We Are PoWEr Podcast

“I think there's been a lot of positive change from organizations who were only having graduate schemes now to school lever programs, more apprenticeships thinking about the big professional services firms. I think there has been a lot of evolution in that already.” 

Join Simone Roche as she chats to Regional Director for Michael Page Professional Services, Gareth Davies in this special episode with Power Partner Page Group. They discuss all things about being an ally towards gender equality. 

Listen to learn:  

⚡️Why Gareth is passionate about positively changing the narrative about working with young people  

⚡️What advice Gareth would give to young people that are looking for a pathway into work 

⚡ What other options Gareth advocates for that aren’t the traditional cv when applying for jobs 

⚡️️️ How to be a good leader during your professional and personal life 

Find Gareth here. 

Find out more about Page Group here.  

#PathToPower 

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“There was talk of this concept of a social battery where you can enjoy other people's company, you're still introverted. You need time to energise and recharge by yourself. So, this is me. This is what I stand for I'm the millennial introvert.” 

Join Simone Roche as she chats to CEO of TMI Lifestyle and self-confessed Millennial Introvert Yulanda Duff in this episode of the Path To Power season. They discuss all things Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.  

Listen to learn:  

⚡️Why Yulanda considers herself an introvert & what does it mean to her  

⚡️How she came to specialise her workshops in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 

⚡ What are the common challenges young entrepreneurs face in the early days of starting a business? 

⚡️️️ Why is it so important to use your power for good and give back? 

Find Yulanda here. 

Find out more about TMI Lifestyle here.  

#PathToPower #WeArePower

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Dyslexia: How To Be Empowered By Your Differences 

“I made it my mission to change the narrative from saying learning difficulty to learning difference because we all learn differently as humans.”  

Join Simone Roche as she chats to influential Dyslexia speaker Keisha Adair Swaby in the first episode of the Path To Power season. They discuss all things about owning who you are and using your differences to empower yourself and others.   

Listen to learn:  

⚡️Why Keisha decided to write her own book: Empowering Dyslexics: Blessed & Gifted 

⚡How building a supportive community around you is key for professional and personal growth  

⚡How Kiesha diagnosis of Dyslexia &Dyspraxia made her woman she is today  

⚡️Why Keisha gives people the opportunity to share their stories on her radio station: Radio Diamond 

Find Keisha here. 

Find out Keisha’s book here.  

#PathToPower 

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Northern Power Women Awards Debrief 

“We are not just for one night”⚡️ 

Join Simone Roche In this NPW Awards special as she continues to spotlight our winners and commended of the 2023 Northern Power Women awards 🏆  

We highlight their experience of the night, what this award means to them and how it could open doors for the future. 

Listen to hear from: 

Outstanding Entrepreneur Commended: Zandra Moore  

Inclusive Innovation Winner: Claire Buckle, Ability Consultancy 

Small Organisation Commended: Sarah Priestly Turner, Freedom 4 Girls 

Small Organisation Winner: Safer Date, Elaine Parker  

 
 Disruptor For Good Commended: Heather Jackson 

Disruptor For Good Winner: Syima Aslam MBE 

One To Watch Commended: Lauren Rosegreen 

 Person With Purpose Commended: Professor Diana Anderson MBE 

Person With Purpose Winner: Shabana Khushi 

Levelling Up Leader Judges Special: Isobelle Panton 

Levelling Up Leader Commended: Nicky Chance Thompson 

Levelling Up Leader Winner: Nickala Torkington 

Mentor Of The Year Winner: Lyndsay Geraghty 

Agent Of Change Winner: Lee Chambers
 

Large Organisation: Rosina Murdoch, Deloitte, 

It is an episode you don’t want to miss 🏆 

Find all of our winners here. 

Find out more about our headline partner EY here.  

#NPWAwards #WeArePower 

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How To Make Your Work Fit Into Your Life 

Join Simone Roche as she chats to passionate northerner and Partner at EY Manchester, Nicola Bamford, about her unconventional route to working at one of the 'Big Four', and how flexibility is making it possible for her to be a successful working mum.   

