Hi, I’m Melanie Newman, and I work in the apprenticeships team at Skern Skills, supporting learners and employers through apprenticeship programmes and professional development. We deliver apprenticeships across Farming & Agriculture, Early Years & Education, Business & Administration, Outdoor Education, and Catering & Hospitality, alongside corporate training in Early Careers, Leadership, and Team Building. I also support businesses with free apprenticeship recruitment, helping connect employers with the right talent and creating opportunities for long-term growth and development.https://www.skernskills.co.uk/ Add me on linked in Melanie Newman | LinkedIn

Over the last few months, I've been building a diagnostic that helps business owners and leaders identify where chaos is actually coming from. Most people assume the problem is: ❌ Time management ❌ Motivation ❌ Productivity In reality, the issue is often hidden elsewhere. Over the last 25+ years working with leaders, entrepreneurs and organisations, I've found that chaos tends to show up across eight interconnected areas: - Health - Relationships - Finance - Career/Business - Personal Growth - Environment - Recreation - Contribution The challenge is that when one area is neglected, it often creates knock-on effects throughout the rest of the system. The diagnostic takes around 10 minutes to complete and generates a personalised report highlighting: ✅ Areas of strength ✅ Areas of imbalance ✅ Potential blind spots ✅ Opportunities for improvement I've made it available free to members of this community. If you'd like to see where your own strengths and constraints currently sit: f8diagnostic.com No sales pitch. Just a useful piece of self-assessment. I'd be genuinely interested to hear what insights come back for people.

Good afternoon all, Welcome to all the new members I can’t believe the 400 members mark has already been passed. Apologies, for being fairly quiet since joining I have had a lot on over the past 2 weeks and just returned from Normandy from a Veterans coach trip to the D-Day landing sites. Gutted to have missed the FREE YouTube Masterclasses which I must attend as this is a channel that is becoming increasingly more important than other social media channels so much so I even joined a paid community https://www.skool.com/youtubeblueprintpro/about?ref=64a569d9f6984d1e92042f0a443dbb07 which is exceptional, but ai did so without checking out what is already free in this community. Wishing you all the best of weeks ahead 🙏

In response to lots of questions I have received I've added a new membership tier today. There are only 20 available. You get all the usual benefits but you will also get a 1 hour coaching call once a month on your marketing and growth efforts, ask anything you like, PLUS an exhibition stand at any one of our business shows. The business show is available after 6 months membership and there are no blackouts, use it any event we host, subject to availability. The investment - $99 a month and you get me in your corner. No minimum term and no obligations. All calls recorded for you to playback later. Sign up here: https://www.skool.com/hashtag-events-1596/plans

Wow what a busy week so far! Over 350 members now, thank you for your support! Some top takeaways this week: Post in the group to generate engagement. What are you up to? What do you need help with? What's going on in your business life - NOT JUST A SALES PITCH. This is networking not selling. Join me tomorrow, live in the group, for a free email marketing and data drop in clinic. Any questions are welcome. get a brew and jump in - @Steven J Innes hosting. @Sam Rathling hosted her first LinkedIn Masterclass this week, still 2 more to come (check the calendar). OMG what an epic engagement and incredible feedback. Get them in your diary. Next week I will be in Edinburgh, Dundee, Stirling, Glasgow and Hamilton. Where are you? Finally, next week, watch out for some major announcements about our events in London, Bristol, Leicester and Belfast. Very exciting times!