Northern Power Women Podcast

 “I accepted that I was introvert and I became introvert and proud, as I like to say.” This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Carol Stewart, Founder of Abounding Solutions and Author of Quietly Visible, explores the ways in which we can demystify being an introvert and how we can lift each other up. Listen to learn:   ⚡ How she embraces being an Introvert ⚡️️️ How to define an Introvert and an Extrovert ⚡️What led Carol to write her book: Quietly Visible ⚡Why she founded Black Northern Women International Women’s Day conference Find Carol here. Find Quietly Visible here.Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

“You don't have to have entrepreneurialism in your blood. You don't have to come from a long line of people that have done business. The support is out there and you can do it yourself. It doesn't matter your background or your influences.”   This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Georgia Halston, also known as Serial Entrepreneur in the Digital Marketing and Media Space, explores her passion for becoming a female entrepreneur and getting rid of the stigmatized term “imposter syndrome” Listen to learn:   ⚡ How Georgia became a successful business owner  ⚡️Why Georgia dislikes the term Imposter Syndrome and how to rebrand it⚡️️️ What is the No Code lab ⚡What are the common values Georgia works withFind Georgia here. Find out more about Halston Group here.  Find out about No Code Lab here.  Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our new

If Sarah McLean could give any advice to her 16 year old self it would be “Don't pigeonhole myself into one sector, one skillset. Everything is transferrable. And if you just open up your mind to the possibilities anything is possible and you can go anywhere”    This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Project Manager, also known as Scrum Manager at Barclays, Sarah Mclean, explores her passion for helping people in their early careers and her commitment to offering support, guidance and awareness for those affected by ASD.  Listen to learn:   ⚡ What we can do to create a greater understanding & safer environment for those with ASD ⚡️Fan girl Sarah’s favourite quote that she lives by from Game Of Thrones ⚡️️️ How young Sarah met the late Monarch Her Majesty The Queen  ⚡️What Scrum Manager means & how Sarah uses that role at Barclays Find Sarah here. Find out more about Witherslack group here.  Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date

This week Simone Roche MBE recorded live as the warm up to Eurovision onboard HMS Mersey. She is joined by Okszana Nepijvoda and Marianna Vaszilyiv, who were awarded the Special Honour Award at this year's Northern Power Women Awards for their work for United for Ukraine since the Russian conflict. Join us for this incredibly insightful conversation about their journey from Ukraine to Liverpool.Listen to learn about:  ⚡Their journey⚡️The highlights and successes that they have seen this year⚡The United for Ukraine coalition. United for Ukraine – how employers can help As a business and an employer, the United for Ukraine initiative provides an easy and direct way to communicate job opportunities to Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK. Go to the website to find out how your organisations can support with single or multiple job opportunities: https://www.unitedforukraine.org.uk/for-businesses/Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We A

For Rebecca Ihiekwe, sharing stories are more than just recounting history. It's about giving people the platform to be their best and most authentic selves so they're able to shared their lived experiences.  Rebecca says: "It's about having that diversity of narrative and about celebrating that...it's about advocating for others when they can't advocate for themselves" This week's podcast conversation with Simone Roche and Marketing Executive at CEL Solicitors, Rebecca Ihiekwe, explores her passion and commitment to empower the voices and narratives of those who are so often overlooked.  Listen to learn:   ⚡️Rebecca's experience co-Curating The Colonial Legacies of the Liverpool Sandbach Family exhibition   ⚡️Why it is important to give people the platform to be their best and most authentic selves and how we can do it well ⚡ Why storytelling is key to enabling positive change for a diverse culture  ⚡️️️ “She is a woman who gets stuff done”: What’s next for Rebecc

“Yes, it's important to teach children how to write a coherent sentence, but when you start pulling apart that sentence and explaining it and dissecting it then becomes boring. It was boring for me, and it was boring for them. So in the very last term, I thought, right, we're going to write adventure stories, and I took them on a virtual tour of Jamaica and we wrote virtual stories about Jamaica.” Join Simone Roche as she chats to founder of Rock Paper Write, Abigail Reid who has a mission to spark imaginations with meaningful extra-curricular experiences. They discuss all things about being inspired through storytelling.  Listen to learn:  ⚡️What key skills Abigail brought forward with her in life from being a beauty therapist onboard a cruise ⚡️About her journey as an educator and how it led her to where she is today ⚡ Why she set up Rock Paper Write  ⚡️️️ How to use nature to inspire storytelling   Find Abigail here.  #PathToPower Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar her

