Liz Ward shares 10 techniques to build your inner resilience. It can feel rough when you are at a pivot point in life, business, or career and it’s pretty difficult to create positive change if you are not in a place of feeling strong.
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Professional cricketer Joe Sayers decided to retire from cricket at the age of 29. He left his contract and pivoted his career into the finance industry. In this interview, Joe shares why he decided to leave a “dream job” to pursue another side of him. So many lessons in focus, setting goals, and understanding your transferrable skills.
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The Multi-Hyphen Book Club that was born at the start of Lockdown. Emma Gannon tells us how she woke up one morning and decided to create a place where people can connect through a monthly book and be inspired by daily book recommendations during this period of social distancing. Lessons in keeping creative projects small and fun.
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In part two of the Slick Pivot Session with Matt Healy, award-winning chef, and restaurateur, we hear how he pivoted his restaurant’s activity during the pandemic and is spreading lots of joy to the frontline NHS staff by delivering his famous Sunday roasts to hospital teams in Leeds whilst they care for corona virus patients.
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Matt shares his pivot journey, how he left a top restaurant in London be closer to his family and applied to Masterchef for a bit of a laugh. There were twists, turns, and lots of points where he could have given up, yet Matt kept going. And keeps going. He has opened 3 food venues in the last two years, Matt Healy x The Foundry has won loads of awards including Britain’s Best Roast Dinner, Best City Centre Restaurant (in Leeds) and a Michelin plate.
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Liz Ward is joined by James Kirkham, Chief Business Officer from Defected Records, who shares an exclusive inside track on how the Defected Team pivoted their business to deliver 12 hours of positivity to millions in just 5 days. Tune in to hear the story behind this seminal moment in dance music culture.
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Lucy shares her personal story of scaling down her PR agency during maternity leave and pivoting to teaching small business owners how to do their own PR from her garden office in East London. We talk about resilience, following what is right for you and why we are all constantly pivoting to design careers that work for us.
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Yasmine shares her pivot story from a 10 year long career in Design, Brand and Marketing to following her love of fitness to retrain, qualify and build a business as a Personal Trainer. We cover listening to mentors, getting buy-in from friends and family and working out the superpowers you might not know you have.
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Fleur spent three years setting up a premium ready meal business. she had a product range ready to go, funding in place and interest from supermarkets yet decided to pull the plug and pivot her career. Tune to hear how she knew to trust her instinct and how she has rebuilt a new career as a start-up advisor in a matter of months.
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Ashley talks about her painful exit from the HR job that people knew her for. She tells us why you shouldn’t ask for a payrise from an emotional place, why negotiation is a crucial skill in breaking through the ceilings we subconsciously place over our own heads and if you haven't pushed to a “no”, you have no idea what else might have been on the table
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Jenny Simms, Owner and brand director of The Marshmallowist, the UK’s first gourmet marshmallow company, shares her pivot story from speech writing in parliament to running a confectionary start-up. We talk about how you’ll never leave your skills and strengths behind when you start a new career path, trusting the journey and building a brand start-up style.
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Suzy was a personal trainer with a psychology qualification. She was practicing as a health coach when life happened. Her father was terminally ill and her daughter was born. This combination of life events changed everything for Suzy. She is now a successful author on Self Care, her 3 books are changing the way we look at nourishing ourselves and our children.
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