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 101 - 'Mental Wellbeing for High-Flying Corporate Women', with guest Sharon Ponniah
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 Sharon Ponniah, a public health and policy specialist and Health & Wellbeing Lead at PwC.
Working in a high-achieving culture can be exhausting and operating with a constant heightened sense of emotion isn't sustainable...
So how do you protect your well-being whilst also keeping up with the pace and delivering results for your company?
Sharon says:
"For everyone in a corporate environment psychological safety, fatigue and stress are all prevalent. A bit of cortisol is fine but you can't exist in a heightened state of emotion all the time because when you do, you can't process things properly." (Sharon Ponniah, Partner PwC, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)
In this episode...
- Sharon talks about how to escalate your wellbeing concerns if necessary
- How to identify stress levels and recognise the physiological and emotional symptoms of fatigue
- The value of 'circuit breakers', to have a break from conversations (and people!) and to encourage objectivity
- Seeking out alternative solutions to a problem, when current options feel limited
- The essential ingredient of an effective culture: inclusive practices
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Guest Bio:
Dr Sharon Ponniah is a public health and policy specialist and has worked in both public and private sectors managing research, evaluation and population health programs at State and National level in Australia and New Zealand.
She has held roles with the Ministry of Health New Zealand, worked for large Crown Entities and the George Institute for Global Health before entering consulting. With a PhD in public health, she is a published academic and continues to review NHMRC grants for public health and policy.
Sharon's career has been driven by a passion to reduce inequity, increase sustainability and impact social agendas.
Sharon is a Partner at PwC and is part of their Future of Work team, exploring the impacts of mental health and wellbeing from hybrid working. She helped Liz Broderick and the team at Champions of Change Coalition establish the first health group to drive gender equality across the industry and continues in this role as a Special Advisor. She is also a Board Director for Lifeline Australia.
She is a mother of two, of Indian Heritage, with a strong connection to country and place in New Zealand, having grown up in Wellington.
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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 14 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, NSW Transport, Aquila Capital, Reserve Bank of Australia, Goldman Sachs, Ministry of Defence, KPMG, 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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