The Females in Tech Show with Tamara Johanna – Details, episodes & analysis

2020 has been a tough year for many people, leading to increased “hope” for the new year. The reality is COVID-19 will be with us for some time, so I wanted to share 3 lessons from 2020 to help you have greater success in 2021.

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I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.

Helen Lea knows what it takes to create an integrated employee experience. A veteran of managing people, she now works to bring diverse teams together in the name of employee experience.

It was such a wonderful experience chatting with Helen. I was absolutely floored by not only her incredible depth of knowledge, but her willingness to share it. I have no doubt you will get a lot out of our chat. I know I did!

In this episode we cover:

• Helen’s career path from HR Development Manager in South Africa, to her current role as Chief Employee Experience Officer at MYOB, including what an Experience Officers does.
• Helen shares the process of her husband becoming the primary caregiver, and advice for women who want to have a career and be a mother.
• Helen talks about next generation employment experience and the  initiatives that MYOB has implemented to improve the employee experience.
• The role diversity and inclusion plays in employee experience.
• MYOB’s developHER program
• And so much more

Episode Resources 

• Helen Lea on Linkedin
• Forbes article, Employee Experience Is The Future Of Work
• MYOB research, 75 per cent of women surveyed believe jobs of the future will require skills in STEM, yet the majority are ill-prepared for it
• MYOB’s developHER program
• Book, Alpha Girls by Julian Guthrie

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

 How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.

Madeleine Grummet is living, breathing proof that women can have it all. She’s the founder of two start-ups, a sought after mentor, and manages to do it all while being the mother to 4 girls.

‘So, how do you have it all?’.

It’s a question Madeleine Grummet gets asked a lot.

In this episode we cover:

• Madeleine’s businesses Girledworld, and FutureAmp
• What “having it all” means to Mads
• How she manages two businesses, 4 beautiful girls under the age of 18, and still have a life
• Mads shares the practices she has implemented to stay organised and productive
• How leading with curiosity lead her to be the successful entrepreneur she is today

Episode Resources

• Madeleine Grummet personal website, and on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter 
• Girledworld website, and on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
• Future Amp website, and on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
• HumanCogs podcast website, and on Linkedin, Instagram
• Working Theory Angels angel investors
• Quarterly Essay, Men at Work (September 2019) by Annabel Crabb
• Book, Postcards from Tomorrow: A Collection of Letters From Inspirational Women to Their 21 Year Old Selves  
• Book, The Wife Drought, Why Women Need Wives and Men Need Lives, by Annabel Crabb
• Book, Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo 
• Book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with anyone who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community. 

How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

Lisa Teh provides a compelling argument for why you need a mentor. In simple terms, a mentor will help you avoid wasting your time, and energy, and money, and ultimately get you the result you want, faster. Who doesn’t want that.

I could have talked for hours with Lisa, she was so generous with her time. Here’s an overview of what we cover in the full episode:

• Lisa’s entrepreneurial journey, transitioning from a corporate job to start three digital businesses, plus create a beauty brand that is stocked in Australian beauty retailer Mecca, and co-author 2 best-selling books, Australian Style and Australian Beauty. (5:47)
• The importance of having a mentor, and how having a mentor saved her thousands of dollars (15:00)
• Her latest business Lisnic, on online platform to connect coaches with mentees, and how to apply to be a mentee, mentor or coach (14:50)
• We also switch gears to talk about mental health, and how she incorporates mental health practices into her busy schedule (30:12)
• And so much more!

Episode Resources

• Codi Agency website, LinkedIn
• 101 Lifestyle toothpaste and mouthwash at MECCA
• Fashion, beauty and lifestyle website, Couturing
• Lisnic coach and mentoring website
• Lisa Teh on LinkedIn, Instagram @lisateh_  
• Book, Australian Style, The Who's Who of Fashion, Lisa Teh (author)
• Book, Australian Beauty: Inspiration and Advice From the Beauty Set, Lisa The (author)

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.

