Becoming The InfluentialMe

Here's some of what we discussed (tip of the iceberg

David shared with me exactly how he built the brand and he was very detailed about how some of his 'not so great' life experiences shaped his future success. In the interview we talked about - Why being a person of your word, makes the biggest difference in business and in life - Exactly what it takes to build a business when you have no money to start - Why is important to understand trends and to use them to get ahead I'm sure you're gonna love it…either way let me know.

In this episode of The Mentors Edition, she is going to share with us:- How to negotiate, whilst being authentic and without losing sight of your goal- The power of play, creativity and gamification when it comes to work and problem solving-How to not overthink changeTake a breath. She is a force to be reckoned with.Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Watch here >>>Whether you're a planner and your plans were thrust out the window by life's happenings or you're the 'flying on the seat of your pants' sort - this podcast episode is for you!Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Watch the episode here!Let's be honest staying in one organisation is the harder route, there is nowhere to hide, and simultaneously a battle to not become 'office furniture.'In this podcast episode, Anjana Srinivasan, Managing Director for Wealth Transformation Programme in HSBC UK, shows us how she did it. In fact, she even got promoted between the time we recorded the interview and now. There is no stopping her. Do not miss this!Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

She is somebody who's career journey has been speedy. She has accelerated her career in an industry many of us have been considering,  the hairy scary T-E-C-H.  As a hiring manager in the tech space, working in one of the fastest growing companies in the country, Claire shares exactly what you need to do to get noticed by tech companies.That's not all though, here's what I found out from her and what you can learn:– Why impressing your peers is more important than impressing your bosses– How to gain visibility and accelerate your career in spite of your age or anything else– Why taking time to look after herself made her a better contributor at work– How you can get inClaire is subtle in the way she delivers these gems and nuggets through out, so be shameless about rewinding things back and writing them down.

Are you and your manager on the same page?If not, then this mentor is about to help you perfect that potentially tricky relationship.She's a fear-proofed thought leader who pushed past racial and gender barriers to carve out a successful career , in male dominated departments, in some of the largest financial institutions in our country.You cannot miss this. Api's advice is thought provoking, uplifting and actionable. Make sure you bring a pen and are prepared to have your career world rocked. Enjoy!Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Watch the episode here!!!Dax Grant former CIO, Global Operations of HSBC, who is also an experienced CEO and COO, but the titles she values most are daughter, wife and mother.Dax talks us through,- The five characteristics she knows will lead to your success- Why there is no shame in motherhood at work and how you can transform it into an asset- How to manage your superiors and colleagues and turn them into allies- Easy ways to increase your visibility at work, using skills that you already haveAnd so much more. You cannot afford to miss Dax's session, because I promise you, it will change how you view family, womanhood and work. Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

She's been a Solicitor, Barrister, CEO, COO, and now she's the Group General Counsel for Kantar Media.a woman who refused to let obstacles define her journey, and in this podcast she talks about the following.How lockdown reshaped her ideas of work and family.The number 1, single most important key to her success.How consistently she maintained a vision for herself, irrespective of others vision for her.Enjoy!Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Helene managed to carve out a career for herself in an industry dominated by men, she is the only female CEO in an industry that employs over 500,000 people in the UK.She started where most of us started and has probably been where you are now, so I asked her the questions on most of our minds. Don't miss it.Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Life (and working life) is a series of events that lead to another series of events. Sometimes the result or impact is something negative.In this week's podcast I'm sharing the power of owning up to your mistakes and how that can release you from office politics, and from emotional resentment at work.Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

It still blows my mind that after over a decade in the workforce, I'm still talking about the B word.If you've experienced bullying at work, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.I have news for you. Bullying doesn't have to be a long series of incidents, sometimes it's a one of thing and I want to arm you with insights on how to deal with it now and in the future, but also help you to make sense of it if it happened to you in the past.Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

I've been asked more times than I can remember how to be a good (or even great) networker and so in this week's podcast, I'm giving you my BEST STUFF.Here are my ideas on how you can work your way up to being a phenomenal networker. Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

I can hand on heart say almost everyone makes this ONE MISTAKE and it only dawned on me to share it and help people stop making it, because I did a mock interview with a client and it was a train wreck and after she changed this one thing, she sailed through the process. Find out what it is.Let me know what you think. Find us:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Has summer got you thinking about your escape plan? Are you dreaming up ideas about setting up on your own, sleeping in and living an appraisal free life? Well emergency stop! There are a few things I am grateful my peers and mentors warned me about, before I made the (not so big) leap.I'll be honest this episode has so many ‘buts' it belongs in Calabasas, but I wanted to give a little bit more of an insight into the less glamorous side of the business. It's definitely one to watch because it is the truth that not enough people share.Find us: Readers To Leaders Book ClubWebsite: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

