Career-Defining Moments

In this wonderful chat with Joe Pane, we talk about his beautifully winding career path and finding his path from a sterile lab environment at university to working with people. He did not know as a young adult how he would make that happen, but his ability to keep leaning into faith instead of fear opened up some doors that he never would have imagined.

Joe shares his personal experience across a range of corporate roles to now working with people in building emotional fitness.

We cover:

· Our complicated (human) relationship with uncertainty

· Listening to the signals and feedback when we need to change paths

· Why the motivation to move away from what we don’t want is usually the strongest driver for change

· Spotting disengagement and supporting people (giving them permission even) to follow their dream!

· How to frame a healthy conversation around a career break with your boss

· The impact you can have on others at work and in life because of how you’re showing up

· Doubting yourself (yes, it’s human!) and still listening to your gut to guide how far you need to go

· Reframing the concept of ‘being in the right place’

· Welcoming higher quality problems in the future

· Collective fear and how they impact company decisions

Joe’ top 3 career tips:

· 1) Be loyal to your values.

· 2) Find and environment that you belong in (not fitting in)

· 3) Regardless of the culture – always be respectful and kind (hold healthy boundaries). Become an example of what you want to see in the world!

Resources:

· Get in touch with Joe via Joepane.com.au and tune into his podcast or check out his ‘Emotional fitness hub’ on Facebook

· Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.

Jodi Rosenthal is such a wonderful example of someone who decided to own and drive her career (and learned a lot in the process)! In this episode we unpack her varied and inspiring career to date across sales, tech start-ups, large corporates and more recently people and culture. We unpack how stay positive, dare to have difficult conversations and continue building your tribe.

We cover:

• Being a ‘unicorn’ where businesses may struggle to label at fit you into their structure
• Embracing servant leadership through listening, emotional intelligence and true empathy in the workplace
• The power of the pause and working with a career coach to unlock next steps
• Supporting a team through pandemic challenges
• Workplace culture check and finding the right fit
• Integrating and landing in a new country as an expat
• Authenticity and fully being who you are in the workplace and in life
• Addressing toxic positivity and framing challenges in a realistic and helpful way in the workplace
• Authentic sales conversations and connection
• Being made redundant, working through professional limbo and reinventing yourself in a new professional setting
• Healthy boundaries and leaving a role that’s not right for you
• Falling into a role and finding yourself in a career you did not necessary choose
• Value and self-worth
• Having tough conversations at work
• Take responsibility and shape your professional future
• Coping with change and uncertainty when this is not something you naturally thrive in
• Tap into your personal and professional network for support, growth and mental well-being
• Imposter syndrome, self-worth and awareness of all the challenges that can come out at work
• Career chapters, knowing when to leave and allowing a career break (and even taking up golf)
• Working out your skills AND what you enjoy the most to find flow at work
• Social justice, impact and living your values at work
• Learning from challenging leadership experiences and learning first-hand what not to do
• Daring to jump in and figure things out as you go along
• Listening to constructive feedback from family and loved ones
• Looking for red flags and learnings and daring to take action quickly
• Start-up creativity and trying different things
• Having healthy ongoing dialogue about performance with your manager or HR/P&C leader

Jodi’s top career tips:

1. Nurture and build your support network (both professional and personal)
2. Take control of your own career. Hold people accountable and take action when needed.

Resources:

· Get in touch with Jodi via Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-rosenthal-8091398/

· Feeling a bit stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.

If you have any questions about today’s episode or want to chat about future podcast topics, you can get in touch with Emmy here: https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au/contact-us/

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This wonderful conversation with Despina Karatzias unpacks her true passion for joy, helpfulness and contribution.

Early in her life, she had a dream to go into acting, but instead she briefly explored social work, only to realise it was not quite right for her. At age 18 her passion for small business and tourism started to form and this is still where she spends most of her professional focus and energy today.

Join us in this honest and eye opening conversations about the many career-defining moments that took her to the work she does these days!

