Ruth Kudzi
Ruth Kudzi is a business mentor, Master coach, international speaker and the founder of the ICF accredited coaching school, Optimus Coaching. As one of less than 70 MCC coaches in the UK, Ruth is independently verified as one of the top coaches by the international coaching federation. She has been coaching for well over a decade and running her coaching business for five years and her training business since 2019.
In 2018 she published her book ‘Is This It? A Smart Woman’s Guide To Finding Work You Love’ which became an Amazon bestseller and was shortlisted for a Business Book Award. We worked on it together from the very beginning, teasing out what the book needed to be to fit into her business model. I supported her closely through the writing process, which involved detailed planning and a full developmental edit as she wrote, followed by support navigating her through working with a hybrid publisher to get it on sale.
When I first started working with Jessica, I had a vague idea for a book, but I knew it was something I wanted to do to grow my business and my profile. I also knew that if I didn’t sign up to work with Jessica I would not do it! As a coach I know about the power of accountability and deadlines which was one of the reasons that I decided to get support. The main reason though, is that Jessica knows all there is to know about publishing and books. She jokingly refers to herself as the Book Witch – well, I don’t know if she is a witch, but she IS the guru on all things publishing.
Together we worked out what the book needed to be to represent my work with clients. Having her guidance on how to structure it along with her expert eye throughout the process was invaluable.
She helped me get an Amazon No. 1 Bestseller on three lists (Careers, Coaching & Mentoring and Management Skills) and I was the 170th bestselling book on ALL kindle titles on Amazon UK on publication day. A pretty good achievement for a debut book!
Throughout working with her she has been supportive, funny and a good friend. She can sense when you are having writer’s block or perfectionist issues. Jessica is straight talking and sweary, but the big thing is that she is so bloody clever and knowledgeable you don’t want to let her down which makes you work really hard.
Writing a book has transformed my business. I am now a bestselling author, been shortlisted for the Business Book Awards & have been booked to speak nationally & internationally. Thank you again Jessica, I seriously can’t recommend you enough!
Ruth Kudzi
Ruth and I are currently working on her second book How To Feel Better which is being pitched for a traditional publishing deal. You can listen to my podcast interview with Ruth here.