That's exactly what Holly O'Driscoll did during her fourth maternity leave — and it changed the course of her career.

Holly is an innovation strategist, facilitator, and founder of Ampersand Innovation. She spent over 20 years at Procter & Gamble in engineering, design, and innovation leadership before launching her own business.

During that pivotal maternity leave, she turned the design thinking tools she used with clients on herself and asked: what's my why?

Her answer — unleashing the potential of people AND ideas — became the north star that guided everything that followed, including the founding of her company.

In this episode, Holly shares her journey from engineering to design to entrepreneurship, and the principles she learned along the way about asking for what you want, prototyping your next chapter, and redefining success on your own terms.

Resources: Finding Your Why

1. Explore the approach Holly used
The book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans is a great starting point. You can explore their resources, including the Odyssey Plan framework, at Stanford University's Life Design Lab: https://lifedesignlab.stanford.edu/resources

2. Join me for a live online session
Free 75-minute Connect to Your Purpose session on 2 April at 8am CET. Move your purpose from concept to lived reality — we'll work with what you already know and go deeper, reconnecting to when you've felt most aligned and exploring what that tells you about who you are and the impact you have.
Register here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/events/

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at https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment — or explore workshops and resources on the site.

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Then, in Christina's own words:

"After a toxic private equity takeover, the absence of values and purpose my work led to burnout — and to a complete re-evaluation of my life and what success meant to me."

As I stepped away from the corporate world and embarked on an inner transformation, I realised that marketing has alot to answer for: marketing doesn’t just sell products. It manipulates us, fuels endless growth, and reinforces a single-minded picture of success.

I took all my industry experience — and my frustration with the way marketing has been done — retrained in sustainable marketing - and reimagined a better way forward. A way for brands not just to sell more, but to serve more. To contribute to solving the world’s biggest challenges rather than accelerating them."

From this vision, Christina created her 4B Brand Model:

⭐ Think BIG – brands tackle the world’s biggest challenges and lead the way for others
⭐ Be BOLD – brands challenge the status quo of their industry
⭐ Act BRAVE – brands stand up and live by what they believe in
⭐ Become BELOVED – brands build communities that share their values

Today, she helps scale-up founders and leaders at the growth stage reimagine their brands through this lens — building brands that create a positive impact for people, planet, and profit. She also teaches marketing and purpose-led brands at the Haute École de Gestion (HEG) in Geneva as part of their International Bachelor program, sharing this vision with the next generation of marketers.

You can contact Christina and subscribe to her newsletter Brands For A New World here:

https://www.thebutterflymovements.com

If you'd like to contact Ruth and find out more about coaching you can do that here:

https://yourpathtosuccess.ch

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What if your mid-career reckoning became an awakening — a chance to realign your strengths, values and purpose?

In this episode, Ruth Kearns Wollmann speaks with Vicky Ferrier, Chief People and Commercial Officer at Konsileo — a commercial insurance firm with no managers. Vicky shares insights from her rich and varied career. In particular, she shares how she navigated the messy middle of her career, rediscovered what truly mattered, and began writing her way into a future she could believe in.

From self-doubt to self-authorship, from leadership principles to finding the right people, this is an honest and uplifting conversation about growth, identity, and leading for good — at work and in life.

Vicky also supports young leaders globally through her work with WYSE, a UN-affiliated leadership development charity.

Key Topics:

• Pivotal moments and mid-career questioning

• Leading without hierarchy

• Courage, humility, and imagination

• Writing as a tool for clarity and growth

🔗 Links
:

• Learn more about Ruth’s coaching work: yourpathtosuccess.ch


• Connect with Ruth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthkearnswollmann/

  
  


🎧 Listen now and be inspired to write your next chapter.

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His first book, Speak Up Culture, explores how and why great leaders make it “safe and worth it” to speak up—and why it matters.

