Best Corporate Escape Artist Podcasts (2024)

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A conversation with Dr Clive King: from geographer, coder, and global techie problem solver turned contractor who loves an outdoor challenges 49:05

3M ago49:05

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Apart from the first six months of his professional career, which he left due to a dream he had, Dr Clive King has spent the whole of his career supporting global technology clients for Oracle, one of the largest technology companies, from his home base near Aberystwyth at a time when working from home wasn't a thing. A self-confessed contrarian wh…

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A conversation with Steve Keith: a journey towards authenticity through education, corporate life, and freelancing 1:17:55

1y ago1:17:55

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The son of a mechanic Dad and secretary Mum who together went on to run a business, Steve Keith’s career journey has taken him on a quest of curiosity and learning to become his authentic self and stand in his own power. The first member of his family to go to university, Steve graduated from the prestigious Durham University and became a Teach Fir…

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Episode Eight with Dr Lorna Collins, from aspiring jockey, and university lecturer, to artist, film maker and writer 52:37

1y ago52:37

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By the age of 15, Lorna already had an exciting equestrian career in front of her and represented Great Britain several times successfully in junior eventing. Passionate about speed and with a Dad who was a champion jockey, at 16 she set herself another goal – to become the first woman to win the Grand National. She was also on track to become a st…

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Episode Seven with Natalie Williams : from International Politics lecturer, and Academic Registrar to entrepreneur and luxury jewellery maker 54:48

1y ago54:48

54:48

After studying International Politics and gaining her PhD from Aberystwyth University, Natalie Williams became a lecturer - only to find she hated teaching. Not sure what to do after that, she ended up working in academic administration at the university, rising through the ranks to become a Quality Assurance Manager and an Academic Registrar. Foll…

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Episode Six with Chris Jones from tea boy and cameraman to presenter, sock designer, Non Exec Director, podcaster, event host and walking guide 59:53

1+ y ago59:53

59:53

Chris Jones had a eureka moment at university when he discovered the joys of being a cameraman while studying for a media degree. Suddenly and unexpectedly made redundant during the pandemic, he now uses his natural ability to build relationships in his work as a podcaster, event host, charity ambassador, Non-Exec Director, and walking guide. Start…

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Episode Five with Vicky Rushton: from school leaver and carer to design engineering and company director 1:10:23

1+ y ago1:10:23

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Vicky Rushton found her voice advocating for her very sick second child, Oliver, at the age of 21, and now uses it to help others express themselves through design. One of thirteen children, she grew up in Manchester and left school at 15 to help bring up her siblings. Pregnant at sixteen, she bought her first home with her partner and balanced bri…

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Episode Four with Julia Goodfellow Smith: from bank manager to environmentalist, author and adventurer 54:05

1+ y ago54:05

54:05

Julia Goodfellow Smith is a self-confessed adventurer, speaker, writer, and author of best-selling books. But that’s not how she started out. Originally a management scientist born in the era of Thatcherism, she became a small business banker but found the constraints of working in the corporate world made her feel like a square peg in a round hole…

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Episode Three with Mel Cameron: from camp host and marketeer to uni careers adviser 55:20

1+ y ago55:20

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Mel Cameron is a people person whose career journey has taken her from media studies at college and working in Pizza Hut to embracing her love of travel and falling into a career in the summer camp industry. She has worked in various camps in the US, gaining resilience as she helped young people to make the most of their experience. A mature studen…

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Episode Two: The Reason is changing its name to Change Your Story 3:30

1+ y ago3:30

3:30

This mini episode outlines the impetus behind changing the title of the podcast from The Reason to Change Your Career. Listen to find out how many hours you will spend at work during your lifetime and just how few people are currently doing work they love. Watch out for new episodes from inspirational people coming soon! This short clip explains br…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Steven English - Process Engineer Turned Speaker, Executive Coach And Trainer 1:00:06

2+ y ago1:00:06

1:00:06

In this podcast, Steven shares his journey out of engineering, a field he has studied and worked so hard to excel at, and where he had moved up as far as he could on the corporate ladder. In one of his last jobs at Samsung, he experienced his darkest hours where his health took a toll fuelled with alcohol consumption. It was also during this time t…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Daniel Phung - Dentist Turned Marketing and PR Agency Owner 1:05:06

