The Executive Career Jump Podcast - For Executive Leaders On The Move

Welcome to Episode Sixty Nine (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

This week’s podcast features James Mitra, a fellow LinkedIn Top Voice for Careers.   

James is the Founder of JBM, an award-winning executive search firm working with some of the fastest-growing Tech Startups & Scale-ups in the world. 

He also hosts one of the UK’s most popular business and career podcasts ‘40 Minute Mentor’ which has had hundreds of thousands of downloads to date and features inspiring career stories and mentorship from world-class business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sporting legends.

We have turned the tables on him this week!  In this episode, we talk to James about how he got to where he is today from a background with two parents who were Preachers, how he fell into recruitment, and how he ultimately built a business that aligns with his values. 

There is also lots of discussion around what it looks like moving from the corporate world to the world of startups, mobilising your network, and why it’s so important to bring your energy to an interview. 

Lots of golden nuggets in this episode whether you’re a job-seeker, leader in transition, or a business owner. Enjoy!

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmitra-jbm/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Eight (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

This week’s podcast features Sarah Farmer, an executive coach and leadership mentor who helps Leaders & Business Owners build their confidence & skills to enable them to lead with phenomenal personal & business results.

In this episode, Sarah shares her story and how she has got to where she is now.  She talks about how we could all do with a software reset of our minds to help us produce better performance and “get out of our own way”, and she shares some fantastic tips and ideas for job seekers and leaders of all levels. Some great takeaways in this episode.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-farmer-coach/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Seven (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

This week’s podcast features Nick Raeburn, a creator with a passion for helping you tell your story.  With years of experience in video production and storytelling Nick is now sharing how to enhance and build social selling skills through his consultancy and an epic training course that flips your company's viewpoint on what social media really means. 

In this episode, we talk about his career from starting out working in the Mental Healthcare sector to now running his own business.  We discuss how powerful he has found LinkedIn, how he has built a strong audience, and how in turn how you can build your own personal brand and leverage your LinkedIn audience. 

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatsocialnerd/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Six (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

This week’s podcast features Neal Mankey, a Director for the Healthcare Practice at Veredus, and recently part of the Capita project team who worked with the NHS on the COVID-19 Bring back Staff Campaign. 

In 2020 Neal by chance was watching the ‘One Show’ and a guest with ADHD triggered him to explore his own issues and was as a subsequence diagnosed with ADHD combined with a major depressive disorder which has been with him most of his professional life. 

In this episode, we hear how Neal has completely transformed his life after receiving his diagnosis and choosing to ‘live with it’ rather than fight against it.  We hear how he has taken his career to another level and also thrown himself into charity work to help people with ADHD and neurodiverse conditions. Part of this role has seen him involved in educating major Corporates on the importance of building neurodiverse cultures that are inclusive.

This is a fascinating listen and one that could make a big difference to you if you or a team member are facing similar challenges. 

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adhdneurodiversity/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Five (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

This week’s podcast features Mike Richards who owns and runs the Treasury Recruitment Company, a highly successful niche global recruitment business. He regularly speaks at global conferences on topics such as the power of personal branding and how to attract, manage and retain talent, as well as hosting the popular podcast where he interviews treasury professionals about their careers. 

Mike is somebody that believes that building a business is all about doing the right thing,  about honesty and integrity, and leading with the heart.  These values have set him up for success, and as they say, success leaves clues.

In this episode Mike shares some great advice for job seekers including why you should view your CV like paracetamol for your recruiter’s headache, and why you should be viewing your LinkedIn profile as “brand you”.  He also talks about his success in business, what helped him set up and scale and how he is still learning and developing and being held accountable.

Don’t be put off by the word “Treasury” Mike is a great storyteller and this episode is amusing as well packed with loads of takeaways for job seekers and those looking to set up their own business.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrtreasury/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Three (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Darren Ledger believes that recruitment is broken - that it's not working for clients, job seekers, or candidates and frankly it's not working for recruitment companies - so he's very opinionated on where the industry needs to go and how it needs to evolve. 

In today’s straight-talking episode we delve further into that topic as well as what Darren’s predicting is going to happen now in the new world of work.  We also discuss being a digital nomad and remote working, along with some fantastic job-search advice, so a very multi-layered episode that anyone on either side of the hiring equation will get a lot from. 

Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenledger/

Welcome to Episode Sixty Two (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Our guest in the hot seat today is Liz Hamlet. Liz is a Coach, Strategist, Speaker & Communication expert helping leaders lead better, get laser-focused & leverage their success to spark possibility, motivation & momentum.

After an extensive career in the corporate world of financial services and housing, she pivoted and launched her own business, Spark Succeed Coaching, and Consulting, on the first day of lockdown in 2020. Her tremendous energy really lives up to her company name!

Liz is all about helping leaders improve and get more career clarity and really came onto our radar when she started engaging with our content on LinkedIn. As we all know LinkedIn is a tremendous opportunity to build your own personal brand and connections.

In this episode Liz shares with us:

• How we can ignite more spark, energy, and momentum in our careers
• Why celebrating the small wins is so important to keep yourself motivated
• Why it is so important to bring experts into your business as soon as you can
• How to start building your personal brand on LinkedIn and jump through the fear

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-hamlet/

https://www.sparksucceed.co.uk 

Welcome to Episode Sixty One (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Our guest in the hot seat today is Caitlin Rozario, who with her Co-founder Will have founded an organisation ‘Interlude’, that helps with productivity by monitoring and it is a really fascinating conversation around why they have set up the business, what they are hoping to achieve, why breaks are so important, and why we are experiencing so many challenges with people’s wellness, burnout, and people generally just not getting done, what they need to get done.  

We discuss work-life balance and if that is now realistic, or if we need a new model, and what it has been like setting up a business during a pandemic.

Lots in this episode for everyone if you are running your own business or are a leader in your organisation. 

In this episode, you will learn:-

• Why cooking can be as good as meditation
• Why employees with freedom are more productive and will give more
• Why hybrid working has to mean flexible benefit to suit everyone regardless of where/how they are working
• Why getting a therapist could be the best thing you do when you start your own business

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-rozario/

Welcome to Episode Sixty (Season Four) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Our guest in the hot seat today is Cheryl Thompson.  

Cheryl is a ‘Courage Coach’ and we all need more courage to battle back the internal critic, the imposter syndrome, and to be able to step through the fear.

In this episode, we cover some fantastic stuff around her own career journey, how leadership intervention really matters and some of the challenges she has faced.  Her journey and development have led her to now help other people break through boundaries within the business and personal space.

Cheryl is a courageous & fierce human-focused leader with a successful 20-year career within Financial Services behind her. She has an unwavering & unapologetic focus on empowering humans to be their true selves. 

She is a proud Yorkshire woman who as she puts it has no choice but to speak up!

In this episode you will discover:

• Why human teams should be recruiting on character, not skills
• How Imposter Syndrome can galvanise you 
• Why you should be honest about your limitations, even as a Leader
• Why it is important to create a safe space for you as a Leader

Links

http://www.cherylthompsoncoaching.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylthompsoncoaching/