The ExeL Podcast

The sudden and tragic loss of Lou Walsh hit many people within the driver training industry very hard, none ,ore so of course than Lou's husband Blaine. Both Lou and Blaine, togtrher with Laura Morris, had been the architects of a totally new way of approaching driving instructor training and their Go Green course has proved extremely popular.As in everything, time moves on and so

Neil is the author of 'Untwisting the Road to Success'. This book is designed to help you with either your Part 3 test or Standards Check. It is full of extremely helpful advice and supporting videos which you can access via QR codes in the text.Neil is a great advocate for CPD and, by his own admission, is a 'CPD junkie'. He is a member of the Institute of Master Tutors of Driving

San Harper is an internationally renowned authority on the subject of mindfulness. It is a great privilege to have her as a guest on the podcast. In this episode we just dip our toes into the ocean of mindfulness. For those of you who find this topic either useful or interesting - hopefully both! - you can take this further as San is the creator of her own website www.thecalmside.c

Lee is one part of Knowledgeablee Instructor Training, who with Mick Knowles, is a partner with this award winning training company. You can find out more about their training options at https://www.adikit.co.uk/

In this episode I chat with Stewart Lochrie the founder of Bright Coaching. This is a newly created training company aimed at driving instructors offering the only accredited qualification in coaching in the UK. The course specifically aims at exploring challenging and changing behaviours in drivers and explores driver psychology. To find out more visit the https://www.brightcoachi

Carrie passed her Part 3 just two days before we recorded this episode. She talks about her experience of the qualifying process and the pressure of having to go to a third attempt to pass her Part 3 test. She also tells of the reasons why she chose to become a driving instructor and the support materials that were used (Go Green). Modesty forbids me to say who her trainer was but

Join me as I chat with Olly Tayler, the face of The Honest Truth. We start off with our own tribute to Lou Walsh who tragically died suddenly in August. Olly and I first met many years ago at Westpoint on one of the legs of the relay so it was Lou who actually facilitated us getting to know each other. Olly has always been passionate about road safety from his days as a serving roa

We are back in our Devon roots for this episode with Claire Hancock. Claire is a active member of her local RoSPA group and a passionate campaigner for raod safety and her connections to Vision Zero, The Honest Truth and Learn2Live. She also talks about her preference for being part of a team of instructors rather than going independent and we talk about the ways in which things ha

I was delighted to get Chris Allsopp on my podcast just before he and his partner Diane Hall came to Exeter to deliver their excellent 'Driving Test Nerves' course. Diane came on in Season 2 and talked about the content of their course and suggested then that I get Chris on to talk in more depth about the mental well-being (or not) of our young people after everything that has gone

For the first episode of Season 3 Alison Harper gives some advice on how to utilise social media to maximum effect. She manages the social media for Knowledgable Instrucotr Training (KIT), The KIT Podcast, Xpert Driver Training, Diane Hall's L of a Way to Pass as well as Training Wheelz for myself and Christie.In this episode we only really scratch the surface of this topic. Alison