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Disrupt Your CareerJulia Milner: Redefining Success — Leadership, Learning, and the Career You Really WantJulia Milner is a professor of leadership at EDHEC Business School in Nice, France and has been named in the World’s Top 40 Business Professors under 40. She has extensive experience as a management consultant and coach working internationally with executives and organizations on how to create empowering leadership and organizational cultures. Julia is host of a YouTube channel on leadership and careers, and has given two Tedxtalks on how to be a great leader and how to turn regrets into change. In this episode, we talk with Julia about her global journey from consulting to academia and how...2025-08-0127 minDisrupt Your CareerNeil Courtis: Kill the Spreadsheet — What Career Transitions Really TakeNeil Courtis is the founder of Sensible Media, a London-based e-learning company focused on career advice for professionals. As Managing Director and Head of E-learning, he produces a high volume of high-quality webinars and online courses. An INSEAD MBA graduate, former parliamentary researcher and financial journalist covering central banks and regulation, Neil brings deep experience in translating complex ideas into accessible content. He also writes occasionally for the Financial Times about careers and business education.In this episode, we talk with Neil about his unconventional career journey from political research and financial journalism to founding a leading...2025-07-0130 minDisrupt Your CareerPeter Attfield: Leadership That Matters — Lessons from a Global Talent VisionaryPeter Attfield is a CHRO-level HR thought partner with a global track record in strategic business partnering and HR leadership across sectors and regions. He is the founder of The Inflection Point and APAC representative of The Talent Strategy Group. Most recently Chief Talent & Learning Officer at Jardine Matheson, he brings nearly four decades of experience in organisation transformation, talent management, and leadership development. A true global citizen, he has lived in 9 countries and worked in over 75.In this episode, we talk with Peter about his diverse, four-decade career journey—from finance to consulting and global HR le...2025-06-0139 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Sustainable Ambition by Kathy OnetoIn a world where striving for success often leads to overwhelm, Kathy Oneto offers a refreshing new approach. Sustainable Ambition redefines how we think about work and life—not as a balancing act, but as an opportunity to align our goals with what truly matters.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Kathy Oneto about her book, Sustainable Ambition: How to Prioritize What Matters to Thrive in Life and Work (Greenleaf Book Group, June 2025). Kathy introduces a practical framework—Right Ambition, Right Time, and Right Effort—to help individuals pursue meaningful goals with clarit...2025-05-1512 minDisrupt Your CareerIrina Cozma: Embracing Career Adventures – A Guide to Thriving in TransitionsIrina Cozma is an executive coach, speaker, trainer and consultant who helps professionals design more fulfilling career adventures. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology and over 20 years of experience, she has coached hundreds of senior leaders and entrepreneurs across industries like tech, healthcare, and finance. An ICF-certified coach, Irina teaches at Purdue University, contributes to Harvard Business Review, and brings global insight from living and working in four countries. In this episode, we talk with Irina about her journey from HR roles in global corporations to launching her own coaching and consulting practice. She shares how a...2025-05-0229 minDisrupt Your CareerStéphanie Daudier: Reinventing Careers and Advancing DiversityStéphanie Daudier is a specialist in workplace diversity and the founder of The Inspiration Lab. As an entrepreneur, she is dedicated to promoting senior inclusion in society and advancing gender equality in the workplace. With 30 years of experience in the corporate world across Europe and Asia, Stéphanie spent over 8 years living and working in Asia, including 4 years as an expatriate in Tokyo, Japan. A trained mathematician, she brings precision to her work and makes complex data both tangible and engaging. Stéphanie stands against ageism and stereotypes, advocating for a rebellious life full of joy and energy.2025-04-0123 minDisrupt Your CareerSheila Buswell: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Work and LifeSheila Buswell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Buswell Biomedical, a US Army veteran, and the author of Is This Seat For Me? After starting her career in engineering, she transitioned to entrepreneurship, driven by a mission to create innovative solutions that improve mobility and independence. Sheila is passionate about leadership and navigating our own journey toward overcoming imposter syndrome—topics she explores in her book and speaking engagements. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Engineering.In this episode, we talk with Sheila about her unconventional career path from the US Ar...2025-03-0125 minDisrupt Your CareerDr. Naeema Pasha: Future-Proofing Careers and Reimagining WorkDr. Naeema Pasha set up and led the World of Work (WOW) Institute at Henley Business School, which examines the future of work, including the ethical impact of AI on work, workers and workplaces. She is also a leading expert in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion leadership. Naeema has written and spoken extensively for publications such as BBC Worklife, Forbes and People Management Magazine on transformations in workplaces. She is co-author of Futureproof Your Career: How to Lead and Succeed in a Changing World. In this episode, we speak with Naeema about her inspiring career journey and the...2025-02-0129 minDisrupt Your CareerMichelle Prince: Finding Purpose and Prosperity in Your Third Career ActDr. Michelle Prince is a global leadership coach, HR tech advisor, and human capital consultant. A certified leadership coach since 2006 with a doctorate in management and organizational leadership, she helps professionals and organizations achieve transformational growth. Michelle has over 30 years of corporate HR experience and now runs her consulting firm, MPrince Consulting LLC. An advocate for sustainability and empowering people to thrive, she wrote the book ‘Creating Your Encore Career‘ to inspire others to craft fulfilling Encore Careers. In this episode, we talk with Michelle about her extraordinary career journey across healthcare, IT, and human capital advisory serv...2025-01-1341 minDisrupt Your CareerCareer Advice Best of 2024 – Insights from 12 top experts to guide your career journeyAs the year comes to a close, we’re celebrating with a special Disrupt Your Career episode: a curated collection of the most inspiring and actionable career advice from our incredible 2024 guests.Over the past year, we’ve explored leadership, career transitions, and talent development with some of the brightest minds: Julia Goodman, Valerie Sutton, Octavia Goredema, Riet Grond, Asad Husain, André Martin, Carmen Wee, Sarah Wittman, Mosongo Moukwa, Joerg Staff, Ben Legg, and Isabel Berwick.In this “Best Of” episode, we bring you their standout advice—designed to empower professionals at every stage of their journ...2024-12-1124 minDisrupt Your CareerIsabel Berwick: The Future-Proof Career - Leadership, Networking, and Thriving in ChangeIsabel Berwick is host of the award-winning Financial Times 'Working It' podcast, about the workplace, leadership, management and the future of work. Isabel also writes a weekly newsletter covering all the latest work trends for FT subscribers. Her book, The Future-Proof Career, published in April 2024 has been a top ten Amazon bestseller in the careers category. An FT staff journalist for more than 20 years, she has held senior editing posts across the paper, most recently as editor of the paper's Work & Careers coverage.In this episode, we talk with Isabel about her career journey and the leadership...2024-12-0131 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Teams by Andrés Tapia and Michel BuffetIn today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, breakthroughs don’t come from individuals—they come from teams. And not just any teams, but diverse and inclusive ones. Andrés Tapia and Michel Buffet provide a revolutionary model that empowers teams to harness the full potential of diverse perspectives.