Happy Friday! I delivered a session for Attivo - Women’s Committee last week on ‘Owning Your Development’ – one of my favourite topics! During the session we explored the following: ⭐️ Recognising the value of taking ownership for your own development (both professional and personal). ⭐️ Identifying the approach to planning that best suits your own learning preferences. ⭐️ Practical frameworks and tools for creating your development plan. ⭐️ Hints and tips to

Happy Friday, I wanted to share a book recommendation today, thank you Maxine Cameron for giving me this book which I couldn’t put down. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Willams (former director of Global Public Policy for Facebook - Meta) educates us on how power and influence can disrupt and corrupt good intentions. I took the following from this brilliant book.... Companies may well have goals and ambitions which align to their core values and culture about how they want t

Happy Friday! Sir John Whitmore was a pioneer of the executive coaching industry and wrote ‘Coaching for Performance’ - the first coaching book I ever read! He co-created the GROW model of coaching and is celebrated for adapting sports psychology to the corporate world, fundamentally transforming how modern businesses approach leadership development. His book had a profound effect on me and inspired me to want to develop my skills to be able to coach back in 2005. Trish Divi

Happy Friday! Back and ready to go after a wonderful trip to Thailand with my family. Those who know me well, know my love for travel and adventure. I last spent time in Thailand in January 2005 very shortly after the 2004 Tsunami (whilst backpacking) – it was my last stop before returning back to the UK. It was an extremely difficult time and whilst I got to visit Bangkok and Ko Samui, I have been keen for many years to return and make new memories with my family in a beaut

Happy Friday! I wanted to share this photo today which brings me so much happiness and joy. Natalie Harvey PCC - CoDevelopYou and I delivered the first two-day module of a year long Leadership Development programme this week with the most wonderful team at the beautiful Attenborough Nature Centre in Nottingham. This picture represents collaboration, deep trust and a shared appreciation of each others' skills, strengths and experience. I've had a goal within my business over t

Happy Friday! I love this quote and it's holds so true for me in my work and in my life. I have just completed the process of leasing and insuring an electric car through my business for the first time and have found the process complicated, tricky and extremely time-consuming. I have also learnt a huge amount in the process about EV government grants, charging options, GAP insurance, the difference between a keeper and an owner, leasing companies....I could go on! Through th

Happy Friday! Here is an after and before post full of learns, lots of mistakes, some successes and most importantly growth on all fronts! I acquired an allotment in February. Here are some results five months on, along with a whole lot of learning. I knew nothing about allotments, soil, planting, seeding, preparing the ground, the impact of weather - I really mean nothing! Here's what happened.... I read a book, watched some videos, learnt from my running coach who suggested

Happy Friday! What a lovely way to start July. I received this last week from the most brilliant client I have had the pleasure of working with over the last 6 months. Her words sum up why I do what I do - helping brilliant individuals, teams and businesses to 'step back, gain clarity and move forward with purpose'. I've been working with a Business Development Coach over the last 4 months to help me further distil what I do, why it matters and how I want to fulfil my purpose

Happy Friday! I was working with a new client this week and we were using one of the tools in the Arch inspire 'Rainbow Collection' pocket book. They commented that they had already shared two tools from the book with a team member and had achieved great results. When clients sign up for a 5C's or 3C's programme, part of their welcome pack includes 'The Rainbow Collection' pocket book which houses all nine of 'The Happy Friday Collection' guides. I wanted to remind you all th

Happy Friday! I wanted to share a little personal adventure this morning with lots of learns! Amy and I enjoyed the Harry Styles concert at Wembley last weekend along with my sister and friends. We had a superb night and headed for a dessert after to avoid the queues exiting the carpark. We got back to the car at 12am and upon driving away from our space my sister noticed a large pool of what looked like diesel under the car, as we drove out the carpark it started dripping he

