# career change
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0:00The Break Point: Stepping on a CD Case and Selling EverythingAl Elliott: You're about to meet Chris Lovett. He's an executive coach, he's an author, and proud holder of a 1997 title for best legs in a 5-a-side football competition. He still puts it on his CV. Chris Lovett: My nameEP 325 · 6 Aug 2026·interview· 0:00–12:240:00The Great Reentry: Founders quietly returning to employmentAl Elliott: Here's something nobody seems to be talking about. Thousands of founders who went self-employed during COVID are now quietly trying to get a job, and they're too ashamed to tell anyone Leanne Elliott: Our gueEP 305 · 28 May 2026·interview· 0:00–3:368:32When being brilliant stops workingRosenna Bakari: It wasn't working for me. It worked until it didn't work. Right. And so then once I first started, I started a nonprofit, and that went well to some degree, but it didn't go the way that I wanted it to. EEP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 8:32–11:1439:53The hard reality of reinvention and identityErica Breuer: It's been as hard as I expected. I don't know. I feel like a lot of folks who are making a change right now, whether it's to work for themselves, something, you know, to do something else, they're not just EP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 39:53–46:225:20Story 1: The career comedownLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Yeah, you know by now, she, Leanne comes up with a word, I try and guess what it is. So what's the word? Leanne Elliott: Career comedownEP 276 · 17 Feb 2026·news roundup· 5:20–12:020:23Meet Lindsey Caplan: from Hollywood screenwriter to organisational psychologistLeanne Elliott: Our guest today, Lindsey Caplan, is a former Hollywood screenwriter turned organisational psychologist who discovered that The most expensive change initiatives fail for one simple reason Al Elliott: YeahEP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 0:23–3:330:00Meet Beth Sherman: from TV writing to the business worldAl Elliott: I want you to meet Beth Sherman. She's written for David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, and the Oscars twice. In fact, if you've laughed at it on TV, there's a very good chance she's written it. And she's got a EP 269 · 22 Jan 2026·interview· 0:00–5:0848:25Workplace Surgery: I Hate My Job — First StepAl Elliott: Yes. Anyway, right. Okay. On to question number 3. This person simply says, I hate my job. What's the first step? Sorry to hear that. I hate my job. I'm not even sure how it got this bad, but I feel completelEP 268 · 20 Jan 2026·workplace surgery· 48:25–53:119:50Story 2: When is it really time for a career pivot?Al Elliott: Approved. Stamp. Bosh, bosh, bosh Leanne Elliott: What have you seen this week, love? Al Elliott: Okay, so there's a guy called Tomasz Kamerow-Premjusic. Now I did a little Googling because I thought PremjusiEP 266 · 13 Jan 2026·news roundup· 9:50–16:403:06Life after a 20-year career: leaving law and becoming a coachJeremy Cline: It's been just over a year now since I left my job to start my own business full-time. So how's it been going? What have I been doing since then? To celebrate episode 200, we're pulling back the curtain andEP 259 · 18 Dec 2025·interview· 3:06–9:4317:10Story 3: Dreamers vs doersLeanne Elliott: Why do we dream of changing careers, Al, but we rarely do? Al Elliott: I don't dream of changing careers. I enjoy doing this Leanne Elliott: I did once dream of changing my careerEP 254 · 2 Dec 2025·news roundup· 17:10–22:514:09When Danny first began questioning traditional leadershipDanny Wareham: I left the corporate world about 5 years ago and had a bit of a wobble. I took redundancy and I wasn't quite sure if I was any good. I'd worked with one organisation for a long time and I was good there, bEP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 4:09–6:3145:59Workplace Surgery: What do you call the role when you step back from your business?Al Elliott: Okay, Le, I've got a final question for today, which is from a business owner. It says, I want to hand over the day-to-day running of my business, but what kind of role am I actually hiring for? This is reallEP 236 · 30 Sept 2025·workplace surgery· 45:59–52:398:51The discontent questionRichard