In our conversation, Shed shares the formative experiences that led him to his purpose, including:
🔹 Growing up with a stutter and how it shaped his perspective
🔹 Witnessing 1,000 colleagues let go on his first day at his first job
🔹 Discovering Simon Sinek’s work on purpose, deciding he wanted to work for him—and making it happen
🔹 Taking the leap to start his own company and write his book

Along the way, we dive into all things leadership, including:
✅ What challenges can teach us—and how weaknesses can become gifts
✅ Psychological safety, speak-up culture, and servant leadership
✅ The legacy Shed hopes to leave—including his plans for his next book

Shed’s book "Speak Up Culture" is wise, practical, and a great read—I highly recommend it!

📌 Follow Shed on LinkedIn: Stephen Shedletzky
🌎 Learn more about his work at shedinspires.com

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited professional coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

Find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations at: yourpathtosuccess.ch 

To book a 30-minutes appointment with Ruth to explore working together go here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment/

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But while today, Marina could not imagine a life without horses, her career started on a very different path. In our conversation she tells the story of her journey from working full time in the corporate world to working full time with horses (and people). You’ll hear her describe some pivotal moments that led her:

• To ask big questions like “what do I really want to do in life?”

• To let go of everything and step out into the unknown and

• To learn to take off her mask and show up authentically and powerfully in everything she does

Go to marinaparris.com to find out more about Marina's work and her two books "A heart for horses" and "Leadership wisdom from horses."

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited professional coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. 

She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their personal path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

To find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations visit her website at: yourpathtosuccess.ch

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Founder and managing director of Kinetic Consulting, Will Hogg, has always been motivated to create opportunities for those born into less fortunate circumstances than himself. However, when his father died too young at 61, Will decided to leave his comfortable corporate job to start his own company determined to fulfil his dream.

Nine years later he had another wake-up call. As he lay in a hospital bed recovering from brain surgery, he realised just how short life is, and that while his business was doing well, he had not made as much progress towards his original vision as he had hoped.

Listen to Will tell his own story of how these milestone moments acted as a catalyst for him to reassess where he stood with respect to his purpose, vision and values, and to set himself back on track.

If you’d like to hear the whole of my interview with Will please do hop over to episode 8 which was published in December 2020  And don't forget to subscribe to make sure you receive new content as soon as it comes out.

If you’d like to find out more about my coaching services please do visit my website, yourpathtosuccess.ch

Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited executive coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.

To find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations visit her website at: yourpathtosuccess.ch 

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Richard is warm, wise, and a wonderful storyteller so you’re in for a treat. He is also a great example of someone who has navigated his career in a way that has fully integrated his talents, passions and values both inside and outside work.

After 18 years at Procter and Gamble working in Sales, Consumer Insights and finally Corporate training, he managed to pluck up the courage to follow his true calling:

to be a master presentation skills trainer and coach. 

Richard's story is one of a well-rounded life well lived. In this conversation you will hear him talk about how he:

• Followed his head and his heart

• Took on board compliments and critical feedback

• Stayed open to seize opportunities, and waited patiently for the right time to make a move

  
  

Overall his is a story of how he consistently invested in personal growth, relationships and doing good work over years and now decades, and how he has continued to bear fruit as a consequence.

You can find Richard and learn more about what he does through the makingpresentations.co.uk website.

His book The Versatile Presenter written with Kirstie Hawkes comes out in January 2025 and will be available on Amazon

Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast to hear more stories from people about how they have navigated their personal path to success.

And you can find out more about my coaching offerings at yourpathtosuccess.ch

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Fadzi is an expert in her field, encouraging and inspiring many, many people, including me, to create inclusive spaces and open up to learning from one another whatever our background.

In this interview, Fadzi talks about her personal and professional journey. She begins by talking about how her life experiences have shaped her perspective on inclusion and belonging, and how her vocation found her.

She goes on to share the story of how she navigated a significant setback in her life - the breakdown of her marriage - and the guiding principles and mindsets that sustained her as she built a new life and career.

