Alex Cuttiford

Kinda Planned

Education EN ↓ 57 episodes

Hi, I’m Alex Cuttiford, I’m career development obsessed and passionate about helping young professionals navigate their career with confidence, purpose, and impact. With a background in Trades, youth work, career development and government, I know what it’s like to have had a messy career. I also know my journey is my superpower. Over the past 8 years, I’ve designed and delivered strategic career initiatives and coached people through transitions big and small. My focus is on helping others understand themselves — their values, strengths, and skills — so they can make career decisions that are...

Author

Alex Cuttiford

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Education

Podcast website

www.kindaplanned.com.au

Latest episode

Mar 1, 2026

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Episodes

The 3 Cups Career method and the Career Girl Diaries Story Kim Elizabeth James 09.03.2025

Kim is the founder of Tangerine Tango a marketing adgency empowering brands, leaders and founders to learn the skills to build their personal brand. She also started the career girl diaries on tiktok and instagram where she has built an engaged audience through relatable content based on all the mistakes she made through her 20's as it relates to her career. We get talking about Employee Generated...

Defining neurodiversity and exploring barriers to Neurodivergent people face in the workforce with Mariane Power 23.02.2025

Mazz is a clinical Psychologist, executive coach, consultant, and speaker who is an advocate for neurodivergent people. Her goal is to reduce unnecessary human suffering and identifies as a passionate, creative multi-hyphenate. We go deep into the language in and around the neurodiversity space and how we can make workplaces safer for all types of brains and ideas. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mari...

Personal Branding and Self Advocacy in the workplace with Gillian Fox 09.02.2025

Gillian is the founder of Your Brilliant Career and the Gillian Fox Group, she is focused on helping women advance their careers while supporting companies in developing and retaining exceptional female talent. Whether through one-on-one coaching, public women’s career programs, or tailored solutions for organisations, she's there to create real impact.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-fo...

Strengths, Interests and Motivations and how they impact your career with Kirstene Ciappara 26.01.2025

Kirstene is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of myDESIGN Education, a Career Development Practitioner, educator, and strengths-based enthusiast who is passionate about helping people live their best lives from the inside-out. Connect with Kirstene on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstene-ciappara/ https://www.mydesigneducation.com.au/ Alex Cuttiford details: If you want to get in to...

How to perform at your best with Jess Spendlove 12.01.2025

Jess works with executives, entrepreneurs and elite athletes to stay at the top. She is a Leading Australian Performance Dietitian & Executive Performance Coach, a Speaker, Advisor and host of the Podcast 'Stay at the Top'. In this episode we get into all the practical ways we can be optimising our health in order to perform at our best in our career. Jess is a wealth of knowledge with an amaz...

Building a network from nothing with Saurabh Kaura 29.12.2024

Saurabh moved to Australia 5 years ago to study. Realising he had no friends, family or professional network he became intentional about putting himself out there. Living in Sydney, he started a Sunday walking group that has grown to 2,500 members. He has done more than 70 1-on-1 coffee catch-ups, and is host of the Ultimate Global Podcast. We talk about the challenges and opportunities of being a...

Ghost-writing as a viable online business and the art of being authentic with Naida Allen 15.12.2024

Naida Allen is a Ghostwriter and personal brand consultant from London. It wasn't long ago that Naida thought the only ghost-writing career avaialable was writing someone autobiography, though she has come to learn that it is a viable online business with lucrative opportunities. We get talking about the need to be authentic in order to connect with your audience online and build engagement. Thoug...

Learn how to interview like a pro with Sarah and Emma, hosts of the podcast Interview Boss 01.12.2024

Do you dred interviews? Do you freeze up and forget everything you wanted to say? Do you know you could do a job really well but don't interview well? Do you have a job interview coming up? Then this episode is for you, Sarah and Emma Smith are sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Interview Boss. The girls have built a wildly successful podcast of the back of giving practical, actionable and relata...

Optimise your LinkedIn profile and progress your career with Abbey Naylor 17.11.2024

Abbey Naylor is a personal branding coach and LinkedIn strategist who's advice I can attest will take your personal brand and LinkedIn content to the next level. In our conversation we get to the heart of personal branding, we break down the "ick" factor of showing up online, as well as getting super practical on ways you can show up consistantly. Make sure you follow along with Abbey to learn mor...

Understanding Neurodiversity in the workplace with Julie Cockerill 03.11.2024

Julie is the founder of Lemon Co and a career coach for high achieving women . Supporting them to move from overwhelm to impact. We had an amazing conversation about how workplaces can better equip themselves to support employees with a neurodiverse brain and how those people can better communicate their needs. Julie is a weath of knowledge and I hope you get as much out of this episode as I did h...

Find the motivation and energy you need to perform at your best with Lizzie Williamson 20.10.2024

Are your people struggling to find the motivation and energy they need to perform at their best? It’s easy to get stuck in the daily grind, where stress and overwhelm drain focus, creativity, and engagement. Without the right tools, teams lose momentum, and performance suffers. But what if you could give your people the spark they need to not only survive but thrive? As a global expert in energisi...

Building a career education powerhouse with Aimee Bateman 06.10.2024

Aimee Bateman turned a Youtube channel into an award winning e-learning company, called careercake Careercake’s professional development platform supported more than 10 million professionals in over 42 countries with leading organisations including Companies House, Nationwide and Tech Nation using it’s premium video content to develop their talent and in 2019 Careercake was voted the UK’s No.1 ‘Ca...

