Hello! 

I am Marie, and I am told by other friends and family that I am, amongst other things, KIND! 

At one time I thought kindness was a bit ‘wishy washy’ and not very deep.  However, since establishing my leadership coaching and development business, SUCCESSMITH in 2012, I am increasingly recognising the importance of being kind. Kind to self and kind to others. As Brene Brown says: “Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind.” See my video here. 

In my work and personal life, I am focussing on being the best human I can be and supporting others to do the same. I believe that when we humans tap into our best selves, individually and collectively, amazing things happen! My personal guide is my life purpose, which is: ‘To be the spark that lights the fuel for transformational and sustainable change.’ My life purpose together with my personal values (also mirrored in the Aspiring Women Values) keep me on track when I experience any wobbles. 

My contribution to the Aspiring Women Group is complimented by my involvement in to two other communities with an interest in being human – Humans First (global) and BeHumanKind (UK).  The common thread through these groups and communities, is recognising and encouraging the development of human potential in the workplace, in families, in communities and in deed the world, to benefit all! 

Supplementing these passions, I aim to keep healthy and happy by being active – sailing (racing), walking, practicing yoga, Pilates, mindfulness, and swimming- although not wild swimming unless I capsize my boat! 

Last but not least, I am curious about people, I suffer from FOMO (fear of missing out!)  and I’d love to connect and learn more about you so please do connect on: 

Linked In – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-smith-cpcc-exec-coach/  

My SUCCESSMITH business Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/successmith  

​Hello!

I’m Ginette and I’m an Online Business Alchemist and the CEO of The Get That Gang®, offering services to subject matter experts to help them discover their personal online goldmine.

After more than two decades on the corporate treadmill, I decided to choose redundancy and set up on my own. It took a couple of years to work out exactly what I wanted my business to be about (I didn’t want to commit to something I’d get bored of!), but once I did, I knew there was no going back.

I often describe myself as ‘unemployable’ now (or occasionally ‘feral’!) because I am so happy with the freedom and autonomy that being an entrepreneur brings!

Having previously worked with both Marie and Kelly, I knew that we shared strong values around helping women be all that they dream to be. So when Marie asked me to join the organising team, it was an easy ‘yes’!

In addition to contributing to the planning and running of our events, I am also the ‘techy’ arm of the group, looking after the website.

Away from my business and Aspiring Women, I live in Bournemouth with my rescued dog Scamp and I complement the exercise of dog walks with regular gym visits, yearly ski trips (Covid allowing!) and I’m also the Lead Developer (Coach and Assessor) for all hockey umpires in the South Central Area (Hants, Bucks, Berks, Oxon and parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Sussex and Surrey).

You are very welcome to connect with me outside of the group and if you’re a subject matter expert and looking to grow or expand your business with an online offering, please do come and join my free Facebook group for The Get That Gang and check out the website!

Socials:

https://www.facebook.com/ginette.tessier

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegetthatgang

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginettetessier1

Website:

https://TheGetThatGang.com

​With over 25 years’ experience in SMEs, the 3rd Sector and Global Financial Services Kelly has worked with many amazing and inspiring colleagues and learnt so much.

During this period, she has taken opportunities to work across many disciplines including sales, marketing, procurement, operations and technology. Always with a natural passion for growth, change, improvement, and transformation.

Kelly’s career has been enjoyably squiggly, until she had her son she had tended to follow the traditional approach to career success, focusing on title and salary.

​There is nothing like a global pandemic to focus the mind and whilst she’d both coached and been coached during her 15+ years of management and leadership, it had always been with someone with a vested interest in the conversation. 2020 was the year she chose to invest in herself and worked with a career coach to partner in designing what she really wanted out of her career and how that integrated with her vision for her whole life.

Having experienced the impact of coaching on her life Kelly was curious to upskill to enable her to live more closing aligned to her values, strengths and beliefs and decided to embark on a professional accredited coaching course and is working towards her ICF ACC Accreditation.

She is enjoying providing executive coaching and leadership development to a diverse range of corporate and individual clients via www.kellykeatingcoaching.com

Kelly also remains employed on reduced hours, focused on people transformational change is also a huge advocate of flexible working. She recently led a team of internal volunteers to prove the concept of job sharing at her employer, which is now being rolled out across the UK.

Finally in the little spare time she doesn’t have she is a proud NED on two boards, The Together Project, a national charity focused on creating joyful intergenerational experiences and Aspirations Academy Trust who lead 16 schools in the South of England and who’s vision is to empower future generations to follow their dreams and to build a society of which we can all be proud.