One of her principles is "do it afraid." She courageously put this into action when she chose to go to back to study during the year she turned 40 while bringing up 2 young boys. Although it was hard at first, she kept moving forward step by step and, encouraged by her faith, she chose to cultivate a teachable spirit and to live by example, knowing that her boys (and others) were watching her.

A significant shift happened when she was able to change her perspective from being the victim of what she had suffered and looking to others as the solution, to becoming more proactive, realising that while we cannot control what happens to us, we can learn from everything and everyone as we take responsibility for our actions and our future.

This is a warm and authentic interview filled with wisdom and hope for us all.

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In 2015, during the failed coup in Burundi, Simon Guillebaud, founder of an NGO called Great Lakes Outreach faced a milestone moment: Would he stay, or would he take his family and flee to safety as others were doing?

Surrounded by gunfire and burning roadblocks he decided to stay. He then gathered his leaders in a room, and together they decided to use their influence to advocate for peace and non-violence.

What made it possible? Listen to this episode to find out!

Simon had a very clear call to Burundi in 1999, when it was regarded as the most dangerous country on earth. Having unexpectedly survived 7 years of genocide and civil war, he set up GLO with the vision to transform Burundi and beyond through holistic mission, working with gifted local leaders of integrity.

Although Simon returned from Burundi with his family in 2018, leaving Great Lakes Outreach in the hands of capable local leaders, he is still very much involved in supporting their work with some of the poorest and hungriest people in the world. You can find out more about it at greatlakesoutreach.org.

He continues to work as a Christian author speaker, and podcaster.  So if that is your thing, I can totally recommend his podcast called “Inspired” where he interviews men and women of faith from all walks of life about their stories of adventure and risk-taking for God. So check that out via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or the link here: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/

If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please hit subscribe to hear more encouraging stories of of how people have navigated their path to true success.

As Simon said it's all too easy to get to a point in life where we "Have everything to live with but nothing to live for." It takes courage to step back and ask yourself what you really want to live for, and that's another part of life where surrounding yourself with the people who will support you on your journey makes a huge difference.

In my next podcast episode on Your Path to Success, I am going to share more about my own journey of defining and redefining success and how I help other people do that too, through my coaching programmes.

If you're interested in find more about coaching then check out my website: yourpathtosuccess.ch or book an appointment here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment/

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My first ever interview on “Your path to success” 4 years ago was with P&G Chief Sustainability Officer Virginie Hélias.

In this 10-minute extract you’ll hear Virginie talk about a Milestone Moment in her journey back in 2011 when in a 20-minute meeting with the CEO of P&G she laid out the rationale for appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer and proposed herself for the job. She explains the importance of having absolutely clarity on what you want and being brave not perfect when you want to have an impact!

If you like this clip then you can listen to Episode 1 of Your Path to Success published on 26 November 2019.

If you'd like to find out more about how coaching can help you create clarity on what's important for you and what you really want out of life, please visit my website or ask me about my my Reignite Your Purpose coaching journey: yourpathtosuccess.ch

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She is a smart, successful, mission-driven entrepreneur who is an amazing example of someone who has combined their talents, skills, experience and passion to make a difference in the world, and is thriving while doing it.

In this podcast episode you will hear Jenny talk about:

• What she learned from the first part of her career
• How she made the shift to become an entrepreneur and founder of a mission-led business
• The advice she has for people thinking of making the leap from the corporate world

More about Jenny and Cashmerette:

Cashmerette began as Jenny’s personal sewing blog in 2010, when she had the profound realization that she didn’t have to change her body to fit clothes – she could change clothes to fit her body. That led Jenny to leave the corporate world after 15 years, and launch Cashmerette, the first modern, body-positive, sewing company, with patterns in sizes 0 – 32 and cup sizes C – H. 

