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Being Your Own Kind of Leader with Anissha Vijayan

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Today we have on, the wonderful, Anissha Vijayan, Senior Consultant at Edge Environment. Anissha specializes in sustainability communications consulting for corporations in Australia, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas.

We chat about all things leadership styles, imposter syndrome, and embracing vulnerability. When it comes to overcoming imposter syndrome, Anissha shares, “it’s how you handle your day-to-day situations that help you to start seeing yourself as a leader.”

Hope you enjoy the episode!


Shownotes:

  • Senior leadership team at Thrive PR and communication for 7 years
  • The biggest role you can play at any level is supporting someone else to step into their potential
  • Two biggest challenges she faced while advancing at Thrive were imposter syndrome and how to manage people
  • Balance between maintaining the level of individual identity and being the leader that the business needs her to be
  • Everyone can be a leader regardless of your seniority
  • “It’s how you handle your day to day situations that help you to start seeing yourself as a leader.”
  • Leadership styles: coaching, commanding, visionary, affiliative, democratic, and pacesetting
  • Telling your manager what leadership style works best for you
  • Clients can tell if you’re passionate about what you’re talking about and if you genuinely believe in your professional recommendation
  • Making sure your recommendation is verified/ backed by science
  • Greenwashing
  • Embracing vulnerability
  • The line between personal and professional in leadership


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