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Andrés Tapia and Michel Buffet about their book, The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Teams: Unlocking Collective Power to Achieve Breakthrough (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, March 2025). Andrés and Michel introduce an actionable 5-step framework for building truly equitable, high-performing teams and unlocking...2024-11-0913 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Smart Thinking by Jo OwenMany of us find ourselves facing difficult work situations, day after day – often as a result of existing patterns of behaviour – or at the mercy of negative and intrusive thoughts. But such cycles can be broken, allowing you to approach problems and challenges in a more robust and sustainable way.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Jo Owen, award-winning author and serial entrepreneur, about his book Smart Thinking: How to live, think and work even better (Bloomsbury Business, November 2024). In Smart Thinking, Jo focuses on common thinking challenges we all face from time...2024-11-0715 minDisrupt Your CareerBen Legg: Crafting a Portfolio Career — Embracing Flexibility, Passion and NetworkingBen Legg helps entrepreneurs reinvent themselves, their teams and society. His early career included relieving the siege of Sarajevo in 1995, McKinsey strategy consultant, turning around Coca-Cola India, COO of Google Europe and global tech CEO. In 2019 he 'ditched the day job' to focus on his portfolio career. Then in 2020 he launched The Portfolio Collective – now the world’s leading community of portfolio professionals – to help other professionals understand, launch, manage and grow portfolio careers.In this episode, we talk with Ben about his diverse career journey, from the military to consulting, corporate roles, and startup advising. Ben shares...2024-11-0129 minDisrupt Your CareerJoerg Staff: Navigating Career Pivots with Vision, Leadership and EmpathyJoerg Staff is a Chief People Officer, Executive Board Member, Supervisory Board Member, Investor and Advisor for (Tech) Start Ups with over 20 years of experience leading HR and transformation strategies at global companies like Atruvia AG, SAP, DHL/Deutsche Post and Daimler. He specializes in business and digital transformation, cultural change, and employee experience. Joerg is a thought leader on the future of work, having authored numerous articles and a book, delivered keynotes, and pioneered innovative HR practices in large organizations. In this episode, we talk with Joerg about his diverse career journey, from his early ambition...2024-10-0228 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Becoming Fearless by Benjamin RitterImagine living a life with no limits, overcoming self-doubt, and making the most of every situation. What if you could go to bed every night without worrying about tomorrow? Dr. Benjamin Ritter offers a powerful roadmap to build self-confidence, resilience, and a fearless mindset.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Dr. Benjamin Ritter about his new book, Becoming Fearless: 65 Strategies to Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Mastery (Live for Yourself Consulting, September 2024). In this transformative guide, Dr. Ritter provides actionable strategies to help readers overcome their fears, defeat self-doubt, and unlock their inner...2024-09-1609 minDisrupt Your CareerMosongo Moukwa: Leading with Significance and Creating a Legacy Through ConnectionMosongo Moukwa is a seasoned executive and consultant who has dedicated his career to helping companies thrive by commercializing new technologies, diversifying their product offerings, and entering new markets. Across thirty-plus years in leadership positions, Mosongo has applied his unique talent for identifying leadership gaps and developing the talent and culture necessary for success. He is the author of Be a Leader of Significance: Build Your Legacy, Leave an Impact, was featured in Business Today and is a regular contributor to Business Standard.In this episode, we talk with Mosongo about his career journey, the importance of...2024-09-0122 minDisrupt Your CareerSarah Wittman: When Changing Jobs Changes Your IdentitySarah Wittman is an Assistant Professor of Management at George Mason University’s School of Business. Her research explores people’s transitions within, across, and beyond organizational boundaries; the organizational impacts of transitions; and the social, technological, and learning support systems that can help make these comings and goings more personally and organizationally successful. She holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour (INSEAD), a Master’s degree in Comunicación Política y Corporativa (Universidad de Navarra-George Washington University), and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Simon Fraser University).We talk with Sarah about her career journey, the lessons she lear...2024-08-0136 minDisrupt Your CareerCarmen Wee: From The Kampung to The Boardroom: A Leadership JourneyCarmen Wee is the Founder and CEO of the strategic HR Advisory services firm Carmen Wee & Associates. She brings a strong track record as a global C-suite business HR leader with over 25 years of international business experience, driving large scale transformation within fast-growing companies. She sits on several boards and serves the community through her active involvement in government agencies and educational institutions in Singapore. She is the author of 'From The Kampung To The Boardroom: My Leadership Journey'.We talk with Carmen about how her career has unfolded and the key lessons she learned working alongside...2024-07-0130 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Move Up or Move On by Angela Lane and Sergey GorbatovDo you feel dissatisfied with the contribution you're making? Afraid I’m falling behind? Stuck in your job with no way out, or passed over for jobs, projects or clients? If the answer is 'yes' to any of the above, this book is a blueprint for pursuing a career on your terms, whatever stage you’re at.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Angela Lane and Sergey Gorbatov about their book, Move Up or Move On: 10 Secrets to Develop your Career (Pearson Business, May 2024). Their book includes 10 practical ways to get clarity on w...2024-06-1907 minDisrupt Your CareerAndré Martin: Navigating Career Crossroads and Cultivating Better WorkplacesAndre Martin, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and talent management executive with 20+ years of experience in talent development, executive team development, employee engagement, culture change, C-suite assessment and succession planning, innovation/design thinking, strategy development, and employee experience design. He has worked at or with Nike, Disney, Target, Mars Inc., Google, and more. He is also a father, a husband, and a wildly curious learner who is dedicated to ensuring iconic brands become iconic companies.We talk with André about how his career has unfolded and the key lessons he learned working with iconic leaders, how he t...2024-06-0133 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: The AI Revolution in the World of Work by Joerg StaffHow will artificial intelligence change the world of work? Joerg Staff explores this important and timely question, providing an overview of the perspectives, strategies, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence on management, organization and human resources. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Joerg Staff about his book co-authored with Michael Groß, The AI Revolution in the World of Work: Perspectives for Management, Organization and HR (Haufe, May 2024). Their book, currently available in German language, offers highly topical contributions on the applications of AI in the HR field that are already possible today, w...2024-05-1507 minDisrupt Your CareerAsad Husain: Empowering Aspiring Leaders to Unleash their Career PotentialAsad Husain is a strategic Human Resources leader who is passionate about inspiring and influencing people to achieve their career dreams on a global scale. He has over 30 years of HR experience in blue-chip companies such as The Gillette Company, P&G and Dun & Bradstreet. He has lived and worked in USA, UK, UAE, Russia and Pakistan, and had responsibility for many other countries over the years. In the second chapter of his career, Asad wants to share his learnings to inspire success for future business leaders.We talk with Asad about how his international career has...2024-05-0139 minDisrupt Your CareerResearch Express: Evgenia Lysova Talks About her Research on Meaningful Work and CareersDr. Evgenia Lysova is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In this second episode of Research Express, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Evgenia about her research on meaningful work and careers. See Evgenia’s personal profileRead Evgenia’s paper on what enables us to better experience our work as meaningfulThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcas...2024-04-1515 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: The Digital Coaching Revolution by Anna TavisHow is digital coaching transforming employee experience and the future of work as we know it? Anna Tavis explores this important and timely question, shining a light on the rapid growth of professional coaching in the workplace and its superpower to change behaviors and transform organizations.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Anna Tavis about her book co-authored with Woody Woodward, The Digital Coaching Revolution: How to Support Employee Development With Coaching Tech (Kogan Page, February 2024). Their book includes information to help you scale digital coaching across your workforce and offers insight...2024-04-0713 minDisrupt Your CareerRiet Grond: Leadership and Career Lessons from the SummitRiet Grond is a Human Resources executive with 25 years of experience. He has a successful track record in strategic HR leadership, with in-depth experiences across major functional HR areas (Data & Analytics, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Organization and Culture Development), covering geographies such as China, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the USA. He is recognized for excellence in leading transformative change, developing diverse talent, managing difficult situations, and creating inspiring and curious work environments that drive exceptional performance.We talk with Riet about how his extraordinary career has unfolded, his moments of pride and challenge, his transition...2024-04-0126 minDisrupt Your CareerOctavia Goredema: Career Strategies for Underrepresented ProfessionalsOctavia Goredema is the founder of Twenty Ten Agency, a career coaching company and the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. Octavia has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike and Dow Jones. She is the host of the Audible Original series How to Change Careers with Octavia Goredema. Originally from England, she is based in Los Angeles where she has lived for over a decade. We talk with Octavia about how her own career journey...2024-03-0437 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Inflection by Sharath JeevanInflection moments are those points at which we stand at a crossroads and ask ourselves, as leaders, what’s the next mountain to climb? Sharath Jeevan explores the question of how to navigate those crossroads with the right roadmap, in his newly released book, Inflection.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Sharath about his latest book Inflection: A Roadmap for Leaders at a Crossroads (Intrinsic Press, February 2024). Sharath believes that these critical moments are when we have the chance to future-proof success – for ourselves, our organisations and others – for many years, even decade...2024-02-0706 minDisrupt Your CareerValerie Sutton: Creating ‘Career Consciousness’ and Aligning Your Career Path with Your Unique IdentityValerie Sutton is a thought leader in career theory, coaching, and leading teams. Creating “career consciousness” with clients is her passion. A seasoned career coach with specialization in the MBA and education sectors, she has successfully overseen offices catering to over 900 students on an annual basis and is a LinkedIn Learning Instructor. Valerie’s prior experience includes the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. We talk with Valerie about her own career journey and the lessons she learned along the way, her time as head of career in universities and he...2024-02-0136 minDisrupt Your CareerResearch Express: Jos Akkermans Talks About his Research on Career SuccessJos Akkermans is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Organizational Behavior at the School of Business and Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.In this first edition of Research Express, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Jos Akkermans about his research on what makes a career successful. Read Jos personal homepage https://www.josakkermans.comWatch Jos’ TEDx Talk VU Amsterdam: What makes a career successful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICR_TgRLfEThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please tak...2024-01-1509 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Aha... Wow! Yes by Gunnar GeorgeAha... Wow! Yes : how to accelerate learning, collaboration and transformation: towards a world of hope and joy” (Com-passion, 2023) explores nine mindset shifts essential when facing our future. It also outlines ten marks you need to make when leading transformation of organizations, systems and culture. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Gunnar George about his book Aha... Wow! Yes. Join Gunnar and his learning expeditions around the world – full of observations, reflections, big questions, practical models and inspiring stories. To order Gunnar’s book Aha... Wow! YesTo learn more about...2024-01-0506 minDisrupt Your CareerJulia Goodman: Crafting Presence and Developing Your Authentic Personal BrandJulia trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UCL) and went on to a successful career as actor, director and producer in television, film and theatre. She launched the pioneering You Brand methodology and philosophy in 1989, at the start of a major recession, and she and her team have been using it to help people and organizations realize their full potential ever since.We talk with Julia about her career journey from actress to leadership coach and the lessons she learned along the way, her advice for early career professionals who are looking to...2024-01-0133 minDisrupt Your CareerJP Elliott: Inspiring the Next Generation of HR LeadersJP Elliott is a forward-thinking global human resources executive with extensive experience implementing human capital initiatives across a broad spectrum of industries. He is currently the Chief People Officer at WilliamsMarston and previously worked at companies like McAfee, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Brink’s, Lenovo, IBM and Taco Bell. JP runs his own podcast, The Future of HR, the only podcast whose mission is to inspire the next generation of HR Leaders. He received his PhD in Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University.We talk with JP about his own career journey in HR, how he managed each...2023-12-0136 min
Future of HR“Disrupt Your Career” with Claire Harbour and Antoine Tirard, co-authors “Disrupt Your Career: How to Navigate Uncharted Career Transitions and Thrive”What does it mean to have “career agility” and how can you build this important skill?My guests on this episode are Antoine Tirard and Claire Harbour who co-authored the book “Disrupt Your Career: How to Navigate Uncharted Career Transitions and Thrive” and co-host their popular “Disrupt Your Career" podcast.During our conversation Antoine, Claire and I discuss:The three key trends that are driving a new career paradigmWhat they have learned in researching successful career transitionsHow to leverage their 4E career framework to find the right role for youWhy “career agility” is so important and...2023-11-2842 min
Career TransitionsDisrupt Your Career with Antoine Tirard and Claire Harbour I S2 Ep 3On this episode, we’re pleased to speak with Antoine Tirard and Claire Harbour. Claire Harbour is a coach and global talent expert, the founder of Culture Pearl and a speaker, consultant, and writer about all things to do with optimizing talent across borders. Antoine Tirard is a talent management advisor and the founder of NexTalent. He is the former head of talent management of Novartis and LVMH. Antoine and Claire are thought leaders in the space of talent. Together they co-authored the book- Disrupt Your Career- How to Navig...2023-11-0637 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: The Right—and Wrong—Stuff by Carter CastYour career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Carter Cast, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, about his book, The Right - and Wrong - Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade (PublicAffairs, January 2018). Carter explores why talented people experience career derailment and...2023-11-0310 minDisrupt Your CareerJo Owen: 21st Century Leadership - Building a Successful Career in the New WorldJo Owen is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and social entrepreneur. Following a business career, he now helps great leaders, managers and teams become even better through coaching, writing and speaking. Jo started eight not for profit organisations and is a founder of Teach First, a top graduate recruiter in the UK. His books have been published in over 100 editions globally and he has appeared in major media including BBC, Fortune, Financial Times and The Times.We talk with Jo about how his extraordinary career unfolded in the UK and around the world, how he became an...2023-11-0143 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: The Seven Games of Leadership by Paolo GalloThe Seven Games of Leadership is a guide for readers through seven key phases of personal and professional development, with the aim not of climbing a corporate ladder but of finding true and lasting satisfaction in what they do.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Paolo Gallo about his book, The Seven Games of Leadership: Navigating the Inner Journey of Leaders (Bloomsbury Business, October 2023). Paolo provides the tools and practical advice you need to reassess your priorities and take the steps necessary to refocus your life, your career and the issues of...2023-10-2215 minDisrupt Your CareerEllen C. Taaffe: Unlock What’s Blocking Your Career and Open the Door to New OpportunitiesA former Fortune 50 senior executive turned board director, professor, leadership coach, and author, Ellen Connelly Taaffe is on a mission for women to have more seats and voices at the table of workplace decisions. In her book, The Mirrored Door (Page Two, October 2023), Ellen uses her vast experience to help women understand and navigate through internal and external obstacles to create the future career they desire.We talk with Ellen about how her own career unfolded and the lessons she learned from working in brand management, how she managed to move into consulting, coaching, academia and writing, h...2023-10-1234 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: I, Human by Tomas Chamorro-PremuzicIn this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Tomas about his book, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique (Harvard Business School Press, February 2023). Tomas looks at what it means to be human in the age of AI and explains how AI has the potential to change our lives for better or for worse.To order Tomas’ bookTomas’ homepage Thanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, pleas...2023-10-0514 minDisrupt Your CareerRichard Rosser: Helping (ex)Consultants and Finance Professionals Build Careers They LoveRich Rosser is an ex-McKinsey consultant turned start-up co-founder of Movemeon with Nick Patterson. Their vision is to get all the best jobs for strategy, management consultants and freelance consultants in one place, with none of the frustrations of agencies or job boards. Rich holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. He is a dad of three and spends Fridays looking after his kids. We talk with Rich about his own career journey, the lessons he learned from McKinsey and how he transitioned to start-up founder, his advice for early career...2023-10-0138 minDisrupt Your CareerAuthor Chat: Successful Career Strategy by Sven SommerlatteIn this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Sven Sommerlatte about his new book Successful Career Strategy: An HR Practitioner’s Guide to Reach Your Dream Job (Springer, June 2023). Sven Sommerlatte, the CHRO of Boehringher Ingelheim, explains that advancing your career in the best possible way requires a well-structured and targeted approach. An edited version of the conversation follows.To order Sven’s book Career Stories on Sven’s blogThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you li...2023-09-2613 minDisrupt Your CareerChris Parke: Developing Under-Represented Talent and Building Inclusive OrganizationsA business leader, psychologist and executive coach, Chris Parke is passionate about building inclusive organisations where business and individuals thrive. Following a career in investment banking and consulting, he co-founded Talking Talent in 2005 to help organisations link strategy to inclusion and remain relevant in rapidly changing diverse markets. Chris has a diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology from INSEAD and was awarded a scholarship MBA from Imperial College London. We talk with Chris about how his own career unfolded, how he became interested in leadership, his transition from corporate to entrepreneurship, his advice for early career professionals who...2023-09-0134 minDisrupt Your CareerDr. Aliya Hamid Rao: How Family and Gender Play Out in the Workplace and CareersAliya Hamid Rao is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University. Her research interests span the study of work and organizations, family, gender, economic sociology, and emotions. Her first book, Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment, provides a detailed examination of how professionals in the US contend with unemployment. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and publications such as the Financial Times, the New York Times and Harvard Business Review. We talk with Aliya...2023-08-0133 minDisrupt Your CareerAmanda Goodall: Why We Need Leaders with ExpertiseAmanda Goodall is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Bayes Business School. She started in fashion, then to NGOs, and finally into to academe. She completed her PhD in leadership at Warwick Business School. Her research looks at the relationship between leadership and organizational performance; it shows that leaders should have a deep understanding of the core business of the organizations they are to lead. Amanda publishes in academic journals, practitioner publications and in the media. In June 2023 she released her new book “Credible: The power of Expert Leadership”. We talk with Amanda about how her career unfol...2023-07-0142 minDisrupt Your CareerJanine Mathó: Propelling Women in Early Career and Keeping them Moving ForwardJanine Mathó is a global leader with 20+ years of experience in external relations. A first-generation Cuban-American, she overcame poverty, homelessness, and family trauma in her early career. She has held senior roles in world-class organisations including Pearson and Harvard University. Janine is cofounder & CEO of ExponentialChangemakers, a growing global network for women in the first ten years of their careers working to close the early-career gender gap. She is also an Executive Coach who supports senior female leaders at critical career junctures. We talk with Janine about how her career unfolded, the lessons she learned along the w...2023-06-1537 minDisrupt Your CareerMichel Buffet: Unlocking Your Potential and Cultivating Your Leadership ResilienceMichel is a Senior Client