Episode 09: Best we know the stuff we fail to notice! With Simon Kettleborough
01/12/24 • 42 min
This episode explores how the inner world of the business leader creates the shape and flow of the business they lead. Our values, beliefs, experiences, thoughts and emotions all lend themselves to the structure, behaviours and outputs of our business.
Dr. Simon Kettleborough is the founding partner of Aephoria, an organisation that helps humans flourish.
We speak about the four different brains we can access to help us make meaning in this age of complexity, the difference between therapy and coaching, why taking a look at our inner world is beneficial.
Grab a cup of tea,
Sit back and enjoy the episode.
About Simon
Simon is one of the founders of Aephoria, a team of talented and committed leadership and organisational development practitioners.
Over the past 26 years, Simon's career spanned consulting, leadership roles in private, public, and non-profit sectors, encompassing Leadership Development, Coaching, Existential Psychotherapy, Diversity and Inclusion, Strategy, and Sustainable Development. He transitioned to self-employment in 2002, establishing businesses in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. Early in his career, he gained insight into organisational dynamics from within, working in Sales & Marketing, Business Development, and Consulting at Arthur D. Little, Diageo, and British Steel.
Simon has called Cape Town home since 2009 and has previously resided and worked extensively in the UK, France, Belgium, Brazil, and South Africa.
In his free time, Simon enjoys cycling through the Western Cape's forests and mountains or playing keyboards in his 80s rock band.
Simon's social links
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-simon-kettleborough-05b080a/
Website: https://aephoriapartners.com/about/aephoria-core-team/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aephoriapartners7848/featured
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This episode explores how the inner world of the business leader creates the shape and flow of the business they lead. Our values, beliefs, experiences, thoughts and emotions all lend themselves to the structure, behaviours and outputs of our business.
Dr. Simon Kettleborough is the founding partner of Aephoria, an organisation that helps humans flourish.
We speak about the four different brains we can access to help us make meaning in this age of complexity, the difference between therapy and coaching, why taking a look at our inner world is beneficial.
Grab a cup of tea,
Sit back and enjoy the episode.
About Simon
Simon is one of the founders of Aephoria, a team of talented and committed leadership and organisational development practitioners.
Over the past 26 years, Simon's career spanned consulting, leadership roles in private, public, and non-profit sectors, encompassing Leadership Development, Coaching, Existential Psychotherapy, Diversity and Inclusion, Strategy, and Sustainable Development. He transitioned to self-employment in 2002, establishing businesses in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. Early in his career, he gained insight into organisational dynamics from within, working in Sales & Marketing, Business Development, and Consulting at Arthur D. Little, Diageo, and British Steel.
Simon has called Cape Town home since 2009 and has previously resided and worked extensively in the UK, France, Belgium, Brazil, and South Africa.
In his free time, Simon enjoys cycling through the Western Cape's forests and mountains or playing keyboards in his 80s rock band.
Simon's social links
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-simon-kettleborough-05b080a/
Website: https://aephoriapartners.com/about/aephoria-core-team/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aephoriapartners7848/featured
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 08: 10 Days That Changed Everything With Leanne Hughes
Where does the decision to leave the corporate world come from?
How do you know when the time is right?
And what are the first few steps you can take as you set up your business?
Leanne Hughes is a consultant, facilitator, speaker, and enigmatic human-being. She hosts a brilliant podcast called First Time Facilitator which I highly recommend.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How Leanne decided to quit the mining corporation in 10 days,
- How she found her first solo gig,
- Leaned into her connections to develop working relationships
- Embracing associate work and how to find it
- Connections, Content, and Craft - the three C's to think about as a trainer
- Managed to keep traveling the world even though she thought this wasn't possible as an associate
- We discuss where our referrals come from,
- How pricing is not just a number but more about our mindset,
- Why calling myself a consultant NOT a facilitator moves me to value-based pricing
- Leanne generously shares several books and communities to connect with.
Grab a cup of tea and join me on the pink chair.
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Next Episode
Episode 10: The parallels between a romantic relationship and a business break-up! With Meg Bolger
This episode talks about the different relationships we have within our businesses - working with a sibling, our relationship with ourselves, leaving a business partnership that no longer works, and our relationship with goal setting and systems.
Meg Bolger is a facilitator, author, and creator of The Facilitator Cards.
Meg and I have a candid conversation about
- What it's like to work with your sister and know you are responsible for someone else's monthly salary
- The processes she uses in her business, weekly and monthly
- Goal-setting and how goals pop up for Meg and how she grabs them
- Her neurodivergent diagnosis and being creative
- The different relationships we experience in our businesses. We don't always talk about these easily and yet they are a core part of our everyday world
- How you process a business divorce in your early 30s when you weren't expecting it and more importantly what you learn
Grab a cup of tea,
Take a seat and enjoy.
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About Meg:
Meg Bolger is a facilitation geek passionate about social justice, teaching facilitation, and creating resources for a more beautiful world. Meg is the captain of Facilitator Cards, co-author of Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation, co-creator of The Safe Zone Project, and many other resources for facilitators and social justice educators. Meg lives in Vermont where she tries to get into the woods everyday and keep up with her three nephews.
Learn more about all of Meg's work at MegBolger.com
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About the School of Facilitation Podcast:
A Facilitator's Journey is the podcast that looks at how you run your businesses as a facilitator or trainer.
You started this work because you have a passion that you want to share with organisations. However, there is the small detail that you are now running a business and this requires a whole other set of skills and knowledge.
Join me, Kirsty Lewis, Founder of School of Facilitation, as I interview trainers and facilitators about how they manage their businesses. I will explore how people run their finances, price their work, scale up, scale down, decide to retire, market themselves, manage clients, and much much more.
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