Hope is a Strategy

The Hope is a Strategy Podcast by Ian Pettigrew (Kingfisher Coaching) is all about hope, whether that be exploring aspects of hope or hearing inspiring stories of hope.

Our successes increase our hope, if we let them… 07/01/2025

Our successes increase our hope, if we let them… Our past successes should be a platform for our future hope, but we're often to quick to dismiss things as being down to luck. /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/37235225

Can Hope ever be a bad thing? 06/27/2025

Can Hope ever be a bad thing? Most of my work is focused on helping people increase their hope when - quite frankly - they don't have enough. I sometimes get asked if we can ever have too much hope. This short episode answers that question. /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/37174865

Author Interview - The Inner Fire a coaching alchemy - Stuart Eglin 08/09/2023

Author Interview - The Inner Fire a coaching alchemy - Stuart Eglin An Interview with Stuart Eglin about his book 'The Inner Fire: a coaching alchemy'. Buy the book directly from Stuart: Buy the book on Amazon: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/27701208

Dr Stuart Eglin 10/21/2020

Dr Stuart Eglin Our Empowering True Strength project is about helping leaders to sustainably get the best of themselves and their teams. This podcast features interviews with people exploring how they do that, and I was delighted to interview Dr Stuart Eglin. CliftonStrengths(TM): Strategic, Intellection, Input, Ideation, Futuristic, Positivity, Connectedness, Relator, Maximizer, Learner, Belief (00:25) Who is Stuart Eglin? (01:55) What has your journey been? (13:09) Let’s talk about strengths (26:30) What’s it like to be you? (42:00) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (53:22) Messages to younger self? (56:10) Where are you online? You can find Stuart online: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/16491167

Kelly Swingler 08/25/2020

Kelly Swingler Our Empowering True Strength project is about helping leaders to sustainably get the best of themselves and their teams. This podcast features interviews with people exploring how they do that, and I was delighted to interview Kelly Swingler. CliftonStrengths(TM): Learner, Achiever, Strategic, Ideation, Intellection, Belief, Restorative, Individualisation, Activator, Futuristic, Competition, Empathy (00:24) Who is Kelly Swingler? (04:29) What has your journey been? (19:28) Let’s talk about strengths (39:34) What’s it like to be you? (41:34) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (66:42) Messages to younger self? (71:14) Where are you online? You can find Kelly online: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/15748523

Professor Laura Serrant OBE 06/30/2020

Professor Laura Serrant OBE As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Professor Laura Serrant OBE (00:24) Who is Laura Serrant? (01:24) What has your journey been? (53:04) Let’s talk about strengths (59:20) What’s it like to be you? (62:05) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (66:57) Where are you online? (67:50) Messages to younger self and others? You can find Laura online: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/15022325

Rachel Habergham and Alana Habergham-Rice 04/30/2020

Rachel Habergham and Alana Habergham-Rice As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rachel Habergham and Alana Habergham-Rice. Alana’s Clifton StrengthsExplorer(R) Top 3 talent themes: Dependability - Trust is important to you, and you care about being seen as responsible and trustworthy. People count on you to do what you say you will do. When you make a promise, you mean to keep it. Caring - In your heart, helping other people is very important. You want to make the world better by helping people in small ways or big ways. Organiser - Scheduling, planning, and organising your world makes life better. People count on you to get the details right and pull a plan together. Rachel’s CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Communication, Developer, Empathy, Arranger, Learner, Strategic, Responsibility, Adaptability, Activator, Positivity (00:31) Who is Rachel Habergham? (01:13) Who is Alana Habergham-Rice? (05:24) Let’s talk about strengths (23:49) What’s it like to be you? (29:35) What impact do you want to make on the world ? (36:57) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (42:10 ) Messages to younger self? (44:47) Where are you online? You can find Alana’s Caring Cakes on , , and You can find Rachel Habergham on and at (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/14215622