Partner and a member of Korn Ferry’s Leadership Development Solutions Group. He has extensive experience in executive assessment, coaching, and designing leadership development portfolios. He is passionate about helping leaders and their teams unlock their unrealized potential and cultivate their own and others’ resilience in the face of change and uncertainty. He holds a PhD in organizational psychology from Columbia University and a doctorate in clinical human sciences from the University of Paris.We talk with Michel about how his own career unfolded and the lessons he learned about career transitions, his...2023-05-1424 minDisrupt Your CareerAbel van Staveren: Playing with FIRE - A Portfolio Careerist's Guide to Lifestyle DesignAbel van Staveren is a location-independent portfolio careerist with a passion for helping others achieve their goals and live life to the fullest. As a CEO, Chartered Accountant, Non-Executive Director, and digital nomad, he has built a successful portfolio career spanning various industries, from the shipping sector to private equity and investment management. When he is not busy helping others chart their paths to success, you will find Abel indulging his love for sailing, teaching, and coaching.We talk with Abel about how his career unfolded, the lessons he learned along the way and how he applied...2023-04-1436 minDisrupt Your CareerMpume Ncube-Daka: Talking About ChangeMpume is an internationally qualified corporate level coach based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She founded About Change Conversations following a corporate career in companies like Unilever, MTN, Ericsson and Multichoice. She is passionate about personal development and has gained a deep understanding of what is required to identify each individual’s unique talents and passion to ultimately benefit organisations while facilitating personal growth. She is the host of the Change Conversations podcast, and also a facilitator, speaker, and non-executive director.We talk with Mpume about how her career unfolded and what she has learned along the way du...2023-04-0131 min
97% EffectiveEp 28 - Claire Harbour, Career Transition Expert: Be an Acrobat and Recast Your StoryLearn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:Claire Harbour, Career Coach, distills what it really takes to make important -- and meaningful -- career transitions, drawing from her research and 20 years of coaching diverse individuals across the globe. She shares how to “recast your story” to clarify your values, shift your own mindset, and better tap the hidden job market. Claire is author of the book, Disrupt Your Career, publishes regularly on the INSEAD knowledge blog, and holds a BA/MA from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSE...2023-03-2242 minDisrupt Your CareerTayo Rockson: How to Connect, Communicate and Build a Career in a Cross-Cultural WorldTayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, podcaster, professor, co-founder and brand strategist at UYD Management, a strategic consulting firm. As the son of a diplomat, he grew up understanding the nuances of multicultural diversity while living on four continents. He is the host of the podcast As Told by Nomads, author of Use Your Difference To Make A Difference, a professor at the Imperial College Business School and has spoken at TEDx, the Chautauqua Institution, and the United Nations.We talk with Tayo about the pivots and changes in his extraordinary career and the lessons he...2023-03-0136 minDisrupt Your CareerAndrew Bartlow: Accelerating Your Career and Scaling for Success in High-Growth OrganizationsAndrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent experience at organizations across a wide variety of sizes, stages, and industries. He is the co-author of Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations, has a masters degree in HR, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified. Andrew leads Series B Consulting, which helps businesses to refine their people strategy and accelerate their growth, while navigating rapid change. He currently serves as both a private equity operating partner and venture advisor, and mentors high-growth HR leaders.We talk with Andrew about his...2023-02-1535 minDisrupt Your CareerPatti and Jack Phillips: Applying ROI Thinking to Achieve Professional SuccessPatti and Jack Phillips are internationally recognized authors, consultants, and researchers. Together, they lead the ROI Institute, Inc., the leading source of Return on Investment (ROI) evaluation education, research and networking. Both former executives, they provide consulting services to major global organizations. Authors, co-authors and editors of more than 100 books and articles, they conduct workshops and present at conferences throughout the world.We talk with Patti and Jack about their own career journeys, how they apply the ROI methodology to career and talent management, what motivated them to write Show the Value of What You Do, the...2023-02-0138 minDisrupt Your CareerJeffrey Shaw: The Art and Science of Successful Self-EmploymentDrawing on his experience as a renowned portrait photographer, Jeffrey Shaw helps self-employed and small business owners gain control of their business. Jeffrey’s portraits have appeared on Oprah and CBS News, in People magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine. Jeffrey’s TEDx Lincoln Square talk is featured on TED.com. He’s the host of the podcast The Self-Employed Life, author of The Self-Employed Life and LINGO, a keynote speaker, a LinkedIn Learning instructor and contributing writer to Entrepreneur magazine.We talk with Jeffrey about his own career journey and the lessons he learned along the way, h...2023-01-1449 minDisrupt Your CareerAl Dea: Helping Individuals and Organizations Flourish in the Changing World of WorkAl is the founder of Betterwork Labs, a talent advisory firm, and works with companies on how to attract, develop, and retain diverse workforces. Throughout his professional career, he has helped hundreds of professionals build growth-oriented mindsets and achieve their career goals. He also writes, researches, and speaks about trends related to the future of career development, learning, and the employee experience. Al received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Theology from Boston College, and his MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill.We met with Al as we share a common passion for helping in...2023-01-0739 minDisrupt Your CareerAvivah Wittenberg-Cox: Gender, Generational Balance and (Much) Longer CareersAvivah is a speaker, author, consultant and CEO of 20-first, one of the world’s leading gender balance consultancies. She is a global expert on 21st century leadership, gender and generational balance, longevity and the future of work and careers. Avivah is currently finishing up a year at Harvard as a 2022 Advanced Leadership Fellow researching longevity and gender differences in aging. She blogs at Harvard Business Review and has authored several best-selling books. She speaks widely at leadership conferences and events across the globe, is a certified coach and is the Founder and Honorary President of the European Professional Wo...2022-12-1536 minDisrupt Your CareerMark Zides: How to Find Your Own Pace and Create Early Career SuccessMark is a coach, mentor, advisor, consultant, angel investor, and executive. He is the founder and CEO of CoreAxis Consulting, an award-winning learning & development and talent management firm, Katama, an agency specializing in sales strategy, marketing, and customer success, and Recipi, a digital marketing agency. His book "The #Pace Process for Early Career Success" is designed to help young adults prepare for the workforce and explain the challenges you will experience chasing your dreams.We talk with Mark about his own career journey, the nature and challenges of moving in and out of corporate employment, the lessons...2022-12-0128 minDisrupt Your CareerMichael Wenderoth: Ethically Leveraging Power and Politics to Advance Your CareerMichael Wenderoth is an executive coach who helps leaders ethically leverage power and politics to ascend. He has written for Harvard Business Review, Forbes and is the author of Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Michael served for 20 years in senior roles on breakthrough businesses in the U.S., China and Europe. