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Taking the LEAP™
by Jacqueline Shepherd
I'm Jacqueline Shepherd and I'm delighted to present Taking the LEAP™ - conversations with people with people who have turned their passions into a profession, some who stepped way outside of their comfort zone, but ultimately they've all, taken the LEAP. LEAP is an acronym I created, it stands for Listen, Equip, Action Patience™ steps whether knowingly or not most people who have successfully taken the leap have followed. Me: After a few years working in the charity sector, followed by a career as a recruitment consultant – I decided to follow my passion and took the LEAP to work in media. A decade on, having hosted a Sky One, Saturday morning TV show for a number of years, voiced the premium content for a successful sports channel and hosted content for some of the UK's most loved brands, I’m combining my presenting experience and love for inspiring stories and service, in this podcast, all about taking the LEAP.
Episodes
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Star Tips: Overcoming barriers
In this special bonus-episode I take a look back at some of my earlier podcast conversations where we discussed barriers and overcoming them. Featured are chats with designer, Chrissa Amuah; doctor, Hannah Campling and Andrea Gordon a corporate communications expert. If you have taken the LEAP,...
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8. Vanessa Cruickshank - Property to Presenting to Playwright!
My guest this week is quadruple threat, Vanessa Cruickshank. From creative child, to being in a girl-band to working within the NHS, property to presenting and finally acting. Her self starting, go getting nature, knows no bounds and in January she was named as one of the Voice newspaper’s Ones…
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7. From Corporate Law to Music Entrepreneur, RnB singer Kima Otung
I’m so delighted to bring you the latest LEAP conversation with Kima Otung. Kima is a successful RnB and Neo-Soul artist, whose former life saw her working as a successful (albeit unhappy) corporate lawyer. In this chat we talk about the conflict of straddling her Nigerian and Welsh heritage and...
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6. Lisa Bent - From Facebook statuses to published author
Lisa Bent, author of Symona's Still Single is an inspirational figure. She's a qualified counselor and HR professional and was prolific on Facebook when it came to romance related status updates. Her status updates were so fun, so creative and enthralling - that many said she should write a book....
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5. From the corporate world to curly girls - Jamelia Donaldson, natural hair entrepreneur
Growing up Jamelia Donaldson always loved hair, but as a grown up like many, she found herself working all of the hours under the sun working in the corporate world. Recognising that her day job was not her passion and after experiencing what she describes as a quarter life crisis, Jamelia went...
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4. When one door slams in your face, become a Global Head of Comms!
It’s a fact that the higher up the career ladder you climb the less diverse it becomes, of the 500 CEOs on the Fortune 500 list, only 24 are women, that’s just 5%.While I’m impressed with the women who have made that list, there are none that look remotely like me which speaks on the challenges...
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Star Tips - Before you take action, you must first EQUIP!
Star Tips is the brainchild of Stevie Hutson CEO of staffing company Superstars. The Star Tips installments aim to provide practical advice for people who are thinking about Taking the LEAP in their career and each is installment is based on a letter of the LEAP acronym. Star Tips part one was...
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3. Finding one's self and founding a business
In this instalment I chat to design entrepreneur Chrissa Amuah. Chrissa is the founder and creative director of AMWA Designs an African inspired homeware brand. She keeps it really real in this story and reveals the circumstances around losing herself and landing in debt at a young age and the...
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2. From pipe dream to published author.
There are some people who know from a young age, what their calling is, but for most of us, that calling remains a pipe dream. Alexandra Sheppard had a pipe dream but is now a shining example of allowing herself to listen to her inner calling for just long enough. Earlier this year, Alexandra...
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Star Tips: Listen - Could I Be Happier?
Star Tips is the brainchild of Stevie Hutson CEO of staffing company Superstars. The Star Tips installments aim to provide practical advice to people who are thinking about Taking the LEAP in their career. Before taking the leap, it's worth reflecting on your current circumstances and asking the...
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1. Stay at home mum to medical doctor!
The guest in this instalment is Dr Hannah Campling. 10 years ago Hannah was a stay at home mum with one small child and another on the way. Without A-Levels or higher education and no family connection to medicine, being a medical doctor had never presented itself as a career prospect. Listen, as...
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Introducing LEAP: My story
Hi everyone, welcome along to Taking the LEAP! Despite my very calm voice on this recording, I'm super excited to have taken the leap into the world of podcasting with conversations full of inspiration and hopefully motivation for those of you thinking about taking some sort of (positive) leap...
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Taking the LEAP - trailer
I’m Jacqueline Shepherd, a TV presenter, host and producer. Taking the LEAP is a podcast with conversations that are full of inspiration and overcoming challenges in order to Take the LEAP. I did and you may want to as well. Here's a taster trail of what's to come . . . . . . . Music: Hip Hop...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Jacqueline Shepherd and I'm delighted to present Taking the LEAP™ - conversations with people with people who have turned their passions into a profession, some who stepped way outside of their comfort zone, but ultimately they've all, taken the LEAP. LEAP is an acronym I created, it stands for Listen, Equip, Action Patience™ steps whether knowingly or not most people who have successfully taken the leap have followed. Me: After a few years working in the charity sector, followed by a career as a recruitment consultant – I decided to follow my passion and took the LEAP to work in media. A decade on, having hosted a Sky One, Saturday morning TV show for a number of years, voiced the premium content for a successful sports channel and hosted content for some of the UK's most loved brands, I’m combining my presenting experience and love for inspiring stories and service, in this podcast, all about taking the LEAP.
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I'm Jacqueline Shepherd and I'm delighted to present Taking the LEAP™ - conversations with people with people who have turned their passions into a profession, some who stepped way outside of their comfort zone, but ultimately they've all, taken the LEAP. LEAP is an acronym I created, it stands for...
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Taking the LEAP™ is created and hosted by Jacqueline Shepherd.
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