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 will help. If this is successful, I will look to create episodes on different themes including lead...
Dec 28, 2023•37 min•Ep. 71
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 interest in leadership and how good leaders are developed, Being honest with yourself and understanding w...
Dec 20, 2023•57 min•Ep. 70
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 her manager, Transitioning from the corporate world to start her own business, incorporating mindfulne...
Dec 06, 2023•56 min•Ep. 69
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 difficult experiences, Failure is part of life and reframing failure can help to manage its impact,...
Nov 22, 2023•58 min•Ep. 68
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 value for your audience, Why it’s so hard to say no, What is an empowered refusal?, How can you say no...
Nov 08, 2023•57 min•Ep. 67
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, we will learn about: Forgetting your limiting beliefs and just asking: people are more helpful than...
Oct 24, 2023•58 min•Ep. 66
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 build connections and grow your network, Communication strategies to help you in a job interview, Ways...
Oct 10, 2023•51 min•Ep. 65
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 maintain motivation during your job search and the problem of the “middle”, The benefits of maintainin...
Sep 12, 2023•58 min•Ep. 64
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 create them for yourself, The value of creating content, building your brand and being strategic to h...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 63
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 the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How I overcame my ...
Jul 18, 2023•59 min•Ep. 62
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 afraid to reach out beyond your network, the worst that you’ll get is a “no”, Take time and be i...
Jun 20, 2023•54 min•Ep. 61
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 to work in PR & Communication, The importance of having big dreams to inspire you, How t...
Jun 06, 2023•54 min•Ep. 60
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 Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The skills that helped Janice be...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 59
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 tech leaders to embrace their unique leadership style to achieve professional impact and a sustaina...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 58
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’s top cricket clubs, Middlesex CCC. Prior to becoming a full time professional cricketer with Mid...
Apr 25, 2023•42 min•Ep. 57
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 the globe transform their lives by teaching them how to solve life’s problems using design, which h...
Apr 11, 2023•44 min•Ep. 56
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% underdog company composed mainly of people with disabilities and is a proving ground for his hiring and wor...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 55
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 Intelligence Trap, was published in 2019, and received worldwide media attention. After graduating with...
Mar 15, 2023•59 min•Ep. 54
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 series of fortunate circumstances, and has been enjoying every day since! Minola and I had a great c...
Mar 01, 2023•53 min•Ep. 53
“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 "just go do this, everything will be great" … it is challenging for a lot of people but coming from ...
Feb 15, 2023•58 min•Ep. 52
“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 in a complex world what's important.” Roger Spitz told me on Episode 48 part 2 of the Reframe &...
Feb 08, 2023•47 min•Ep. 51
"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 boss whether it comes through skills, expertise, something unique you have, that you're just very likab...
Feb 01, 2023•48 min•Ep. 50
"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 don't just mean words, I mean everything that we use as a resource to interact with others so of cour...
Jan 18, 2023•54 min•Ep. 49
“Think about yourself as a business, what's your USP, what's your unique selling proposition and you may not know it now and that's okay because it's something that evolves and you can certainly ask people around you in work or your friends … but if you understand yourself as a little business, it's part of a helpful journey to understand what's unique about yourself and how to put yourself forward because I think we do have to be much more self-aware” Sophie Wade told me on Episode 46 of Refram...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 48
"You don't know what your perfect job is, I don't know what my perfect job is, so go exploring. It's like buying houses you have to look at a lot of houses and then one day you go in one and you go "I love this house and the price is right". It's the same with jobs, really explore as much as possible because then one day you'll have the interview or have a contact with someone and you'll just suddenly be "oh okay this feels like a really good fit for me" " my good friend, Emile West, told me on ...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 47
“Internal signals can also influence decision making and I think there is space for both approaches. Sometimes our feelings can not necessarily align with what the right thing is to do and there are definitely situations where we need to make the hard decisions … there's space for that rational thing where you know why you're feeling what you're feeling and choose to override it however I think there's also the reverse scenario where actually paying attention to these bodily signals can also be ...
Dec 07, 2022•49 min•Ep. 46
“If you have self-doubt, it makes us work harder and avoid complacency … it makes us work smarter by prompting us to rethink our strategy, the self-doubt that is ongoing really makes us work smarter because we do not want to be perceived like that … it also makes us better learners … because we will seek support and ideas from other people, we always want to do a good job and therefore we don't want to leave it at chance.” Navid Nazemian talked with me about the potential benefits of Imposter Sy...
Nov 23, 2022•55 min•Ep. 45
"Goal setting is massively important … that objective setting and the key results of the milestones along the way that you need to achieve. It's helpful, it's not just for business owners or people in jobs it can help you in any aspect of your life ... if you're just blindly turning up to your job every day … that's like jumping into your car and driving randomly for an hour in a certain direction and scratching your head going why wasn't that fulfilling and why don't I like the destination?" Ro...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 44
Interested in learning more about becoming a changemaker? Alex Budak shared his insights about this, his book and much more on Episode 42 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Focus on the process and producing good work not the results, Making change requires strong relationships and teams, His time at UCLA and cheering on the Bruins, What is a Changemaker and how do you become one? Adopting a mindset where you learn from failure and you’re not ov...
Oct 25, 2022•53 min•Ep. 43
"You can actually also reach flow in the workplace and it happens when we have just the right mix of chemicals in our brains and those are dopamine, noradrenaline, acetylcholine. I think that's a mouthful to remember so I called it fun, fear and focus when you have fun at work, your brain releases dopamine, when you have just the right level of fear not too much not too little, your brain releases noradrenaline that gives you like an energy kick and when you're fully focused your brain releases ...
Oct 11, 2022•55 min•Ep. 42