After finishing high school Ally started an arts degree. She majored in politics and philosophy but wasn’t really passionate about either. As a result, she never finished her degree.

Instead, she found herself running a cafe, her days filled with lattes and long Blacks. She continued in the cafe world for 8 years but after eventually selling her business she realised it was time to think about studying again. 

So, at the age of 30, Ally returned to university.

This time around she took a very different direction and decided to major in mechatronic engineering. 

Today, she’s an IBM Developer Advocate, working closely with developers and open source communities around the globe. She’s passionate about sharing her experience and helping build a supportive and inclusive tech community. 

Not only was Ally such a wonderful guest, I have no doubt you will find her story inspiring and relatable. 

In this episode we cover:

• Ally’s career journey from cafe owner to software engineer and IBM developer advocate (6:22)
• Her transition from university to the workplace, how it’s different for women compared with men, and what organisations can do to smooth the process (11:37) 
• Her advice for university graduates transitioning into the workforce (various)
• Call for Code hackathon, what it is, and how to participate (23:10)
• And so much more!

Episode Resources:

• Ally Haire on Twitter and Linkedin
• Call for Code Hackathon Registration
• Accenture feature Coffee Beans to Coding
• Book, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts, by Brene Brown (author)
• Book, Curveballs: How to Keep It Together when Life Tries to Tear You a New One, by Emma Markezic (author)

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and sugg

Meggie Palmer and her company PepTalkHer are closing the gender pay gap. Their incredible app leverages the power of AI to fight gender based discrepancies in pay. 

I first encountered Meggie at the Vogue Codes event in 2019. The minute I saw her on stage delivering the keynote address I knew I wanted to have her on the Females in Tech Show.  It was such a thrill to finally turn that dream into a reality! 

In this episode we cover:

• Meggie Palmer’s career journey from journalist, to executive media training, to Founder and CEO of Pep Talk Her (10:25)
• We talk about the statistic where women earn 79 cents to every dollar that men earn, and why that is the case, and the unconscious bias in hiring men vs. women (16:08)
• Some of the ways females in tech can Identify if they are underpaid in comparison to their male peers (29:52)
• How to measure your value, and keep track of your impact on the organisation (various)

Episode Resources

• Meggie Palmer on LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter
• Meggie Palmer website
• Pep Talk Her on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
• Pep Talk Her website
• PepTalkHer App 
• Vogue Codes Virtual 2020 event (June / July / August / September)
• Book, The Curve: Turning Followers into Superfans, Nicholas Lovell (author)
• Book, Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, Emily Chang (author)

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with anyone who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community.

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

Dr Adam Fraser is a human performance researcher and consultant. He specialises in how organisations can adopt a culture of high performance. As a result, he’s worked with elite level athletes, the armed forces and business professionals of all levels.  

In this episode we cover:

• Dr Adam Fraser’s career journey to human performance researcher, author and consultant (5:42)
• Adam shares his definition of a high performer, and the characteristics that separate high performers from everyone else (6:56)
• The notion of struggling, and how we need to get better at managing struggle as a society (10:34)
• Some of the habits of high performers that help them slow down (17:34)
• How high performers separate work and life, particularly during isolation (25:01)
• We discuss whether success comes at the expense of health, relationships or wellbeing (29:21)

Episode Resources 

• Dr Adam Fraser on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
• Dr Adam Fraser website 
• The Flourish Movement, helping School Principals flourish not just cope
• Book, Strive: Embracing the Gift of Struggle, by Dr Adam Fraser
• Audio CD, Power of Vulnerability: Teachings on Authenticity, Connection and Courage, Brene Brown (author)
• Book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Dan Heath & Chip Heath (authors)

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app  and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community. 

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.

Jo Gaines has been a huge personal inspiration to me. Her energy, personality and approach to leadership creates an environment where everyone feels empowered to pursue their wildest dreams. So, I was beyond excited to have her on The Females in Tech Show.