Cashmerette has since grown to empower curvy sewists to find confidence through online workshops, a popular membership program called Cashmerette Club, and two books: instant best-seller “Ahead of the Curve: Learn to Fit and Sew Amazing Clothes for your Curves”,  the first body-positive book focused on helping curvy sewists learn how to alter patterns to fit, and "Sewing the Curve: Learn how to Sew Clothes to Boost your Wardrobe and your Confidence", the ultimate guide to sewing for beginners which starts shipping on 14 November 2023.

Jenny’s work on Cashmerette and body positivity has been featured in publications including People magazine, The Guardian, and the Huffington Post. 

Originally from Scotland, Jenny has lived in 9 countries, and is now proud to call Boston, MA home. 

To find out more about Jenny's work visit cashmerette.comwhere you can shop patterns, register for classes, order Jenny's books and browse the blog.

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Motivated by a renewed sense of purpose Marisa now works as a certified coach and consultant driving cultural change within organizations and empowering individuals and teams to overcome barriers and realise their full potential. 

In this episode you'll hear us talk about how Marisa established herself in the first stage of her career, how she navigated challenging life events to emerge with a renewed definition of success and sense of purpose for the next stage of her career.

As fellow Gallup strengths coaches you'll also hear us talk about how our strengths shape both who we are and how we show up at our best at work.

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Several years ago, Maria chose to leave the corporate world and found her sweetspot as a board member. She serves on the board of advisors for several companies including Valeur Absolue perfumes and Familia Torres.

In this interview, she shares with me how she navigated her career over the past 30 years and how she made and embraced choices at each stage. Her story took us from her first move to Switzerland as a young, newly married Spanish literature graduate seeking to establish herself in the professional world, through the way she worked her way up from being an assistant to being a corporate executive, and finally to her most recent decision to leave the corporate world behind her and embrace not only a new professional adventure but also a new lifestyle.

Over the years, Maria learned a lot about making choices, preparing for the change that they would bring, and always staying true to who she is at her core. 

She calls out 3 key principles for a successful and fulfilling career:

1. Seek out mentors and learning a priority.

2. Be bold then embrace your choices.

3. Prepare yourself for the change ahead logistially and emotionally.

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Rebecca's career so far has been quite the ride, literally and metaphorically. Her story is one of pursuing her dreams and goals through passion, adventure, perseverance, and re-invention.

Rebecca has always enjoyed sport, and competing in the Olympics was a childhood dream. After leaving school she focused on athletics, but it was only in 2004, having missed out qualifying for 400m hurdles in Athens, that she chose to pick up heptathlon. She rose to the challenge and competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Despite her doctor trying to convince her to retire in 2010 she insisted she wanted to give London 2012 a go, but unfortunately she tore a hamstring and couldn't qualify. 

Retiring from athletics at 34, she had to discover a new professional identity when most of her peers were already 10 years into their career. Her work led her to Switzerland to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne where she continued to be connected into the sporting world and picked up road cycling for fun. 

It was on one of her road trips with 2 other New Zealand friends that they first started talking about cycling 20,000km home to New Zealand. And so in 2018 that Rebecca quit her job and set off for a trip that would last 385 days across 17 countries. It was a crazy, audacious goal that required courage, resilience, and a "nothing ventured, nothing gained" attitude. 

In this interview you will hear Rebecca talk about her "Long Way Home" as she calls it, including:

Why she set off in the first place

What she learned along the way and 

How it led her full circle back to Lausanne and her passion for the Olymypic movement.

You can also watch Rebecca's 39 minute documentary of her trip here:

The Long Way Home Video  

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It has been her life work to partner with governments, large corporations, and NGOs to enable them to solve some of their toughest challenges through the power of connectedness.

Nadine's company beCause Global Consulting  helps people and organizations connect with their core purpose and each other. It's sister nonprofit Global Citizens Circle convenes diverse, intergenerational, cross-sectoral dialogue to find sustainable solutions and create constructive change. Nadine is currently writing a book called "The Power of Connectedness" which has a foreword by Desmond Tutu.

