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November 07, 2022How To Just Do It
Simone Roche MBE chats to One to Watch NPW Award Commended Claudia Bartholomew founder of Claudia and Caitlin Build A School.
Together Simone and Claudia chat about all things NPW Awards and Claudias amazing work building a school in Ghana.
Listen to learn:
How Claudia remained motivated during the pandemic
How Claudia came to build a school in Ghana
About Claudias extended family
What's next on Claudias list of challenges
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17 min
October 31, 2022How to Prevent the Exploitation of Young People to County Lines
How To Prevent The Exploitation Of Young People To County Lines
Simone Roche MBE chats to Person With A Purpose NPW Award Commended Collette Devlin-Smith CEO of EDGE NorthEast.
Together Simone and Collette chat about all things NPW Awards and Collette’s work in preventing the exploitation of young people in the County Line.
Listen to learn:
Why Collette set up EDGE NE
What County Lines are and why they pose such a threat
About Collette’s success stories at EDGE NE
How Collette copes with situations that she hears about
Find out how you can get involved with EDGE NE here.
Read more about County Lines here.
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18 min
October 24, 2022 How To Take Control of Imposter Syndrome
How To Give Your Imposter Syndrome A Telling Off
Simone Roche MBE chats to Transformational Leader NPW Award winner Steph Edusei Chief Executive Officer at St Oswald's Hospice.
Together Simone and Steph chat about all things NPW Awards and Steph’s passion for the involvement of public and patients and how she is a strong advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion. Listen to learn:
• What is Black All Year
• How you can get involved in Black All Year
• How Steph beats imposter syndrome
• About the positive impact winning Transformational Leader had on Steph
Check out Black All Year here.
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24 min
October 17, 2022How Can Business Leaders Engage Young People
Simone Roche MBE chats to Sharon Davies Chief Executive at Young Enterprise and commended Transformational Leader of NPWAwards 2022. Young Enterprise is a leading employability and financial education charity empowering young people across the UK.
Together Simone and Sharon chat about all things NPW Awards and Sharon's career at Young Enterprise.
Listen to learn:
What makes a great leader
How business leaders invest in and engage young people
About Young Enterprise celebrating 60 years of transforming young peoples futures
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18 min
October 10, 2022How To Create a Tech Career for Everyone
Simone Roche MBE chats to Arlene Bulfin representing ANS Group, who won the Medium Organisation Award at the Northern Power Women Awards 2022. ANS Group provide digital transformation services including public & private cloud, managed hosting, security solutions, applications, DevOps & data services. Together Simone and Arlene chat about all things NPW Awards and ANS Group's diverse working culture.

Listen to learn:
What employees at ANS do to help younger generations in their area
How ANS has and continues to build a diverse work culture
About Arlene's personal passion for getting young people into tech
What barriers exist for people who are looking for a career in tech

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23 min
October 03, 2022How To Become A Disruptor For Good
Simone Roche MBE chats to Nazir Afzal OBE. Nazir is the first ever winner of the Disruptor for Good Award which was created in honour of the late Jane Turner OBE DL. Nazir was Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England and formerly Director in London. He was Chief Executive of the country's Police & Crime Commissioners and most recently, National Adviser to the Welsh Government.

Together Simone and Nazir chat about all things NPW Awards and what makes a great leader. Listen to learn:
What the Disruptor For Good Award meant to Nazir
How you begin to be a disruptor
About Nazir's book 'Race To The Top' which has been called one of the most anticipated books of the year
How we can overcome structural racism as a society
Check out Nazir's book here
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29 min
September 26, 2022How to Accelerate Social Mobility & Celebrate Allies
Simone Roche MBE chats to Karen Campbell-Williams and Jenn Barnet representing Grant Thornton who won the Large Organisation Award at the 2022 NPWAwards. Grant Thornton is one of the world's largest professional service networks of independent assurance, tax and advisory businesses with member firms in over 135 countries. The UK member firm, Grant Thornton UK LLP is one of the largest UK accounting and business advisers.
Together Simone, Karen and Jenn chat about all things NPW Awards and promoting social mobility.
Listen to learn:
What winning the NPW Large Organisation award meant to Karen, Jenn and the team at Grant Thornton
Why Social Mobility is close to Karen's heart
How Grant Thornton celebrate male allies
What's next for Grant Thornton
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22 min
September 20, 2022How to Drive Positive Change Through Personal Experience
Simone Roche MBE chats to Laura Wood, Northern Power Women Agent of Change award winner 2022 and Co-Founder and Director of Invisible Creations, an organisation that specialises in designing products that support people to live well and independently in their homes for longer. Together Simone and Laura chat about all things NPW Awards and creating a business that helps others.
Listen to learn:
What advice Laura would give to somebody who was looking to join a Board
Why Invisible Creations was a personal journey for Laura
How Invisible Creations can help people's physical and mental health
What's next for Laura on her journey to do even more good
Check out Invisible Creations here.
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17 min
September 12, 2022How to Demystify the World of Entrepreneurship
Simone Roche MBE chats to Maggie Chen, co-founder of Girls in Charge who were named Commended for the Innovation Award at the 2022 NPWAwards back. Girls In Charge is an international social enterprise using gamification to help women build confidence and entrepreneurial skills. Together Simone and Maggie chat about all things NPW Awards and entrepreneurship.
Listen to learn:
What doors have been opened for Girls In Charge after the NPWAwards 2022
Why it is important to make entrepreneurial skills development fun
How to take the 'scariness' away from the word entrepreneur
How Maggie is making progress on her mission to upskill 1 million women by 2030
Check out Girls In Charge here.
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18 min
September 05, 2022How to Ride Through Turbulent Times
Simone Roche MBE chats to Liz Ashall-Payne, Northern Power Women Outstanding Entrepreneur Award Winner and co-founder and CEO of ORCHA, the world's leading provider of digital health accreditation and distribution services. Together Simone and Liz chat about all things NPW Awards and...
Listen to Learn:
What Liz has been up to since being named Outstanding Entrepreneur 2022 and the doors it has opened for her
How failure can be looked at as a positive thing
How to recognise the key skills and attributes when expanding a team
How to reflect on hard work as an entrepreneur locally and globally
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22 min

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