Her Ambitious Career – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Are you hard on yourself and super self-critical? Or, are you good at setting boundaries and making your needs known? And how does your preference impact your leadership, your parenting, your friendships? Let's dive into this one together!

Today I am sharing a self-awareness quiz with you. Score yourself out of 70 across 7 different measures to review how healthy (or unhealthy) your relationship with yourself really is. We are looking at:

• How you talk to yourself
• Boundary setting 
• Boundary communicating
• Prioritising your needs
• Being more objective
• And a whole lot more!

When we have a really healthy relationship with ourselves, we are more self-aware and self-compassionate. It also means we produce great outcomes in our day without the self-sabotage. 

If you want to learn more about yourself, these 20 minutes could be just want you needed to hear today!

Something I said today:

"We are all a fabulous, messy work-in-progress. That means you'll make mistakes and that's ok. You won't have all the answers and that's ok too." (Rebecca Allen, Host - Her Ambitious Career Podcast)

Links:

• Book a free Career Strategy Call with Rebecca today: talk about your challenges and Rebecca will share your step by step plan to help you move towards achieving your ambitions
• Listen to a related episode: Ep 174: 21 Surprising Ways to Invest in Yourself
• And Ep 168: 3 Ways You're Abdicating Authority and Selling Yourself Short

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Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. We air every week and I don't want you to miss out on a single broadcast. Follow now!

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. Over the last decade+ I have helped women realise their potential at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence, Frontier Sensing and Abbvie Medical Research through my Roadmap to Senior Leadership 1:1 coaching program. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!

If you're SUPER strategic, you're always thinking three steps ahead of everyone else which can be extremely useful but NOT if you're losing everyone along the way.  

How would I define someone who is SUPER Strategic?

• Your brain will work quickly and be filled with ideas and ways to connect all those different ideas
• You'll be solving problems people haven’t even thought of yet
• The people around you might not see the 'problems' you're outlining as being 'problems' at all 
• You may have difficulty prioritising or communicating your thoughts so that you are understood

Being SUPER strategic can be frustrating - for you and your team! 

In this episode I am sharing 5 tips to help SUPER Strategists make the most of their super power whilst still engaging and influencing others as they go!

Something I said today:

"From Neuro-science we know that people compute information differently, deleting and retaining different pieces of any communication based on their own preferences, experiences and bias. Even if you think your communication is clear, it still might not be understood in the way you intend. And if you want to influence others, you need first to seek understanding and engagement before you persuade." (Rebecca Allen, Host - Her Ambitious Career Podcast)

Links:

• Book a free Career Strategy Call with Rebecca today: talk about your challenges and Rebecca will share your step by step plan to help you move towards achieving your ambitions
• Check Rebecca's 1:1 coaching program out, Roadmap to Senior Leadership, and our Foundational program, that helps you define your tangible value and apply confidently for the best roles: www.illuminategrowth.com.au

Rate, Review, & Follow our Show on Apple Podcasts:

Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. We air every week and I don't want you to miss out on a single broadcast. Follow now!

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. Over the last decade+ I have helped women realise their potential at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence, Frontier Sensing and Abbvie Medical Research through my Roadmap to Senior Leadership 1:1 coaching program. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!

In this 3-part series I am going to be sharing the major systemic barriers to women progressing in their careers: today we are talking about The Culture Barrier.

Most STEM and Financial environments remain heavily male dominated and it can have an impact on those organisations being able to hire and retain key female talent.

