We Are PoWEr Podcast

This week Simone is joined by broadcaster, presenter and entrepreneur, Ngunan Adamu to talk about how we can all be preparing mentally for the winter ahead and finding the joy in the little things in life.

They discuss all things failure related and look at ways you can reframe situations with Ngunan revealing how we can ultimately learn from our failures.

Simone shares how she doesn’t miss the long commutes on trains as we can now ‘go global’ from the comfort of our own home.

This week’s Life Lessons come from Success Club’s Julie Johnson.

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Presented by Simone Roche and Ngunan Adamu.

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This week Simone and Sam highlight the reason why dentists are so busy during this pandemic and look at how young people are particularly vulnerable to redundancy right now.

Also, on the subject of young people, Sam highlights a campaign started by a woman from Glasgow to try and ban all unpaid work shifts, which she believes are taking advantage of young people. Let us know your experiences and opinions about this.

Simone shares her experience of an online business festival, which led with the session “WTF just happened?!”  and urged us all to find the positives in this difficult time.

And unsolicited emails – how do YOU respond?  Especially when people get antsy?!

This week’s Life Lessons come from graphic designer Amy Littlefair

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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This week Simone and Sam discuss the release of the new Northern Power Women Levelling up report, focussing on the stories and initiatives it reveals.  You can read it here. (They also ask; “When was the last time you fully got dressed up for work?!”)

There is talk about the ever-changing regulations around lockdown and travel and a request not to judge, but to go about business in a way that suits you but doesn’t harm others and there is a reminder – we’re not all in the same boat.

Simone also reveals the results of the poll we conducted asking the question: Should you be obliged to tell your company if you’re dating anyone at work? What if that includes any company connected with your own? 

This week’s Life Lessons come from Ranjana Bell MBE

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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This week Simone reflects on the decision to postpone the 2020 Northern Power Women Awards and issues a call to all nominees to shout about their successes (even if they find that awkward!) There’s also news of the publication of a major new Northern Power Women report.

In a week that many of us have found difficult, with new regulations coming in, Sam references a brilliant video from Dr Radha Modgil who shares some excellent tips on how to avoid emotional burnout.

Plus, should you be obliged to tell your company if you’re dating anyone at work? What if that includes any company connected with your own?  Let us know your thoughts and watch out for a new poll on social media.

This week’s Life Lessons come from leadership coach Alison Freer

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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This week Sam and Simone talk about a number of new reports which focus on how the pandemic has affect working women.  From a “silver lining” story about a rise in new female entrepreneurs to a warning klaxon about how a return to office-based work may set gender equality back years!

They also check in on a social media poll you took part in, following the discussion last week about men-only spaces.

Plus – out of the mouth of babes.  Two teenage entrepreneurs were interviewed; what were their big tips for success in business?

This week’s Life Lessons come from Aerospace Engineer Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee

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This week Sam and Simone discuss a new app being utilised by a number of UK employers that helps you stay socially distant from your colleagues.

They also ask; should men only member clubs be resigned to history, or do men have the right to have spaces reserved just for them?

As the news reports on the Prime Minister of New Zealand’s childcare arrangements, should discussions about family life be removed from politics altogether, or encouraged?

Plus – the ongoing challenge of female business leaders and what do you call a group of Northern Power Women? The suggestions are many and varied!

This week’s Life Lessons come from Louise Doyle, founder of Mesma.

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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Nearly six months since lockdown started, Sam and Simone talk about the return to “normal” for many people. Commuting, school and office-based work.  Is this what life is looking like for you? Or are you still working from home, furloughed or perhaps out of work?  Please let us know, do send us an email or tweet.

Simone and Sam also discuss a recent NPW poll into the mental health of our young people and a new report for the Girl Guides into the affect that altering images on social media has on young girls and boys.

And we’re still spending much of our day on Zoom. Sam shares the story of one incident that nearly resulted in a call to the emergency services!

This week’s Life Lessons come Nafisa Kiani who works at the Serjeant at Arms Office in the House of Commons.

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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As summer holidays (whatever they looked like this year!) come to end, as children go back to school, there’s some big decisions to be made for a lot of companies, small and large and individuals too, about where you are going to work. This week, Simone and Sam discuss a major report that identifies 50 of the biggest companies in the UK who will not be sending their staff back to the office. Would that work for your company? Or you as an individual? Are you desperate to get back to “normality” or would that be impossible right now? We’d love to hear from you.

And could another casualty of the pandemic be friendship? Sam looks at a report that suggests even our closest bonds can be fragile under pressure.

Simone also poses the question: who have you become during the covid lockdown? The answer may horrify you!

This week’s Life Lessons come from entrepreneur Clare Talbot Jones  

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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This week, Simone and Sam reflect on the fact that so many of us are still at boiling point as we try to manage homes, work, children and ourselves, often with very limited resources and they ask -who is checking in on you?  How can we start to re-draw boundaries between work and home life when they have been so blurred over the last six months? We’d love to hear your thoughts! Do get in touch!

We celebrate the first woman of colour to run on a VP ticket in the USA, Kamala Harris but reflect on the rampant misogyny that has once again revealed itself, both here and in the States and discuss the perpetual issue of the wolf whistle!

We celebrate good news for a Liverpool social enterprise and find out what working women are buying a lot less of.

This week’s Life Lessons come from police officer and role model Zoe Hingston. 

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

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This week, Simone and Sam discuss the enormous pressure students and their families are facing after exams results were issued last week.  More on this to come on the Northern Power Futures podcast

There is grim news about the British economy and the future of the jobs market and we want to hear from YOU about how you’re being affected. Do get in touch: [email protected]

New research shows that black women who have natural hairstyles are less likely to be offered a job interview than white woman, or black women with straightened hair.  Have you had experience of this?  How can we continue to strive for equality? How can we do better?

We also discuss how important even the smallest amount of self-care can be as we continue to navigate really challenging times.

This week’s Life Lessons come from the ever-inspiring Scouse Scientist Holly Ellis.

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Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker

Find out more about We Are PoWEr here.  💫