Stephen (Shed) Shedletzky is an author, speaker, facilitator, and coach whose work is all about empowering leaders to cultivate trusting, purpose-driven workplaces.

His first book, Speak Up Culture, explores how and why great leaders make it “safe and worth it” to speak up—and why it matters.

In our conversation, Shed shares the formative experiences that led him to his purpose, including:
🔹 Growing up with a stutter and how it shaped his perspective
🔹 Witnessing 1,000 colleagues let go on his first day at his first job
🔹 Discovering Simon Sinek’s work on purpose, deciding he wanted to work for him—and making it happen
🔹 Taking the leap to start his own company and write his book

Along the way, we dive into all things leadership, including:
✅ What challenges can teach us—and how weaknesses can become gifts
✅ Psychological safety, speak-up culture, and servant leadership
✅ The legacy Shed hopes to leave—including his plans for his next book

Shed’s book "Speak Up Culture" is wise, practical, and a great read—I highly recommend it!

📌 Follow Shed on LinkedIn: Stephen Shedletzky
🌎 Learn more about his work at shedinspires.com

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited professional coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

Find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations at: yourpathtosuccess.ch

To book a 30-minutes appointment with Ruth to explore working together go here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment/

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Marina Parris is a coach who works with horses as her co-facilitators, supporting business leaders to grow in authenticity, emotional intelligence and effectiveness. Having trained as a coach in equine-facilitated learning was with Linda Kohanov, a pioneer in this field, based in Arizona, she draws on nearly two decades of experience with horses to develop leaders who are not only respected but also genuinely followed.

But while today, Marina could not imagine a life without horses, her career started on a very different path. In our conversation she tells the story of her journey from working full time in the corporate world to working full time with horses (and people). You’ll hear her describe some pivotal moments that led her:

• To ask big questions like “what do I really want to do in life?”

• To let go of everything and step out into the unknown and

• To learn to take off her mask and show up authentically and powerfully in everything she does

Go to marinaparris.com to find out more about Marina's work and her two books "A heart for horses" and "Leadership wisdom from horses."

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited professional coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations.

She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their personal path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

To find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations visit her website at: yourpathtosuccess.ch

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Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire, encourage and equip you on your personal path to success.

Founder and managing director of Kinetic Consulting, Will Hogg, has always been motivated to create opportunities for those born into less fortunate circumstances than himself. However, when his father died too young at 61, Will decided to leave his comfortable corporate job to start his own company determined to fulfil his dream.

Nine years later he had another wake-up call. As he lay in a hospital bed recovering from brain surgery, he realised just how short life is, and that while his business was doing well, he had not made as much progress towards his original vision as he had hoped.

Listen to Will tell his own story of how these milestone moments acted as a catalyst for him to reassess where he stood with respect to his purpose, vision and values, and to set himself back on track.

If you’d like to hear the whole of my interview with Will please do hop over to episode 8 which was published in December 2020 And don't forget to subscribe to make sure you receive new content as soon as it comes out.

If you’d like to find out more about my coaching services please do visit my website, yourpathtosuccess.ch

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited executive coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

To find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations visit her website at: yourpathtosuccess.ch

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