I was interviewed on the radio yesterday! I had arranged for one of my clients Steve Phillip, who runs a company called Empowering Women at Work, to appear on BBC Radio York. Steve was due to talk about what it is like to be a man who predominantly coaches women, ways women can become more assertive in the workplace etc. We'd run through a mock interview (even though he is a bit of a natural to be honest!) and everything was set. Then the producer asked him if any of the women he coached would be prepared to be interviewed as well.
He phoned a few people but it was quite short notice and most of them were in work or needed to ask permission from their companies first. With such a short timescale, Steve came up with a plan. Would I mind doing it? Steve has been giving me some business coaching for a few months and I think he's fantastic, even if I am a bit biased as his publicist. I thought the producer might be retiscent for this reason but she said it was fine as long as we were open about the relationship. So it turned out I had no excuse...
Actually it was fine, even though I've got a bit of a cold. After coaching Steve for the interview I realised that I needed to do some quick preparation myself. I listened to the show - luckily you could listen live online - and made some notes about the work I've done with Steve and why I enjoy working with him. We had prepared for some 'nasty' questions just in case but the interviewee was lovely. Steve did extremely well and I think it was good experience for me to be on the receiving end of the interview process for a change.
He phoned a few people but it was quite short notice and most of them were in work or needed to ask permission from their companies first. With such a short timescale, Steve came up with a plan. Would I mind doing it? Steve has been giving me some business coaching for a few months and I think he's fantastic, even if I am a bit biased as his publicist. I thought the producer might be retiscent for this reason but she said it was fine as long as we were open about the relationship. So it turned out I had no excuse...
Actually it was fine, even though I've got a bit of a cold. After coaching Steve for the interview I realised that I needed to do some quick preparation myself. I listened to the show - luckily you could listen live online - and made some notes about the work I've done with Steve and why I enjoy working with him. We had prepared for some 'nasty' questions just in case but the interviewee was lovely. Steve did extremely well and I think it was good experience for me to be on the receiving end of the interview process for a change.
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