Sharon Singh Sidhu

Get all the insights and tips about how to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn - whether you're an employee or business owner - in this value-packed episode with Khushi Agarwal.

Khushi specializes in helping Business Coaches, Founders, and Senior Leaders enhance their presence and authority on LinkedIn by handling everything from content creation to community engagement.  

In this episode, we discussed 

• the importance of having a strong personal brand and presence on LinkedIn
• why it's especially relevant in today's world of work
• her journey from her internship days, 9-5 jobs, and now as a founder of her own agency
• how to transition from working for yourself to having a team
• the role LinkedIn has played in helping her land opportunities and grow professionally

Connect with Khushi on LinkedIn to learn how you too, can enhance your thought leadership, grow your professional network, and transform your LinkedIn presence.

‘Nothing in my 20-year career in a corporation prepared me to run a business.’

Yes, being incredibly successful in a corporate job - even a place like Goldman Sachs - does not naturally mean you have all the skills and experience to launch a successful business.

The rules of the game are completely different when you become a solopreneur.

Listen to how Evelyn Poh, ex Goldman Sachs VP transitioned from a financially lucrative career at Goldmans to becoming a Financial Educator and Creator of The Financial Styling Academy.

Why did Evelyn walk away from an established career to do what she does now?

This episode will shed light on what it really takes to launch your business, why your purpose matters, and give you a different perspective on financial security and success.

Evelyn is a financial coach who helps people build the lives they want without running out of money. She spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs working in London, Zurich and Tokyo, and qualified as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Connect with Evelyn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-poh/

In this episode, I speak with Samantha Cieslinski, a high school health and PE teacher, podcaster and mom of two.

Samantha shares how she wrote her book, 100  Days of Happiness, as a means of coping with the isolation of having a baby during the pandemic in 2020.

Later, spurred by the desire to share stories of mothers who do so much behind the scenes, Samantha started a podcast, The Running Wine Mom, to highlight the stories of inspiring women in her community.

If you ever wondered how amazing women like Samantha manage to design a multi-faceted life filled with all the things they're passionate about, then this episode is for you! Hear how Samantha handles her day-to-day and finds time for all that's important to her.

Resources
Connect with Samantha on Instagram @therunningwinemom_
Samantha's website
100 Days of Happiness book
The Running Wine Podcast
Calm app
Peloton app
 

Tap into the rich experience of Ellen Taaffe, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Board Director, and Author of "The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women In Place", Ellen Taaffe.

In this episode, we explore Ellen's background and journey, including her experience in corporate America, her transition to coaching and teaching, and her observations about women's advancement and struggles in their careers and as mothers.

Ellen discussed five strategies for women in their careers, including preparing to perfection, eagerly pleasing, fitting the mold, working tirelessly, and the challenges faced by women who are also mothers. We explored the pitfalls and pivots needed for each strategy to achieve success.

If you're a career woman, this episode will give you insights into how you can grow professionally and realise your full potential!

Resources

• Get Ellen's book, 'The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place' where books are sold (e.g., Amazon) 
• Connect with Ellen on LinkedIn
• Get the 10 tips Ellen wished she knew earlier in her career
• Subscribe to Ellen's newsletter

What a treat to have a previous guest back on the show! Samantha Siffring is my business coach and I had her back to share more about some changes she’s made recently in her business. 

This has been a theme for me too recently so it was good to hear from someone I look up to. Samantha shares her thinking behind her decisions, how and why she’s making changes in her business. 

If you’re wondering about the changes you’re making in your career or business and questioning if what you’re doing is right, this episode is a must listen! 

Resources Mentioned

Episode 024. Hear how “Mama to CEO” Founder, Samantha Siffring, Took Her Business from $40 to A Million Dollars in 12 Months

Samantha’s programs

I’m excited to welcome Deon Senturk back on the show! Deon was my very first guest when I started the podcast and since then, she’s started her own company and developed the app Slashie that provides mentorship on a platform to engage learners and build community. We also discussed the considerations and challenges when starting a business and what it takes to make it all work when you’re also a mother. If you’re looking for coaching and mentorship, do give Slashie a try, it’s free to join and there are loads of useful resources on the app.

Go to the App Store or Google Play and search Slashie to download the app.

Connect with Deon on the app or email her at [email protected]

Here’s the link to that first interview:

008. What Doing Work You Love & Having A Vision for Your Life Looks Like With Deon Senturk

• Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/empowering-career-moms/id1534253252?i=1000500645559
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0biRDeuP2fjl0u2CqmxDuo?si=Jh9NHBXyRsS6BtRXVqq1Iw

Join me as we hear Kasturi Gomatham, Global Head of Battery Swapping (E-mobility) at Shell share her experience as a chemical engineer and growing her career to where she is today as a full time working mom heading up the Battery Swapping business at Shell. She shares how being a mom and observing her own mother's resilience influenced her approach to balancing work and family. She emphasized the importance of picking meaningful moments and finding solace in sleep during tough times, the importance of having a support system and prioritizing self-care. If you’re a working mom who has big aspirations for your career, then this is a must listen to hear how other moms like you are doing it!

Resources Mentioned

Samantha Siffring

Encore Empire

Do you see having a successful career coming at the expense of time, bonding and connection with your kids?

Do you feel you have to make sacrifices or are they simply choices you make in your life?

When it comes to thriving and building a successful career as a mom - whether that’s in a job or a business you run - it comes down to your perspectives and how you see things.

In today’s episode, I wanted to share a few of mine with you as a career mom.

I’ve gained these perspectives in the course of building a career and raising 2 teenagers both which I love, over the past 2 decades.

This is something I’ll be sharing more of in the podcast as a career mom.

To learn more about how you can build a thriving career while raising happy kids who are bonded and connected with you, come for my free Master Class on Thriving in Career and Motherhood. You can sign up here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/meetup

I share my thoughts about what kind of leadership is required if you want to firstly lead your life from a position of empowerment, where you create the life you want and you get the results you desire.

This is where you must begin before you can ever hope to ‘change’ your circumstances, the people around you so that you experience a happier, freer and more fulfilling life.

Have a listen to it!

If you’d like to find out how you can work with me to get results in an alternative way that’s gentler, kinder and more intuitive than what you’ve always been led to believe, then book a complimentary private session with me at: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com

If you prefer joining a live demonstration of what coaching with me is like in a group setting, join my free Meetup group here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/meetup

I share my thoughts, observations and experience about the key to success in this episode.

It’s much simpler than many people make it out to be.

And it’s not what you may have heard about high performance, success and achievement.

If you feel like you’ve been doing everything you’ve been told to do or that’s supposed to get you the result you want and yet find yourself back at square one, this episode is for you.

I uncover the missing piece to experience more success from a place of ease, joy and empowerment.

Have a listen to it.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Join my Meetup group for a free, live demonstration of my coaching method here:
https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/meetup

If you prefer a more private and personalized setting, apply to my complimentary private session here:
https://sharonsinghsidhu.com