Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insights
Struggling to land that big promotion or find that perfect new job? This is the podcast for you. If you want a career development and job search podcast, looking at strategies and practical steps to help you succeed, you’ve found it. You will learn from Recognised Experts and experienced professionals, who discuss their careers and the strategies which have helped them progress. Each episode covers topics including mindset, managing failure, resilience, leadership and communication. The podcast is hosted by Harsha Boralessa, which builds on his 15+ year career in the Big 4 accounting firms and Investment Banking.
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Episodes
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Episode 21. Your Digital Reinvention - Nahia Orduña
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Worried about how an ever more disruptive world and changes in the digital economy might impact your career and looking for strategies to help you adapt and retool? Nahia Orduña, the author of “Your Digital Reinvention”, discussed this and much more on Episode 21 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Overcoming limiting beliefs;
Taking calculated risks to progress in your career;
Creativity and solving challenging problems in technology;
Experimenting and having a broad experience at the start of her career;
How being adaptable and flexible can help your career;
Nahia's book and how it would help someone find a job in the digital world;
Working consistently over time to achieve your goals;
How Nahia finds the time to build her network whilst being a working mother;
Writing articles consistently to develop her ideas and thought leadership;
Sharing knowledge to pass on knowledge and refine ideas;
Building relationships authentically; and
Thinking of yourself as a start up when looking at your career development.
Nahia is currently a Manager in the Solution Architecture area at one of the biggest technology companies in the world. She has over 15 years’ experience in International IT and Tech companies and has held different roles in the field from Network Engineer to Solution Director in three different countries. She speaks speak Spanish, Basque, English, German and Data!
She is one of the leaders of the Women in Big Data organization, where she regularly engages, and shares thought leadership in forums to encourage and promote diversity in data careers. She won the Data Leader of the Year Europe 2019 Award at the Women in IT Summit awards.
Nahia is a contributor to the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review, where she shares her thoughts about the Future of Work and Digital Skills.
Her book “Your Digital Reinvention”, which was published in 2020, aims to help people find their place in the digital workspace. It is a blueprint for careers and retooling in the new digital world.
Nahia told me "If you want to move on, you have to take risks so you have to be willing to take risk, you may go to a job where you don't know 100% what you're going to do but you go there or you look in a new field, going outside your comfort zone is the key to advancing your career."
Resources & People Mentioned
Sheryl Sandberg
Nahia's HBR article: https://hbr.org/2021/03/why-robots-wont-steal-your-job
Grace Lordan
Jeff Gothelf
Contact Nahia
Website: https://nahiaorduna.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahiaorduna/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nahiaorduna
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nahiaorduna/
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Episode 20. Surfing Rogue Waves - Jonathan Brill
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Looking for strategies to future proof your career and business in a world where uncertainty and disruption is becoming ever more common? Jonathan Brill, a futurist and author of "Rogue Waves", discussed this and much more with me on Episode 20 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
How he studied Industrial Design and worked with Sony to build a museum for the future;
Becoming the Global Futurist at Hewlett-Packard (“HP”);
How to take advantage of disruption;
What are Rogue Waves?;
Preparing companies to cope with disruption;
The ABCs of Resilient Growth – Awareness, Behaviour Change and Culture Change;
Using simple tools to find solutions;
Why timing, sequencing and hedging are important?;
How Toyota used hedging to overcome supply issues;
How Elon Musk & SpaceX disrupted the space travel market;
Insights from basketball applicable to business; and
Territory Studio and its work on blockbuster movies.
Jonathan is a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision making under uncertainty. His insights are based on experience. As a senior leader and the Global Futurist at HP, he directed long-term strategy and intelligence programs.
He is the Managing Director of Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan, a major market intelligence firm with offices in 46 countries. He is the Futurist-in-Residence at Territory Studio, the creative visionaries behind the sci-fi tech in Stephen Spielberg’s Ready Player One, Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner 2049, where he creates products and better worlds for both super villains and real-life heroes.
He advises globally on resilient growth strategy and product innovation to clients like Samsung, Microsoft, Verizon, PepsiCo and the United States government. He is an in demand thought leader, speaker and contributor for TED, Forbes and the Harvard Business Review.
