Courageous Conversation Circles

Welcome back to The Hobbs Consultancy podcast!In this episode, Roxanne Hobbs talks to Sophie Cook and Aby Hawker about how trans issues need to be part of the DEI conversation in the workplace.Dr Sophie Cook is a writer, speaker, actor, broadcaster and LGBTQ+ & mental health campaigner. Buy her book, "Not Today: How I Chose Life" here.Aby Hawker is the founder of TransMission PR, a communications consultancy which, not only provides insight and advice on how best to make communications inclusive of trans and non-binary people, but ensures that those providing that advice and guidance have first-hand experience of what it means to be gender diverse in the world today.See the episode transcript here.

In this episode Roxanne Hobbs chats to Christi Byerly, CEO of Awaken Coach Institute about how to create brave spaces in our professional lives as well as in our personal lives.Click here to download more information about the Awaken Coach Institute's 4 pillars of brave space and here find out more info and to book into their June coach training programme in Spain.Click here for a transcript of this episode.

In this episode, Rox chats to Tim Samuels about modern masculinity and how to be a man in today's society.Tim Samuels is an award-winning British documentary film-maker, BBC and National Geographic broadcaster, creative director and author of Who Stole My Spear? - order here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/who-stole-my-spear/9781784753368Find out more about Tim here: http://www.tim-samuels.comClick here for a transcript of the episode.

In this episode of Courageous Conversation Circles, Roxanne Hobbs chats to Ammaarah Zayna and Jess Leigh about how they use courageous conversations in their work and communities.Ammaarah is a freelance writer, speaker and consultant. She trained as a gender-based violence advocate, with specialisms in supporting young people and those belonging to marginalised backgrounds. Ammaarah operates within an intersectional, decolonial and abolitionist framework that is integrated throughout all the services she provide. Ammaarah works with charities and organisations to create models of best practice with regards to gender-based violence. This includes policy work, creative input, training staff, and strategic planning for inclusive practice.An award winning campaigner, Jess is a keynote speaker and facilitator for Sexual Harassment, aiming to ensure all people are able to understand, prevent and react to Public Sexual Harassment . She works with many different sectors from mental health to participation of young people in services. As a result of her expertise she is a Trainer Consultant at Young Minds as well as a lead campaigner for Our Streets Now, a campaign aiming to end Public Sexual Harassment through both cultural and legislative change. Jess uses her own experiences as a LGBTQ+ women and the medium of storytelling to be able to shape policy, lead workshops and has spoken on the likes of BBC News, Sky News, Houses of Parliament and TEDx.For a transcript of this episode, please click here.

In our first episode, Rox speaks to one of our facilitators, Adé Adeniji, about what a courageous conversation is, why they are so important and some tips for engaging in them.Click here for a transcript of the episode.