Anne Bailey's Journey from Career Confusion to Social Impact
In this inspiring episode of the Alternative Leader Podcast, Anne Bailey, CEO of Form the Future, shares her personal story of navigating career challenges after graduating from Harvard. She reveals how her own struggles with finding meaningful work led her to create a nonprofit that supports young people in discovering their potential and career paths. Anne discusses the importance of mentorship, challenging self-limiting beliefs, and breaking through societal expectations to create a purpose-driven career that makes a real difference.About Anne:Anne Bailey, CEO and Co-founder of Form the Future CIC, leads a not-for-profit careers and employment organisation. With a background in communications and experience running her own PR agency, Anne made her way into the careers and skills sector, inspired by her time managing BT’s CSR education programme. This role sparked the vision for Form the Future—a social enterprise dedicated to guiding young people from education into employment and helping employers connect with emerging talent. Anne’s commitment to this cause led her to win the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize in 2022, recognising the significant impact Form the Future has had on young lives in the Eastern region. Originally from the US, Anne has lived in the UK for over 30 years—an interesting note for listeners who might detect a hint of her American accent. We first met on the PTA, a connection that’s stayed strong ever since. While there isn’t a book (yet!), listeners can explore Form the Future’s website at www.formthefuture.org.uk to learn more and sign up for newsletters. You can also connect with Anne directly on LinkedIn. Anne is particularly passionate about the fantastic opportunities Form the Future offers for adults to volunteer and support their community. Volunteering can be as simple as sharing insights with students about your job, your career journey, and the skills you use, helping them envision potential futures for themselves. For those looking for a deeper commitment, there are roles that include training, such as mentoring young people facing challenges. The impact is profound—not only for the mentees but also for mentors, who find the experience deeply rewarding. Additionally, Form the Future recognises that parents and carers often feel uncertain about how to best support their children’s next steps. They offer a newsletter and host webinars tailored for parents to better understand options and help their children through key decision-making processes. Be sure to connect with Anne on LinkedIn to stay updated on Form the Future’s latest initiatives and opportunities.
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Threads of Change: Stacey Grant-Canham's Feminist Fashion Revolution with Black and Beech
Stacey Grant-Canham, founder of Black and Beech, discusses her journey from a part-time side hustle to a mission-driven fashion brand. Inspired by her father's brain aneurysm and her own experiences, Stacey emphasizes the importance of integrity, feminism, and sustainability in her business. She transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship, driven by the need for safety and security. Black and Beech focuses on ethical practices, supporting positive industry changes, and fostering a community of like-minded individuals. Despite challenges, Stacey aims for continuous improvement, balancing profitability with her values, and advocates for systemic change, particularly in political leadership and climate action.Black & Beech was created by Stacey as a part-time side hustle whilst on maternity leave with her first son. Since then, Black & Beech has evolved into a brand with a mission: to fuse a passion for feminism and activism with a commitment to provocative, ethical, and sustainable fashion. Fashion is a powerful form of expression and an effective tool for empowerment. At Black & Beech, they create a space where individuals can express their feminist beliefs through fashion, while actively supporting positive practices within the fashion industry.You can follow Stacey on the links belowInstagram | TikTok | Facebook | Twitter
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From Divorce to Fitness: Hannah Walker's Journey in life, leadership and business.
Hannah Walker is a personal trainer who, after seeing just how much physical training changed not only her health and fitness but also her mindset, set up her own business, Eton Fitness. Eton Fitness focuses on 1-2-1 online training in her ‘The Empowered Female Programme’. Although this is based around fitness, she also includes education surrounding hormones, training and nutrition. The majority of women I train are in Perimenopause. Hannah is here to share the struggles and the successes she went through to start her own business. You can connect with Hannah on Instagram or Facebook
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Gut Matters: Transforming Health from the Inside Out with Goitseone Thamae
In this episode Goitseone Thamae shares her entrepreneurial journey from selling fruit and vegetables from her childhood garden in Botswana to starting her own company Evobiome, to help combat ill health by focusing on the microbiome. We talk about her leadership mindset and drive and how she learned from failures. Goitseone shares how she fought for her life in hospital with covid and the ill health she felt plagued by which made her focus on her gut. She has resolved these issues by caring for her microbiome. In this podcast she tells us why the gut microbiome is so important to our physical and mental health. She gives us tips on what to do to help it and goes into detail about why it causes such a problem. Other topics we discussed. How leadership positions as a child help guide your career What to do when you think you’ve failed How to stop having to live on antihistamines and omeprazole Are supplements worth taking Is Kombucha sugary How to fight a chest infection Goitseone Thamae ,MRSB, Social media details: LinkedInInstagramXTikTok
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Voice, Identity, and Leadership: A Conversation with Julia Caddick
In this episode, Voice and Presentation coach, Julia Caddick, shares her journey to leadership. Beginning with how she was enamoured by music at a young age, to following her passion through singing and performance. Diagnosed with skin cancer when young, she found her strength and coping mechanisms highlighted in a way she hadn’t experienced before. Julia shares with us why being able to use your voice to be authentically yourself as a leader is a skill which affects us way beyond being on stage. We look at how self-worth can be enhanced and how it directly impacts your career path and identity. Julia also shares with us a simple tip for how to instantly make your presentations more effective. Julia's portfolio career includes, singing, acting, workshop leader, trainer, conductor, writer, teacher, and coach! A powerful resume which gives her a unique talent for working with anyone—from CEOs to prison inmates and countless young people—Julia is passionate about helping people fall in love with their own voice and embrace their ability to perform. Julia now has a voice and presentation coaching and training business, where she guides executives and entrepreneurs in creating engaging, authentic presentations. Known for her dynamic, embodied, and person-centered approach, she enables clients to present with impact, confidence, and, above all, as their true selves. Julia’s links https://juliacaddick.co.ukwww.animatedpresenter.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-caddick-3694a234/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvns5lIAUKv4_waueT0r1kQ/about
The Alternative Leader Podcast, hosted by the award-winning Coach, Therapist and Mediator Mari Williams, The Mind Architect - "The Alternative Leader" has a mission: to enable the powerful insights and learnings of real people from all walks of life to be shared; to help us and our leaders of today to lead with new-found strength, humanity, determination and compassion, whilst achieving healthy life balance. The alternative leaders have learned from their successes and mistakes; now they're ready to share those lessons with Mari and all of us. How can we gain resilience? How can we make better decisions? How can we all become happier people? How can we lead, better?We focus on challenge and resilience by getting to the grit and discovering the gold in in-depth conversations on real life and its lessons: Leaders including, CEO's and entrepreneurs, actors and athletes, key influencers and key-workers; those alternative leaders who've forged their own path, those who've crashed and burned and risen again.. all share their stories with Mari.Hosted by the award-winning Coach, Therapist and Mediator Mari Williams, The Mind Architect -voted Best Executive Coach UK, co-author of "Fit for Purpose Leadership", author of "The Alternative Leader" (book due out this year) & regular BBC radio contributor.
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