Featuring: Dr. Margaret Heffernan, Dr. Amy Silver and Kassandra HumphreysJoin Amelia in this special edition episode as she explores the feelings of stuck caused by COVID-19 in our jobs and careers. If your plans, hopes or dreams for 2020 have been quashed by coronavirus, you may be experiencing an overwhelming sense of limbo and uncertainty. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions and a uniquely challenging situation that’s individual to each of us.In this episode, TED speaker and author Dr....

Featuring: Anthony Cohen, Oscar Fuchs and Steven MenziesJoin Amelia in this special edition episode as she explores the feelings of stuck caused by COVID-19 in our jobs and careers. With mass business closures, record levels of unemployment and a looming recession, these are scary times. And for those who have lost their job to COVID-19, it can be incredibly hard to understand and process the experience of unemployment amid the global pandemic.In this episode, Anthony Cohen, Oscar Fuchs and...

Featuring: Claire Seeber and Oscar FuchsJoin Amelia in this special edition episode as she explores the feelings of stuck caused by COVID-19 in our jobs and careers. For those who already felt stuck at work, being stuck at home has added a new and perhaps challenging dimension to this feeling. With many seeing 2020 as their year to make big change and get unstuck, it could feel like you’re stuck with your employer indefinitely.In this episode, Claire Seeber and Oscar Fuchs describe their...

In our final episode for the series, we reflect back to where we began. Getting stuck and the questions that we want to ask others – and ourselves – but to often, we don’t. We’re embarrassed and ashamed, we whisper that we’re feeling stuck in our jobs and careers to our friends and family. Why? Why is something so common, so quiet?In this episode, we reflect on the reasons we get stuck, and all of the best nuggets of wisdom and advice shared by our guests over the past 8 weeks. Plus, the...

In Week 8, our final week of the series, we tackle a situation of stuck that can feel completely out of our control; redundancy and organisational change.Being told your role is no longer required, that you’re redundant, can lead to impacted confidence, lowered wellbeing and confusion. It’s unexpected, and depending on your life stage and plans, it can throw you off course.In this episode, Ann catches up with Bob Pierce, an Outplacement Specialist from Prima Careers. Bob has over 15 years of...

In Episode 14, we delve deeper into the topic of networking and your network. Through the practice of networking we build our network, and the quality of our network, will determine how we progress and perform in our careers. It sounds simple, but how do we do that? What if networking terrifies you? What if you’re an introvert?In this episode, Amelia sits down for coffee with self-confessed introvert and advertising industry senior leader Hannah Sturrock. Hannah is the Managing Partner of one...

In Week 7, we’re tackling the topic of networking and your network. Two words that sound similar, but are actually very different, when it comes to your career and getting unstuck.In this episode, Ann catches up with Trevor Williams. A seasoned senior executive, owner of TGW Consulting in Singapore, and former COO of Global Markets for Barclays Bank. Trevor has been Ann’s mentor for many years, and their interview hits home-truths with honesty, about the realities and importance of...

In Episode 12, we delve deeper into how the corporate culture we work for and within, can get us feeling stuck. The traditional structures of business are changing, methodologies like Agile are gaining popularity, and with it can come a feeling of being wedged between the old and new ways of working. In this episode, Amelia catches up for a raw and real conversation with Lauren Buckley from the ANZ Bank - one of the big four banks in Australia.Lauren is the Alignment Lead for ANZ, and is a...

In Week 6, we’re talking about our environment, the culture of our workplace and the experience of high-achievers. Research shows that where we work, the physical environment and the corporate culture around us, can have a huge impact on our wellbeing and our sense of ‘stuck’ In Episode 11, Amelia catches up for coffee with Dr. Amy Silver. Amy is a clinical psychologist, speaker and published author with over three decades of experience. She has spent her career developing intellectual...

In Episode 10, we hear from two guests who approach our topics for Week 5, in slightly different ways and from different perspectives formed throughout their lives and careers.First up, Amelia chats with Samantha Condy. Samantha is the Head of Marketing and Partnerships for Camp Quality, a well known children’s charity in Australia. Prior to this role, Sam worked in senior marketing and executive leadership roles for household brand names like Puma, Levis, Nestle and the Bendon Group.Sam...

In Week 5, we’re talking about personal accountability, your personal brand and the personal impact “of faking it” it in your job, career and life. It can be very easy to slip into habits and patterns that are not aligned with our authentic selves, and as a result, get ourselves stuck.In this episode, Amelia catches up for coffee with Dave Lourdes, to talk about these topics on a personal level. Dave is a renowned corporate coach in Australia and he’s a trainer, leader and conference...

