The Equality Conversation

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and today I’m welcoming the wonderful Sian Prigg as my guest. Sian is the Senior Learning and Talent Manager at Opel Vauxhall Finance, and she has worked in the field of talent and HR for over 20 years.  I have been very fortunate to get to know Sian and her team over the last couple of years helping them to develop their company-wide mentoring programme. She also coaches school aged girls and their parents about their career options through her coaching business Start Sooner. Today, we’ll be talking all things coaching and mentoring.

The Confidence Conversation podcast with Joy Burnford which explores the world of women, work and what it takes to feel more confident. Each episode offers inspiration, stories and light-hearted discussions with business leaders and experts from around the world.

A lack of confidence is not a crime. So, if you need some motivation, inspiration or a boost of confidence, grab a cuppa, go for a dog walk, or escape for a drive and join us for today’s conversation about confidence.

We'd like to say a big thank you to Capability Jane Recruitment for helping us bring this podcast to life. They specialise in finding highly talented individuals that want to work flexibly. If you know a business embracing flexible working, head over to www.capabilityjane.com quoting ‘The Confidence Conversation’ and if they become a client they’ll thank you with a £100 gift voucher. 

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and it is an absolute pleasure and honour to welcome Julie Baker as my guest today. Julie is Head of Enterprise, Climate Engagement and Partnerships at NatWest Group and we became friends after she spoke at one of our events a couple of years ago. She has been an amazing supporter and advocate of mine and I’m delighted she is joining me today to talk about ‘Making the most of your network’.

The Confidence Conversation podcast with Joy Burnford explores the world of women, work and what it takes to feel more confident. Each episode offers inspiration, stories and light-hearted discussions with business leaders and experts from around the world.

A lack of confidence is not a crime. So, if you need some motivation, inspiration or a boost of confidence, grab a cuppa, go for a dog walk, or escape for a drive and join us for today’s conversation about confidence.

We'd like to say a big thank you to Capability Jane Recruitment for helping us bring this podcast to life. They specialise in finding highly talented individuals that want to work flexibly. If you know a business embracing flexible working, head over to www.capabilityjane.com quoting ‘The Confidence Conversation’ and if they become a client they’ll thank you with a £100 gift voucher. 

Our focus for this season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and I'm delighted to welcome Jeni Thakrar as my guest for this second episode, which is about lessons in confidence.

Jeni is a Talent and Inclusion Partner at Canada Life UK, and I've had the pleasure to work with her over the last year on matters relating to confidence in the workplace.

Jeni recently wrote a wonderful guest blog on our website about her personal confidence journey, which we'll be chatting about today, and about the lessons she's learned during her career.

Welcome to The Confidence Conversation podcast with Joy Burnford which explores the world of women, work and what it takes to feel more confident. Each episode offers inspiration, stories and light-hearted discussions with business leaders and experts from around the world.

A lack of confidence is not a crime. So, if you need some motivation, inspiration or a boost of confidence, grab a cuppa, go for a dog walk, or escape for a drive and join us for today’s conversation about confidence.

We'd like to say a big thank you to Capability Jane Recruitment for helping us bring this podcast to life. They specialise in finding highly talented individuals that want to work flexibly. If you know a business embracing flexible working, head over to www.capabilityjane.com quoting ‘The Confidence Conversation’ and if they become a client they’ll thank you with a £100 gift voucher. 

Our focus for this season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and for our first ever podcast I'm joined by one of my own role models, Vanessa Vallely OBE, who is the CEO and founder of WeAreTheCity and WeAreTechWomen. She has been awarded not just one, but 22 awards for her work in finance, gender equality, entrepreneurship and charity.

Vanessa is also the author of a brilliant book, Heels of Steel, that I can highly recommend. I am honoured she agreed to be my first guest and today I'm talking to her about finding your courage.

Welcome to The Confidence Conversation podcast with Joy Burnford which explores the world of women, work and what it takes to feel more confident. Each episode offers inspiration, stories and light-hearted discussions with business leaders and experts from around the world.

A lack of confidence is not a crime. So, if you need some motivation, inspiration or a boost of confidence, grab a cuppa, go for a dog walk, or escape for a drive and join us for today’s conversation about confidence.

We'd like to say a big thank you to Capability Jane Recruitment for helping us bring this podcast to life. They specialise in finding highly talented individuals that want to work flexibly. If you know a business embracing flexible working, head over to www.capabilityjane.com quoting ‘The Confidence Conversation’ and if they become a client they’ll thank you with a £100 gift voucher.