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Reyaz (Rey) Jeffrey and Leonie Lam share their networking strategies and personal success stories. Listen to both speakers as they share their secrets to success and explore the impact networking has had on their careers and businesses. Below are the questions discussed: What is networking?  Why do we have to network? Is there a theory or mantra to networking? Why do you think people find networking so hard or awkward? What are your top 3 networking tips? Can you share a personal example of how networking has helped you?  About Reyaz Jeffrey: Reyaz (Rey) Jeffrey is a marketing academic with over nine years of teaching experience across Australian universities, specialising in strategic marketing, consumer behaviour, branding, and international marketing. He is also a Marketing Director and Founder of a business called Creative Kiwi, which has been established for more than 9 years.  Contact details: Reyaz Jeffrey https://www.linkedin.com/in/reyaz-jeffrey/ Leonie Lam Email: [email protected] Phone: 02 8328 0882 ⁠https://www.myfocus.com.au/⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/⁠ Career Resources: * Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations ⁠https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation⁠   * Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviews https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3D   * Top 20 Career Resources https://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/

Leonie Lam and Leonie Stanfield, who are both Career Coaches and Corporate Trainers, share their insights to help people understand the importance of knowing your purpose or job motivation in your career. They also discuss strategies to work out your purpose statements and how to communicate it effectively in your career and especially during job interviews. Below are the questions discussed:* Why do you think it is important to know your purpose? How did you work it out?* What is your purpose in your business?* There are lots of different opinions on how to find your purpose, or even if you should try to find it. How do you know what advice is relevant for you?* Do you think job motivation is important when you are hiring someone?* How can people be clearer in communicating their purpose?* Can you give an example of how you helped a client communicate their purpose in an interview? Speakers:Leonie StanfieldEmail: [email protected]: 0412 595 991https://www.leoniestanfield.com/⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/Leonie LamEmail: [email protected]: 02 8328 0882⁠https://www.myfocus.com.au/⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/⁠Career Resources:* Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations⁠https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation⁠ * Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviewshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3D * Top 20 Career Resourceshttps://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/

Leonie Lam, Career Coach, Corporate Trainer and Speaker,shares her knowledge and experience with Anxiety to help you succeed at jobinterviews. Ali Razzaghipour, Investor and Mindfulness Practitionerinterviews Leonie Lam. The podcast covers the below questions: What is Anxiety?Can you give an example of when you felt anxiety at work? Why do you think people feel anxiety before an interview?What strategies do you recommend in managing anxiety before an interview?What advice do you have for people who go blank during an interview?  Speakers: Ali Razzaghipour https://www.linkedin.com/in/razzaghipour/ Leonie Lam https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/ https://www.myfocus.com.au/ Email: [email protected] Phone: 02 8328 0882 Complimentary Resources: Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations⁠ https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-visualisation-meditation

Leonie Lam and Leonie Stanfield, who are both Career Coaches and Corporate Trainers, shares their great insights to help people understand and manage career transitions. You or someone who know might be experiencing various emotions when you leave a job, or your role is made redundant or simply experiencing a lot of change in the workplace. Focus areas: • In your experience in supporting people through career transitions, how do people cope with sudden career changes such as one losing their job in an organisational restructure?• The Bridges Transition Model provides insight into the stages of the transition process. How can understanding this model help people navigate their transition well?• How can leaders, managers and work colleagues help people navigate through career transitions?• Have you personally experienced a career transition? • How can mindfulness help manage strong emotions?• How can people better prepare themselves mentally for sudden changes in the workplace? Speakers: Leonie Stanfield ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/   Leonie Lam ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/⁠ ⁠https://www.myfocus.com.au/⁠   Resources: Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations ⁠https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation⁠   Mindfulness Tips to Stay Calm and Succeed in Job Interviewshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindfulness-tips-stay-calm-succeed-job-interviews-leonie-lam-ewtlc/?trackingId=u3VbfRAbQqC39HE%2BhM3w9A%3D%3D   Top 20 Career Resourceshttps://www.myfocus.com.au/top-20-careers-resources/

Leonie Lam, Career Coach, Corporate Trainer and Speaker, shares her experience on using mindfulness to help you succeed at job interviews. Ali Razzaghipour, Investor and Mindfulness Practitioner interviews Leonie. The podcast covers the below questions: What is mindfulness? During an interview, why would mindfulness be important in answering interview questions? What mindfulness practices do you recommend to enhance your performance during an interview? I know you have created a visualisation meditation for job interviews, tell us more about that?  Speakers: Ali Razzaghipour ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/razzaghipour/⁠ Leonie Lam ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/⁠ ⁠https://www.myfocus.com.au/⁠ Complimentary Resources: Job Interview Success Visualisation Meditations ⁠https://insighttimer.com/leonielam/guided-meditations/job-interview-success-visualisation-meditation⁠

