Episodes

Friday Apr 11, 2025
Episode 15 - Emily Cooke: PE teacher and former international rugby player
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
In this episode Richard talks with Emily Cooke all about her PE career and her time as an England rugby player. Emily provides insight into the motivational challenges of teaching today, how she found rugby and what the transition away from playing at the highest level meant for her.
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Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
In this episode Richard Knight talks to Jon Cronin about his passion for developing people performance, the K2S framework and what he believes is the key to staying motivated!
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Friday Feb 21, 2025
Episode 13 - Martin Haag: Former professional rugby player, coach and mentor
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
In this episode, Richard Knight chats with Martin Haag; ex-Bath and England rugby player. We learn all about how Martin maintained motivation throughout his playing and coaching career, how rotting oranges effect a team and who should be the England rugby fly-half!!
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Friday Nov 15, 2024
Episode 12 - Gav Cross: Storyteller
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
In this episode, Richard Knight chats with Gav Cross, Storyteller. We learn all about what a storyteller really is and how 'slow cookers' and coffee help Gav stay motivated throughout his creative journey!
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Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
In this episode, Richard Knight talks to Ali Stewart
Ali works with leaders to help them understand themselves, their teams and create a ‘track to run on’, She talks about her motivators, how breathing is critical to performance and how education is impacting how leaders develop in today's business world.
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Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Our guest is Simon Hallam owner and director of Spectacled Owl Learning and Development consultancy and Motivational Mapper. He chats with Richard Knight about his pharma career, how leadership impacts motivation and the need for discipline to maintain motivation.
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Monday May 20, 2024
Episode 9 - Jon Gibson: Executive coach and educational consultant
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
On episode 9 of The Motivational Mindset Podcast Richard Knight chats with Jon Gibson an executive coach and education consultant. Jon discusses the impact of education on his motivation, the impact that coaching can have on motivation and his top tip for a motivated mindset.
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Tuesday May 07, 2024
Episode 8 - Steve Jones: Global Motivational & Leadership Trainer
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
This week Richard Knight talks with Steve Jones, founder of Skills for Business Training, who is a well-known and highly respected leader in the professional training industry. His knowledge and expertise in creating effective strategies that boost employee performance, build business and, ultimately, increase revenue, is second to none.
Learn more about Skills for Business
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