2+ y ago1:05:06

1:05:06

In this podcast, Daniel shares the journey of how his parents came to Australia during the Vietnam war as refugees with absolutely no money and no possessions. In his words, they were so poor that they would run out of food. Daniel believed that to be successful in life you had to be born into wealth and therefore he had no dreams. Using Tom Cruise…

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Episode One with Cathy Presland: making the world a little fairer and a little better 34:06

2+ y ago34:06

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE’S GUEST Cathy Presland is an executive coach and leadership consultant, former economist, public policy professional, and senior leader. An adviser to Governments and international organisations around the world for over twenty years, she has lived and worked in Africa, where she designed and led global anti-poverty initiatives i…

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Introducing The Reason, putting purpose to work 2:00

2+ y ago2:00

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This brief episode highlights the malaise and deep-seated unhappiness we have come to recognise as a result of the pandemic and highlights what it is we crave to have happy and fulfilling working life. The Reason is hosted by Carolyn Parry who spent 17 years in business heading away from who she really was and into burnout before she found her purp…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Dave Henning - Marketing Consultant and Radio Host Turned Podcaster, Author and Motivational Speaker 53:45

2+ y ago53:45

53:45

In this podcast, Dave shares his journey that started back in the day, when he worked for the Kodak factory during his time at college. His career saw him try his hand at various different jobs in broadcasting as a radio and television instructor covering all aspects of the business from lead anchor to marketing and advertising, even writing award …

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Caitlin Strempel - Marketing Professional Turned Founder and CEO - Rising Ranks Digital 54:31

3y ago54:31

54:31

In this podcast, Caitlin shares her story of balancing a high pressured corporate marketing role at the agency where she worked and had to make a tough decision when her son was born with a heart condition. In searching for answers she turned to Google and was blown away with what she was discovering and often people would ‘fact-check’ for themselv…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews King Raj Singh - IT/Computer Technician Turned Real Estate Investor, Lead Singer And Passive Income Artiste 1:02:27

3y ago1:02:27

1:02:27

In this podcast, Raj shares how he was able to shift his mindset by following successful people, which led him out of his corporate job as an IT/Computer Consultant towards becoming a successful Real Estate Investor that saw him featured on late night TV. This enabled him to quit his full time job. However, when the housing market crashed, he had t…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Ray Homsany - School Teacher Turned Entrepreneur And Online Educator And Facilitator 56:40

3y ago56:40

56:40

In this podcast, Ray Homsany shares his journey from being a teacher who loved what he did, to finding himself stuck in the red tape and administrative bureaucracy within the education industry. Ray loves teaching Maths, English and Science to his students, however was finding that because of the breakages in the system, he was not able to offer th…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Kay Suthar - Police Officer Turned Business Strategist, Author Speaker & CEO at Uncensored Society 1:02:58

3y ago1:02:58

1:02:58

In this podcast, Kay shares her journey that started as a youth worker for deaf kids, then saw her become an MMA fighter and then a police officer for several years. Whilst she loved her job, Kay noticed she was so badly affected by stress that her skin gave way and her throat almost closed up! In an effort to address this, she knew she needed a ch…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Tara Solberg - Graphic Designer Turned Furniture & Homewares Business Owner 59:34

3y ago59:34

59:34

In this podcast, Tara shares how she left her job as a graphic designer working in the surf industry on the South coast of New South Wales, Australia. Tara loved what she did and her work took her around the world to capture images to promote their brand. It was during this period she met her husband who also worked at the surf brand as a graphic d…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Tracy Tully - Teacher and Principal Turned Author, Speaker and Mentor At Motivation & Resilience for Wealth 57:45

3y ago57:45

57:45

In this podcast, Tracy shares her journey growing up in Northern Queensland, Australia with her dad being a Flying doctor and having to travel and change schools constantly. This taught her resilience as a kid growing up. Her 30+ year career as a teacher and principal in remote parts of Queensland made her witness a lot of troublesome issues like b…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Gail Swift - Sales Manager Turned Youth Advocate and Founder of Plans To Prosper Coaching 1:05:39

