Nigel Botterill of the Entrepreneurs Circle discusses how to lead a successful SME.
Nigel is a highly successful businessman with a track record of growing successful companies and coaching thousands of other business owners. He is MD of the Entrepreneurs Circle. His first-hand experience of working with 1000s of SMEs can shine a light on the leadership tips and tricks required to lead successfully. What pitfalls can he tell us to avoid? What can he share with us about leadership as 2025 unfolds? Rachel and Nigel cover the mistakes to avoid and the top tips for leading an SME successfully.
Rachel talks with Charlotte Courtenay MBPsS
| Charlotte Courtenay is a work Psychologist about how a leader can learn to manage their emotional state. |
Make sure you avoid this massive mistake in these uncertain times:
What many businesses do in difficult times is cut back on marketing and personal development. Here is what marketing Guru Hayden Bloomfield, of Pink Panda Marketing, and I recommend you do when the business environment is so unstable…
Rachel Talks to Camilla Barnes of Better Business
If only ALL businesses cared equally about people, planet AND profit. There is a shift happening towards this! Such great news for all human beings!
Camilla Barnes of Better Business. Better World, is a B Leader (or B Corp consultant)
She joined me on LinkedIn for a good chat about the BCorp Movement and leadership
Rachel presented a short session on the the significant considerations when scaling your business. And was poorly at the time – hence the squeaky voice
Rachel asks James Vincent – Performance Director at the World Number 1 Business Coaching Organisation, what is the power of transformational leadership?
Global Speaker, Host of The ActionCOACH Business Growth Podcast, James Vincent is a #1 Business Coach in UK. With a philosophy of ‘making good things happen,’ he has coached thousands of businesses and leaders, James is ActionCOACH EMEA Master Coach of the Year, and his insights are frequently featured in prestigious publications like Forbes, Apple News, and Yahoo Finance.
Rachel Interviews Ashutosh Garg about leaving corporate life for living life as an entrepreneur.
Founder of The Brand Called You, Guardian Pharmacy and Equation Coaching, Ashutosh brings the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals, and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners through his video and podcast series. He coaches CEOs in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, and people and culture issues. He has over 40 years of experience in various industries, including retail, aerospace, and FMCG. He is a prolific writer and world-famous author.
Rachel interviews Gary Nowak about the benefits of executive coaching for leaders
Through his experience as a Partner at a Big 4 accounting firm and consulting globally, Gary has had exposure to vibrant company cultures (both individuals and countries), strong executive personalities, several obstacles, multiple failures, and a great amount of success during my career. Over 23 years of global management consulting experience, his career has covered the US, Europe and the last seven years as a KPMG Partner in China and Australia leading major projects and teams.
Rachel Interviews Csaba Toth
Csaba Toth, Founder of ICQ Global DISC and GrowthZone explains tools to help you become an Even Better Leader, and why most leadership training and coaching is a waste of money! ICQ Global is one of leading experts in this field of data-driven leadership and team development.
How does scaling your business affect leadership?
Rachel Interviews Dan Bradbury. Dan’s profile is very impressive: His private equity group’s primary focus as an investor is that he specialises in taking companies already producing seven figures in revenue and accelerating their growth to over £10 million.
Interview with best-selling business author David Jenyns
The System Drives the Business and the People Drive the System! David Jenyns is THE expert on Systems – and created SYSTEMology. He is a serial entrepreneur, systems devotee, and founder of SYSTEMology. What can leaders do when people don’t follow the system?
Leadership Habits to build trust. “The Trusted Executive”
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”.
Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner, Fellowship Board Co-Chair and Executive Coach. Habit 2 is Choosing to Coach. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner , Fellowship Board Co-Chair and Executive Coach. Habit 1 is Choosing to Deliver . we dive into what this means and how it links to building trust
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner, Fellowship Board Co-Chair and Executive Coach. Habit 2 is Choosing to Coach. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner and Fellowship Board Co-Chair and Executive Coach & Rosanna Williams-Wood – associate team coach and Executive Coach. Habit 3 is Choosing to Be Consistent. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner, Fellowship Board Co-Chair and Executive Coach. Habit 4 is Choosing to Be Honest. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Katy Mason Executive Coach, and associate team coach. Habit 5 is Choosing to Be Open. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speaker Sharon Curry – Managing Partner and Fellowship Board Co-Chair. Habit 6 is Choosing to Be Consistent. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. My guest speaker is Rosanna Williams – Wood – fellow associate team coach. Habit is Choosing to Evangelise. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speakers are: Sharon Curry – TTE Managing Partner and Trusted Executive Co-chair and Executive Coach, Marie Wickes Executive Coach and TE team associate, Ruchi Shah-Mehta, TTE Co-Chair, teach associate and Executive Coach. Habit ( is Choosing to Be Kind. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.
Rachel discusses how a network helps businesses to grow.
A helpful discussion about effective leadership and the 9 leadership habits for results, relationships and reputation from the work of Dr John Blakey “The Trusted Executive”. Guest speakers are: Sharon Curry – TTE Managing Partner and Trusted Executive Co-chair and Executive Coach, Marie Wickes Executive Coach and TE team associate, Ruchi Shah-Mehta, TTE Co-Chair, teach associate and Executive Coach. Habit ( is Choosing to Be Kind. We dive into what this means and how it links to building trust.