The Coaching Hub Podcast

You’ve heard what our coach training involves. Now, we’d like to give you an insight into what life could look like after training.  What have our students gone on to do with their qualifications? How have their businesses evolved?  Find out how graduate Mike Cole is doing after 2 years of running his coaching business.  Mike now coaches owners of small businesses to reach their version of success...

In today’s episode, Ruth talks to Lucie Lachnitova about her experience training with Optimus, where she expected to be after the training, and where she is now…  Lucie comes from an education background and possesses a tonne of experience working within senior leadership.  She signed onto our diploma to enhance her existing coaching skills and had NO intention of leaving her role. However, like m...

In today’s episode, Ruth chats to a previous Optimus Student, Anna Badckock. Together, they discuss Anna’s experience of our coach training and where she is now!  Find out how Anna has cleverly merged coaching with her marketing expertise to help businesses grow online. That’s not all Anna does either. When she isn’t supporting the marketing efforts of business owners, she helps others identify an...

In this episode, Ruth chats to her husband and marketing director of Optimus, Christian Kudzi. They discuss what it’s like to work with your partner – exploring what challenges come up, how to solve them and what the benefits are (yes, they exist!).  Christian also shares a bit more about his marketing role, giving you a special glimpse into what’s planned for Optimus… Spoiler: there’s some exciti...

Are you resilient? Now, before you answer, remember: resilience doesn’t mean hardiness. It doesn’t mean soldiering on when you’re running out of steam. So what is it?    In today’s episode, Ruth defines resilience and shares practical steps you can take to get more of it. She gives you a glimpse into her past and explores what life was like when she wasn’t resilient. Discover what that looked like...

In today’s episode, Ruth chats with Lulu Little – a doctor working in emergency medicine and a soon-to-graduate coach!  Lulu explains how learning to be curious and present as a coach has changed the way she works with patients.  Tune in as Lulu tells us what listening really is, and what actually matters in a conversation with someone requiring help.  Are you really listening? Or are you missing...

What does confidence mean to you? What would your life be like if you could be more confident?  Most of us find ourselves battling with a lack of confidence at times. Even the most confident among us have their moments.  In today’s episode, Ruth reveals how we can self-coach ourselves to raise our confidence levels. She’ll be exploring evidence-based ways you can boost your self-belief and get clo...

Ever felt like something is missing in your work life? Like something is missing no matter what job you do. In today's episode, Lisa discusses how she felt her previous job didn't match her values and needed to find her purpose. Lisa decided to venture into coaching and found the right fit with Optimus and never looked back. Find out more about Lisa and her new venture at: Website: www.lisadawncoa...

Everybody talks about gratitude, don’t they? If there’s one piece of advice people are handing out, it’s to practise feeling grateful.  Originally sceptical about the benefits of gratitude, Ruth started her practice because she felt ‘she should,’ expecting it to have no real impact in her life. However, she soon discovered the benefits of gratitude are IMMENSE. Her practice has managed to get her...

How can we strengthen our role as leaders? Through coaching our team members, of course.  Coaching is a coveted leadership skill. And it’s not hard to see why. Through coaching, leaders are able to support their teams and enhance their overall performance and engagement. Some companies use coaching models like GROW, but there’s so much more to a coaching approach than a single model. Press play an...

When people think about coaching, their minds often hop straight to life coaching. But there are other niches and areas of coaching that exist. Business coaching is one path you can take! Our student, Sara Mobarhanfard, has chosen to coach entrepreneurs. In today’s episode, Ruth chats to Sara Mobarhanfard about business coaching for entrepreneurs.  After spending 10 years in the construction indus...

Introducing coaching within early childhood can set your child up for future success. In today’s episode, Ruth chats to Joanne Burke about why embedding coaching into your child’s early experiences can make a huge difference.  As a primary school deputy head and early years advisor, Jo brings her depth of experience and knowledge to this important and fascinating conversation.  Find out how we can...

