Crafting a Portfolio Career: Embracing Flexibility, Passion and Networking

Ben Legg helps entrepreneurs reinvent themselves, their teams and society. His early career included relieving the siege of Sarajevo in 1995, McKinsey strategy consultant, turning around Coca-Cola India, COO of Google Europe and global tech CEO. In 2019 he ‘ditched the day job’ to focus on his portfolio career. Then in 2020 he launched The Portfolio Collective – now the world’s leading community of portfolio professionals – to help other professionals understand, launch, manage and grow portfolio careers.

In this episode, we talk with Ben about his diverse career journey, from the military to consulting, corporate roles, and startup advising. Ben shares key leadership lessons, how he left corporate life to pursue side hustles, and eventually launch The Portfolio Collective. He explores the changing nature of work, the rise of portfolio careers, the importance of career agility, networking, and effective talent management. Ben highlights the potential of fractional talent, how companies can benefit by offering flexibility and tapping into this growing workforce, and reveals some of his most exciting projects for the year ahead.

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✅ Apple Podcast : https://lnkd.in/dVrAHPg
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✅ Spotify : https://lnkd.in/ePiZbNF

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