On 1 March, 2024 we celebrated the third anniversary of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR. It has become a tradition for us to mark each anniversary by curating a collection of different guest stories from the year's episodes and that's what we have done for this episode.

We have also chosen 1 March 2024 to launch Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub. Think of it as a resource for you if you are interested in learning more about Fulfilling Performance and how to enable it for yourself and others. Over the coming weeks and months you can expect posts and articles, examples and interviews and a warm welcome, if you'd like to engage in discussion on those pages.

I'm thrilled to be celebrating three whole years and 158 episodes of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR. I couldn’t have done it without the help of the CAREER-VIEW MIRROR team and we couldn't have done it without our guests.

You'll hear 12 different voices in this episode. If you're a regular listener I hope you'll enjoy this trip down memory lane and if you are new to CAREER-VIEW MIRROR,  I hope this will help you to identify some episodes to dive into next.

#157 Katrin Zimmermann: building an adventurous, innovative and intentional career from an apprenticeship with Lufthansa to establishing and leading TLGG's New York office.

#151 Karolina Bullock: Combining a set of transferable key ingredients with self awareness, determination and hard work to create an inspiring career.

#140 Side Mirror: Caroline Rae on building a career on your own terms.

#138 Vitória Lorenzetti: From Brazil to Amsterdam, Fueling the Future of EVs.

#117 Elisa Viaud: The organisational psychologist bringing compassion back into fashion in the HR and recruitment world.

#115 Kevin Powell: the "innovative scientist" on a mission to create delightful consumer experiences.

#114 Mike Ellenthorpe: a case study in taking opportunities when they appear and remaining proactive and resilient when they don't.

#113 Kit Wisdom: navigating an automotive career journey driven by an internal need to remain challenged.

#110 Rachel Johnson: Defining a personal operating manual to help managers get the best out you.

#109 Rhys Long: on taking a slow boat to China and making the most of opportunities along the way.

#108 Dave Palmer - how a humble, hard working former auto finance guy is navigating an entrepreneurial journey in the world of travel.

#107 Preston Rogers: on proximity to decision makers, customer feedback loops, awareness of diminishing challenge and the importance of balancing family priorities within an international career.

As always, I'll look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

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Episode recorded on 27 February 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Katrin Zimmermann.

Katrin launched TLGG’s New York office. As Managing Director, she is responsible for consulting services with global clients. At TLGG, Katrin has served and mentored clients on business strategy, digital transformation, marketing transformation and innovation up to the C-suite.

Prior to joining TLGG, Katrin co-created the Lufthansa Innovation Hub (named as best digital lab by Capital Magazine in 2017 and 2018) with global responsibility for business innovation where she developed ventures in the services and mobility field from Seoul to Berlin.

She has a deep knowledge of digital marketing and growth hacking techniques which enabled new ventures to scale quickly and incumbent players to strategically maximize their ROI.

Katrin has over 15 years of client-side experience in travel, hospitality, logistics and loyalty.

She is also an expert in web analytics, SEO and SEM. She has a proven track record of driving traffic and improving conversions through data-driven optimization strategies.

In our conversation we discuss the early influence of her Montessori education, her apprenticeship with Lufthansa, the transferable skills and experience she developed as a Flight Attendant and how she has built her career block by block, having fun, creating opportunities and taking them even (or maybe especially) if they took her outside of her comfort zone so that she now finds herself fulfilling one of her dreams which was to live and work in New York City.

I enjoyed getting to know Katrin during our conversation and I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Katrin
LinkedIn: Katrin Zimmermann
Email: [email protected]
Website: TLGG Consulting  

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Episode recorded on 8 February, 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Adam Harley.

Adam is Sales Director for the Leasing division of Santander Consumer UK. He joined to help the business grow market share, volume and capability in the leasing sector.  Santander is the 8th largest leasing company in the UK and has bold aspirations.

Prior to joining Santander, Adam spent 18 years with BMW Group where he was fortunate to work in all three of the UK sales operations - Alphabet, BMW UK and BMW Financial Services.

He's very much a family man. Work has to balance with home life and he needs more than a little bit of fun while he's at work.   

In our conversation we talk about the influence of his older brother and how that led to his first role in real estate. Adam shares how he later identified a desire to move into a larger corporate environment, ideally in automotive. He couldn't just walk directly into that world but he worked out some steps he could take to make that happen.

He also reminded me how it was a call from me almost 20 years ago that led to him enjoying a successful 18 year career at BMW. Finally we talk about how in spite of BMW being such a great company he eventually felt the need to take on a fresh challenge and how he set about finding and securing that.