Listen to learn:  

⚡️How Nicola's role in a large accounting firm like EY actually has nothing to do with numbers. 

⚡How Nicola thinks the rest of the UK views the North 

⚡About Nicola's life building both a career and family 

⚡️Why she thinks the big organisations are doing more for flexible working than we realise. 

Find Nicola here. 

Find out more about our NPW partner EY here.  

#BeMoreYou  

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Georgia Fitzgerald networked her way to success. She says you can too.

“So I want to say I'm 'lucky', but the opportunities have been presented to me and I've grabbed them. The reason I shouldn't say lucky is because if I look at my network and my profile that I've built, that's why these opportunities come along. I've always done networking.” 

Join Simone Simone Roche MBE where she chats to Director of The Juice Acadmey Georgia Fitzgerald about all things networking and following your career goals. 

Listen to learn: 
⚡Why networking has critical to career advancement 
⚡️How Georgia gained her voluntary and board positions
⚡Why you’re never too young to be a board member
⚡How to listen to your ‘lazy’ side and switch off outside of work 

Find Georgia here. 

Find out more about The Juice Academy here.  

#BeMoreYou  

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Leila Mckenzie-Delis 

How To Shift The Dial Through Leadership

“Diversity means different things to different people. And that's the beautiful thing about it. Diversity, inclusion, belonging, equity, culture, the whole intersection of everything means lots of different things to different people.”  

Millennial,  first time mum through the wonders of IVF, Chinese and adopted by a white British family Leila Mckenzie talks to Simone Roche MBE about her extreme passion about shifting the dial to create a more diverse and inclusive society. 

 Listen to learn: 

• ⚡Where Leila’s passion for diversity and inclusion ignited 
• ⚡Why there isn’t a one size fits all for success 
• ⚡How businesses can use the not one size fits all to their advantage 
• ⚡️How to step into your own skin and embrace it 

Find Leila here. 

Find out more about DIAL here.  

#Inclusion #Diversity #BeMoreYou 

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“Everyone is passionate about making a difference, and that's what we focus this episode on” 

 Join us for the last episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics where Simone Roche MBE chats to Nimrah Munir and Kal Grocott two incredible minds who took two different paths to get to where they are today. 

Listen to learn: 

• ⚡How Nimrah and Kal use physics within their careers 
• ⚡Why Nimrah and Kal are so passionate about physics 
• ⚡What ways physics is used in day to day lives and how they make that positive difference 

Find Nimrah here. 

Find Kal here.  

Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  

Watch our IOP webinar here. 

Find out more about We Are PoWEr here.  💫

The Unlikely Career Roots Into Physics 

“Diane Reid and Royal Navy Commander Nicola Cripps, whose careers have both taken an unusual turn from what is considered the normal following their physics degrees.” 

Did you know there are so many different roots into various physics related careers? Some you wouldn’t even think of.  

For the second episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics Simone Roche MBE chats to Diane and Nicola about their Un stereotypical careers in physics. 

Listen to learn: 

• ⚡How Diane and Nicola became physicists 
• ⚡Why it is important to be curious 
• ⚡What key skills you can gain by studying physics 

Find Diane here. 

Find Nicola here.  

Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  

Watch our IOP webinar here. 

Find out more about We Are PoWEr here.  💫

How to Challenge Stereotypical Views Of What A Physicist Looks Like 

“Limitless is the campaign to encourage and inspire young people from backgrounds underrepresented in. To continue with physics after the age of 16.” 

This is the first episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics whose Limit Less campaign challenges all of those stereotypical views of what a Physicist looks like. Simone Roche MBE chats to Dawn Watson who is head of Strategy and Technical Infrastructure at Sellafield in Cumbria.  

Listen to learn: 

• ⚡How physics can be for everyone 
• ⚡About Dawns journey into the realm of physics  
• ⚡What Dawn has learnt about working in physics through initiatives and campaigns that she has been involved in  

Find Dawn here. 

Find Sellafield here.  

Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  

Watch our IOP webinar here.  

Find out more about We Are PoWEr here.  💫