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- The Impact of Networking
Reyaz (Rey) Jeffrey and Leonie Lam share their networking strategies and personal success stories. Listen to both speakers as they share their secrets to success and explore the impact networking has had on their careers and businesses.
Below are the questions discussed:
What is networking?
Why do we have to network?
Is there a theory or mantra to networking?
Why do you think people find networking so hard or awkward?
What are your top 3 networking tips?
Can you share a personal example of how networking has helped you?
About Reyaz Jeffrey:
Reyaz (Rey) Jeffrey is a marketing academic with over nine years of teaching experience across Australian universities, specialising in strategic marketing, consumer behaviour, branding, and international marketing. He is also a Marketing Director and Founder of a business called Creative Kiwi, which has been established for more than 9 years.
Contact details:
Reyaz Jeffrey
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reyaz-jeffrey/
Leonie Lam
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02 8328 0882
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
Career Resources:
* Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations
https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation
* Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviews
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3D
* Top 20 Career Resources
https://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/
40 min - How to Find Purpose in Your Career | Feeling Stuck at Work
Leonie Lam and Leonie Stanfield, who are both Career Coaches and Corporate Trainers, share their insights to help people understand the importance of knowing your purpose or job motivation in your career. They also discuss strategies to work out your purpose statements and how to communicate it effectively in your career and especially during job interviews. Below are the questions discussed:* Why do you think it is important to know your purpose? How did you work it out?* What is your purpose in your business?* There are lots of different opinions on how to find your purpose, or even if you should try to find it. How do you know what advice is relevant for you?* Do you think job motivation is important when you are hiring someone?* How can people be clearer in communicating their purpose?* Can you give an example of how you helped a client communicate their purpose in an interview?
Speakers:Leonie StanfieldEmail: [email protected]: 0412 595 991https://www.leoniestanfield.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/Leonie LamEmail: [email protected]: 02 8328 0882https://www.myfocus.com.au/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/Career Resources:* Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditationshttps://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation * Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviewshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3D * Top 20 Career Resourceshttps://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/
35 min - Managing Anxiety Before and During Interviews
Leonie Lam, Career Coach, Corporate Trainer and Speaker,shares her knowledge and experience with Anxiety to help you succeed at jobinterviews.
Ali Razzaghipour, Investor and Mindfulness Practitionerinterviews Leonie Lam.
The podcast covers the below questions:
- What is Anxiety?
- Can you give an example of when you felt anxiety at work?
- Why do you think people feel anxiety before an interview?
- What strategies do you recommend in managing anxiety before an interview?
- What advice do you have for people who go blank during an interview?
Speakers:
Ali Razzaghipour
https://www.linkedin.com/in/razzaghipour/
Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02 8328 0882
Complimentary Resources:
Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations
https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-visualisation-meditation
39 min - How to Manage Career Transitions
Leonie Lam and Leonie Stanfield, who are both Career Coaches and Corporate Trainers, shares their great insights to help people understand and manage career transitions.
You or someone who know might be experiencing various emotions when you leave a job, or your role is made redundant or simply experiencing a lot of change in the workplace.
Focus areas:
• In your experience in supporting people through career transitions, how do people cope with sudden career changes such as one losing their job in an organisational restructure?• The Bridges Transition Model provides insight into the stages of the transition process. How can understanding this model help people navigate their transition well?• How can leaders, managers and work colleagues help people navigate through career transitions?• Have you personally experienced a career transition? • How can mindfulness help manage strong emotions?• How can people better prepare themselves mentally for sudden changes in the workplace?
Speakers:
Leonie Stanfield
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/
Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
Resources:
Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations
https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation
Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviews
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3DTop 20 Career Resources
https://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/44 min - How to Succeed at Job Interviews using Mindfulness
Leonie Lam, Career Coach, Corporate Trainer and Speaker, shares her experience on using mindfulness to help you succeed at job interviews.
Ali Razzaghipour, Investor and Mindfulness Practitioner interviews Leonie. The podcast covers the below questions:
- What is mindfulness?
- During an interview, why would mindfulness be important in answering interview questions?
- What mindfulness practices do you recommend to enhance your performance during an interview?
- I know you have created a visualisation meditation for job interviews, tell us more about that?
Speakers:
Ali Razzaghipour
https://www.linkedin.com/in/razzaghipour/
Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
Complimentary Resources:
Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations
https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation
22 min - Preparing for an SES Interview with Lisa Tozer - Interviewed by Leonie Lam
Lisa Tozer shares her knowledge in preparing her clients
for Senior Executive Service interviews. You can reach out to her directly:+61 439 246 372, www.interview.coach, [email protected]Lisa Tozer is a Career Coach with particular expertise in helping candidates prepare for job interviews. She works with individuals to help them maximise their personal
presentation and use behavioural interview strategies to demonstrate their capabilities. Her background includes more than 20 years working in sales, management, training, counselling and coaching in a variety of organisations. She also holds a Master’s degree in Counselling, a Certificate IV in trainingand assessment, she is a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia.Lisa Tozer
You can also reach out to her on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-tozer-546ab21/
Interviewed by Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
33 min - Career Changers - How to Write a Good LinkedIn Profile
This podcast is for anyone who might be considering a Career Change or for Career Changers to learn about how to write a good LinkedIn profile? Sue Ellson is an Independent LinkedIn Specialist and Career Development Practitioner providing consulting and training on the topics of LinkedIn, social media and marketing to individual clients and organisations
worldwide. Sue's website is: https://sueellson.com/Questions asked throughout the podcast are as below:
- Tell us a bit about your background and how you help your clients?
