Podcasts to boost your career

By CW Contributor on 7/1/2020

Stuck in a rut with your work? Whether you’re a freelancer, a business owner, or an employee in the middle of a manic office, we all reach a point in our careers where we start to feel a little directionless. Some might feel the need to improve as leaders, become more motivated, find better methodologies for executing goals or just achieve a better work-life balance.
Luckily, there is a host of podcasts which offer expert guidance on both personal and professional growth. These are the best inspirational listens to get those creative juices flowing and get you back into work-mode with guns blazing.

How I Built This

How I Built This invites some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs to talk about how they developed their business from idea to multi-billion dollar empires. Interviewing the likes of Bumble’s Whitney Wolf, Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia, and Whole Foods’s John Mackey, these inspiring stories packed with failure, serendipity and triumph will make you want to get out and start your own venture.

Conversations of Inspiration

Serial entrepreneur Holly Tucker MBE is well-versed in building businesses from scratch. In 2006 she founded notonthehighstreet.com, an online purveyor of artisanal gifts, growing the company from her kitchen table into an award-winning platform. She then set her sights on helping others achieve their dreams through Holly & Co, a consultancy which helps grow small creative businesses.

Now you can have access to Holly's invaluable advice via her podcast, Conversations of Inspiration, where the entrepreneur speaks to fellow founders and creative minds who share their own experiences with achieving success.

The Accidental Creative

Author and international speaker Todd Henry teaches you how to ‘build practical, everyday practices that help you stay prolific, brilliant and healthy in life and work’. Expect lots of nifty acronyms on how to organise your work day and a slew of useful exercises on how to tackle challenges in the workplace so that you can become a ‘creative pro’.

Power Hour

The new podcast Power Hour asks its listener: 'What could you do, if you dedicated just one hour each day to improving yourself and your life?' You could certainly do worse than spending an hour listening to Adrienne Herbert talk to well known creatives, entrepreneurs and coaches about how they structure their lives. The episodes have been consistently inspirational so far.

The Broad Experience

You don’t need to need to know the precise statistics of the gender pay gap to know that women experience the workplace differently from men. Journalist Ashley Milne-Tyte
explores this experience in her insightful podcast which combines research, expert opinions and personal recollections to discuss everything from sexual harassment to female entrepreneurs in Kenya and stay-at-home dads.

The Broad Experience opens up refreshing dialogues about issues too often swept under the rug.

Get-It-Done Guy

Ever feel like you like the effort you put into a task doesn't reflect the results? Then it's time to consult the Get-It-Done Guy, AKA Stever Robbins, author of Work Less and So More. Learn the ropes of smart working with simple solutions to reduce that feeling of being overwhelmed, as well as tips on how to be more persuasive and how to manage late employees beyond a frustrated tut and eye-roll.