Best Turas Community Podcasts (2024)

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10 Supporting Women in Tech with Charlotte Fuller 32:09

1+ y ago32:09

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Today I am speaking with Charlotte Fuller. Charlotte is a Digital Transformation Consultant and works to support women in tech. She has a background in Corporate Strategy consulting and brings much of the knowledge from that experience into running her own growing business. In this generous conversation we hear how Charlotte made the shift from cor…

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09 Raising the money with Wonu Owade 30:22

1+ y ago30:22

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Wonu Owade is a Nigerian national who grew up in the United Kingdom and is now based in the Netherlands. She is a Fundraising consultant with expertise across the social impact and international development sector . She works across the board with a variety of organisations and trusts, foundations as well as bilateral and multilateral donors. In th…

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08 Aileen Thomson, local leadership and The Tea Leaf Center 31:39

1+ y ago31:39

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Local leadership is a concept that Aileen Thomson is passionate about. Aileen has a background in human rights, international law, transitional justice and peace and conflict. She is also Managing Director of the Tea Leaf Center, based in Thailand where she leads training in research skills for civil society organisations in Southeast Asia, and con…

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07 Six questions to reflect on your year with Janet and Helen 25:43

1+ y ago25:43

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Today Helen and I are talking you through a useful framework you can use to reflect on your year. These are 6 questions to ask about your year as a consultant . You can also use these questions if you are working as an employee but wish to move into consulting as they may give you some ideas about the direction you could go in the future. This is a…

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06 Ethics in tech and finance with Dorothea Baur 40:38

1+ y ago40:38

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Dorothea Baur is an independent consultant, speaker, and lecturer on ethics, responsibility and sustainability. Her focus is on tech and finance where she helps companies align value with values. In this far reaching conversation we focus on authenticity and integrity. We learn how showing up every day on Twitter helped Dorothea build her personal …

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05 ESG Consulting with Heather Burns 38:08

1+ y ago38:08

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04 intentions and authenticity with Emily Lomax 46:54

1+ y ago46:54

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Emily Lomax is a founding partner of www.wrkwll.org. Workwell is a growing collaborative of associates based all over the world, all working to drive social change through a broad range of interventions such as strategy development, well-being, mentoring, change management, and diversity & inclusion. In this vibrant conversation we hear how Emily f…

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03 Collegiate thinking and supportive working with The Mangrove Collective 43:12

1+ y ago43:12

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Today I am speaking with Elizabeth Fitton Higgins and Eunchim Choi from the Mangrove Collective. The Mangrove Collective is a for-purpose international humanitarian and development consultancy, based in New Zealand and Singapore with a focus on the Pacific and Asia regions. In this powerful conversation we learn how the lack of support for working …

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02 Tech Consulting with Dot Project 52:02

2y ago52:02

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Today I am speak with Cat Ainsworth and Annie Legge from the Dot Project. Annie and Cat started Dot Project 6 years ago with the purpose of building strength through technology. They come from very different backgrounds but share a dislike of hierarchy and have created a cooperative that helps organisations position technology and human relationshi…

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01 Kimberly Worsham and FLUSH! 50:24

2y ago50:24

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Today I am speaking with Kimberly Worsham. Kimberly is a water and sanitation specialist with over a decade of experience, and the Founder of the boutique consulting firm, FLUSH. She discovered a passion for toilets early as a child, where her curiosity led her to inspect the facilities of every restaurant she entered! In this energetic and fast pa…

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13 Global Health Consulting with Clare Dickinson 40:20

2y ago40:20

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This week I am delighted to be speaking with Clare Dickinson. Clare has over 25 years experience of working in global health for clients such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund & UNAIDS. In this super helpful conversation we hear how Clare deals with boundaries and prefers to work in a team rather than individually. We learn what…

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12 The Reluctant Consultant with Jaymie Duke 41:47

2+ y ago41:47

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Today I am speaking with Jaymie Duke. Jaymie is a business development consultant and works with third sector organisations to source funding from institutional donors. Jaymie's journey is an interesting one as she describes herself as a very committed 9-5 employee, who was reluctant to get into consulting. In this conversation we explore what prom…

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11 Shaking the Dust with Sanne Thijssen 33:28

2+ y ago33:28

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Today I am speaking with Sanne Thijssen. Sanne is the founder of Shake The Dust, an independent consultancy working on sexual and reproductive health and rights and meaningful youth participation. In this inspiring conversation we hear the details about Sanne's decision to become a consultant, and her decision to leave her full time job. And how it…

