This chat with Natasa Denman is full of leadership lessons, action taking and using your voice to position yourself for career growth.

She stared out studying psychology and then worked for a big chunk of her career in management roles across the optical industry. But when her husband lost the business they ran, she needed to find another path quickly as her family’s livelihood depended on it.

In this powerful chat she shares how she started her own business, wrote her first book and scaled the business very quickly from there. The pandemic turned out to be a huge disruption, but also a great opportunity as she had 70 face-to-face events cancelled in an instant and needed to completely refocus how her services are delivered.

Some of the things we cover:

· How she did a major career pivot when her husband lost his business

· The power of making fast decisions and sticking to them

· Her belief that ‘When the student is ready, the master/teacher does appear’

· Writing a book to build credibility ‘get a business card on steroids’.

· Building a business and growing your family at the same time (boobs, babies and business!)

· The power of continuing to invest in learning, documenting what you learn and pass it onto others.

· Leaning on processes and applying consistency for impressive business results

· How she did not watch TV for 3 years to instead spend time on studying and scaling her business.

· Leveraging routines and managing your time to create results.

· How to perform when ‘your back is up against the wall’

· Be ready to take action (based on what you know) and start making new decisions.

· Choose your focus and make sure to get the return on investment.

Natasa’s top career tips:

· 1: Make fast decisions and stick to them, every beginning is hard.

· 2: How can you bring the fun into what you are doing and suit your life?

· 3: Never stop learning.

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.

- Get in touch with Natasa: https://www.writeabook.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/ultimate48hourauthorweekend