Inspiring Women Interviews

Inspiring Women Interviews

Author: Amanda Alexander Language: English Episodes: 10
Amanda Alexander hosts Inspiring Women Interviews, a podcast rooted in her professional world as an award-winning career coach and speaker. This series moves beyond generic success stories to explore the nuanced, real-world pathways women have carved out in business and their careers. Each conversation is a deep dive into practical strategy and personal experience, where guests detail the pivotal decisions, the unforeseen obstacles, and the mentors that shaped their journeys. Listeners will find a blend of actionable advice for professional growth and reflective insights on leadership and resilience. The discussions are candid, often challenging conventional wisdom about what it means to build a meaningful professional life. By focusing on these authentic narratives, the podcast serves as both a catalyst for listeners' own career planning and a source of genuine connection. It’s a space where ambition is examined with honesty, and where the roadmap to success is shown to be as unique as the individual following it. Tune in for thoughtful dialogues that aim to inform, empower, and inspire the next steps in your own professional story.
Episodes
010 Ness Knight on overcoming the fear of failure [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:19
Five years ago Ness Knight quit her 9-5 job in marketing and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, forging a career as an explorer, endurance athlete, presenter, and speaker. She is the first female to stand up paddle…
009 Sue Lawton on Non-linear Career Progression [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:43
Amanda: Hello and welcome to episode 8 of the Inspiring Women Interviews podcast. Today I am interviewing Sue [Lawton 00:00:14] MB. Sue is a global expert on women and enterprise. She creates business opportunities for w…
008 Jenny Holloway on Dealing with Life’s Curve Balls [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:20
Amanda: Hello. This is Amanda Alexander. You are very welcome to another episode of the Inspiring Women Interviews. Today I am interviewing Jenny Holloway. Jenny is the CEO of Fashion Enter. Fashion Enter is a manufactur…
007 Vicki Cooper on Career Progression for Women in Technology [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:30
This is an interview from the Inspiring Women Interviews Podcast with Amanda Alexander: Interviews are with female leaders and female role models who advocate helping ALL women to achieve success. Our aim with these inte…
006 – Leisa Docherty on Confidence for Your Career [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:17
Transcript Amanda: Hello and welcome to the Inspiring Women Interviews Podcast with me, Amanda Alexander. Today I’m interviewing Leisa Docherty. Leisa is a Global Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Sage. Sage is a G…
005 Tina Freed on How Flexible Working Supports Talent Retention [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:59
Tina Freed is the co-founder of E2W, a financial markets Professional Services Company delivering Business Outsource Processing, Consulting and Contracting Services with a twist. The twist is that E2W have built a succes…
004 Emma McGuigan, Senior Managing Director, Technology –  Accenture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:00
In episode 004 of the Inspiring Women Interviews, Emma McGuigan, Managing Director Technology, Accenture UK and Ireland, talks about encouraging more young women into STEM, letting go of guilt, dealing with mistakes, own…
003 Jacqueline de Rojas: Encouraging Women in Technology [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:24
Named Computer Weekly’s most influential women in UK IT 2015, Jacqueline de Rojas is a believer in smart partnering & tech that makes life easy. She is a champion for women & diversity in technology. In one of Jacqueline…
002 Maggie Berry: Director for Europe of WEConnect International [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:03
Maggie Berry is the Executive Director for Europe of WEConnect International. WEConnect exists to encourage and support global supplier diversity for women-owned businesses, helping women-owned businesses to connect with…