Good Day Red

30/09/2026

Excited to be launching the Winslade Academy next week with our first Lunch & Learn session. Come and join the fabulous Emily McGuirk to find out more about how to feel more confident and make an impact when you speak.

Whether you're contributing in a meeting, introducing yourself, sharing an idea or speaking in front of a group, how you show up matters.

Come and join us at Winslade Park at 1pm on Wednesday 7th October. There's even a free lunch!!

Email [email protected] to secure your place.

27/09/2026

Something exciting has been taking shape over the last few weeks…

I’m delighted to share that I’m collaborating with Winslade Park to develop and launch the Winslade Academy.

The idea behind it is simple, to create a place where people and businesses can learn, think, connect and grow, through practical learning, brilliant facilitators and experiences that make a genuine difference back in the workplace.

Based at the beautiful Winslade Park, and open to businesses from across the South West, the Academy will bring together everything from leadership, communication and AI to wellbeing, business skills and personal effectiveness.

There will be Lunch & Learns, Masterclasses, Workshops and longer development programmes, alongside opportunities for businesses looking for something more bespoke.

And this isn't about creating training for training's sake. We want people to leave Winslade Academy having had a great conversation, discovered something new, challenged their thinking or learnt something they can actually put into practice.

Hence our Academy promise:

Practical Learning. Real Impact. Lasting Growth.

Our first series of Lunch & Learns begins in October and I’ll be sharing more about those, and some of the brilliant people involved, over the next few days.

For now, I’m just really excited to finally be able to say

Winslade Academy is coming.......

And I’m incredibly proud that Good Day Red is helping to bring it to life.

22/09/2026

Delighted to be curating a series of Lunch & Learn events at Winslade Park to introduce the new Winslade Academy. We kick things off at 1pm on the 7th October with the fabulous Emily McGuirk talking about Confidence in Communication. Please do come along and find out more about this fascinating subject in the gorgeous surroundings of Winslade Park

15/09/2026

I don't know about anyone else but now that Autumn is knocking on the door, my thoughts are heading towards some lovely laid back Sundays 🥰 With that in mind, who fancies joining me for a Girl's Sunday Lunch at Winslade Manor on Sunday 4th October? I've attached the menu in the comments below.

They have kindly offered to provide us with some free w**e for the table if we are happy to be filmed on the day for their socials.

I'm not going to sell tickets for this as I don't want to add an eventbrite charge on, but please let me know in the comments below if you'd like to join us and I can book a table accordingly.

Don't make me drink all that w**e by myself now ladies! 😜

10/03/2026

Do you ever…

🙄 replay a conversation in your head afterwards, wishing you’d said something differently?
😢 soften feedback because you don’t want to upset someone?
😟 sit with a sense that something isn’t quite right in a working relationship, but you’re not sure how to address it?
🤞🏻 avoid raising a difficult issue, hoping it might resolve itself?
🤔 leave a conversation feeling like you didn’t quite say what needed to be said?

If any of these feel familiar, you’re not alone.

Most people managers care deeply about leading well, but the conversations that matter most are often the hardest to navigate.

That’s exactly why I’m running a free 2-hour workshop in collaboration with Stephens Scown: Meaningful Conversations that Matter.

In this session we’ll explore:
• why certain conversations get avoided
• how to balance empathy with accountability
• how to speak clearly and honestly without being harsh
• how to feel more confident in the moments that really matter

It’s practical, reflective and designed for people managers in Exeter and the South West who want to lead with greater clarity, courage and care.

If this resonates, I’d love you to join us. Places are limited so click on the link below and book your place.

I look forward to welcoming you next week.

Join us, in collaboration with Jude Yates of Good Day Red, at this interactive 2‑hour workshop that will help people managers lead clearer, braver and more human conversations without becoming confrontational or scripted.

You’ll explore how honest dialogue builds trust, strengthens relationships and drives performance, and you’ll learn simple, practical frameworks to use immediately at work.

📅 19 March
⏰ 10am
📍 Curzon House, Exeter

Book your place here 👉 https://www.stephens-scown.co.uk/event/meaningful-conversations-that-matter/

24/02/2026

Let’s be honest, most avoided conversations aren’t avoided because we don’t know what to say.

They’re avoided because:

• we don’t want to upset someone
• we want to be liked
• we fear making it worse
• we doubt ourselves

This free workshop I'm running, in collaboration with Stephens Scown on 19th March, looks at the courage side of leadership, the bit no one really teaches.

If you’ve ever replayed a conversation afterwards thinking “I wish I’d handled that better” - this is for you.

This interactive, 2 hour workshop helps people managers lead clearer, braver and more human conversations without becoming confrontational or scripted. You’ll explore how honest dialogue builds trust, strengthens relationships and drives performance, and you’ll learn simple, practical frameworks to use immediately at work.

RSVP: by Thursday 12 March via this form https://lnkd.in/eewHX836

11/02/2026

Thrilled to be collaborating with Stephens Scown on this Meaningful Conversations that Matter workshop. It’s for anyone who wants to:

• feel more confident having difficult conversations
• stop over-thinking what to say
• lead with clarity and care

It will be practical, human and intentionally accessible, because leadership is human work and humans can be complicated.

If you’ve ever left a conversation thinking “I wish I’d said that differently” then this is for you. Details and the link to sign up below.

Hope to see you there.

Join us, in collaboration with Jude Yates of Good Day Red, at this interactive 2‑hour workshop that will help people managers lead clearer, braver and more human conversations without becoming confrontational or scripted.

You’ll explore how honest dialogue builds trust, strengthens relationships and drives performance, and you’ll learn simple, practical frameworks to use immediately at work.

📅 19 March
⏰ 10am
📍 Curzon House, Exeter

Book your place here 👉 https://www.stephens-scown.co.uk/event/meaningful-conversations-that-matter/

10/02/2026

Do you want to have more meaningful conversations?

Here’s what having better conversations isn’t about:
❌ having the perfect words
❌ memorising scripts
❌ being fearless
❌ becoming confrontational

It is about:
✔ clarity
✔ curiosity
✔ courage
✔ practice

And that’s all learnable!

09/02/2026

The Cost of Avoidance

Avoided conversations don’t disappear

They show up as:
• underperformance
• resentment
• gossip
• disengagement
• stress (yours and theirs)

In SMEs especially, the cost is felt quickly, both emotionally and commercially

Yet most managers have never been taught how to have these conversations well

They’re expected to just… figure it out!

06/02/2026

Leadership Lives in Conversation

Leadership doesn’t live in strategy documents

It lives in:

• feedback conversations
• performance check-ins
• moments of tension
• quiet one-to-ones
• the things that go unsaid

Every culture issue I’ve ever seen can be traced back to a conversation that didn’t happen, or didn’t land

Leadership is not a title.
It’s how you show up in these moments.