In this Making an Impact 2023 special podcast, we chat with Elizabeth and Caroline about becoming confident in talking to non-academic partners about your research to enable business and industry collaborations.

Elizabeth is a coach and consultant with over 15 years' experience in researcher development. Her main focus is on academic leadership / career coaching and research culture. She has also worked as an innovation consultant, brokering partnerships between large engineering companies and SMEs or researchers, and as an analytical chemist in the Pharma industry. Elizabeth brings a strong understanding of how support and interventions at individual,
team and organisational level can help to embed a culture of creativity, innovation and collaboration, where people can grow and develop.

Caroline gained her twenty years’ experience facilitating teams and delivering skills training whilst working in academia, bioscience, educational charity and
hi-tech sectors. Caroline started her 'entrepreneurial adventure' in 2011 as Broad Associates Ltd delivering interactive workshops that develop
communication and collaboration skills. Caroline also works with businesses providing process improvement and knowledge management consultancy.

The Academy’s Developing Practice Podcast is produced by The Academy, University of Liverpool. The role of the Academy is to promote and enable organisational excellence through the strategic development of the University’s people and practices. The podcast hosts Matt Davis, Organisational Developer and Alex Owen, Academic Developer are based in the Academy. To find out more about the work of The Academy check out: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/the-academy/

Reading List for UoL Staff

Music & FX: This podcast uses sounds from https://freesound.org/s/417560/ and music from https://www.purple-planet.com