Catrin Lewis 04/14/2020

Catrin Lewis As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Catrin Lewis. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Strategic, Communication, Woo, Activator, Ideation, Command, Futuristic, Empathy, Adaptability, Connectedness, Positivity. (00:19) Who is Catrin Lewis? (00:49) What has your journey been? (06:01) Let’s talk about strengths (14:44) Tell me more about Reward Gateway (31:06) What’s it like to be you? (38:38) How do you get stuff done? (42:52) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (48:22) Messages to younger self? (50:04) Where are you online? You’ll find Cat on and , and you can find more about Reward Gateway on . (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/13981646

Katrina Collier 03/30/2020

Katrina Collier As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Katrina Collier. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Relator, Empathy, Activator, Positivity, Strategic, Developer, Communication, Self-Assurance, Input, Maximizer, Adaptability, Connectedness (00:16) Who is Katrina Collier? (01:15) What has your journey been? (11:32) Let’s talk about strengths (23:55) What’s it like to be you? (33:34) How do you get stuff done? (38:00) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (44:40) Messages to younger self? (47:26) Where are you online? You’ll find Katrina championing the #BeHuman cause on , , and and at (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/13764563

Rob Baker 02/26/2020

Rob Baker As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rob Baker from Tailored Thinking. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Ideation, Input, Individualization, Maximiser, Futuristic, Learner, Achiever, Activator, Competition, Relator, Positivity, Intellection. (00:38) Who is Rob Baker? (03:29) What has your journey been? (12:22) Let’s talk about strengths (24:25) Tell me more about job crafting (49:40) What’s it like to be you? (54:34) What’s your mission? (56:38) What's your approach to self-care? (61:13) Messages to younger self? (63:18) Where are you online? Full transcript: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/13314047

Jim Collison 12/09/2019

Jim Collison As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Jim Collison from Gallup. CliftonStrengths (TM) top 5 Talent Themes: Arranger, Woo, Communication, Maximizer, Activator (00:50) Who is Jim Collison? (02:30) What has your journey been? (12:52) Let’s talk about strengths (29:50) What’s it like to be you? (32:08) What's your approach to self-care? (34:20) What’s your mission? (37:42) Messages to younger self? (41:56) Where are you online? (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/12333212

Anne Cooper 09/18/2019

Anne Cooper As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Anne Cooper. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Woo, Positivity, Communication, Activator, Ideation, Responsibility, Futuristic, Strategic, Input, Individualisation. (00:15) Who is Anne Cooper? (06:17) What has your journey been? (13:01) Let’s talk about strengths (28:26) What’s it like to be you? (46:00) What’s your mission? (50:02) How do you get stuff done? (54:29) Your approach to self-care? (70:23) Messages to younger self? (71:59) Where are you online? For a full transcript, please see: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/11298152

Sam Meikle 06/19/2019

Sam Meikle As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Sam Meikle. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Positivity, Woo, Developer, Communication, Strategic, Activator, Empathy, Futuristic, Achiever, Arranger For a full transcript, please see: (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/10213799

Nicky Ingham 05/28/2019

Nicky Ingham As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Nicky Ingham. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Positivity, WOO, Communication, Strategic, Adaptability, Achiever, Arranger, Maximiser, Futuristic, Relator For a full transcript, please see: You can find Nicky Ingham on Twitter - & and on (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/9951578

Jennifer Hulme 05/26/2018

Jennifer Hulme As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Jennifer Hulme. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes:Strategic Significance Self-Assurance Futuristic Relator Ideation Focus Achiever Competition Command Belief Activator For a full transcript, please see: You can find Jennifer Hulme on and (Music licensed from the very talented ) /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/6637306

Claire Haigh 06/15/2017

Claire Haigh As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Claire Haigh. The interview has lots of insights into how Claire succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience. Claire Haigh dominant StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Strategic, Futuristic, Maximizer, Arranger, Activator, Ideation, Communication, Positivity, Achiever For a full transcript, please see this blog post: Claire Haigh on Twitter: Claire Haigh on LinkedIn: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/5450596

