From burned-out social worker to seasoned business coach with Paul Zelizer

Send us Fan MailPaul Zelizer is a social entrepreneur coach and the co-host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast.He spent 15 years working in community mental health and tells Heidi about his journey from "burned-out, broke social worker" through a reinvention 16 years ago. Now he offers consultancy and coaching for impact-focused leaders. In this episode he covers:Using large organisations to lever impact.Securing work-life balance for a holistic life.The four questions every social entrepreneur needs to know.Why Paul is "impact agnostic" – and loves social enterprise.The power of podcasting to catalyse collaboration and learning.How he measures his impact.Scaling high-impact teams and organisations.Balancing innovation, learning and collaboration.And much more.Heidi reflects on her and Make an Impact's approach to measuring and managing impact, why people might be "surveyed out" and avoiding generic impact measurements.What next?You can get Paul's free guide, 4 QUESTIONS TO GROW YOUR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS,  from his website https://www.paulzelizer.com/Find Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulzelizerListen to the Awarepreneurs Podcast: https://www.awarepreneurs.com/podcastNeed help with your Impact Measurement and Management? More about Heidi's work at  https://www.makeanimpactcic.co.ukSupport the showHi, I'm Heidi Fisher, the host of the Make an Impact Podcast.  I'm an impact measurement expert, passionate about helping you make a bigger impact in the world by maximising the impact your services have. I can help you to measure, manage and communicate the impact you have better to funders, investors, commissioners and other stakeholders, and to systemise your data collection and analysis so that it frees up time and doesn't become an additional burden.  I love helping you to measure social and economic impacts, including Social Return on Investment or value for money assessments, as part of understanding the change you make to peoples' lives. You can get in touch via LinkedIn or the website makeanimpactcic.co.uk if you'd like to find out more about working with me.