I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: Adam Harley

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Episode recorded on 6 February, 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Justin Ammerlaan.

Justin has spent the majority of his career to date with the Dutch bank ING and with BMW's leasing company Alphabet. He has lived in the Netherlands, America, Italy and Germany. All of which makes him a knowledgeable commercial leader in the international automotive and mobility sector.

He has a focus on achieving growth, innovation and customer satisfaction in complex and competitive environments. And he is fascinated by everything related to sustainable mobility and energy. He is often described by others as 'a driving force', someone who gets things done.

In our conversation we talk about how once he'd decided on business as an interesting route to take he became involved in digitisation and direct sales from the beginning of his career.

He shares his experience with ING and then living through the acquisition by BMW's leasing company, Alphabet, and his onward trajectory within the new business. I learned the delightful story of how he met the woman who'd become his wife in Italy and why and how they felt the need to keep their relationship secret. Justin very generously lets us in on the challenges he faced that caused him to re-evaluate his path and the approach he has taken to preparing for the next phase of his life and career.

I absolutely loved listening to Justin's story. I'm very proud to share it and I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Justin on LinkedIn: Justin Ammerlaan

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Episode recorded on 25 January 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Paul Bennett.

Paul's focus centres on the Asset Finance industry, primarily on the sale
and delivery of complex FinTech/SaaS solutions to Tier 1 (captive and
non captive) automotive financial services companies, their OEM
partners and retail networks in Europe and other key international
markets.

Over the past 40 years he has originated, invested in, and successfully
exited several commercial ventures, mostly in the technology sector.

He's a dynamic yet pragmatic highly skilled communicator with a proven
track record of UK and international success in all aspects of business
development, consulting, and relationship management. He thrives on
close customer interaction and developing executive relationships to
achieve commercial success.

In our conversation we talk about his entrepreneurial background, his early career years and his transition into automotive retailing and then the software side of customer retention. Paul shares some entertaining examples of how his appetite for risk has led to foreign adventures and business success.

I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: Paul Bennett
Email: [email protected]

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Episode recorded on 24 January 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Tilly Lyles.

Tilly joined Toyota Insurance Services in March 2023, after moving across from Toyota GB.

She'd undertaken a year’s Student placement with Toyota in 2019 and was invited back onto the 18 month Graduate scheme after she completed her degree in 2021.

Her student placement was spent within the Network Development team under Operations, and she returned to the Network Operations team for one of her graduate rotations.

Other rotations during that programme included Retailer Services, Customer Experience & Innovation and Customer & Network Support.

Each rotation provided an opportunity to manage projects, present to Directors and Senior management, plan and coordinate brand events and manage relationships with external partners.

During her time so far with Toyota Insurance Services she's enjoyed the opportunity to offer support and advice to colleagues within Toyota and Lexus Centres and Groups.

I'm pretty sure that Tilly is the youngest guest I've invited to join me. I first met her about a year ago as part of the work we have been doing with Toyota.

She joined the Toyota Insurance Services team as an Insurance Performance Manager and took part in our Towards Fulfilling Performance development programme. Tilly immediately impressed my colleague Ian and me with her mindset and approach to the programme.

During one conversation I had with her CEO he said, "Why don't you take a different angle with an episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR and feature someone who is much earlier in their career?"

I thought this was a great idea and I hope that Tilly's episode will be particularly helpful for listeners who themselves are in the early stages of their career and find her experience relatable.

I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Tilly on LinkedIn: Tilly Lyles

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Episode recorded on 9 January 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Steve Siebold.

Since 1997, Steve Siebold, CSP, CFEd has helped Fortune 100 companies increase sales by $1.3 billion USD through his flagship training program, Mental Toughness University.

Siebold has delivered $16 million in keynote speeches at National and International Conventions for companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Ingersoll-Rand, Caterpillar, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Toyota, Chrysler-Fiat, Transamerica and hundreds of others.

His 12 books have sold over 1.6 million copies, including the #1 selling book of 2020 on Personal Finance, How Money Works, with co-author Tom Mathews. Siebold’s books have been translated into 7 languages.

He’s a former professional tennis player and national coach. His sports clients include Andre Agassi, the Boston Celtics, Miami Marlins and Ohio State Buckeyes.

As the CEO of Siebold Success Network, Steve oversees a team of 118 inside and outside salespeople, which gives him unique insights on how to build a mentally tough sales team.

Steve’s work has been featured on every major television network in the United States and Canada, and his interviews and articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, USA Today and hundreds of other publications around the world.

