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I'm grateful to have a fantastic guest - Rocky Biasi CEO of Human Connections for over 15 yearsCreator and presenter of the Accidental Counsellor trainingPassionate about mental health and wellbeingRealized when he was a teacher the impact that they have on students and wanted to make a differencehumanconnections.com.au Introduction HighlightsHe got some bad advice early, so don't always listen to your teachers growing upAvoiding labels and carving out your own pathHow 2020 im...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got another international flavor podcast with a creative young lady who loves the sales process and a global role, please enjoy my guest Christina Doueihi (Do Eh He). Career Background:Leader for Strategic business growth plans in Middle East / Turkey ...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I'm your host Gary Nowak and I am so grateful to my guest Mirko Hilsheimer coming to us from Germany and providing some genuine advice, sharing of his experience and giving me great perspective throughout our conversation.Career Background:Started off in mechanical engineering, then an internatio...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got a China / Germany KPMG connection for you with my outstanding guest Angelika Alt-Sherer. I was blown away by the great perspective and advice provided throughout this conversationsBiography SnapshotBorne and grew up in Munich, Bavaria, GermanyMarried for more than 25 years, met my husband at KPMGCareer start at KPMG after graduating 30 years ago with 7 years out of the box experience at another Big Four, a smaller consulting firm and as a freelancer...

Career Background:Founder and Executive Chairman of QI Group of companies HQ's in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur Operations in over 30 countries He is diversified with business interests in: Real estate Education Retail and Hospitality Also owns a football / soccer club in Malaysia HighlightsFollowing in his fathers footsteps early with wanting to a lawyer and studying in the UKImpact of Margaret Thatcher on his educationNot liking accountancy all tha...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and in addition to being a great person and fantastic former co-worker my guest Liz Evans has one of my most favorite accents of all time (Northern England). Career Background:Big 4 Principal for over 5 yearsManaging director at EquaTerraManaging consultant with PA Consulting GroupAttended University of Hertfordshire just north of London studied Business and Decision ScienceHighlightsBaby sitting Dads golf buddy kidsClaim to fame for her town Captain Cook - Grew ...

Career Background:Finance transformation expert most recently with: BT in London Prior to that: SVP Finance Operations with Smith and Nephew VP Finance Transformation and systems with PearsonHighlightsNot knowing how to do his first job and getting promotedCompensating with a PorscheTaking a year off prior to UniversityComing from humble stockDegree in English, but switching to accounting for a jobHaving verbal agility and emotional intelligence have served John well...

Career Background:Coca Cola in various role SVP Customer Excellence VP of the West Zone National Team leader with sales associate recruiting National account executive Florida State University majoring in Advertising CommunicationHighlightsBeing a Seminole vs a GatorNo idea on the major, sound familiarSales career began early with convincing her dad of a way out of government workPodcast host with Origin storiesFind your own authentic pathHead / heart / gut conversati...

Career Background:Author of the book "The Career Toolkit"MIT Graduate and an engineer by backgroundChief Technology Officer at several companiesFaculty at MITCreator of the "brain Dump" Apphttps://brainbumpapp.com/HighlightsMom "Why don't you teach the chess class"Book "The Career Toolkit" 10 Topics / 10 chaptersLearning the intangible skills to go along with the technical skillsGiving content to MITHelping people reach their potentialGraduate degree in CryptographyPolitical volunteer fo...

Career Background:Founder and CEO of Avanti SearchRecruitment experience with: Accolade Wines Class Ltd Wolters Kluwer NSW Dept of Industry Apprentice Australia ContestantAmbassador for: Ferrari Australian Grand Prix Corporation Miss World Australia 2006Her Company - https://www.avantisearch.com.au/ HighlightsBest first job ever Miss World Australia 2006Looking for a way to get into charity workFinding excitement in recruitmentCreating a company th...

Career Background:Currently President and CEO of Axion MedicalBoard member with: Bottlenose ESSI Advisor to Private Equity and Venture capitalistsEquaterra for nearly 8 yearsFounder of Morgan Chambers in the UKHighlightsHard working family and the oldest of 6 kidsCommunity College degree / Great visualPower plant engineering degreeSemi autonomous robot workExtremely technical background out of CollegeKilling two sacred cows at onceCitigroup came calling early onThe drive for $$...

BackgroundCurrently - Director of Talent X & Educate X Cracked into consulting in 2011 with Gallop Solutions where she worked with some incredible people who helped shape her career.Marnie eventually Started her own Business consultant organizationHighlights:Hungry Jacks (Burger Kind) and the $300 phone billNo drive or desire to go to universityOut of High School "I want to go to England" so she didDaniel and Lindy internshipFirst client at 19, "you can pay me to talk about my or how...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their career success, advice given or received and listen to their interesting stories about how they got to where they are today. I am honored to have someone I've always looked up to in my consulting career Bob Cecil - Nuclear Engineer to a Big 4 Partner- Involved in 3 start up consulting firms- Widely recognized as a thought leader and industry spokesperson for shared services ...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I have a conversation with a young lady Walkyria Whitlock who shares amazing stories about her life and time in Idaho, Fiji, Rio, The Hamptons, Florida, Australia and working on Yachts while traveling. Career Background:Author of the book "I love what I've forgotten"Self Employed as President of Global MVPYoga Instructor on Private Yachts and VillasAttended Boise State UniversityHighlights Scooping ice cream and losing weight at age 14Tremendous high sc...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and this is by far one of my most organic and fun podcasts where my former boss and guest Dave Brown and I don't get past what he studied in college and managed to enjoy a very insightful conversation. Career Background:Principal & Global leader for Shared Services and Outsource advisory for KPMG10 years of experience with Equaterra and TPIDirector of Finance with AT&T for 6 yearsUniversity of Windsor Bachelor of Psychology / FinanceMBA from Queen's Unive...

I've got a inspiring and clairvoyant one for you with my guest Sana Afzal. BackgroundSana hails from Houston, Texas, grew up in Dubai and calls California home. Creative Business Exec at Google, and was previously a Creative Ops and Production lead at The ZOO, a Global Policy Strategist and Senior Creative PM at AdMob, Sana has been a strong advocate for the importance of creativity in the tech world and has orchestrated the integration of branding and tech throughou...

Today you will hear my conversation with a dear friend, colleague and all around great guy Gareth Chegwidden Career OverviewEducated in Sydney Australia at Macquarie and University of Technology, SydneyBig 4 experience with DeloitteAMP as head of relationship mngt and portfolio servicesAdjunct lecturer at University of Sydney going on over 5 yearsCurrently at Telstra at their Transformation business Strategy Principle HighlightsHated being a tutor while in high schoolGetting a McDon...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have one of my dearest friends who I've know for over 15 years and has done so much with her career and I'm really humbled to be her friend and have her on my Podcast. Get ready for my conversation with Angel Hoover coming to us from Amsterdam Career Background:Currently in her 9th role at Willis Towers Watson as Managing Director of Benelux (18 years experience)Prior to WTW we met at NiSource where she spent 5 yearsAccenture for 5 yearsUniversi...

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got my first 3 way . . . . Conversation with 2 great friends from Australia Levi Waters and Pete Collins. This was one of my favorite podcasts to record and I just had the best time with these two "Blokes".Career Background:- Normally I walk you through individually, however with this one these guys are very similar in background:They grew up in BrisbaneBoth joined the Navy for the same reasonBoth left the Navy for the same reasonBoth Joined consulting ...