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Angela joins The She Project to discuss finding your purpose. Angela Choi is an International Life Purpose and Career Coach. She helps driven professionals who feel stuck and unfulfilled to discover their purpose so that they can have both the impact and income that they want. 

In this episode, we will be looking at: 

• Dealing with societal pressures
• What does a fulfilling role look like
• Why do people feel unfulfilled in their roles
• Finding your purpose in work and in life

Find out more about Angela at:

www.angelachoi.co
Instgram: AngelaChoi.co
Facebook: Facebook.com/angelachoicoaching

Sign up for her FREE guide, 6 Steps to Living Your Purpose at www.angelachoi.co/6-steps-to-purpose

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Hi everyone! I thought I'd use this episode for a quick catch up & look back at season 1 and what we learned, and look forward to 2021.

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Nina Jacinto joins The She Project to discuss the importance of self development and the development gap between males and females. Nina has been coaching people in the workplace since she graduated from Pomona College in 2008. Currently the Vice President of People & Culture for an e-commerce startup, Nina oversees the Human Resources function of the company and advises Executive Leadership and managers on how best to develop and support their teams. In addition, Nina provides one-on-one consulting and coaching to private clients to better support peoples career, fitness, and finance goals. 

In this episode we will be talking about:

• The importance of self development
• The gap in development opportunities for females
• Knowing if a role is right for you
• Setting boundaries and being careful about the skills you develop
• How can companies bridge the development gap and support female talent

Find out more about Nina and her coaching business by visiting ninajacinto.com

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Amy Williams joins The She Project to discuss her career in Technology, looking at the myths around Technology roles as well as what it's like to be a female in Technology. Amy spent just over a decade at a large global consulting firm in their Financial Services Technology practise and her background is primarily working on complex systems integration programmes at most of the large UK Financial Services institutions. Amy joined one of the largest UK Banks in June of 2017 to lead the Open Banking Technology Programme, and at the end of 2019 was appointed Chief Information Officer for the Business Banking division of the UK Bank.

In this episode we will be talking about:

• Myths and assumptions around working in technology
• Working in technology without the 'technical' experience or background
• Career planning v natural progression
• Asking for a seat around the table
• Advice for anyone looking to move into technology 

Follow Amy on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-williams-618bb612// 

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Emma Lloyd joins The She Project to discuss the ways her personality traits have impacted her career. Emma has repeatedly received feedback throughout her career & school years about certain personality traits such as her sensitivity and has been advised that she should try 'tone it down' or try get rid of it completely. Despite this, Emma has used these personality traits and believes these are exactly why she has been so successful in her career and now is Head of Experience at MB people as well as owning her own Coaching business called Create the Ripple which she also uses as a platform to spread positivity on Twitter. 

In this episode we will be talking about:

• What traits don't fit the 'traditional' view of a leader
• Managing these traits and turning them into her 'superpowers'
• How these traits have impacted her career
• How the traditional leadership role and traits are changing

Follow Emma on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmaclloyd/ 
Follow Create the Ripple on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreateTheRipple 

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Jen Drabble joins The She Project to discuss her career journey where she is now a director of data in financial services. She and the team focus on applying a scientific approach to problems and embedding a data-driven product-led culture. She is a keen advocate for encouraging diversity within the data industry and believes that a breath of experiences and backgrounds build the best products. Jen has worked across design, digital, retail and b2b financial products including two years in Johannesburg, South Africa.

In this episode we will be talking about:

• The importance of having great managers
• How she has made key decisions through her career journey
• Challenges of being younger than her colleagues
• Dealing with imposter syndrome

Follow Jen on Linked In at: www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdrabble/

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Afifa Siddiqui joins The She Project to discuss her career journey as an Entrepreneur. Afifa began her career as an engineer however she now owns multiple businesses. Afifa describes herself as having 'always been entrepreneurial' and on this episode we will discuss:  

•  How to recognise opportunities as an entrepreneur
• Challenges of being an entrepreneur in a pandemic
• Challenges of being an ethnic female entrepreneur
• How to move past these challenges

CPS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11294341/
CPS Twitter: https://twitter.com/CanadianPEO
Afifa Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afifas/
Afifa Twitter: https://twitter.com/afifao

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On this episode of The She Project, we are joined by Katy Goodrich who works as a Client Success Director for Adobe. 

About Katy:

"At Adobe, Katy is a Customer Success Director and co-lead for Women at Adobe and Social Impact Teams for the UK. As part of her Customer Success role, she works with Adobe’s largest Financial Services customers as a trusted advisor towards their digital transformations. Her Women at Adobe and leadership of Social Impact teams involves creating internal programs and community partnerships to promote causes top of mind for Adobe employees, such as championing gender diversity in tech. Her recent accomplishments include co-organizing and hosting Adobe’s first Women in Marketing speaker training program to bring more diverse voices to marketing and financial marketing conferences. She also founded and leads Adobe’s Financial Services Executive Women’s Roundtable, promoting networking and knowledge-sharing among female leaders in Adobe’s customer base. Recently, she co-launched an EMEA Adobe for All Book Club, a space for ongoing reading and ideas to encourage a more inclusive environment for conversation."

In this episode, Katy discusses how networking has been pivotal in achieving her career success. Katy will go into detail about her experience with networking and how she has been able to successfully build up her personal brand by getting involved in different initiatives. Katy has recently been name us one of Yahoo Finance's 2020 HERoes Future Female Leaders due to her contributions to gender diversity at work. In this episode we will discuss:

• Why & how to build your personal brand
• Networking while working remotely
• Building your network before you need it
• Do you need a networking strategy?

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

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Tracy Bessant joins The She Project to discuss her career journey to date. In this episode we will discuss the ups and downs of her career journey, starting out as the first female Apple Technician in the UK, following up with several different roles in Technology before making the move into the world of Finance. Talking points include: 

• Being a woman in technology
• The impact of mindset
• Self discipline and keeping yourself accountable
• Imposter syndrome and how to deal with it

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracybessant/

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Maeve O'Sullivan joins us to discuss her career journey, which did not follow the traditional path of university into career but involved university, work, travelling and then back to university before she settled in a career. This episode focuses on how she balanced her decision to go travelling as opposed to start her career and the doors that this opened for her. Talking points include:

• Dealing with the pressure of social norms to follow a more 'normal' career path
• The benefits of travelling for personal development
• How Maeve was able to find her 'niche' as a result of travelling
• How to follow what's right for you

Website: http://moscomms.com/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moscomms/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maeveosullivan/

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