The Human Behind the Career Brand

My next guest for this podcast series is the founder and owner of Beehive Consulting Ramiz Gabrial. In addition to running a highly successful engineering consultancy for the past 13+ years, Ramiz has recently released his own memoir Stronger Than the Scar. It’s a story of reflect, of resilience, of resourcefulness, and of redefining how to continue to personally and professionally thrive after si...

My next guest for this podcast series is Yarra Valley based photographer, educator and nature enthusiast Kelly Hoinville. Kelly has a decade of experience as a high school teacher, which includes leadership roles where she led the development of education and wellbeing programs that increased student agency as well as engagement. Teaching and empowering students was what Kelly self-defined as her...

My next guest for this podcast series is career strategist and the founder of OZGRADS Nazrul Islam. Based in Sydney Australia, Nazrul supports international students in finding job opportunities. It’s a personal mission of his, as a former international student who faced numerous challenges when settling into the Australian workforce. Including the navigation of visa work and residency visas, and...

My next guest for this podcast series is Doctor Keith Dorsey based in LA in the USA. He’s the founder and owner of leadership development consultancy Boardroom Journey, and is an advisor, a researcher, an author as well as a speaker focused on diversity, governance and strategic growth within business leadership contexts including boardrooms. Keith has dedicated much of his career to unlocking boa...

My next guest for this podcast series is Jess Mitchell. She’s the founder and owner of the Jess K Mitchell practice that provides coaching, workshopping and public speaking services in line with her own self-developed learning and development framework. Her practice is focused on inspiring teams and businesses to shift from individual or siloed environments to more connected and collaborative sett...

My next guest for this podcast series is Natasha Moszenin. In addition to her many years of contributing to student advancement in the education sector for a range of universities and colleges, Natasha has been involved in musical theatre as a composer, songwriter and director. A graduate of the Australian NIDA and other major performing arts institutions, she has been creating music and songs for...

My next guest for this podcast series is globally focused writer, editor, reporter and human-narrative storyteller Rachel Hartigan from the USA. Born and raised in the unassuming tourist town of Reno in Nevada, Rachel’s expansive career journey includes as a journalist at the Washington Post as well as US News, and as a long-term senior editor and reporter for National Geographic. She also previou...

My next guest for this podcast series is Juan Garrido Salgado. Adelaide-based Juan is a globally respected poet who has published eight books that have been translated into a wide range of languages. Juan also translates the works of Australian and Aboriginal poets into the Spanish language, including five Aboriginal poets for the anthology Earth Mirror. Born and raised in Chile in South America,...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

My primary mission with this podcast series is to inspire each of us to value and appreciate our multifaceted strengths, experiences and offerings. Both as professionals and as human beings. And to highlight that human stories and connections will always matter, both personally and professionally. My next guest for this podcast series is Kirsty McClay. Kirsty has been working in the market researc...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

My next guest for this podcast series is Heidi Clarris. Heidi is currently an executive leader at the disability service provider Aruma. Specialising in customer experience insights and strategy, also on executive boards that include for Aruma and Parkinson’s Australia, she’s previously been in leadership roles at Bupa, Public Transport Victoria and the Department of Planning, Transport and Infras...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

My next guest for this podcast series is Julie Allen. Julie is a website specialist who’s been running her own website design and training business Biz Yourself since 2012. Which is backed up by her former career in finance, including as the director of finance broking service JMA Lending Solutions. Julie currently lives and grew up in the same part of Melbourne as me, an outer eastern area where...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

Hello and welcome to the Human Behind the Career Brand podcast. Research is indicating that humans more than ever are craving human connection across both professional and consumer contexts. Despite – and maybe even because of – the onslaught of AI and other digital technologies. My primary mission with this podcast is to inspire each of us to value and appreciate our multifaceted strengths, exper...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

Spurred on by her former 'good girl' background, Avanthi is on a personal mission to inspire and empower others to find their voice and inner courage, including via greater financial literacy. Raised in a devout, respect-your-elders family and community in Sri Lanka, Avanthi was only 19-years-old when she moved to Australia for an arranged marriage. A victim of domestic abuse in that first marriag...

In addition to Max's long-term cross-country career in energy, oil and gas, including as an engineer, as a consultant and as a business development executive in the energy transition space, who’s currently undertaking PhD research focused on Australia’s Beetaloo Sub-basin Shale Gas development, Max has for many years been involved in voluntary work including for UNICEF. With both cultural and prof...

Carolyn is the founder of Empowered Happiness that helps others release negative emotions and trauma, to transition to a more fulfilled and happy life. In addition to tapping into her own breast cancer treatment and healing experience that commenced about 4 years ago, Carolyn uses a multidisciplinary approach that includes kinesiology, hypnotherapy, coaching and meditation. She’s also an author an...

This podcast partnership with Women Making it Work aligns with but slightly deviates from my The Human Behind the Career Brand podcast series. The Human Story Behind the Business and Brand delves into those poignant moments, experiences and life lessons that shaped these high-performing professional women into who they are today. It discusses their fates, flaws, feats, fears and all the other fabu...

Born in the Philippines and growing up in Australia, Alex feels a deep sense of connection to both of these Asia Pacific nations. This drives him to broaden and strengthen the commercial and social bonds between Australia and the Philippines. Alex has expansive business acumen as both a former SME found and owner, and as an ongoing business mentor, which he applies alongside his warm, authentic en...