Susan Andrewes

“How to bust through the myths holding you back from a job you love”

Susan Andrewes runs a career coaching business specialising in helping professionals who are unhappy in their current career get a job they love.

Originally from New Zealand, Susan is also a trained conference interpreter and translator, and spent seven years in Brussels freelancing for a wide range of private clients and then as a staff interpreter for a major EU lobby. Soon, however, she realised that she was incredibly unhappy in her job, and knew something needed to change. After retraining as a career coach, she finally decided to leave full-time employment and set up her own business. Having achieved her own dream career, she now uses her professional training and personal experiences to successfully coach professionals to break free from a job they no longer enjoy and achieve their ideal career and lifestyle.

Dick Bolles

“The importance of getting a job that inspires you, the three steps to take before embarking on any job search, the very best and worst strategies for finding a job, and the ONE method that pays off the most when seeking your dream job—especially in a recession”

Dick Bolles (more formally known as Richard Nelson Bolles) is widely acknowledged as the founder of the modern career development/job-hunting field, due to his writings that began in 1970. His legendary work, ‘What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers’, is still the most popular job-hunting book in the world, and has been for almost 40 years. With over 10 million copies in print, it is updated annually, exists in 22 languages, and is used in 26 countries. It spent over 5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and last year was a #2 BusinessWeek bestseller. The Library of Congress chose it as one of 25 books throughout history that have shaped people’s lives.

Bolles is a legendary keynote speaker, ‘master teacher’, and workshop leader, and has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. He has been featured in Time, Business Week, Fortune, Money, Fast Company, U.S. News & World Report, and has appeared on the Today show, CNN, CBS, ABC, PBS, and other popular media in the U.S. He is the most recognised job hunting authority on the planet (San Francisco Chronicle).

Peter Thomson

“How you can make more money, more easily, more often by making a difference to the lives of others—and still have time to play”

Peter Thomson is now regarded as one of the UK’s leading strategists on business and personal growth. Starting in business in 1972, he built three successful companies—selling the last to a public company after only five years trading for £4.2M, enabling him to retire at age 42.

Peter’s real focus these days is to help other people share their expertise, knowledge and experiences with other people to make a positive difference in the world; and by so doing get rightfully and justly paid for the difference they make. With over 100 audio and 100 video programmes written and recorded, Peter is proud to be considered Nightingale Conant’s leading British author, to be recognised as one of the UK’s leading strategists on business and personal growth and to have been awarded an honourary doctorate by the American Intercontinental University for his work in helping others to succeed in life.

Hannah Vallance

“The secrets of achieving a laptop lifestyle”

Hannah Vallance and Chris Alford are a couple who successfully combine running both on and off line businesses whilst living their passion for travelling the world.

Since figuring out exactly how to achieve the ‘laptop lifestyle’ only two and a half years ago they have visited 15 countries, almost doubled their turnover two years in a row, and become market leaders in one of their online businesses—all whilst spending more than four months of each year in a variety of (usually tropical!) locations.

Hannah & Chris have recently started sharing tips and insights into how they have made this lifestyle work for them, hoping to inspire other people that this way of life is not only possible, but very achievable.

Gill Fielding

“The seven secrets of wealth you were never told and how you can create the financial freedom to transform your life and career”

Gill Fielding is an international public speaker, a writer and a presenter. Gill was born into a poor family in the East End of London but, despite humble beginnings, is now a self-made multi-millionaire.

Gill realised that she was ‘financially free’ in 1997 and since then has worked to share her knowledge with others by facilitating wealth creation through her writings and public speaking.

Gill’s media CV is extensive and she has been a ‘Secret Millionaire’ on Channel 4, a business expert on ‘The Apprentice—You’re Fired’ show, and a financial commentator for the BBC, ITV and CNBC as well as appearing in a variety of other TV shows around the world. Gill is currently a financial expert for the BBC and hosts a monthly phone-in for BBC radio, and has just contributed to ITN and Channel 4’s 2010 election coverage.

Gill’s life mission is ‘to light the spark of financial possibility for as many people as she can’ and Gill considers herself to be incredibly fortunate—firstly to know what her life mission is, and secondly to be able to live a life on mission every single day. Gill is absolutely certain that wealth can be achieved by anybody—because she has done it!

Lucinda Slater

Thursday 3rd February: “The secrets of creating a winning style to attract the success you really want”

Lucinda Slater is an experienced and qualified UK Master Image Expert offering brilliant styling for men and women who want to create a winning style to attract the success they want and deserve in their chosen field. As a former City lawyer, she understands first-hand the essentials of promoting a professional image. Even before her current career, four years as a nurse and seven as a lawyer have taught her the power of clothes and their importance in communication. Lucinda has appeared as an Image Expert on Sky TV, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, and in the national press.

Lucinda will share her secrets of creating a winning style to attract the success you really want.

Madeleine Morgan

“How to turn your passion into a successful business”

Madeleine Morgan has successfully turned her passion for coaching and training into a successful business in the last 11 years. She has used her practical experience of that journey and her business training to coach professionals and managers to start up their own businesses and business owners to grow their businesses.

She uses a unique blend of Life Coaching, NLP, Personality Profiling and Business Coaching to ensure her clients build a business that suits their personalities and the lifestyle they want to create as well as being profitable.

Over 50% of businesses fail in the first year and the percentage is even higher for the first five years. Even if they do succeed, often business owners turn into their own employer from hell! So Madeleine will share some secrets to help you decide if the business route is the way for you and how to make it succeed if you choose it.

Susan Andrewes

“Where to from here? How to create your roadmap for success” (closing session)

Susan Andrewes runs a career coaching business specialising in helping professionals who are unhappy in their current career get a job they love.

Originally from New Zealand, Susan is also a trained conference interpreter and translator, and spent seven years in Brussels freelancing for a wide range of private clients and then as a staff interpreter for a major EU lobby. Soon, however, she realised that she was incredibly unhappy in her job, and knew something needed to change. After retraining as a career coach, she finally decided to leave full-time employment and set up her own business. Having achieved her own dream career, she now uses her professional training and personal experiences to successfully coach professionals to break free from a job they no longer enjoy and achieve their ideal career and lifestyle.