Episode #3: Minor Arias - Living by Design

12/05/19 • 103 min

The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity

Minor Arias is a Costa Rican coach and entrepreneur and the author of two forthcoming books: VIVE por DISEÑO (LIVING by DESIGN) and Ya soy Coach, ¿y ahora qué? (I’m a coach, now what?). After 17 years working, managing and leading in multinational corporations, Minor became the first Hewlett Packard employee to receive coaching training in Costa Rica and set off on a journey into the world of coaching. It wasn’t all plain sailing, though: at the end of his first year as an entrepreneur he had made less than he would have in a month at Hewlett Packard and was on the edge of bankruptcy. Then a chance encounter via Toastmasters set him off on a journey to the thriving coaching business he runs today.

In this episode, we talk about:

How Minor didn’t find coaching, coaching found him.

Why he chose to focus his work around coaching and not two other things he loves: speaking and training.

The simple calendar tool that his first coach taught him which led to turning his failing coaching practice around.

The origins of his new company, Vive Por Diseno (Living By Design).

What Minor has learned from founding that company: three key ideas for designing your own life.

Plus, listen out for my incredibly shaky Spanish and Minor’s beautiful English and wonderful accent.

For more information about Minor, visit www.lideresdeterminados.com or find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/minorarias/

For full show notes, an extended biography of Minor and more about the podcast’s host, Robbie Swale, The Coach’s Journey podcast as a whole and The Coach’s Journey group programme, visit www.thecoachsjourney.com.

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

~22 - John Maxwell Team and Certification: https://johnmaxwellteam.com

~24 – The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell

~28 – Toastmasters: https://www.toastmasters.org/

~45 – Toastmasters Costa Rica: https://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/05159852-toastmasters-costa-rica

~51 – Jason Leonard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%98%85jason-leon-l-i-o-n-9k-followers-%E2%98%85-33594a32

~60 – The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler

~60 – The other podcast guest I mentioned, who read the Prosperous Coach and was relieved to find she was already doing it, was Katie Harvey. Listen to the full interview with Katie here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach

In this episode, we talk about:

How Minor didn’t find coaching, coaching found him.

Why he chose to focus his work around coaching and not two other things he loves: speaking and training.

The simple calendar tool that his first coach taught him which led to turning his failing coaching practice around.

The origins of his new company, Vive Por Diseno (Living By Design).

What Minor has learned from founding that company: three key ideas for designing your own life.

Plus, listen out for my incredibly shaky Spanish and Minor’s beautiful English and wonderful accent.

For more information about Minor, visit www.lideresdeterminados.com or find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/minorarias/

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

~22 - John Maxwell Team and Certification: https://johnmaxwellteam.com

~24 – The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell

~28 – Toastmasters: https://www.toastmasters.org/

~45 – Toastmasters Costa Rica: https://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/05159852-toastmasters-costa-rica

~51 – Jason Leonard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%98%85jason-leon-l-i-o-n-9k-followers-%E2%98%85-33594a32

~60 – The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler

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Episode #2: Phil Bolton - From Forensic Accountant to the Go-To Career Coach in London... and on to work with CEOs, MDs and Founders

Phil Bolton is an International Coaching Federation Accredited Master Coach. After training as a forensic accountant and then working as an in-house coach at Deloitte in California, Phil moved back to his native UK and set out to become the go-to career coach in London. Then, after supporting hundreds of clients to take control of their career and find work they love, he started his second coaching business: supporting leaders and organisations that are pushing the boundaries, innovating and aiming to creating a better and more joyful world.

Phil was also fundamental in Robbie’s (and many others’) development and learning as a coach through his now ‘resting’ coach training organisation, The Coaching School. Through that experience and others, he carries a wealth of experience in how to create amazing coaching experiences for clients on everything from holding boundaries with clients, to co-creating and partnership, to sales.

In this episode, we talk about:

How he transitioned from forensic accountant to the go-to career coach in London, including how he created and developed that niche.

What he learned about how to structure a coaching engagement for someone changing careers from coaching hundreds and hundreds of people going through transition.

Why he left behind a full practice working with career changers to shift to working with MDs, CEOs and owners not just coaching them but supporting them across their businesses.

The ‘hard’ third or fourth coaching session: why his favourite bit of coaching engagements is the moment where clients doubt if the change they want is going to happen.

What Phil has learnt about sales from 13 years of running his businesses.

Why building a business that supports his lifestyle and self-care is fundamentally important to Phil.

For more information about Phil, visit www.phil-bolton.com or find Phil on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lessordinaryliving/

For full show notes, an extended biography of Phil and more about the podcast’s host, Robbie Swale, The Coach’s Journey podcast as a whole and The Coach’s Journey group programme, visit www.thecoachsjourney.com.

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

IPEC coaching training: https://www.ipeccoaching.com/

Rich Litvin: http://richlitvin.com

The Coaching School: http://www.thecoachingschool.co.uk

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Episode #4: Catriona Horey - I'm Too Far Away From The Joy

Catriona Horey is an executive coach based in London and a lead trainer, supervisor and assessor of coaching for the MOE Foundation. She spent the first ten years of her career transforming the performance of nonprofits, social enterprises and leaders in social innovation, but in 2013 a bereavement and a collapsed lung led to her reassessing her priorities, with the message ‘I’m too far away from the joy’ appearing in her mind. That set her off on her journey into coaching, leading to a thriving business today working with leaders in social innovation, high potential professionals and women who want to redefine their priorities.

In this episode, we talk about:

How becoming a mother has been fundamental in the way she has developed her business and how it is possible to have it all, but over a lifetime.

The question her coach asked her which made her look at her whole career plan completely differently.

Marketing: why you should choose the marketing strategy that works for YOU, and the marketing distinction that made the difference for Catriona.

What Catriona did to generate 11 clients when her first batch of practice clients wrapped up.

The way Catriona thinks and talks about her purpose in life.

Over the course of this podcast, Catriona and I hit SO MANY of the common questions and challenges coaches face, including money, the question of niche, coaching on the phone, networking, connecting and more. And in case we had missed any, make sure to listen to the end for Catriona’s five brilliant tips to shortcut to coaching success!

www.thecoachsjourney.com

For more information about Catriona, find her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/catrionahorey or visit her (minimalist) website, which has been ‘coming soon’ ever since I met her, at https://www.withcatriona.com/

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

~2 mins – Future Leaders Trust, now rebranded as Ambition School Leadership: https://www.ambition.org.uk/

~4 - Andrea Berkeley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-berkeley-4056673/

~15 – Camilla Mendoza: https://camillamendoza.com/

~22 –Simon Hampel: https://leadersquest.org/people/simon-hampel

~23 – MOE Foundation: https://moefoundation.com/

~25 – Culture at Work: http://www.coachingcultureatwork.com/ and Carol Wilson: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/coachingcultureatwork

~27 – Natalie Scholey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-scholey/

~28 – Tony Phillips: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tonyjphillips

~32 – Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/