By Your Path to Success with Ruth Kearns Wollmann
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Today’s guest, Richard Pascoe is founder, managing director and lead trainer at Making Presentations: The Science and Art of saying things brilliantly.
Richard is warm, wise, and a wonderful storyteller so you’re in for a treat. He is also a great example of someone who has navigated his career in a way that has fully integrated his talents, passions and values both inside and outside work.
After 18 years at Procter and Gamble working in Sales, Consumer Insights and finally Corporate training, he managed to pluck up the courage to follow his true calling:
to be a master presentation skills trainer and coach.
Richard's story is one of a well-rounded life well lived. In this conversation you will hear him talk about how he:
Followed his head and his heart
Took on board compliments and critical feedback
Stayed open to seize opportunities, and waited patiently for the right time to make a move
Overall his is a story of how he consistently invested in personal growth, relationships and doing good work over years and now decades, and how he has continued to bear fruit as a consequence.
You can find Richard and learn more about what he does through the makingpresentations.co.uk website.
His book The Versatile Presenter written with Kirstie Hawkes comes out in January 2025 and will be available on Amazon
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And you can find out more about my coaching offerings at yourpathtosuccess.ch
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Fadzi Whande is chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the UNHCR (The UN refugees agency) in Geneva. She was born in Zimbabwe, brought up in USA, has lived on 4 continents, and refers to herself as an Afro-Aussie.
Fadzi is an expert in her field, encouraging and inspiring many, many people, including me, to create inclusive spaces and open up to learning from one another whatever our background.
In this interview, Fadzi talks about her personal and professional journey. She begins by talking about how her life experiences have shaped her perspective on inclusion and belonging, and how her vocation found her.
She goes on to share the story of how she navigated a significant setback in her life - the breakdown of her marriage - and the guiding principles and mindsets that sustained her as she built a new life and career.
One of her principles is "do it afraid." She courageously put this into action when she chose to go to back to study during the year she turned 40 while bringing up 2 young boys. Although it was hard at first, she kept moving forward step by step and, encouraged by her faith, she chose to cultivate a teachable spirit and to live by example, knowing that her boys (and others) were watching her.
A significant shift happened when she was able to change her perspective from being the victim of what she had suffered and looking to others as the solution, to becoming more proactive, realising that while we cannot control what happens to us, we can learn from everything and everyone as we take responsibility for our actions and our future.
This is a warm and authentic interview filled with wisdom and hope for us all.
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Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire, encourage and equip you on your personal path to success.
In 2015, during the failed coup in Burundi, Simon Guillebaud, founder of an NGO called Great Lakes Outreach faced a milestone moment: Would he stay, or would he take his family and flee to safety as others were doing?
Surrounded by gunfire and burning roadblocks he decided to stay. He then gathered his leaders in a room, and together they decided to use their influence to advocate for peace and non-violence.
What made it possible? Listen to this episode to find out!
Simon had a very clear call to Burundi in 1999, when it was regarded as the most dangerous country on earth. Having unexpectedly survived 7 years of genocide and civil war, he set up GLO with the vision to transform Burundi and beyond through holistic mission, working with gifted local leaders of integrity.
Although Simon returned from Burundi with his family in 2018, leaving Great Lakes Outreach in the hands of capable local leaders, he is still very much involved in supporting their work with some of the poorest and hungriest people in the world. You can find out more about it at greatlakesoutreach.org.
He continues to work as a Christian author speaker, and podcaster. So if that is your thing, I can totally recommend his podcast called “Inspired” where he interviews men and women of faith from all walks of life about their stories of adventure and risk-taking for God. So check that out via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or the link here: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/
If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please hit subscribe to hear more encouraging stories of of how people have navigated their path to true success.
As Simon said it's all too easy to get to a point in life where we "Have everything to live with but nothing to live for." It takes courage to step back and ask yourself what you really want to live for, and that's another part of life where surrounding yourself with the people who will support you on your journey makes a huge difference.
In my next podcast episode on Your Path to Success, I am going to share more about my own journey of defining and redefining success and how I help other people do that too, through my coaching programmes.
If you're interested in find more about coaching then check out my website: yourpathtosuccess.ch or book an appointment here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment/
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Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire encourage and equip you on your path to success.
My first ever interview on “Your path to success” 4 years ago was with P&G Chief Sustainability Officer Virginie Hélias.
In this 10-minute extract you’ll hear Virginie talk about a Milestone Moment in her journey back in 2011 when in a 20-minute meeting with the CEO of P&G she laid out the rationale for appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer and proposed herself for the job. She explains the importance of having absolutely clarity on what you want and being brave not perfect when you want to have an impact!
If you like this clip then you can listen to Episode 1 of Your Path to Success published on 26 November 2019.
If you'd like to find out more about how coaching can help you create clarity on what's important for you and what you really want out of life, please visit my website or ask me about my my Reignite Your Purpose coaching journey: yourpathtosuccess.ch
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Jenny Rushmore founded Cashmerette 8 years ago after 15 years of working in corporate brand management.
She is a smart, successful, mission-driven entrepreneur who is an amazing example of someone who has combined their talents, skills, experience and passion to make a difference in the world, and is thriving while doing it.
In this podcast episode you will hear Jenny talk about:
More about Jenny and Cashmerette:
Cashmerette began as Jenny’s personal sewing blog in 2010, when she had the profound realization that she didn’t have to change her body to fit clothes – she could change clothes to fit her body. That led Jenny to leave the corporate world after 15 years, and launch Cashmerette, the first modern, body-positive, sewing company, with patterns in sizes 0 – 32 and cup sizes C – H.