Leaders spend too much time exhausted and overwhelmed, wishing they had more time to accomplish every task on their todo list. While we cannot create more time, we can create more energy. In today’s episode, Ian Browne explains what an energy leader is and how leaders can become stronger and more effective by tapping into the four dimensions of energy.  With a master’s degree in coaching and mento...

What gets students signing up for our coach training programme? For Laura Taylor, it was to help her clients become sustainably visible.  Laura works with female entrepreneurs, helping them get camera confident so they can boost their visibility online. Discover how Laura helps women get connected with themselves and how she uses coaching to deepen that connection and develop their confidence.  [1...

Are you an introvert?  Being an introvert in a world that seems to favour extroverts can be tough. However, that doesn’t make introversion a weakness!  In today’s episode, Fiona Heald talks about how she’s managed to handle her life and career so far with an introverted personality, how her introversion has changed over the years and how she learned to not only accept herself, but embrace her intr...

Is our coach training programme worth the investment? Amber Doughty says yes!  Hear what it’s like on our coach training programme from her – a recent graduate from our coach training programme.  Amber went from being coached to becoming a coach in a year. She speaks to Ruth about how powerful and transformative she found coaching to be, and what made her take the leap to train up as a coach herse...

What holds back women in the workplace?  For so many women, it’s what Gemma Witts calls the ‘confidence curse.’ In this episode, Ruth and Gemma talk us through the confidence curse and discuss how women can free themselves from it in the workplace.  The truth is there are women out there who are highly skilled, driven and dedicated. Yet, these same women struggle to feel confident in themselves an...

What’s our coach training like and how does it change our students for the better?  Find out in today’s episode!  Ruth chats to entrepreneur, Maj Saleem, about his experience on our coaching training programme. As a successful business owner, what led Maj to make the transition into coaching? And how did he change as a result of the coaching programme?  If you’re looking at our coach training and...

Welcome to our first podcast episode for 2022!! Can coaching help teachers perform better and cultivate stronger relationships with their students? Elizabeth Helen Adamowicz believes so. After almost 20 years of teaching, Elizabeth Helen decided to train as a coach. She realised teachers spent so much time under immense pressure, constantly problem-solving and burning through their to-do list. She...

In 2021, Ruth continued to grow her business. It was a year full of lessons! Ruth learned a lot about effectively running a business, but she also learned a great deal about herself and what she needs to perform as a leader.  In this episode, Ruth talks about the importance of boundaries, self-coaching and creating balance in your life.  Listen above. [02:07] Do we need an elaborate morning routin...

Running a business is already difficult. However, running and growing a business during a pandemic comes with an extra set of challenges.  Ruth shares the lessons she’s learned in business in 2021, highlighting what she’s found to be important in helping a business reach its full potential.  She’ll be talking about the importance of processes and systems, how to empower and build a strong team and...

In this episode I share my big business lessons from 2021. 2021 was a year of massive growth in the business and lots of lessons learned. I go under the skin of the business to share these with you. If you want to find out more about what we offer at Optimus click here  https://optimuscoachacademy.com/ Or, to find out about my 1:1 coaching and mastermind click here  https://ruthkudzi.com  

How can we form unshakeable habits? Creating long-term habits is something so many of us struggle with. Yet, we continue to make New Year’s resolutions every year. It’s clear we all want change.   To help you succeed in 2022, Ruth has put together this podcast episode on making habits stick.  Listen as Ruth explains how to embed habits easily, without trying to take on tasks that are too huge to t...

Divorce is a complicated and chaotic process. But working with a divorce coach can make the process easier. In this episode, Ruth talks to Salma Khan about the emotional rollercoaster divorce brings and how people caught in the process can benefit from coaching. Salma shares how she helps her clients get their lives back on track and move towards a sense of greater clarity.  A divorce coach can be...

Our 100th episode is here!  In this episode, Ruth talks to Suzie Richards about experimenting as a coach. Coaching is a varied field with lots of scope for exploration. Innovations in the coaching space are popping up all the time.   Suzie discusses ‘Time to think’ by Nancy Kline, as well as other unique concepts within coaching. As a coach, Suzie will never ask her clients to go where she won’t....