In this episode we cover:

• Jo Gaines career journey to Salesforce Cloud Sales AVP (7:36)
• Sexism that still happens today, the reasons behind it, and her advice to women who experience it (14:44)
• Values based decisions
  • What is it? (19:09)
  • How to handle FOMO whilst staying true to your values (26:32)
  • How to start saying no, and stop people pleasing (29:10)
  • How to avoid projecting your values onto others, or judging them for having different values (33:26)
• Jo shares advice to all single mothers who want to have it all (36:45)
• And so much more!

Episode Resources

• Jo Gaines on Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Jo Gaines Career Story
• Dr John Demartini Value Determination Quiz
• Brene Brown, Dare to Lead Values (PDF)
• Females in Tech Show, episode 23, Career path to CEO with Pip Marlow, Salesforce ANZ CEO
• Book, Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler (author)
• Book, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard Thaler (author)

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.

Working from home with your partner can be both rewarding and challenging. Here are our suggestions for optimising the experience, particularly during COVID-19.

In this episode we cover:

• Our current circumstances, living and working in isolation (13:01)
• Creating a workable home office environment, and aligning schedules with your partner (16:05)
• Challenges balancing kids and homeschooling (20:46)
• Not sharing domestic chores equally (32:34)
• Losing the spark in your relationship, and keeping the romance alive (38:25), and
• A whole lot more
• Stick to the end of the episode as Joel and I share a very personal and highly impactful practice that took our relationship to a whole new level (45:35)

Episode Resources 

• Episode 16 of The Females in Tech Show, The Truth about Imposter Syndrome
• Episode 8 of The Females in Tech Show, How to Ask Your Boss to Work From Home
• Episode 4 of The Females in Tech Show, The Power of Gratitude and How to Get Started
• Episode 3 of The Females in Tech Show, Periods and Productivity. How to Leverage your Monthly Cycle

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community.

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen

The universe is always guiding you. This week it taught me a valuable lesson about slowing down in quarantine.

Ironically my meditation coach Tom Cronin told me a few weeks ago that COVID-19 was the universe telling us to slow down and focus on the important things in life. I thought that I was but turns out that I wasn’t.

I thought I was being smart, and getting ahead of the curve during isolation whilst most people were kicking back and watching Netflix. What I completely disregarded was the effect isolation would have on my mind, body and soul.

It is mentally and physically draining being locked in your apartment 24/7 with minimal opportunity to get outside. My home used to be a place that inspired me, but now all I see is work in every room, and have been guilty of starting work earlier, and finishing later.

Working in Quarantine

 Add to that all of the 5 minute catch-ups you used to have at work, in the kitchen or at your desk, have now become 1 hour meetings, leaving very little time to action your to-do list. That resulted in me working longer hours, and getting stressed out because that’s impacted my ability to work on my goals.

Safe to say I am exhausted.

So instead of publishing a normal podcast episode this week, where I sound flat and tired, I thought I would step out of my comfort zone, and record a solo episode on slowing down in quarantine.

I hope you love this mini episode, and it inspires you to do more with less! 

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Thank you for listening

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show.

My aim is to inspire and support you to reach your goals, and provide you with practical tips on how to be the best version of yourself.

If you did enjoy the show, then I'd like to ask three things, so I can inspire and support more career motivated women ( and men).

1. SUBSCRIBE: search for “The Females in Tech Show” in your favourite podcast app (eg. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Stitcher), and subscribe to the show to ensure you never miss an episode.
2. REVIEW: write a review for the show in your favourite podcast app telling us what you love, and also where we can improve.
3. SHARE: this episode with friends and colleagues who might benefit from the content, as well as grow and support our community. 

How can we better serve you?

Ultimately the show is for you, the females in tech community, which begs the question… How can we better serve you?

Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about, or will help advance your career in technology. Complete the form at this link and suggest a podcast topic.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout out in the podcast episode if your topic is chosen.