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10 Research and gender with Mara Tissera Luna 43:04

2+ y ago43:04

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Today I am speaking with Mara Tissera Luna. Mara is an Argentine and Italian child protection specialist with more than 10 years experience in qualitative research, policy analysis, and program evaluation. She works mainly in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Her research and policy analysis in Latin America, Europe, and Central Asia have pro…

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09 Listening, trust and MEL with Anne Garbutt 42:49

2+ y ago42:49

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Today I am speaking with Anne Garbutt. Anne is an independent senior monitoring and evaluation consultant and an Associate of INTRAC. She has worked in international Development for 37 years, starting when she volunteered with VSO to lead a Midwifery training programme in Nepal for the W.H.O. She has led large multi-country monitoring and evaluatio…

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08 Difficult Conversations with Nicole Posner: Part 2 32:05

2+ y ago32:05

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Today we have the second part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace. This is the second part in the series on difficult conversations where we learn how to navigate conversa…

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07 Difficult Conversations with Nicole Posner: Part 1 30:30

2+ y ago30:30

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Today we have the first part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace. There is a tonne of learning in here! We learn how to navigate conversations that sometimes we simply don…

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05 Linkedin for Consultants: First steps with Juliette Sanchez-Lambert 39:01

2+ y ago39:01

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Today I am speaking with Juliette Sanchez Lambert. Juliette is a consultant, trainer and facilitator. She works on human rights, gender equality, diversity and inclusion and sexual violence prevention. She works for both public and private actors, mostly NGOs and international organisations. She is also the co-author of It’s Not That Grey, a practi…

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04 Being clear about what's in your tin with Sue Dean 51:22

2+ y ago51:22

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Today I am speaking with Sue Dean. Sue is a Strategy and Business Development Consultant who has worked in both the NGO and Consulting sectors. In this wide ranging and inspirational conversation, we learn about how building out her networks was key to getting a strong pipeline of work. We delve deeper into how to articulate your value and how to n…

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03 Boundaries with Chara Itoka 41:11

2+ y ago41:11

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Today I am speaking with Chara Itoka. Chara describes herself as a generalist with in-depth knowledge of a range of disciplines including strategy development, manufacturing, social enterprise, and teaching. In this energetic and generous conversation, we learn about Chara’s journey into consulting. We focus on boundaries and how learning to set th…

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02 Stand firm behind your work with Sanjukta Moorthy 37:00

2+ y ago37:00

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Today I am speaking with Sanjukta Moorthy. Sanjukta is a planning monitoring, evaluation, and learning consultant from South India based in Barcelona. She is a former journalist and has truly learnt how to articulate the value she brings to her work. In this wide-ranging conversation, we learn how her consulting was rooted in activism. We hear how …

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01 Just starting with Giada Thanh 29:10

2+ y ago29:10

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Today I am speaking with Giada Thanh is based in Barcelona and has just started on her journey as an independent consultant. In this conversation, we learn about Giada's journey and experience working in a consulting firm as a project manager and then subsequently as an internal consultant. We talk about the different skills needed when you transit…

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Season 3 Trailer 2:06

2+ y ago2:06

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We've had a break! But now we're back with another Season of the Women in Consulting podcast. This time, we're speaking to a variety of consultants about their journey. How they got started being a consultant, how they got their first client, and tips and tricks they wish they'd known along the way. Thanks for continuing to listen - we appreciate y…

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13 Top 5 Tools we use with Helen and Janet 15:49

3y ago15:49

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Today is the final episode in Season 3. And it’s an episode with Helen and Janet. This time we are geeking out about the 5 tools that we cannot live without as consultants. These are tools that have helped us on our journey. And it was difficult to pick just 5 - but here they are. They’ve helped make us more productive, helped us save time, and und…

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12 Working with Associates with Lis McCormick 38:23

3y ago38:23

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Today I am speaking with Lis McCormick. Lis is a management consultant based in the UK. She is a clear-thinking straight-talking Scot who works with small and medium businesses to focus their efforts on the critical things that will grow their business. Lis set up her firm 5 years ago and has used Associates from day one. In this conversation Lis s…

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11 Investing in ourselves with Helen and Janet 19:36

3y ago19:36

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In this episode, Helen and I chat about the different ways we have invested in ourselves over the years. Mostly this has involved training. And carefully chosen training that has led to new connections as well as new skills. ________________________________________________________________________________________ More resources are available here: h…