During our conversation, Nadine shares how she discovered and developed her passion and purpose, some lessons she has learned throughout her extraordinary career, and what she believes are the most essential leadership qualities for the future. 

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A few years ago, Bethany was working in a team where she was well-established and respected by her business partners when she had a change of line manager. Her new boss was really good at what she did, and Bethany admired her. She both wanted to learn from her and impress her. However, her boss had a very different profile in terms of strengths, and Bethany found herself losing her confidence in her own ability to add value.

It's not unusual to fall into the trap of comparing yourself to someone who is successful, but who has a completely different strength profile from you, and then trying to be a poor version of them rather than the best version of yourself.  The question is, how can you step back from comparison, and step up to being your best self?

In this episode, Bethany tells the story of how, with coaching support, she was able to turn her situation around. She stepped back to recognise her own strengths and her unique purpose. She created practices that enabled apply her strengths positively to show up at her best and add value. She intentionally sought feedback from people she could trust, built her confidence and turned the complementary styles of her and her boss from a lose for her, into a win-win-win for her, her boss and the team.

If you'd like to find out more about how coaching can support you to show up from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose then please do contact me via my website yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment

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Listen to the full episode "Ruth Kearns Wollmann on the Inner & Outer Journeys of Change and Transition" to hear her talk to her husband Daniel about her own personal experience of navigating big life changes.

If you'd like to find out more about Ruth's work and upcoming events check out her website at yourpathtosuccess.ch

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In previous roles Ruth has been a postdoctoral research psychologist, a consumer insights leader, a business executive and a pastor. Ruth's career may have had its fair share of twists and turns, but there is core thread: Her passion for understanding people and empowering them to show up more fully, stand up for what matters, and step up to make the biggest difference they can make for good.

Ruth has been through many transitions in her life, but 10 years ago she made 2 big changes within a few months: She left her corporate career to take on a pastoral role in a church, and she got married.

In this episode Ruth talks to her husband Daniel about her experience of change and transition during that part of her journey. She shares how the inner journey of transition and the outer journey of change are like a dance. Sometimes our inner journey of growth leads and initiates an outer change. Sometimes an outer change or event, like moving house or job, starting or ending a close relationship initiates an inner journey of personal transition, adaptation and ultimately growth.

At the end she summarizes 3 things we can do to help us navigate change and transition:

1. Seek Inner Clarity: Know yourself, your strengths, values, purpose and principles. These things act like an anchor and a compass to guide your choices.

2. Seek Outer Clarity: Face the reality of your current situation. Are you set up for success and growth? What needs to change for you to thrive?

3. Create your own support structure: This includes people, systems and processes that keep you healthly and productive, and provide compassionate perspective, feedback and accountability.

If you'd like to find out more about Ruth's work and upcoming events check out her website at yourpathtosuccess.ch

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You will discover in our conversation that Zaid clearly loves what he does and has built a diverse and fulfilling career around what he enjoys, what he is good at and what he cares about. If Zaid has a secret to a fulfilling life, it is to make choices based on principles rather than on a career destination. 

Here are 3 key principles for making choices that he shares  in the interview:

1. Be happy with the choices you make: they’re your choices

2. Know yourself well enough to know what a fulfilling day at work feels like

3. Be clear on your boundaries, then be open to anything within those boundaries

If you'd like to see some of the award winning advertising from Zaid's team you can watch the Paralympics Super Human campaign here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjIP9EFbcWY

If you'd like some support in clarifying your own principles for navigating your career you can contact me and find out more about my "Reignite your Purpose" workshops on my website: yourpathtosuccess.ch

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Lorraine started her legal career in Jamaica where she was born and raised. She went on to study international law, became a judge and later director of the international bar association in the Hague.  As Lorraine continued through her legal career she became increasingly frustrated with well-intentioned systems that didn’t work for victims. Her passion drove her to speak up to find solutions that work for victims. Eventually it led her to create Tallawah, Justice for Women in 2021.