3y ago1:05:39

1:05:39

In this podcast, Gail shares her journey of trying to find out what her passion was. Starting from her early days she completed speech and theatre degree and wanting to be a stage manager and work in theatre and with her interest in sales, she ended up in Television in Chicago area working as a sales manager. Whilst she loved the fast paced life, h…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Johann Nogueira - Sales Consultant Turned Serial Entrepreneur, Mentor and Founder at Business Authorities 57:50

3y ago57:50

57:50

In this podcast, Johann shares his amazing journey which started when he was 15 working for McDonalds and then Hugo Boss where he was top sales consultant. When he found out that he wasn’t being rewarded well enough and these were his early experiences working for others. He graduated with honours in genetically modified canola, only to find out sh…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Zahrina Robertson - Marketing Professional Turned Photographer, Videographer & Personal Brand Visibility Expert 49:52

3y ago49:52

49:52

In this podcast, Zahrina shares her journey from the corporate world where she was in Marketing for fashion powerhouse Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) and was doing really well. She was achieving great results professionally, however unfortunately became the subject of bullying from one of her colleagues. This ended up affecting her skin and was…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Angel Ribo - Sales Manager & Trainer Turned The CEO Confidant and Pre-eminent Advisor to CEOs 1:07:28

3y ago1:07:28

1:07:28

In this podcast, Angel shares his journey that started in Spain where he worked for several hi-tech companies helping CEO’s and C-level executives to accelerate the growth of their business, as a business development expert, training sales teams and uncovering hidden gems within the company. This took him to the Americas and Latin America. He reall…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Getrude Matshe - Systems Analyst Turned Author, Inspirational Speaker and Global Curator of HerStory Circle 1:05:50

3y ago1:05:50

1:05:50

In this podcast, Getrude shares her transformational journey that has taken her and her family from their home country of Zimbabwe in Africa across the world throughout Asia, Europe, United States and New Zealand. Her parents instilled her with important life skills which included having a long-term vision and using her creative skills to solve eve…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews James Tuckerman - Corporate Affairs Officer Turned Digital Publisher and Business Growth Hacker 1:03:06

3y ago1:03:06

1:03:06

In this podcast, James shares his journey of studying Arts and Law and qualifying as a lawyer but never ending up in the profession, often cited as someone who was too ‘hip hop’. This was the universe signalling that he was meant for something else. He started his career in public relations, corporate affairs and investor relations at a large telco…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Scott Trevethan - Corporate Accountant Turned Author and SME Business Evangelist 1:04:16

3y ago1:04:16

1:04:16

In this podcast, Scott shares how he started off his career as a chartered accountant working for a national engineering group and then went onto work for a large tobacco company where he got a wide range of experience including roles in financial accounting, internal auditing and even marketing management and was able to see the big picture of how…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Alex Barbas - Sales Specialist Turned Linkedin Client Acquisition Expert 58:02

3+ y ago58:02

58:02

In this podcast, Alex shares his exciting journey on how he got started in business. From his early days as a courier driver and being a rifleman in the Australian army, Alex learnt a lot about structure, discipline and hard work. Also, his time at university once again reinforced the importance of having structure and his desire to learn set him u…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Kevin Urrutia - Web Developer Turned Digital Marketing Agency Founder 1:05:31

3+ y ago1:05:31

1:05:31

In this podcast, Kevin shares how his rather fun journey in and out of corporate to entrepreneur and business visionary. From his early days as a data analyst and web designer, Kevin worked out he loved to figure out how stuff worked and spent his time learning, creating and designing. His definition of ‘work’ was doing what he loved and he spent m…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Amy To - Financial Planner Turned Restauranter & Community Builder 58:40

3+ y ago58:40

58:40

In this podcast, Amy shares how she began her journey in the corporate world working in several roles ranging from customer service to financial planning and it wasn’t till early on in her marriage that an opportunity for her husband Alan and her to enter the hospitality business as restaurant owners became a reality. Amy shares all the highs and l…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Anfernee Chansamooth - Call Centre Manager Turned Web Content Strategist 1:06:06

