Episode #7 with Jade McKenzie: from corporate events to coaching
07/06/20 • 26 min
Welcome to episode #7 of the Career Pivot Podcast, hosted by Bec Sands. This episode is available on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes and Google Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, I would love it if you could please subscribe and leave me a review.
In today’s podcast episode, I interview Jade McKenzie, a five-times internationally award-winning business coach and event professional with over 15 years’ experience in event management and business development in the corporate, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial sectors.
Jade pivoted her career into her own business and specialises in working with thriving entrepreneurs and business owners, ranging from start-ups to multi-millionaires who want to create successful and sustainable events and businesses. Her clients include Melissa Ambrosini, Denise Duffield-Thomas, Gala Darling, The Beautiful You Coaching Academy, Rebecca Campbell and UN Women National Committee Australia.
Show Notes
1:25 Where Jade was before she pivoted her career, and the catalyst that made her change.
3:30 The ‘whole body’ experience of starting her business.
5:08 How Jade’s business, Event Head, started out with a small vision and evolved into something much more, including a combination of events and coaching.
7:00 The new role Jade created in her business that hadn’t existed anywhere before.
9:15 Some of the biggest challenges Jade faced when starting out in her business, the mindset she adopted to make things easier for herself, and how she overcame those challenges.
11:11 How ongoing learning and courses such as Marie Forleo’s B School supported Jade to position herself in the female entrepreneurial market.
12:50 How Jade ‘bootstrapped’ her way through starting her business without a safety net.
13:10 The role that was pivotal for Jade to learn the skills she needed to start her own business.
15:00 Everything is a process. Nothing is about you personally and you can’t fail! Jade discusses how important it is to be objective in your business, the face and brand of your business but it’s really about being there for your potential clients.
16:00 The lesson you need to learn when building a business based on your own personal brand.
17:15 Jade’s suggestions for what you can do first to pivot your career.
21:02 Two of the books that have made a massive impact for Jade in relation to finding and pursuing her passion.
Welcome to episode #7 of the Career Pivot Podcast, hosted by Bec Sands. This episode is available on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes and Google Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, I would love it if you could please subscribe and leave me a review.
In today’s podcast episode, I interview Jade McKenzie, a five-times internationally award-winning business coach and event professional with over 15 years’ experience in event management and business development in the corporate, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial sectors.
Jade pivoted her career into her own business and specialises in working with thriving entrepreneurs and business owners, ranging from start-ups to multi-millionaires who want to create successful and sustainable events and businesses. Her clients include Melissa Ambrosini, Denise Duffield-Thomas, Gala Darling, The Beautiful You Coaching Academy, Rebecca Campbell and UN Women National Committee Australia.
Show Notes
1:25 Where Jade was before she pivoted her career, and the catalyst that made her change.
3:30 The ‘whole body’ experience of starting her business.
5:08 How Jade’s business, Event Head, started out with a small vision and evolved into something much more, including a combination of events and coaching.
7:00 The new role Jade created in her business that hadn’t existed anywhere before.
9:15 Some of the biggest challenges Jade faced when starting out in her business, the mindset she adopted to make things easier for herself, and how she overcame those challenges.
11:11 How ongoing learning and courses such as Marie Forleo’s B School supported Jade to position herself in the female entrepreneurial market.
12:50 How Jade ‘bootstrapped’ her way through starting her business without a safety net.
13:10 The role that was pivotal for Jade to learn the skills she needed to start her own business.
15:00 Everything is a process. Nothing is about you personally and you can’t fail! Jade discusses how important it is to be objective in your business, the face and brand of your business but it’s really about being there for your potential clients.
16:00 The lesson you need to learn when building a business based on your own personal brand.
17:15 Jade’s suggestions for what you can do first to pivot your career.
21:02 Two of the books that have made a massive impact for Jade in relation to finding and pursuing her passion.
Previous Episode
Episode #6 with Gemma Laurelle: from criminal lawyer to video games voice actor
Welcome to episode #6 of the Career Pivot Podcast, hosted by Bec Sands. This episode is available on Spotify, Stitcher and iTunes, and if you enjoy it, I would love it if you could please subscribe and leave me a review.
In today’s podcast episode, I interview Gemma Laurelle, originally a criminal lawyer with over a decade of experience and now a video games voice actor, game enthusiast and actress.
After 10 years as a criminal lawyer, Gemma found that she had lost passion for her work, was more stressed than ever, and noticed that her health was suffering too. Taking control, she made a drastic career change, leaving her position as a barrister to pursue her passion for gaming and acting – an outlet she had previously used to escape from the day-to-day.
Gemma has also recently produced, written and starred in a new comedy series Vikings Now (a show following the disastrous adventures of three Vikings banished by Odin to modern-day Australia as punishment for their epic mistakes).
Show Notes
1:26 Where Gemma was at before she pivoted her career, and how she went from a “highly repressed” to “highly expressed” environment.
2:15 The accumulation of moments that encouraged Gemma to pivot her career, despite being in what she’d thought would be her ‘dream job’.
3:56 How Gemma worked up the courage to make the big change.
4:50 The elements of the job that were fun - but the one thing it wasn’t giving her that she truly needed.
6:25 The first steps Gemma took to pivot her career.
7:50 How the mind can stop you from taking a step forward and taking action.
10:03 The biggest challenge Gemma faced when transitioning her career, and how she overcame it.
13:10 The best things Gemma finds about working for herself and having her own business.
16:10 How Gemma transitioned from the frenetic pace of being a criminal lawyer to being in her own business and able to spend more quality time on each client.
18:30 What it means when you can’t switch off from work, which is true for so many industries, and the impact it can have.
20:40 Gemma’s top three recommendations for someone who feels they aren’t in the right career or role for them, and what they can do straight away.
25:00 Two of the books that have made a massive impact for Gemma in relation to finding and pursuing her passion.
Additional links:
Work It Out, Mel Robbins
Find Your Why, Simon Sinek
Find out more about Gemma Laurelle.
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Next Episode
Episode #8 with Tracey Atkins: pivoting from TV journalist to media agency founder
Welcome to episode #8 of the Career Pivot Podcast, hosted by Bec Sands. This episode is available on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes and Google Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, I would love it if you could please subscribe and leave me a review.
In today’s podcast episode, I interview Tracey Atkins, Founder and Managing Director of Goldeneye Media; an international media agency that builds premium content and campaigns to capture and inform global audiences. Goldeneye Media makes incredible videos capturing the stories of the world’s most luxurious properties.
Tracey pivoted her career after spending 20 years as a broadcast journalist, covering breaking stories and anchoring national and international news bulletins in Australia, Asia, the UK and the USA. She has worked as a national political reporter, a senior network correspondent and network chief of staff. She has also worked as a media advisor for Australia’s Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and served as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, working on media and issues management. She’s incredibly impressive, and I’m very lucky to have her on the podcast today
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