Favourite Positions

Guest
Rachel Mathia is a Learning and Leadership Expert. She supports the executive team at lululemon with their leadership and cultivates the team culture.

Overview
Hear from Rachel on how to lead with your personal values and create a career where you are truly thriving, nobody knows this topic better than she does.

Takeaway
Rachel says the most valuable asset she's taken from her experiences is the immediate power of leadership. She says that the most successful team leaders she has worked with shared qualities of generosity, a level of humility and strengths within communication and that it is through these traits a confidence and resiliency grows within the company, allowing them, and others, to take calculated risks.

Links
Find out more about what Rachel does and check out her brand new game, 'What's Below The Surface', on rachelmathia.com. Please leave us a review so we can find out what you think about the series and share it with anyone you think will benefit from it. Visit favouritepositions.com if you'd like to read the hottest careers advice out there and follow us on Instagram if that's your thing, we're @favouritepositionspodcast and we're posting daily inspiration - good vibes only over there.

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Guest
Beth Lewis is the People Experience Lead at TrustedHousesitters, a global, pet-loving community on a mission to create a world where pets enjoy their owners’ vacations just as much as they do!

Overview
In this episode, Beth talks about why TrustedHousesitters have transitioned into a remote-first organisation, how to support team members all around the world, what to look for in a progressive work space and how to prevent burn-out.

Takeaway
The future of work is exciting, it comes with new challenges but will unlock an enormous number of positives, one of which being the ability for individuals to have autonomy over their working patterns. Beth and her team have made a commitment to enabling flexible ways of working, including non-linear work days, because that was something that they found out was desirable for the company. This attitude and action is inspiring. There is no better time than now to take steps towards a more inclusive and caring world of work.

Links
Learn more about TrustedHousesitters via their website trustedhousesitters.com and find plenty of resources on finding what you love to do over on favouritepositions.com. Favourite Positions is also on Instagram @favouritepositionspodcast so feel free to connect with us there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new series!

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Guest
In this episode, we speak to Greg, Head of Fundraising at Team Domenica, about how inclusivity at work is world changing. Team Domenica is a social enterprise charity. Their vision is for people with learning disabilities to be valued in the workplace, to reach their full potential and feel included as members of society.

Overview
Hear Greg talk about how the mission he and his team are on to help people with learning disabilities discover their career potential, to create employment opportunities and to remove barriers to work in local communities.

Takeaway
We all have an opportunity, through our work, to make this world a place where everyone feels valued, no matter what we do.

Links

You can follow the incredible journey Team Domenica are on over on their website teamdomenica.com and across all social media platforms, too.

You can find more resources on finding what you love to do and creating health and happy work place culture over on favorutiepositions.com. You can also find us on Instagram@favouritepositionspodcast- feel free to connect with us there!

Thank you so much for listening, this is the first of 10 episodes which will make up the culture + careers series, we'd love to hear what you think about it so feel free to leave us a review. Please do share the link to the series with anyone you think will benefit from knowing about it, we really appreciate your support.

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Guest

In this episode, we chat to globally recognised tattoo artist, Lui Lopez. Lui specialises in the Japanese cartoon style, Manga and currently works out of Studio Hatch in Brighton, though regularly travels to cities around the world for guest spots.

Takeaway

Lui's experiences working in different places across the globe has given him invaluable insight into what makes an inclusive environment where people can thrive. He shared honestly in this episode the dangers of using profit as the main motivator and beautifully emphasised the simple but absolutely essential message that being kind to yourself and to others is more important than anything else.

Links

You can follow Lui's travels and see the world class art he creates over on his Instagram @luilopeztattoos and whilst you're there, check out our daily motivational posts @favouritepositionspodcast.

Thank you so much for listening, we hope you found this episode as enjoyable to listen to as we did to record. This episode is part of the culture + careers series, we'd love to hear what you think about it so feel free to leave us a review. Please do share the link to the series with anyone you think will benefit from knowing about it, we really appreciate your support.

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Guest

Fraser Davidson, Founder of Cub Studio, has over 15 years of experience in the animation industry and his work with comedians on various projects has gained acclaim as well as several million YouTube hits.

Overview

In this episode, we speak to Cub about how they've been able to nurture their team further and expand their capabilities in to new directions.

