Off the Fence with Purpose Podcast
1) Stimulating stories from Season 1
Get ready for another season of great guests with stories from their careers that could stimulate your move up the career ladder where you are now, or want to be in the futureTo whet your appetite thi...Show More
2) Stories of love and service in a life that will inspire you.
A conversation with Liam O’Dwyer which will inspire whatever your beliefs or career path.Liam O'Dwyer began his working life as a Catholic priest. It wasn’t work as he saw it, more a life of service i...Show More
3) The red thread through the career of Michael Patten
The red thread through a career Corporate affairs and issue management have been some of the red thread through the career of Michael Patten. But there were times when life might have been d...Show More
4) "Sitting with Nellie” was great career start
"Sitting with Nellie” was great career start‘Sitting with Nellie” is a colloquial British phrase for learning a job by observing and mimicking an experienced worker.For Martina Byrne the guest on...Show More
5) Negotiating pocket money as a child and martial arts helped shape business approach
Negotiating pocket money as a child and taking up martial arts as a teenager helped shape a business approachWhen Michael O’Donohoe now Country Director for Ireland and UK with Wavin, the iconic&...Show More
Negotiating pocket money as a child and martial arts helped shape business approach
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6) From investigative journalist to helping managers become leaders
This lively chat with Margaret E Ward covers her time from being a cub reporter in New York, through an award winning journalism career in Ireland with leading national and broadcast media to bec...Show More
7) You have to speak up to make change- Louise Bayliss
Making a positive differenceAdvocating for women in a mental hospital came at a career cost for Louise Bayliss. But as she tells Jim and Ellen in this episode of Off the Fence with Purpose for ev...Show More
8) I can do that. I’ll give that a go
I can do that. I’ll give that a goIn Episode 15 Jim and Ellen chat with Deirdre Ryan who had a long career with RTE in a variety of jobs in radio from being an indoor messenger to working in the music...Show More
9) Zero tolerence for disrespect in the workplace
In this episode the guest is Derek Kehoe, CEO and Head of Country for BNP Paribas in Ireland.Although Derek chats with Jim and Ellen about working in financial services his philosophy and approach to ...Show More
10) Media, Books and Communications with Breda Brown
Off the Fence with Purpose Episode 13 The guest on this episode is Breda Brown and she chats with Jim and Ellen about everything around communications, media and books. her advice to anyone...Show More