In this special edition episode, we’ve partnered with not for profit organisation Yes Queen, to delve deeper into our topic for Week 4 around the relationships we have at work and how they can make us feel. Our team, our boss and our peers can get us feeling a lot of different things, but it’s important to know that there is a feeling that goes beyond stuck, and it’s a serious one.Scarily, 1 in 5 Australians are effected by workplace bullying, and in this episode, Amelia talks to Sarah and...

In Episode 8 of Week 4 we delve deeper into the topic of teams. In this episode, Ann catches up with Victoria Murphy, the Vice President for Regional Client Services for Asia Pacific at Randstad Sourceright, based in Singapore.In her career, Victoria has led diverse teams for over 20 years in world leading brands and shares her personal advice on progressing within large teams, the dynamics of global matrixed organisations and how to face into change. Victoria believes being stuck is...

In Week 4, we’re talking about the people in our lives at work; our team, our boss and our stakeholders. The people we work with and for, are a big part of our lives, and they can add to or create a feeling of stuck. How do we move beyond this feeling of frustration in a team dynamic, step up into our own voice and contribution and access the richness around us to feel less stuck?In this episode, Ann sits down with Gabriella Horak, CEO of What’s Your Edge? and creator of the trademark...

In Episode 6, we delve deeper into our topic for Week 3: Motivation. We lose it, we can be misguided about it and in today’s episode we explore how it shows up in our bodies and careers – and how we can regain it.In this episode, we hear from two guests. First up, Amelia chats with Fergie Romero from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Having studied and started her career as a structural engineer, Fergie talks about how losing motivation forced her to look inward, to change her career and...

In Week 3, we’re talking about the role and impact of our motivation when we get stuck. In Episode 5, Ann talks with Anand Sharma the CEO of Growth Angle Pty Ltd based in London. He is an executive coach, mentor and business consultant. Prior to founding his company, Anand had a 37 year corporate career, with his last role being as Global Director of Healthcare for Reckitt Benckiser Plc. UK, a FTSE 100 company. Anand holds a B.Sc., PGDM and MBA qualifications. He has also been trained by Ian...

In Episode 4, we talk more about our Week 2 topic: Self-Awareness. Being connected into ourselves, with who we are and as a result, what we want. In this episode, Amelia catches up with Katrien Bollen from Google, based in Singapore. Katrien has been with Google for nearly four years, and is currently the Performance Ads Marketing Lead for Asia Pacific. Prior to this, Katrien worked as the Director of Strategy Asia Pacific for Avon Products, and with management consultancy firm McKinsey &...

In Week 2, we’re talking about self-awareness. In Episode 3, Ann talks to Ben Nothnagel, an Executive Coach and International Trainer with over 20 years of experience working with leaders from around the world. Ben is the Senior Advisor for Aalto University Executive Education, heading up their self-development process for the MBA and EMBA programs, and he's also a visiting faculty at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.In this episode, Ben agrees that being stuck is real, but – he also believes...

In Episode 2, we delve deeper into our topic for Week 1. Ann chats with Oscar Fuchs based in Shanghai. Oscar is the host of his own podcast series ‘Mosaic of China’ and he’s the former co-founder and president of global executive search firm, Chapman Consulting Group.In this episode, Oscar talks openly about his own experiences of ‘stuck’ and admits that his stellar career happened by chance. In his former career as an ex-international HR headhunter, Oscar admits that he’s had a privileged...

In Week 1, we’re talking about Finding Your 'Why' and getting to the heart of what being stuck in your job or career can look and feel like. In Episode 1, Ann sits down for a coffee with Jason Walkerden, Global Community and Outreach Leader for Microsoft. Jason has been with Microsoft for 15 years, and in his current role, specialises in LGBTQI+ and Intersectionality; along with global strategy and policy. In his career spanning over 20 years, Jason has worked as a business leader in sales,...

Career & Coffee is an 8 week podcast series designed to help you get unstuck at work, in your job or career. This show is for people who feel stuck in their corporate careers, in companies that they don't own. Hosts Amelia Novakovic and Ann Calman believe that being stuck is a real feeling and a real situation, and twice a week - they will be sitting down with experts and voices from around the world - to talk about 'situation stuck'​. Asking the questions: Why do we get stuck? And how...