Human Too Podcast

Matt Adamson is a Burnout and Career Coach, and features on the Accountancy Hub platform. He specialises in helping professionals achieve success sustainably in all areas of life, with his 20 years of corporate experience, most recently as an Executive Director at UBS

In this episode, Matt shares his personal experience with burnout, noting symptoms can be subtle and often go unrecognised. He reflects on the recovery process, the importance of therapy, and the lessons he learned about self-care and sustainability in one's career. 

We discuss systemic issues in the workplace but the importance of personal choices as well. Matt is a big believer that as an individual we have agency in preventing burnout and developing sustainable success. Sometimes  burnout can be about a disconnect to purpose, self-limiting beliefs, and even a distancing from family and friends.  

This is a brilliant episode for anyone in a senior high pressure role but also accountancy and tax trainees who are in their early careers juggling work/study and a personal life.

In this episode, Ben Wilson shares his career journey to becoming an an ACCA Expert Tutor with his own tuition business focusing on helping students pass the Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA) exam.

We chat about the challenges of balancing work and study, the key to success in ACCA exams, and the significance of networking and seizing opportunities in one's career.

We also explore Ben's recent ADHD diagnosis and the importance of understanding one's strengths and weaknesses in the workplace.

Thank you Ben!

In this episode, we chat to Career Coach Natasha Weller, who shares her journey from a corporate career to coaching. Natasha discusses the importance of workplace culture, how to navigate job hunting, and common themes she encounters with her coaching clients, including career confusion and setbacks. She emphasises the need for intentional career choices and the value of understanding one's own strengths and preferences in the workplace. We discuss the nuances of career fulfilment, the importance of positioning oneself for success, understanding transferable skills, and the human element of professional life.

In this episode, host Hannah speaks with Andrew Mower, an ACCA AFM tutor with a background in forensic accounting at PwC.

Andrew shares insights on the pressures of early career life, the importance of mindset for exam success, maintaining a work-life balance, and the realities of parenting while pursuing a career in accountancy.

Dr Jim is an education and business consultant. He specialises in 'resilient' leadership development, organisational culture and performance.

He is a Principal Education Advisor for Education Development Trust, a Senior Advisor for Independent Economics, Director of his consultancy services and co-founder of The Great Oracy Toolkit.

Themes in this episode: learning theory, polyvagal theory and anxiety, ethical leadership, workplace culture, careers.

https://www.drjimrogers.co.uk
https://www.greatoracytoolkit.co.uk

Mary is an associate at EY, specialising in both audit and consulting within the Commodities sector.

Prizewinner at the inaugural EY Foundation Enterprise Competition in 2024, and in 2025 taking on the additional role of Corporate Responsibility Lead in London, she is determined to use her position as a force for good.

With an Arts background (professional oboe player!), Mary has found the world of finance a rewarding place to work, where skills such as creativity, leadership and teamwork have helped her forge a path within one of the Big Four.

In this episode we chat to Tom Clendon, ACCA SBR Online Lecturer and Podcast Host. Themes include:

After finishing school at 16 years old Max started an accountancy apprenticeship with a small accountancy proactice in Altrincham. He studied AAT and then went on to become an ICAEW chartered accountant. After working as a member of their accounts team for six years he moved to UHY Hacker Young in Manchester as a senior member of their Cloud team. In the summer of 2021, Max moved to Accounts & Legal to take on the role of opening their new Liverpool office.

2024 marked the year he left practice, to work in the world of accounting tech for DEXT!

Themes in this episode include exam failures, apprenticeships, accountancy exams, dyslexia, careers and the accountancy industry.

Andy is an AAT & ICB qualified Accounting professional.  He has over 10 years of related experience and is currently studying towards his CIMA qualification.

The main topics covered in this episode are:

As a single mum of two, Francesca decided 13 years ago that she wanted to create a better life for herself and her children so she went back into education to study her AAT Level 4 and trained at a top accountancy firm.

Francesca is the Founder and Managing Director of Future Cloud Accounting. She is also a Director and Trustee of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). 

Some of the themes in this episode include the challenges of running a business, overcoming all that life throws at you and having an unwavering dedication to better yourself, provide a brilliant service to your customers.