Make a Change to Make a Difference

In our latest episode, ⁠Adam⁠ is joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK🌟 Having been first diagnosed with alopecia in primary school, Sue found her way to Alopecia UK when she lost all of her hair in her 40s. She says that on reflection, losing her hair challenged her to find her strengths, and that despite it taking a while to get there, she knows she's a better person and has developed a kinder outlook on the world. In this insightful episode, Sue shares her leadership philosophy and the values that guide her work. Sue emphasises the importance of meeting her team where they are, fostering circular love as a core value, and building rooted connections in the workplace. She discusses the multifaceted role of a CEO in a small organization, wearing different hats and juggling various responsibilities. Sue finds energy and purpose in engaging directly with the community her charity supports, organising events, and providing support to individuals affected by alopecia. She highlights the transformative impact of creating safe spaces for people to embrace their identities without fear of judgment. Sue also reflects on her experience of the Barefoot Coaching Training Programme, sharing the significance of tools like perceptual positions in her work with young adults. Happy listening 🎧 Episode Links: Website: ⁠https://www.alopecia.org.uk/⁠ Barefoot 30 Great Coaching Tools Booklet (See Perceptual Positions): https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/product/30-great-coaching-tools/ ⁠#Podcast⁠ ⁠#Leadership⁠ #Values #Alopecia

In our latest episode, Adam is joined by coach, author and business owner Patrice Gordon. Patrice previously held senior positions at British Airways, Royal Mail and Virgin Atlantic. Pivoting from commercial finance into commercial partnerships, she led the largest airline joint venture across the transatlantic. After completing the Barefoot Coach Training Programme back in 2017, she has since developed her practice to focus on females in the workplace, inclusive leadership, and reverse mentoring, launching her book 'Reverse Mentoring, Removing Barriers and Building Belonging in the Workplace' in 2022.

In this episode, Adam is joined by Dame Jackie Daniel, CEO of Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dame Jackie began her NHS career as a nurse before moving into NHS management. She’s been a Chief Executive Officer for the last 16 years and In 2017, was recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for her services to health care. In this inspiring episode, Jackie shares how the underpinnings of her coach training with barefoot, helped her to handle some of her most challenging chief executive roles within the NHS. We also talk about Jackie’s passion for supporting resilience and well-being - where she introduces her framework for developing the right mindsets and behaviours in NHS leaders, promoting self-care, and creating operating and governance structures that foster engagement and connection. We hope you enjoy listening. Dame Jackie's Blog: https://www.damejackiesblog.co.uk/

🔊 We're thrilled to present a brand new episode of the Barefoot Coaching Podcast! 🎧 Join us as we take you behind the scenes at Channel 4 headquarters with our amazing guests, Jamie Ward, Head of Learning and Development, and Sarah Tegerdine, Lead Senior People Partner for Creative. In this episode, hosted by Adam Goodman-Smith and Kelly Wood, we explore the incredible mission of Channel 4 to democratize coaching and make it accessible to everyone across their business. 🌍✨ Tune in as we discuss: ✅ How Jamie and Sarah discovered their passion for coaching, and their journey to Barefoot Coaching. ✅ Why Barefoot Coaching was the perfect partner for Channel 4's coaching initiatives. ✅ Insider insights on building an internal coaching practice. ✅ The crucial role of supervision within a coaching organisation. ✅ Plus, Jamie and Sarah generously share their personal stories and career journeys to date. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in developing an internal coaching practice within their organization. 🎯📈 Connect with our hosts and guests on LinkedIn: 👉 Adam Goodman-Smith: linkedin.com/in/adam-goodman-smith-96768738/ 👉 Kelly Wood: linkedin.com/in/kelly-wood-866a8841/ 👉 Sarah Tegerdine: linkedin.com/in/sarahtegerdineheadofhr/ 👉 Jamie Ward: linkedin.com/in/jamie-ward-3703221/ This episode was produced by: Jim Cork at Explore Studio https://www.instagram.com/jimexplore/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcork/ #BarefootCoaching #PodcastEpisode #CoachingTransformation #InternalCoachingPractice #Channel4Coaching #LeadershipDevelopment #ProfessionalGrowth #Channel4

