Entrepreneurs - be courageous!

Description:	The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning talked to Sarah Coleman, international business consultant and coach, about her experiences of helping companies to grow and scale. She also discusses how she applies her expertise and experience to mentoring would-be entrepreneurs studying on the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme. Sarah's career has developed from working in ICT with a focus on change management and business strategy to business consultancy and coaching across many different industry sectors. Her experience of working with companies has led her to believe that a particular skill-set and attitude of mind is required to grow businesses. A good business leader needs to have clarity of focus and to communicate well with people so that they understand what needs to be achieved and everyone is aligned with the overall strategy and vision. Sarah brings a breadth of experience across different industry sectors to the mentoring on the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme. She considers her main role is to support the student entrepreneur and give them confidence. Sarah quotes the late Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, who said, "Be courageous because it's one of the few places that's left uncrowded." She firmly believes all entrepreneurs need to maintain and nurture the passion for their idea but also remember that developing a business is more of a marathon than a sprint.

Description:

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning talked to Sarah Coleman, international business consultant and coach, about her experiences of helping companies to grow and scale. She also discusses how she applies her expertise and experience to mentoring would-be entrepreneurs studying on the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme.

Sarah's career has developed from working in ICT with a focus on change management and business strategy to business consultancy and coaching across many different industry sectors. Her experience of working with companies has led her to believe that a particular skill-set and attitude of mind is required to grow businesses. A good business leader needs to have clarity of focus and to communicate well with people so that they understand what needs to be achieved and everyone is aligned with the overall strategy and vision.

Sarah brings a breadth of experience across different industry sectors to the mentoring on the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme. She considers her main role is to support the student entrepreneur and give them confidence. Sarah quotes the late Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, who said, "Be courageous because it's one of the few places that's left uncrowded." She firmly believes all entrepreneurs need to maintain and nurture the passion for their idea but also remember that developing a business is more of a marathon than a sprint.

Created:

2014-04-17 18:35

Collection:

Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning - Entrepreneurs & Experts Podcast Series

Publisher:

University of Cambridge

Katharine Price

Language:

eng (English)

Keywords:

Sarah Coleman; Centre for Entreprenerial Learning; Cambridge Judge Business School; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial skills; Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship; Mentors; business advice; business consultancy; growing businesses;

Credits:

Producer:	Boni Sones OBE
Producer:	Katharine Price


Abstract:	Sarah Coleman's biography: Sarah works across the UK and internationally as a business consultant and coach. She specialises in high growth businesses across a range of industry sectors, helping develop capability and capacity to meet her clients' growth ambitions and translating strategy into real, sustainable organisational performance improvement. She also has a particular passion for developing the next generation of business leaders. Sarah's background is in Information & Telecommunications Technology (ICT) working with global corporates and leading multi-million pound high profile and complex ICT programmes. She is also a qualified and experienced project and programme manager. Throughout her career, she has worked with medium and large sized national and international organisations in the engineering, financial services, insurance, health, telecommunications, computing, media, food & drink and professional services sectors. Sarah holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and is Visiting Senior Fellow at Lincoln University (Organisational Strategy & Business Growth). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. She holds a number of executive and non-executive director appointments in a range of sectors and is a guest lecturer for various MBA programmes, a guest speaker at events and conferences, facilitator, blogger and contributor to various books and publications.

Abstract:

Sarah Coleman's biography:

Sarah works across the UK and internationally as a business consultant and coach. She specialises in high growth businesses across a range of industry sectors, helping develop capability and capacity to meet her clients' growth ambitions and translating strategy into real, sustainable organisational performance improvement. She also has a particular passion for developing the next generation of business leaders.

Sarah's background is in Information & Telecommunications Technology (ICT) working with global corporates and leading multi-million pound high profile and complex ICT programmes. She is also a qualified and experienced project and programme manager. Throughout her career, she has worked with medium and large sized national and international organisations in the engineering, financial services, insurance, health, telecommunications, computing, media, food & drink and professional services sectors.

Sarah holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and is Visiting Senior Fellow at Lincoln University (Organisational Strategy & Business Growth). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. She holds a number of executive and non-executive director appointments in a range of sectors and is a guest lecturer for various MBA programmes, a guest speaker at events and conferences, facilitator, blogger and contributor to various books and publications.