The Slick Pivot Sessions

Liz Ward talks to Joe Sayers about his pivot from a professional cricket into the finance industry. After 14 years in the Yorkshire Cricket team Joe retired from sports before the age of 30, leaving his first passion to fulfil another side of him. Joe is now a senior leader at Royal Bank of Canada. Joe shares what his professional cricket career taught him, the importance of understanding your why when it comes to your work and how he successfully built his reputation in a completely new industry This interview covers loads about focus, setting goals and being confident in your transferable skills.Episode highlights: The journey of a pro-athleteLeadership lessons learnt from sportsDealing with expectations & the pressures of early successTransitioning from sports to financePutting your ego to one side & starting from the bottomUnderstanding your whyGrab a cuppa and tune in.Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here. ---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guests...---Looking for coaching support on your pivot, visit www.slickpivot.com---Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. 

Liz Ward speaks to writer and podcaster, Emma Gannon about The Multi-Hyphen Book Club that was born at the start of Lockdown. Emma shares how she woke up one morning and decided to create a virtual space where people can connect through a monthly book and be inspired by daily book recommendations during this period of social distancing. The book club now has over 6,000 members.In this Slick Pivot Session, we explore why books genuinely save Emma in a time of need, how this creative project was able to come together so quickly and how connection is so important for us all right now. Emma is the queen of pivoting and is an expert on starting a side project or side hustle. She wrote the best selling book, The Multi-Hyphen Method and has the No1 careers podcast, CTRL ALT DELETE. Emma’s upcoming debut novel, Olive will be published in July 2020. It was a pleasure to have her on the show.Think you'll enjoy this. Grab a cuppa and tune in.---Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here.  ---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guests...---Looking for coaching support on your pivot, visit www.slickpivot.com---Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. 

In part two of the Slick Pivot Session with Matt Healy, award-winning chef, and restaurateur, we hear how he pivoted his restaurant’s activity during the pandemic and is spreading lots of joy to the frontline NHS staff by delivering his famous Sunday roasts to hospital teams in Leeds whilst they care for corona virus patients.At the time of recording this, Matt’s Go Fund Me page has raised over £10k in contributions, and Matt has served over 1,200 Sunday Roasts to care workers. There is nothing better than a roast dinner right? To hear how Matt is keeping smiles on the faces of some the frontline, tune in.And if you would like to donate and buy a Sunday Roast for a frontline care worker, you can here….https://www.gofundme.com/f/feed-250-nhs-staff----To hear Part One of my interview with Matt recorded pre-lockdown where we discuss his career journey from chef, to Masterchef The Professionals to restauranteur, check out episode 008. ---Full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at https://www.slickpivot.com/podcast-slick-pivot-sessions/009-matt-healy-part-two --- I really enjoyed making these two episodes with Matt. I hope you enjoy listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, leave a written review and a star rating on Apple podcasts. These actions help us grow this podcast and keep bringing you amazing guests. Thank you!--- Looking for coaching support on your pivot? visit www.slickpivot.com --- Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved.

Liz Ward speaks to Matt Healy, award winning chef, restaurateur and Masterchef The Professionals runner up.Matt shares his career journey, from training with some inspiring mentors and then how he left a top restaurant in London to be closer to his family and applied to Masterchef for a bit of a laugh. There were twists, turns and lots of points where he could have given up on his career in the kitchen yet Matt kept going. And keeps going. We talk about mentors, self belief and what it's like to be in the public eye.Matt and his team have opened 3 food venues in the last two years, Matt Healy x The Foundry has won loads of awards including Britain’s Best Roast Dinner, Best City Centre Restaurant (in Leeds) and a Michelin plate. His Grön Kafé, his vegetarian and vegan concept now has two sites.Matt is really inspiring and a great guest. As we are currently in the middle of a global pandemic, this interview comes in two parts.Part One (this one) “Matt’s pivot journey from Chef to Restaurateur”, recorded pre-corona lockdown Part Two - “Matt’s Lockdown Pivot”, where we explore what Matt did when the pandemic forced the restaurant to close and how he is spreading joy to the frontline NHS staff with his famous Sunday Roasts. And what he is thinking for the future.I really enjoyed making these two episodes with Matt. I hope you enjoy listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, leave a written review and a star rating on Apple podcasts. These actions really help us grow this podcast and keep bringing you amazing guests. Thank you!---Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at https://www.slickpivot.com/podcast-slick-pivot-sessions/008-matt-healy-part-oneDonate to help Matt feed NHS Staff - https://www.gofundme.com/f/feed-250-nhs-staff---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating on wherever you get your pods. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guests...---Looking for coaching support on your pivot? visit www.slickpivot.com---Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. 

