From Glasgow to New York and New Zealand, Karen discusses her Audit and Finance career and what she has learnt from her experiences.

Topics include the importance of having a senior leader who can challenge you for your own development, how we can develop our soft skills and her first experience of being a Non-Executive Director.

This episode is for you whether you work in professional services or industry, if you question whether you’re learning enough from senior leaders or if you are a senior leader wondering if you are having enough of a positive impact on people’s development.

Outline of timings:

2:09-4:29: Career and current role.

4:30-7:04: Calculated risk. Grabbing opportunities that might be perceived as risky but going for them if the risk is worth taking.

7:05-10:22: Developing soft skills.

10:23-15:53: Progressing in her career because of the inner motivation to add value rather than because of sole ambition or being competitive.

15:54-21:30: Being shaped by senior leaders as well as through working in Audit and Professional Services.

21:31-25:11: Why I moved from professional services to industry but what I missed from Audit.

25:12-32:00: Developing yourself without formal CPD and thinking about the bigger picture to do a better job and also positively impact others.

32:01-37:02: What is having a balance between work and life in professional services?

37:03-40:08: Mentorship. Learning from current and past mentors to help your career but also to help others when you are in a senior leader position.

40:09-46:37: What Karen has learnt from her first Non-Executive Director (NED) role and her goals for the next 12 months.

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