Gareth Davies - Taking smart risks by showing up, daring and being you

01/09/20 • 38 min

In our 11th podcast episode in the Legendary Leaders series, we meet Gareth Davies, Co-Founder of the Bravest Path, who works with organisations, team and individuals to support them to take more smart risks.

Through the Bravest Path, Gareth gives clients the tools to practice taking more and more smart risks. He explains how it’s about making decisions in line with your own personal core values, rather than what other people expect you to.

Gareth talks about unspoken expectations, often expectations that come with a workforce’s culture and the pressure that puts on you. Touching on failure and lack of control, Gareth takes us through how he took control of his life and called time on his police career. He explains that moving on from a role or career doesn’t mean failure, but growth and realisation that your values have changed and that working on your terms is your priority.

One thing Gareth suggests is to ask yourself ‘who am I doing this for?’ Think about the opinions of people in your life who really count, who know what you stand for, and let go of the views of anyone else. He reminds us of the impossibility of trying to please everyone. What matters is showing up as yourself, the best version of yourself, and the importance of courage, being daring and brave.

Gareth has recently been working on a young people’s program to deliver to students to help address the expectations and silent message of perfectionism.

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In this episode you will learn:

The importance of making decisions and choices based on your core values, not other’s expectations
Why asking ‘who am I doing this for?’ is crucial to your path in life
Far more important than trying to please everyone is showing up and being the best version of yourself

About Cathleen: As a trained Leadership & Mindset Coach, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker Cathleen supports high achieving but worn-out Women in Corporates create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success. Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to come. Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future. She works with action takers who really want to make an impact on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get in touch! With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development projects within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose, inspiration and courage to live a life on their own terms. Cathleen's Links: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Website About Gareth:

Gareth is co-founder of the courage-building consultancy The Bravest Path, and specialises in uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. He works with organisations who recognise the value in creating a culture of psychological safety and individuals who want to show up as their true, authentic selves. Gareth’s style is bold, direct and tenacious. Previously a leader in the Met Police, his experience with advanced interview techniques enables Gareth to offer a refreshingly different, challenging and accountable approach that builds trust and depth into his client relationships. Gareth is certified to deliver the ground-breaking research of Dr B...

Gareth has recently been working on a young people’s program to deliver to students to help address the expectations and silent message of perfectionism.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out the video show notes and more here and follow me on Social Media:

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In this episode you will learn:

The importance of making decisions and choices based on your core values, not other’s expectations
Why asking ‘who am I doing this for?’ is crucial to your path in life
Far more important than trying to please everyone is showing up and being the best version of yourself

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In our 12th podcast episode in the Legendary Leaders series, we meet Ginny Baillie who is one of the first master certified coaches in the UK with over 20 years’ experience of coaching and founder of DRUM. Ginny talks about her current focus on working with self-sustaining and self-developmental organisations. She shares some guiding principles which is to be aware that we’re needed not possibly wanted at the beginning and wanted but not possibly needed at the end of the coaching process.

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Ginny talks about the importance of having confidence when it comes to how you like to do things as well as having confidence in your ideas. Essential to her success is her community of peers which she describes as what gets you through the challenging times. Ginny shares how hanging out with people who want to grow and learn too helps her to raise her own game.

Ginny leaves us with a few top tips for leaders in corporates including - never ever underestimate your influence.

In this episode you will learn:

The importance of having confidence in yourself and your ideas
How DRUM helps leaders to connect with each other around a specific theme of interest
How people ‘meet’ and the importance of putting aside your ego and really listening and connecting with others at all levels

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About Ginny Baillie MCC:

Coming from a background in property and stockbroking, Ginny’s voyage through supporting leaders to be the best they can be was inspired by her own shocking experience of working inside corporates. Gossip, innuendo, lies, scheming, career ruining management at worse and ben...