This is a meaty discussion starting from the beginning of Leila’s career, from her last-minute decision to change her plans of becoming a teacher in favour of a Business and IT course. Wangling her way onto a graduate program in her first job after completing her HND Leila went on to carve out a niche for herself as the go-to person for liaising with staff when workplace culture required a change champion to shake things up.

Never content with ‘just sticking with call centres’ or a particular technology, Leila’s career journey has stopped off at various different industries, and has included management consultancy, interim management, project management, coaching and mentoring. She achieved her life coaching qualification before she was 30, and later discovered the freelance life really works for her as a way to ensure variety and freedom in her work.

In true Leila style, the coronavirus pandemic presented an opportunity to devote some time (and some of her seemingly endless curiosity) to more learning, cue: embarking on a Masters in Psychology during lockdown.

Leila and Jess cover:

- Leila’s excitement at the prospect of conducting research that will be helpful to female entrepreneurs specifically

- Imposter syndrome – who it affects and why (and why an intersectional approach to researching imposter syndrome is important)

- Why it’s necessary to differentiate between the labels ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘female entrepreneur’

- The bodily and neurological experience of ghosting and rejection, particularly from neuroscientific and evolutionary perspectives

- How our perception of rejection can inform the impact it has on us

Leila references Ashanti Bentil-Dhue’s work on the topic of difficult conversations – search Ashanti Bentil-Dhue on Linkedin

Visit Leila’s website to find out how to work with her: www.aingeconsulting.co.uk and learn from her via the newsletter ‘The Debrief’ here: www.aingeconsulting.co.uk/subscribe

Connect with Leila on Instagram @leilaainge and on Linkedin by searching Ainge Consulting Ltd

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Connect with Jess online at rock-social.com and on Instagram at @rocksocial_

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Founder of Mags Creative, a podcast production and promotion agency, Hannah works with brands and individuals to tell their story in audio.

Hannah reflects on how starting a business seemed completely achievable due to her entrepreneurial family background and what makes her sister the best business partner.

In this episode:

• Learning from business failures.
• Best business partner qualities.
• Podcasting – why it’s great and how to start.
• The curious business mindset and living outside your comfort zone.
• Business lessons – comparison is the thief of joy.

Jess and Hannah discuss the business mindset of being curious yet focussed, transferring business values to employees and the importance of trusting your gut.

We hear about Hannah’s passion for audio content and why it’s the medium that gets her out of bed in the morning. Hannah offers some great advice for those wanting to try their hand at storytelling including self-interrogation and guest appearances.

Hannah conjures up a vivid image of hard work featuring boulders, hills and shoes while Jess delves into Hannah’s scaling journey and unearths her favourite podcasts.

You can discover more about Mags Creative at www.magscreative.co.uk

Hannah’s recommended tools for self-podcasting include remote recording studio Squadcast and Zencastr

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Jess chats with VoiceHER co-founder Viktoria, who eloquently discusses the psychology mindset that guided her career and helped her to become a relatable leader that is unafraid of failure.

On a mission to discover who she was as a person and find real meaning in life she changed her career perspective. Recognising the privilege and opportunities afforded her, Viktoria felt her true purpose was to give something back; joining an incubator at VC firm, Antler, she found a complementary co-founder in Sanna Dahlin. Having both struggled to find relatable female role in non-toxic environments and sharing the same drive to impact change, the VoiceHER concept for a feel-good female community was born.

Viktoria reminds us:

· Be daring, take risks and be fearless of failure.

· The importance of relatable role models.

· How competitors can provide an advantage.

· Maintaining the ‘why’ and your focus.

· The power of women and focussing on the opportunities.

Jess and Viktoria unpick some of the common issues women are facing such as self-esteem, taking risks and overcoming barriers.

Viktoria gives us a wonderfully thought-provoking account of her journey. Her self-reminding approach to finding true happiness and meaning in life in the small things is truly inspiring to listen to.

Join the conversation on VoiceHER by downloading the ViceHER app, larn more on their website: www.voiceher.com and follow them on Instagram @voicehercommunity.

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Connect with Jess online at rock-social.com and on Instagram at @rocksocial_

Unprecedented Womxn is a Decibelle Creative production: Find out more at decibellecreative.com and on Instagram @decibelle_creative

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