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What is and isn't Imposter Syndrome, and can it be mastered?

Back in October 2021 I had a LIVE conversation with Malaika Simmons, MSHE, PMP, TEDx Speaker and Creator of the Momentology™️ Method.

We talked about:

- Where does imposter syndrome come from?
- How do I know the difference between imposter syndrome and "being realistic"?
- How do I avoid coming off as too arrogant?
- What if I really haven't done enough or my skills don't match what job posters are asking for?
- What's the right amount of confidence?
- How do I stop being afraid of big goals?

This was such a good conversation, I hope you enjoy it and learn from it as much as I did.
Follow Malaika on Social Media:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/malaikasimmons/
https://www.instagram.com/malaikasimmons/
https://www.malaikasimmons.com/

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My guest today is a LinkedIn Top Voice based in Sydney, Australia. Karen Tisdell started her career in advertising writing ad copy, then worked as a corporate trainer and then recruiter, and finally started writing LinkedIn profiles professionally in 2009.
Foreseeing the importance of how business leaders are perceived online. From being an early adopter of LinkedIn, to being recognized as one of the top 8 independent LinkedIn trainers across Asia Pacific.

How did Karen navigate all these twists and turns, let’s find out! In this episode we talk about:

 - Karen’s dream career as a child and how it surprisingly ties with what she’s doing today

- Two very unusual and unforgettable ways in which Karen got hired at amazing jobs in London and Perth

- How Karen started her accidental entrepreneurship journey and a beautiful  piece of advice she received from a client

- A few of Karen’s favourite tips and strategies to create a stand out LinkedIn profile

- A phenomenon called the Tall Poppy Syndrome that’s apparently prevalent in Australia and how Karen deals with it

- The correlation between a running a business and a successful marriage and how after a lot of work she’s (literally) married the two! 

Whether you’re a job seeker, happily employed or a business owner, you really don’t want to miss this conversation!

Follow Karen on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karentisdell/
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What is it like to work at a top company for 18 years and then suddenly have that taken away from you?

Today's episode talks about the grim reality of layoffs, and the joy of restarting your career when faced with umpteen unknowns.

Lori Knudsen has worked in pharma sales for over 20 years as a cardiovascular specialty representative. And now, as the Founder of Knowbility Consulting, she helps students find
their ideal career. So it’s safe to say, Lori knows quite a bit about how the heart works!

In this honest and revealing episode, Lori shares how she landed her first job in Sales, and how life was like going through a big career transition.

We also talk a lot of strengths based coaching and how our strengths can reveal whether we are in the right or wrong career, especially if faced with a crossroads.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did, with so many key takeaways.
Follow Lori on LinkedIn and her website:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-knudsen/
https://www.knowbilityconsulting.com/

Get a copy of Youmap the book here.
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1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. 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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If you are getting lots of job interviews but not landing job offers, then this episode is for you. At the end of 2021 I was invited by leading job search thinkers and practioners Mark Anthony Dyson and Damian Birkel to talk about all things interviewing, and that is what we did!

We talked about what to stop doing in 2022 and each of shared practical tips and strategies that you can start applying in your own career, starting today.
Follow both gentlement on LinkedIn:
Mark Anthony Dyson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markanthonydyson/
Damian Birkel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/birkel/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ 

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And do share your favourite takeaways and tag me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supercharge_yourself/

I hope you enjoy the listen, and if you do, do give me a 5 star rating on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!
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My guest today is like no other. Claude Silver heads the People function at Vayner Media, and there are two things that make her very different.

Firstly, Claude is not a career HR person, no! In fact she has had a very varied career in Outdoor Education, Public Relations and Advertising at firms like Publicis and J Walter Thompson in London.

Second, she is not a Chief HR Officer. She’s likely the only CHO (Chief Heart Officer) in the world! I googled the term, the first page results are all about my guest. I want you to listen to how she talks: 

As the first ever Chief Heart Officer it is my great honor to lead at VaynerMedia. I work for a thousand humans, and I am in touch with the heartbeat of every single person in the company. My role is to infuse the Agency with Empathy. It's my purpose. 

In this episode, we talk about Claude's colourful career and how she got hired in different industries.

- Claude shares the detailed backstory of how she got into Advertising & PR at prestigious firms like JWT and Publicis and how she moved to London during that time.

- Claude also shares how she met Gary Vaynerchuk, and how that meeting resulted in her eventually getting hired at Vayner Media, and what happened next. (It’s quite unexpected!)

- We talked about her role being filled with the 'exquisite dirty work of being human'. This is so relatable, because no organization is without it. And Claude shares her best advice on how to approach the messiness of leading, whether 10, 100 or 1000 people.

- The importance of culture and how even during the interview process, a job candidate can determine the company culture from the outside in

... and so much more!

Follow Claude on social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/casilver/
https://www.instagram.com/claudesilver/

Claude's website: https://www.claudesilver.com/

Claude's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emotional-optimism-living-in-the-silver-lining-podcast/id1441782924

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1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. 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:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ 

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

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There are so many LinkedIn trainers and coaches out there, a basic search generates over 1 million results. Very few of these trainers are actually good. And in that tiny pool of good trainers, you have excellence. And then, you have Richard. 

What makes Richard different is that he has been a professional LinkedIn trainer since 2009 and has worked with 750 companies worldwide. Richard has a well known LinkedIn algorithm report that is carefully prepared with a tonne of research but…there’s more to Richard. 

