Career Quicksilver by Claire Harbour

Welcome to Career Quicksilver by Claire Harbour. Discover how a career made up of a bunch of apparently messy pieces can be transformed into a compelling story...Each episode explores the history of one particular person, digging into some deep questions, with a bit of coaching, a little chat and a sprinkling of magic... And as a conclusion, the parts are assembled into a story that you can tell. A story you can relate to clients, or use to impress a recruiter, or even just feel proud of. It is often staggering to hear the transformation that comes from an outsider who listens with curiosity and kindness.This is what Claire does for Career Quicksilver! If you want to be included in a future episode, then please write in to claire@claireharbour.com and tell me about yourself. You never know when your turn could come!

Emanuela - what would harry potter do?

Emanuela has a great deal of experience in her career, given her relatively young age. She has just accepted a job with Amazon, having spent a year searching post MBA. She is a person of great integrity and resilience, and her story should inspire any young careerist looking for encouragement.

06-11
25:02

Kathra - the rebel with a cause of connection

Kathra Saba's story is quite outstanding. She is a migrant, who spent most of her childhood fleeing a difficult past, and her quest ever since has been to question, to challenge, and support others, for a changed and better world.Spoiler alert - there are a LOT of tears at the end! It is such a privilege and honor to get to be the one who speaks people into the room like this!

05-28
32:49

Liliana - from traumatic fear of imperfection to embracing it, and to trusting in the process

Liliana's story is a tough one, and her voice reflects this. However, the way she has intuitively sought out transformation, and used this to support the lives and happiness of many is utterly beautiful.

05-14
26:11

Angenette - breaking out of every box, and creating the best for future generations of girls like her

Angenette Frink is currently a bigshot corporate lawyer, with her own firm in Florida. Previously, she had a stellar career in sales, based on persistence and resilience, with a dash of humility. What she is planning for the future, one in which thousands and millions of black girls from inner cities get to taste some of her wisdom and learning, is incredibly thrilling. Listen up to discover more!

04-30
33:28

Priya - on the high ground, not her high horse

Priya Panjikar is a highly respected HR expert in the hotel, airline and luxury retail sectors, but she used to be a captain in the Indian army, and was selected to train with the Indian ski team. To learn more about how she made that enormous change, and kept on breaking barriers and convention, have a good listen!

04-27
33:20

Jo-Ann, the not-so-tiny island girl dancing in the middle

Jo-Ann Hamilton is a multipotentialite, an adventurer, who never tires of new horizons, ideas, people and challengesShe currently works in China, both as a teacher and as the founder of an extraordinary platform, Rare Birds, which brings together entrepreneurs, emerging markets, stories and innovation.She is definitely not done reinventing herself, and you will need to fasten your seatbelts for this extraordinary journey!

04-22
30:34

Shelyna - the unreasonable judge

The Honorary Shelyna Brown is a superior court judge in Santa Clara County, California. She shares with us how she unreasonably but joyfully broke free from the conventions of her childhood, to create a career of service, justice and fairness.

04-02
25:38

Colleen - using her fearlessness and passion for doing good to create safety, security and wellbeing for 100M people

Colleen, who formerly worked in government and investment banking, gave it all up five years ago to become a tech entrepreneur. She launched the Gator Watch, to keep young children connected to their parents and carers, without giving the need or the distraction of having a smart watch. She has great ideas for monitoring the elderly in the future, and is totally fearless!

03-02
29:22

Michelle - the rebel, brilliant fortune teller

Michelle is from Northeast Brazil, the place they call "one step away from hell", it is so hot!She started reading and telling people's fortunes aged nine, having been entranced by the power of tarot since she could hardly walk. A sojourn as a counsellor, working in local government, and even taking a complete break from the heat of telling fortunes did not hold her back.

02-26
40:18

Sumana - connected to the world by her joy, her natural intelligence, and her music

Sumana left her native India for the city of Paris, which her heart felt calling. She has achieved a great deal in a two part career, beginning very young at 19 in the insurance sector, and then, 15 or so years later, she gave it all up, to pursue life as a musician.Few career changes are this radical or brave, and her story is particularly beautiful and touching...www.instagram/sumanamusic

02-10
29:52

Antoine - connecting the dots and creating ways for all to belong

Antoine Abou Samra, founder, creator and leader of an ambitious media production house, tells us about the role of food as a universal ritual and pleasure, and shows how his quest for belonging, as well as being too much in a hurry have helped him to ease into building A Table for Two.

01-19
35:00

Alicia - breaking down barriers

Alicia tells her story of how she has always been looking for new, original and valuable ways to solve problems in life and work, how her difference has led her to seek out inclusion everywhere...

01-11
25:06

Angela - The Queen of Possible

Here, Ange, an old and dear friend of Claire's, shares her story, her energy and her commitment to making the world a far better place.

08-04
41:18

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