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Welcome to ‘Your Career Journey,’ the podcast designed to be your compass through the twists and turns of career development.
Whether you're a seasoned professional navigating a career transition, climbing the corporate ladder, looking to return to work after some time away, or just taking your first steps, this show is for you.
Each episode dives into real stories from people who have made their mark. We cover career challenges, triumphs, and everything in between, offering practical insights, inspiration and giving you valuable takeaways for your journey.
Expect candid conversations with industry experts and thought leaders who've embraced the highs, weathered the lows and emerged with wisdom worth sharing.
Join me and let’s explore the multifaceted landscapes of career development, leadership, and growth together.
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How do you position and promote the most important brand you’ll ever work on, yourself? In this episode, I’m joined by Nina Christian to explore the realities of personal branding, visibility, and building a professional reputation that actually feels authentic. After more than 20 years of building an award-winning marketing agency and working closely with both organisations and individuals, Nina has distilled her experience into her Marketing Me framework and book. Designed to help p...
Moving countries in your 30s is often portrayed as exciting and full of opportunity, but what does the reality actually look like? In this episode, I'm joined by Ana Asanovic to share her journey from Serbia to Australia as a mature age student, to further her education in Communications and take her career in a new direction Driven by her award-winning travel blog, passion for storytelling, and desire to create meaningful impact, Ana explains why she chose Australia over other destinations...
In this episode, I sit down with digital marketer and SEO consultant Briony Cullin to explore how trusting her intuition led her through a series of bold career and life changes, and ultimately helped her build a business and lifestyle she genuinely loves. Briony shares her journey from studying and practising law to realising it wasn’t the right fit, a chance trip to Japan that unexpectedly changed the course of her life, and her move to Scotland for love. From navigating a new country and ...
Today I'm joined by Michelle Michaux, who shares how her unconventional career journey (from banking operations to marketing) gave her a front row seat to how large complex organisations can bridge the gaps between marketing, sales, and delivery. Michelle brings a refreshingly honest perspective on what marketing should be doing inside organisations, why alignment with sales is still one of the biggest challenges in B2B, and why marketers need to get better at articulating their value at the...
Ever wondered what it really takes to build a global marketing career? How do you go from working in a local market to leading marketing for global brands? In this episode, Adam Lavrentiadis shares his journey from Australia to the global stage, breaking down the mindset, skills, and strategic moves required to build a successful international marketing career. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode ✔️ How Adam built a global marketing career from Australia ✔️ Skills needed to work with inter...
Today, I’m joined by Caroline Patrick for a thoughtful, honest conversation about how our definition of success shifts over time, often in ways we don’t expect. Caroline shares her career story, which starts with dreams of becoming a police officer, moves into marketing, and eventually leads her into senior leadership roles focused on stakeholder engagement. Along the way, life throws some huge curveballs, including surviving the Boxing Day tsunami and later making the decision to take a yea...
It’s been an incredible year of conversations on Your Career Journey, and I wanted to wrap things up by taking you through the standout moments, themes, and lessons from every guest who joined me. From navigating redundancy… to changing career paths… to leading with purpose… to building confidence… each episode this year brought something special and genuinely useful for anyone building a career with intention. In this episode, I’m pulling together the biggest takeaways, the ideas that genu...
In this episode, I’m joined by Keith Abraham, a globally recognised speaker, author, and one of the most passionate voices on goal setting you’ll ever come across. Keith shares his unconventional path from leaving school early to building a successful career helping leaders and teams achieve clarity, focus, and meaningful momentum. So what really sits behind effective goal setting? ✨ Creating emotional and mental connection to your goals ✨ Getting specific (much more specific than...
What do you do when the career path you’ve been on since university no longer feels right? In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Greenwood, who shares her incredibly honest journey from a traditional career in family law to a leadership role in legal tech and innovation. Kate talks about the reality of stepping away from a clearly defined path, including the identity shift that comes with saying “I’m not sure this is for me anymore.” She also shares how she repurposed her deep knowledge of fami...