As part of a series of interviews exploring some of the best lockdown pivot examples, we are dissecting the “virtual rave” that connected the world. It was a moment in time where there was mass fear, uncertainty and we were all being told to STAY AT HOME to slow down the spread of COVID 19 virus. On March 20th, 2020, Defected Records brought house music directly into houses around the world by hosting a 12 hour Virtual Music Festival. Streaming DJ sets live from an empty The Ministry of Sound nightclub in London across twitter, Facebook and youtube reaching 10m people. Music was just what the world needed on the first Friday night when the world had really changed. People were dancing in their living rooms partying together with their friends via apps and the internet. In this Slick Pivot Session, Liz Ward is joined by James Kirkham, Chief Business Officer from Defected Records, who shares an exclusive inside track on this seminal moment in dance music culture. Just how did the Defected Team pivot their business to deliver 12 hours of positivity to millions in just 5 days?---Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here.  ---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating on wherever you get your pods. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guests...---Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. 

Liz Ward speaks to Lucy Werner, PR expert, Founder of The Wern and best-selling author of "Hype Yourself". Lucy shares her personal story of scaling down her PR agency and pivoting the business model to something more suitable to family life. Lucy and her partner, Hadrien now run The Wern from their garden office supporting small business owners to build their brands and get their own publicity.Lucy’s first book, “Hype Yourself: A nonsense DIY PR toolkit for small businesses” is an amazing guide with practical tips on how to get publicity for your business. Lucy tells us how she wrote the book in a really short space of time, how she made some bold decisions to design her career and why she is prioritising her children right now.No pivot is ever slick and Lucy shares all here. We talk about resilience, getting clear on your objectives and and why we are all constantly pivoting to design careers that work for us. There are also loads of tips on doing raising your own personal profile and making things happen. Grab a cuppa and tune in to hear the background story behind Lucy's book and her business journey.—- Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here.  ---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating on wherever you get your pods. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guests...---Looking for coaching support on your pivot, visit www.slickpivot.com---Copyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Liz Ward speaks to Yasmine Say, owner of Say Fitness Personal Training. Yasmine shares her story of how she pivoted from a 10 year long career in Design, Brand and Marketing to follow her passion for fitness to retrain and build a business as a Personal Trainer.  In this Slick Pivot Session, we cover:Not knowing what is around the cornerImposter syndromeDoing all the right things in a job hunt, yet feeling like you are getting nowhereFeeling too old to pivot and pushing through that fearGetting buy in from your loved ones on your career changeSwallowing your pride and starting from the bottomWhy you should never build your bridges. “Your network is so important” Working out your superpowers you might not know you have---UPDATE: Since recording this episode, Yasmine’s business has gone fully online and so now you can catch her classes virtually through Zoom. She’s teaching a range of classes from Bodyweight HIIT to Dynamic Mat Pilates. Check out her full schedule on her website here: www.sayfitnesspt.com/onlineShe also has an amazing YouTube channel full of free home workouts and Pilates sessions you can do from the comfort of your own living room. Please subscribe to her channel here: www.youtube.com/sayfitnesspersonaltraining -- Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here.  ---If you like what you hear, drop us a review and a rating on wherever you get your pods. Reviews really help us grow this podcast, reach more people and bring you fantastic guest…---Looking for coaching support on your pivot, Visit www.slickpivot.comCopyright 2020 Slick Pivot. All rights reserved. For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Liz Ward speaks to Fleur Emery. Fleur is an outspoken start-up veteran with an uncanny way of sniffing out emerging trends and making things happen. She has 15 years in the food industry under her belt launching two product ranges into major retailers. Fleur recently spent three years setting up a premium ready meal business. she had a product range ready to go, funding in place and interest from supermarkets yet decided to pull the plug and pivot her career.  In this Slick Pivot Session, we cover:What motivated her to walk away from that food businessHow she rebuilt herself as a startup expert working school hours Loads of advice for those thinking of starting a food business. Trusting your gutPivoting your career on your skillset you’ve built over the years----Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned here----***I loved recording this pilot episode, I hope you enjoy listening. If you did, please take the time to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods, it will mean a great deal to me and will help me to grow the show. Thanks!***Looking for coaching support on your pivot?Visit slickpivot.comHow To Pivot Your Career, webinar seriesCopyright © 2020 SlickPivot. All rights reserved.