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Send us Fan Mail My guest today has worked with CNN, Huff Post, Business Insider, HSBC, LinkedIn, and even at a top gaming company in Hong Kong. Chris Anderson recently moved back to his native California after some very adventurous years in South East Asia. There are 3 reasons I wanted to bring Chris on the show: a)     Chris not only talks about career pivots, one of my favourite topics, but has...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is from a Youtube video of mine where I share how the latest NYT best seller by Gary Vaynerchuk can actually help your job search and career development. I do this by going over the 12 and a 1/2 emotional ingredients mentioned in the book and how they can help the common scenarios during job search, like interviewing, and also others we all face during our career.  Re...

Send us Fan Mail If you want to be a fantastic leader, today’s conversation is perfect for you. My guest is Priya Ramesh. Priya is a Master Certified Coach and that in itself, I think is a pretty big deal, there are only 70 MCC’s in India and  only 1,327 wordwide.  Priya was my Mentor Coach during my Coaching Certification Program and I have learnt so much from her. Today, the tables have turned,...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Andy Griffiths .  If you haven’t heard of Andy, and if you have kids/nephews/nieces, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Treehouse Books: the 13 Storey Treehouse, 26 Storey Treehouse and so many more. These books are created by New York Times bestselling team Andy Griffiths who is the writer and Terry Denton, the illustrator.  Andy Griffiths is one of Austr...

Send us Fan Mail There are so many reasons I invited Jules White on the podcast.  She’s not only the only person I know who’s been on Dragon’s Den and had a TEDx Talk, but also run successful businesses and been through multiple layoffs. Jules exhibits what a lot of us don’t know we have: grit and determination, to get back up when life knocks us down.  In this episode, Jules gets down and dirty w...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is in Pasadena, California and her name is Julie Winkle Giulioni. Julie is the author of ‘Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development, Help Employees Thrive’ and the co-author of the international bestseller, ‘Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go’. Julie is also named by Inc. Magazine as a Top 100 Leadership Speaker and in this conversation, we talk about Ju...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Josh Braun . Josh is one of the leading voices on LinkedIn on all things Sales, and I love having conversations with Sales trainers because I think sales skills are life skills.  I have been following Josh for quite some time now, and his advice is always fluffless and on point. I had a feeling that Josh would be a pretty great podcast guest, but when I saw Josh’...

Send us Fan Mail The great resignation is real, and it’s happening, daily. But there’s a lot you need to know, before you do something you regret. Like what?! Basics of Employment Law. Don't be ignorant, this stuff can save you a lot of headache! Employment Law seems technical and boring and you think it's not your problem. If any of these is your problem: - Bullying, harassment and disc...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is part of my series ‘Where are they now’ to check up on how some of my past guests are getting on and how sometimes the best laid plans can go differently. And today I am speaking with Jay Beech. Jay was a guest on the show back in June 2021 on episode 38 titled ‘From Redundancy to 8 job offers in 2 weeks’’ and we had chatted a month or so after his #HireJayBeech...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is in Wisconsin, USA and his name is Joel Lalgee. Joel is a recruiter who hires recruiters, and in this episode we are going to talk about it all, Joel’s career and the state of the recruitment industry, and how that impacts job seekers and others in transition. If you don’t follow Joel on LinkedIn, I highly recommend you start, because his is probably one of the fu...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is LinkedIn Top Voice Mita Mallick. Mita has headed consumer brands at places like Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Unilever. The following excerpt from her linkedin bio brings us to what Mita is doing today: “As a kid, I loved watching commercials instead of actual tv shows (still do!) and going to the store with my mom, studying all the new packaging and products...

