Welcome to the Career Stories Podcast - a place where you can learn more about real life career stories and careers advice from the field. I'm Penny Strutton your host. A qualified coach, certified business psychologist and organisational development consultant who works with organisations across the private, public and voluntary sector. When choosing a career or switching career, building your knowledge of other careers available is one of the first steps in starting your development journey. It is the interesting routes, choices, opportunities and challenges that I’m looking to explore, to showcase the different avenues we take to achieve the final outcome, or career status. This podcast aims to inspire you through deep, real life insight into an array of different jobs, to help invigorate and direct your career journey. There is no perfect route, and that by building on strengths, personality, skills and opportunities that you too can achieve growth in a career that is more suited to you.
Career Stories from the Field
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Welcome to the Career Stories Podcast - a place where you can learn more about real life career stories and careers advice from the field. I'm Penny Strutton your host. A qualified coach, certified business psychologist and organisational development consultant who works with organisations across the private, public and voluntary sector. When choosing a career or switching career, building your knowledge of other careers available is one of the first steps in starting your development journey. It is the interesting routes, choices, opportunities and challenges that I’m looking to explore, to showcase the different avenues we take to achieve the final outcome, or career status. This podcast aims to inspire you through deep, real life insight into an array of different jobs, to help invigorate and direct your career journey. There is no perfect route, and that by building on strengths, personality, skills and opportunities that you too can achieve growth in a career that is more suited to you.
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October 20, 2023
Ani Filipova from banking and finance to portfolio career.
<p>Today I had the pleasure of talking to Ani Filipova from Athens. </p><h2>Ani's Career story</h2><p>Ani tells a fascinating story, starting with a degree in banking and finance in Bulgaria, Ani worked her way up to be the COO at Citi Bank in Hong Kong. Just a few years ago Ani took the leap and now has a portfolio career – she’s a board member, founder, change advisor, investor, podcaster and coach. Wow, what else does she have time for! Listen in and find out. </p><p>Find out more about Ani here <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anifilipova/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/anifilipova/</a></p><p>Find out more about Penny and Think Forward here <a href="https://thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Penny Strutton | Executive Career & Leadership Development Coach (thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk)</a></p><p>Join the Careers Revolution facebook group here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thecareerrevolution/groups" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(3) The Career Revolution | Facebook</a></p>
October 6, 2023
Dr Stewart Desson - from numbers to psychometrics meet the Founder of Lumina Learning
<p>Dr Stewart Desson, CEO and founder of Lumina Learning. Stewart talks about how he transitioned from working with numbers to people and how he now combines both interests in his work with psychometrics. </p><h2>The path to Lumina Learning</h2><p>13 years ago he made the leap and embraced his entrepreneurial ability to launch and grow Lumina Learning, now a global organisation. With a focus on selection and development, Lumina provides invaluable digital tools to organisations worldwide. Being a huge fan of Lumina, it really was an honour to have this time with Stewart. </p><p>To find out more about Lumina Learning visit <a href="http://www.luminalearning.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.luminalearning.com</a></p><p>Find out more about Penny and Think Forward here <a href="https://thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Penny Strutton | Executive Career & Leadership Development Coach (thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk)</a></p><p>Join the Careers Revolution facebook group here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thecareerrevolution/groups" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(3) The Career Revolution | Facebook</a></p>
September 1, 2023
Wendy Plumb career journey - from British Gas to Harlequin Rugby Club to the Samaritans as Assistant Director of Donor Engagement.
This week I’m talking to Wendy Plumb. She is the Assistant Director of donor engagement at Samaritans. She shares a fascinating story of working within a variety of industries, finding her purpose and living her values through her work, and gives us a great insight into how you can get to the top but also work part time. To find out more about Penny Strutton and Think Forward Consulting, please visit www.thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk or connect with me onhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/pennystrutton/%E2%81%A0 ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennystrutton/) If you would like to feature as a guest on the podcast, please do get in touch with Penny on penny@thinkforwardconsulting.co.uk Join the private Facebook Group “The Career Revolution” here https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecareerrevolution About the host Penny is a qualified coach, certified business psychologist and organisational development consultant who works with organisations across the private, public and voluntary sector. Penny works strategically with senior staff, develops leadership capabilities, conducts employee research, delivers career coaching programmes both privately and in-house, integrates and implements cultural change as well as delivers executive coaching, team development and bespoke training activities. A practitioner member of the Association for Business Psychology, Penny has a BA and Msc in Organisational Psychology, a Diploma in Performance Coaching and is a qualified NLP Practitioner and Lumina Psychometric Profile Practitioner.
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