Some of the things we cover:

· Lessons of self-care and literally running a marathon during the pandemic.

· Leaning into being different and exploring different things to find you path.

· Starting your career out to learn as much as you can across the business

· Where her love for small business began

· Managing people and learning how to manage the conflicts that can come from this

· Noticing a need for formal training and stepping up to put yourself through the (formal) learning that you need

· Reflecting on the fact that “sometimes I am my own problem”, and taking ownership to unlock what’s next in your career

· Creating healthy boundaries and learning the importance of emotional intelligence (sometimes, the hard way)

· Working out how your role contributes to the bigger picture of the organisation and the community

· Finding your voice and taking action when something is a clear ‘no’

· Honestly look at what’s working and what’s not and make sure to get help to get out of that (all too common) funk

· Don’t wait for someone to give you permission to grow, but take responsibility for your own learning.

Despina’s top career tips:

1. Follow the fire in your belly, be in tune to what your reaction and follow that. Say ‘yes’ more and go out of your comfort zone weekly.

2. Networks and get in the room with the right people. Actively lean in and step up.

3. Get yourself out there, believe in something and use your voice to share it.

Resources:

Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.

Get in touch with Despina’s work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/despinakaratzias/ or https://www.navii.com.au/

Curious to explore a career in another country, but not sure how to? Get ready for this great chat with Wendy O’Mara about her work in HR, relocation and recruitment plus hear about her own relocation experience.

In this wonderful and honest chat, we share lots of examples from our own international moves, and some insider tips you want to make sure to consider for your own overseas career adventure.

Some of the things we cover: • How to run a successful business with your husband or wife • International recruitment tips for both candidates and employers • How to create a better relocation and onboarding experience for internationals • The power of a single touchpoint when moving through a complex work or recruitment process • How homesickness can really change your international career experience • The challenges and opportunities that open up when you follow a partner overseas • The different drivers that can fuel a big career move • How the practical parts of an international career often stop people from following their dreams • How to assess the pros and cons of an international work opportunity • Timing and its importance in any career move • Career matching and building a meaningful talent pipeline for your business

Wendy’s top career tips

1. Choose your partners wisely 2. Don’t be naïve – it will cost money, time and energy to make great things happen! 3. Dare to make the decision or the jump, it might just work out!

Resources:

• Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via ⁠https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au⁠ or book a free chat with Emmy. • Connect with Wendy via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyomara/ or check out their websites https://engineeredmoves.com/ and https://www.contourpersonnel.com.au/

A truly action-packed episode with lots of sliding door moments and hands on career tips!

Glenn Watson wanted to be a scientist as a kid (move over David Attenborough!) and had every intention of getting deeper into science at university, but instead had a (pre)career defining moment and a connection that got him into business management and communications.

Key themes cross Glenn’s career has been deliberate career planning and following a data driven approach. This focus took him to a head of marketing role by the age of 28 only to then pivot into something completely different. In this open and honest chat, we unpack failure, courage to move backwards before you move forward and how his career has unfolded.

Some of the things we cover:

· The powerful sliding doors moment that completely changed the start of his career path from science to marketing

· Sense checking new career opportunities against your plan

· Avoiding shiny career objects

· The steps he took to completely change his career

· The role of luck, opportunity and preparation to grow your career significantly

· Career re-set and changing lanes to a new field and taking one (or five) steps back

· Being proactive in significantly quickening the progress of career goals

· Taking on new roles with the objective to learn and then add new steps to your plan

· Striving for excellence whilst not being crushed by work demands and pressure

· Removing yourself from pressure and overwhelm to work out what you need to do next

· Coping with feelings of failure and ‘mental bruises’

· Unpacking what it means that “you either win or learn”

· The power of being data driven in career and life and make better decisions

Glenn’s top career tips:

· 1 You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

· 2 Without data you’re just a person with an opinion. Meaningfully interpreted data

· 3 You win or you learn. Learn, courage and growth.

Resources:

Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.

Get in touch with Glenn Watson via Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwatson3/