Send us Fan Mail Today I’m fortunate to have Jon Hyman on the show. Jon is an Employment Lawyer and in essence, the voice on the other end of a phone when a business needs advice on firing an employee, a policy or agreement drafted, guidance on a leave of absence, disability accommodation, or internal complaint or investigation, or any others issue that plague human resources professionals and bus...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I chat with Sadhguru during the Brussels leg of his European tour to campaign for saving soil. Sadhguru is on a journey to meet citizens, leaders and experts as a lone motorcyclist covering 30,000 km across 25 nations from the United Kingdom to India in 100 days. If you liked this video, share it with your friends so they benefit from it too. Follow Sadhguru and his jou...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Elizebeth Varghese, who heads Talent and HR Strategy Transformation at IBM, with solutions in Blockchain, Robotics and AI.     In fact, Elizebeth has just released her new bestseller [Block] Chain Reaction and we’re going to go into this, because frankly, all this blockchain, AI talk evokes such an air of mystery!   We also talk about the following:  - Wha...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is extra special because the guest is a friend of mine. Now, whether you are looking for a job, or thinking of starting a side hustle, or anywhere in the middle, you are in the right place!  Virginia Franco is one of the best Resume Writers in the US, and who doesn’t need to learn great resume writing tips? But wait, there’s more! Virginia is so successful, that sh...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Amy Schultz, who heads Recruiting over on Canva, the hugely successful graphic design platform that every creator knows and loves. Amy has also previously worked in senior roles at LinkedIn and Hudson, and lived in China, Singapore, San Francisco and now Sydney, Australia.  In this episode, Amy and I chat about how her career has evolved and enabled so many geogr...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today Andrea Rainsford calls herself The SEO Angel. And today we are going to talk about her career in two parts. I’d like you to listen to the following excerpt: “18 years ago I was thriving, I was growing. I was climbing the ladder. Life was so so good. Great job, getting married, flying round the globe with work. It was cut short. My life path had other plans. I was ou...

Send us Fan Mail What was it like to work with Jeff Bezos and his founder team as he was scaling up Amazon in the early 2000’s?  What was it like to work at Google while it was rising from the third most dominant search engine to number one? My guest today is Ann Hiatt, who is likely the only person on my podcast who has intimately worked with founders and CEOs of three companies we know so well t...

Send us Fan Mail No matter your profession, chances are you watch the news on your TV, laptop or phone. But what about the person sharing the news story? What’s their story? How do they get so confident to speak in front of millions of people on national television, night after night?  My guest today is Isabelle Kumar , who has been a news anchor and producer at places like CNN, Reuters and EuroNe...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is part of my series ‘Where are they now’ to check up on how some of my past guests are getting on and how sometimes the best laid plans can go differently. And today I am speaking with Dan Reed on the concept of boomerang employees. This is not just a concept, but personal too. Very personal. Dan was a guest on the show back in August 2021 on episode 46 titled ‘Ne...

Send us Fan Mail What is and isn't Imposter Syndrome, and can it be mastered? Back in October 2021 I had a LIVE conversation with Malaika Simmons, MSHE, PMP , TEDx Speaker and Creator of the Momentology™️ Method. We talked about: - Where does imposter syndrome come from? - How do I know the difference between imposter syndrome and "being realistic"? - How do I avoid coming off as to...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is a LinkedIn Top Voice based in Sydney, Australia. Karen Tisdell started her career in advertising writing ad copy, then worked as a corporate trainer and then recruiter, and finally started writing LinkedIn profiles professionally in 2009. Foreseeing the importance of how business leaders are perceived online. From being an early adopter of LinkedIn, to being reco...

Send us Fan Mail What is it like to work at a top company for 18 years and then suddenly have that taken away from you? Today's episode talks about the grim reality of layoffs, and the joy of restarting your career when faced with umpteen unknowns. Lori Knudsen has worked in pharma sales for over 20 years as a cardiovascular specialty representative. And now, as the Founder of Knowbility Cons...

Send us Fan Mail If you are getting lots of job interviews but not landing job offers, then this episode is for you. At the end of 2021 I was invited by leading job search thinkers and practioners Mark Anthony Dyson and Damian Birkel to talk about all things interviewing, and that is what we did! We talked about what to stop doing in 2022 and each of shared practical tips and strategies that you c...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is like no other. Claude Silver heads the People function at Vayner Media, and there are two things that make her very different. Firstly, Claude is not a career HR person, no! In fact she has had a very varied career in Outdoor Education, Public Relations and Advertising at firms like Publicis and J Walter Thompson in London. Second, she is not a Chief HR Officer....