CAREER-VIEW MIRROR - biographies of colleagues in the automotive and mobility industries.

This is Episode 150 of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR. We are celebrating this milestone with a very special guest, Annie Wechter. Annie helped us to get the podcast started and was our guest for Episode 1. When we last spoke to Annie, she was in lockdown mode, fresh out of a world tour and taking a career break from the EV world while launching a sustainable swimwear company. She didn't sit out of the g...

In November 2010, prompted by a suggestion in an email newsletter that I had subscribed to, I sat down and fleshed out the details behind the statement, “What my life will be like”. I’m recording this episode knowing that it will be published on 1 January 2024. As it’s a time of year when we often set aside some time for reflection and goal setting I thought it would be an ideal episode to share m...

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Gurpreet Singh. Gurpreet is the Founder at 3rd Eye Consulting in Dubai in the U.A.E. Born in India, he started his career in consumer electronics with LG before spending ten years in the Indian automotive market, first with Maruti Suzuki and then BMW. He seized an international opportunity to join Jaguar Land Rover in the UAE where he spent...

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Pieter Demaeght. Pieter is director of mobility at the consultancy DDX, building products and services while serving global customers. He has a rich international management background and specialises in automotive sales, financial services and customer loyalty. Pieter's experience spans leading automotive digital transformation at DDX,...

For this episode I am joined by Dr Lucy Ryan who has a well-earned reputation as a wise, vibrant leadership coach and a voice that leaders take seriously. Lucy is a senior lecturer at the University of East London and a visiting research fellow at the University of Liverpool. With a master's in Positive Psychology and a PhD in Leadership, she has developed over 10,000 global leaders, blending...

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Christopher Hope. Chris is the Brand Manager for Rolls Royce Motor Cars in Melbourne, Australia. It took Chris a little while to identify his calling in the car industry but from his earliest years he demonstrated curiosity, a fascination with cars and design and an ability to connect with people. With over thirty years in the industry behin...

Sejal is on a mission to educate and empower people to create a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Sejal is a former employment law attorney, a 2X TEDx speaker, and the Founder and Chief Civility Officer at TrainXtra, a woman/minority- owned training consulting firm, where she helps leaders create positive, safe, and respectful workplaces through customized training and coac...

Margie Oleson is a dynamic executive coach and leadership virtuoso armed with a doctorate in Organization Development. With a strategic blend of expertise and innovation, Margie empowers leaders and their teams to forge robust foundations for collaboration and productivity. Navigating diverse industries from aeronautics to fintech, Margie’s client roster reads like a global who’s who. Her pioneeri...

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Derren Young. With almost three decades working in the field of HR, Derren has worked with some of the biggest media & entertainment brands, such as EA Games, Universal Music and England Rugby, across all aspects of people management globally.  He describes himself as an engineer and a fixer first with an ability to help define and manag...

Kevin recently established Esprit de Corps Consulting having retired from BMW after 32 years, during which he held a number of interesting roles that culminated with him being the Managing Director of BMW Group Ireland. His focus for this next phase of his career will be on non-executive directorships, consulting in the automotive sector and coaching. In our conversation we talk about his early ye...

Caroline has coached hundreds of experienced leaders, founders and creators to build a career on their own terms and secure opportunities they believed were 3-5 years away. In every high stakes arena that her career has taken her (from tackling health inequality to 10 Downing Street to co-founder to coach), she's witnessed the career trajectories of countless brilliant humans stagnate or burn...

From beekeeper to hospitality to premium automotive retail, Ingo is now just doing the things he likes doing without the responsibility of employing staff, reaching targets and turning a profit. Whilst he enjoyed building a very successful business, he's also loving the fact that he has time for most things he rarely found the time before; time for family and friends, time to go for a bike ri...

Vitória is the EV Public Charging Network Manager at Last Mile Solutions, a SaaS EV Charging & smart energy management platform. She was born and raised in Brazil. She was educated in the US where she started her career and she is now based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands,  Vitória’s work has centred on expanding and continuing to build a seamless and intuitive experience for EV drivers across...