In this episode Lorraine tells her story in her own words. She shares some influential moments in her life and talks about how her anger and passion led her to find her voice and empower victims to find theirs.

You can find out more about the work of Tallawah in the podcast episode published on 8 March 2022 or via the website link below:

https://tallawahjustice.com

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Sonsoles has boundless energy for what she does. She launched Better not Younger nearly 4 years ago, after a successful 27 year corporate career at Procter & Gamble and L'Oreal where she worked on some of the world's biggest Beauty Brands.

In this conversation we talk about her transition from the corporate beauty world to entrepreneurship. In particular:

• Her experience of launching a business in her 50s despite the naysayers: What it takes and how to do it. 
• The power and potential of women over 40 and how we can bust the myths about ageing in beauty and business.
• The importance and value of knowing yourself, your strengths and your leadership style.

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Silvia's daughter Vicky was diagnosed with a rare congential disease that causes progressive blindedness at the age of 2. Silvia committed to do everything she could to help her to see for longer. 4 years ago Silvia founded "Through Vicky's Eyes" a charitable organisation dedicated to helping Vicky and children like her see for longer. 

Silvia's journey is a remarkable one. She has raised more than 1 million US dollars for research projects. She has organized an international conference bringing together scientists, drug companies and patient groups as well as the FDA. She has even had a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal. She has done all of this on top of her busy corporate role, and she is thriving professionally and personally. How is that possible?

Listen to this episode to hear how Silvia has been able to apply her professional and leadership skill to have an impact for the greater good. And how her charitable work has pushed her to grow her leadership skills and become a better manager.

You can follow Through Vicky's Eyes on social media #vickyseyes or donate via their website: https://vickyseyes.org

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In this special episode recorded on International Women's day 2022 Lorraine shares the vision and purpose of Tallawah, an organisation which exists to empower Women Leaders and Survivors of conflict and gender-based violence in the global south.

She talks about the 3 pillars of Tallawah: Connect women, equip them to lead, and amplify their voices. She also shares why and how you can support women and children who are victims of war.

Lorraine would like to dedicate this podcast episode to women survivors and women leaders who are rising up to make a difference in the lives of people who are suffering.

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The idea for Little Green House was born in 2010 when Barbara was working in a large corporation. She launched the first Little Green House in 2012. It was a huge success. Little Green House was in the top third of fastest growing businesses in Europe between 2012 and 2015. Today there are 6 Little Green Houses in Switzerland. Barbara has won many accolades as an entrepreneur including the Veuve Cliquecot Swiss business woman of the year award in 2017.

Barbara is a living example of Growth Mindset in action. In this interview recorded in August 2021 she talks about what helped her to persevere through the tough start up phase of Little Green House and how she got the right support. She also talks about the power of communication and connection in her role as CEO of a large dispersed team to fuel a culture of candor, belonging and learning. 

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During this interview he shares some of what he has learned over the past 2 years since leaving the corporate world including: 

💡 How he made the decision to leave a career he loved,

💡 How he has learned to let go of comparison and blaze his own trail, and 

💡 How living and working in Cambodia during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped him discover and develop his talents.

David's book "Single for a Season" is available on amazon. You can find out more about it here www.singleforseason.com 

You can find out more about ICF Cambodia's education programme and how you can sponsor a child's educatioin here: https://www.icf-campus.com/sponsorship/education/ 

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Sylvie is high energy and full of positive, practical wisdom about success and fulfilment in work and life. In this interview she shares:

• How she defines success and what she has learned about how to create a fulfilling life
• Her leadership style and her aspiration to lead with "Head, Hands & Heart"
• How she has maintained her passion throughout her career and her purpose and vision for the future.

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In this interview Gill talks about some of the personal leadership lessons she learned during her successful 26-year career at P&G, and what drove her to take a stand to make gender inequality history.

Listen on to hear more about:

• The "umbrella theory," why women need to be savvy about the fact that their work doesn't just "speak for itself," and the need to make your work visible and include your boss in the team. 

