Sheep Dip with Raising the Baa

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?  So when you're recruiting for your team what process do you go through? Would a few tips from a shepherd help?  What assessments take place when they're selecting their most essential team-mate, the dog? Chapter 6 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' reveals all.     In...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Systems.  Love 'em or hate 'em every industry has them.  And shepherding is no different.  As Chapter 5 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' reveals.   In this series of conversations with the author, and veteran shepherd, Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book....

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? If you're a dog lover, Chapter 4 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' will be of particular interest. In this series of conversations with the author, and veteran shepherd, Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book. His stories from the farming world and Raising the Baa&...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Chapter 3 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' is somewhat self-indulgent! In this series of conversations with the author, and veteran shepherd, Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book. His stories from the farming world and Raising the Baa's client programmes bring t...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Chapter 2 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' focuses on, no surprises here, sheep! In this series of conversations with the author Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book. His stories from the farming world and Raising the Baa's client programmes bring the theory to...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? The Autumn/Winter season of SheepDip unpacks our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'. In a series of interviews with the author Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book.  His stories from the farming world and Raising the Baa's client programmes bring the theory to life in an...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Three months to the day of our last episode and we're baa-ck! August is a quieter time of year for our Head Shepherd as he explains in our conversation. And the Autumn is when he starts planning ahead for the next year - and for most sheep farmers in the UK 'new year' is November.  It's when the boy sheeps are let loose with the...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Welcome to the July episode of A Day in the Life of a Shepherd. The next big task after shearing is weaning. It's a topic which prompts many questions. Why is it done? How do shepherds manage the process? Does it upset the ewe or its lambs? We also discuss why now is a good time for sheep farmers to sell some of this year's lambs. Next mo...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Caterina Kostoula coaches leaders for impact and fulfilment as the founder of coaching company, The Leaderpath ®. Before that, she was a business leader at Google. So if you want to get the scoop on working at Google, you're in the right place! More importantly, the main topic of this episode is prompted by Caterina's book, part of the Pe...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Self-described "obsessed with possibility" Stacey Ashley has over 30 years of experience in coaching high performance leadership competence, confidence and credibility.  Talking to us from the gorgeous city of Sydney, Australia, we delve straight into the topic of 'possibility'. Where did this obsession come from and how does it...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? The 40-hour work week is out, being paid for competing tasks is in. Other than manufacturing this is the way employers should now be thinking, according to Ben Baker , specialist in employer brand marketing and our guest in this episode. Whilst it may have been chaotic at first, the pandemic has proven that the traditional working pattern can be di...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Welcome to the June episode of A Day in the Life of a Shepherd. Chris and Caroline are in the farmyard this month, with the sounds of loading hay bales going on in the background.  So we kick off by having a discussion about - well - hay!  Do you know how to tell the difference between hay and straw? Whilst observing the goings-on in the hay barn,...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? This week's guest is a long-standing friend of Raising the Baa, David Wreathall , who is founder and now Chair of Trustees at the youth charity Inner Flame An episode of two distinct halves, we hear David's perspective on how the concept of team building with sheep was born and how the exercise developed over the next few years.  An off t...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Dana Vogelmeier delights in helping leaders create workplaces people love. Having led multiple teams for 25 years in a Fortune 50 organisation, Dana's experience in creating great work environments has prepared her to help others through her own consultancy Vogelmeier Consulting. She is also heavily in demand as a facilitator, remote and in pe...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? After 20+ years in the corporate world, Debra Corey wanted to be creative with her own title - Chief Pay It Forward Officer - of her business DebCoHR . Guesting on our show is just one of the many ways that Debra shares her extensive skills and knowledge gathered during her career as an award-winning and respected HR leader at such companies as Gap...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Welcome to the May episode of A Day in the Life of a Shepherd. Chris and Caroline are back in the churchyard, amongst a few orphan lambs - complete with natural sound effects! Grass is on Chris' mind this month.   He always jests how he spent 3 years at agricultural college studying grass and indeed with his monthly National Sheep Association...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Motivational Leadership was co-founded by our guest Kate Turner over 20 years ago to "shift the paradigm of motivation and leadership in the workplace"  She and her associates strongly believe that motivation is an essential ingredient of performance, yet isn’t well understood, or indeed nurtured, by organisations. And yet It drives emplo...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? It is wholly appropriate for an outdoors team building company podcast guest to have been described as "a breath of fresh air" within her profession!    Michelle Hartley rose through the ranks of HR to Director level at Multivac UK and during the pandemic launched her independent HRD business People Sorted.  Fittingly, her company offerin...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Head Shepherd Chris' own lambing has finished.  It's time to reflect and review. With all the new life around us in the fields and the easing of lockdown restrictions it feels like a new beginning.  A great feeling! In this episode we reveal how we're raising our own 'baa' to respond to the needs of our clients.    We'...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Welcome to the April episode of A Day in the Life of a Shepherd. Chris and Caroline are in amongst a few ewes and lambs in this show, though not from a traditional field.  Somewhere a bit more pastoral, can you guess where? It's nearing the end of another lambing season, the time when a few issues always seem to present themselves as Chris exp...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? "Presentation skills and public speaking ability is the #1 leadership skill you need to have in order to stand out from the crowd and be a voice in your industry. Are you ready to step up to the mic?" asks our guest Johnny Ball on his LinkedIn profile. To truly work WITH your team, not just be there for them, they need to see you show up...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? With a background and passion for outdoors experiential education, the effervescent Iggy Perillo has evolved her business WSL Leadership to specialise in curating leadership Masterminds . According to her LinkedIn profile , Iggy has: "spent the past 20+ years molding cranky strangers into high-performing teams by building psychological safety...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Welcome to the March episode of A Day in the Life of a Shepherd. It's just a few days away from our Head Shepherd's busiest time of the year - lambing.   Chris chooses to lamb in the traditional way out in the fields.  So tune in and find out how he gets prepared for this special and most important period in the shepherding calendar. We&a...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Just how relevant do you think the skills of an airline pilot might be in business? Today we find out with thanks to our guest Paul Green , former commercial airline pilot who has since launched his organisation The Cockpit Method . If you've ever been an airline passenger you'll be utterly absorbed by this peek into the life of a pilot....

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Today's guest helps organisations identify the gaps within their HR process where technology can be leveraged, freeing up their time to be less tactical and play a more strategic role.  Kevyn Rustici is a Human Capital Management Consultant working for ADP , which provides award-winning payroll and HR solutions to companies in over 140 countri...