(Good) Leaders are Readers and in my career to date I haven't met anyone who has disproved this. Ideas If you're looking for inspiration, here's a little list of some phenomenal books we've read in The Readers To Leaders Book Club and also  some books I've loved this year. I also went all in and indulged in some non-fiction items too…I know …crazy! But all work and no play and all that.Let me know if I've missed a gem.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Have you missed out on something because you were waiting for the perfect moment?This week's episode, I'm talking Jean Robert Reznik, former CEO of Accor, ClubMed and many other prolific businesses. This interview almost didn't see daylight because I'm on holiday and in my swimsuit and I thought it wasn't the “perfect moment”, even though Jean Robert insisted that it was.There's a great story behind how I got to interview a senior leader whilst I'm in my swimming costume and let's just say perfection was on holiday that day.

Last week I ran a small seminar with just over twenty women and I asked them 'Mr & Mrs' style questions about themselves, the questions were fairly basic  and though some were deeper  than others, the universal thing was that everybody struggled. We spend so much of our lives considering our thoughts on others, we rarely take a step back to consider who we are, what we want and what we need in the long term. Knowing this is the basis of any kind of leadership and/or success. This weeks podcast is interactive, I'm asking questions for you to answer, for yourself . So here's your chance, to spend thirty minutes on you. The key is to answer these quickly and if you don't know the answers straight away, then move on to the next question. Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Listen and be inspired by Nicky's success story."I found my confidence in interviews  with Senior Leaders"Get your career unstuck and have a renewed sense of confidence to show up as yourself.Learn more click here.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Listen and be inspired by Claudene's story as she went from frustrated to two job offers on the same day."It was almost as if I wanted other people to do things for me. I had to take my power back and do it myself. I wasn't waiting for people to give me things, (they) helped me to do things. I knew, I know I have to do it myself."Get your career unstuck and have options in a world that seems to be limiting them.Learn more click here.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Listen and be inspired by Bunmi's story."My past was holding me back and 6 months after working with Michelle I got promoted (during COVID times)"Get your career unstuck and take a giant leap towards  the career of your dreams. Learn more click here. Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

We have all cried at work. Okay maybe not all of us, but a lot of us and this week, I'm talking about the day I ugly cried at work.  This week's podcast is about frustrations that arise in every woman's career and why we shouldn't ignore frustrations, in the name of professionalism. If for no other reason, other than that it will lead to less awkward, ugly crying at work. Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Is being unemployed a good thing?I'm talking about unemployment and why we should change our attitude towards it.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Why is setting boundaries so guilt inducing? Last year I had over 100 1:1 conversations with clients and the one thing every single woman had in common, was some form of struggle with boundaries, professionally or personally . Too much? too little? and the myriad of questions in between.Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for We Are The City on this very topic and though most of us have adjusted to living in the unknown, I thought bringing this topic back for the podcast, might make for a good reminder of the wonders of well defined boundaries.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Paying attention pays...or does it?I'm no accountant but I do believe in making sure your numbers add up. We often say 'pay attention' and yet most of us find ourselves giving it away for free. Many people and organisations  (myself included), online and offline, are competing for you to PAY your attention to them. This 'payment' is what keeps all of them alive and in business and the more 'payments' they can get from you, the better. Your attention is big business.In this week's edition of Becoming The Influential Me Podcast, I'm discussing one guaranteed way to get an ROI on your attention. Not sure what to read? Here's my guide - Top 10 Powerful Career Making Books Every Woman Must ReadLet's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

"The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow."  - Rupert MurdochGreat careers are built in times of crisis and as some of us ask ourselves the question: What does the future of work mean for me?In this week's episode of Becoming The Influential Me, I'll be sharing ideas (some of them borrowed) about how we can future proof our careers, or at least try to. Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Why aren't more people talking about how AI could be the best thing that has ever happened to women in the workplace?Is it true that technology (AI, Robotics, Machine Learning) will take over most jobs we currently think of as highly skilled? With the rise of technology and with it productivity, will skills such as empathy, collaboration and compassion become the most valuable skillsets? If yes, does that mean this is a spectacular time to be a woman?In my podcast this week, I'm talking about just that.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

