Join Sharon as she chats with Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group, about her personal passion for increasing consistency of access to support and opportunity and the work the London Stock Exchange Group is driving to ensure the next generation is prepared for the future.

Rhian Kelly, Chief Sustainability Officer, National Grid, whilst discussing opportunities and support with Sharon, highlights an important third element: having the courage to notice and grasp these opportunities and support.

Sharon and Alan Marquard, Executive Vice President, Transfer Solutions, Mastercard, debate imposter syndrome and how our work lives and our home lives intersect.

Sharon chats with Rosanna Collis, YE Alumna and Founder of Tiaki, about how, at aged just 21, she has launched a product to protect women in sport.

Rob Marcus, Senior Marketing Director Northern Europe, Colgate-Palmolive, reminds us that complementing support and opportunity with effort can accelerate pathways to success.

A powerful personal story which Dr Patrick Roach, now General Secretary of the NASUWT, describes as a story of second chances. Through further education, Patrick benefited from meeting people who told him: Patrick you can be and do anything you want to.

During this podcast, Ian Howells, Executive Vice President of Honda Motor Europe, outlines to Sharon his own experience of building transferable skills and how leaders can support new generations to enter the workforce with confidence.

Sharon discussed with David how setbacks only made him more determined to succeed.

David Boadu, not just a previous participant in Young Enterprise but also the founder of Vistella Cycling, talks candidly about his background and the opportunities he's been afforded. David is a budding young entrepreneur from South West London, who first acted on his entrepreneurial aspirations back in 2011 exporting electronic goods from the UK to Ghana. Vistella is a company specialised in the design and production of high visibility and reflective cycling gear.