He holds a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, spent years as a research consultant to the MIT Media Lab and in management training at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
His new book, “Rogue Waves” was recently published, which looks at future proofing your business to survive & profit from radical change.
Jonathan told me "I think that combination of really getting down to the root cause, understanding the reality and then understanding how you model systems around that, I think it's a really powerful combination and you don't need to be Elon Musk to do these things. So much of what he does, so much of what he suggests, so much what he thinks, of what he thinks about is how do we do it in a more simple way, what are the underlying structural issues?"
People Mentioned and Resources
Anaïs Nin
Elon Musk
Shane Battier
HBR article: https://www.jonathanbrill.com/recent/harvard-business-review-article-how-hp-turns-business-catastrophes-to-their-advantage
Helen Keller
Dorie Clark – The Long Game
Contact Jonathan
https://www.jonathanbrill.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbrill1
https://twitter.com/jonathanbrill
https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.brill.752
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Episode 19. The Art of Self-Transformation - Steven D’Souza
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Looking for ideas and inspiring stories to help you on your journey of self-transformation? Steven D'Souza talked with me about this, his career and much more on Episode 19 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Valuing our own story and achievements;
Healthy Ego;
The Illusion of Control;
Viewing uncertainty as a place of opportunity;
Making small experiments;
Enjoying the journey;
Reaching “the edge” and dealing with it;
Moving between entrepreneurship and corporate life;
His new book “Not Being”;
Transitions such as changing jobs or relationships taking time;
His relationship to time: Chronos versus Kairos;
Finding people to bounce ideas off about your life and career;
Not being solely validated by your work; and
Momento mori – reflecting on the bigger picture.
Steven is an educator, consultant and the author of four best-selling books. His new book “Not Being – The Art of Self-Transformation” was published recently. “Not Being” completes a trilogy of books which started with “Not Knowing” and was followed by “Not Doing”.
Previously he ran his own company, Deeper Learning Ltd, a global executive education consultancy. He was also an Associate Professor of IE Business School, an Associate Fellow of Said Business School at the University of Oxford, and Leadership Consulting and Coaching for INSEAD.His clients have ranged from individuals and small charities to some of the world's top business schools and global companies, including Accenture, Barclays, BT and Goldman Sachs.
He has also been recognised by www.Thinkers50.com on their 'Radar' and 'Thinker of the Month' for August 2015, which is dedicated to the leading management thinkers globally. And was placed on their RADAR list dedicated to the new generation of thinkers most likely to challenge management practice. HR Magazine named him one of the top 30 'Most Influential' thinkers in HR globally.
Steven D'Souza talked with me about the illusion of control and said: "Just take an example from the book “Not Knowing”, we talked about the “Thinking Fast And Slow” work by Daniel Kahneman and he talks about over 100 unconscious biases from primacy bias, recency, confirmation bias etc. He says if you think you have reasons for your beliefs you're probably mistaken and an example from chess … to be a grandmaster generally you have very high cognitive abilities … and they can think roughly around 15 moves ahead. That's a lot of moves ahead to hold in in your mind but they play in a game with fixed and predictable rules. Whereas we're operating in a world now where people are acting rationally and irrationally, predictably and unpredictably, so it's impossible that one person can have all the answers or know."
Resources & People Mentioned
The Road To Character - David Brooks
Rumi
Antonio Machado
St Augustine
The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho
Thinking Fast And Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Epictetus
Think Again – Adam Grant
Maria Rilke
Bruce Lee
Life Is In The Transitions – Bruce Feiler
Let Your Life Speak – Parker Palmer
Wisdom At Work – Chip Conley
The Sunny Nihilist – Wendy Syfert
The Serendipity Mindset - Christian Busch
Contact Steven
https://stevendsouza.com/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steven-DSouza/e/B001JRWZ3S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1632064964&sr=8-3
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Episode 18. Decoding Promotion - What It Really Takes To Advance - Amii Barnard-Bahn
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Interested in learning more about the complexities of being promoted at work and potential strategies to help you land that next promotion? Amii Barnard-Bahn, who created the Promotability Index® (PI) framework and self-assessment and is the author of The PI Guidebook, talked about this, her career and much more on Episode 18 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Her early career as a lawyer and her move to a corporate role;
Developing your network by following your interests;
Being self-reliant, strategic and taking ownership of your career development;
Creating the Promotability Index® (PI) framework and self-assessment and writing the companion The PI Guidebook;
Obtaining regular and relevant feedback from your manager;
Working identity and being defined by your job;
Rebounding from redundancy;
Potential strategies for finding work;
Having a positive attitude when looking for work; and
Even if there are no promotion opportunities at work, keep learning and improving to build your skill set and enhance the value that you can bring.