Cashmerette has since grown to empower curvy sewists to find confidence through online workshops, a popular membership program called Cashmerette Club, and two books: instant best-seller “Ahead of the Curve: Learn to Fit and Sew Amazing Clothes for your Curves”, the first body-positive book focused on helping curvy sewists learn how to alter patterns to fit, and "Sewing the Curve: Learn how to Sew Clothes to Boost your Wardrobe and your Confidence", the ultimate guide to sewing for beginners which starts shipping on 14 November 2023.
Jenny’s work on Cashmerette and body positivity has been featured in publications including People magazine, The Guardian, and the Huffington Post.
Originally from Scotland, Jenny has lived in 9 countries, and is now proud to call Boston, MA home.
To find out more about Jenny's work visit cashmerette.comwhere you can shop patterns, register for classes, order Jenny's books and browse the blog.
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By the age of 35 Marisa Kamall was a successful c-suite executive at a FTSE-100 company. Then in 2021 a series of challenging events caused her to stop and question what she really wanted from life, and particularly from her career.
Motivated by a renewed sense of purpose Marisa now works as a certified coach and consultant driving cultural change within organizations and empowering individuals and teams to overcome barriers and realise their full potential.
In this episode you'll hear us talk about how Marisa established herself in the first stage of her career, how she navigated challenging life events to emerge with a renewed definition of success and sense of purpose for the next stage of her career.
As fellow Gallup strengths coaches you'll also hear us talk about how our strengths shape both who we are and how we show up at our best at work.
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Maria de la Hera has over 25 years of experience in International Marketing, Sales and General Management with 18 of those years working in the luxury sector.
Several years ago, Maria chose to leave the corporate world and found her sweetspot as a board member. She serves on the board of advisors for several companies including Valeur Absolue perfumes and Familia Torres.
In this interview, she shares with me how she navigated her career over the past 30 years and how she made and embraced choices at each stage. Her story took us from her first move to Switzerland as a young, newly married Spanish literature graduate seeking to establish herself in the professional world, through the way she worked her way up from being an assistant to being a corporate executive, and finally to her most recent decision to leave the corporate world behind her and embrace not only a new professional adventure but also a new lifestyle.
Over the years, Maria learned a lot about making choices, preparing for the change that they would bring, and always staying true to who she is at her core.
She calls out 3 key principles for a successful and fulfilling career:
1. Seek out mentors and learning a priority.
2. Be bold then embrace your choices.
3. Prepare yourself for the change ahead logistially and emotionally.
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Rebecca Wardell is a former New Zeland Olympic heptathlete and extreme cyclist who currently works at the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.
Rebecca's career so far has been quite the ride, literally and metaphorically. Her story is one of pursuing her dreams and goals through passion, adventure, perseverance, and re-invention.
Rebecca has always enjoyed sport, and competing in the Olympics was a childhood dream. After leaving school she focused on athletics, but it was only in 2004, having missed out qualifying for 400m hurdles in Athens, that she chose to pick up heptathlon. She rose to the challenge and competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Despite her doctor trying to convince her to retire in 2010 she insisted she wanted to give London 2012 a go, but unfortunately she tore a hamstring and couldn't qualify.
Retiring from athletics at 34, she had to discover a new professional identity when most of her peers were already 10 years into their career. Her work led her to Switzerland to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne where she continued to be connected into the sporting world and picked up road cycling for fun.
It was on one of her road trips with 2 other New Zealand friends that they first started talking about cycling 20,000km home to New Zealand. And so in 2018 that Rebecca quit her job and set off for a trip that would last 385 days across 17 countries. It was a crazy, audacious goal that required courage, resilience, and a "nothing ventured, nothing gained" attitude.
In this interview you will hear Rebecca talk about her "Long Way Home" as she calls it, including:
Why she set off in the first place
What she learned along the way and
How it led her full circle back to Lausanne and her passion for the Olymypic movement.
You can also watch Rebecca's 39 minute documentary of her trip here:
The Long Way Home Video
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Nadine Hack has been named a “master bridge-builder” by Harvard University and IMD business school where she was the first ever female executive in residence.
It has been her life work to partner with governments, large corporations, and NGOs to enable them to solve some of their toughest challenges through the power of connectedness.
Nadine's company beCause Global Consulting helps people and organizations connect with their core purpose and each other. It's sister nonprofit Global Citizens Circle convenes diverse, intergenerational, cross-sectoral dialogue to find sustainable solutions and create constructive change. Nadine is currently writing a book called "The Power of Connectedness" which has a foreword">foreword by Desmond Tutu.
During our conversation, Nadine shares how she discovered and developed her passion and purpose, some lessons she has learned throughout her extraordinary career, and what she believes are the most essential leadership qualities for the future.
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Bethany Foresman is a Director of Analytics & Insights at Procter & Gamble.
A few years ago, Bethany was working in a team where she was well-established and respected by her business partners when she had a change of line manager. Her new boss was really good at what she did, and Bethany admired her. She both wanted to learn from her and impress her. However, her boss had a very different profile in terms of strengths, and Bethany found herself losing her confidence in her own ability to add value.
In this episode, Bethany tells the story of how, with coaching support, she was able to turn her situation around. She stepped back to recognise her own strengths and her unique purpose. She created practices that enabled apply her strengths positively to show up at her best and add value. She intentionally sought feedback from people she could trust, built her confidence and turned the complementary styles of her and her boss from a lose for her, into a win-win-win for her, her boss and the team.
If you'd like to find out more about how coaching can support you to show up from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose then please do contact me via my website yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment
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The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.