Coming Home: by Strategy Consultant David Lake

Coming Home: by Strategy Consultant David Lake

I'm the eldest of three sons from a family with a long history of military service. Our father was in the parachute brigade when I was young and was often away. Although I was born in the UK, army life meant that we moved every 18 months or 2 years. Many children in the services [...]
Belonging, by life coach Fiona Blackley

Belonging, by life coach Fiona Blackley

I was born in the 1960s in Kingston, Jamaica. My mother is Jamaican biracial and my father is white British. My older sister and I blended into the melting pot of the island, but when I was 3 years old we moved to Barbados, which was considered a safer place to live. Barbados was known [...]
‘The person I start with is me’ by business coach Phil Rose

‘The person I start with is me’ by business coach Phil Rose

I had a happy childhood growing up in Southampton. Both my parents worked six days a week; mum helped Dad with his business – a marine engineering firm - while doing two other jobs. Neither side of my family ‘came from money’, so I grew up with a strong work ethic and a serious attitude [...]