Soul Career with Lisandra Rickards

What if the habit you barely notice is the very thing holding your leadership back? In this powerful episode of Soul Career®, Leadership Coach Felecia Williams dives into a leadership blind spot many professionals overlook — complaining — and how it quietly erodes credibility, trust, and influence in the workplace. This episode isn’t about ignoring problems or “staying positive.” It’s about learni...

What if every great relationship, opportunity, and leadership moment starts with one thing — a better conversation? In this eye-opening episode of Soul Career®, Felecia Williams breaks down the hidden skills behind powerful communication, the ones nobody teaches you, but everyone expects you to know. Whether you struggle with being misunderstood, find conversations draining, or want to communicate...

What if the key to better leadership isn’t speaking, but listening? In this inspiring episode of Soul Career®, Leadership Coach Felecia Williams steps in as guest host, guiding a powerful conversation on what it truly means to lead with empathy, awareness, and presence. With Lisandra Rickards away this week, Felecia takes the mic to explore one of the most underrated leadership skills — active lis...

What do you do when life throws a curveball and you’re still expected to lead? In this powerful episode of Leadership in Transition, Soul Career® Founder Lisandra Rickards sits down with Felecia Williams, our newest Leadership Coach, who opens up about what it’s really like to lead during life’s toughest seasons. Felecia shares her deeply personal journey of navigating a major life crisis, while s...

What if the hardest moments in your life are shaping you to be a stronger leader? In this powerful episode, Soul Career® Founder Lisandra Rickards sits down with Beatriz De La Poza, the company’s COO and Lead Executive Coach, who recently went through one of the biggest transitions of her life: stepping away from her home, career, and comfort zone to follow her inner voice toward something complet...

We all grapple with stress and anxiety, seeking solace in familiar avenues like vacations, yoga, or meditation. But have you considered the untapped potential of hypnosis? The more we pursue our mission at Soul Career, which is to redefine the relationship between work and life allowing humans to thrive, the more we interface with the field of psychology. We now quite frequently refer our clients...

Your career is not just about the jobs you hold—it's an evolving journey of self-discovery, growth, and transformation. In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, Ep 029: Secrets to Success at Every Stage of Your Career, I explore the different phases that make up your career life cycle, each with its own set of needs, interests, and opportunities for skill development. From the initial stage...

In today's episode, we introduce the concept of attachment theory and discuss how your attachment style can impact your personal and professional life.  My guest for this episode is Transformational Relationship Coach and Author Dr Gary Salyer. I first heard of Dr Salyer when he was interviewed in a podcast in 2019 promoting his book 'Safe To Love Again.' Which was my first introduction to at...

You've probably seen videos featuring an incredible woman on Soul Career's social media lately.  That's because in the past six months, we have welcomed Beatriz de la Poza to our team as both an executive coach and our first female investor.  Beatriz has an incredible story and background taking her from Spain where she was born to Barbados where she lives right now. From working as a pr...

In Part 2 of our two-part series, How to Work With Netflix, I'm continuing my conversation with Aaron Mitchell, Director of HR at Netflix Animation Studio and a fellow alum from Harvard Business School.    Aaron has had an amazing career and I'm honoured that he took the time to speak with me and share his journey.    In this episode Aaron shares:    1. His background...

We're back from a break that we took from the podcast at the end of 2021.    And we're starting 2022 with a bang!    We're joined by Aaron Mitchell, the Director of HR for Netflix Animation Studios, which is the division of Netflix that produces and develops animated programs and feature films. Aaron has had an impressive career journey taking him from Boston, to New York and e...

For this month's podcast, I'm commemorating one year as a full-time entrepreneur!   To celebrate I want to take this opportunity to reflect on my journey, share the lessons I’ve learned along the way and offer 7 tips to anyone who is considering becoming an entrepreneur.    Here’s a snapshot of what I cover:  1. Why I decided to leave the corporate world for entrepreneurship&nb...