Today let’s learn about Richard’s very international career, what made him start his company ‘Just Connecting', move to Spain, after working at very different jobs like at a high school in the Netherlands, at a diving center in Zanzibar and now serving clients in the art of social and virtual selling around the world.

 In this episode, Richard and I talk about:

- How a short summer job resulted in an entry into the lucrative world of Sales in the Staffing industry 

- The juicy story behind how Richard started his own firm ‘Just Connecting’ and how he got hired by his very first paying client

- How and why his firm started the now famous Annual LinkedIn Algorithm Report (the answer will likely surprise you!)

- How the pandemic caused total stress and chaos for many months, yet resulted in multiple silver linings for his business

- Snippets from the LinkedIn Algorithm Report to help a job seeker who wants to attract the attention of a recruiter

...and so much more! Hope you enjoy the conversation, and tag me on LinkedIn, I'd love to hear your takeaways!

The LinkedIn Algorithm Report: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/richardvanderblom_linkedin-algorithm-report-edition-2021-activity-6848141573990051840-spu1

Follow Richard van der Blom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardvanderblom/

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1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. 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:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ 

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My guest today is the very fearless Simran Kaur.

Simran has had a fabulous career building and leading product development in Health tech and across corporates and startups in Germany, Singapore and the UAE and taught as guest faculty at prestigious universities.

In this revealing episode, Simran shares how an ambitious girl from India went to Germany to pursue engineering, got hired by Siemens and even got mentored by a senior group level CEO. We also talk about how she started Power Women, a successful platform that has attracted top notch female leaders from all sectors. 

Read the following excerpt:

"When I started out my professional life, I did not think about the ceiling, the pay gap, or topics such as diversity and inclusion. I came into the workforce believing that the playing field was level. I became mindful of many of these topics as my career progressed. As many other women, I too experienced being excluded, and realized that my journey had hurdles, which as a young ambitious girl I had never imagined. Over time I realised we needed to build the right networks and a support system to overcome these challenges, get stronger and keep on rising. And Power Women was born! There are so many powerful women are doing amazing work and their stories need to be told. We want to not only bring these women leaders into the C-Suites, Boardrooms and make them have multi-billion dollar exits but we also want to inspire the next generation of women."

Simran has been featured as one of GCC’s 50 Women Leaders, has an MBA from INSEAD and speaks 6 languages!
To learn more about Simran and Power Women, follow her LinkedIn Profile and website:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaursimran/
https://www.powerwomen.world/
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1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

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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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My guest today is Madeline Mann. 

When I think of Madeline, I think: rapid fire job search tips and entertainment. In fact, Madeline is probably the only career coach who is killing it on Youtube, TikTok and LinkedIn all at the same time. Today we will speak with Madeline about her own career journey in senior HR roles in startups in the gaming, tech and energy space and what made her start her iconic brand Self Made Millennial.

We talk about:

- Her various career moves and her favourite tips to those looking to change industries

- What made Madeline leave a job where she was very happy, and what made her convert her side-hustle to full time

- Her most trusted and tested piece of advice that she gives repeatedly that helps people zero in on what they want and how to get it faster

 This was an honest and refreshing conversation, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

To learn more about Madeline, check out her website: https://www.madelinemann.com/

Liked this episode? A couple of things:

1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. 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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“I dropped out of high school in the 10th grade. I was a total failure at school. Subsequently, I joined the army and stayed there for 7 years. Then, I transitioned to becoming a journalist and was all over the place during my journalism career, and ended up at the Sydney Morning Herald. Great job, terrible hours.

Then somehow, I got a chance to go to University in my 30's. That's what I did, came away with a honours degree and a wife.”

 Today I am speaking with Rupert French who is a Job Search Specialist and author of the book ‘How to get a good job after 50’. But Rupert is not like other coaches. Firstly, Rupert has been helping disadvantaged job seekers for over 40 years! Secondly, he’s my first guest from the beautiful island state of Tasmania in Australia, and third, Rupert is my first octogenarian guest! Rupert is 83 and continues to work tirelessly to help those who need it the most.

In this powerful and fun conversation, Rupert and I talk about:

- How he moved at an early age from England to Australia 

- The unforgettable reason that made him start work as a job search coach 

- His words of advice for anyone who is doing their best but sees a lot stacked against them (circumstances, discrimination etc)

-  His three timeless job search strategies that he has seen work over and over again, whether in 1982 or 2022.

We had a lot of fun and laughs too, hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!

For more information on Rupert French, check out his:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupertfrench/

Website: https://www.jobwinners.com.au/

Book: https://exislepublishing.com/product/how-to-get-a-good-job-after-50-2nd-edition/

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Liked this episode? A couple of things:

1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. 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:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ 

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

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What is that one standout defining moment that supercharged your career and helped you to move towards your current success?

In this episode I compile the responses of 7 guests from the podcast, from back in 2020.
I hope this episode helps you to think about that moment in your own career. Whether it was reaching out to a mentor, getting laid off or just getting tired of your current situation, I'm sure the stories will resonate with you.
 
In case you're interested, here are the original episodes from where I extracted these clips, respectively. Enjoy!

1. Episode with Marilyn Zakhour
2. Episode with David Wee
3. Episode with Sarah Johnston
4. Episode with Kolarele Sonaike
5. Episode with Steve Wohlenhaus
6. Episode with Vikas Pota
7. Episode with Greg Brenner



Liked this episode? A couple of things:

1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !

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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:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ 

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

4. Share your favourite takeaways and tag me on your Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supercharge_yourself/