The Slick Pivot Sessions

Liz Ward talks to Joe Sayers about his pivot from a professional cricket into the finance industry. 

After 14 years in the Yorkshire Cricket team Joe retired from sports before the age of 30, leaving his first passion to fulfil another side of him. Joe is now a senior leader at Royal Bank of Canada. 

Joe shares what his professional cricket career taught him, the importance of understanding your why when it comes to...

Liz Ward speaks to writer and podcaster, Emma Gannon about The Multi-Hyphen Book Club that was born at the start of Lockdown. Emma shares how she woke up one morning and decided to create a virtual space where people can connect through a monthly book and be inspired by daily book recommendations during this period of social distancing. The book club now has over 6,000 members.

In this Slick Pivot Session, we explore why books g...

In part two of the Slick Pivot Session with Matt Healy, award-winning chef, and restaurateur, we hear how he pivoted his restaurant’s activity during the pandemic and is spreading lots of joy to the frontline NHS staff by delivering his famous Sunday roasts to hospital teams in Leeds whilst they care for corona virus patients.

At the time of recording this, Matt’s Go Fund Me page has raised over £10k in contributions, and Matt h...

Liz Ward speaks to Matt Healy, award winning chef, restaurateur and Masterchef The Professionals runner up.

Matt shares his career journey, from training with some inspiring mentors and then how he left a top restaurant in London to be closer to his family and applied to Masterchef for a bit of a laugh. There were twists, turns and lots of points where he could have given up on his career in the kitchen yet Matt kept going. And ...

As part of a series of interviews exploring some of the best lockdown pivot examples, we are dissecting the “virtual rave” that connected the world. It was a moment in time where there was mass fear, uncertainty and we were all being told to STAY AT HOME to slow down the spread of COVID 19 virus. 

On March 20th, 2020, Defected Records brought house music directly into houses around the world by hosting a 12 hour Virtual Mus...

Liz Ward speaks to Lucy Werner, PR expert, Founder of The Wern and best-selling author of "Hype Yourself". Lucy shares her personal story of scaling down her PR agency and pivoting the business model to something more suitable to family life. Lucy and her partner, Hadrien now run The Wern from their garden office supporting small business owners to build their brands and get their own publicity.

Lucy’s first book, “Hype Yourself...

Liz Ward speaks to Yasmine Say, owner of Say Fitness Personal Training. Yasmine shares her story of how she pivoted from a 10 year long career in Design, Brand and Marketing to follow her passion for fitness to retrain and build a business as a Personal Trainer.  

In this Slick Pivot Session, we cover:

• Not knowing what is around the corner
• Imposter syndrome
• Doing all the right things in a job hunt, yet feeling like yo...

Liz Ward speaks to Fleur Emery. Fleur is an outspoken start-up veteran with an uncanny way of sniffing out emerging trends and making things happen. She has 15 years in the food industry under her belt launching two product ranges into major retailers. Fleur recently spent three years setting up a premium ready meal business. she had a product range ready to go, funding in place and interest from supermarkets yet decided to pull th...

Liz Ward speaks to Ashley Paré, CEO and Founder of Own Your Worth, TEDx Speaker. Ashley shares her pivot story from a corporate HR career to be a leadership coach and Negotiation Advocate. She helps her clients strip back their fears, get confident, communicate effectively and earn more. 

In this vulnerable interview, Ashley talks about her painful exit from the HR job that people knew her for. She tells us why you should...

Liz Ward speaks to Jenny Simms, Owner and brand director of The Marshmallowist, the UK’s first gourmet marshmallow company. Jenny shares her pivot story from speech writing in parliament to running a confectionary start-up. 

The Marshmallowist- has been at the forefront of setting trends. Combining classic confectionery with unexpected flavours and bold design. Jenny is responsible for brand and sales whilst her s...

Liz Ward speaks to Suzy Reading, Self-care expert, psychologist and author. She shares her personal story of when motherhood collided with the terminal illness of her father and how this inspired her career pivot to become an author and build her self-care business. 

There have been many pivot points in Suzy’s career. From Personal trainer to health coach to chartered psychologist to yoga teacher to author and wellbeing expert....

Is 2020 going to be the year you pivot into that new role? Will you pivot your business for more happiness and growth? Will you pivot to more precious family time? Is this the year you pivot your mindset?

Setting a clear 2020 vision is like programming the sat nav with a specific postcode. The clearer you are on your destination, the more likely you will get there without too many detours. We are at A, we want to get to B. ...