On brand with … with Deborah Ogden
I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest of Deborah Ogden on her ’On brand with…’ podcast. Deborah is a personal branding expert and can be found here.
Over 50 minutes had a wide ranging discussion which covered career paths, company culture, business sales and Impostor Syndrome, and even lego!
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If you want to jump to certain points in the interview the timings are below;
2.00 – my accidental career path
4.00 – accidental start up business journey
9.30 – early years company growth
10.30 – taking on your first member of staff
12.30 – school buses, lego and whiteboards
13.00 – creating a company culture
20.00 – how the sale of the business came about
23.30 – the hardest part of the sale
26.00 – risk v reward in running a business
29.30 – what happens after a business sale?
33.00 – how I became a Business Sounding Board
34.40 – what does a Business Sounding Board actually do?
37.00 – Imposter Syndrome and unrecognised strengths
39.00 – creating a new identity and picking up new skills
40.30 – talking to the ‘right’ external business advisor
43.00 – why wouldn’t you help someone?
47.30 – the benefits of organic career paths
51.40 – authenticity and the beauty of unsubscribes
If you found the above useful then you can also see and hear more of my discussions, interviews and webinar appearances here.
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