Ep 4 - Hard conversations: Bullying with Sue Higgs

06/08/22 • 52 min

In this episode on hard conversations we cover the topic of bullying in the workplace. Often a subject shrugged to the side, especially when it involves someone senior to you or you are part of the minority in the workplace. Inspiring us and sharing her deep and personal story, we sat down with Sue Higgs, joint Chief ECD of Dentsu McgarryBowen and anti-bullying advocate. Through sharing her story, Sue has opened up the conversation in the industry that is now showing its very ugly cracks on how much bullying is really going on. She shares tips on how to stand up and speak up, how to recognise the signs and stop it before it gets any worse. This episode not only rang close to home on the day but still gives us goosebumps listening back.

Warning, this episode may be triggering for some. If you are or have been a victim of bullying or any workplace harassment please get in touch either with HR or with NABS, helping to improve the wellbeing of everyone in the advertising and media industry. https://nabs.org.uk/how-we-can-help/advice-line/

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Ep 3 - Planning for a baby as a freelancer with Rebecca Rowntree

Deciding to have a baby is one thing, deciding to have one with no security of maternity pay, is a whole nother feat freelancers need to think about. In this candid chat with Rebecca Rowntree, host of This Way Up podcast and Creative Director at Leo Burnett, we get into the nitty gritty of being freelance and deciding to have a baby. How to plan for maternity leave, a top advice tip from her mother and so much more.

Also check out her brilliant course on creative direction for social media campaigns on domestika, link below:

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3331-creative-direction-for-social-media-campaigns

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Ep 5 - That freelancer mortgage chat with Adrian van Cooten

The self-employed are not the most desirable bunch to a mortgage lender, even though we can potentially earn more than those in perm positions. So how do we look more attractive to get the mortgage we want, for the dream home we desire? In this episode we chat to fellow freelancer and home buyer Adrian van Cooten, Lead Product Designer. Adrian’s been freelancing for over 8 years and just recently purchased his second property. We discuss how he did it alone the first time round, what he has learned along the way and some insightful tips and tricks to getting your way with the market. As both of us venture through this house buying process, we learned so much from this chat. We hope you do too. It’s time we freelancers stick together and share the stories, because it can be done.

Here is a link to one of the disruptor mortgage advisors Adrian mentioned in the chat.

Habito - www.habito.com

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