A business that was borne out of demand rather than the other way round.  Just like Raising the Baa, today's guest Vanessa Hastings didn't set up her business and then ...

Former editor and art director of Country Living magazine Francine Lawrence is here to talk about her passion for rekindling people's natural, albeit buried, abilities to draw.A super talented teacher of art, Francine is also a wonderful...

Who doesn't love the fragrance of a peachy rose on a Summer's evening, the zest of a freshly squeezed orange, a newly opened packet of coffee beans, walking past a bakery and so many more?Today's guest,

"Sewing Bee for companies. I help your teams break out of their shell and form threads of connection through our sewing & mending workshops".Why re-word something that is already so baa-rilliantly and succinctly put in the LinkedIn h...

Re-use, recycle, re-purpose.... and create something you will use and be super proud of for years to come.One of the outcomes of a workshop led by my guest Emma Semper Hopkins. We love Emma for her intelligent, down-to-earth,...

Welcome back to SheepDip, the podcast from Raising the Baa.Today our guest is Leila Moeeni who has a truly fascinating back story from immigrant to human righ...

In her own words Emma Hossack is "a recovering perfectionist" having burnt out not once but twice, after each of her children were born whilst juggling a high octane pharmaceutical sale...

Lizzie Benton describes herself as a 'progressive culture coach'.  Her business Liberty Mind helps its clients to adopt an alternative way...

 In this first episode of our new season we're delighted to welcome not one but two guests. Both are consultants at Talogy, which combines psychology and technology to help or...

Good Mental Health is Good Business.So says the brochure of Aurora Wellness Group, co-founded by culture change strategist Ngozi Weller with psychologist and behavioural change s...

Two big themes come through loud and clear to us in our interview with this week's guest:PURPOSE and ASKING Michelle Reid is Director of P...

Having left her corporate HRD career in 2020, Carolyn Hobdey is passionate about improving workplace culture - or community as she prefers to call it - through human-centred leadership.

Welcome back to this season of SheepDip - themed Workplace Wellness.With a different expert on each show, you will be inspired by their insights and walk away with practical advice on how to create a healthy, sustainable culture for tea...

Welcome to the 7th season of SheepDip - themed Workplace Wellness.With a different expert on each show, you will be inspired by their insights and walk away with practical advice on how to create a healthy, sustainable culture for teams...

The final episode in our series, The A-Z of Team Building, covers topics beginning with X (ish), Y or Z - all rolled into one show as you might imagine.We've had a blast with this series which was inspired by the many lessons learned by...

The penultimate episode in our series, The A-Z of Team Building, covers topics beginning with W relating to the importance of:- all members of a team being supported - creating a judgement-free environment- including everyone in the...

Our series, The A-Z of Team Building, continues with topics beginning with V including:- one of THE greatest influencers on the development of a team and its journey to success- different perspectives being essential for so many reasons...

In the shepherding world and at Raising the Baa we find U a perplexing letter to use, as its pronunciation describes a female sheep.  And for those who are familiar with our communications it is apparent that we substitute EWE for U more o...

Er... team?Would be churlish for us to say otherwise!In the shepherding world the team comprises the shepherd and their dog, or for those with larger flocks, their dogs. This epitome of a trusty team is at the heart of a...

.... need we ask? Sheep quite naturally. Well in our world yes, but what do they have to do with team building? Have you ever seen how a flock works together? Sheep are not just followers - they can be pioneers, leaders,...

Recently (October 2022) the co-founders of Raising the Baa, Chris and Caroline, were in the French Alps.They were two of a team of 7 randomly mixed people all with one purpose: 'helping young people climb past anxiety' in a fund-raising...

... Raising the Baa of course!And indeed we aim to raise the 'baa' in every aspect of teamwork.In this episode we cover R themes which:- improve productivity- make optimum use of resources- help move the team towards...

Quite honestly,  we struggled initially with this letter.It transpires however that there's one or two really good topics from which to draw insights.In this series, the A-Z of team building was inspired by the many lessons...

Provocative perhaps? In this episode a couple of the themes beginning with P might seem a little negative in relation to building a strong team. As with so many aspects of team dynamics however it's about balanc...

O...MG, there's so many!  From Observing through Outstanding to Opinions, plus a few others too. How can each of these help to develop a team into a baa-rilliantly collaborative and super successful one? Each episod...