Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree

Host Matt Crabtree speaks with Paul Goundry, Partner at Positive Momentum with 20 years' experience helping businesses and leadership teams grow; having traded a senior corporate career for independent consulting five years ago, he hasn't looked back since.

  From commercial radio to Cambridge, Dr Mark Bloomfield charts a shift from leading transformation at Global to a portfolio career spanning consulting, board work and teaching at Cambridge Judge Business School. A COVID reset clarified priorities and sparked small, deliberate steps that built momentum, including a simple energy filter for choosing projects.   Mark's 100 people in 100 days practic...

  From leading banks to leading conversations in coaching, Andrew D'Arcy shares how he shifted from a high-profile corporate career - including CEO roles at Wesleyan Bank and senior leadership positions at RBS - to building a practice centred on curiosity, leadership, and helping others realise their potential.   Andrew reflects on stepping away from the corporate treadmill, why non-executive role...

From finance boardrooms to coaching breakthroughs and bare-minimum Mondays, Andy Jones shares how he rewrote the rules of working life after a high-flying corporate career. Andy reflects on what it took to step away from senior roles at investment banks and financial institutions to build a new life as an executive coach and facilitator. With warmth, humility and humour, he opens up about the mome...

  From executive boardrooms to a colourful "fruit salad" of advisory, coaching, and charitable roles, Mark Evans shares how he transformed a high-powered corporate career into a life rich in variety, purpose, and fulfilment.   Mark reflects on leaving behind his role as Managing Director at Direct Line Group to build a portfolio career aligned with his values. He discusses the power of planning ah...

Stepping away from a high-profile career in journalism to start a consulting business is no small shift, but in this episode, Luisa Baldini shares how she turned her experience as a BBC correspondent into a thriving consultancy in communication and media training. From covering global news stories to coaching senior leaders, Luisa's transition was driven by a desire for  more control, more impact,...

Leaving the security of a corporate career can feel like a leap into the unknown, but in this episode, Alex Hambrook shares how he transformed his experience in corporate banking and FinTech into a thriving consulting practice. As a former Strategic Development Director at HPD Software and with a career that spans RBS, ABN Amro, and Ebury, Alex didn't just survive stepping out on his own—he flouri...

A special one off edition of Full time to Fulfilled featuring content produced by Google's extraordinary new NotebookLM platform that in one click has turned my book into an AI generated podcast! It's cheesy and all a bit forced but mind blowing in terms of how easy it was to produce. What could you do with this technology?

This fascinating episode charts the journey of a global executive leader operating at the highest level in the world of law to the life of an independent coach, advisor and educator. Richard Macklin previously served on the Global Board of the world's largest law firm as Global Vice Chair and Global Client Partner, responsible for the global client and markets strategy for a $2.5bn business locate...

Becoming an Independent Consultant in the first year of the pandemic might seem like a rash idea but in this episode you'll learn how Kevin turned nearly 25 years of corporate experience into a quickly successful practice. As a former senior executive with CGI and subsequently Managing Director of Expleo Technology UK, Kevin had no shortage of experience but it was turning that into a business tha...

An expert in the art of storytelling, Julians own career story started in television news with increasingly senior stints at (deep breath) ITN, Sky, ITV and NBC News before the door to the executive suite opened at Future and Made by Many in London and New York. Hear about his latest chapter as an independent consultant, social inclusion agency co-founder (La Piazza Group) and ceramicist (no, real...

Jeff's career started "up the poles and down the holes" as an apprentice with what is now BT. During the rest of his corporate career he worked his way up the ladder with the likes of Airwave, Global Crossing, Level 3 and more joint ventures and strategic partnerships than he probably cares to mention. Having experienced the executive space he decided to become an independent consultant in 2013 an...

This episode features someone with THREE decades of experience in very successfully making an independent life work. Mark started out selling t-shirts to student union shops but soon after got into the marketing agency world ultimately reaching the heights of Saatchi & Saatichi leading teams working with global clients like IBM and Canon. Mark then set up his own agency that prospered until he dec...

After 30 years with a single employer, leaving the corporate world might feel overwhelming. But in this episode, Barbara Brown shares how she channeled her long-standing career in banking into a fulfilling and impactful consulting practice. As a former Regional Managing Director for RBS Invoice Finance in Scotland, Barbara reflects on the entrepreneurial spark ignited during her corporate tenure....

Lindsey spent her corporate career first with Experian and then with Ikano, a financial services division of the ledgendary Ikea group, where she was General Manager of their Insight business. Learn on this episode how an unexpected career crossroads and being done with titles combined with a real passion for making a difference for her clients has enabled Lindsey to build a thriving independent c...

Jamie's career has been spent in the marketing and business development arena at a senior level in both business to business and consumer markets, in the UK and the USA and across a wide range of sectors; these include restaurants, wine, aviation, publishing, professional services, health, internet, retail and leisure. Not only that, he has owned his own businesses, been part of some amazing start...

Following a glittering corporate banking career that included client coverage and product specific roles at Fortis, HSBC, BNP Paribas and ultimately as Managing Director of Transactional Banking at Santander in the UK, oh and a non-executive directorship with Vocalink prior to their sale to MasterCard, Sarah became an independent consultant in 2016. Hear on this episode how diligence and determina...

Karen cut her teeth as a Client Services Manager in the banking sector and earned her stripes (so to speak) through mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing, offshoring as well as navigating the highs and lows of various economic challenges. After making it to the heady heights of Vice President she found her passion leaning towards talent development and thankfully hasn't looked back! Hear how Karen ha...

Following a career that started at BT, led to AT&T where he was CMO of Concert then to Accenture, on to Energis and finally Cable & Wireless where he was Marketing Director, Simon then used his deep corporate experience to start up and develop Chemistry, a human insight consultancy business. Having exited that business in 2015, he joined Positive Momentum and is now highly in demand worldwide for...

Following a global career that included CxO roles with American Express, Aviva and Colt in India, the US and the UK, in 2012 Rajnish established his independent consulting practice in India. Today he is the Managing Partner of Positive Momentum India, a fast growing community of talented former leaders providing services to clients in the Indian Sub Continent and beyond. Hear how he has used his c...

After a stellar full time career that included both Healthcare and Telecoms, culminating in senior leadership roles at BT Global Services, in 2012 Linda chose to make the move to independent consulting. Hear how she has used her corporate experience to build a sustainable practice that gives her true freedom, fulfillment and security.

After a very successful career that included increasingly senior roles with BT, Galileo, NCR, AT&T, Equant/Orange Business Services, Colt and finally NSC Global, learn in this episode how Gary carefully planned his exit from a full time role in 2008 (of all years!) and has since developed a consulting practice that has delivered true freedom, fulfillment and security.