Lisa Tozer shares her knowledge in preparing her clients for Senior Executive Service interviews. You can reach out to her directly:+61 439 246 372, www.interview.coach, [email protected] Lisa Tozer is a Career Coach with particular expertise in helping candidates prepare for job interviews. She works with individuals to help them maximise their personal presentation and use behavioural interview strategies to demonstrate their capabilities. Her background includes more than 20 years working in sales, management, training, counselling and coaching in a variety of organisations. She also holds a Master’s degree in Counselling, a Certificate IV in training and assessment, she is a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia.   Lisa Tozer You can also reach out to her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-tozer-546ab21/   Interviewed by Leonie Lam https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/ https://www.myfocus.com.au/

This podcast is for anyone who might be considering a Career Change or for Career Changers to learn about how to write a good LinkedIn profile? Sue Ellson is an Independent LinkedIn Specialist and Career Development Practitioner providing consulting and training on the topics of LinkedIn, social media and marketing to individual clients and organisations worldwide. Sue's website is: https://sueellson.com/   Questions asked throughout the podcast are as below: Tell us a bit about your background and how you help your clients? What do you think are some of the key challenges of someone who is changing careers in reference to their LinkedIn profile? When a professional is changing careers, what is one tip you can share on how to make their LinkedIn profile stand out? How about their career summary, can you give an example on what someone would write if they are moving from one career to another e.g. Accountant and they are studying to become a Counsellor?   Article: How to change your career for health, wellbeing and lifestyle https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-change-your-career-health-wellbeing-lifestyle-sue-ellson-qapjc   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sueellson2   Google Business Site https://sueellson.business.site   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sueellson   LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueellson   Interviewed by Leonie Lam, Career Coach | Speaker at My Focus https://www.myfocus.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/ "Thank you for reading and feel free to send this podcast to your family, friends and professional network. Please subscribe and help us reach more people. Together we can inspire people to develop their knowledge, grow and be happier. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead." - Leonie Lam

George Konstantin, Facilitator, Consultant and Leadership Coach shares his journey and how he works with organisations to build resilience and psychological safety in the workplace.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkid8pi/   “Once you really see people, they will be open to seeing possibilities.”- George Konstantin George has built his career on enabling and enhancing organisational effectiveness, culture and performance. He has over 20 years of real-world consultative, entrepreneurial and management experience. He has extensive leadership and practical expertise in facilitating open and genuine discussion, collaboration and planning for the responsible and accountable management of operations, people and change.  His work has predominantly focused on defining and building ownership in teams from the executive level through to operational and service personnel. He is passionate about identifying and genuinely acknowledging capabilities in people as the foundation of creativity that leads to real innovation and business improvement.   Speakers: George Konstantin You can also reach out to him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkid8pi/ Website: https://id8pi.com/   Leonie Lam  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/  Website: https://www.myfocus.com.au/    “Thank you for reading and feel free to send this podcast to your family, friends and professional network. Please subscribe and help us reach more people. Together we can inspire people to develop their knowledge, grow and be happier. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead.” – Leonie Lam.

Leonie Stanfield interviews Leonie Lam on Job Application Tips on How to get a Government Job – Australian Public Service (APS).   The interview covers the below: Tell us a bit about your recruitment background in the public sector? What are your key tips for writing a good resume for government applications? How can you effectively respond to the targeted questions/selection criteria, especially if there is a tight word limit? What are your thoughts on using ChatGPT in job applications? How would you use it well and are there any dangers to watch out for when using it? And if you had one piece advice for job interview preparation, what would that be? Speakers: Leonie Lam - Career Coach, Facilitator & Speaker Website: https://www.myfocus.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/ Phone: 02 8328 0882 Email: [email protected]   Leonie Stanfield - Career Coach, Facilitator & Speaker Website: https://www.leoniestanfield.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoniestanfieldcareercoach/   Resources: Victorian Place-based Capability Framework https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/VPS-place-based-capability-framework.pdf   New South Wales – Capability Framework https://www.psc.nsw.gov.au/assets/psc/documents/capability_framework_v2_2020.pdf   Job Search Strategy and Career Direction - Leonie Stanfield and Leonie Lam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZJ0DAnRxA

