Show Notes
Every business owner faces moments that stop them in their tracks. Meeting at the Crossroads is the podcast that meets you in those moments.
Hosted by Sarah Daly, a qualified accountant, transition facilitator, executive coach, and business consultant, each episode features candid, unfiltered conversations with business owners and directors who share the real stories behind their defining decisions. Short, honest, and grounded in lived experience , this podcast offers the kind of insight that's often only understood in hindsight.
Whether you're on a commute, a coffee break, or facing a crossroads right now, we're here to make sure you never have to face those moments alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from Meeting at the Crossroads podcast
This is the first episode in this two-part special, where Sarah sits down with Ciarán Casey, Director of My Learning Limited and author of Leadership in Tune.
Frank Fleming, CEO of Verifact, joins Sarah Daly to unpack the crossroads that reshaped his business: the 2015 decision to pivot from a consultancy into a full software company.
Dawn Coupe built Equinox Consulting from a single 3-month contract into a multi-million-pound consultancy over 11 years, growing the business tenfold in just 4 years. But behind the growth was a business barely holding together: contracts overrunning by hundreds of thousands of pounds, mounting supplier debt, and a company that had scaled faster than its systems could support.
For 29 years, leadership strategist Charley Swords has asked leaders one essential question: not what are you trying to achieve, but how are you actually leading? But this episode isn't about the leaders she's coached, it's about her own crossroads. After years of relentless international travel, a health scare forced Charley to stop completely. A visit to her GP delivered words she'll never forget: get on a plane, and you'll come off it in a box. What followed was an 18-month recovery, the closure of her limited company, and a hard look at whether to retire, return to employment, or start again.
What does it take to let go of a brand you built from scratch and merge it into something new?