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10 Work Planning with Helen and Janet 9:37

3y ago9:37

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Every so often we do a session where Helen and I geek out about something we use in our own consulting practice. Today it's Work Planning! A short and sweet episode where we share 5 principles around our processes and what we do. We give you a handy acronym to remember which will help you with your own Work Planning. _______________________________…

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09 Working as a consultant inside a consulting firm with Emma Haegeman. 32:42

3y ago32:42

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Today I am speaking with Emma Haegeman. Emma works in gender and inclusion at Social Development Direct, a consulting firm based in the UK. She has worked as a consultant since the beginning of her career and in this conversation, we explore the difference between working as an independent and things to consider when choosing to work for a larger o…

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08 Your Consulting CV with Nicki Davies-Jones 26:24

3y ago26:24

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Today I am speaking with Nicki Davies-Jones. Nicki has been working in HR in the social impact sector for 20 years. She is currently the HR Director of Mission East, a Danish NGO. Previously she was HR Director at Traidcraft. Over her career, she has reviewed a lot of CVs, many of them for consulting roles. In this conversation, Nicki shares 5 tips…

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07 Sourcing consultants: The view from the other side with Helena Rees 32:14

3y ago32:14

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Today I am speaking with Helena Rees. Helena worked for a large global consultancy firm for 10 years and was responsible for sourcing consultants for a variety of projects. Her role focused on identifying suitable consultants and liaising on fee rates, CV preparation, and taking consultants through the bidding process. In this conversation, we go t…

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06 Branding with Connie Hunter Jamieson 32:52

3y ago32:52

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Today I am speaking with Connie Hunter Jamieson from Studio Stereo, a branding and design agency based in my home country of Northern Ireland. In this super helpful conversation, we chat about all things branding. Importantly, we learn the difference between branding and marketing. We learn how to figure out what we really need from our branding as…

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05 LinkedIn: Use it like an expert with Katherine Ann Byam 37:00

3y ago37:00

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In this episode, we are so thrilled to learn from Katherine Byam's expertise in LinkedIn. Katherine shares some brilliant tips about how to start and improve our LinkedIn profile. We chat about how to optimise our profiles so that we can be found easily and she shares some key strategies to connect and build relationships with people and organisati…

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04 Personal finance principles with Jessamy Walker 34:58

3y ago34:58

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Today I am speaking with Jessamy Walker. Jessamy is a financial planner based in the UK. One of the questions we get asked a lot in the Women’s Consulting Workshop is how to organise our finances as consultants. We wanted to explore how we can plan for the feast or famine that working as a consultant seems to bring. In this conversation with Jessam…

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03 From employee to consultant. Mindset with Torrey Peace 32:53

3y ago32:53

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Today I am speaking with Torrey Peace - Torrey is a professional coach based in Kenya, with twelve years’ experience in international development. She facilitates rising and established leaders in the aid world and among her busy coaching practice runs the aid for aid workers leadership podcast. In this insightful conversation, she helps us delve d…

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02 Negotiation with Mrids Palat-Becker 44:36

3y ago44:36

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Today I am speaking with Mrids Palat Becker. Mrids is a Mentor and Money-Mindset Coach at Women Ask For More. Get your notebooks out because, in this bumper conversation, we discuss all things negotiation and money. Mrids helps us understand what we need to consider when we negotiate as consultants. This is such a valuable episode. We talk about th…

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01 Transitioning from a full-time role into consulting with Pauliina Mapatha 43:14

3y ago43:14

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Welcome back to Women in Consulting! This season we'll be exploring some of the behind-the-scenes foundations you need to think about when you are setting up as an independent consultant. In this episode, I'm speaking with Pauliina Mapatha. Pauliina describes herself as a Finnish, extrovert lovepat, based in South Africa. She is a mum of 2 cross-cu…

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Season 2 Trailer 1:58

3y ago1:58

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The short and sweet episode about what is to come in Season 2 of the Women in Consulting Podcast. Thanks for joining us!! If you like our podcast we'd love it if you'd leave a review. It helps other people find us. You can leave a review here. The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private Facebook group for women who are working in consulting…

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013 Confidence in consulting with Pallu Modi 33:04

3y ago33:04

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Today I am speaking with Pallu Modi. Pallu has 25 years of experience in international development with government, consulting firms, academia, and social enterprises. She focuses on longer-term consultancies working on strategy and business development. In this wide-ranging conversation, we hear how Pallu relies on patience, optimism, and confiden…

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012 Becoming an accidental consultant with Winnie Sseruma 43:25

3y ago43:25

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Winnie Sseruma has been working as an international consultant for over two decades. She focuses on health training, community research, programme evaluations, and technical assistance. Mostly she supports community-based organisations responding to issues of social justice, women in leadership, and HIV and AIDS. In a deeply personal and engaging c…

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011 Human Rights consulting with Vicky Prais 29:03

3y ago29:03

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Vicky Prais is a human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant based in London. She has worked in the human rights sector for 25 years and her professional experience extends to the UN, the Council of Europe, various NGOs, and many other organizations. Vicky took a big leap of faith in September 2019 and started her consulting journey…

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010 The Consulting Journey with Janet Whitelaw-Jones 40:47

3y ago40:47

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This week, we mix it up a bit and Helen interviews Janet! Janet has a health background and now works mostly in organizational development and monitoring and evaluation. She started working in international development in 1995 and her experience is based in the NGO and consulting space. In this conversation, Helen gets in under some of Janet's expe…

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09 The 5 P's of Consulting with Paddy Siyanga Knudsen 53:36

3y ago53:36

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Paddy Siyanga Knudsen is a Zambian national with over 16 years of professional experience as a Development Economist and migration expert. In this rich and value-filled conversation, we create The 5 Ps of consulting: Purpose, Patience, Partnership, Personality & Paddy! we dig into intuition and what that means for us as women working in consulting …

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08 Pioneering as a female consultant with Irssa Ahuja 45:32

3y ago45:32

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Today I am speaking with Irssa Ahuja. Irssa is highly skilled research and gender expert. And so much more! She shares rich examples of her work traveling to rural areas, conflict zones and working with diverse communities on topics such as human rights, women’s empowerment, and conflict resolution. Irssa shares her passion for this work and how it…

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07 Storytelling with Natalia Alvarez 44:08

3y ago44:08

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Natalia is a human rights lawyer who decided to use stories instead of legal arguments to make a change. She is a truly inspiring guest who speaks with wisdom and humility about her journey into consulting from academia. In this conversation we learn how intentional and deliberate Natalia is about choosing clients who align with her own values and …

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06 Always learning with Anna Christine Christiansen 47:54

3y ago47:54

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Anna Christine is a change and development consultant. She works with organisations facilitating change and enabling existing motivation and skills to be brought more fully into play. Her focus is on making quality, productivity, and job satisfaction come together in workplaces. In today's conversation, we explore how trust affects our consulting r…

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05 Being an academic and a consultant with Felicity Daly 41:19

3+ y ago41:19

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Felicity describes herself as a researcher and advocate. She has focused on the gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights space for many years and has always had a strong desire to serve in her work. Purpose-driven organisations and institutions are important to her. In our conversation today we cover how she almost fell into consulting …

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04 Know your worth with Judyth Engels 43:07

3+ y ago43:07

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Today I am speaking with Judyth Engels. Judyth is a Digital Economy Consultant working on the African continent with various international development organizations. She has a private sector background started in HR and moved into the Digital Economy space early in her career. In this wisdom-filled generous conversation, we talk about so many thing…

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03 Being generous with Lauri Robbins Ericson 39:37

3+ y ago39:37

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Today I am speaking with Lauri Ericson. Lauri Robbins Ericson is an organizational leadership speaker and consultant with a focus on emotional and gender intelligence. She has worked with leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, CEOs and purpose-driven change-makers all over the world. In this episode we chat about the reason she became a consultan…

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02 Just go for it! with Latoyaa Roberts 26:55

3+ y ago26:55

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Today I am speaking with Latoyaa Roberts a communications and youth development consultant. This is an inspiring conversation, particularly if you are early in your career or you haven't started as a consultant yet. Latoyaa shares some great insights about how she got started and how she kept the work coming in. You can find out more about Latoyaa …

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01 Making the leap to independent consulting with Helen Merati 26:15

3+ y ago26:15

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In this episode, I talk to Helen Merati about her consulting journey. Helen has a background in international health and has worked in the sector for over 20 years. She worked in a consulting firm for 10 years supporting, managing, and contributing to consultancies in health systems strengthening, SRMNCH, HIV, and more. And then stepped into the wo…

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