Amy Kohl, founder of sustainable and ethical fashion house KOHR, and the founder of KOHR studio, a creative marketing agency is aware that being sustainable often comes from a place of privilege. Amy says: "Everyone has a duty to look after their planet and community. But not everyone can be Greta Thunberg".Join Simone Roche MBE as she chats to Amy Kohl, about inclusive innovation, accessibility, and how we can all take small steps to create a more sustainable planet.Listen to learn:  ⚡️What piqued Amy’s interest in sustainability  ⚡️What Amy does to overcome the challenges she faces as an entrepreneur  ⚡ Why you should create a vision board ⚡️️️ How Amy believes it is important to be transparent within your business    Find Amy here. Find out more about KOHR here.   #PathToPower  Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

“My whole thing was around how do you get people like me to express themselves in different ways?” Join Simone Roche as she chats to Queen Of Culture: Director Of Culture at Liverpool City Council, Claire McColgan CBE in this episode of the Path To Power season. They discuss all things culture, community, bit of glitter and of course...Eurovision!    Listen to learn:   ⚡️️Where Claire’s passion for the community of Liverpool began ⚡How Claire and the city of Liverpool are getting involved in Eurovision ⚡️️What is the secret to building an engaged community  ⚡️How you can start your own project in your community   Find Claire here. #PathToPower Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

“I think there's been a lot of positive change from organizations who were only having graduate schemes now to school lever programs, more apprenticeships thinking about the big professional services firms. I think there has been a lot of evolution in that already.” Join Simone Roche as she chats to Regional Director for Michael Page Professional Services, Gareth Davies in this special episode with Power Partner Page Group. They discuss all things about being an ally towards gender equality. Listen to learn:  ⚡️Why Gareth is passionate about positively changing the narrative about working with young people  ⚡️What advice Gareth would give to young people that are looking for a pathway into work ⚡ What other options Gareth advocates for that aren’t the traditional cv when applying for jobs ⚡️️️ How to be a good leader during your professional and personal life   Find Gareth here. Find out more about Page Group here.   #PathToPower  Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep

“There was talk of this concept of a social battery where you can enjoy other people's company, you're still introverted. You need time to energise and recharge by yourself. So, this is me. This is what I stand for I'm the millennial introvert.”  Join Simone Roche as she chats to CEO of TMI Lifestyle and self-confessed Millennial Introvert Yulanda Duff in this episode of the Path To Power season. They discuss all things Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.  Listen to learn:  ⚡️Why Yulanda considers herself an introvert & what does it mean to her  ⚡️How she came to specialise her workshops in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ⚡ What are the common challenges young entrepreneurs face in the early days of starting a business? ⚡️️️ Why is it so important to use your power for good and give back?   Find Yulanda here. Find out more about TMI Lifestyle here.   #PathToPower #WeArePower    Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We

Dyslexia: How To Be Empowered By Your Differences  “I made it my mission to change the narrative from saying learning difficulty to learning difference because we all learn differently as humans.”  Join Simone Roche as she chats to influential Dyslexia speaker Keisha Adair Swaby in the first episode of the Path To Power season. They discuss all things about owning who you are and using your differences to empower yourself and others.     Listen to learn:  ⚡️Why Keisha decided to write her own book: Empowering Dyslexics: Blessed & Gifted ⚡How building a supportive community around you is key for professional and personal growth  ⚡How Kiesha diagnosis of Dyslexia &Dyspraxia made her woman she is today  ⚡️Why Keisha gives people the opportunity to share their stories on her radio station: Radio Diamond   Find Keisha here. Find out Keisha’s book here.   #PathToPower Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedI

Northern Power Women Awards Debrief “We are not just for one night”⚡️  Join Simone Roche In this NPW Awards special as she continues to spotlight our winners and commended of the 2023 Northern Power Women awards

How To Make Your Work Fit Into Your Life Join Simone Roche as she chats to passionate northerner and Partner at EY Manchester, Nicola Bamford, about her unconventional route to working at one of the 'Big Four', and how flexibility is making it possible for her to be a successful working mum.   Listen to learn:  ⚡️How Nicola's role in a large accounting firm like EY actually has nothing to do with numbers. ⚡How Nicola thinks the rest of the UK views the North ⚡About Nicola's life building both a career and family ⚡️Why she thinks the big organisations are doing more for flexible working than we realise. Find Nicola here. Find out more about our NPW partner EY here.   #BeMoreYou  Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

Georgia Fitzgerald networked her way to success. She says you can too.“So I want to say I'm 'lucky', but the opportunities have been presented to me and I've grabbed them. The reason I shouldn't say lucky is because if I look at my network and my profile that I've built, that's why these opportunities come along. I've always done networking.” Join Simone Simone Roche MBE where she chats to Director of The Juice Acadmey Georgia Fitzgerald about all things networking and following your career goals. Listen to learn: ⚡Why networking has critical to career advancement ⚡️How Georgia gained her voluntary and board positions⚡Why you’re never too young to be a board member⚡How to listen to your ‘lazy’ side and switch off outside of work   Find Georgia here. Find out more about The Juice Academy here.   #BeMoreYou   Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Faceb

