Frances and Andy are delighted to share the second episode of Season three of our podcast Unlocking Aliveness in Leadership.

In today’s episode we are in conversation with Helen Morphew an award-winning coach who helps women at career crossroads find clarity and confidence to shape their next chapter.

Helen by her own admission has quite a varied background, starting out her career in the world of financial services in the UK and New Zealand. She then went on to build and run her own canine massage business in New Zealand before applying all her learning and experience as a coach. 

Helen describes leadership as “it’s about how you make people feel, showing up with consistency and integrity, creating a space with others feel safe to challenge and grow”. Helen also shares that you don’t need a title to be a leader, we all have different ways of leading and what differentiates the good and the bad is not about confidence or charisma, it more about self-awareness and accountability.

Helen describes her leadership purpose as helping people, especially women, feel that they can step into leadership on their own terms.  

Helen remembered her Grandad’s saying from an early age “to take every opportunity and never have regrets”, and she has taken that with her through life. If there was something she could change, it would be getting support for her personal growth earlier in her career.

Helen feels most alive as a leader when someone who she is working with realises what they are capable of. As a naturally curious person, Helen loves understanding what makes people tick and when they have that breakthrough moment, feeling that she has some small part to play in that is just the best feeling.

Helen gave us some thoughtful top tips for leaders;

·     Lead yourself first – know your own triggers, blind spots and values, enables you to lead with intention rather than reaction.

·     Listen more and say less – its not all about having the answers, but asking better questions.

·     Make expectations clear – no surprises leads to safety.

We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and our thanks to Helen for sharing her thoughts with such candour.

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