Growing up loving to win a debate, hating group projects and having a self confessed type A personality. General Executive Manager and Company Secretariat of Westfarmers Vicki Robinson has learnt plenty of lessons of how to succeed in business.
Now a working Mum Vicki shares her secret of finding balance, perspective and how to achieve good outcomes without taking on the entire work load.
Feb 5, 2021
27 min
What happens when a guy who studies Agriculture but has lived in the city starts work yonder?
Decked out in his flamingo shirt and fabulous moustache Lewis Price explains his adventures of sunscreening Avocado trees, working with back packers and overcoming cancer while at uni.
Nov 26, 2020
25 min
What happens when you are sitting in a law degree lecture and realise you don't want to be a lawyer?
Step 1: Have a small panic
Step 2: Keep persisting
Step 3: Find your place in the world
This was the situation for Kosta Lucas the Greek Australian who has since found himself in the rare area of countering violent extremism.
An important podcast on understanding privilege, history and culture.
Nov 8, 2020
37 min
In mining value often comes from to discovery of finding iron ore or gold ........but what if the real value lay in finding purpose?
Mining General Manager Cristian Magri - joins The Bumpy Road to chat about how he finds value in his work not just by earning $$$ and how to go from that guy that would rather just do it himself to being a collaborator .
So if you're someone who hates group assignments and frustrated by the idea of relying on others in the workplace - take a listen as to how to create an effective team.
Oct 21, 2020
30 min
Fleeing from domestic violence and catching the Indian Pacific train to Perth. Levi Islam certainly faced difficult circumstances in the early years of his life. But an active choice to tread his own path including learning to play the didgeridoo (albeit with some odd advice on how to) and helping those in today's jail system, has led Levi to be a leader with a different perspective and insights.
Oct 5, 2020
35 min
Are you someone who doesn't like losing and have been known to throw a tantrum?.... Well maybe you're just a budding Olympic athlete. Sprint Kayaker and dual Olympian Steve Bird shares his thoughts on the definition of success, how to be a better loser for the ultra competitive and just who you should be taking advice from.
Sep 30, 2020
38 min
Got no idea about how to make a decision about your future career?
Step 1: Ask yourself .....what's my interests, strengths and aspirations?
Step 2: Listen to Professor David Gibson on this podcast as he explains why you need to ask yourself that very question.
Director of Learning Futures and UNESCO Chair of Data Science in Higher Learning and Teaching - David Gibson shares how to end up in a career you're made for, the 5 areas of successful leadership and how to understand Aussie slang.
Sep 14, 2020
39 min
If you don't want your viewing of Grey's Anatomy to be ruined this might not be the podcast for you. If you choose to persist however Intensive Card Doctors Adam Howard explains the reality of being in the field of medicine ..... warts and all. Tune in to hear more about the beauty of health care, why you shouldn't get into it to just buy a Maserati and dealing with death.
Aug 30, 2020
45 min
It's not very often someone would describe their younger self as a moron. This is however the candid and refreshing reflection of Stuart Scott - CEO of Studium. It's a lesson he's taken along with 'marrying up' and hiring smarter people than yourself, to now assist young people make their way in the world of employment. Warning this is a bumpier than normal podcast !
Aug 24, 2020
36 min
From being the most unmotivated "motivational cassette tape" packer to becoming an owner and head brewer at Heroes and Villains brewery. Shannon Mizen shows how those 'left of centre' kids can make their way in the business of ......owning a business.
Aug 2, 2020
31 min
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