Age Defying Careers With Elise Stevens

BEING GRATEFUL with Christina Bertram A gratitude project has turned into a fully-fledged business for former HR professional Christina Bertram. When her daughter needed support for her anxiety, Christina found online kindness cards, which she hoped would allow her to reach out in gratitude to others in her life. Ironically, the idea didn’t at all […]

In this episode, Business Analyst Saffron House shares her career story. Based in Southampton, United Kingdom, Saffron is a qualified business analyst who has a ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis in 2011, (now known as the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis). In 2014, she presented at the European Conference in Business Analysis. Saffron is […]

In this episode, Visibility Coach Jenny De Lacy shares her career story to inspire us all. Jenny is a video marketing strategist and expert. She transferred her Learning and Development skills gained over 20 years, and made the shift from being a ‘contractor’ to ‘business owner’. IN THIS PODCAST Jenny’s journey from a career in […]

Felicity Dwyer is a careers coach, management consultant and trainer, based in Hampshire, England. In this interview, she talks about her own career journey and how it led to her starting two successful businesses aged in her 40s. Felicity is the founder of Stepping Up, a UK leadership and management training consultancy. In her interview […]

In this episode of the Fix My Project Chaos podcast, Elise Stevens talks professional development with internationally-renowned business author and speaker, Mike Clayton. Mike is the author of 13 business books, and is regularly called upon by some of Britain’s largest public, private and not-for-profit organisations to deliver corporate training and conference keynotes. He is […]

EMBRACING CHANGE with Paulette Oldfield Today Paulette Oldfield shares her career story of becoming a change and agile specialist. Paulette is a Project Manager, Agile subject matter expert and Certified Scrum Master who specialises in Agile coaching, development and Change Management. A pragmatic approach with a ‘start it, finish it’ mindset who thrives on challenges […]

This brilliant podcast series focuses on stakeholder management in celebration of our eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders. Leave your comments below, and join us on social media to get involved in the conversation. It’s time to be your authentic self! In this podcast, Elise Stevens speaks with Nicole Nader about why being authentic is […]

DESIGNING YOUR CAREER with Anastasia Dinos When Anastasia Dinos finished school, she chose to move straight into the workforce and hold off on further study until she knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. She had no idea it would take until her 40s to figure it out. For 23 years Anastasia […]

GETTING INTO THE DRIVER’S SEAT Raylene Pruess has been in the driving seat of her career ever since the day she left school and decided to ditch Schoolies celebrations for a course on “How to Get A Job”. Raylene’s first job was in administration for residential real estate before she moved into property management and […]

CHASING OPPORTUNITY Unlike her sister, who walked out of the womb and straight into law school, Sue Mills didn’t know what career she wanted. Instead, she tried everything. While studying a commerce degree to appease her parents, Sue moonlighted in mining, finance, retail and legal. In her attempt to figure out what she was good […]

TAKING RISKS Kanchana Bishop has always been curious about how things work. When she saw a pamphlet for a chemical engineering degree while still in high school she jumped at the idea and became one of just three women to graduate from a cohort of 40 students. When she took her first engineering job, the […]

EMBRACING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Choosing a path after high school was simple for Elissa Farrow; she just wanted to help people. After her dad died when she was just 14, Elissa became involved in a number of peer-led learning groups. These experiences became the launching pad for her eventual enrolment in a Bachelor of Social […]

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS As a high school drop-out, Chris Lawler could never have envisaged that one day she’d be running her own consultancy business, with four degrees under her belt and her sights set on a PhD. Chris was plagued by bouts of illness as a teenager so she left school around year 10 and […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Putting egos aside and engaging stakeholders for a common purpose In this podcast, Elise […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Let’s talk about managing diverse stakeholder groups Catherine Robson is passionate about people and […]

IT’S TIME TO SQUASH THE SUCCESS MYTH Sue Parker knows no victory comes without at least a few tears and in this podcast she helps Elise Stevens break down some of the false hype around success. Sue landed her first advertising job with the Yellow Pages at the age of 20, laying the foundation for […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Let’s talk about the importance of stakeholder engagement in portfolio management Sabina Janstrom is […]

BUILDING LEADERSHIP MUSCLE Michelle Redfern and Sheryl Sandberg share at least one thing in common. Their career has been less of a straight and narrow path and more of a jungle gym! In this podcast we discuss Michelle’s inspiring career journey and the importance of building leadership muscle. After leaving school at the tender age […]

To celebrate the launch of our new eCourse, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune in each week for the next FREE instalment (view all previous Podcasts in the series here). If you are already subscribed to our mailing list, we’ll email you a simple recap of posts each […]

THE FUTURE IS FEMALE Ask Katrena Friel her vision of the future and she pulls no punches. “The future will be ruled by women,” she tells Elise Stevens. And she should know. Katrena’s career has taken her in plenty of different directions, but her ultimate calling has been coaching and mentoring women to find truly […]