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Today we’re speaking with Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean at INSEAD, one of the top business schools in the world, where he wears multiple hats: Peter works closely with the Dean on leading and representing the school globally, while also being Dean of Innovation, while he's not teaching. We talk about all these roles, and I also ask him about the relevance of expensive business school education in today’s world with amazing and very affordable and open online courses.
 I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did, and stay till the end, because if you’re a regular listener, you know this one question I ask every single guest, and Peter’s answer to it, is definitely one of my favourites.

Follow Peter on LinkedIn here.
Learn about INSEAD: https://www.insead.edu/

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My guest today is an Indian born woman working in the US with a Mexican company. Tanu Grewal is based in Houston Texas and has had an unconventional career trajectory. Tanu is a marketing leader with experience in Branding + Performance +P&L + Operations which she claims is her superpower. Having worked at fortune 100 companies, she knows what good looks like and in start-up environments to know how to 'fly the plane while building it'.

Today we’re going to learn about Tanu’s journey from India to the US and how she secured a work permit, while facing innumerable obstacles, with sheer hard work, and I know this conversation will help you, no matter what your own background. 

Follow Tanu on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanugrewal/

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Pitching yourself for a new job is never easy. 
Pitching yourself when you live with anxiety, is harder. 
What's even harder? 
Pitching yourself to the BBC when you have a stutter. Or doing multiple professional speaking gigs, with that stutter.
The most courageous of all? 
Dressing up in a fancy dress costume (think skeleton onesie!) and showing up to a work meeting on Zoom. And then again as Darth Vader. Then again as Minnie Mouse.

Why on earth would anyone do that?? Listen to the episode to find out.

For my next guest, I want you to google the term ‘fancy dress dad’. Do it! 

Nicholas Jemetta is a Product Coach and Mental Health speaker and has worked at some of the top retailers in the UK, British Telecom, Ricoh, Reed and others. In June 2021, Nick decided  to go out and start his own consultancy. 

Nick lives and thrives with anxiety and says it is his superpower and believes firmly that our mental health doesn’t define us.

Learn more about Nick's services here:
https://linktr.ee/nicholasjemetta

Follow Nick on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasjemetta/

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Today’s conversation will be with a very very courageous woman: Lisa Bowman. Lisa has held Executive level marketing roles at UPS and was most recently the global CMO for The United Way, the international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. 
Why do I call Lisa brave? Lisa experienced harassment at her job, spoke up, made some people uncomfortable, and was eventually flat out fired as retaliation for speaking up.  Listen to this excerpt:

“I am a big believer that experiences mean nothing if you don’t learn from them. When this experience chose me, it offered me the opportunity to learn and educate others on the hard reality: if you don’t speak up for yourself, sadly, nobody will do it for you. With the continuing increase in stories of workplace harassment, along with the by now predictable failures of so many organizations to respond appropriately, it’s understandable that employees end up feeling helpless and more likely to give up rather than stand up and fight, believing that self-preservation and silence in an effort to protect their careers are the smartest courses of action.”

One of the reasons for having Lisa on the show is that she’s going through her journey, as we speak. This isn’t a ‘now that all the bad stuff is behind you, let’s talk’ type of interview. And we live in this twisted world where the person who does the wrong thing, walks away completely unscathed, and the one who is violated, is punished. This is a conversation that is very much needed.

Follow Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabowmanprofile/
Lisa's book: https://www.amazon.com/Harasshole-Cautionary-Americas-Favorite-Charity/dp/1957084030

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It's episode 100 of How I Got Hired! And I can't think of a better way to mark the occasion than share this conversation with you.
My guest today is a very talented actor who has starred in hugely successful productions like the Homeland series, as well Hindi movies like The Lunchbox (screened at the Cannes Film festival), Airlift and more recently, Dasvi. We are going to chat with Nimrat Kaur and trace her career of nearly two decades.

In this revealing chat, Nimrat talks about:

- How Nimrat got accepted into a prestigious college and decided to leave it behind to pursue a career in acting, and how her family responded

- How Nimrat started her career in print and TV ads, working in theater, and how she got her first big break, after many years of ups and downs, that changed her career trajectory.

- Taking a different path from what is typically seen in Indian commercial cinema, which tends to be heavily stereotyped by performers’ dancing and lip syncing, predictable scripts and women being in supporting roles. We also talk about how this decision to carve her own path played out pragmatically especially in the early days (bills to pay while still being authentic to who you are.)

- How an actor like her defines success

- Some cool and exciting projects she is currently working on (I can't wait for 2023 and watch Nimrat in Happy Teacher's Day!)

Hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did!

Follow Nimrat on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/nimratofficial/

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 2. You will love my emails called Charge-Up! I send them once every few weeks.. they're no fluff no spam, where I share my favourite career insights from movies, TV shows, news and my own personal experiences, that I don't share anywhere else. Make sure you sign up here!  

3. Come hang out with me LIVE on LinkedIn and Youtube every Friday at 2 pm CET where I answer your questions and often bring in fab guests:

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My guest today is The LinkedIn Unlocker Angus Grady. But wait, there's much more to Angus than LinkedIn, so much more.
I met Angus on Clubhouse around 18 months ago and my jaw drops every single time I hear Angus speak. The words flow out like honey, but wait, that’s not the only reason I have invited Angus on the show.
Angus and I are going to be talking about some darker facets of life, like alcohol addiction, and the fact that Angus has been sober since 2004. In fact, during a recent chat, Angus wrote to me:

Sobriety is, like wearing several pairs of glasses at once, everything is clear, bright and so colourful. I remember my very first sober autumn and wondering why people weren’t standing and staring at the colour of the leaves. I had missed so much with my eyes half open.” If you or someone you know is recovering from any kind of addiction, I know this conversation will help you. Heck, no matter what, this conversation is golden!

