MindStyling for Entrepreneurs

Nov 17 2022 87 ep. 38 mins
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MindStyling for Entrepreneurs showcases leaders who aren’t afraid to push the boundaries. We join hosts Dr Becky Sage and Amy Armstrong as they interview a diverse range of entrepreneurs who’ve cut their own path to success. Our top-tips episodes will distill some of the techniques that people running their own businesses use to get through the challenges and celebrate the successes in a healthy and sustainable way. We give you the tools to start "MindStyling" for yourself, we invite you to subscribe and try out our MindStyling tools as you build a successful future, whatever that means for you. Finalists in the BBC Radio 5 live, Rachael Bland Podcast Award and Creative Impact Awards

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Janine's Top Tip: Stay Human As You Grow

Nov 17 2022 18 mins  
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 pi

Janine Matho: for women, career drop off happens right away, in the first 2 - 3 years of work

Nov 11 2022 68 mins  
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 Exponential

Vic Forrest's Top Tip: Take a break; be kind to yourself.

Nov 04 2022 24 mins  
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 fo

Victoria Forrest: Remaining fascinated by the world calms me

Oct 27 2022 53 mins  
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 Brit

Nithya's Top Tip: "If your goals are important enough on a spiritual level, the rest are just details."

Oct 24 2022 20 mins  
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 pu

Nithya Prabu: There's always opportunity out there, even in the most dreadful times.

Oct 14 2022 62 mins  
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

End of Year Special Part Two: How do you know when to walk away? Dr Becky Sage's graceful landing

Dec 28 2021 33 mins  
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 trust

End of Year Special Part One: Happy Endings and New Beginnings with Nathalie Alpi

Dec 27 2021 36 mins  
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

Kerstyn and Suzi's top tip: Don’t kitchen-sink: keep it simple. Start with the problem - it's all about that.

Jul 29 2021 19 mins  
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 yo

Kerstyn Comley & Suzi Godson: MeeToo makes it easy to talk about difficult things

Jul 21 2021 60 mins  
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.