What would you do if you were hit by multiple redundancies? My guest today, Lee Witherell, chose to turn this into an opportunity and carve out a portfolio career for himself.

From data services to launching a fitness side hustle during the pandemic, Lee's journey is a shining example of resilience and adaptability. We get into the importance of being in control of your career, the need for collaboration, and the benefits of diversified income sources.

We cover the role of AI in advertising, the shift in work models, and the necessity of empathy and flexibility in a portfolio career. As we navigate through these fascinating insights, Lee shares his perspective on how the working generation is adapting to this new career model. So, whether you're considering a shift to a portfolio career or looking for some professional inspiration, tune in for some actionable advice and thought-provoking perspectives from Lee's journey.

Find out more about Lee:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-witherell-4422293

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Part of what I wanted to do on this podcast is introduce you to everyday people who are thriving professionally and personally. To show you that feeling energized and aligned at work isn't just for the celebrities or titans of industries that are often featured on other podcasts. It's available to every single one of us - including you.

My guest is Isabelle Vandenbroucke. Isabelle is a former of client of mine who I met and became friends with in 2016 while we were both doing our MBAs together.

When Isabelle started working with me she was in big pharma. Today she is an Internal Management Consultant at CEPI - the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which develops vaccines for epidemics and pandemics in low and middle income countries.

On the side, she runs a professional organizing business, Equilibrium Organising, where she helps people declutter and organize their spaces so they can focus on what's important to them. She's especially interested on how this work can help to reduce our negative impact on the environment.

Isabelle is Mexican Belgian, grew up in the US and Asia and today lives in London. In her free time she loves swimming, freediving, scuba diving, and surfing. 

We discussed: 

• How to move past feeling like a failure
• The benefits of a portfolio career
• Breaking out of the 9-5 and designing your day to suit your priorities
• How feeling your feelings creates self-trust and a sharper intuition
• Why its never too late to make a career move
• And much more!

Are you ready to create an energizing career you love? 

You can create a career that is simply an extension of who you are and how you want to live your life. If this sounds like what you’re after then I want to invite you to schedule a consultation. 

We'll get to the bottom of what's going on for you. And exactly where you need to focus to bring your career and life into alignment. It's free!. Just head on over to thecareer.studio/schedule to find a time that works for you.

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While some physicians are ready to fully transition out of clinical practice, others are looking for the best of both worlds: maintaining some clinical work and also pursuing nonclinical interests. Finding this balance through a portfolio career can keep your work interesting and prevent burnout by adding variety to your everyday routine. Today’s guest, Dr. Jingyi Liu, knew early on this was the path for her and is already maintaining a portfolio career as a PGY-2 resident. She’ll discuss how she knew this was the best fit for her and steps you can take to find a portfolio approach that works for you.

You can find the show notes for this episode and more information by clicking here:

www.doctorscrossing.com/90

In this episode we’re talking about:

• Why clinical practice can feel routine even early on
• Different ways to approach a portfolio career
• How a portfolio career can counteract boredom and stagnation
• What led Dr. Liu to pursue interests outside of clinical medicine
• The steps Jingyi took to make her portfolio goals a reality
• How Dr. Liu realized she wanted to maintain a clinical role
• Jingyi’s advice for those considering a portfolio career

Links for this episode:

Dr. Jingy Liu

Episode 79: Find Flexibility and Fun as an Independent Consultant

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Since COVID-19, there has been a 37% increase in portfolio careers. Portfolio careers allow individuals to work on a wide variety of different projects, increased flexibility, and you are able to develop new skills or expand your knowledge level. 

We are joined today by our host Sarah Burgess, and coaches Trevor Merriden, and David Mellor. In today’s episode, we look at what a portfolio career is, how you can set up a portfolio career and the tactics you can use to expand it. Furthermore, we will also look at the steps you need to take to start planning for your semi-retirement. 

Who we are and how we can help

10Eighty is all about helping people maximise their potential and in turn, helping organisations harness that potential. Based in the UK and across the globe, we’re a team of coaches, facilitators and leadership consultants – and we work with our clients to build plans tailored to their organisation and goals. Here’s what we do and how we do it: https://youtu.be/XjWv86UUjO4

Our service offerings include: Leadership and Management Development, Executive Coaching, Career Management and Career Transition.

Website: http://www.10eighty.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10eighty

Her new book Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change is part personal guidebook, part strategic roadmap, and part blank canvas for discovery, Flux provides a refreshing, unconventional take on navigating change today and far into the future. Each of the eight Flex Superpowers helps you see differently and ground you in your truth. Our conversation is not to be missed if you want to learn how to be empowered to thrive – no matter what changes come your way.

We have a great discussion of the eight flux superpowers, which she calls a “Bento box for the mind.”

1. Run slower
2. See what's invisible
3. Get lost
4. Start with trust
5. Know your "enough"
6. Create your portfolio career
7. Be all the more human (and serve other humans)
8. Let go of the future

In her book, April provides discussion guides at the end and the exercises and figures in each chapter that I found to be quite instructive.

We end with some guidance for listeners who are overwhelmed with change and facing anxiety or burnout, her career advice for someone who is worried about where the future of work is taking us, and the seeming paradox of her being a futurist, yet having a superpower be "Letting Go of the Future." We went deep in looking at a world that clamors for "more, more, more," and her perspective on Knowing Your "Enough" and how we can figure out what our enough is.

And April’s answer to my asking her about what are some of the ways she lives your life in full is not to be missed.

Episode 8

We interview Edward Goodchild on:

• staying endlessly curious,
• keeping kindness at the heart of your actions,
• how to determine your own narrative,
• start with an idea, and
• willingly embrace failure.

At his heart, Ed is an enthusiastic innovator and perennial entrepreneur. On top of building the Zendht Venture Studio, he is an independent adviser, board chair, forum moderator and charity trustee.

Episode 7 

We interview Anthony Main, on:

• fuelling your entrepreneurial spirit
• disconnecting to create better balance
• networking consciously, even online
• sharing, and keeping it human, and 
• little pivots, not full 180s.

Having started his work with a portfolio career, Anthony has gone on to create The Distance, an award winning App agency, and is now looking back to his portfolio roots to carve out the next chapter. 

Episode 6

We interview Cara de Lange, on:

• creating your own schedule to avoid burnout
• lockdown and the acceptance commitment method
• getting perspective on loneliness 
• dialling your career up and down
• and how it takes a tribe.

With her career foundations in business administration for global organisations including Google, Cara has taken her Mental Health advocacy to the next level, continuing her portfolio career as a wellbeing and business consultant, founder, author, and change maker.

Episode 5

We interview Leila Rastegar Zegna, investor, philanthropist, and founder of Kindred Capital VC, on:

• how to approach success intrinsically, 
• living a portfolio life, not just working in a portfolio career,
• work-life integration, not balance,
• using your competitive spirit as a driving force,
• prioritisation and balance with intention.

Leila’s career has been formed with hardworking roots whilst reaching innovative and entrepreneurial heights. Whilst balancing the management of venture funds worth millions, she is also a philanthropist who believes in portfolio life over portfolio work

Episode 4

We interview Steve Chambers, Urban Planning and Transport expert on the importance of:

• selling yourself as an expert
• saving time for self promotion
• investing in yourself
• finding your own way in, and 
• creating success in new opportunities.

Steve is an advocate for charities of all sizes involved in the built environment and sustainable transport sectors. Whilst leading policy and campaigning roles, his portfolio career also includes being a lecturer and media spokesperson.

PortfolioCast Episode 3

We interview Tina Orlando, Coach and Counsellor to executive professionals on:

• how where you start is just the beginning, not the end,
• career pivot - the creation of her communication agency,
• why she became an executive coach,
• juggling a portfolio career with a family,
• and never underestimating the importance of your network.

Having co-founded a strategic business communications firm in New York, and worked at some of the best-known global companies, Tina has built a portfolio career using this foundation to brand, coach and counsel executive professionals.

PortfolioCast Episode 2

We interview Hannah D'Souza, Integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor on:

• What led her to a portfolio career
• How specialising can create more opportunities
• Facing misconceptions in order to work wherever, whenever
• Learning to never settle, and to plan ahead
• Having confidence to stay with the uncomfortable feeling

Hannah is an Integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor, whose portfolio career has allowed her to gain varied and international experience counselling, mentoring and caring for children and adults in both private and organisational environments.

PortfolioCast Episode 1

We interview Ben Legg, CEO and co-founder of The Portfolio Collective on:

- What is a portfolio career?
- Why he started The Portfolio Collective
- The benefits of a portfolio career
- Who would suit a portfolio career
- How it has changed his life

Ben is a former COO of Google Europe, global technology CEO, McKinsey consultant and soldier. He now helps entrepreneurs to reinvent themselves and society.

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