Your Path to Success with Ruth Kearns Wollmann

Christina Bouglass is originally from the UK and raised in Switzerland. She began her marketing career at Procter & Gamble in Geneva and spent 20 years as a marketing executive shaping some of the world’s most iconic beauty brands, working with celebrities and fashion houses. She held global, regional, and local roles at P&G, Coty, and The Wella Company, spanning every category of the beauty industry.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 valuesToday, 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.comIf you'd like to contact Ruth and find out more about coaching you can do that here:https://yourpathtosuccess.chHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

 Vicky Ferrier on Writing Herself Into Being
 - Mid-Career Reckoning, Courage, and Leading for GoodWhat 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 questioningLeading without hierarchyCourage, humility, and imaginationWriting as a tool for clarity and growth🔗 Links
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Stephen (Shed) Shedletzky is an author, speaker, facilitator, and coach whose work is all about empowering leaders to cultivate trusting, purpose-driven workplaces.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 bookAlong 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 bookShed’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.comRuth 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/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Marina Parris is a coach who works with horses as her co-facilitators, supporting business leaders to grow in authenticity, emotional intelligence and effectiveness. Having trained as a coach in equine-facilitated learning was with Linda Kohanov, a pioneer in this field, based in Arizona, she draws on nearly two decades of experience with horses to develop leaders who are not only respected but also genuinely followed. 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 doesGo 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.chHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire, encourage and equip you on your personal path to success.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.chRuth 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Today’s guest, Richard Pascoe is founder, managing director and lead trainer at Making Presentations: The Science and Art of saying things brilliantly. 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 heartTook on board compliments and critical feedbackStayed open to seize opportunities, and waited patiently for the right time to make a moveOverall 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 AmazonDon'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.chHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Fadzi Whande is chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the UNHCR (The UN refugees agency) in Geneva. She was born in Zimbabwe, brought up in USA, has lived on 4 continents, and refers to herself as an Afro-Aussie.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.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire, encourage and equip you on your personal path to success. 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/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire encourage and equip you on your path to success.  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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Jenny Rushmore founded Cashmerette 8 years ago after 15 years of working in corporate brand management. 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.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

By the age of 35 Marisa Kamall was a successful c-suite executive at a FTSE-100 company. Then in 2021 a series of challenging events caused her to stop and question what she really wanted from life, and particularly from her career. 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. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Maria de la Hera has over 25 years of experience in International Marketing, Sales and General Management with 18 of those years working in the luxury sector.  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.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Rebecca Wardell is a former New Zeland Olympic heptathlete and extreme cyclist who currently works at the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. 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   Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Nadine Hack has been named a “master bridge-builder” by Harvard University and IMD business school where she was the first ever female executive in residence.  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.  Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Bethany Foresman is a Director of Analytics & Insights at Procter & Gamble. 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this short 3-min clip from the end of the previous episode Ruth summarises the interaction between change and transition and gives 3 tips for navigating uncertain times in our lives. 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.chHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Ruth is a Leadership Development Coach, Facilitator and Podcaster. She loves coaching established and emerging leaders to step up to new challenges in work and life from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose. 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Zaid is Chief Marketing Officer and Diversity and Inclusion Director at Channel 4 in the UK. He is an amazing leader, marketeer and strategist and has had a diverse career spanning both marketing and commercial roles in various industries. He is also on the board of the Advertising Standards Authority, the Creative Diversity Network, Water Aid and is a champion for Men's Health and Mental Health. 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Lorraine Smith van Lin is an International Human Rights Lawyer who is also the Founder and Executive Director of "Tallawah, Justice for Women," an NGO that empowers women leaders and survivors of conflict and gender-based violence in the Global South. 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Sonsoles Gonzalez is the Founder & CEO of Better not Younger, a Hair Care brand for women who believe that beauty is not defined by age. https://better-notyounger.com 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. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.