Gary Cookson 12/13/2016

Gary Cookson As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gary Cookson. The interview has lots of insights into how Gary succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience and has great insights about what it is like to be competitive and to be introverted. Gary Cookson dominant StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Competition, Achiever, Focus, Discipline, Context, Significance, Restorative, Harmony, Deliberative, Relator, Responsibility, Activator For a full transcript, please see this blog post: Gary Cookson on Twitter: Gary's blog: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4909920

Cormac Russell 11/28/2016

Cormac Russell As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Cormac Russell. The interview has lots of insights into how Cormac succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience and about his journey from Clinical Psychologist to Asset Based Community Development. Cormac Russell dominant Gallup StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Strategic, Empathy, Ideation, Futuristic, Adaptability, Maximizer, Developer, Connectedness, Activator, Individualization For a full transcript, please see this blog post: Cormac Russell on Twitter: Nurture Development website: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4867215

Sarah-Jane Lennie 07/04/2016

Sarah-Jane Lennie As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Sarah-Jane Lennie. The interview has lots of insights into how SJ succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience and about her journey from the army to the police force to being a researcher into wellbeing and resilience. Sarah-Jane Lennie dominant Gallup StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Strategic, Learner, Individualisation, Achiever, Futuristic, Activator, Intellection, Input, Belief, Ideation. For a full transcript, please see this blog post: Sarah-Jane Lennie on Twitter: The Reflective Detective Website: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4490515

Andy Johnson 06/21/2016

Andy Johnson As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Andy Johnson of Andy Johnson Media. The interview has lots of insights into how Andy succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience and about his journey as a journalist and broadcaster. Andy Johnson dominant Gallup StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Developer, Empathy, Positivity, Strategic, Adaptability, Activator, Ideation, Restorative, Individualisation, Achiever. For a full transcript, please see this blog post: Andy on Twitter: Andy Johnson Media Website: /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4459448

Rachel Dunscombe 03/26/2016

Rachel Dunscombe As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rachel Dunscombe of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. The interview has lots of insights into how Rachel succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience. Rachel's dominant Gallup StrengthsFinder talents: Arranger, Adaptability, Empathy, Maximiser, Individualisation, Activator, Relator, Learner, Intellection, Futuristic, Connectedness, Ideation, Developer, Input, Strategic. For a full transcript, please see this blog post: http://www.kingfishercoaching.com/rachel-dunscombe-true-strength-podcast-episode-6 /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4249800

Marion Page 03/15/2016

Marion Page As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Marion Page of AstraZeneca, especially about her full 34 Gallup StrengthsFinder report. The interview has lots of insights into how Marion succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, resilience, and what it is like to go beyond knowing your 'top 5' strengths. Marion's dominant talents: Ideation, Strategic, Relator, Learner, Activator, Maximiser, Responsibility, Input, Achiever, Positivity, Belief, Empathy, Futuristic. For a full transcript, please see this blog post: http://www.kingfishercoaching.com/marion-page-episode-5 /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/4221617

Gemma Dale 10/14/2015

Gemma Dale As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gemma Dale. The interview has lots of insights into how we succeed, about strengths, mindset, resilience, how to help people be their best, and how (and why) Gemma makes time to blog and write books! For a transcript, please see the accompanying blog post: http://www.kingfishercoaching.com/gemma-reucroft-true-strength-podcast-episode-4/ /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/3862206

Dawn Smedley 04/27/2015

Dawn Smedley As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Dawn Smedley of O.C. Tanner alongside her manager Ian Feaver. The interview has lots of insights into how we succeed, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, resilience, and how to help people be their best. For a transcript/links, please see this blog post: http://www.kingfishercoaching.com/dawn-smedley-true-strength/ /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/3517841

Stephen Frost 01/13/2015

Stephen Frost My interview with Stephen Frost (former Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games) about Diversity and Inclusion. /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/3294033

Introduction 11/17/2013

Introduction The first episode of a podcast, introducing this experiment to showcase successful people, interviewing them about their strengths and weaknesses and how they show up as their authentic and resilient self. /episode/index/show/kingfishercoaching/id/2555091

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