Stefanie Sword-Williams is the founder of platform and event series F*ck Being Humble, having refined her method of imparting self-worth and self-promotion skills giving talks at industry panels and events. She has been commissioned by international companies including Google, Warner Music, Unilever, Bumble, SmartWorks and Cannes Lions Festival to run professional development workshops. Stef was also named as one of The Dot's 'Creative Trailblazers', identified as one of the 100 women redefining the creative industries.

Whether it is through our parents, our education, our bosses, our colleagues, or the media we consume, we are constantly told that being humble is essential to our professional success. It's often seen as distasteful or arrogant to shout about our achievements. But in a modern workplace, where the conventional, steady, linear career path is becoming rarer and rarer, this advice seems ever-more obsolete. In the age of flexible working and portfolio careers, it's time to F*ck Being Humble.

In this episode, I chat to Stef about her career journey and why she decided to launch this platform. We also discuss toxic work cultures, the mistakes she made early on, how to get a book published and how to promote yourself.