I know first-hand just how hard it can be to spin all the plates and how hard it is to say no things or put ourselves first. I also know that YOU are central to the success of your business and if you’re not in a good place, then you can’t show up in the right way and you won’t be able to add value in the way you want to.

In this week’s podcast, I share with you 5 Ways to Protect Yourself, Prevent Burnout and Feel more in Control.

In this week’s episode of The Future-Proof your Business podcast, I’m excited to welcome a self-professed ‘straight-talking Northern woman’ and the founder of the North West VA Conference, the brilliant Joanne Hawkins.

We chatted about:

- why it’s incredibly important to future-proof your business,

- behind-the-scenes at this year's NWVA conference and of course, why you should attend

and learning to recognise your own value and worth and being able to communicate it to others.

In this week's episode, I'm chatting with the wonderful husband and wife team Greg and Kim Knight from HDK Events all about the power of self-belief and determination to keep going and create a thriving business. What work-life balance actually means when you work for yourself and the challenges that come with imposter syndrome and the inevitable wobbles.

We discuss being brave and helping your clients to make the right choices even if it means you don't make as much money and we share insights into our new collaboration to create bespoke events for SME and Corporate teams to come together, get focused and make an impact.

In this week’s episode of the Future-Proof Your Business podcast, I’m joined by the wonderful Vicky Labinger, an interior designer and business mentor for interior designers, for another behind-the-scenes conversation in my series of 'For the Love of Small Business.' 

Vicky started her interior design business, My Clay Brick Home in 2020 after working more than 30 years in the corporate world, and after hitting the big 50. She hasn’t looked back since!

In this week’s episode of the Future-Proof Your Business podcast, I’m joined in the studio by the incredible Tanya Ibberson for another behind-the-scenes conversation in my series of 'For the love of small business.'

With over 25 years experience of working in accounting, financial training and business mentoring, Tanya is also a certified trauma-informed financial coach and on a mission to empower individuals and business owners to design the life you want using your finances.

In this week’s episode, I have a great conversation with the fabulous Hayley Ekgren, co-founder of Your Support Team, all about the behind-the-scenes of running and growing a business.

Hayley is the Business Operations Director and is responsible for operations and business development at Your Support Team, a company that offers an outsourced finance department to SMEs, specialising in Xero accounting software and offering everything you'd expect from a full finance function.

In this week’s episode, I’m asking you what's the one thing that's going to make the biggest impact in your business. What's the one thing, the most important thing you should be focusing on right now?

I’m sharing with you some of the behind-the-scenes from my business, some of my clients’ stories and giving you some pointers to help you work out what to prioritise right now and where you should be putting your energy.

And we look at how to sense-check and challenge yourself and really work out what will have the most impact and help you to move forward in the most efficient and quickest way.

In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing with you the 5 reasons why I believe it’s imperative to invest in yourself, and in your own personal development in order to grow and future-proof your business.

I’m a massive believer in the fact that as business owners you should never stop learning, gaining new skills and finding new ways to do things, thinking differently, and continuously looking to improve what you’re doing and to add more value.

In this week's episode, I’m talking about this crazy rollercoaster ride that is running a small business, sharing some insights into the ever-changing and challenging world we live in and discussing the 5 key steps that make up my SPEAK formula to help you future-proof your business.

I want to help make sure that you’re in the best place possible to weather any storms and come out stronger on the other side.

In this week’s episode it’s just me, and I’m talking about that big hairy elephant in the room. You know the one who helps us to put pressure on ourselves to show up in ways that don’t feel right, and force ourselves to do ‘the things’ just because they are expected of us.

I want to give you permission to sense-check everything you do and bring the joy back into your business, because by being true to yourself and your values is the best way to attract your people and tell your story.

In today’s episode, I have a great conversation with the brilliant Rob Dobson from Northern Comfort about how to get the most out of your website.

Rob has been building, designing and optimising websites for over 20 years and shares some great insights into the behind the scenes world of code and development and how to make sure your website is performing as well as possible for you.

In today's episode, I have the best conversation with the brilliant Vicki Jakes about the behind-the-scenes of growing a small business.

We talk about so much, from how to add value, show you care and build trust and goodwill with your clients to the best way of marketing your business, word-of-mouth and connecting with real people.

We chat about the challenges of building teams remotely, communicating away from the coffee machine and how to train your clients to work with you, respect your boundaries and ensure avoid burnout.

I genuinely believe that excellent communication is the key to success and creating a successful and sustainable business.

And so in today’s episode, I’m sharing with you thirteen steps to help you communicate more effectively and make more of an impact in your business.

In this week’s episode, I’m talking about the importance of really listening to your clients and making sure that you’re delivering what they really want, and not what you think they want.

I ask the question, “Are you really listening?” and I share with you what it means to get intentional about listening to people and talk you through 5 key benefits that good listening can bring to your business which are.

In this week’s episode I’m asking the question: How easy is it for people to buy from you?

If you know that you're doing a good job, if you really care about what you're doing, then there’s no reason why people shouldn’t want to come and buy from you, unless you are putting obstacles in the way?

I share nine ways to make sure that the right people find you and buy from you as easily and smoothly as possible.

As this week is National Apprenticeship Week 2023 here in the UK, I share with you my love for Mentoring and the huge benefits that come from investing in an apprenticeship and / or mentoring scheme for your business.

I believe that by investing in an apprentice and mentor, you can have the certainty that you’re building and developing your own in-house expertise, and the peace of mind that everything is under control as you do that.

In this week’s episode I share with you insights from my favourite subject, people, and the power of surrounding yourself with the right kind of people for you.

I’m encouraging you to take some time to check-in with yourself and notice who you are spending the majority of your time with and what that means for you and your business.

In this week’s episode, I'm super excited to welcome my lovely friend and client Helen Harding to have a conversation about the rollercoaster ride that is running a small business.

Helen is a chartered marketer, author, speaker and content creator, supporting and teaching therapists, coaches and healers to find clients and succeed - on their terms.

We chat about:

• ethical marketing, what it means and how it comes down to you and your values.

• learning how to listen to and trust your gut feeling

• give yourself permission to show up as yourself and be imperfectly perfect

And more….

In this week’s episode I'm going to share some of my story, tell you a little bit about me and let you into the behind the scenes of my real passion for all things people, communication and business.

I talk about: 

• what being the only female manager in a room full of senior leaders feels like, 

• what it means to live and work in a foreign country and in a different language,

• the impact of different cultures on business

• why effective communication is key to your success

• the power of mentoring in future-proofing your business

• how I found a gap in the market to help small business owners with their marketing communication

• the value of building solid foundations in future-proofing your business whatever shape or size.

And the behind the scenes of why I do what I do, how you can work with me today and of course my mission to share my love for small business.

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Future-Proof your Business podcast.

In this week's episode I’m delighted to be joined by the brilliant Rachel Spencer.

We chat about:

- what it takes to build and grow a small business, the highs and the lows.

- the importance of grit and being able to bounce back time after time

- the need to be really crap at something first, before you can get better.

- the dark side of the online world

and how the best way to make a real impact and attract the right kind of people to your business is to be bold and brave enough to be yourself, stay in your own lane and do things in your own unique way