What does authentic leadership really look like, and how do we bring more of ourselves to the way we lead? In this episode of Your Career Journey, I’m joined by Ann Pocock, founder of Kinetic Effect and former Corporate Marketing Communications Director, who shares her powerful transition from the corporate world to leadership coaching. Ann and I talk about what it means to lead with emotional intelligence and curiosity. And why self-awareness and adaptability are now essential leadership s...
How do you really make Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work, not just as a policy, but as something that’s lived and felt in an organisation? In this episode, I sit down with Celeste Warren, a globally recognised HR and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) leader with nearly 40 years of experience at some of the world’s largest corporations. Celeste shares her inspiring career journey, from her early days as a journalist, to becoming a global HR executive, to specialising in DEI leadershi...
What really happens when you’re laid off, and how do you bounce back stronger? In this episode of Your Career Journey, I speak with Steve Jaffe, a marketing leader whose 25+ year career has taken him from advertising to client-side roles to tech startups. Along the way, he’s faced layoffs (or redundancies, depending on where you’re based) four times. 👉 The first time left him devastated. 👉 By the fourth, he sailed through. So what changed? Steve shares the mindset shifts, coping stra...
Are you stuck on the traditional career ladder? Maybe it’s time to rethink what success really looks like. 🚀 In this episode, I sit down with marketing leader Janice Lee-Fu to unpack the power of nonlinear career paths and discuss why they might just be the fastest route to growth, fulfilment, and long-term resilience. Janice’s journey spans engineering, global FMCG brands, executive leadership, e-commerce, and academia. Along the way, she’s learned how curiosity, agility, and re...
🚀 Ready to transform your career and step into impactful leadership? In this episode, I'm joined by Camille Batiste to reveal a proven 5-step framework for Mastering Leadership Skills. A game plan that’s already helped countless professionals fast-track their growth and land leadership roles. Camille’s journey from chemical engineer to senior corporate leader offers powerful insights for anyone navigating career transitions, especially if you’re in the “forgotten middle” of your caree...
If you’re tired of boring slides and disengaged listeners, it’s time to win the war for attention and avoid death by PowerPoint. In this powerful episode of Your Career Journey, career coach Emma Graham sits down with Kris Flegg, founder of The Presentation Design Co and author of The Presentation Playbook, to share proven strategies for winning the war for attention in any room. In this conversation, she uncovers Kris’s Power Principles, a proven framework for Avoiding Death by Power...
Want to get promoted, build stronger work relationships, and take control of your career path? In this episode of Your Career Journey Podcast, I’m joined by Matthias Mahr, author of How to Be Moderately Successful, for a candid and practical conversation on how to achieve career success, without burning out or pretending to be someone you’re not. We dive into: ✅ Matthias’ career journey from Austria to London ✅ His transition from strategy consulting to commercial leadership roles at ...
Are you constantly busy but still feeling unfulfilled? In this episode, we dive into the powerful and life-changing concept of choosing meaning over mayhem with author and speaker Peggy Sullivan. Peggy shares how breaking her addiction to busyness became her life’s mission after a stress-induced heart attack and a painful divorce. This honest and inspiring conversation exposes the dark side of busyness and the toll it takes on our health, relationships, and happiness. With her unique “perfo...
Dive into this inspiring episode where we explore a unique career in marketing and customer insights with Emily Paladino! Whether you're just starting out or looking to pivot your path, Emily's journey offers powerful lessons on how curiosity, data, and strategy fuel success. From aspiring clinical psychologist to CMO and Group Head of Customer Insights, Emily reveals how a love of research led to a dynamic career in marketing and customer insights. Learn how her background in market ...
Can you actually learn happiness like a skill? In this inspiring episode, Emma is joined by Declan Edwards, founder of BU Happiness College and host of the 'How to Be Happy' podcast. Who reveals the science behind happiness and how emotional intelligence and positive psychology can transform your workplace well-being and personal growth. Join Emma as she uncovers how happiness skills, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness drive both success and happiness in life and at work. Declan shar...
Are you chasing success but craving purpose? In this powerful conversation with Georgi Enthoven, author of Work That’s Worth It, we unpack exactly how to find fulfilling work, pursue purpose driven career paths, and balance ambition with impact. After living and working in a number of emerging markets and having her own struggle to balance contribution and compensation, Georgi shares her real life aha moment when the idea for the book came to her. Georgi talks through the transformati...
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