48 min

Episode 15: Are you a business or a project shop‪?‬ A Facilitator's Journey: Real Life Stories

    • Careers

James Gairdner started out in the corporate world in a variety of roles from commercial to marketing for a well known drinks brand and then diving into Banking in 2007 as that world started to collapse. He chose to leave corporate life to help a coach build their business and from there joined Heresy Consulting.
In this episode two parts of the conversation with James jumped out at me.
The first is his challenge to me as to whether I run a project shop or a business.
The second was a quote from Elliot Jacques which suggests the way we construct our businesses is a mirror of our psychology.
Both conversations have me thinking more about what it is I am doing in my business which is both supporting and hindering SOF's growth and development.
We talk about
The mental and emotional transition that occurs after leaving a corporateWhy James wanted to build a business vs evolve his craftThe benefits of having products in your training businessThe difference between being a business and a project shopThe triangle of projects, retainers and being a trusted advisorThe relevance of referral feesElliot Jacques thinking that we construct our businesses as a mirror of our psychologyWhy developing a reflective practise benefits us, our business, and our clientsWhy facilitators and trainers should have supervision
Come on in and have a listen.
If you enjoy this conversation let us know, hit subscribe, leave a rating or review
https://www.heresyconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gairdner-1192a76/

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James Gairdner started out in the corporate world in a variety of roles from commercial to marketing for a well known drinks brand and then diving into Banking in 2007 as that world started to collapse. He chose to leave corporate life to help a coach build their business and from there joined Heresy Consulting.
In this episode two parts of the conversation with James jumped out at me.
The first is his challenge to me as to whether I run a project shop or a business.
The second was a quote from Elliot Jacques which suggests the way we construct our businesses is a mirror of our psychology.
Both conversations have me thinking more about what it is I am doing in my business which is both supporting and hindering SOF's growth and development.
We talk about
The mental and emotional transition that occurs after leaving a corporateWhy James wanted to build a business vs evolve his craftThe benefits of having products in your training businessThe difference between being a business and a project shopThe triangle of projects, retainers and being a trusted advisorThe relevance of referral feesElliot Jacques thinking that we construct our businesses as a mirror of our psychologyWhy developing a reflective practise benefits us, our business, and our clientsWhy facilitators and trainers should have supervision
Come on in and have a listen.
If you enjoy this conversation let us know, hit subscribe, leave a rating or review
https://www.heresyconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gairdner-1192a76/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

48 min