This series of The Dangerous Women Collective podcast is sponsored by ESET, providing Next-Gen Digital Security for Home and Business.

In Episode 3, Series 3, Sophy Norris speaks to Rachelle Peterson about her mesmerising resurgence after being made redundant over a year ago.

Rachelle Peterson is a visionary entrepreneur and storyteller, driving innovation and connection through her two ventures, both founded post-redundancy, and both when she was North of 50.

As the Founder of LOQIA Group, she leads a pioneering media consultancy that specialises in strategic growth across the B2B and D2E (Direct to Enterprise)sectors. With her deep expertise, Rachelle empowers media companies to navigate complex markets and crafts tailored content strategies for hospitality and travel brands, captivating international audiences.

In addition, Rachelle is the force behind Rebound & Rise, a female-led networking and events platform designed to uplift women in business. Rebound & Rise creates a safe, empowering space for women rebuilding their confidence after career transitions, whether returning from maternity leave, navigating redundancy, or overcoming networking challenges. Through meaningful connections and collaborative growth, this initiative inspires women to rise stronger together.

Rachelle is not only making her mark with her new ventures, both of which are giving her a renewed sense of purpose, but she is also sharing her post redundancy story through her rapidly growing LinkedIn following and seeringly honest posts, which shine a light on uniquely female issues – from being a working mother, to a road rage attack, launching a new career and the power (and pitfalls) of redundancy.

We cover more in this expansive Episode, including:

• Owning it in our late 50s, recognising our power and knowing our worth
• Finding the power to go it alone, and recognising the pivots and motivators when they are presented to us
• Embrace being 20% terrified, it keeps our arses in gear
• Be prepared, only then will you be able to seize the opportunities ahead of you
• When you realise you can do anything, when you stop caring what others think, you become unstoppable
• Your self-worth is not pegged to what your company thinks of you
• Being unashamedly ambitious
• Surviving a road rage attack, if it feels wrong, don't do it!

Links:

Rachelle Peterson | Sophy Norris

LOQIA Group

Rebound and Rise

The Alligator Pi Agency

Sponsor:

ESET

This Series of The Dangerous Women Collective Podcast is sponsored by ESET, providing Next-Gen Digital Security for Home and Business.

In Episode 2, Sophy Norris speaks to international powerhouse, advisor to governments and industry, university lecturer, public speaker, arts and crafts enthusiast and working mother - Lisa Quest.

Lisa works with senior civil servants and ministers as well as executives of the UK&I’s leading institutions on topics spanning digital transformation, governance, strategy, financial planning, risk management and public policy & regulatory response. Lisa has advised senior government leaders and policymakers on topics of industry competitiveness and stability, and co-authored numerous articles and studies, including supporting the IBFed on the entrance of Big Tech into Financial Services, the Impact of digitalisation on the economy's regulatory structures, and the future of supervision.

She is also a keen advocate of inclusion and a sponsor of diversity– she sits on the Oliver Wyman’s inclusion council, is executive sponsor of Oliver Wyman’s Women of Oliver Wyman and was shortlisted for Mentor of the Year by Management Today Magazine and names on of the Top 100 Female Executives on the HERos list.

Lisa is also a Visiting Academic Fellow at the London School of Economics, Centre for Risk and Regulation. She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and a Master's degree in Public Administration in European Public and Economic Policy from the London School of Economics.

We are not exaggerating when we say international powerhouse!

In this wide-ranging Episode, which zooms in on leadership and the power of devolved teams i, we touch on several topics including:

• Managing work-life balance, and the power of surrounding yourself with smart teams who co-share work with you.
• Rewriting our leadership style to build a team of leaders, a team built on trust, collaboration and support, enabling each individual to deliver what they are best at.
• Consciously checking out, being "dirty, barefoot and outside", to recalibrate, energise and bring clarity and creativity back into our working and home lives.
• Rising through a male-dominated workplace by finding sponsors and mentors, and actively learning from "dangerous" colleagues.
• Being ultra alert to the mood in "the room" - recalibrating our own role within that room and understanding the agendas and purpose of the people around us.
• Understanding that being the only woman in a room can help you stand out. And recognising the dynamic shift when 30% of people in a room are female.
• Why it's important to be able to look a long way down the road.
• Also, why it's important to say "I don't know".
• And of course, what it means to be a "weapons-grade delegator".

Links:

Lisa Quest | Sophy Norris

Oliver Wyman

Lisa Quest's Oliver Wyman Page

Sponsor:

ESET

Items referenced in this episode:

The Authority Gap, Mary Ann Seighart

We start our third series, now sponsored by ESET, providing Next-Gen Digital Security for Home and Business, with quite a bang. With stories about classism, backstabbing, appropriation, dire straits, and of course, triumph. It is all about moments of intersection, when forces collide and a new path emerges.

Sophy Norris speaks to Emma Critchley-Lloyd who, like so many Dangerous Women, is many things. CMO of Zodia Markets - the institutional-first digital asset platform, founder of multi-award-winning PR and Marketing agency Big Little London, long-standing member of the DMA B2B Council, a proud part-time working mum, and a passionate advocate for women - and particularly mothers - in the workplace.

It is breaking no secrets, as she has publicly posted, Emma, who is rightly proud of her education, upbringing, and working-class roots, has been subjected to some pretty shocking bullying, all based around her class.

This, among her other experiences in both work and life, has made her dangerously resilient. She passionately advocates for a more diverse workforce, particularly one that represents and looks after working mothers and people from the 98% club. And she has done all of this by her mid-30s. She is truly a tour de force.

In this Episode, we cover:

• The importance of working from an early age, every experience is valid, and it prepares you for your working life
• Starting small, even by mistake, and making an impact on individuals' lives
• The power of being uncompromising
• Making shitty experiences, growth experiences
• Surprising yourself with what you can achieve
• The power of being underestimated
• Managing backstabbing and bullying behaviour in a positive way
• Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone is accountable for them
• Trusting in yourself, and focusing on the future
• Why we make our own luck
• The power that knowing your self-worth gives you
• Be good at what you do

Links:

Emma Critchley-Lloyd | Sophy Norris

Big Little London

Zodia Markets

Sponsor:

ESET