Ben Legg - Portfolio Professionals
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Stories of Success Podcast
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- The differences and sameness of Portfolio Professionals, fractional and interims, as well as freelancers
- How a lot of the change in work style start with a side hustle
- How the pandemic triggered more people to look at their lifestyle, and side hustles
- Lockdown influencing the way we are working, and that hybrid is now the norm
- Focused experts
- The Portfolio Collective platform he founded
- 2030 will see 50% of the workforce having more than one job
- NEDs
- Hedging bets with equity and jobs
- Not putting all your eggs in one basket from a job/career and income perspective
- Ben's journey from army to corporate to portfolio
- A book about the portfolio career written by my former guest Katie Ledger
- Leapers.co - a community for freelancers
- TPC community and how it can help you to become better at your portfolio career, including insights, networking and jobs
- The future of work: hybrid working, economy of offices
- The dreaded commute
- His piece of advice: Know how to tell your story and identify your ninja skills
- Ben on Linkedin
Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.
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