“Maybe there's still a little bit of stigma around what the tech industry is and what that involves. And a bit of publicity around what roles there are and the diverse skill set that you need to be in tech, I think is probably gonna help us in the long term to get more women into the industry.” 

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Jo Larby, Tech Architecture specialist at Accenture, explores the challenges woman face in the tech sector and how we can encourage more women to get involved.  

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡ Why is the percentage of women working in tech still so low in 2023? 
• ⚡️️️ What can we do to increase this number 
• ⚡️What attracted Jo to the Tech sector 
• ⚡How Jo uses her recent successes to help others 

Find Jo here. 

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Remember... "Being human is about not being perfect"

On this week's podcast conversation Simone Roche chats to the woman of wisdom Professor Laura Serrant OBE, who is global multi award-winning Leadership Development and Inclusive Practice Specialist, professional Speaking and Experience Coach and also a director of her own consultancy coaching business Laura Sarah Limited. Covering a wide range of topics from imposter syndrome to social justice this is an episode not to be missed.

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡ What is Laura's theory around Imposter Syndrome 
• ⚡️️️ How we 'ditch' Imposter Syndrome
• ⚡️Why it is ok to be 'perfectly imperfect'
• ⚡Silence Speaks: A concept created by Laura

Find Laura here. 

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“I don't really think about the fact that I'm a woman in football. What I think about is that I'm someone who works in the industry and I happen to be a woman. I appreciate that I have a huge responsibility as a role model for other women out there and for girls that want to think about a career and maybe aren't considering football because they see that it's not accessible.” 

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Carol Stewart, Chief Executive of Grimsby Town Football Club, explores the challenges woman face in the football sector and how we can make a positive change for the greater good. 

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡ What it is like being a woman in football in 2023 
• ⚡️️️ How Debbie dealt with malicious comments directed at her on social media 
• ⚡️Why Debbie joined Grimsby Town Football Club 
• ⚡How do we influence and encourage more females to work in football  

Find Debbie here. 

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 “I accepted that I was introvert and I became introvert and proud, as I like to say.” 

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Carol Stewart, Founder of Abounding Solutions and Author of Quietly Visible, explores the ways in which we can demystify being an introvert and how we can lift each other up. 

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡ How she embraces being an Introvert 
• ⚡️️️ How to define an Introvert and an Extrovert 
• ⚡️What led Carol to write her book: Quietly Visible 
• ⚡Why she founded Black Northern Women International Women’s Day conference 

Find Carol here.
Find Quietly Visible here.

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“You don't have to have entrepreneurialism in your blood. You don't have to come from a long line of people that have done business. The support is out there and you can do it yourself. It doesn't matter your background or your influences.”  

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Georgia Halston, also known as Serial Entrepreneur in the Digital Marketing and Media Space, explores her passion for becoming a female entrepreneur and getting rid of the stigmatized term “imposter syndrome” 

Listen to learn:   

⚡ How Georgia became a successful business owner  

⚡️Why Georgia dislikes the term Imposter Syndrome and how to rebrand it

⚡️️️ What is the No Code lab 

⚡What are the common values Georgia works with

Find Georgia here. 

Find out more about Halston Group here.  

Find out about No Code Lab here.  

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If Sarah McLean could give any advice to her 16 year old self it would be “Don't pigeonhole myself into one sector, one skillset. Everything is transferrable. And if you just open up your mind to the possibilities anything is possible and you can go anywhere”  
 

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Project Manager, also known as Scrum Manager at Barclays, Sarah Mclean, explores her passion for helping people in their early careers and her commitment to offering support, guidance and awareness for those affected by ASD.  

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡ What we can do to create a greater understanding & safer environment for those with ASD 
• ⚡️Fan girl Sarah’s favourite quote that she lives by from Game Of Thrones 
• ⚡️️️ How young Sarah met the late Monarch Her Majesty The Queen  
• ⚡️What Scrum Manager means & how Sarah uses that role at Barclays 

Find Sarah here. 

Find out more about Witherslack group here.  

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This week Simone Roche MBE recorded live as the warm up to Eurovision onboard HMS Mersey. She is joined by Okszana Nepijvoda and Marianna Vaszilyiv, who were awarded the Special Honour Award at this year's Northern Power Women Awards for their work for United for Ukraine since the Russian conflict.

Join us for this incredibly insightful conversation about their journey from Ukraine to Liverpool.

Listen to learn about:  
⚡Their journey
⚡️The highlights and successes that they have seen this year
⚡The United for Ukraine coalition.

United for Ukraine – how employers can help 

As a business and an employer, the United for Ukraine initiative provides an easy and direct way to communicate job opportunities to Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK. 

Go to the website to find out how your organisations can support with single or multiple job opportunities: https://www.unitedforukraine.org.uk/for-businesses/

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For Rebecca Ihiekwe, sharing stories are more than just recounting history. It's about giving people the platform to be their best and most authentic selves so they're able to shared their lived experiences.  

Rebecca says: "It's about having that diversity of narrative and about celebrating that...it's about advocating for others when they can't advocate for themselves" 

This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Marketing Executive at CEL Solicitors, Rebecca Ihiekwe, explores her passion and commitment to empower the voices and narratives of those who are so often overlooked.  

Listen to learn:   

• ⚡️Rebecca's experience co-Curating The Colonial Legacies of the Liverpool Sandbach Family exhibition   
• ⚡️Why it is important to give people the platform to be their best and most authentic selves and how we can do it well 
• ⚡ Why storytelling is key to enabling positive change for a diverse culture  
• ⚡️️️ “She is a woman who gets stuff done”: What’s next for Rebecca?  

Find Rebecca here and on Linkedin
Listen to the CEL Solicitors podcast here

Check out more about the Sandbach research project here.  

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“Yes, it's important to teach children how to write a coherent sentence, but when you start pulling apart that sentence and explaining it and dissecting it then becomes boring. It was boring for me, and it was boring for them. So in the very last term, I thought, right, we're going to write adventure stories, and I took them on a virtual tour of Jamaica and we wrote virtual stories about Jamaica.” 

Join Simone Roche as she chats to founder of Rock Paper Write, Abigail Reid who has a mission to spark imaginations with meaningful extra-curricular experiences. They discuss all things about being inspired through storytelling.  

Listen to learn:  

⚡️What key skills Abigail brought forward with her in life from being a beauty therapist onboard a cruise 

⚡️About her journey as an educator and how it led her to where she is today 

⚡ Why she set up Rock Paper Write  

⚡️️️ How to use nature to inspire storytelling 

Find Abigail here. 

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Amy Kohl, founder of sustainable and ethical fashion house KOHR, and the founder of KOHR studio, a creative marketing agency is aware that being sustainable often comes from a place of privilege. 

Amy says: "Everyone has a duty to look after their planet and community. But not everyone can be Greta Thunberg".

Join Simone Roche MBE as she chats to Amy Kohl, about inclusive innovation, accessibility, and how we can all take small steps to create a more sustainable planet.

Listen to learn:  

⚡️What piqued Amy’s interest in sustainability  

⚡️What Amy does to overcome the challenges she faces as an entrepreneur  

⚡ Why you should create a vision board 

⚡️️️ How Amy believes it is important to be transparent within your business  

Find Amy here. 

Find out more about KOHR here.  

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