In today's episode Em and Shell peek under the hood of Steph Claire Smith & Laura Henshaw's career journeys as founders of the health and fitness community and app, Keep It Cleaner. The chat touches on:

👉🏾 why Steph and Laura left careers in modelling to create KIC
👉🏿 Steph shares about navigating the challenges that come with being a new mum & balancing your career
👉🏻 the biggest risk they've taken in building the business
👉 how they navigate imposter syndrome and self doubt
👉🏼 their biggest mistakes and learnings
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Listen to the 5 types of imposter syndrome

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Kimberly Lewis is the General Manager of Hunter Prelude, a not for profit charity providing early intervention and therapy services and she has an inspiring story! Kimberly shares her lived experience with disability and how it shaped her career and passion for supporting access, inclusion and diversity in the workplace. The chat touches on:

👉🏾 Kim's career journey living with deafness & Meniere's disease
👉🏻 the process of exploring and accepting her deaf identity
👉 stigma, myths and perception surrounding disability
👉🏽 what does accessibility in a workplace and community look like
👉🏿 how do we have better conversations around disability that leads to more inclusion
👉 ways that employers can support employees with a disability and create a more inclusive workplace
👉🏻 disclosing a disability to your employer and tips for navigating the conversation if you choose to

Connect with Kimberley on LinkedIn here.

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Today on the show Em and Shell are answering your questions! They discuss:

👉🏾 how to negotiate salary in an interview
👉🏿 stick to my trade or up skill at uni?
👉🏻 I just started a new job and the culture is toxic, what do I do?!
👉 Is LinkedIn important?
👉🏼 how do I politely decline a job offer
👉🏽 how to professionally confront gender or racial bias at work
👉🏾 career change - how do I figure what I might enjoy and how to do research on the new field. Is it worth taking a pay cut to go for it?

Episodes mentioned:
stay or go?
toxic culture and what to do about it
how to win at networking & LinkedIn
sexual harassment in the workplace
We have an episode on cultural awareness and Aboriginal allyship coming very soon! Stay tuned.

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At the time of recording there are more jobs available than ever before and less competition! Shell and Em chat with Elyssia Clark, Head of Customer Insights and Strategy at Seek about why now is the right time to make your next move. They touch on:

👉 the growth in the job market - over 250,000 advertised jobs on Seek, wow!
👉🏾 doubling down on your transferrable skills
👉🏿 the industries with great growth and opportunities
👉🏻 some of the reasons why people are hesitant to change jobs and how to overcome these
👉🏽 tips for job hunting and building your confidence in the application process

Resources mentioned in the chat:
Laws of Attraction tool
Seek's career resource hub

This episode is sponsored by Seek.

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Play along with Em and Shell in a fun game of 'would you rather', a great way to become more aware of what you value in your career! So would you rather:

👉🏾 more money or better culture?
👉🏿 a boss who is a genius but also mean and arrogant or one that's incompetent but kind and humble?
👉🏻 if you receive a counter offer, would you stay or go?
👉 big organisation + career progression or small business where you have lots of influence?
👉🏼 work in a for-profit or for-purpose organisation?
👉🏽 an environment that’s super flexible but not fun or fun but with no flexibility?
👉🏿 pay transparency in your workplace or not knowing what others are paid?
👉 casual or permanent employment?
👉🏾 100% remote work or 100% office-based?

Mentioned in the chat:
good boss, bad boss

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Thinking like a marketer begins with seeing yourself as the product. In this episode, marketing strategist Laura Higgins chats with Shell about how to market yourself in an authentic way without the cringe, including:

👉 the difference between saying your job title vs clarifying what you do that adds value
👉🏿 figuring out what you want to be known for in both your career and your life
👉🏽 doing this by amplifying your strengths, passions, uniqueness and the value you bring to others
👉🏻 how to overcome feeling self conscious by shifting your mindset from selling yourself to serving others
👉 how having a personal brand helps us stay relevant across multiple career changes and roles
Book mentioned in the chat:
Building A Story Brand by Donald Miller
Find Laura on Insta at Lala Social Club

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Em and Shell have learned some hard lessons over the years and in today's episode they share some biggies, including:

👉🏻 prioritising your career above your health
👉 over-analysing and ruminating
👉🏽 not diversifying your opportunities and networks
👉🏾 not taking time to recharge properly
👉🏿 working for an employer who doesn't have your best interest at heart
👉🏼 putting company wins above your own
👉🏽 making decisions out of fear
👉🏻 not showing up in a personal way

You might also like these episodes:
burnout and resilience at work
good boss, bad boss
overcoming fear (with guest Dr Amy Silver

And the books mentioned:
How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith
The Loudest Guest by Dr Amy Silver

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Working in your strengths is a huge part of enjoying your job which is why knowing and being able to communicate them to an employer is so important. Shell and Em share some tips for how to figure out what you’re naturally great at so that you can do more work that energises you. They talk about:

👉🏾 developing your strengths and managing your weaknesses!
👉🏿 discovering (or rediscovering) talents within yourself that might be laying dormant
👉🏻 how to figure out your unique superpowers
👉 assessing your strengths against the role that you're in
👉🏼 communicating your strengths at work
👉🏽 being careful not to overplay them, it can work against you!

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Take a listen to our episode, growth, fulfilment and finding your genius with Matt Church
There are free strengths tests online and we love the Gallup CliftonStrengths Finder as a paid test.

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Imposter syndrome is more than just feeling like a fraud at work, in fact there are 5 ways that you might identify with this feeling! Joining Em and Shell to explore the nuances of imposter syndrome is Kate Neilson, editor at HRMOnline who shares some gold on:
👉 these 5 types of imposter syndrome explained: the perfectionist, the expert, the natural genius, the soloist and the superhuman!
👉🏿 some of the ways people experience imposter syndrome
👉🏻 strategies to combat these thoughts and feelings
👉🏾 and what we can do to create a workplace culture that doesn't feed imposter syndrome

Take the imposter syndrome quiz

Susan Cain interview (bestselling author of Quiet)

Take a listen to our episode on overcoming fear

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Take charge of your career path in four practical ways! Shell and Em share examples of how you can:
👉🏼 have the conversation
👉 plan for the unexpected
👉🏾 go beyond your comfort zone
👉🏿 build your brand
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