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University.We talk with Michael about his career journey and the lessons he learned along the way...2022-11-1536 minDisrupt Your CareerAngela Lane and Sergey Gorbatov: Developing and Leveraging Edge in Your CareerAngela Lane and Sergey Gorbatov work and write about the complex science of human performance, while making it simple. Both are practicing senior executives in talent management, leveraging Fortune 500 experience gained across four continents. Angela and Sergey equip leaders with practical tools for success. They are researchers, adjunct professors at IE University, regular contributors to journals and the authors of “FairTalk: Three Steps to Powerful Feedback.”We talk with Angela and Sergey about their own career journeys, what led them to create The Edge website, the elements of their Career Edge model, behaviors that can get people’s care...2022-11-0146 minDisrupt Your CareerJoseph Liu: Relaunching Your Career to Do More Meaningful WorkAs a keynote speaker, career consultant, podcast host, webinar host, and certified coach, Joseph Liu leverages 10 years of experience relaunching consumer brands combined with professional coaching to help people relaunch their personal brands. As host of the Career Relaunch® podcast and an international keynote speaker, he has crossed paths with thousands of professionals during their career turning points, sharing and learning about what it takes to successfully change career directions. He shares these insights with his clients and as a contributing writer to Forbes, Fast Company, and Glassdoor.We talk with Joseph about his own career journey a...2022-10-0737 minDisrupt Your CareerKaren Loon: Fostering Culturally Diverse Leadership in OrganisationsKaren Loon is a Non-Executive Director and a former Big 4 senior partner. A recognized thought leader and speaker on workplace diversity and inclusion, she is the author of the book Fostering Culturally Diverse Leadership in Organisations: Lessons from Those Who Smashed the Bamboo Ceiling. Karen has qualifications in system psychodynamics and governance from INSEAD, and research interests in identity work and organisational change.We talk with Karen about her own career journey, the lessons she learned as she transitioned out of PwC, how to prepare for corporate board director roles, what motivated her to write Fostering Culturally...2022-09-0127 minDisrupt Your CareerElina Rebuel Tretiakova: Strategic Advice for Early Career ProfessionalsElina is a career strategy and talent management expert. She is the founder of Careergenic, helping clients all over Europe find their next career placement in top companies without applying online. A former Human Resources manager with international experience in talent acquisition, development and training, she held senior positions at IE Business School with responsibility for MBA Employability, Career Strategy, and Employer Relations and Partnerships. Elina holds an MBA degree from IE Business School. She worked and lived in Spain, Ukraine, Poland, Belgium and France.We talk with Elina about her own career journey, her advice to...2022-08-0436 minDisrupt Your CareerSharath Jeevan: Finding Deeper Motivation, Purpose and Mastery in our WorkSharath is a leading expert on intrinsic motivation, direction and potential. He is the Executive Chairman of Intrinsic Labs and the author of Intrinsic: A Manifesto to Reignite Our Inner Drive. Sharath was awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen's New Year's Honours for founding and leading STiR Education, an initiative which re-ignited the motivation of 200,000 teachers, 35,000 schools and 7 million children in emerging countries. He holds degrees from Cambridge University, Oxford University and INSEAD. We talk with Sharath about his own career journey, his STiR Education initiative, the notion of intrinsic motivation, why he wrote Intrinsic and what...2022-07-0126 minDisrupt Your CareerMarc Miller: Building a Meaningful Career in the Second Half of LifeMarc Miller’s career journey included 22 years at IBM, several tech startups, a stint as a high school teacher, a gig raising funds for a community association and a near-fatal bicycle accident that changed his perspective forever. After thirty years of multiple career pivots, Marc realized he’d found his vocation and would use his extensive experience to help others—especially Baby Boomers—find careers that they could grow into. Marc is passionate about his work and the clients he serves. He’s taught in more than 35 countries and helped clients from many industries.We talk with Marc about...2022-06-0135 minDisrupt Your CareerAnn Hiatt: Bet on Yourself and Create a Career of Your Own As a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years of experience as the Executive Business Partner for Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!) and Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt (Google), Ann Hiatt applies lessons of innovation, ambition, growth at scale, and forward-thinking leadership to expand businesses and individual careers. As a Leadership Strategist, she helps entrepreneurs do this through strategy consulting, training, workshops and more. Her new book, Bet On Yourself, offers guidance and stories from her experiences in Silicon Valley. We talk with Ann about her own career journey, what lessons she learned working alongside extraordinary leaders, h...2022-05-0138 minDisrupt Your CareerJohn Boudreau: Radically Rethinking How to Organize Work and CareersDr. John Boudreau is Professor Emeritus of Management and Organization and a Senior Research Scientist with the Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He is recognized worldwide for breakthrough research on the bridge between superior human capital, talent and sustainable competitive advantage. His latest book, Work without Jobs, co-authored with Ravin Jesuthasan, lays out a roadmap for the future of work.We talk with John about his own career journey, his vision of the future of work, why he wrote the book Work without Jobs, how jobs need to...2022-04-0239 minDisrupt Your CareerAnna Tavis: Reimagining Work and Careers in Human-Centered OrganizationsAnna Tavis is a researcher, global educator and coach focusing on the Future of Work. She teaches at New York University and lectures globally. She is an Academic Advisor to a variety of organizations and serves on the Editorial Board of Workforce Solutions Review. Her new book "Humans at Work" is about the new pivot towards human-centered organizations.We connected with Anna as we share a common passion for developing innovative approaches to talent and organizations. We talk with Anna about her own career journey, her advice to early career professionals, her evaluation of how HR is...2022-03-0139 minDisrupt Your CareerMarc Effron: How to Build Better Talent and Grow Yourself FasterMarc founded and leads The Talent Strategy Group and consults with global corporations. His prior experience includes talent management roles at Bank of America and Avon Products and consulting at Hewitt Associates. He co-authored the Harvard Business Review Publishing best-seller One Page Talent Management and 8 Steps to High Performance and publishes Talent Quarterly magazine. Marc has an MBA from the Yale School of Management.We connected with Marc as we share a passion for building talent. We sat with him to talk about his own career journey, his advice to early career professionals, his take on the...2022-02-0143 minDisrupt Your CareerWinnie Jiang: How to Find, Pursue, and Sustain Meaning at WorkWinnie Jiang is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD. She studies the dynamics of meaning-making at work, work as a calling, career mobility and transitions, and personal and professional development. Prior to joining INSEAD, Winnie completed her PhD in Management at Yale University.We connected with Winnie as we wanted to learn more about her research around factors that help unleash people’s fullest potential and realize their purpose at work. We talk with