• How the confidence-competence equation often plays to women's disadvantage and the power of understanding your strenths and leading from your "confident core"

• How gender equality is in everyone's interests, is everyone's responsibility, and what you can do about it.

Gill covers these and other topics in more detail in her book "Why men win at work."

You can buy it via the link below:

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781913025625

You can find out more about the Clifton Strengths Finder tool mentioned in this podcast at gallup.com/cliftonstrengths 

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So what has driven Will’s path to success? 

In this interview, recorded in September 2019, Will demonstrates some timeless aspects of Great Leadership: Balancing vision and action, relationships and process, being and doing. He also talks about the role that challenge and crisis has played in his journey as he seeks to build a company whose impact goes beyond the bottom line.

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She says of herself: "The red thread throughout my career seems to be working in traditionally male-dominated industries. I've worked in Tobacco, Oil, Pharma, and now Aviation. All of them have challenges around sustainability and diversity, and as a protagonist for both, I have always felt it is better to be on the inside driving change."

In this interview we talk about her leadership journey as a female in male-dominated industries, about driving change in gender diversity and inclusion, and the impact of how we respond to the “can’ts” in our lives.

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This interview is packed with stories, examples and principles for leadership at work and in your personal life.

One of the key themes of our discussion was knowing yourself and how understanding your strengths, your values and your style helps you to become a strong authentic leader, make life choices consistent with your principles, and manage your performance.

Dominique’s book is available on Amazon.

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Will founded Kinetic Consuting 10 years ago after a career as an HR leader in Procter & Gamble and previously in the British Army. Robert is Executive Chairman of Kinetic and is 30-year P&G veteran with experience of leading multiple billion dollar businesses.

During the interview you’ll hear us talk about:

🎯Leading the business and how to balance the short and long-term needs

🎯Leading the organisation by communicating with transparency and predictability and

🎯Leading ourselves by focusing on what is within our control. 

These are all things which are of utmost importance during crisis and also timeless leadership practices.

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We discuss some of the common challenges leaders face when making decisions, how to overcome them, and how to develop a healthy decision-making mindset.

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As leaders we need to step up to lead ourselves, our teams and our organisations through an uncertain and shifting landscape, while holding the reality of the personal cost of this situation to so many. 

That's why I decided to invite leaders and experts to share their thoughts on leading in during these unprecedented times in a special series of “Conversations on leading through the Covid-19 Crisis." 

In this first interview I talk to Deborah Croft co-founder of Thriving Talent about how to thrive when working, schooling and parenting from home.

One of the key themes we cover is: How to have healthy and courageous conversations at home and work that set everyone up for success.

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Simon knows what it's like to take personal risk for the sake of a greater cause. He left a comfortable life in the UK to go to Burundi in 1999 when it was considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet. 

In 2003 he founded an NGO called Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) with the vision to transform Burundi, one of the poorest and hungriest nations in the world, by working with gifted local leaders of integrity.  

In Burundi Simon is known for founding orphanages, schools and the best hotel in Bujumbura. But over and above that he is known as a leader of faith and integrity who walks his talk. 

When I asked Simon about his legacy in Burundi, he said that his legacy is that he doesn’t need to be there any more. In 2019 he returned to the UK with his family leaving the GLO work in Burundi in the capable hands of local leaders. GLO continues to have a huge impact helping well over 100,000 of the neediest people every year in sustainable ways. 

In this interview Simon talks about leadership, in particular the importance of relationships, staying true to your values and moving from success to significance. 

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Eight years ago Virginie decided that she was going to make sustainability her job. Two weeks after making this decision she wrote a job description for a corporate sustainability role and booked a 20-minute meetings with the CEO in Cincinnati. The rest, as they say, is history, or in this case her story.

In this interview, recorded in June 2019 she shares her story, and how being clear on what you want, being brave not perfect and being prepared are 3 of the key leadership principles that have enabled her to succeed in work and life.

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