Takeaway

Fraser talks about the simplicity and importance of trust within a work space and the undeniable impact that has on the culture of the team. So often, job adverts and company websites list all the features they offer employees but perhaps taking a much more stripped back approach could be more effective - the bottom line is that we all want to feel like we're doing something meaningful with our time and if our work space can give us the confidence to do that then we're likely to find greater enjoyment in our day to day.

Links

Check out Cub Studio's engaging animations over on cubstudio.com and find plenty of resources on finding what you love to do over on favouritepositions.com. Favourite Positions is also on Instagram @favouritepositionspodcast so feel free to connect with us there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new series!

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Guest

Lizzie Boyd is the Founder of The Pod HR, a small squad of HR freelancers with a tonne of experience, including Lizzie, that exists to help businesses with their people stuff.

Overview

In this episode, we chat to Lizzie about the impact of putting people first, avoiding burn-out and why we avoid having difficult conversations.

Takeaway

There is a clear take away from this episode which is: take a moment to pause, check in with yourself and then check in with those around you. So many work place issues can be solved by communicating honestly, first with yourself then with your team.

Links

If you'd like to chat through an HR concern then you can get hold of the wonder woman that is Lizzie via her site: thepodhr.com or by emailing her at [email protected]. If you're interested in hearing more from us on finding what you love to do then check out favouritepositions.com. 

You can also find us on Instagram @favouritepositionspodcast - feel free to connect with us there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new series!

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Guest

Alex Young, Founder of Favourite Positions

Overview

Alex Young is the Founder of Favourite Positions, a platform dedicated to helping people find what they love to do. She has built a career around connecting people with one another and to initiatives that enable them to develop personally as well as professionally. 

Hear about where the concept of Favourite Positions came from and what she plans to do with it in the future, too.

Takeaway

Alex learnt at an early age that only we, ourselves, are responsible for our wellbeing and through experiencing pretty severe burn out, she had to rethink what a healthy lifestyle looked like. She talks about how to design a life that truly makes you happy and grounded through mindful routines.

Links

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Guest

Liz Gingell, Co-Owner of The Faerie Shop

Overview

Liz is the Co-Owner of The Faerie Shop, a physical shop and online space promoting wellbeing and inspiring people to realise and live as their authentic selves.

Hear her talk about the importance of listening to what it is that you don’t like doing when thinking about the kind of life you really want to have. Liz has learnt and continues to learn what she needs to about running her own business as she goes and doesn’t let the sheer amount of things she’ll need to get to grips with in order to make it a success put her off doing it in the first place because nothing matters more to her than freedom in her every day.

Takeaway

Taking stock of what we have that benefits us and eliminating shit from our lives that doesn’t make us feel good is really the key to doing more of what we love.

Links

Find out more about the shop by searching for 'The Faerie Shop' on Facebook and definitely pay it a visit if you're able to.

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Guest

Caleb Yule, Founder of Stories of Note

Overview

Caleb Yule is the founder of Stories of Note, a film company dedicated to recording and amplifying important stories that are seldom heard. 

Caleb works with non-profits and their funders, taking a strengths-based approach to storytelling, portraying all subjects in their best light.

Takeaway

Caleb is a master of timing and in this episode, he talks about how he has managed to work a 4-day week doing what he loves. 

For anyone who wants to work as little as possible and spend the time they are working doing what they feel most passionately about, this one is for you.

Links

Check out Caleb's incredible films by searching for Stories of Note on Vimeo and learn more about his services over on storiesofnote.com.

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Guest

Rebekah Few, freelance mental health + wellbeing consultant

Overview

Rebekah is an experienced freelance mental health and wellbeing consultant, facilitator and writer. 

She runs her own business (Not Lost, but Free) providing consultancy and training around popular psychological concepts and mental health to businesses. Her clients include Sony Music, Harrods, LinkedIn, Royal Mail and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine.

When she moved cities from Birmingham to Brighton and left her full time position a few years ago, she pushed herself to reimagine her whole life. Her approach to life is as her business’s name suggests: free. 

If you’ve ever found yourself asking the question what is the purpose of my life then this episode will definitely be an interesting listen for you.

Takeaway

All we have to do to experience the very best things that life can offer us is free up our time.

Links

Check out Rebekah's website notlostbutfree.com for information about her services and also a whole host of blogs on topics from playing as adults to manifestation.

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