Natasha’s career story covers:

- the moment she realised she had a passion for fashion

- the various ways in which her creative flair shows itself

- how her business has evolved over the five years she has owned it

Ellie's career story covers:

- her background in occupational psychology

- the journey she took towards, and motivations for, starting her first business

- some of the challenges she has faced as a female throughout her career

- the mission she, and her team, are working towards with Fledglink

Chloe's story covers:

- the nudge from her mother that started a successful career in retail

- her experiences as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in the workplace

- the voluntary work that supports the community she loves being part of

- her lived experiences of intersectionality

Katherine's career story covers:

- the ‘twists and turns’ that first started whilst studying at university

- the various ways in which she has supported young people in their career and life planning

- how redundancy created another chain of events which led to her channeling energy and a passion for creativity into launching a new careers product

- turning the tables on me as the interviewer!

Emanuel’s career story covers:

- how he stumbled upon a career as a digital nomad

- his passion for visual communications and role as an agent of change

- how he dealt with the realisation that he belonged to the LGBT+ community

- how he learnt to let go and embraced authenticity in his life and work

- the importance he places on self care

Lorna’s career story covers:

- Her choice to join the Police as a senior crime officer at the age of 18, rather than studying at university, which saw her working on high profile events such as London 2012

- How what should have been the routine sight of a dead body led to a dream and a realisation that her well-being was suffering by the stress if her job

- The decision to leave the Police in 2018 without a plan, which led to her starting her own events company, part of which has already delivered a number of LGBT+ weddings, including her own

- The experience so far which includes being shortlisted in the British LGBT Awards for a Diversity Hero Award

This bonus episode covers:

- an insight into my career in employer branding whilst at EY over the last decade

- the moments there that had extraordinary impact on me

- the questions posed by listeners and my answers

- some of the careers advice shared by the guests from season 1

- a glimpse into what to expect in 2020 from The Branding Man

Bianca’s career story covers:

- the origins of her entrepreneurial ‘spark’ which she traces back to her parents

- how the time she spent working at Accenture helped her to discover her passion for personal branding, the focus of her first business

- the experience of taking part in, and reaching the final of, 'The Apprentice'

- the many lessons that life as an entrepreneur has taught her

- publishing and co-authoring her first book, Self Made

Michael’s career story covers:

- the journey from working in hospitality at home in Wales, through aspirations to work in theatre at university and a brief flirtation with criminology, before discovering the world of events and technology 7 years ago

- the charitable work that he does through Diversity Role Models and as COO at the P3 network

- his powerful stories around belonging to the LGBT+ community and publically sharing his HIV positive status

Charlotte's career story covers:

- the coping strategies she used whilst studying at Birmingham University

- how being authentic in the way that she lives and builds relationships others has helped to open up countless career opportunities for her

- the skills she learnt as a classroom teacher that continue to serve her today

- the power to be found in owning our choices and learning to fail forward