Miss Independent: Mentoring for Career & Business Women > Entrepreneurs > Millennials

Miss Independent: Mentoring for Career & Business Women > Entrepreneurs > Millennials

By Natalie Hughes: Career and Business Mentor | Millennial Workforce ExpertBusinessCareers
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Miss Independent: Mentoring for Career & Business Women > Entrepreneurs > Millennials episodes

  • MISS004: Play Big, Brand Bold with Suzanne Chadwick
    Do you wish you could play a bigger game? Would you like to shine online and offline in your business and have fun doing it? Suzanne Chadwick makes that a reality for her clients.
    The founder and CEO of The Connection Exchange providing coaching, training and events to women in business, Suzanne has worked in the corporate and consulting world for over 15 years.
    As a business coach and brand consultant she partners with both small and large businesses to find the wow factor in what they do, support them to build brands that connect with their target audience and most of all Suzanne LOVES working with women to help them Play Big and Brand Bold to put something they really love out into the market and make their business the exception, rather than the rule.
    In this episode of Miss Independent I talked with Suzanne about:

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    How she’s created a life with 2 complimentary careers at once.

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    How and why ‘building connection’ is her primary driver in the work she does and the powerful online community she’s created.

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    How she formulated her business idea and developed it over time.

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    How you can create a business you love that supports your values.

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    Some pitfalls when starting up a business.

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    The power of taking action and trying new things in your business, no matter how big or small.

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    How she creates products and services her clients want and love.

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    How to create new opportunities for yourself in your career or business.

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    The power that comes from being open to reinventing yourself in your career or business.

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    How to create a personal brand and social media profiles that support your career and business aspirations.

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    How you can leverage from networking no matter what stage you’re at in your career.

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    Her PLAY BIG BRAND BOLD online course – launching soon!


    References and contact details for Suzanne:
    Website www.theconnectionexchange.com

    Instagram www.instagram.com/connectionexchange/

    Facebook www.facebook.com/theconnectionexchange/

    Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/EPIC Women in Business/
    Links to listen to the podcast:
    iTunes here Stitcher TBA
    If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this post.
    Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.
    And finally, please leave an honest review for Miss Independent on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the podcast, and I read them all.
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  • MISS003: Stop, Collaborate and LISTEN! with Jess Ruhfus
    Jess Ruhfus is the Founder & CEO of Collabosaurus, an online match-making platform for brands. Her passion for creative brand experiences moved her from a background in fashion PR and small business marketing to developing a partnerships platform for brands of all sizes.
    She believes that business collaborations are necessary to build a modern business, gain exposure in new locations and reach audiences in an authentic way. Whether it be for referral partnerships, product, social media or event collaborations, Jess built Collabosaurus as a way to source and create growth opportunities in any industry.
    In this episode of Miss Independent I talked with Jess about:

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    How the Collabosaurus online platform works for the user

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    Examples of brands coming together for a collaboration

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    The different types of Collaborations that work

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    Her early work that inspired her idea and opportunity to create Collabosaurus

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    How she got it up and running in the early days

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    The learning’s, mistakes and surprises when setting up a new business

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    The value of pulling in experts and support when you need it

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    Her commitment and dedication to making it work, including running 3 jobs to make money and keep the dream alive

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    The power of practicing what you preach and the resources she used by establishing her own collaborations

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    Why it’s important to put yourself out there to create new opportunities

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    How confronting and difficult she found it to pitch her business to potential investors

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    Why business plans are important but you need to be agile

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    What brings her the most joy from her business

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    How the difficult times are real and emotional but also character building

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    The importance of knowing who you can turn to in your network for support

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    What she loves to do in her spare time for leisure, pleasure, fun and relaxation

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    Her advice to anyone wanting to set up their own business

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    How she is always looking for new products and services to enhance the Collabosaurus customer experience

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    Why the new Collabohub is a winning support product for anyone wanting to build collaborations. (with templates, tools, legal contracts and strategy calls with a Collabohub team expert)

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    And what Jess has planned for the next 12 months for Collabosaurus and herself…..


    References and contact details for Jess:
    Website https://collabosaurus.com

    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/collabosaurus/

    Links to listen to the podcast:
    iTunes here Stitcher TBA
    If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this post.
    Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.
    And finally, please leave an honest review for Miss Independent on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the podcast, and I read them all.
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  • MISS002: The Power of Meaning with Emily Esfahani Smith
    Have you ever had one of those days when you wonder what you’re doing with your life? Especially on those bad days at work or in your business….when you think “aaaaah why am I doing this? What is the point?” And you think (or say out loud) “in 10 years when I look back, am I going to feel I’ve made a difference in the world?”
    I hear this a lot. From a lot of people. And yes, plenty of times these have been my own exact words.
    If this sounds familiar, then I think you will really connect with this conversation I have with Emily Esfahani Smith.
    Emily is a thought leader and the author of The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters (Crown). She writes about psychology, culture, and relationships. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, New York Times, The Atlantic, and other publications.
    I actually came across Emily’s book in a leadership blog, where it was noted as one of the top leadership books to read in 2017. And I must say that from the title, I was rather curious, because it didn’t exactly sound like your typical leadership book.
    But it drew my attention, as I have embarked on a series of significant career changing moves over the past 5 years. And I think I’ve recognized that my motivation for change has come from a desire to feel greater meaning and purpose in my own life, and also from the work I do as a leader in organisation’s and in my business.
    In future I will share conservations I have with a variety of women in business and leadership, however this one felt a little different for me because it really connected me strongly with ‘my why’. My why for establishing Miss Independent and this podcast. So I feel excited to share it with you first.
    I hope it also helps you find a connection to your own why and a stronger sense of meaning in your own life.
    In this episode of Miss Independent I talked with Emily about:

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    Her upbringing in Montreal, Canada and how this influenced her focus on ‘meaning’ and the work she now does.

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    The broad research that went into writing her book.

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    How and why society is taking a cultural mood shift toward the pursuit of meaning.

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    How an emphasis on meaning is happening across many different levels of society including schools, healthcare, business, brands, employees and consumers.

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    How her motivation to research and find the building blocks to living a meaning life, unveiled 4 pillars of meaning – Belonging, Purpose, Storytelling, and Transcendence.

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    How we can all adopt a greater meaning mindset in the work that we do.

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    How organisation’s can improve engagement with their employees by helping them have greater understanding of their personal impact and purpose at work.

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    What triggers or prompts some people to have a meaning crisis in life.


    References and contact details for Emily:
    Website www.emilyesfahanismith.com

    Twitter https://twitter.com/EmEsfahaniSmith

    Facebook www.facebook.com/authoremilyesfahanismith/
    Links to listen to the podcast:
    iTunes here Stitcher TBA
    If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this post.
    Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.
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  • MISS001: New beginnings >> Why I started this podcast
    Natalie Hughes is the founder of Miss Independent: online mentoring for women serious about their career and business. Natalie helps women achieve their highest potential and to feel fulfilment from their work.
    Natalie is also a non-executive company director focused on organisational design, growth and innovation. Natalie is passionate about creating a sense of belonging and value at work.
    In this episode of Miss Independent I talk about:

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    New beginnings – my new career path and new business.

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    My love of podcasts and listening to audio books to enhance my learning and intake of valuable content.

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    A challenging period of my own career.

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    The value of sharing your own career story with others.

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    What I hope for you to gain from listening to the Miss Independent podcast.

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    The different ways you can be mentored every day at missindependent.com.au – mentoring programs, podcast, blog, newsletter.

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    Why I established Miss Independent as a mentoring brand for young ambitious career women.

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    Why I chose the name Miss Independent.

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    What are the most important life goals for young working women.

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    What’s driving the movement of women starting their own business.

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    How the future of work is being shaped for enormous change.

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    The different phases we go through in life that motivate our needs and wants and choices.

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    The value of investing in your own self-care and personal development.

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    My focus and goals with Miss Independent and as a non-executive company director.

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    An introduction to the first 3 podcast conversations on Miss Independent.


    References and contact details for Natalie:
    Website www.missindependent.com.au

    LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/nataliehughes888/

    Instagram www.instagram.com/missindependent_muse/

    Facebook www.facebook.com/missindependentmuse/

    Twitter https://twitter.com/NatalieHughes_

    Pinterest https://au.pinterest.com/nmitchell888/
    Links to listen to the podcast:
    iTunes here Stitcher TBA
    If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this post.
    Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.
    And finally, please leave an honest review for Miss Independent on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the podcast, and I read them all.
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Natalie Hughes is the founder of MissIndependent.com.au >> Online Mentoring. On the Miss Independent podcast Natalie talks with some of the most interesting, diverse and inspiring women in…