In this episode, I'm talking about three key factors:

1. The emotional impact of being one of a few women in a male dominated culture

2. The fact that these working environments often fail to play to women's strengths and values

3. Male dominated leadership teams provide little to no female mentorship and role modelling opportunities for women working earlier in the pipeline

Something I said today:

"Male dominated working cultures don't need to be at that 'hostile or intimidating extreme' to exclude women still. By their very nature, these environments can be unwelcoming and impart that feeling in women that they don't belong here." (Rebecca Allen, Host - Her Ambitious Career Podcast)

Links:

• Grab Rebecca's free gift: The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted
• Another ep: Ep 82 Why Are So Many Intelligent, Talented Women Still Overlooked Professionally?
• And: 3 Things NOT To Do This Year - talks to NOT internalising discrimination
• Rebecca's recent blogpost: DEI is Alive and Well: 3 Steps to Combat Feelings of Disillusionment 
• Check Rebecca out at www.illuminategrowth.com.au

DEI Links:

• Status of Women Report Card – 2024, annual report released by Australian government
• Climbing the ranks: Australia’s gender equity breakthrough - Monash University 
• Sharing of Housework in Couple Families - Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
• Superannuation & gender pay gaps by age group - WGEA 
• ASFA urges action to close the retirement savings gender gap 

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. Over the last decade+ I have helped women realise their potential at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence, Frontier Sensing and Abbvie Medical Research through my Roadmap to Senior Leadership 1:1 coaching program. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.

My guest today is Angela Sagoe-Crentsil, Partner at PwC Melbourne and we are talking about how to be a more inclusive leader.

Team Inclusivity is both a leader and group behaviour aimed at encouraging everyone in a group to feel heard and as if their input matters.

Inclusivity goes straight to the heart of our deepest human values: that of belonging and validation and corporate leaders have a responsibility to ensure those values are met for each individual team player.

Inclusivity is about leveraging the diversity of a group whether that be diversity of background, gender, race, experience, expertise, culture and cognitive experience. Research has repeatedly shown that groups with greater diversity, inclusivity, and a culture of psychological safety are more effective and collaborative and ultimately produce more robust decision making.

In this episode, Angela and I explore:

• Angela's experience of inclusivity in action...
• Ideas on how our own biases skew our thinking...
• Practical tips on how to involve everyone in a team in the discussion and to feel as if they belong...
• The value of both cognitive diversity as well as a culture of healthy challenge...
• And the importance of creating psychological safety in a group, allowing members to share without repercussion...

 
Angela says:

"Inclusivity takes effort and deliberate mindfulness to catch yourself in those moments to pause and think about how to integrate each other. Inclusivity helps team members feel heard and valued which allows them to freely express themselves and  then [give them the confidence to] tap into their own potential."   (Angela Sagoe-Crentsil, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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Guest Bio:

Angela Sagoe-Crentsil is a tax specialist who helps family and privately owned businesses manage their tax and business affairs.  Angela’s career experience includes working with the Australian Taxation Office, professional services firms and now in her current role with PwC. 

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Host Bio:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women looking to land dream career opportunities. She has worked over the last 10 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Find Rebecca: www.illuminategrowth.com.au

Want a promotion?
> Get this free guide: 'The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted'
> Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call with Rebecca
> Connect on Linkedin

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for corporate women who want to land dream opportunities in their careers and get that recognition they so deserve.

Hey there! Welcome on in!

Some women ask me about coaching: what it is, how it works and all those good things...

So I have decided to record an episode explaining the whole thing!

I'm sharing:

1. The outcomes a lot of our clients achieve

2. The 'discovery' process, where you get to know me and I get to know you to see if we are a good fit for one another (I only work with you if I know I can help you)

3. Setting KPIs for our coaching together

4. The sessions themselves: how they work, how they're structured, what to expect

And a whole lot more!

Here's something interesting I said in this ep! :)

"For me, career coaching isn't just about achieving rational outcomes like 'a promotion' or 'a pay rise' (although of course they are super important). It's actually about achieving a balance between those rational outcomes and emotional outcomes too. It's about thriving as the whole you. If you focus only on those rational outcomes and goals, you'll burn out pretty quickly and will also miss learning about the beautiful you and your true potential."  (Rebecca Allen, Career Success Coach and host of Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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Some More About Your Host:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women who want more from their lives and careers. She has worked over the last 13+ years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan, PwC, McKinsey, IHS Markit and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths.

