Career Episodes

June 22, 2022

International Business Boosted by The Formation of the Captive Industry in 1962

Looking back over 60 years the Bermuda captive industry gives insight into how an industry can create influence 🌎 Legacy, Impact and Transformation. Author of Held Captive, Catherine Duffy, daughter of the soil, civic and community leader, and 40+ year insurance professional shares her take on the depth of contributions made.

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June 9, 2022

The Quiet Industry 🤫 60th Anniversary 2022

Jill Husbands encourages young professionals seeking an insurance-sector career to consider beyond the big-name insurers and reinsurers. Why not check out opportunities in the “quiet industry” that being captive insurance, which was pioneered in Bermuda by the late Fred Reiss. With 100’s of captives, the Bermuda captive insurance markets continue to be of global significance.

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Nov. 17, 2021

Helping Hurting 💛 Hearts Feel Better | Victoria Volk

💛Grief shows up for all of us in our life and leadership. It is widely recognized as one of the most painful, universal experiences and has profound impacts on us. Its uniqueness lies in the vast range and presentation with 💛grief manifesting through emotional, cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, and physical symptomatology.

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Oct. 13, 2021

Mary Gentile Giving Voice to Values 🌎: Looking Back and Looking Forwards

Mary Gentile PhD gives voice to values and fills a longstanding critical gap in the development of values centered leaders. Her book Giving Voice to Values innovates new ways of including values driven leadership in business education and the workplace.

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Oct. 6, 2021

Glimpse Your VALUES 🌎 Super 🦸🏽‍♂️ Hero | Alan Williams & Steve Payne

Our inner knowing and realizing your values offers you a path to clarity and ❤️ happiness. 🦸🏻🦸🏽‍♂️ Co-authors, Alan Williams and Steve Payne discuss their book My 31 Practices. This book provides a strategy and a methodology for actually working with your values, 🧭 connecting with your values, 🧭 understanding your values, and 🧭 then designing ways to implement your values in your daily life.

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Sept. 1, 2021

Amplify Your 🎤 Voice 🔮 | Billy Samoa Saleebey - Social Audio Influencer

Billy Samoa Saleebey, Co-Founder & CEO at Podify, Top Podcast Host & Producer & Social Audio Influencer, is from a global learning space of disruption. Now, he’s moved into the creativity of content, stories sharing and supporting learning. cjczI2JwFivfMSMhBZW8

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Aug. 18, 2021

Gail Watson | 🌎 Global Visionary & ❤️ behind Women Speakers Association

I am excited to share the voice of Women Speakers Association founder & CEO Gail Watson on the #life and #leadership #podcast. Gail is refreshing, inspiring and energizing. Gift for Listeners 🎁 Speakers Success Plan: https://wsalive.com/michelle What inspired me: Gail she shares her background story and. how she rose above redundancy and discovered #entrepreneurship!

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June 30, 2021

The Bermuda Job Happiness Survey | Steph Brown - Recruitment Partner

Steph Brown, recruitment partner, surveyed the Bermuda Market place to explore: How happy are you in your job? The data collected focused on the Bermuda employment market, specifically focusing on how candidates/applicants/employees feel about navigating Bermuda ‘s unique job search space. Key Take-aways The Bermuda Job Happiness ✏️ Survey: Organizations are looking at: 👉 Ways are there to be better employers 👉 Creating positive 🦋 brand ambassadors 👉 How to attract and retain 🧠 p…

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March 17, 2021

Woman of Local and Global Influence | Aliya Danzeisen

Do you ever consider the adequacy, effectiveness, co-ordination and timeliness of information disclosure and sharing when it comes to protecting diverse and/or migrant communities facing race-related prejudice. Is your organization and leadership listening to the diverse communities that make up your teams and their experiences of racist intolerance? There was a defining point in New Zealand two years ago this week, while worshippers were at prayer, fifty people were killed and over fifty oth…

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March 8, 2021

International Women's Day 2022 | Katarina Hoskins, Jonathan Reiss, Felicia Rickards, Jannat Maqbool, Lorene Phillips, Pearline McIntosh, Karen Grace

There is an evolutionary purpose for women to dream it and do it. That is intergenerational wisdom transference. Making visible the presence of diverse intergenerational collaborations provides examples of hope that we can break the bias. This demonstrates how experience turns into knowledge that can be transferred down through the generations as gained wisdom. ● Breaking the Bias/hold one another high and normalize conversation. ● Something unexpected ● Tapestry of Grandmother Inventors …

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Dec. 31, 2020

Where’s Dad? TO Here’s Dad! | Master Coach & Author David Foster

On Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with @Michelle St Jane this episode is with @David Foster, #MasterCoach, has dedicated his life to being a #PresentParent, creating a loving family unit and inspiring people all over the world connect with themselves and their families. Do YOU know how to have a growing business, better relationships with your family and enjoy all that life has to offer YOU? David has a firm and healthy boundary balancing work time and family time [David Foster 22:41].…

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Nov. 19, 2020

The AGELESS Way | Dr. Karen Sands

Karen is the epitome of the creative and innovative AGELESS way I am seeking and exploring. In this episode I have a rich conversation with Leading GeroFuturist and thought leader on the Longevity Economy and Ageless Aging Karen Sands. Let's live well. Let's consider what is it you'd like to be when you grow up? Perhaps now the question is feels more real, more possible? Is it still current? Do you still wish to follow the path you’re on? Discover how age is an asset, not a liabili…

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Nov. 12, 2020

Architect of Global Transformation | Richard Barrett

Description Author of “What My Told Soul Me” and many more books, Richard Barrett, shares that values-based decision is the mode of decision making of the future. Richard shares his thought-leadership on the evolution of human values in business and society. Bullet Points ● Richard defines ‘values,’ as “The energetic drivers of our aspirations and intentions.” ● "Values unite, belief, separate." [Richard Barrett 6:09] ● 3 things the soul desires to do by incarnating into your body self: E…

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Nov. 5, 2020

Leadership Influencer of the Sea Education, Science, and Technology | Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson Leadership Influencer of the Sea, Education, Science, and Technology. Ralph’s journey shows how to pause and progress during pivotable times: • Last century taking technical training and exploring the ocean; [Ralph Richardson 2:36-5:15] • Nautical History [Ralph Richardson 5:16-13:30] o January 2008 Ralph Richardson – 1st Non white commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. [Ralph Richardson 12:18] • At the turn of the century moved out of technical into management of…

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Oct. 8, 2020

Globally Talented | Wendy Kendall

Knowledge Bombs: - How can we help people and companies thrive together through global job moves? [Wendy Kendall 6:10] - virtual international assignments [Wendy Kendall 21:17] - virtual international working [Wendy Kendall 21:17] - climate change [Wendy Kendall 21:17] - ecological challenges [Wendy Kendall 21:17] - cross cultural coaching [Wendy Kendall 22:08 and 22:16] - internal family systems therapy [Wendy Kendall 22:34] - Building high performing leaders through glo…

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