As a professional speaker, Steve ranks among the top 1% of income earners worldwide. He is the former chairman of the National Speakers Association’s Million-Dollar Speaker Group.

In our conversation, we talk about what Steve learned from his professional tennis career and how that helped him as an entrepreneur, the value of coaches and mentors (particularly if we are able to follow their guidance with commitment), how it's easier to commit if what we are committing to is genuinely the right thing for us, the role that luck has played in his success and how he and his wife and business partner Dawn are now intent on giving back and giving others a hand up in various ways including the International Personal Development Association whose mission is to reduce human suffering around the world through personal development. 

I first got to know about Steve in 2010 and I've followed his work ever since. I'm delighted that he joined me to create this episode and I'm thrilled to share his insights with you.

Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: Steve Siebold
Speaker Steve Siebold
International Personal Development Association
Steve on TV

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Episode recorded on 4 January 2024.

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Karolina Bullock.

Karolina is the General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy for Toyota Insurance Services UK.

Before taking on her latest role, Karolina spent the majority of her career within facilities management with the Japanese insurer Aioi Nissay Dowa, part of the MS & AD Group.

In our conversation, we talk about her childhood in Poland, her move to the UK aged 18 and the key ingredients that she has leveraged over the last decade or so to develop her career.

When I first heard Karolina's story I was struck by her courage, her tenacity and drive, her pragmatism, her self awareness and her ambition. Karolina openly shares the paradigms and behaviours that have clearly contributed to her success so far and that will transfer easily and equally effectively into other domains.

I am inspired by how Karolina has navigated her career journey so far and delighted to give you an insight into her mindset and approach in this episode. I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect on LinkedIn: Karolina Bullock

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Episode recorded on 8 January 2024.

This is Episode 150 of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR. We are celebrating this milestone with a very special guest, Annie Wechter.

Annie helped us to get the podcast started and was our guest for Episode 1.

When we last spoke to Annie, she was in lockdown mode, fresh out of a world tour and taking a career break from the EV world while launching a sustainable swimwear company. She didn't sit out of the game for long. Annie joined the exciting British start-up Arrival at the end of 2020 to launch their innovative electric delivery Vans and city Buses, powered by local microfactories. After an exciting ride at Arrival, which witnessed the highest-valued IPO in UK history, followed by many twists and turns, Annie left to join a Cambridge-based battery tech company called Nyobolt this year, leading their Investor Relations activities while also pursuing a Master's degree in International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability.

In our conversation we talk about Annie's experiences and learnings from 2.5 years at Arrival, she gives us an update on the 4 months she spent this past summer in Uganda and Brazil supporting her personal social projects, we talk about her appreciation and passion for renewable energies and green tech and how she has now joined Nyobolt and enrolled on a Masters programme at Bath University in the UK.

I am proud to call Annie a friend and privileged to be able to share this latest phase of her career and life journey. As always, I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.

Connect with Annie on LinkedIn: Annie Wechter

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Episode recorded on 16 November 2023.

In November 2010, prompted by a suggestion in an email newsletter that I had subscribed to, I sat down and fleshed out the details behind the statement, “What my life will be like”.

I’m recording this episode knowing that it will be published on 1 January 2024.

As it’s a time of year when we often set aside some time for reflection and goal setting I thought it would be an ideal episode to share my experience of this exercise.

Often when we talk about Goal Setting, we are encouraged to set SMART goals. That is goals or objectives that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound or some slight variation of the SMART acronym.

We are recommended to break them down into action steps and work out how we are going to measure our progress. Whilst this approach is well proven and effective, it can feel like a fair amount of work and be offputting. Sometimes so much so that we decide not to bother at all!

Unlike that approach, I'd say this exercise was fun. I'd even use the word playful. I use that word very deliberately because play is a behaviour we often consign to our childhood.

The exercise I am going to share with you allows or even requires us to use our imagination. Some of us find that easier than others.

The exercise encourages us to create in our imaginations how we would like our life to be.

When I did this, just over 13 years ago, I chose to focus on imagining my next career.

My end in mind for sharing this story is to encourage you to have some fun, unleash your imagination, reflect on your values, strengths and interests and in some way, shape or form capture that stream of consciousness about how your life will be in a document.  That exercise will give you increased clarity and a sense of intentionality that will inform your decision making and actions.

And I hope that you will return to this document after an appropriate period of time to find that much of what you have wished for you have been able to create for yourself.

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Episode recorded on 29 December, 2023.