Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insights

The Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast is now three years old, a huge thank you to the amazing listeners and guests for their support. I have learnt so much from the guests and wanted to share some of the insights and lessons that I have picked up from them and share some of my journey for those new to the show. To help me celebrate this milestone, I invited my good friend Aoife O’Brien, the...

Learning about philosophy may seem like a luxury in our fast paced world but it has a number of benefits for your career and life, including developing your critical thinking skills and the ability to solve complex problems.   Dr Brennan Jacoby, a philosopher and the founder of Philosophy at Work, and I discussed this, his work with Philosophy at Work and much more on Episode 69 of the Reframe &am...

Looking for insights and strategies to boost your job search in the new year? As we're coming up to the start of the new year, I wanted to experiment with a different format and this episode focuses entirely on job search and has bite size clips from some of the previous guests on the podcast. Now that there are close to 70 episodes, some new listeners are not sure where to start so hopefully this...

Looking for insights into leadership, career development and job search? Tony Martignetti and I discussed this, his new book Campfire Lessons for Leaders and much more on Episode 67 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How taking measured risk can help your career, How Tony created an environment where his team felt engaged and had agency, His inter...

What is mindfulness and how can it help boost your career, job search and wellbeing? Alicia Ramsdell and I discussed this and much more on Episode 66 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Alicia built a successful career in Investment Management, How she managed to balance work and family life by planning with and discussing her situation with he...

What is perfectionism and does it lead to success and better performance? Professor Thomas Curran and I discussed this, other insights from his best selling book “The Perfection Trap”, being interviewed by Gwyneth Paltrow and much more on Episode 65 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Thomas has had a non-linear career but has bounced back from...

Want to understand why saying no is so hard and how it can help free up time to focus on the things that really matter to you? Professor Vanessa Patrick and I discussed this, her new book “The Power Of Saying No” and much more on Episode 64 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The importance of personal branding and sharing information that is of va...

The TV industry is ultra competitive so how do you break in and build a successful career without any contacts in the media world? Kimberly Gobolt, the joint MD of executive search and staffing company Talented People discussed her journey and how she transitioned from being a Producer/ Director to building her business on Episode 63 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode,...

Looking for communication strategies to boost your job search and career? Matt Abrahams, the host of the award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, shared his insights about this, his new book Think Faster, Talk Smarter and much more on Episode 62 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How fear can inhibit communication, How small talk can help bui...

How can behavioural science help boost your job search, career development and other aspects of your life? Dr Kurt Nelson, shared his insights about this, his career and much more on Episode 61 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: If you’re not happy in your current role, consider potential internal moves first, What is behavioral science? How to ma...

Looking for ideas about how to build a successful career in tech & DEI and ways to boost your job search after a lay off? Hady Mendez, shared her insights about this and much more on Episode 60 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Taking ownership of your career development, Opportunities are not always obvious, you have to put in the work and c...

Looking for strategies to help your job search, develop your career and other reflections from two years of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast? To belatedly mark the 2 year anniversary of the show, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my good friend Tammy Gooler Loeb, the host of the award winning Work From The Inside Out podcast and book, about this and much more on Episode 59 of t...

Many of us struggle with communication and public speaking, however, there are simple lessons that if applied consistently over time can bring significant improvement. Jane Hanson, an Emmy Award winning NBC anchor, discussed this, her career and much more on Episode 58 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The benefits of being a good listener, Don’t be...

Looking for practical strategies and ideas to improve your CV/ resume, find a new job, negotiate a pay rise and advance in your career? Octavia Gordema, career coach & author, shared her insights about this and much more on Episode 57 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Overcoming her limiting beliefs to go to university, How she pursued her interests...

Why is it that some of your peers seem to land those amazing opportunities and have higher visibility even though their skills and experience are similar to yours? One answer might be their personal branding and how they market themselves. Janice Mandel, a PR & Communications specialist, shared her insights about this and how you can develop your personal brand on Episode 56 of the Reframe & Reset...

Looking for insights to help your career development and job search from a coach who built a successful tech career culminating in being a manager launching global products for Facebook? Tutti Taygerly and I talked about this, moving her career in a different direction, despite all her success, and much more on Episode 55 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Tutti coaches cofounders and tec...

Just imagine, you’re called in for a big client presentation at work and you have to win the pitch to save your career. This is a scenario that professional athletes, including our guest Robbie White, face throughout their career. Robbie shared how he has dealt with this and much more on Episode 54 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.  Robbie is a professional cricketer with one of England’...

Looking for ideas and strategies to design the career and long life you love? Ayse Birsel, one of the world’s leading industrial designers, and I discussed this, her creative process, her books and much more on Episode 53 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Ayse’s work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  She has helped thousands of people across th...

Just imagine being diagnosed with cancer at 40 and you’re told it’s incurable. This is the dire situation that Dr Gil Winch faced over 20 years ago. Once he recovered from the shock, he set out to overcome his illness by strengthening his body, strengthening his mind and finding a new life mission. This eventually led to him founding Call Yachol, an outsourcing call center, which is a 100% underdo...

Want to know more about how your mindset and beliefs can transform many aspects of your life including careers, fitness, managing stress and health? I spoke about this to David Robson, the author of The Expectation Effect, and the winner of the 2022 BPS Book Awards. David is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. His first book, The Int...

Struggling with your job search? Looking for insights to find a new job and boost your career by using a change mindset? In this episode I discuss this with Minola Jac, an experienced change manager, who is fascinated by people and passionately curious about what makes them tick. A journalist by trade, and a Change Manager by choice – she stumbled upon Change Management two decades ago, through a...

“We recruiters can sense when somebody's panicked and it's just unfortunately not going to be to your advantage … so I would say fundamental to moving forward as a job seeker or if you're trying to grow or change your career is thinking through, how can I get my head straight, how can I be at my best? … I will say that there's not a simple answer and I don't like it when people project that it is...

“Failure and invention go hand in hand and ultimately you need a lot of failures, humanity is evolving by its mistakes and by its survival on those mistakes and that's what creates the resilience. You learn from the mistakes, … ultimately you're getting information from that, it's a feedback loop, you're getting information and more perspective, you're learning by virtue of the trial and error and...

"If you're relevant and that relevance is something that's tested every day you can be relevant today and not tomorrow but vice versa … you can be irrelevant today and suddenly become relevant … so to have the right skills, to stay in the game to continue what you're doing or to develop something new you really just need to develop relevance but that's relevance for your stakeholders, for your bos...

"Conversation analysis is the study of real talk, the data is recordings … of real interactions so not simulations, not role plays … we look at real talk in the wild, as it happens ... the aim is to understand the complete encounter from the moment it starts all the way through to the end. Over 50 years of research, conversation analysts have shown that we are pulled around by language by that I d...