- What do you think are some of the key challenges of someone who is changing careers in reference to their LinkedIn profile?
- When a professional is changing careers, what is one tip you can share on how to make their LinkedIn profile stand out?
- How about their career summary, can you give an example on what someone would write if they are moving from one career to another e.g. Accountant and they are studying to
become a Counsellor?Article:
How to change your career for health, wellbeing and lifestyle
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-change-your-career-health-wellbeing-lifestyle-sue-ellson-qapjc
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sueellson2
Google Business Site
https://sueellson.business.site
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/sueellson
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueellson
Interviewed by Leonie Lam,
Career Coach | Speaker at My Focus https://www.myfocus.com.au/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
"Thank you for reading and feel free to send this podcast to your family, friends and professional network.
Please subscribe and help us reach more people. Together we can inspire people to develop their knowledge, grow and be happier.
Wishing you a wonderful day ahead." - Leonie Lam
35 min - Resilience & Psychological Safety in the Workplace - George Konstantin interviewed by Leonie Lam
George Konstantin, Facilitator, Consultant and Leadership Coach shares his journey and how he works with organisations to build resilience and psychological safety in the workplace.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkid8pi/
“Once you really see people, they will be open to seeing possibilities.”- George Konstantin
George has built his career on enabling and enhancing organisational effectiveness, culture and performance. He has over 20 years of real-world consultative, entrepreneurial
and management experience. He has extensive leadership and practical expertise in facilitating open and genuine discussion, collaboration and planning for the responsible and accountable management of operations, people and change.His work has predominantly focused on defining and building ownership in teams from the executive level through to operational and service personnel. He is passionate about identifying and genuinely acknowledging capabilities in people as the foundation of creativity that leads to real innovation and business improvement.
Speakers:
George Konstantin
You can also reach out to him on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkid8pi/
Website: https://id8pi.com/
Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
Website: https://www.myfocus.com.au/
“Thank you for reading and feel free to send this podcast to your family, friends and professional network.
Please subscribe and help us reach more people. Together we can inspire people to develop their knowledge, grow and be happier.
Wishing you a wonderful day ahead.” – Leonie Lam.
33 min - How to Get a Government Job – Australian Public Service (APS)
Leonie Stanfield interviews Leonie Lam on Job Application Tips on How to get a Government Job – Australian Public Service (APS).
The interview covers the below:
- Tell us a bit about your recruitment background in the public sector?
- What are your key tips for writing a good resume for government applications?
- How can you effectively respond to the targeted questions/selection criteria, especially if there is a
tight word limit?- What are your thoughts on using ChatGPT in job applications? How would you use it well and are there any
dangers to watch out for when using it?- And if you had one piece advice for job interview preparation, what would that be?
Speakers:
Leonie Lam - Career Coach, Facilitator & Speaker
Website: https://www.myfocus.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
Phone: 02 8328 0882
Email: [email protected]
Leonie Stanfield - Career Coach, Facilitator & Speaker
Website: https://www.leoniestanfield.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/
Resources:
Victorian Place-based Capability Framework
https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/VPS-place-based-capability-framework.pdf
New South Wales – Capability Framework
https://www.psc.nsw.gov.au/assets/psc/documents/capability_framework_v2_2020.pdf
Job Search Strategy and Career Direction
- Leonie Stanfield and Leonie Lamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZJ0DAnRxA
37 min - Counselling is the New Norm: Self-care for Success -Trisha Harris interviewed by Leonie Lam
Trisha Harris, Counsellor and Career Counsellor shares her journey and how counselling is the new norm. https://www.riverviewcounselling.au/ She focuses on the importance of self-care and provides examples of the clients in which she has achieved exceptional results with.
Trisha has her own counselling business. She supports those who are anxious, stressed, who are dealing with challenging behaviours and who may feel less than "perfect" in the millions of areas expected of us by society. She works with individuals, couples and families. She is compassionate, caring and passionate about her work.
Trisha Harris
You can also reach out to her through:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trisha-harris/
https://www.facebook.com/RiverviewCounselling
https://www.instagram.com/riverviewcounselling_/
Interviewed by Leonie Lam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/
https://www.myfocus.com.au/
Love Languages Quiz
https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes
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About My Focus Inspire Me
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I am interviewing people who I consider to be an expert in their field, who are authentic and are happy to share their career insights.
So we can learn, be inspired and grow together.