Karen is an Executive Coach with a depth of business experience from over 30 years in the professional services industry, including 23 years as a Partner of Deloitte. After 16 years as a Tax Partner and following completion of her Master of Science in Coaching Psychology, she commenced her second career designing and implementing the Coaching Program for Women Partners at Deloitte. With over 2,000...

Debra Corey is a highly experienced and award-winning HR consultant, world-class speaker, and five-time best-selling author who has been named as one of the top 101 global employee engagement influencers. After over 20 years working for global companies, she now ‘pays it forward’ by inspiring and helping others develop and deliver people and culture strategies and initiatives, and helps leaders an...

I’ve talked about getting out of my comfort zone before in these Side Mirrors and moving from BMW to Tesla was a clear example of doing this. I was immersed for two years in an organisation that was finding its feet in the UK and Europe. In this episode I want to share some of the behaviours that I observed in play during my time at Tesla and I want to let you in on some of the paradigms that I st...

When I was about 30 years old and working at Rover Group I went on my first coaching course. We spent three days learning about and practising coaching in a business context and specifically how to use the GROW model devised by John Whitmore, now Sir John Whitmore. I explain the GROW model later in this episode and you can read more about it in Sir John’s book which is called Coaching for Performa...

You know you "should" delegate more, but that doesn't make it any easier. This is the second of a two part Side Mirror on delegating. The first part (Episode 132) addresses the Purpose and Paradigms of Effective Delegation and in this part I'm going to walk you through the Guiding Principles of Fulfilling Performance and how we can use them to delegate effectively. At Aquilae w...

We published an episode recently called "Leading from Behind" and I thought it would be helpful to follow that up with a few words on delegating which is a fundamental skill for leaders to master. This is part one of a two part Side Mirror about delegation. Once I started jotting down my thoughts things kind of snowballed and I realised I have more to share on this than is reasonable to...

For this Side Mirror episode I am joined by Emma Weber. Emma is the CEO and Founder of Lever – Transfer of Learning.   Emma is an authority on the subject of learning transfer and she's made it her mission in life to make a difference to learning transfer worldwide. She found herself frustrated by the amount of learning which is wasted when it fails to make it across the knowing – doing gap a...

Rhett is Managing Director of JLR in Saudi Arabia. His impressive automotive career path spans the UK, the U.A.E., Oman, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.    Throughout his career he has worked extensively with premium brands including JLR, Audi, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Alfa Romeo.    Additionally he’s had experience with Volkswagen, Honda, Stellantis brands, Great Wall, Peugeot and Nissan as well as...

In this episode I talk about making the transition into our first leadership role, share some leadership paradigms that have been effective for me and point out some pitfalls that may hold us back or catch us out.   And here's a little teaser: it involves a transformative encounter with a group of children that reshaped my approach to leadership. Thank you to our sponsors:   ASKE Consulting  ...

I don’t imagine you come to CAREER-VIEW MIRROR for dating tips but if you do then this episode is probably going to quickly become your most valuable one yet. You may also find it helpful if you’re in a role where you’re required to develop relationships with people you see as more senior and you’re not sure how to get them engaged or if you dread going to social or corporate events because you ca...

Ever wondered why your conversations, while well-intentioned, often end with the other person feeling unheard? It's time to turn the tables. On today's episode, we peel back the layers of empathic listening - the silent superhero of effective communication. I'll take you on a journey through my personal experiences and the lessons learned, revealing the power of lending an ear over...

Sabrina is the Founder and CEO of Avanti Search in Sydney, Australia. She brings an impressive background in recruitment and diversity and inclusion to the table. Having spent the majority of her career leading talent acquisition functions across APAC, Sabrina launched Avanti Search in 2022 to provide clients with what many agencies cannot - strategic advice built from the perspective of an intern...