The mindset shift from management to executive leadership with Melanie Smith 22.09.2024

Melanie Smith is a leadership coach based in Sydney, Australia. She supports people looking to make the step up from management to executive leadership. With 20 years experience in HR and change management she is a wealth of knowledge. In this episode we discuss: How to demonstarate leadership. The mindset shifts you need to make to be effective in higher levels of leadership. The importance of co...

My Career Building Philosophy: My Interview on the Hiring and Inspiring podcast 08.09.2024

It was great to have an oportunity to share why I'm so passionate about supporting people through their career journey. I want to inspire people to take ownership of their career. This episode is from my interview with Joe Cuttler on the Hiring and Inspiring Podcast. Check out the Pod Here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7fuC0mK9Zdd9UDEY6DM3kB?si=275fdbff0bff4e92 Alex Cuttiford details: If you want...

Starting career conversations young with Angela Coldwell 25.08.2024

Angela Coldwell is the founder of Honour The Work a Canadian organisation thats focus is to educate young people about the diverse careers in STEM. With a focus on breaking down gender and racial stereotypes. Angela is a wealth of knowledge and passion. Angela's detail: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelacoldwell/ https://honourthework.ca/ Alex Cuttiford details: If you want to get in touch find me...

The power of saying yes and staying positive with Mackenzie Hollow 11.08.2024

Mackenzie Hollow is a recruiter from Rarekind. In our conversation we got talking about ways to stand out as a candidate, going on a growth journey and even heard more about Kenzies side hustle Doll Face Hire. Mackenzie's details: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzie-hollow-1b9048269/ https://www.instagram.com/dollfacehirebykenzie/ Alex Cuttiford details: If you want to get in touch find me on Li...

Building your career through life experiences with Brad Eather 28.07.2024

In this episode with Brad we learn how every experience we have in life is an opportunity to learn, grow and develop skills. We here about his career journey from working in the AV industry, sales and now running his own business coaching sales people the skills of social selling. Brad details: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-eather/ https://www.tomorrowtechnology.com.au/ Alex Cuttiford details:...

Get clear on your personal brand by understanding your purpose with Hayley Appleby Burtt 14.07.2024

In this episode of the Brand My Career Podcast I deep dive with Hayley Appleby Burtt into the world of personal branding. Hayley is a brand Strategist and Designer who creates stand out brands for entrepreneurs and small businesses. To finish the episode Hayley reviews my website and LinkedIn pages live and helps me identify where my message is breaking down and not fulling communicating my purpos...

How design thinking and experimentation can shape your career with Andrea Prince 30.06.2024

In my interview with Andrea Prince we discussed: Her role as a personal coach. Her career in the banking industry as a HR expert. Design thinking and experimentation. The importance of taking into accound the whole person when career coaching. Shifting your mindset to taking ownership. If you want to get in touch with Andrea follow the below links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-prince-60a8372...

Prioritising Wellbeing in the workplace with Melanie Moffatt 16.06.2024

Melanie Moffatt is a Corporate Health and Wellbeing Specialist with Medibank, a qualified Nutritionist and writer. In our conversation we discuss: How businesses can be prioritising wellbeing in the workplace. Wellbeing needs to be a strategic priority from the top down of organisations. How you can look after your own wellbeing when it isn't a priority of the business you work for. Job crafting a...

How to escape your corporate job with Adam Forbes 02.06.2024

Adam Forbes is a podcast host and author of the soon to release book Corporate Escapology. After a long and mostly fullfilling career in the corporate world Adam started to realise that his career was nolonger serving him in the way it once had. So when he was made redundant from a role he was in it became the catalist for him to reinvent himself and his career. The book looks at the 5 stages some...

A career development deep dive with Lucy Sattler 19.05.2024

Lucy Sattler is the founder of Study Work Grow, a company that supports career advisors and schools in countries all over the world. They provide resources, education, and programs in partnership with the career advisors on the ground. Lucy has a great amount of knowledge and is a highly regarded leader in the feild of career development. If you want to connect with Lucy find her on Linkedin: http...

Narelle Stocks on dedicating your career to making a difference 05.05.2024

Narelle is the CEO of Skillset, who are a Group Training Organisation and the largest employer of apprentices in western nsw. In this episode with we discuss: Narelles journey from PR, working with brands like McDonalds to discovering her jam in the not-for-ptofit sector. Taking ownership of your career. Choosing work that makes a difference. Being apart of setting up the first Headspace in wester...

Joe McKay on how to use LinkedIn to build your personal brand and make employers aware of you. 21.04.2024

Joe Mckay is an Aussie LinkedIn Ghost writer for executives and business owners. In this Episode Joe shares about his career journey having worked within government departments, over seas and with large sports agencies before starting his own business. We talk about: Thinking you have built your career the wrong way. Letting your values dictate your career journey as they shift and evolve. Using L...

Rebekah Di Blasi on vulnerbility in leadership and how motherhood effects your career 07.04.2024

Rebekah is a career coach in Melbourne Australia who is passionate about supporting mothers to navigate their careers through all the change that come with motherhood. In this episode we get into thing like: - Her running away from home at 16 - Becoming a manager at 18 - Vulnerability in leadership and the importance of building relationships - The challenges women face in their carees when become...

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