In the past few months, I've had at least five female senior leaders ask me the question, "What do you think is the greatest threat to our long term success?".The honest answer is I don't know, because I don't have a crystal ball...However,  success leaves clues and many trends from 2020 show that the best guarantee for the success of an individual and/or an organisation is... ADAPTABILITY. So I'm talking about it. In this weeks' blog and podcast, I'm sharing why adaptability matters and six ways you can be more adaptable in order to safeguard your career in the long term.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

2021 is a year of great promise, but only if we choose to meet the moment. How have you started the year? Excited? Tired? Neither? Whatever the response...time is the most precious commodity every human being has and with COVID still transforming our ways of working, living and thinking... I see a huge opportunity for us all to up our game, if we hack our use of time. Here's (yet another) 6 step plan to crush your goals and be the best version of you.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Imagine being Melania Trump?…for obvious reasons most of us can't. Do you like her? Do you despise her? This week I'm asking us to put that aside and look at how she has navigated the journey through political life in a very hostile media environment.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

In this week's edition of 'The Women Who Failed to Let Their Failures Define Them' we get to explore how Maria Sharapova, a woman who has won FIVE grand slams didn't let her failures define her, but she may have let her comparisons do it.Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

This week's podcast is part 3 of The Women Who Failed to Let Their Failures Define Them  and it's  a good old fashioned Q&A. I'm sharing anecdotes and views in response to the questions you and your peers asked and I think you'll appreciate the power of the questions of others. There's a high chance that I'm going to answer a question that you would like to answer in your life. Let's connect:Website: www.theinfluentialme.comInstagram: @theinfluentialmeFacebook: @theinfluentialme

Is it a career ladder or a career labyrinth?  Helena Morrissey, 'former CEO of Newton Investments and LGIM and the founder of The 30% Club' suggests it's the latter.  As an 'Anti-Lean In', 'Brexit Supporting, 'Gender Equality Pushing' CEO with nine children, who has made fear her friend; I had to find out more... This week's podcast is about how a post-baby failure to be promoted led to one women embracing courage, leading with conviction and paving the way for those who will come after her. If you think babies complicate careers, it's a MUST listen... #careerbreak #womenwholead #confidence

On Women Who Failed To Let Their Failures Define ThemWhen I think of Arianna Huffington, the very last thing I think of is failure. You?In her twenties Arianna wrote a book that was savaged by the art community and wrote another one that was rejected by publishers 36 times and almost bankrupted her in the process.In her thirties she endured a failed relationship which led her to move continents.In her forties her marriage broke down.In her fifties she ran for Governor of California and lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger.In her sixties …well …we've all read Thrive.What is truly remarkable about this woman is that she refused to let those failures define her, but instead used them as fuel.I was deathly afraid of failing and in truth I still am, but leaning into has taught me that no fear I have or failure I will experience is new, so I'm going into discovery mode…want to join?On the Becoming The Influential Me Podcast this week, we're launching a 5 Part Series On Women Who Failed To Let Their Failures Define Them. I'll be exploring how they failed and how they made it work for them.In this week's episode I'll be spilling the tea on Arianna Huffington's secret sauce.PS. It's worth the listen if only to hear me refer to her as Arianna Grande…more than once.#leaningintofailure #learningfromleaders #bookclub

Have you ever started reading a book as one person and finished it as another? Well this is how I felt about Edith Eger's book 'The Choice'. This is the story of a woman who survived Auschwitz and spent the next 70+ years rediscovering herself and (most importantly) her power as a woman, mother and careerperson. When I think about the challenges 2020 has brought us, I honestly feel like this book was/is the antidote. If you are going through something or have been through something challenging and need to find your way (that covers just about every living being in 2020) Have a listen to my podcast where I review it and discuss why I was so deeply moved by it...then order it!!!#mentalhealth #inspiration #workingwomen

 "We cannot become what we cannot see" And for the first time we see a black/asian daughter of immigrants ascending to the second highest office, in the most powerful country in the world. My mind is blown and my heart is full! Kamala Harris has opened doors, that can now never be shut and as we celebrate, I'm taking notes. Of course I have been watching her 'Becoming' and taking notes and of course I've dedicated my second podcast episode to this very moment. This week's episode of Becoming the InfluentialMe is about the 6 Lessons We Can all Learn from Kamala Harris.

Today is the very first podcast and what better way to kick things of than to share my journey with TheInfluentialMe and marry that with the biggest question I receive from other women - "How can I become confident enough to step into the best version of me?"