Brexit update | My Work in 2020

by Justin Souter on 31 December 2020

Intro A post reflecting the UK’s EU exit and (minor) impact on Souter Consulting, and a recap of what I’ve been up to in 2020. Clearly the pandemic has impacted us all greatly. There continues to be great suffering. I am grateful for many scientists and related people who are working  hard to create the […]

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Leading business consultant and mentor joins LEP

by Justin Souter on 16 October 2019

Intro On August 5th I joined the North East Local Enterprise Partnership on a 4 day-a-week basis, which is detailed below and cross-posted from the North East Growth Hub. What that means is that I have 1 day a week free to continue delivering workshops, consultancy and coaching / mentoring. It also gives space for […]

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The Importance of ‘Offline’ in building wellbeing

April 24, 2019

In 2018 I co-founded a six-month pilot programme focusing on wellbeing for entrepreneurs. [I have cross-posted this from APX Voices, as part of their #APXMentalMining series. APX is an early stage investor / startup accelerator in Berlin. APX has a really impressive multi-factor programme to support entrepreneurs + their wellbeing. It is a JV between […]

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Cross-post: “Is Business Coaching for you?”

February 4, 2019

Cross-posted from https://generator.org.uk/newsroom/business-coaching/is-business-coaching-for-you-3/, and based on work that Mike and I did together through Generator’s Digital Futures programme. Business Coach Justin Souter tells us about his work with mentee Mike Jurowski to develop his recruitment startup, WotJob. Situation Mike Jurowski has worked in recruitment for a number of years with market leaders such as Michael Page […]

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Meet The Coach – Justin Souter

January 16, 2019

Cross-posted from https://generator.org.uk/newsroom/business-coaching/meet-the-coach-justin-souter/ based on the work I did via Generator’s Digital Futures programme. “This week we get up close and personal with one of our longest standing business coaches, Justin Souter.” What do you do and how did you get started? I’ve worked as a consultant for the last twenty years, starting at an […]

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Please join us at our Call to Action event!

March 6, 2018
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Authentic leadership, identity & social media

[cross-posted from Medium, and with gratitude to lead author Claire Robinson] “There are no guarantees in the arena. We will struggle. We will even fail. There will be darkness. But if we are clear about the values that guide us in our efforts to show up and be seen, we will always be able to […]

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Resilience and Authentic Leadership for Entrepreneurs: a Creative Fuse North East pilot

December 20, 2017

[cross-posted from the dedicated blog – please follow us on Medium] Welcome! This post introduces our pilot we’re calling “Resilience and Authentic Leadership for Entrepreneurs”. In essence, it’s about helping entrepreneurs and innovators learn how to get back up, before they get knocked down (emotionally). IMHO entrepreneurship is a risky and vulnerable endeavour. We’ve been […]

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Are you a creative business in Northumberland looking to expand?

November 24, 2017

The Rural Cultural Business Innovation Programme, part of Creative Fuse North East, is an exciting opportunity for cultural, creative and craft businesses, sole traders and social enterprises in Northumberland to learn and apply effective and modern approaches to product and service development as well as project management. This hands-on programme takes leading techniques from fast-growing […]

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Join us 17/11 for Lean Startup Week 2017 (non) Livestream

October 27, 2017

[cross-post from Lean North East website] Drop in at Campus North on 17th November from 1pm – 6pm As you know, The Lean Startup framework is an established method for max’ing startup success, and – now – for sorting breakthrough innovation in established organisations / corporates. The Blurb Lean Startup Week brings the big ideas […]

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Digital Futures – one year in

September 11, 2017

Introduction I deliver workshops and coaching / mentoring as part of Generator’s Digital Futures programme. It was launched last summer with this description: “Music development agency Generator is hoping to drive growth in the North East’s creative and digital sector with the announcement of a new funding programme. Awarded £1.7m from European Regional Development Fund […]

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