The Career Couch

Susie is an Executive Coach and had a career change after reaching the top in her corporate career before she was 30. I met Susie at a Women In Tech seminar and she impressed me with how she held the room of women, gave us some really tangible advice and told us about her journey to where she is today. Susie doesn't take any bull, will give it to you straight and I LOVE it. Give it a listen, let me know what you think and if you want more, buy Susie's book, Be The Leader You Want to See (link: https://susieramroop.com/new-book/).

In this episode, I speak to Sarah Gallagher who is a music artist manager to talent such as Olly Murs and JLS. I wanted to hear about how she got into the industry, what it's like to work in music and also how she manages her work around having a young family.Sarah takes us on the journey from helping out her boyfriend book DJs for gigs whilst she was at uni, to helping her brother who was plating guitar for an up and coming artist called ADELE! to then taking on the second and third finalists in the X factor and managing Olly still to this day. Please follow, rate and review this podcast and get in touch at susie@thecareercouch.co.uk with any questions you have. Enjoy!

In this episode, I spoke to Dani Tremain about her journey to senior producer on TOWIE whilst she was heavily pregnant with her first son. Dani tells us what it was like studying media at university and her journey to the top in TV production. On her career path, she has been in senior roles on This Morning with the OGs Richard and Judy and had her eldest son who is now 8 and then 5 year old twins. Career breaks are normalised and we find out what is next on her agenda.

In this episode we meet Nic Lamont introduced to me by Lynne Parker of Funny Women fame. I loved talking to Nic to find out how she had decided to go into acting in the first place and how she found her dark comedy niche. I was interested to hear how she bolsters the uncertainty of acting work with 'money jobs' and how she navigated the pandemic, being pregnant and then becoming a new mum whilst also being an actress. I loved to hear that now she has her family she is more decisive on what she will and won't do, has written her own work and most recently set up a community project. I don't know how she fits it all in. To hear more, have a listen, rate, review and enjoy!

On this episode, I speak to Georgina Heron, one of the people who inspired this podcast. I was interested to hear what it was like working for a private jet company, especially in the pandemic. Georgina talked about how she worked her way up through the company from starting there in her university holidays. We discussed what it was like working her way up the company to director, being on call 24/7 and then having a maternity leave during the pandemic.After maternity leave, Georgina worked with her employer to work out the best role for her skills and the business to accommodate the fact she now had a young family. I hope you enjoy the episode, follow me on @the_career_couch on Instagram and feel free to follow, rate and review!

Back to school is here and so is series 2 of The Career Couch podcast!This series still showcases interesting people with interesting careers to inspire your next step but will also focus on people who have had to adapt their career post having children/ caring responsibilities. Whether they have a new flexible way of working with an existing employer or whether they have had to completely change career to fit round new responsibilities. Would love to know what you think. Please follow me on @The_Career_ Couch on Instagram and feel free to rate and review!

I was so excited to speak to Sam especially after the news that she was going to be stepping down as Group CEO of FinnCap Group, a company she had started up and led for 24 years. I wanted to learn how she got there, what made her make the decisions she did, how she had found the transition from leading a division to becoming CEO. There have been ups and downs and she has learned a lot from her already impressive career. I also wanted to find out what was next for Sam, she is championing so much for younger people and less fortunate to be able to have opportunities and now the world is her oyster. Listen to her journey here on The Career Couch, like, follow and enjoy!

In this episode, we meet Rachael Smith. Rachael and I were colleagues at Fuse where she headed up the brand partnerships team. Rachael was always very entrepreneurial and commercial and I was interested to see where this had taken her after she left in 2019 to work at EasyJet. We hear about her decision to go to university, how she then ended up at Fuse and then onto EasyJet just before Covid 19 hit and now what her role is at 777 Partners and how she is navigating working in a male dominated industry. Enjoy!