Winnie about her own career story, her take on the great resignation, the insights and implications from her research on meaning of...2022-01-1545 minDisrupt Your CareerSven Sommerlatte: Strategies to Build a Successful CareerSven Sommerlatte is CHRO of Boehringer Ingelheim, based in Germany. He started his career in management consulting and held a broad range of HR roles at Sanofi, most recently HR Head of the Global Consumer Healthcare Business Unit. Sven created the YouTube channel OTIUM to help people learn more about personal development, improve their career strategy and become better leaders. Sven holds an MBA and a Ph.D in organizational development.We connected with Sven as we share a common passion for career counseling and career strategy. We talk with Sven about his own career journey, his...2021-12-0733 minDisrupt Your CareerUtkarsh Amitabh: The Power of Community in Building a Successful CareerUtkarsh Amitabh is the founder of Network Capital, one of the world’s largest career intelligence communities. He writes for Harvard Business Review, Mint, Economic Times, and World Economic Forum and published the book The Seductive Illusion of Hard Work. He is a TED speaker, Chevening Fellow at University of Oxford and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. An MBA graduate from INSEAD, Utkarsh previously worked at Microsoft and helped build India’s first smart village which was recognized in the Prime Minister’s Book of Pioneering Innovations. We connected with Utkarsh as we share a common passion...2021-11-1329 minDisrupt Your CareerJan Hall and Jon Stokes: Creating the Life You Want After a Full-On CareerJan has been a successful entrepreneur and business leader. She is now an adviser to CEOs and chairmen and is also a qualified executive coach. She spent 20 years as a headhunter and has over 30 years’ experience of being a non-executive director. Jon is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and leadership coach. He is a Director of Stokes & Jolly, a leadership advisory firm. He taught for many years at Said Business School at the University of Oxford and is on the faculty of Meyler Campbell.We connected with Jan and Jon who share with us a passion for...2021-10-2646 minDisrupt Your CareerDorie Clark: Reinvent Your Career and Play the Long GameDorie Clark is a highly recognized author, consultant and keynote speaker, who teaches at Duke University and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, Stand Out, The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World (just published in September 2021). Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards.We connected with Dorie as we share a common passion for self-reinvention and helping others make...2021-10-0539 minDisrupt Your CareerDr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: How Science and Tech Help Make Better Career DecisionsDr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in people analytics, talent management, leadership development, and the Human-AI interface. He is the Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, co-founder of Deeper Signals and Metaprofiling, and former CEO of Hogan Assessment Systems. Tomas is a professor of Business Psychology at both University College London, and Columbia University and previously lectured in numerous academic institutions. He has published 10 books and over 200 scientific papers, making him one of the most prolific social scientists of his generation. He is a frequent contributor to Fast Company, the Guardian, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review.2021-07-0741 minDisrupt Your CareerAndy Storch: Own Your Career Own Your LifeAndy Storch is an author, consultant, coach, speaker and facilitator specializing in helping clients turn strategy into action and people doing the best work of their lives. He is the host of two podcasts, including The Talent Development Hot Seat and Andy Storch Show, and also the author of the book, Own Your Career Own Your Life, published in 2020.We wanted to connect with Andy who impresses us with his passion and energy to advise and guide people towards the best version of their career possible. Andy pivoted last year, as the pandemic struck, and as he...2021-06-1640 minDisrupt Your CareerGianpiero Petriglieri: Turning Your Career into a Work of ArtGianpiero is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, where he directs the Management Acceleration Programme, the school’s flagship executive programme for emerging leaders. His interests bridge the domains of leadership, identity, adult development and experiential learning. He speaks widely to academic and corporate audiences on the topic of how to develop and exercise leadership in fast-changing, uncertain and diverse workplaces. A Medical Doctor and Psychiatrist by training, Gianpiero has worked as an executive coach and practiced as a psychotherapist. We came across Gianpiero through INSEAD – where we both studied – and have been avid followers of his res...2021-05-2246 minDisrupt Your CareerSonal Bahl: Helping Supercharge Careers with Generosity and CompassionSonal is an experienced HR Director and Career Strategist with a career spanning nearly two decades in senior HR positions. She has lived and worked in Chile, Belgium, France, India and Uruguay. She has helped recruit, build and evolve highly talented teams for large companies like GE, PwC, family-owned firms, and startups. This gives her a unique vantage point to help people with their careers, no matter what situation they find themselves in now.We connected with Sonal as we share a common passion for helping everyone to live a career and life they actually love. We...2021-04-2440 minDisrupt Your CareerMonique Valcour: Helping People and Organizations Build Sustainable CareersMonique is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and workshop leader. She has served as a professor of management on the faculties of EDHEC Business School and Boston College and has built high-level coaching experience in multiple countries and industries. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review on leadership, sustainable careers, talent management, communication, work-life integration, mindfulness, and well-being.We connected with Monique as we share a common belief that everyone has the right and the capacity to thrive at work and in their lives beyond work. We talk with Monique about her own career story...2021-04-1140 minDisrupt Your CareerAnna van der Horst: How to Take Proactive Control of Your Career and Find Meaningful WorkAnna is HR consultant and applied researcher at eelloo. She holds an MSc In Psychology from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in Work and Organizational Psychology from Justus-Liebig-University. Anna’s research focuses on proactive career behavior, sustainable employability and the role of identity in development and finding work. As a consultant she helps organizations to align work with people's personal stories. We connected with Anna as we share a common passion for helping people find work that is meaningful to them in a changing environment. We talk about Anna’s own career story, her work on th...2021-03-1738 minDisrupt Your CareerCarter Cast: Discover Where Your Career is Vulnerable and How to Protect Your SuccessCarter Cast is Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He is also an operating partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital and a senior advisor at Pritzker Group Private Capital. Carter was formerly CEO of Walmart.com, founding chief marketing officer of Blue Nile, Inc. and director of marketing at Frito Lay. He is the author of the book, The Right (and Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made – and Unmade.We connected with Carter as we share a common passion for developing talent and wanted to learn more about the ideas and advi...2021-02-1041 minDisrupt Your CareerAlexandre Pachulski: Using Your Singularity to Create a Unique Career PathAlexandre Pachulski has over 15 years’ experience in HR and IT. He was one of the founders of a consulting firm specialized in talent development before co-founding Talentsoft. He is an accomplished author of several books on human resources and hosts his own YouTube channel called “Talents of Tomorrow”. