In this Top Tips episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Janine Matho's top tip to entrepreneurs, to stay human as you grow, and share your human stories. We talk about: Crafting your identity and narrative as a founder of a new businessThe shift from the identity a corporate title bestows on you, to being an entrepreneur free to define your own identity;The art of painting a compelling picture of something that doesn't exist yet;Practising and getting comfortable with sharing our authentic storie...
Nov 18, 2022
18 min
McKinsey's Women in the Workforce 2022 report confirms that the "broken rung" of the career ladder for women remains at the first step up to manager. For every 100 men promoted to their first manager role, only 87 women are promoted, and only 82 women of colour are promoted. In this episode, Dr Becky Sage and Amy Armstrong hear from Janine Matho, about how she is leading ExponentialChangemakers to address this critical gender gap. It is a special episode for us, not only because ...
Nov 11, 2022
1 hr 8 min
On this Top Tip, Amy and Becky reflect on Vic Forrest's powerful top tip to take a break and be kind to ourselves. We reconnect and remind ourselves of: The importance of making space for ourselves, in order to help ourselves to keep going, to boost productivity, insight and capacity for wisdom.To remember it is the responsibility of a leader to role model this positive behaviour for the sake of our team and our business.How taking regular rest breaks is an often forgotten but critical...
Nov 5, 2022
24 min
Self-described dyslexic bibliophile, design geek, entrepreneur, and mother, Victoria Forrest is an award-winning graphic designer specialising in book, brand and XR design for The Arts. As founder of VIKA Books, Victoria works at the cutting edge of book design. In 2022, Victoria won InnovateUK’s Women in Innovation Award as well as D&AD Future Impact. She’s also Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for Creative Industries and one of the UK’s TechWomen100. We discuss: •The ...
Oct 28, 2022
53 min
In this week's Top Tip episode, Becky and Amy reflect on Nithya Prabu's recommendation for entrepreneurs and leaders to: Be really clear of your values, purpose and goals;Make sure your goals track directly back to your purpose and values; and highlights that, "If your goals are important enough on a spiritual level, the rest are just details."We discuss: How goals should reflect purpose, and purpose be driven by values; and how all too often espoused values aren't reflected in an ...
Oct 24, 2022
20 min
Nithya Prabu is the founder and Managing Director of Lurnable, a data-driven education technology company focused on delivering bespoke international student services. Nithya describes herself as a misfit and a rebel, who has always been an entrepreneur. At the same time she is a published poet who has written over 1,200 motivational poems. In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Amy Armstrong and Nithya explore: What it means to be an entrepreneur.Authentic leadership - ...
Oct 14, 2022
1 hr 2 min
In part two of our MindStyling End of Year Special, Amy chats with Becky about her decision to leave Interactive Scientific in 2019. We reflect on: The gifts and challenges of being a start-up CEOThe unsustainable frenzy of a constant sprintSaying no to bad behaviour and toxic relationshipsHow do you know when it's time to walk away? Is a graceful landing possible?For Becky, a trusted mentor, supportive Chair, and compelling Vision Board played important roles in helping her to bri...
Dec 28, 2021
33 min
As 2021 draws to a close, MindStyling enjoys two end-of-year special podcasts, reflecting on the gifts in endings. In part one, Amy Armstrong and Dr Becky Sage catch up with Nathalie Alpi to reflect on the acquisition of Cookies HQ. We discuss: Pivoting and purposeWhen pressure is unsustainable and change is necessaryThe value of sleep!Creating space for opportunityNavigating an exit with values intactThe challenge of redundanciesReconnecting to joy and purpose at work each dayWe ask, ...
Dec 27, 2021
36 min
In today's Top Tips episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Kerstyn and Suzi's warning: "Don't kitchen-sink it: keep it simple. It's all about the problem." We muse how easy it is as entrepreneurs and instinctive innovators, to try to do everything, and be everything, to everybody. Instead we think about: How to say no, and prioritise effectively.Finding the sweet spot where the needs of your customers, the needs of your audience, and your own needs overlap.The power of mastery and getting ...
Jul 29, 2021
19 min
Kerstyn Comley PhD and Suzi Godson, soon to be PhD are co-founders of MeeToo, an app that allows people to talk anonymously about difficult things with other people of a similar age or experience. The MeeToo mission is to provide mental help to everyone, everywhere by delivering pre-moderated, anonymous digital peer support which is effective, accessible, cheap, safe and scalable. Co-CEO Suzi Godson has been The Times sex and relationships columnist for 16 years and her books have bee...
Jul 22, 2021
1 hr
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