Geoff is one of the most experienced Scrum coaches in the UK, a TEDx and Keynote Speaker and the author of the seminal best-sellers Scrum Mastery: From Good to Great Servant-Leadership, Product Mastery: From Good to Great Product Ownership and of course the award-winning The Coach's Casebook: Mastering The Twelve Traits That Trap Us which he co-wrote with Barefoot’s Kim Morgan. In this episode, Geoff shares: · What Agile is and his journey into the world of Scrum · Why he is passionate about Servant Leadership · His experience of training with Barefoot Coaching · How he is using a blend of coaching and Agile methodologies in his work supporting organisations · His mission to disrupt the world of Agile certification Episode Links: The Servant as Leader, Robert K. Greenleaf: https://archive.org/details/20200601-the-servant-as-leader/page/4/mode/2up Inspect and Adapt: https://www.inspectandadapt.com/ Agile Mastery Institute: https://agilemasteryinstitute.com/guide/geoff-watts/

In this feature-length episode, Adam chats to Author, Educator and Executive Coach, Barbara Banda A message from Adam: I'm so excited to share this episode with listeners. The theme throughout is one of 'difference'. Difference in life, in organisations and in coaching. Barbara and I had a blast recording this episode. I hope that you get that sense listening to it and that you find our conversation helpful. As this episode is longer than usual, we've included a handy chapter menu below. Happy Listening! 🎧 Chapter Menu 📕 01:00 Intro 02:19 Early career 09:15 Difference in education 11:30 Being 100% Barbara 16:05 Arriving at Barefoot Coaching 18:28 The value of academic qualifications in the coaching profession (PGCert etc) 30:00 What kind of coach did you want to be? 33:19 Advice for people considering coach training 35:35 After completing the programme 41:47 Being able to be yourself at work 46:19 The value of difference in coaching 51:08 The value of professional coaching supervision 53:33 Barbara’s debut book ‘The Model Black’ 01:09:55 What’s next? 01:13:44 How do you spend your downtime? 01:15:30 Parting thought Useful Links: Barbara's Website: https://lnkd.in/ecdpY3nD Barbara's Book The Model Black - How Black British Leaders Succeed in Organisations and Why It Matters: https://amzn.eu/d/brI25DM Barefoot Coaching: https://lnkd.in/eekzMQ2M

Episode Six: Make a Change to Make a Difference with Karl Perry All aboard the ‘coach-acoaster’. In this episode, Adam talks with Coach and Author Karl Perry. Karl’s route into coaching wasn’t straightforward. After being forced to close his well-established business due to COVID-19 and dealing with a personal loss, Karl experienced a cardiac arrest at home. It was this series of events which found him living what he describes as his ‘third life’, a life in which a simple conversation with a friend using Barefoot’s Values Cards, led him to our door. At the time of recording, Karl had just completed the Barefoot Coach Training Programme, an experience which he describes as being like riding his very own 'coach-acoaster'. Whether you are thinking about training as a coach, or if you are in the process of training, this is an episode not to be missed.

Episode Five: Make a Change to Make a Difference with Diane Hanna We are kicking off the New Year with a bang. This latest episode with experienced Coach and Coach Supervisor Diane Hanna is jam-packed full of valuable content about coaching and the coaching profession. It’s one not to be missed. Hear about: A new episode arrives each month, so be sure to subscribe to be the first to know when each episode lands. We hope you enjoy listening.

Join the team at Barefoot HQ for this bonus festive edition of the Make a Change to Make a Difference Podcast. The team have each selected a question from Barefoot’s Coaching Cards for Christmas, and one by one, they’ll share their answer. We’ll hear about their childhood traditions, the memories and emotions that this time of year brings and their hopes for the year to come. This bonus episode is slightly longer than usual, perfect to listen to whilst finishing your Christmas wrapping!

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: One in Four Women, Sandra ReddishSandra’s Website - domesticabuses.comBroxtowe Women’s Project Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

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: A new episode arrives each month, so be sure to subscribe to be the first to know when each episode lands. If you subscribed to our previous podcast series ‘Dancing in the Moment’, there is no need to subscribe again. We hope you enjoy listening. Discussed in this episode: Barefoot Coaching CardsAward Winning Books by Kim MorganVision Chairs & Perceptual Positions – See Thirty Great Coaching Tools

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.

In this episode of Dancing in the Moment, Barefoot CEO, Kim Morgan has an engaging and hugely informative conversation with Matt Radley, Managing Director of Matthew Radley & Associates and leading Executive Coach working with CEO’s, Executive Teams, and Boards. Matt generously shares his story before, during and after his experience on Barefoot’s ICF-accredited Post Graduate Certificate in Business & Personal Coaching course, and how he went from not knowing what coaching was on the first day to ‘bravely’ leaving his job and becoming a successful coach and business owner. This is a must listen for anyone interested in working as an associate in other coaching companies as Kim and Matt also discuss the standards, values and behaviours they look for when selecting associates. You can find out more about Matt and his business here: https://www.matthewradley.co.uk/