3+ y ago1:06:06

1:06:06

In this podcast, Anfernee shares his adventurous journey that took him from the shores of Australia across the world to Canada and then across the world again to his ancestral birthplace of Laos. Anfernee has done everything from being a team leader at a large corporate call centre, to project management, sales consultant and marketing advisor in v…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews James McCraken - Sales Consultant Turned Mortgage Broker Advisor 1:02:42

3+ y ago1:02:42

1:02:42

In this podcast, James shares how he started his career in the corporate world in Sales and very quickly decided that he wanted to help others succeed more than just pursuing individual achievement. He then went into Sales management which unfortunately came with a pay cut, however, this led him to gain experience in becoming more of a coach and me…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Melina Macdonald - Travel Consultant Turned Personality Profiler 1:05:31

4y ago1:05:31

1:05:31

In this podcast, Melina shares her journey from her early days working in retail sales where she was quickly thrust into management and developed a unique ability to assess people, understand where they were coming from and find creative ways to solve problems. Her early ventures into photography and wedding expos saw her question the way the indus…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Geoff McDonald - Project Architect Turned Author, Movie Maker And Ideas Architect 1:04:41

4y ago1:04:41

1:04:41

In this podcast, Geoff shares his story that took him as a young man around the world in search of his passion. Starting off as an architect of buildings, Geoff realised he could never be satisfied doing the same thing over and over. He was a creative soul that needed to be free and just couldn’t see himself confined to being at a desk or cubicle f…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Daniel Phillips - IT Professional Turned Historian and Ghost Tour Operator 1:14:07

4y ago1:14:07

1:14:07

In this podcast, Daniel shares his story of how he faced a tough choice of staying in a corporate IT job that would compromise his integrity with the direction the business was heading. After deciding this was not the path for him, he made a conscious effort to pursuing something that he was more passionate about, even though at that stage he could…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Melo Calarco - Corporate Salesman Turned High Performance and Mindfulness Coach 54:22

4y ago54:22

54:22

In this podcast, Melo shares a journey that has taken him several times around the world to find his true passion in life. Melo learned to manage highly challenging and stressful situations, build mental endurance and rise above adversity from his life lessons on the road where he cycled, trekked and travelled over 30,000km’s around the planet on h…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Frank De Palma - Product Marketing Manager Turned Advertising and Design Agency Owner 1:03:55

4y ago1:03:55

1:03:55

In this podcast, Frank shares his personal journey of how he made the daring choice to pave his own path and leave behind a well-established career in the corporate world. In his early 20’s he was already a successful marketing and product manager for some of the biggest brand names in the country like Cadbury, Kraft and Uncle Tobys. However, Frank…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Sandy Hutchison - Human Resources Director Turned Career Transition Specialist 52:11

4y ago52:11

52:11

In this podcast, Sandy shares her journey from her earlier time in Canada to her home in Australia and the challenges of being in an executive role as HR director of big companies as well as balancing her time as wife and mother of 2 young children. Sandy saw that there was a major lack of care and services that were being offered to people that we…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Terry Tran - Banker and Funds Manager Turned Private Investor And Trading Mentor 46:35

4y ago46:35

46:35

In this podcast, Terry bares all in sharing his journey from humble beginnings that saw his family flee on a boat during the Vietnam war. Coming to Australia with literally nothing but the clothes on his back and growing up with a single Mum from an early age, Terry appreciated how hard it was to survive and work hard for your money. He saw others …

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Liza Choa – Corporate Sales Gun Turned Digital Content Advisor 29:39

9y ago29:39

29:39

In this podcast, Liza openly shares how she embarked on her entrepreneurial journey to start a part time business whilst being in a demanding corporate sales job where she excelled. Not satisfied with smashing her targets and being a top achiever, Liza yearned for having time freedom and looking after her health and was getting burnt out with stres…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Mimi Fong - Corporate Lawyer and Recruitment Specialist Turned Dream Job Coach 48:52