We're continuing our focus on multi-location careers in the latest episode of the Soul Career podcast.  Our guest for this episode is Mari-Anne Daura. Mari-Anne is an American living in Denmark whose job is based in Sweden. She currently works as Communications Business Partner for Sustainability at IKEA. She is also a former Soul Career client and one of our success stories.    Her...

This month's episode of the Soul Career podcast is all about freedom, flexibility and how you can design a multi-location career. My special guest is Audra Gordon, founder and creative director of Beam Bold - a clothing company that focuses on reducing textile waste and facilitating size inclusion.  Audra was born in St. Vincent, moved to America when she was 13 and became a U.S. Citizen, the...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I have the pleasure of being joined by DJ DiDonna, Founder of The Sabbatical Project - an organization that brings together researchers, companies and advocates working to catalyze sabbaticals and their enabling policies for people everywhere.    DJ started The Sabbatical Project after he took a four-month sabbatical from his job as a founder o...

My guest for this episode of the Soul Career podcast is Laura Maydon, Laura is the Founder and Former Managing Director of Endeavor, a mission-driven organization that helps entrepreneurs scale and has offices in more than 30 locations around the world.    Laura is on sabbatical from work and has been for the past 2 years. In this episode, she shares her reasons for going on sabbatical,...

My guest for this episode of the Soul Career podcast is my friend and fellow entrepreneur Sheldon Powe.  Sheldon is the Founder and CEO of Innovate10X, a leading digital transformation firm based in Jamaica. He also invests in a number of entrepreneurs. In fact, Sheldon is one of the three men who made a seed investment in Soul Career®.   I met Sheldon in 2018 when he was leaving his 21-...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I follow-up on my conversation with Yasmina Zaidman, Chief Partnerships Officer at Acumen, by talking more about what the social impact space looks like, and how you can craft a career in this space.   Here's a snapshot of what I cover:   1. Personality types that are attracted to the mission space  2. How I found my way to a mission-...

In this episode of the Soul Career podcast, I interview my friend and mentor Yasmina Zaidman.    Yasmina Zaidman’s life proves that you can have a fulfilling career in the impact space. She is the Chief Partnerships Officer at Acumen - a global nonprofit organization that changes the way the world tackles poverty, by investing patient capital in early-stage businesses whose products and...

Kaneisha Grayson’s career proves that you don’t have to have the typical 9 to 5 job to be successful. She is one of my best friends and fellow Harvard Graduate. She is also the CEO and Co-founder of The Art of Applying. The largest black-owned graduate admissions consulting firm in the world. Kaneisha has undoubtedly found her Soul Career. But the path was not always smooth. In this month’s Soul C...

When you envision a Soul Career, you probably think of a life away from the corporate grind. But, it’s possible to find fulfilment in traditional jobs and make a corporate career a Soul Career. In this month’s episode of the Soul Career podcast, we interview Attorney-at-Law, and Partner at Hart Muirhead Fatta, Sanya Goffe.  Sanya has what many would consider a traditional Law career. She clim...

We talk a lot about how finding your dream job can change your life.    But what happens after you find your dream job? How can you establish yourself as an indispensable employee in the first few months?   In this month's podcast, Co-founder and COO of Soul Career Warren Rickards discusses his current role as Strategic Customer Success Manager at Cloudflare. And shares how he...

The world as we know it is changing rapidly. Globalization, technology and COVID-19 are having a massive impact on the way we live and work.   But how will these changes impact our careers decades from now?   In this episode, we’ll explore the changes you can expect coming out the pandemic and what these changes mean for the evolution of our careers in the future. We're going to loo...

As jobs become more uncertain, people in the workplace are looking for ways to boost their credibility and enhance their reputation. In addition, many people have been recording and putting out online content to shore up their online brand as a result of the pandemic and this massive shift from offline to online.   So this leaves us with two questions:  1. How can we determine if someone...

Brandon Andrews is charged with leading a nationwide casting tour focused on bringing more diverse ideas and voices to Shark Tank – an award winning American business reality show that connects budding entrepreneurs with potential investors. Brandon is living his Soul Career - a career he never knew existed when he was growing up with his grandmother in a small town in southern Alabama.  As a...