Her Ambitious Career
Ever wish you had the insight, strategies and encouragement of an executive coach, with over 14 years experience, coming straight to you every single week? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you tune into 'Her Ambitious Career', with your host and personal brand expert, Rebecca Allen! What you'll get from Rebecca: Step-by-step, practical strategies to help you build your executive profile, manage up and establish yourself as that sought out expert. Set yourself up on the fast track to senior leadership. Articulate your value with confidence. Be more influential. This podcast is here to help you take the guesswork (and stress) out of proactively managing your career, building credibility and visibility and having a lot more fun in the process! Tune in, get inspired, and discover how hundreds of corporate women have achieved promotions, pay rises and dramatically grown in confidence by following Rebecca. Whether you're a female leader who feels unrecognised, are unsure of your direction, wish you were better at articulating your value or are ready to step into our own light and showcase your personal brand - we've got you! Each week Rebecca comes to you with ideas to help you take fresh action on the most important strategies you need to enjoy the career success and fulfilment you deserve!
Her Ambitious Career
Ep 77 - 'What Makes a Strong Manager?', with guest Holly Stanton, Salesforce
Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.
Today I am talking with Holly Stanton who is sharing her experience of what makes a strong manager by sharing key attributes of positive mentors and managers she has had throughout her career.
We are talking :
* Leading with empathy
* Being direct, honest and inclusive
* And taking a genuine interest in supporting your team members to achieve their own ambitions.
Holly talks about her experience with an empathetic, supportive manager earlier in her career...
A second mentor, who was inclusive, open and trusting and who would coach Holly when she needed support to solve her own challenges.
A third mentor, at Salesforce, who created a psychologically safe environment for the team to thrive.
And a fourth mentor who encouraged Holly to play to her strengths and ignore her perceived weaknesses.
Career Advice from Holly:
1. Get yourself a coach - "it helps you uncover who you are and what you want to achieve!" (I had the privilege of coaching Holly over 15 years ago! Rebecca x)
2. "Understand yourself, your strengths and others' strengths."
3. Sometimes 'bad' managers can teach us a lot about how to become better managers ourselves.
Holly says:
"One of my terrible managers who micro-managed everyone [ironically] taught me the difference between 'contagious' and 'contained' managers, contagious being inspirational etc when that wasn't our experience of that manager at all!" (Holly Stanton, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)
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Guest Bio:
Holly has 20+ years experience in the technology industry, working for start-ups, global large-scale companies, and everything in-between. For the last 3 years, Holly has worked as a Customer Success Director for Salesforce, one of the largest SaaS companies worldwide.
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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
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