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Ready to Lead? Building Confidence Through the 5Cs
You can be ready to lead - and yet still wonder whether you are really ready to lead. Self-doubt often appears at precisely the point when capable people begin taking on more responsibility. They may have the skills, experience and ambition, yet still find themselves...
The Merri-Cast Ep.84 – HR’s Moment of Truth: A Time to Lead
Exclusive: The CIPD’s incoming CEO, President and Chair – together on The Merri-Cast This week, we have a really special episode of The Merri-Cast podcast to bring to you. Neil Carberry OBE is preparing to take the reins as CEO of the CIPD later this month, at a...
From Self-Doubt to Self-Belief: The Confidence Shift
Merriborn Founder and CEO Trevor Merriden has interviewed and coached many business leaders over the years. For a long time, though, he probably wouldn’t have even told you that. Earlier in his career, Trevor was riddled with self-doubt over the relevance or...
The Merri-Cast Ep. 83 – Emma Jones
This week on The Merri-Cast podcast, I’m really thrilled to be joined by Emma Jones, Small Business Commissioner and Founder of Enterprise Nation. Emma has spent much of her career starting, growing and supporting small businesses. And today, she’s tackling one of the...
Self-doubt Isn’t the Problem. Unexamined Self-Doubt Is
Many emerging leaders assume that confidence comes when self-doubt finally disappears. They believe that if they could stop questioning themselves, worrying about making mistakes or wondering whether they’re good enough, they would magically become more confident. In...
Why confidence isn’t the absence of self-doubt
Why confidence isn’t the absence of self-doubt One of the most common assumptions emerging leaders make is that they’re only ones experiencing periods of self-doubt. Through his work as an executive coach, author and podcaster, Trevor Merriden, our Founder, has...
The Merri-Cast Ep.82 – Dan Dunn
Many dream about starting a business. Far fewer understand what it takes to succeed. This week on The Merri-Cast, I’m excited to be joined by Dan Dunn, Co-founder and CEO of Paperplanes UK, a business that’s helping reinvite direct mail by combining traditional...
The Merri-Cast Ep.81: Steve Dineen
Some entrepreneurs build businesses around products. Others build them around problems they can’t stop thinking about. This week on The Merri-Cast podcast, I’m joined by Steve Dineen – Founder and Chief Storyteller at Fuse, and a pioneer of digital learning. From the...
The Merri-Cast Ep.80: Kate Davis
A common challenge founders face isn’t strategy, sales or even growth. It’s learning how to stop doing everything themselves. On this week’s episode of The Merri-Cast, I’m joined by the brilliant Kate Davis – founder of Meraki People - Organisational Design &...