Episode 5: Courage, Purpose and Impact with Lindsey Brown

This episode is a wonderful journey across strategy, sisterhood, career exploration and meaningful impact. Lindsey Brown is not only one of my best friends, but also an absolute powerhouse of a woman with a passion for social justice, diversity and helping people. She has worked across a range of industries and continents (including running her own business) with a wealth of career moments and pivots to share. In this chat we cover how she went from childhood aspirations of being either a nun, a lawyer or a diplomat to now setting strategic direction and leveraging technology to solve big picture challenges.

Some of the things we cover:

· Learn to be flexible and pivot and reposition

· How to leverage being the only one of your kind in some professional rooms

· The people who shape our career (both positive and negative)

· Seeing and acknowledging people at work

· Respecting people’s time and space at work

· Experiencing discrimination and bullying in the workplace

· The power of a soft-landing job to build confidence

· How to learn from non-constructive leaders

· Understanding what might impact performance at work

· Definitions of success and career chapters

· The power of time bound career goals

· Perfectionism and managing the inner critic

Lindsey’s top 3 career tips:

1) You are the owner of your career!

2) If you’re not happy with what you see, you need to do something about it.

3) Better aim high and miss, than aim low and hit. Have a go and push yourself!

Resources:

· Feeling stuck on what’s next in your career? Start by downloading the free career checklist via https://www.thebridgecoaching.com.au or book a free chat with Emmy.