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Paris-Dauphine University where he also teaches. We reconnected with Alex as we share a common passion for helping people fulfill their dreams and ambitions in their work life and wanted to hear about his latest insights and perspectives. We talk about Alex’s...2021-01-1047 minDisrupt Your CareerSho Dewan: Building the Career You’ve Always WantedSho launched Workhap with a simple goal to help others get the most out of their careers. He was recently recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice 2020 for Job Search & Careers and is also a partner Career Coach with HKU Business School and CareER Association. Sho started his career working with Simon Sinek in New York as a strategy consultant with Ernst & Young. He then moved to Hong Kong where he led Talent Development for one of the fastest growing unicorn. In 2019, he decided to go all in on his side hustle and pursue his mission of creating a happier...2020-12-2536 minDisrupt Your CareerJeff Gothelf: Take Back Control of Your Career and Be Forever EmployableJeff Gothelf helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the author of the book Forever Employable and co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX. Jeff works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centered design. Most recently, Jeff co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for practical business books for busy executives. We wanted to connect with Jeff as we were intrigued by his new book, Forever Employable and how it intersected with our thinking ar...2020-10-1031 minDisrupt Your CareerMichelle Gadsden-Williams: How One Leader is Disrupting and Creating “Good Trouble”Our guest in this episode is Michelle Gadsden-Williams, award-winning global diversity executive, author, activist, producer and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience as an advocate for equality within corporate America and a thought leader around diversity and inclusion. Michelle is a seasoned diversity practitioner with experience working in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical and financial services industries before transitioning to professional services in 2017. She is the author of the award-winning book, CLIMB, a professional playbook offering guidance to women in the workplace. We connected with Michelle as we wanted to hear her perspective on the topics of ta...2020-08-3034 minDisrupt Your CareerHenna Inam: Are You Prepared to Lead in the Decade of Disruption?Our guest in this episode is Henna Inam, founder and CEO of Transformational Leadership Inc. Henna helps leaders thrive in disruption as an Executive Coach, Board Director, Author and Speaker.A former C-level executive, Henna led through disruption at Fortune 500 consumer and healthcare companies in innovation, marketing and general management roles. In addition to her corporate experience, Henna serves as a Board Director for Engro Corporation. She is the author of Wired for Authenticity and Wired for Disruption, published last month. We wanted to reconnect with Henna who has been a great supporter of our wo...2020-07-0425 minDisrupt Your CareerEdie Goldberg: Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries to Unleash Organizational CapacityOur guest in this episode is Edie Goldberg, President of E.L. Goldberg & Associates in Menlo Park, California. She is a nationally recognized expert in HR and talent management strategy and organizational effectiveness. Prior to starting her own firm 19 years ago, she was a Global Thought Leader in the Human Capital Practice for Towers Perrin. She is the co-author of The Inside Gig: How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity (LifeTree Media, April, 2020). Edie earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Albany, SUNY. She is the recipient of HR People + Strategy’s Lifet...2020-06-1337 minDisrupt Your CareerGib Bulloch: Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent and IntrapreneurOur guest in this episode is Gib Bulloch, speaker, writer, and consultant. A self-described ‘Corporate Insurgent’, Gib believes passionately in the power of business to change the world and in the power of the individual to change the world of business.After an early career spent at BP and Mars, Gib's epiphany came from a year as a business volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in the Balkans in 2000. Over the following 15 years, Gib founded and scaled Accenture's global 'not-for-loss' consulting business, Accenture Development Partnerships. He left Accenture in 2016 to write his first book, 'The Intrapreneur: Confessions of a...2020-05-1945 minDisrupt Your CareerPaolo Gallo: The Art of Building a Rewarding Career While Remaining True to YourselfOur guest in this episode is Paolo Gallo, Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach and Author.Over the last 30 years, Paolo has been Chief Human Resources Officer at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Chief Learning Officer at The World Bank in Washington DC, and Director of Human Resources at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development in London.Paolo currently spends his time coaching and consulting to high-level individuals and organizations, but also makes time to volunteer to ensure that all humans can access learning, development and fulfilment in their careers. His best-selling book, The Compass and...2020-03-1842 minDisrupt Your CareerDeepak Jayaraman: Helping People Transition and Play to Their PotentialOur guest in this episode is Deepak Jayaraman, Founder and CEO of Transition Insight. As an Executive Coach and Leadership Advisor, Deepak works with successful senior executives and helps them play to their unique potential by working with them closely during phases of high stakes transition. Deepak is also the prolific author and curator of Play to Potential Podcast, which includes interviews with people across diverse backgrounds and conversations around Leadership, Transitions and Careers.We found many parallels between Deepak’s coaching and consulting work and ours, but were deeply impressed with his extensive and highly segmented, us...2020-01-1650 minDisrupt Your CareerAdrian Choo: The Career StrategistOur guest in this episode is Adrian Choo, recognized as The Career Strategist. We’ve known Adrian for some time now. We have a lot in common in terms of the work we do around careers and we also have some contrasts.After an extraordinary career in business, headhunting and outplacement, Adrian set up his own enterprise, Career Agility, whose mission is to “Empower Individuals to attain Personal Happiness through Career Clarity”.We thought it would be fun to sit down with Adrian, who is based in Singapore, and does work across the world. He is a t...2019-12-1232 minDisrupt Your CareerJennifer Petriglieri: How Dual-Career Couples Make it WorkOur guest in this episode is Jennifer Petriglieri, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD.Earlier in the summer, we had the immense good fortune to spend some time talking to the wonderful Jennifer about her book, Couples That Work, published in October this year.We wanted to talk to her not only about her book but about the crossover points between her work and ours. We talk about career breaks and how to survive them, about who gets the power and deciding how to share-out career priorities and about the importance of contracting in...2019-10-1734 minDisrupt Your CareerJos Akkermans: How to Build Sustainable Careers and Change Employer-Employee RelationshipsWe’re pleased to share our chat with Jos Akkermans. Jos is Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Organizational Behavior in the department of Management and Organization at VU Amsterdam. In our conversation, Jos shares his views on career crafting, micro-transitions, identify shift as we change and more.In this episode, we chat with Jos Akkermans, an academic and expert on Sustainable Careers, who is passionately focused on younger people’s careers and how to help not only his students, but also society at large to find better opportunities to “craft” the career path that is right for them...2019-04-1157 min