The Left Turn

The Left Turn, hosted by Malcolm Eadie, interviews people from all walks of life who have had unusual career changes and explores their experiences and stories to uncover useful insights and inspiration to anyone contemplating their own career Left Turn. As host of the podcast, I've had a number of my own Left Turns over the last 20 years - from lawyer into wine sales into beer marketing, into architecture and construction and now pursuing organisational coaching and leadership development - I'm curious to know what makes people change careers, how they deal with the challenges along the way, and seize the opportunities that are there when you make a leap.

The Left Turn is a business podcast hosted by Malcolm Eadie, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Malcolm Eadie hosts The Left Turn, a business show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  From hospitals to heavy industry: Liz Okoko

  Mar 25, 20251h 7mS1

  <p>The first Left Turn podcast after a long summer break - thanks for listening!</p><p>This episode's guest is Liz Okoko, who started our her working life as clinical pharmacist, working in hospitals, but shifted lanes to become a chemical engineer, working in remote parts of Australia where she was often the only woman, never mind a woman of colour.</p><p>Liz and her family moved from Nairobi, Kenya to Auckland, New Zealand, in her mid teens, and we talk a lot about what that big change was like, the influence of her parents on her career...

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  Episode #11

  Portfolios, Portraits and Property: with Sam Shepherd

  Dec 1, 202459 minS1

  <p>This week's guest is Sam Shepherd who runs his own property advisory company helping developers maximise the potential of property developments beyond their core uses. </p><p>Sam shares how starting out after university by following in his father's footsteps into a career in stockbroking wasn't for him, despite loving the energy of the trading floor. Whilst his next move into photography gave him the chance to pursue his creative flair, Sam missed the social connection of working with people.</p><p>Following these experiences Sam found himself working in property development, where he was able to start combining...

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  Episode #10

  From pilates to practising law: Christie Preston

  Nov 17, 202448 minS1

  <p>This week's guest is Christie Preston, a Canadian living in Sydney who for most of her career had followed her passions and entrepreneurial intuitions in the world of movement and fitness.</p><p>Running her own pilates studio and becoming a brand ambassador for fitness fashion brand lululemon, Christie seemed to have found the Holy Grail of making a career out of her passion. </p><p>However, realising that passion in itself isn’t always enough, Christie made her career left turn into the legal profession, training to become a lawyer and is now working as an in house co...

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  Episode #9

  From American government might to modular housing: John Avrett

  Nov 3, 202447 minS1

  <p>This week's guest is John Avrett, who worked for over 15 years in two of the world's largest and most powerful institutions - the US military and the US State Department - before starting his own business in the Phillipines with a vision to manufacture homes at a speed and quality that will help solve the current housing crisis faced in the US (and Australia and beyond). </p><p>To learn about John's follow-up advice to his younger self - he recommends reading the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz:</p>Be impeccable with your wordDon't make assumptionsDon't take anything...

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  Episode #8

  From laughs to the law: Craig Evans

  Oct 20, 202454 minS1

  <p>This week's episode is a conversation with Craig Evans who shares his unique journey from a career in comedy and radio broadcasting to deciding to go back to uni in his mid 30s and become a commercial lawyer. Craig reflects on his early years at a performing arts high school, his love of performance and the life skills it gave him, before deciding to take on a whole new intellectual challenge by pursuing a career in the legal profession. </p><p>I've known plenty of ex lawyers doing something different with their lives, but not many ex comedians turned...

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