Angus shares all kinds of tools with us today: to unlock LinkedIn, to overcome addiction and to just, be better, day after day.

Happy Birthday Angus, that lovely post is here.
Follow Angus on social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angusgrady/
https://twitter.com/AngusGrady

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3. Come hang out with me LIVE on LinkedIn and Youtube every Friday at 2 pm CET where I answer your questions and often bring in fab guests:

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My guest today is like no other. Truly, one of a kind.

Tova Leigh is a Writer, Performer and Content Creator with over 2 million followers on social media. But wait, she’s not like other writers and performers out there. She creates viral videos about feminism and women’s rights in a way that educates and entertains. I mean, Tova is seriously funny. And today to talk about Tova’s career, which started out as an Employment Attorney and then switched to the performing arts. 
Tova has performed at one woman comedy shows around the world and is the author of the books:  ‘F*cked at 40: Life Beyond Suburbia, Monogamy and Stretch Marks’ and ‘You Did What?’, a collection of funny and outrageous confessions from every day people from around the world, which was released in September 2021.

In this episode, we cover a LOT.
- How Tova started out as an Employment Attorney in Israel and how she ended up as a full-time performer on stage in the UK!
-How she has developed the 'resilience' muscle from constant rejections, past and present and how you can too
- How her web series got featured by Amazon and garnered global attention
- What it's really like parading on LinkedIn in your swimsuit and underwear to draw attention to the world's toxic obsession with a woman's weight.
...and so much more!

Follow Tova Leigh:
Her website, with links to her best-selling books: https://tovaleigh.com/
Social media:
https://www.instagram.com/tova_leigh/
https://www.instagram.com/theleighshavearrived/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tovaleigh/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tova_leigh
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My guest today is Ben Lampkin. Who’s Ben Lampkin, I hear you ask. Well, you may not have heard of Ben, but I can guarantee you’ve definitely heard of his boss, Sir Elton John! Ben is Managing Director of Rocket Sports, a sports marketing business specialising in talent management, brand partnerships, etc, co-founded by Elton John.

 While that’s a pretty cool thing in and of itself, it’s not the only reason I’ve invited Ben to the show. Ben has had a non-traditional career path, and stopped studies after high school. I’m grateful to podcasting as a medium, because with this conversation, I want to showcase that there are multiple ways to be successful. 

In this warm and forthcoming exchange, Ben shares with us:
- his unconventional career journey, 
- how he got hired by Rocket Sports, 
- how he and his team make a decision to sign on new talent,
... and so much more.

Follow Ben on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-lampkin-3aba9724/

Book by Ben's cousin Dougin Lampkin: https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Error-Dougie-Lampkin-author/dp/1471170616/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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My guest today is a US Army Colonel turned Uber driver. True Story! I’m going to take an excerpt from a LinkedIn post of his that blew up in May 2022 and got 60,000 likes and thousands of comments and shares:

“I was kind of a big deal, at least I thought. I worked for some of the most recognized names in defense, served at a few national agencies. Then I started Model Citizen Coffee Company and realized - I need more money! So, between writing business plans and developing product lines, I drove an Uber and managed a 4.9999999 star rating - thank you Mr. 3 Star, blew-up my 5-star rating.
 
 Here's what I learned in the experience. Nobody cared that I was "Kind of a Big Deal”. I asked my Uber riders lots of questions, and empathized with: Funny thing is, only 3 out of 453 passengers I delivered ever asked about my story. Perhaps the 450 thought Enrique Camacho, was a middle aged immigrant supporting his family the best way he could, with a limited skill set and future.
 
 Truth bomb hit me. We're only as good as our last race. People don't really care what we've done. They're interested in what we can do for them today and tomorrow. It's not a bad thing, it's a realization that we must continuously learn and grow, so we don't stagnate.

This conversation is a brilliant lesson in checking ego, taking baby steps, facing the fear and doing it anyway.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Follow Enrique and Model Citizen Coffee on Social Media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/enrique-n-camacho/
https://www.instagram.com/modelcitizencoffee/
https://www.facebook.com/ModelCitizenCoffee
https://modelcitizencoffee.com/
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My guest today is based in Montreal, Canada and has worked 13+ years at the number one beauty company in the world: L'Oréal, during which she received 7 promotions in under 10 years. Tiffany Uman is now a full-time Career Strategy Coach empowering ambitious professionals to fast track their own success, a mission right after my own heart.

 In this enlightening conversation, Tiffany talks to us about getting hired at L'Oréal in a very competitive environment and what helped her to stand out. 

 For sure, I wasn’t going to let Tiffany go without talking to us about how she received those 7 promotions in 10 years and her favourite tips to accelerate our our career journey to get noticed by the right people.

 We also talk about what made Tiffany give up this fast-track career and start out on her own and how initially she got hired by her very first paying client!

I hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did!

Follow Tiffany on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.uman/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-uman-career-strategy-coach/
Website: https://www.tiffanyuman.com/


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3. Come hang out with me LIVE on LinkedIn and Youtube every Friday at 2 pm CET where I answer your questions and often bring in fab guests:

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SuperChargeYourself

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