Real conversations between two generations and the people who've been there before. Hosted by executive coach Brad Solomon and 17-year-old college student Isla Murphy, Finding Your Voice explores confidence, communication, leadership, relationships and life through the eyes of both a teenager and an adult. Alongside our conversations, we'll be joined by experienced leaders, coaches, entrepreneurs, educators and inspiring guests who'll share the lessons they've learnt through their own journeys, both the successes and the mistakes.
Our aim is simple.
To explore how we can help young people develop the confidence, self-awareness, communication skills and leadership mindset much earlier in life. These are the conversations that shape who we become, yet many don't happen often enough in schools, colleges or universities. Whether you're a young person finding your direction, a parent, a teacher, a leader or someone who simply enjoys honest conversations, this podcast is for you.
No scripts. No lectures. Just real conversations about finding your voice. Where experience meets potential.
Finding Your Voice: Confidence, Leadership and Lessons Across Generations – Isla Meets Fransien
Send us Fan Mail Where experience meets potential. In this episode of Finding Your Voice, Isla takes the interviewer's chair once again, this time welcoming Fransien from International SOS, based in Singapore, for a conversation about confidence, leadership, emotional intelligence and the importance of finding your own voice. Following the same questions Isla previously explored with Brad, the conversation brings together two different generations and perspectives on what it really means to l...
11 Sept 2026
What if Leadership starts with Shutting up?
Send us Fan Mail This week on Finding Your Voice, the tables are turned. Isla takes the mic and interviews Brad, exploring what more than 30 years of working with leaders has taught him about confidence, emotional intelligence, leadership and, ultimately, finding your own voice. But this isn’t just a conversation about leadership at work. It’s a conversation between two generations. Isla asks whether Brad had found his voice at 17, whether confidence is something you have or something you bui...
25 Aug 2026
Finding Your Voice: Saying Yes to Bali
Send us Fan Mail What can travelling thousands of miles from home teach a 17-year-old about confidence, independence and finding her voice? In this episode of Finding Your Voice: Where Experience Meets Potential, Brad and Isla reflect on Isla’s return from volunteering and backpacking in Bali. From teaching English to children in a small fishing community and learning to communicate through games and play, to climbing Mount Batur for sunrise, travelling independently on Grab bikes, staying in...
6 Aug 2026
Authentically unpassionate
Send us Fan Mail Finding Your Voice – Episode 4Leadership Through the Eyes of a 17-Year-Old What does leadership actually look like to someone who is just about to enter adulthood? In this episode, Brad sits down with Isla to explore leadership from a perspective we rarely hear. Rather than discussing leadership theories or corporate models, the conversation focuses on what genuinely earns the respect of a young person. Together they explore why explaining why matters, the importance of two-w...
28 Jul 2026
Episode 3 – What Teenagers Can Teach Us About Leadership
Send us Fan Mail Are the best leadership lessons actually coming from the classroom? In this episode of Finding Your Voice, Brad and Isla turn the tables on traditional leadership thinking by exploring what adults—and particularly leaders—can learn from teenagers about motivation, engagement and communication. Drawing on Isla's experiences as a student, they explore what separates an average teacher from one who genuinely inspires young people to learn. The conversation uncovers striking para...
8 Jul 2026
Confidence – Where Does It Come From?
Send us Fan Mail What does confidence really look like when you're a teenager? Is it something we're born with, or something we learn? And why do so many people mistake popularity for confidence? In this episode of Finding Your Voice, Brad and Isla explore one of the most talked about, yet least understood, subjects facing young people today. Drawing on Isla's experiences at school and college, alongside Brad's work as an executive coach and behavioural psychologist, they unpack how con...
2 Jul 2026
Episode 1: Understanding Emotions
Send us Fan Mail Episode 1: Understanding Emotions Why do teenagers sometimes shut down when adults are trying to help? Why do adults often get it wrong, even with the best intentions? And what do young people really need from us when life feels overwhelming? In our very first episode, Brad and Isla dive straight into one of the biggest challenges facing young people today: understanding emotions in a world where expectations seem higher than ever. Drawing on Isla's own experiences, and the c...
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