9y ago48:52

48:52

In this podcast, Mimi shares her compelling story of transition – one I’m sure you’ll be amazed at for no challenge was too hard. Coming from a traditional background of working hard, Mimi did exactly this as a senior corporate lawyer, then transitioned her skills into the recruitment industry and did this for a numer of years and travelled oversea…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Alex Pirouz - Sales & Marketing Professional Turned World Leading LinkedIn Advocate 44:32

9y ago44:32

44:32

In this podcast, Alex is pretty open about how he got started in business and failed in his first 4 attempts! As someone who’s worked in various businesses and in the corporate world, Alex had pretty good skills, but was frustrated at the methodologies being shared by business coaches and consultants he came across that were using outdated marketin…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Robert Coorey - Corporate Sales Manager Turned Marketing Guru & Best Selling Author 41:04

9y ago41:04

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In this podcast, Robert shares his journey from his early days at university doing DJ work, which was his way of paying through university until he landed his feet in the corporate world to get a ‘real’ job. After 8-9 years and completing an MBA, Robert was at the top of what would appear to be a very successful sales career where he was in senior …

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Christie Hamilton - Pharmaceutical Clinical Researcher Turned Business Automation Queen 45:35

9y ago45:35

45:35

In this podcast, Christie shares with us her journey from the corporate world where she was involved in commercial clinical research for a large pharmaceutical company and wanted to use her position to make a difference in the world through her work. However being a small cog in a big wheel meant she was not going to achieve her goals and so her qu…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Richard Furhoff - Commercial Photographer Turned Car Landscape Imaging Genius 37:04

9y ago37:04

37:04

In this podcast, Richard shares his journey from corporate as a senior commercial photographer, to pursuing his passion with cars and starting up his own photography business (www.furhoff.com) around what he knew best – photography and what he loved – boy toys i.e. cars, bikes, etc. and combined the two. The result has been a much ‘in-demand’ servi…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Gabrielle Aitken - Marketing Manager Turned Inner Beauty & Styling Goddess 36:00

9y ago36:00

36:00

In this podcast, Gabrielle (Gab) shares her journey from corporate as a senior marketing manager at IBM, to pursuing her passion empowering women – Aprelo (www.aprelo.com). She started pursuing her business on the side and is now doing this alongside running her own marketing consulting practice CMO On Demand (www.cmoondemand.com.au) – thereby comb…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Ruth Murdoch - Health Professional Turned Relationship, Money & Goal Setting Expert 23:42

9y ago23:42

23:42

In this podcast, Ruth shares her journey from corporate which began as a practice manager at Ascot Angiography in New Zealand and then in large organisations like the Department of Health and Fremantle Hospital in Perth as a Project Manager. Ruth goes through how she started her business Acorn Life Path (www.acornlifepath.com.au) a little over 3 ye…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Simone Novello - Loyalty Expert Turned Strategic Alliance Advisor 45:06

9y ago45:06

45:06

In this podcast, Simone shares all in her journey as a senior loyalty programs manager in the corporate world responsible for nurturing and developing loyalty and joint venture partnerships for companies like American Express. She now heads up her own company Partner2Grow (www.partner2grow.com) – which is designed to educate and nurture partnership…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Kaz Muddell - Operations Manager Turned Fitness & Weight Loss Coach 44:00

9+ y ago44:00

44:00

In this podcast, Karen (Kaz) shares her journey which began in the corporate world working for IBM where she was a senior marketing and operations manager. Kaz goes through how she started the business part time whilst in corporate and over the last 8 years has really created a recognisable brand for her personal training and fitness business - Min…

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Gavin Sequeira interviews Paul Higgins - Sales Director Turned Virtual Outsourcing Expert 45:27

9+ y ago45:27

45:27

In this podcast, Paul describes life after 18 years as a senior executive, GM and Director at Coca Cola. Today Paul runs his own business Think To Act (www.thinktoact.com), a virtual and cloud consulting company – where he trains other businesses how to better leverage themselves. Paul shares his passion in helping others and what it took for him t…

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