CLARITY       |      FOCUS      |     ENCOURAGEMENT

   Alison Randle MSc

An anti-spreadsheet business coach & facilitator

Purpose focused?  Mainly Home based?  Often Solo working?  Do what you do to make a difference?

Welcome! 


“There was a spirit of fun and collaboration in Alison’s approach” (Nicola)


Working for ourselves can be hard, especially if burnout was a feature of a previous working life

Need more clarity? Want less frazzle? Got something important you keep not quite doing? I can help you!

I am an expert in development management with 25 years' experience helping people make their ideas happen

Work with me

Do to Be Community

Get your stuff done in great company!

The things that usually get shoved to one side, the projects you want to complete this year, and all those little business admin tasks....
  • weekly virtual quiet focus (Tues 9-12)
  • weekly virtual meetup session  
  • monthly member showcase
  • monthly training 
  • priority booking & preferential rates on CWC products and offers
DO to BE Community

"Thanks for creating the space & managing the sessions so effectively - helping me set goals and encouraging me to recognise the small wins made a massive difference to my working week." (David)

Coaching

Got a gnarly issue? Need some clarity? Want some coaching with me? A course? Or a single session?

Helping people get clarity is what I do

Expect to spend just enough time explaining the context of the situation, before being encouraged to explore factors, influences, origins and alternatives. I bring my systems thinking approach to these sessions.

Access your clarity

"Coaching with Alison has given me greater awareness of myself & increased my confidence. It's given me self-belief in my ability to create this business and make it work." (Vanessa) 

 Do to Be Retreats
  
Fiercely prioritise you and your work!

A creative coworking retreat at a spa hotel, in a stunning location, designed to give you a balance of getting stuff done, and nurturing & replenishment, in great company (with fab food). Places are limited to maximise results.

2026 dates to be announced 

Interested? Hit the button to join the priority booking list.
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"Attending this retreat was honouring my process & my customers. By doing that away from the home office and the demands of every day life, I am honouring myself as the incredible business owner I have turned myself into. This retreat helped make sure that my needs are met and prioritised." (Michelle)

PAYG Quiet Focus Tuesday Sessions - facilitated space to get stuff done


Feeling pressured and frazzled? Spinning too many plates? Desperately seeking peace and quiet to get on with things?


Gift yourself facilitated time and space to get on with working ON your business, or the project that always gets shoved out of the way by client stuff. Or maybe it's the client communications and admin you need to sort out?


Whatever it is, bring it, do it and celebrate in good company... what could £15 for a session be worth to you & your clients?


These sessions are friendly, designed to help build intrinsic motivation and also work well for the ND crowd

The gift of 3 hours of quiet focus

 “I never would have got this piece of work done if it hadn’t been for this session being here” (Sarah)

 I'm Alison Randle

 I'm an alternative thinker and generous encourager; 
a lifelong learner, always keen to explore the art of the possible.

For me, fulfilment is seeing others thrive

Since 2020 I have been working with solopreneurs and small businesses. Running your own business is a special blend of crazy, requiring a special bland of purpose inspired drive. It is the energy and intention that purpose inspired people have, and the difference that people make for others, that interests me.  

I set up Smart Prospects in 2001 and offering training & mindset coaching for people and research & consultancy for organisations, initially in the not-for-profit sector. I utilise development management, project planning & management, community development, facilitation and coaching methodologies. I love the variety. 

I've been working with purpose driven people to help them bring their ideas into reality for over twentyfive years and in that time I have come to realise that creating sustainable change depends on vitality, mindset and working well. Fundamentally, creating that vitality requires three components:

purpose  |  capacity   |  connection

Why do you want to do what you want to do? Who is going to benefit from whatever you are about to do? What difference will it make? What is slowing you down? Do you make time for your own projects and development work, or is your time demanded by other people's project work, admin and priorities?

I've been there. I've also been buffeted by life, including being brought to a standstill by PTSD. I have had to find ways of getting back into motion - back into balancing responsive work with progressive work; their work and my work. I love working with people, and learning, and creating.

Free Resources

Better Goal Setting


For more effective and fulfilling work


This workbook will give you: 

  • stronger vision
  • greater clarity
  • more confidence

so you take the required actions to make a difference for the people you care about


Free Goal Setting workbook

Stronger Connections


For more effective and fulfilling work


Want to forge a vibrant and supportive circle of community, the one that's just right for you, now?


This workbook will help you better understand your capacity for making meaningful connections, so that you spend your valuable time well

Free Connection Building workbook

Information & tips


Sent direct from me to you


I write my own articles & newsletters, usually based on what I've been reading, seeing & hearing



One thing I'm not so good at is creating huge volumes of emails, so there's no danger of unleashing an avalanche in your inbox

Join my email community

2026 year to view mini planner

To help you plan your year


  • A4 pdf, easy to print
  • Weekends and English, Welsh & Northern Irish* Bank Holidays

* people living in Scotland, your summer Bank holiday is on 3rd August, not 31st August


Download your FREE mini planner
"The magic of Do to Be Tuesday sessions is that it allows me to get my focus back.

Even after a bank holiday weekend, when I am unsure as to what I need to get back to, having a place to go and do just that is very empowering.

Even before the most recent session I sat down and wrote a couple of notes about what I wanted to get done and went to the session prepared. If I had been left to my own devices, I would have probably procrasti-faffed.

A lot of it is about getting your head on straight which is easier done in an office environment with other people around you. And you just don’t get that as a solopreneur."
Michelle Thomas, The Happy Business Club Ltd 
"As a small business owner it was wonderful to have space to look at both my personal & business goals together. This gave me a much more comprehensive approach to the planning session that I have carried with me moving forward with planning & strategy. That clearer vision as to where I want to be on both fronts has made decision making and 
prioritising workflow so much easier."
Dominique Farmer, Wiggly T
"Loved it - thank you for hosting such a warm and purposeful space. The structure and activities were so well-considered and appreciated.”
Lucy
"The session was so much more than coworking. Working together and keeping our screens on was like sitting in a room with others working alongside me, which made me want to keep up and not drift off or procrastinate. The breaks were placed at exactly the right times and took me off the screen and moving for a bit and I felt refreshed and ready to start again each time!"
Rachel Harmsworth, The Write Now COllective