Her own ambitions include raising two beautiful, happy confident children; building a fun and impactful coaching business that empowers 50,000 women worldwide; and visiting Alaska!

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3 FREE Ways Rebecca Can Help You Get Promoted this Year:

1. Get a copy of Rebecca's most popular download, The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted - Click here

2. Read more from Rebecca's blog - Click here

3.  Listen to more eps from this podcast - Click here

4. Ready to talk with Rebecca? Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call - Click here

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Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.

1. What should the objective of mentoring be?

2. How to choose a mentor best suited to your needs

3. The benefits of mentoring - especially when starting a new role or managing a difficult stakeholder

4. The importance of setting clear expectations, boundaries and time commitment

5. How it's healthy to challenge your mentee and for them to challenge the mentor back

Trang says:

"Look beyond your organisation when choosing a mentor and get creative with your network."  (Trang Dao, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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Guest Bio:

Trang Dao is a purpose driven people-focused leader. She has 15+ years experience in marketing and communications in Technology and Electrical and is passionate about marketing that enhances customer experience at the heart of the conversation. Trang is also involved in NFP Boards, specifically supporting women, children and refugees.

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Host Bio:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women looking to land dream career opportunities. She has worked over the last 10 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Find Rebecca: www.illuminategrowth.com.au

Want a promotion? Get: 'The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted'
> Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call
> Connect on Linkedin
> Join our facebook group 'Career Success for Ambitious Women'

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for corporate women who want to land dream opportunities in their careers and get that recognition they so deserve.

In this episode I am exploring, from the macro level right down to the micro level, what the common barriers are to women's progress at work.

We are talking about systemic failures in many organisations (still, in the 21st Century!) to support women's needs and aspirations...

We are talking about the different 'phases' of career advice women have been given in the 80s, 90s and 00s that have failed them...

And we are talking too about the internal doubt that affects a lot of women in their bid to progress their careers.

I'd welcome your thoughts on this topic... it's so important we talk about these issues publicly and with all genders to raise awareness of these barriers. Email us  on podcast@illuminategrowth.com.au - what are your thoughts?


Here's something interesting I said in this ep! :)

"Women are tired of banging the equity drum by themselves; women talking to other women about these challenges is just us talking to the converted! Men need to be part of the discussion and the solution - after all, genuine equity benefits them too in a big way."  (Rebecca Allen, Career Success Coach and host of Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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Some More About Your Host:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women who want more from their lives and careers. She has worked over the last 13+ years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan, PwC, McKinsey, IHS Markit and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths.

Her own ambitions include raising two beautiful, happy confident children; building a fun and impactful coaching business that empowers 50,000 women worldwide; and visiting Alaska!

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3 FREE Ways Rebecca Can Help You Get Promoted this Year:

1. Get a copy of Rebecca's most popular download, The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted - Click here

2. Read more from Rebecca's blog - Click here

3.  Listen to more eps from this podcast - Click here

4. Listen to a connected episode: 'Part Time' Doesn't Mean 'Part Talented' or 'Part-Arsed' with guest Clare Mullarkey

Connect with Rebecca:
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fb group

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.

My guest today is the fabulous Jaime Chamberlain, Head of Strategy LATAM at Speyside Group, specialists in emerging markets, corporate affairs and public policy.

Jaime has come on the show today to talk about the impact working with me, as her Executive Coach, has had.

When we started coaching, Jaime had just been promoted to a Senior Leadership position and was looking for coaching support to help her navigate her various strategic and leadership challenges she now faced.

In this ep, I asked Jaime for her own career advice, should you be feeling unrecognised in your current job. Here's what she said:

"Be proactive - don't settle if you're unhappy at work. Get help! Speak to Rebecca! No-one cares about your progress as much as you so. No one else is going to help you - it's up to you to look for a new opportunity."


More from Jaime:

"Your [coaching] work Rebecca has facilitated by own sense of discovery: you've guided me to make good decisions better aligned to my goals and me."

