Her Ambitious Career
Ever wish you had the insight, strategies and encouragement of an executive coach, with over 14 years experience, coming straight to you every single week? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you tune into 'Her Ambitious Career', with your host and personal brand expert, Rebecca Allen! What you'll get from Rebecca: Step-by-step, practical strategies to help you build your executive profile, manage up and establish yourself as that sought out expert. Set yourself up on the fast track to senior leadership. Articulate your value with confidence. Be more influential. This podcast is here to help you take the guesswork (and stress) out of proactively managing your career, building credibility and visibility and having a lot more fun in the process! Tune in, get inspired, and discover how hundreds of corporate women have achieved promotions, pay rises and dramatically grown in confidence by following Rebecca. Whether you're a female leader who feels unrecognised, are unsure of your direction, wish you were better at articulating your value or are ready to step into our own light and showcase your personal brand - we've got you! Each week Rebecca comes to you with ideas to help you take fresh action on the most important strategies you need to enjoy the career success and fulfilment you deserve!
Her Ambitious Career
Ep 146 - What I've Learned About Authentic Leadership in STEM, with guest Melina Georgousakis
There are so many definitions of what it means to be an authentic leader. My guest, Melina Georgousakis, shares what it means for her.
In today's episode my fabulous guest, Melina Georgousakis, is talking about authenticity in leadership by sharing her own career journey with us: from working in a research lab to informing health policy, and then going on to found Franklin Women, an incredible vibrant community for women in STEM in Australia. She has also taken to the TEDx stage: you can watch her speak here, How to Turn One Big Idea Into a Social Enterprise.
Links:
- Check out Franklin Women
- Watch Rebecca's FREE Masterclass and learn how to back yourself at work and set yourself up for a senior leadership promotion
- Another ep: Learn to Love What it Takes to Become a Senior Leader
- Get Rebecca's free GUIDE: The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted
- Find Rebecca at her website
About Melina:
Melina Georgousakis is a research scientist, a social entrepreneur and champion for an inclusive health and medical research sector. After a career in the lab researching novel vaccines against group A streptococcus she transitioned into a health policy career providing technical support to the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. Melina later joined the Bupa Health Foundation as their Research and Policy Manager responsible for building and investing in partnerships to improve health outcomes of the Australian population.
She is the founder of Franklin Women, a social enterprise which aims to create a science sector where women thrive and is currently leading the organisation as its Director and in 2019, she shared her story on the TEDx stage.
Melina has been recognised through awards such as The Edna Ryan Awards, the Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers, ProBono Australia’s 25 People of Impact, and Women’s Agenda Leadership Award.
About Rebecca:
Rebecca Allen is an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert who helps corporate women attain senior leadership positions. Her clients come from a range of industries and companies including Aquila Capital, Reserve Bank of Australia, Goldman Sachs, Ministry of Defence, KPMG, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil. Rebecca's favourite work day was recently: her client sent her a photo of a card her son had written her. In his note, he praised his mum for chasing her career goals down, getting promoted and putting her needs first. Rebecca loves that her work impacts not just the women she coaches, but their families too.