BETH F (VIDEO) FROM NONPROFIT TO NONPROFIT “I felt this sense of relief and clarity that I hadn't had before. A weight was lifted off of my shoulders.”
ALISON HALL (VIDEO) FROM LAW TO BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY “It changed my approach to life generally. I feel like a different person.”
BETH WALLACH (VIDEO) FROM CLIENT SERVICES TO OWN CONSULTANCY "The Launch Pad is not an academic exercise. It’s exciting and it’s heaps of fun!"
KAREN NAYA (VIDEO) FROM PUBLIC SERVICES EVALUATION TO PORTFOLIO CAREER “I was in a community of people who just got it. I think that was the biggest and most unexpected power of the Launch Pad.”
Maria Soleil FROM OFFICE LIFE TO SELF-EMPLOYED “It helped me come to the realisation that I could create my own path.”
KELLY SHEARER FROM COMMERCIAL MARKETING TO BUSINESS OWNER “The Launch Pad gave me more confidence, and told me that I needed to keep going and trust myself.”
Lisa Jimenez FROM MANUFACTURING TO AEROSPACE “Instead of letting my career happen to me, I took the reins.”
NED WELLS FROM DIGITAL MARKETING TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISES “It’s not actually an eight-week programme. It’s a way of thinking that lasts forever.”
JULIE SCANLON FROM ACADEMIA TO CONSULTANCY “If you’re serious about investing your time in it, you will be reaping the rewards of it for years.”
CARLI PFURTSCHELLER FROM LOGISTICS TO GRAPHIC DESIGN “I feel extremely grateful that I’m able to live the life that I’ve always dreamed of, after years that felt incongruous.”
AJIT MATTHEW FROM CORPORATE IT TO START-UP “I used the Launch Pad methodology to help me to explore and test the directions I was choosing.”
ROSS MITCHELL (VIDEO) FROM TALENT DEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY “I realised that it was OK not to know where I was going, and that I could embrace that.”
SAMANTHA COOK FROM CONSTRUCTION TO SOLAR COMPANY “I’ve accepted that I’m going to be someone who continues to change roles – and that’s OK.”
MARK ELLIOTT FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR TO COACHING AND TEACHING “The course allowed me space to recover my own confidence.”
CHIAKI TAYLOR FROM TAX TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT “I'm now a true believer that anybody can make any career change, as many times as they want”
HANNAH JONES FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES TO HOLIDAY HOME BUSINESS OWNER “I don't know if we'd be doing what we're doing now, had I not been able to make that mindset shift.”
HELEN BIRD FROM HEALTH CARE TO NON-PROFIT WORK “The experience made me realise that you have the permission, and the power, to go off and try things out.”
THOMAS ARNESTAD FROM PROPERTY TO PORTFOLIO CAREER “Little by little the tasks on the course pushed me into both being more open and curious.”
TERESA ALLEN FROM EVENT MANAGEMENT TO ARTIST "I feel like I’m uncovering where I belong. I’m so much more in tune with myself."
ROSANA AYUMI FROM AEROSPACE TO BRAIN TRAINING FOR THE ELDERLY “I used to procrastinate and blame myself a lot while thinking about my career. So having a supportive group was really great.”
KENNETH CHU FROM TV & VIDEO OPERATIONS TO FREELANCE VIDEOGRAPHER “I suddenly realised that I was allowed to enjoy my work.”
MAT DENNEY FROM AD AGENCY TO LECTURER, ARTIST AND FREELANCER “I’m using my brain to think about the stuff I want to think about, rather than feeling anxiety about my career.”
SAMY KHELFA FROM CORPORATE MEDICAL COMPANY TO PORTFOLIO CAREER "I realised I had been storing a lot of internal financial worry. I decided, well: I can do something about that."
ALEX BROOKS FROM CHARITY WORK TO PORTFOLIO CAREER “I’m at a loss for words for just how big an impact it's had.”
ANGELA ASCHMANN FROM TRAVEL INDUSTRY TO FREELANCING “I think to myself, ‘if I hadn’t done it, who knows where I’d be sitting?’”