Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 8 with Rachael Dalton

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 7 with Matthew Want

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 6 with Jessica GardinerIn 2016, Jess stepped away from a decade long career as an Executive Assistant and created The Assistant Room. Having worked alongside heavy-hitting CEOs and Entrepreneurs in healthcare, fashion and property, she felt unable to relate to any other assistant networks and so created her own, representative of her definition of life as an EA as an intense lifestyle choice.Combining the things she was and still is most inspired by – personal connections, creativity, and passion for the support industry – The Assistant Room was born.Now with over 18,000 subscribers from over 25 countries around the world, The Assistant Room provides an empowered community to admin professionals at all stages of their career through their blog, podcast, events and private membership. Eliminating everyday obstacles and changing the mindset of admin professionals, The Assistant Room private membership helps people to achieve ultimate success in their career and watch their potential exceed anything they have ever imagined.

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 5 with Shannon PalmerLike many others, Shannon has found herself out of work because of the economic impact of the global pandemic. Rather than let it defeat her, she decided to take matters into her own hands and the Jossies shared a video with me that Shannon had produced and posted on LinkedIn, and it blew up! We were all so impressed by her proactivity and how she presented/articulated her experience, that they asked me to bring her onto the Podcast straight away! Shannon is a charismatic and engaging support, operations and projects professional, with almost 7 years of experience. Her most recent roles were in high level global events management, while also acting as EA to CEOs of the business. She's been directly involved in influencing creation and communication of strategy, and has a proven track record managing all business areas including: office management, HR, recruitment, sales, finance and banking. In our Podcast, she talks about her childhood dream of becoming an actor (which started with being a presenter on Cartoon Network!), and how she decided to make the move to the support and operations world despite being fairly successful in acting early on.

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 4 with Sivan Joss and guest Monique Helstrom.Monique is incredible! She has a hugely infectious and warm personality, great ideas and a really positive outlook, even right now! After nearly a decade as the Executive Assistant, Producer and ''Chief of Simon Sinek.'' New York Times Best-Selling author and TED celebrity, Monique stepped out from being behind the scenes to now owning her own business where she coaches and advises businesses around the globe on challenges their facing. Monique also appeared on our community focused webinar in the midst of the pandemic to help people identify their why and why it's essential to do that now, in this moment when you're looking for a new role. I really enjoyed our conversation, we covered so much ranging from:Current political affairs, voting and the impact #Blacklivesmatter has had on us bothHow we're feeling in the current crisis and what the future holdsHer story to now and how she took her first step into public speaking (which is even braver when you're following Simon Sinek!) Why it's so important to start with why and align your values with everything you doI hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed doing it! You can listen to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify or YouTube.

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 3 with Sivan Joss and guest Carrie Fitzgibbon.

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 2 with Sivan Joss and guest Jonathan Chambers.Jonathan has a really inspiring background. Born in Jamaica, an immigrant on two occasions, a professional actor, former tennis player and very experienced support professional, having worked his way up from an entry level temporary reception role at Blackstone, to now being a crucial member of their HR team; JC is one of the funniest and most intelligent people I know. He has an insatiable appetite for learning and pushing himself, and it's this curious to do more, try harder and be the best he can, that's propelled his career. Although I know JC well, I've learned so much more about him and was even more inspired by how hard he works and how much he pushes himself. We cover loads of topics during the episode, including:His story from growing up in Jamaica and moving to London via Canada How his career has progressed at Blackstone over 14 years How JC is coping during the COVID-19 crisis including washing bananas His insatiable appetite for learning Life as an actor and balancing two careers and how he has the energy for it!We hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did!

Championing Hidden Heroes Podcast - Season 1/Episode 1 with Sivan Joss and guest Mauricio De Jong Oliveira.Mau is an experienced support professional, having worked his way up from an entry level role in travel industry to becoming the EA to the CEO of CDC, one of the leading global investment firms and now an Associate looking after the leaders of their global portfolio companies. Mau is one of the kindest, most professional performers with a great mindset, that he has tirelessly developed.Although I know Mau well, I was blown away by his commitment, attitude and fascinated by his life story!We cover loads of topics during the episode, including:His story from growing up in Brazil to moving to LondonHow his career progressed and the mindset used to do soHow Mau is coping during this COVID19 crisisHow his career progressed, his experience as a VIP liaison at the Brits and the mindset he’s used to progressThe work Mau does for the LGBT communityHow he has balanced being one of the nicest people I’ve ever met with being the ultimate professionalWe hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did!