Mum In Stilettos: Recent Episodes
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Growing your career or your business as you grow your family isn't easy. I share what has worked for me since I became a mother and I also interview other working mothers to share their own stories. This is a community of working moms and entrepreneur moms thriving and succeeding together through sharing and networking
You might have heard about job security and how it's important to get into an industry that offers job security. Well, job security is myth. Listen to this episode and learn how you can prepare yourself. The same way you have medical cover and you insure your house and other valuables, always have a plan in place because job security is a myth.
You might have heard the statement "follow your passion and you will never have to work a day in your life". When I heard it for the first time from a motivational speaker it sounded exciting, except I couldn't reconcile it to my reality and others around me. Being passionate about something doesn't remove the need to work hard and put in effort. Listen to this episode to learn more.
Working hard is extremely important but it's not the only thing that you need to advance in your career. Infact delivering results is the foundation on which you should build your career advancement journey. Listen to this episode to learn more.
Studies show that most women believe they have to meet all the job requirements before they can apply. The truth is you don't have to tick all the boxes before you apply for a role. Listen to this episode to learn how you can frame your skills to give you the best chance of landing the role.
Myth 1 - My good work will speak for me. Whilst doing excellent work is a prerequisite to get ahead in your career, it is not enough. Listen to this episode to understand what else you will need to do in order to get ahead.
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Stretch assignments are usually given by employers to their employees to take them out of their comfort zone and develop specific competencies. Whilst not employer led, motherhood takes a woman outside her comfort zone and helps her develop very important and useful competencies that are applicable and actually needed in the workplace. In this episode I share 7 competencies that have developed since I became a mother that I am applying in the workplace.
In this episode I share on why you need to be comfortable with self promoting and speaking about achievements, why self promoting is a problem especially for women and steps that you can take to speak about your achievements without coming across as if you are bragging.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In this episode a share on how as working women we need to build confidence to advocate for ourselves and push ourselves forward in our careers inspite of the systems that are still not in women's favour.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app