Welcome to ‘The Clearing’, or 'serious happy place' of my Guests’ choosing, where you can hear remarkable and valuable life & business stories to inform, inspire and entertain.
Do you too have a story of Distinction or Genius to share? Fancy being given a Good Listening To? Then scroll on down!
Hello I’m Chris Grimes, Curator & Presenter of ‘The Good Listening To Show’. In all the ways I use storytelling across all of my work as a Personal Impact Coach, Speaker and Broadcaster, I have noticed that everyone has an interesting story to tell, provided that you give them the courtesy of a Good Listening To. And that’s why I am doing this show. For so many of us, if we’re not careful, our stories can stay LOCKED IN: Untold – Unlived – Unloved. And that’s how ‘The Good Listening To Show’ can help, by enabling you - and those that matter to you - to be able to tell your stories out loud to LIVE them out loud, one story at a time.
It's the Storytelling Podcast with the Squirrels and the Tree from Motivational Comedian Chris Grimes! Guests are invited to share their life and career journeys to reveal intriguing insights, invaluable tips and advice, and heartwarming anecdotes. Think 'Desert Island Discs' but in a ‘Clearing’ and with Stories rather than Music.
In 'The Good Listening To Show' I invite movers & makers, shakers & mavericks, influencers & also personal heroes from the worlds of Arts & Entertainment, Business & Popular Culture into a ‘Clearing’ or ‘serious happy place’ of their choosing to all share with us their remarkable stories of ‘Distinction and Genius’.
The Good Listening To Show is also broadcast on Chris’s weekly programme on UK Health Radio, which has an audience reach of nearly 2 million listeners across 54 countries. This means that your episode will not only be heard by listeners at home, but also by a wide-ranging international audience abroad. This helps you to raise your profile, boost your brand and grow sales. In addition, all episodes are recorded as either Facebook or LinkedIn LIVES, automatically connecting you with host Chris’s extensive social media network as he records.
Chris’s guests are guided by a unique and engaging format involving rich storytelling metaphors such as a Tree, a juicy exercise called '5-4-3-2-1', some Alchemy, a bar of Gold, a couple of random Squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a Cake! So, it's all to play for!
Plus, his guests all get to ‘pass along the Golden Baton’ to a NEXT guest of their choosing, to keep the golden thread of the story trail going.
You too can join Chris’s ‘Genius Club’ by becoming his guest. Just choose from one of the show’s different strands below:
Including our LIVE series strands on stage:
‘The Good Listening To Show’ podcast host Chris Grimes has spent the past 25 years globetrotting, gaining a wealth of international experience as a much sought-after Executive Coach, helping business leaders and their teams at some of the world's biggest blue-chip companies to communicate better, at work and in life. From Bristol to Bangkok, Newcastle to New York and from Manchester to Milan, he has worked in 20 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, supporting over 3,000 professionals, improving their personal impact, presence, presentation techniques and storytelling skills.
Chris’s natural talent for bringing out the best in people flourished at drama school, then as an actor, comedy improvisation performer and, later, as a drama teacher and Artistic Director with the acclaimed comedy improvisation company, Instant Wit. His idol is Stan Laurel, of comic duo Laurel and Hardy fame – the inspiration perhaps for Chris’s very own quirky, warm sense of humour.
Transferring his business communication skills and stage experience to the recording studio, Chris is constantly surprised and delighted by the illuminating ‘Stories of Distinction and Genius’ his podcast guests feel able to share. Their rich life experiences and valuable business anecdotes are also broadcast on UK Health Radio where the podcast airs on Chris’s weekly show, reaching a further 1.3 million listeners in 54 countries.
The Good Listening To Show is brought to you by Second Curve, which is Chris's Communication Skills Training & Coaching Company. Second Curve helps Business Leaders, Managers & your Teams to 'Bridge the Gap' between 'where now' and 'where next' as you ascend the career trajectory of your Second Curve, c/o the Chris Grimes Personal Impact Game Changer Programme. Delivered in combinations of training Seminars, 1:1 Coaching & highly interactive Talks.
All paths in Chris's work lead from 'The Clearing'! With Second Curve, The Clearing also doubles-up as Chris's Coaching space as Coaching is, after all, all about giving you a damn 'good listening to'!
Previous guests of Distinction & Genius who have featured on the show...
If you’d like to become a member of The Genius Club and apply to appear on the show, all you need to do is select the Series Strand of your choice and get in touch.
Chris will then get back to you to discuss arrangements for you becoming his guest.
Once you have been interviewed on the show yourself, you become a Genius Club Member and are then eligible to nominate others by passing on the ‘Golden Baton’, as featured within the podcast’s story structure.
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If you have a story of Distinction & Genius and would like to apply to be my guest and become a Genius Club Member, simply select your Series Strand of choice and fill in your details: