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Janine Garner helps women entrepreneurs over 50 turn accumulated expertise into independent consulting practices that charge what professional judgment is worth. After 20 years in corporate marketing, finishing as group marke...
Michael Zipursky studied 1,300 coaching engagements to show how experienced consultants build expertise-driven practices. Building a consulting practice through relationships and conversations rather than marketing systems re...
Experienced professionals who think deeply often feel invisible in workplaces that reward rapid responses over considered insight. Psychologist Meredith Fuller OAM, returning for her fourth Wisepreneurs conversation, draws on...
Thirty years of full-time independent practice, booked 18 months ahead, with no formal business training. Artist Mark Trinham offers one of the most practical case studies on the Wisepreneurs Podcast for how accumulated exper...
Positioning accumulated professional judgment when younger consultants cost less and AI handles routine knowledge work. Jon Younger has spent five decades understanding how talent evolves — from HR executive to independent ad...
Professional reputation built through decades of relationships beats personal branding built through content marketing. Robert Vlach leads Europe's largest freelance community, supporting over 250,000 professionals. In this t...
Sönke Ahrens helps experienced professionals turn accumulated expertise into structured knowledge systems that support writing, consulting, and thought leadership. He wrote How to Take Smart Notes and uses tools like Obsidian...
Digital storytelling at 79 after leaving school at 13 — proof that reinvention has no expiry date when mentorship meets courage. Laurie Smale walked away from school after brutal treatment by a maths teacher and began working...
Retirement planning for professional women that addresses identity, purpose, and community rather than finances alone. Kim Watty spent three decades in Australian academia as an accounting professor before co-founding The Mai...
Gail Greatorex turned 25 years of product safety expertise into an independent consulting practice, moving from the Australian government to solopreneur work helping businesses navigate consumer protection laws, compliance, a...
Jane Hudson built an independent L&D consultancy specialising in regulatory training after leaving corporate employment, and returns to Wisepreneurs 50 episodes after her first appearance to share what she's learned running t...
Emma Williams moved from a career in physics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging research to building a coaching business that helps STEM professionals navigate the transition from academia to industry. Emma explains the specific ...
From her base in Belgium, Marleen draws on 26 years building HR staffing strategy at Randstad (world number one in staffing services) before launching Nextconomy, an online knowledge platform covering the evolving world of fl...
Sue Ellson moved from corporate banking to becoming an independent LinkedIn specialist, author of five books including Gigsters, and a self-described gigster who has built a multi-stranded career across consulting, writing, a...
In this episode of the Wisepreneurs Podcast, Sandra McGuire, a certified money coach and financial educator, joins me. With a rich financial advising and accounting history, Sandra brings a wealth of knowledge. She shares her...
Connie Malamed helps experienced professionals understand how instructional design makes workplace learning actually work. With 25 years in the field, she is the author of Visual Design Solutions and Visual Language for Desig...
Valentine Gatard has been an employee for only nine months in her entire life. Based in Paris, she works as a coach, speaker, and podcast host, helping companies and independent professionals rethink their relationship with work. Valentine explains how jazz improvisation shapes her approach to coac…
Amanda Reeves has worked in administrative support for over 40 years, building an independent practice in Melbourne entirely through referrals. She provides executive-level support to solopreneurs and independent consultants, from annual reports and conference materials to websites and social media…
Terri Connellan helps experienced women professionals navigate career independence through self-leadership, creativity, and psychological type awareness. After 30 years in TAFE as a teacher and leader in adult vocational educ...
In this Wisepreneurs Podcast episode, I talk with Meredith Fuller, OAM Psychologist, about the award-winning documentary, 'Home Truths', which focuses on domestic violence and is co-produced by Lesley Coleman & Rod Winning. S...
Productivity obsession is failing experienced professional women, and the future of work demands care, not more optimisation. Laetitia Vitaud is a French writer and expert on the future of work from a feminist perspective. Dr...
Lisa Ross-Marcus helps experienced women professionals navigate career transitions and build leadership capability from her Amsterdam executive coaching practice. Her path from performing arts in Paris to executive coaching blends kinaesthetic awareness, artistic creativity, and structured method. …
Mary-Clare Switz is a bookkeeping expert with international experience who loves using Xero accounting software for her work. She has worked in her family's business in Australia and the US. Mary-Clare emphasizes the importan...
Laetitia Vitaud is a prolific writer, podcaster and Future of Work commentator with a feminist perspective. In this podcast, we have a far-reaching conversation about jobs, work and the contribution of the work by women. We t...