UK Educators Community Podcast with Syd

S02E01 A day in the life of a Franchisee with Miguel de Sousa

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S02E01 - A day in the life of: A Franchisee with Miguel de Sousa

Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  This first episode features Miguel de Sousa

After 15 years in the catering business, Miguel decided to pivot during lockdown in the UK.  His wife was an educator, so he had plenty of insight and support when it came to buying into Tutortoo.  He runs the Worcester franchise; you can find out more here: https://www.tutortoo-worcester.co.uk/

Many educators come into tutoring from a schooling/teaching background, Miguel is quite rare as his past is in business.  This makes for an insightful chat, with several take away points, including:
 

• He plans and structures his days in advance, always allowing time for self reflection.
  
  
• He always has a to do list, but never feels guilty if he strays from it to do something enjoyable, as long as everything on there is finished at the end of the day.
  
  
• There are 2 types of people:  "Onions"  stay in a job for MANY years and build up layers of knowledge about their industry and business, whilst "Rockets" move quickly upwards between jobs and industries.  The most solid businesses have both types of people in them, and it's important for the people manager to understand who is who, and what they bring to the business.

For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/

To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators

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More about Syd.

Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!

She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.

Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.