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

Happy Friday! I want to talk about the power of community today, which hit home for me this week. Facilitated by Mark Panayides , Jonathan Ratcliff and I led the EDGE Creative Ltd Leadership Discussion on ‘Deciding like a Leader’. We worked with a wonderful group to share our skills, experience, tools and techniques to develop and enhance decision making as leaders. It was also brilliant to learn from so much experience in the group. We explored just some of the follo

Happy Friday! I love this image and it’s a great illustration for things we may be finding heavy and hard. I have coached so many clients over the years who have started out on the left side feeling burdened, heavy, uncertain or simply stuck. Through their coaching they have gained perspective, clarity and belief in themselves. They have grown their confidence to make changes and as a result have also built their resilience ten fold. I often hear from long standing coachi

Happy Friday! I attended a CSI 2 workshop this week with Psysoft (who I qualified with as an EQ-i and EQ-i 360 practitioner). I’m delighted to now add the Change Style Indicator 2 to my toolkit, to support teams and individuals. CSI 2 can be used in a range of change situations (and also works well alongside DISC, EQ-i and MBTI). Here are just some of its applications... 💡Designing and planning change strategies 💡Enhancing both the employee and client experience during tra

Happy Friday! I’ve been fortunate to have received two wonderful client testimonials in the last week which truly reflect why I do what I do and how grateful I am to have this opportunity. Arch inspire is nearing it's 10th birthday and this milestone is helping me to reflect on how I have helped clients over the last 10 years and how I want to do this going forward for the next 10 years and beyond! I want to thank both James Phillips and Rita Patel, FCCA for being such w

Happy Friday! A personal one from me today about the power of always being open to learning, being brave to try new things and saying YES to opportunities. On Monday my husband and I became the proud owners of an allotment – something I never ever thought I would say!!! My running coach inspired me just over a year ago as she had been on a list for a plot and one came up for her. Over the last year she has learnt so much and also grown so much (quite literally) - she talks a

Happy Friday! My daughter has gone on her first school skiing trip this morning for the next week - I feel excitement, anticipation and a little bit of fear all at once. It will be the longest time she’s been away from us but I'm also full of gratitude that she has the opportunity for this experience. The fear is perhaps not helped by viewing the Winter Olympics this week and watching some crashes and falls. It got me thinking about the circle of concern and control, which I

Happy Friday! As part of the Arch inspire’s 5C’s coaching programme, I support clients achieve clarity on their plans, goals and ambitions. I wanted to dispel a few myths and share a few pointers on Clarity to help you move forward… Clarity isn’t about having everything figured out at once ➡️ it’s about getting clearer on the first step and then the second… Clarity rarely comes before action ➡️ clarity comes from action (experimenting, testing, implementing and learning from

Happy Friday! Further to my blog last week, I wanted to share a favoured tool I use and also recommend to others....The Pomodoro Technique. ✨What is it? The Pomodoro Technique is a time management tool where you complete focused work during 25-minute intervals, invented by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980's. The technique is named after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used while he was a university student (my nan used to have one of these too!). ✨How does it w

Happy Friday! I've had a number of discussions with my clients since the start of this year about the importance of being present and focusing our attention in the present. At times this can be easier said than done, however when we challenge ourselves to do it we can achieve just some of the following: ⭐️ Shift from just focusing on our future goals or past failures (learns) to present progress ⭐️ Boost our motivation ⭐️ Acknowledge and celebrate our small wins ⭐️ Cre

Happy Friday! I’ve used the start stop continue model with four of my clients over the last 2 weeks to help them reach clarity on what they want to start, stop and continue in 2026. It’s a simple tool that can create positive action and quick momentum, which turns small shifts into meaningful progress. ✔️START focusing on the actions that move you forward ❌STOP the habits that drain energy or distract you from your priorities ➡️ CONTINUE the behaviours and actions that are