Happy Friday! Further to my recent post on purpose and the importance of WHY, I have been reflecting this week on the importance of your clients and colleagues understanding HOW you work and how you are to work with. I received two client recommendations this week and some of the words they used to describe me hit home…. Knowledgeable Organised Exceptionally easy to work with Enthusiastic Professional Committed Strategic Passionate Positive Lisa Steward captured this visual f

Happy Friday! A month into year eleven and I thought I'd share this visual which summarises Arch inspire's solutions and WHY people work with me. This week I have been designing an exciting new programme and fulfilling one of my key goals of 'Collaboration with brilliant coaches and consultants'. We have been challenging ourselves heavily on the WHY of the programme, its' purpose, objectives, required outcomes and success measures. I am a big fan of Simon Sinek, his book 'Sta

Happy Friday! This picture was taken last week, when as a family we embarked on a hot air balloon adventure. The shadow of the balloon is us over the beautiful Warwickshire countryside! I've thought a lot about the experience since and also about perspective. Much of the time we can feel immersed in the day-to-day; running from task to task, solving problems, making decisions, juggling work and life but our growth and learning often comes from changing perspectives, stepping

Happy Friday! Apologies if you are not a Villa fan but today I wanted to share this short post as I very feel proud to be an adopted Brummie this week! My twin boys are Villa supporters and we are as a family too. I will never, ever forget how happy and excited the boys were with their friends on Wednesday night watching their team lift the Europa League trophy. They were singing, dancing and smiling from ear to ear. It made me think about how sport really does bring people

Happy Friday! Those who have worked with me and know me well, will know I often talk about ‘Hilltops’ in my work. A hilltop symbolises an individuals.... 🗻Position or perspective 🗻Opinions 🗻Ideas 🗻Achievements 🗻Personal boundaries 🗻Experiences 🗻Own journey Respecting and understanding others’ hilltops means you are able to… ✔️Listen to and acknowledge their opinions (you don’t have to agree with them) ✔️Acknowledge their experiences and achievements ✔️Listen to th

HAPPY FRIDAY & HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY ARCH INSPIRE! Happy 60th Birthday to my husband Philip Hurdman today.... Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough and also Up the Villa! As I reflect on 10 years of Arch inspire, it feels like yesterday that I sat in the Gouman Tower Hotel in London with Lou Macari who has been my trusted mentor for over 10 years now. We discussed potential names for my new business, defined what I wanted my business to be known for and created the concep

Happy Friday! Those who know me and work with me will know my passion for all things VALUES. On Wednesday I had the pleasure of working with the brilliant Lisa Johnson to lead a session on 'The Power of our Values' with a fabulous group of professionals in finance, investment and law. We focused of the following: 💡Identifying our own values 💡Understanding how our core values drive our behaviour, actions and motivations 💡Learning how we can use our values to leverage the v

Happy Friday! Further to my blog last week on the importance of Leaders switching off and taking time out, here are my top 5 tips to help Leaders step away and achieve this. 💡Remove temptations and distractions – log out of work apps and e-mails, turn off notifications, (as a rule I have no notification pop ups for emails, what’s apps or any other apps – I learnt this from reading Nir Eyal’s book - Indistractable). It was transformational for me personally and broke a decade

Happy Friday! We were fortunate to spend last week in beautiful sunny Cornwall. I've been reflecting this week on the importance of switching off as a leader. For years in my corporate career I would be constantly on my phone whilst away from work. I remember one holiday where I had to lock my blackberry in the safe just to stop myself looking at it. I wasn’t aware at the time how unhealthy this was. Switching off isn’t a luxury it’s a necessity for us all. There is still a

Happy Friday! I want to dedicate my blog this week to the wonderful Lisa Steward who is celebrating 21 years in business as a freelance designer, she is the Director and Founder of Zero-five. Creating and building a business on your own takes bravery, determination, resilience and talent - reaching 21 years in business is exceptional. I was first introduced to Lisa back in 2022 (thank you Calum Cameron), when she completed the Arch inspire 5C’s coaching programme, she then