Women In STEM Career & Confidence

Catherine is a Global Market Intelligence Manager in the Life Sciences industry.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to be the person job descriptions are written for.

• Creating new opportunities within your organisation in a declining jobs market.

• How to be CEO of your own mind and be free of old patterns of thinking.

Connect with Catherine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-mcdonnell-5a9ab722/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

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Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Dr Sayema Rahman Khan - CLIENT STORY

Sayema is a Research Project Manager at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Project Lead/Project Manager for Enhancing Research Culture at The University of Manchester.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Sayema honoured her culture and her desire to become a researcher.

• What to took and the sacrifices Sayema made to realise her dreams.

• Learning to trust her own judgement and giving herself permission to speak up.

Connect with Sayema

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayema-rahman-khan-phd-9b245711b/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Dr Giorgia Cioccoloni - CLIENT STORY

Giorgia is a Lecturer in Human Nutrition at the University of Leeds.

In this episode we talk about:

• How we used the promotional criteria to create a focussed development plan.

• Finding new and different ways to unlock your latent potential, such as self-promotion.

• Identifying and removing energy drains at work.

Connect with Giorgia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgia-cioccoloni-b3b9a231/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Dr Tracy Brown - CLIENT STORY

Tracy is a Scientific Project Manager I at Sygnature Discovery.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to create time to work on your career not just in it.

• Using internal secondments to test out potential role alignment.

• How you know when your role is the right fit.

Connect with Tracy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracymmbrown/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Dr Nicole Mai - CLIENT STORY

Nicole is a Principal Scientist I and Discovery Programme Leader at Immunocore.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to leverage your natural talents outside of work to build confidence.

• The courage it takes as a scientist to communicate when English is not your first language.

• Nicole's most cherished tools from the Career Design Mastermind programme.

Connect with Nicole

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-mai-phd-24b045b1/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Emma Monk

Emma is a researcher and writer debunking and demystifying the headlines to bring the real facts and truth to counter the huge wave of misinformation online.

In this episode we talk about:

• The truth behind the covid headlines and how politicians spin statistics as a blame game.
• Emma's personal journey from viewing herself as 'just a mum' to a scientific debunking expert.
• How feeling compelled to do something for the pure enjoyment of it is the hallmark of fulfilment.

Connect with Emma

https://monkdebunks.substack.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk12/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Dr Lucia Moreira Teixeira - CLIENT STORY

Lucia is the Immunology Lead at Sanofi.

In this episode we talk about:

• The benefits and challenges of living and working in different countries.

• How leveraging the Career Pivots® Compass methodology has resulted in rapid progress from Principal Scientist > Principal Scientist II > Team Lead in under 5 years.

• The personal development benefits all aspects of life.

Connect with Lucia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/moreirateixeiralucia/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Bronwyn Friedlander - CLIENT STORY

Bronwyn has an extensive background in media and PR, notably as Head of Media Relations at the Royal Society and previously at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She recently made a bold career pivot and is now in the second year of an Occupational Therapy degree at the University of East London.

Listen in for…

• How to reconcile with 'what will people think' when making career pivots.
• Key coaching tools that ensure our 'Pusher' part keeps in the helpful range.
• Using leadership flex as a model to stress test why certain situations in the past didn't go well and how to adapt your leadership moving forwards.

Connect with Bronwyn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-friedlander-084491296/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Derek Miller

Former scientist now creating tools for research & STEM education. He is founder of Genius Lab Gear and owner of Laser Classroom

In this episode we talk about:

• The safety and systemic challenges facing pregnant women in STEM conducting lab work.

• Survey and real-world experiences of how pregnant women in STEM are currently trying to manage in the absence of accurately designed PPE.

• 'The Alma' as the lab coat has been named can only exist if people know about it, so spread the word and design her in.

Connect with Derek

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekrmiller/

Maternity lab coat product page

Our article outlining key takeaways from the survey

C&EN article on maternity lab coat

ChemistryWorld article on maternity lab coat

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

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Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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Anna is the Research Strategy and Communications Lead at MPI-CBG – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Listen in for…

• What to do when multiple offers are on the table
• How your natural talents inform role choices and contribute to high-performance teams
• Making the shift from doer to leader with clarity and confidence

Connect with Anna

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-frangou/

Kickstart your Intentional Careers Journey

Take the Career Accelerator Scorecard: https://scorecard.intentional-careers.com/strategy

Register for a free Intentional Careers workshop: https://intentional-careers.com/workshop/

Read The Book 'Intentional Careers for STEM Women': https://amzn.eu/d/bL9r8h0

Connect with Hannah

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