"In our sessions, it was important to reframe my skills for my new role and  crucially, learning to value those skills. The work we did on goals and KPIs was new; being held accountable by you Rebecca to those KPIs and timeframes was invaluable."

"You taught me Rebecca about how to manage up: 'What are the expectations of this client or leader?' And you helped me dig deep into what these people really wanted so I could really understand what made each individual tick. Those strategies have been so helpful, I share those insights with everyone Rebecca!"

"I'm a lot more confident now; I am managing client expectations better; I am being more proactive in managing the team more effectively; and I understand my own boundaries with work... it's been an empowering process."

Want to get results like Jaime?
Book a free 15 minute Career Strategy Call with Rebecca to get started.

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Host Bio:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women looking to land dream career opportunities. She has worked over the last 10 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Find Rebecca: www.illuminategrowth.com.au

Want a promotion?
> Get: 'The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted'
> Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call
> Connect with Rebecca on Linkedin
> Join our facebook group 'Career Success for Ambitious Women'

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for corporate women who want to land dream opportunities in their careers and get that recognition they so deserve.

A lot of women who I coach are high achievers: they want to deliver at a fast pace and consistently deliver to a very high standard - but at what cost?

I've seen, over the years, that a lot of these women are fearful that if they try a different approach, they won't get the same high results.

But what if you could?

Today I'm sharing a simple yet profound trick with you... it is SO worth trying, even for a day, if you're feeling burned out and overwhelmed and looking for an alternate way of 'being'.


Here's something interesting I said in this ep! :)

"Overachievement is the desire to deliver at a high standard, consistently and across multiple aspects of life and work at the same time. But what if you could break that pattern of exhaustion and still deliver phenomenal results? How would things improve?"  (Rebecca Allen, Career Success Coach and host of Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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Some More About Your Host:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women who want more from their lives and careers. She has worked over the last 13+ years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan, PwC, McKinsey, IHS Markit and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths.

Her own ambitions include raising two beautiful, happy confident children; building a fun and impactful coaching business that empowers 50,000 women worldwide; and visiting Alaska!

******

3 FREE Ways Rebecca Can Help You Get Promoted this Year:

1. Get a copy of Rebecca's most popular download, The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted - Click here

2. Read more from Rebecca's blog - Click here

3.  Listen to more eps from this podcast - Click here

4. Listen to a connected episode: How to Know if You're  An Insecure Overachiever?

Connect with Rebecca:
Linkedin
Instagram
fb group

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.

My guest today is Clare Mullarkey who is a Trademark Attorney based in UK, who also happens to be a mum. :)

This conversation was sparked by an article posted by Anna Whitehouse (check out her blog: Mother Pukka ) who is on a very vocal crusade in UK to highlight the inequity surrounding part time work and campaigns for flexible working for all.

Anna pointed out in her article that "part-time doesn't also mean being part-arsed or part-talented" and is a sentiment Clare and I both deeply agree with... and so are bringing our conversation to you today!

We are talking about :

• Some of the experiments with flexible working being tested right now
• How the Covid pandemic has helped us redefine what 'working' looks like
• Looking at productivity rather than the timeframes you work
• Boundaries and how important it is to be transparent about your hours
• How having personal values met (such as being a present mum) actually makes you better at your job
• How we are all defined by so much more than just our jobs
• And how part-time or working post-children doesn't make women less ambitious...
• And a whole lot more!

 
Clare says:

"Society is now coming at this from different angles: the traditional part-timer working mum and this new concept of the 4-day working week across an entire company.

"We need to be transparent about the hours we work - for example putting those hours in your email signature -  because sharing those boundaries is important."


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Host Bio:

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women looking to land dream career opportunities. She has worked over the last 10 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Find Rebecca: www.illuminategrowth.com.au

Want a promotion? Get: 'The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted'
> Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call
> Connect on Linkedin
> Join our facebook group 'Career Success for Ambitious Women'

To read more about Anna Whitehouse, FlexAppeal and flexible working for all, go to her blog Mother Pukka