Leila Mckenzie-Delis How To Shift The Dial Through Leadership“Diversity means different things to different people. And that's the beautiful thing about it. Diversity, inclusion, belonging, equity, culture, the whole intersection of everything means lots of different things to different people.”  Millennial,  first time mum through the wonders of IVF, Chinese and adopted by a white British family Leila Mckenzie talks to Simone Roche MBE about her extreme passion about shifting the dial to create a more diverse and inclusive society.  Listen to learn: ⚡Where Leila’s passion for diversity and inclusion ignited ⚡Why there isn’t a one size fits all for success ⚡How businesses can use the not one size fits all to their advantage ⚡️How to step into your own skin and embrace it  Find Leila here. Find out more about DIAL here.   #Inclusion #Diversity #BeMoreYou Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram

The Unlikely Career Roots Into Physics “Diane Reid and Royal Navy Commander Nicola Cripps, whose careers have both taken an unusual turn from what is considered the normal following their physics degrees.” Did you know there are so many different roots into various physics related careers? Some you wouldn’t even think of.  For the second episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics Simone Roche MBE chats to Diane and Nicola about their Un stereotypical careers in physics. Listen to learn: ⚡How Diane and Nicola became physicists ⚡Why it is important to be curious ⚡What key skills you can gain by studying physics  Find Diane here. Find Nicola here.  Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  Watch our IOP webinar here. Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

“Everyone is passionate about making a difference, and that's what we focus this episode on”  Join us for the last episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics where Simone Roche MBE chats to Nimrah Munir and Kal Grocott two incredible minds who took two different paths to get to where they are today. Listen to learn: ⚡How Nimrah and Kal use physics within their careers ⚡Why Nimrah and Kal are so passionate about physics ⚡What ways physics is used in day to day lives and how they make that positive difference  Find Nimrah here. Find Kal here.  Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  Watch our IOP webinar here. Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to our newsletter.

How to Challenge Stereotypical Views Of What A Physicist Looks Like “Limitless is the campaign to encourage and inspire young people from backgrounds underrepresented in. To continue with physics after the age of 16.” This is the first episode of our 3 part boxset series in partnership with Institute Of Physics whose Limit Less campaign challenges all of those stereotypical views of what a Physicist looks like. Simone Roche MBE chats to Dawn Watson who is head of Strategy and Technical Infrastructure at Sellafield in Cumbria.  Listen to learn: ⚡How physics can be for everyone ⚡About Dawns journey into the realm of physics  ⚡What Dawn has learnt about working in physics through initiatives and campaigns that she has been involved in   Find Dawn here. Find Sellafield here.  Find out more about the Limit Less Campaign here.  Watch our IOP webinar here.     Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Power : Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram &

For Sarah Black-Smith it was natural to follow in her engineering dad's footsteps and she worked hard to forge herself a career in manufacturing (although the dream to be an F1 Mechanical Engineer will never die). Despite having a male role model at home, the representation of women throughout Sarah's education was woefully lacking - just five of the 150 cohort identified as women. It was here that she realised just how critical it is to have more female role models in the industry. Now, as General Manager for the Motion Control function at Siemens, Sarah credits a lot of her success to her mentors, both men and women, whom she says without their encouragement she would never be where she is today.  Listen to learn: ⚡The men and women who inspire Sarah⚡Sarah's journey from GCSE to where she is now ⚡How you can become an advocate for females in the manufacturing industry⚡️How Siemens are making changes to become more inclusive Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here.

For the first episode of our Allyship boxset series sponsored by Morson Group, Simone Roche MBE chats to Morson Group COO, Adrian Adair. Morson Group has an outstanding reputation for delivering consultancy, design, technology, training, screening and people solutions around the world. Simone and Adrian chat about all things allyship in the workplace. Listen to learn: ⚡How allyship plays an important part in recruitment ⚡About Morson’s journey with inclusivity  ⚡Why the language you use in adverts is so important  ⚡️How to communicate on multiple levels Find Adrian Adair here. Find Morson Group here. Check out their website here. Sign up to our Power Platform to check our out events calendar here.  Keep up to date on the latest news from Northern Power Women: Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook Sign up to the Northern Power Women newsletter. Download this episode’s Cheat Sheet here. Sign up to our Power Platform to check out our events calendar here. Keep up to date on the latest news from We Are Pow