Career Conversations with Richard Greenwood
Career Conversations is a leadership podcast from Verus Search, hosted by Richard Greenwood. In each episode, Richard sits down with CEOs, senior leaders and business owners to explore the decisions, challenges and defining moments that shape their careers and the organisations they lead. These are not surface-level interviews. They are honest, in depth conversations about leadership in practice, from navigating uncertainty and stepping into senior roles, to building teams, driving growth and making high-stakes decisions. If you’re a leader, or on the path to becoming one, Career Conversations gives you the insight, perspective & clarity to take the next step with confidence.
Episodes
In this episode of Career Conversations, Richard Greenwood sits down with Carol Fitzsimons, CEO of Young Enterprise Northern Ireland.
Carol shares the experiences, decisions and lessons that have shaped a career spanning manufacturing, HR, learning and development, and leading one of Northern Ireland's best-known educational charities through a period of significant change.
The conversation explores:
🔵 Why careers are rarely a straig...
Growing Into Leadership: People, Purpose & Lifelong Learning | Edwina Flynn, CEO of Wood Innovations
In this episode of Career Conversations, Richard Greenwood sits down with Edwina Flynn, CEO of Wood Innovations.
Edwina shares the experiences, decisions and lessons that have shaped a career spanning hospitality, property, community leadership and nearly three decades of connection with Wood Innovations.
The conversation explores:
🔵 Growing with a business over time
🔵 Moving from management into the CEO role
🔵 Building stronger lead...
n this episode of Career Conversations, Richard Greenwood sits down with Dominic Kearns, CEO and Founder of Fibrus.
Dominic shares the experiences, decisions and lessons that have shaped his journey from launching his first telecommunications business to leading one of the largest full fibre broadband providers in the UK.
The conversation explores:
🔵 Building and scaling multiple businesses
🔵 Raising investment and securing major gro...
In Episode 2 of Career Conversations, Richard Greenwood sits down with Roger Johnston, CEO of Axial3D. Roger shares the experiences, decisions and lessons that have shaped a career spent building and scaling businesses across software, technology and healthcare. The conversation explores:
🔵 Scaling growth-stage companies
🔵 Building strong leadership teams
🔵 Hiring senior people and creating culture
🔵 Learning from setbacks and diff...
What does it actually take to become a CEO?
In this episode of Career Conversations, Richard Greenwood sits down with NI Chamber CEO Suzanne Wylie to unpack the reality of leadership at the highest level, from early career uncertainty to leading large-scale organisations and navigating complex political environments.
What You’ll Listen To
🔵 Why most people misunderstand the transition from manager to leader
🔵 The mindset shift ...
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