Birke: First thing I would ask you is, well, tell me about your discontent. What is it? Were you happy once and now you're not? Because that could be your interests have changed, you've gotten bored, something haEP 211 · 3 Jul 2025·interview· 8:51–10:275:42From vice principal to For Working ParentsAl Elliott: Let's just start with For Working Parents, which I think is the organization or company you've started. Can you just tell us what led you to start it and tell us a bit more about it? Amit Singh Kalley: So I uEP 191 · 24 Apr 2025·interview· 5:42–6:4427:03The 4 questions that start reinvention (ikigai)Al Elliott: After this short break, we'll be back with more of John and Leanne. Do not go anywhere John Tarnoff: Seamless, seamless Al Elliott: Tell us about your latest episode, PhilEP 187 · 10 Apr 2025·interview· 27:03–32:4639:10James's honest answer on leaving the corporate worldJames Fleming: So when I told my wife— worked for the same oil and gas company— and when I told her what I wanted to do, her very first reaction was Let's do it. So we came home. The actual— I won't get into the whole stEP 165 · 23 Jan 2025·interview· 39:10–44:5114:14Nick's story: from teaching to techAl Elliott: So I think at this point it's quite clear that there's a range of opportunities, whether you're interested in coding, problem solving, or sales, there seems to be a place for you in tech, almost certainly. BuEP 135 · 10 Oct 2024·panel interview· 14:14–19:1559:26The importance of transferable skillsNick Korte: I can't believe I almost forgot to say this, but so many people, regardless of the job you do today, you have skills that are relatable and useful in other disciplines and domains. So if you're someone who's EP 135 · 10 Oct 2024·panel interview· 59:26–63:1110:25Knowing If You Need a Career Change or a Small TweakLeanne Elliott: How do people know if it's a career change that they need? So they might be waking up and thinking, is this it? But how do they know? Is it, is it because I'm not fulfilled in my work? Is it my relationshEP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 10:25–17:5017:50What to Do When You Have Zero Wiggle RoomLeanne Elliott: So this all sounds really nice, Louise. This all sounds great. Wouldn't it be lovely if we all had jobs that fulfilled us and brought us joy and brought us energy? I've got bills to pay, I've got kids to EP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 17:50–22:1045:20Louise's Client Story — From AI to the ArtsLouise Kershaw: I've had a client who was in the space of AI and really, really thought that she wanted to move into the arts. You know, what was lacking from her life was a sense of beauty. It's a really interesting valEP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 45:20–48:5849:24Louise's Journey from HR to CoachingLouise Kershaw: So I was working in corporate HR for almost 15 years. across 3 different FTSE 100 companies, mainly financial services. And it was a great career. And I really, really enjoyed, you know, a lot of it. And EP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 49:24–55:300:33Introducing Cate Luzio: from banking to founderAl Elliott: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. The audio destination for business professionals. My name isEP 114 · 10 Jul 2024·intro· 0:33–4:4724:56Workplace Clinic: 'Is 40 too old to change careers?'Al Elliott: So question number 2 is actually from Reddit, but it's such a good question that I thought it would be good to put to you. This person writes, I'll be 40 later this year and I'm considering making a major carEP 90 · 16 Apr 2024·news roundup· 24:56–30:068:00The Pivot: 'All I knew how to do was be a lawyer'Jodie Hill: Well, actually, all I knew how to do was be a lawyer. So I was like, well, I'm gonna have to be a lawyer somewhere. But I was applying to firms and I was just thinking, this is all a load of shit. Like, I canEP 73 · 11 Jan 2024·interview· 8:00–11:1328:10Multiple careers: the new normalLeanne Elliott: Hmm Sophie Wade: But still, there's still a lot of dynamism in the environment, and that's going to continue because of the pace of technology. So in a more human-centric environment, it's that what I looEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 28:10–31:53
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