Trisha Harris, Counsellor and Career Counsellor shares her journey and how counselling is the new norm. ⁠https://www.riverviewcounselling.au/⁠ She focuses on the importance of self-care and provides examples of the clients in which she has achieved exceptional results with. Trisha has her own counselling business. She supports those who are anxious, stressed, who are dealing with challenging behaviours and who may feel less than "perfect" in the millions of areas expected of us by society. She works with individuals, couples and families. She is compassionate, caring and passionate about her work.   Trisha Harris You can also reach out to her through: ⁠[email protected]⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/trisha-harris/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/RiverviewCounselling⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/riverviewcounselling_/⁠   Interviewed by Leonie Lam ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/⁠ ⁠https://www.myfocus.com.au/⁠   Love Languages Quiz https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes

Leonie Lam is a Career Coach and the Founder of the Inspire Me Podcast Channel.  https://www.myfocus.com.au/ Jessica Rapesoska is a Yoga Teacher and Educator. Jess interviews Leonie on this podcast and the discussion covers the below questions: What’s your signature story about Meditation Leonie? Why did you start meditating and share with us your journey so far? How about mindfulness practices? What is one practice that you use regularly? What message to you have for your listeners on meditation and mindfulness practices? 4 Free Meditations: https://insig.ht/vxxyLJI3Bxb About the Speakers: Jessica Rapesoska https://www.instagram.com/jessicaryoga   Leonie Lam https://www.myfocus.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/

Erwin Diaz is a Rage and Resolution Consultant, Speaker and a highly experienced Customer Service Manager. He has more than 30 years of experience in Customer Service Leadership. In this podcast Erwin talks about Rage and Resolution - Cultivating Calm. https://thephoenix.com.au/   So what is RAGE?  It’s in the air, it’s on the road, it’s at home, at work and it can explode at anytime, anywhere. The scientific community has defined RAGE as state of mind that is motivated by EMOTIONS rather than a personal goal. So is a powerful negative emotion that has been suppressed and is unleashed with violence and unconscious aggression. And it’s first experience in ourselves.    “I listened to Erwin present on Rage and Resolution, he is an expert on this topic. His knowledge, experience and wisdom will surprise you and inspire you to take action personally and professionally." - Leonie Lam, Career Coach    About the Speakers:   Erwin Diaz   https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwin-diaz/  [email protected]   Leonie Lam  https://www.myfocus.com.au [email protected]

Jessica Rapesoska is a Yoga and Meditation Teacher as well as a part time Primary School Teacher. https://www.instagram.com/jessicaryoga    Jess is passionate about health and wellbeing for all individuals and strives to impart her wisdom and experience in this area into all areas of her life.  In this podcast, she shares with us her thoughts and feelings as she navigates through a career change. Her authenticity and her love for life really shines through her voice.   About the Speakers:   Jessica Rapesoska  https://www.instagram.com/jessicaryoga    Leonie Lam  https://www.myfocus.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/

Robbi Zeck, is the author of the most beautiful book The Blossoming Heart and creator of the Aromatic Kinesiology Method - The Aromatic Heartwork that Inspires Transformation. Robbi shares with us the importance of valuing yourself and creating your platform of presence.  Robbi is a true trailblazer in the wellness world, in particular in the field of aromatherapy and kinesiology. She has spent many years in France and loves the folklore and traditions of this ancient modality. Based in Ballarat Australia, with a career spanning more than 40 years as a Kinesiologist, Counsellor, Naturopath and NLP Practitioner, Robbi has led more than 30 exquisite women’s retreats in Bali. She is also co-founder of Aroma Tours which she established with her husband Jim Llewellyn in 1995. Their beautiful tours and retreats take them to Spain, Italy and Provence in the South of France every year. About Robbi Zeck: www.robbizeck.com/love-grace-gratitude Links to follow if you would like a copy of her book or to attend one of her events: Website: www.robbizeck.com and www.aroma-tours.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robbi_zeck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robbizeck Robbi’s Favourite Quote: Let yourself be silently drawn by the pull of what you really love. – Rumi Robbi’s book to give away: Atomic Habits by James Clear Interviewer:  Leonie Lam Career Coach | Speaker | Facilitator  https://www.myfocus.com.au/

Listen to Paul Siulepa, a highly experienced Learning & Development professional who shares his own personal experience of the benefits of meditation. After 2 years of cultivating this brand new habit in his life, meditation for him has been a game changer. You can reach out to Paul here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsiulepa/ About the Speakers:   Paul Siulepa https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsiulepa/ Leonie Lam  https://www.myfocus.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonielam/