flexible, “reasonable” adjustments that keep great people in the room.

In this episode:

• Building people so people build the business (strengths, engagement, team performance)
• Leaving corporate: breathing space, ditching the “shoulds,” and designing work your way
• Saying no to misfit clients and magnetising the right ones through authenticity and referrals
• Menopause and work: you’re not broken; strengths + small adjustments beat stigma
• The one-month experiment: try, note results, keep what works—applies to health, leadership, and culture