Amii is a former Fortune Global 50 executive and is a consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe and The Gap.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, she is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches.
Amii guest lectures at Stanford and UC Berkeley, is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Compliance Week, and is a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching.
Amii earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her BA from Tufts. A lifelong diversity advocate, Amii testified for the successful passage of first laws in the U.S. requiring corporate boards to include women.
Amii talked with me about the importance of taking ownership of your career development and being self-reliant, she said: "There's no question I believe in radical self-reliance and because no one's looking out for your career, for you. You may be lucky to have a mentor or a sponsor that's fabulous but I can tell you it doesn't last forever … and you really have to rely on yourself and you have to ask the right questions and you have to be really aligned with your team and be thinking okay what's the next thing I need to be doing to be five years ahead of the curve to be a valued non-expendable resource".
People & Resources Mentioned
Peter Drucker
Woking Identity – Herminia Ibarra
Amii's HBR article - https://www.barnardbahn.com/post/promotions-arent-just-about-your-skills
Promotability Index® (PI) self-assessment - https://www.barnardbahn.com/promotabilityindex
Contact Amii
Website: https://www.barnardbahn.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiibarnardbahn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amii.barnardbahn.3
Instagram: https://instagram.com/barnardbahn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amiibb/
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Episode 17. Exploring Mental Wellness At Work - Susanna Harkonen
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Looking to gain a better understanding of mental wellness at work including insights into psychological safety and managing uncertainty? Susanna Harkonen, an Organizational Mental Health Expert & Registered Counselor, discussed this with me on Episode 17 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
How Mental Wellness Impacts All Areas Of Life;
The Nervous System And Its Impact On Mental Wellness;
Dealing With Uncertainty;
Psychological Safety;
Why Control Is Important;
Empowerment;
Dealing With Limiting Beliefs;
Understanding Our Emotions;
Job Search Strategies; and
Navigating Work Place Issues.
Susanna is a registered counsellor and a certified coach with a background in logistics and supply chain management. She worked globally for the International Labor Organization, and had considerable international business management experience before she decided to focus her career on improving mental wellness at work.
Susanna is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, a Certified autism spectrum disorder clinical specialist and a Certified grief therapist, and she is professionally trained in many other areas including neuroscience, positive psychology, and Mental Health First Aid for organisations. Susanna works with organisations, coaches & therapists and offers individual counselling to people around the globe.
Her purpose and passion is to make mental wellness the new normal in organisations, and empower stressed professionals to take charge of their lives and feel better at work.
Susanna told me “Empowerment is something where you make conscious decisions, you don’t put yourself down, you don’t put yourself up but you don’t commiserate and complain, you actually take action”. Thanks for a great interview Susanna.
People & Resources Mentioned
Polyvagal Theory
Wherever You Go, There You Are – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Contact Susanna
https://innerwork.world/
https://www.facebook.com/InnerWorkWorld
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-harkonen/
https://twitter.com/HarkonenSusanna
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Episode 16. Future Proofing Your Career - Diana Wu David
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Looking to learn about potential strategies and ideas to future proof you career? Diana Wu David, futurist and author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration, discussed this, her career and much more on Episode 16 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Having An Experimentation Mindset;
Reflecting And Learning From Every Job Move;
Being Strategic With Your Career And Looking To The Future;
Transitioning From A Corporate To A Portfolio Career;
The Four Aspects Of Future Proofing Your Career;
The Power of Your Network;
The Importance of Adaptability In Your Career;
Resilience;
Taking Action On A Regular Basis; and
Being Proactive When Looking For Opportunities.
Diana is a former Financial Times executive, author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School’s EMBA Global Asia. She started out her career working on high level strategy as a management consultant and as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger.She works with global leaders, companies and boards to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow. She has consulted with or spoken to clients including JP Morgan, AXA, Credit Suisse, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Expedia and Randstad.
She is a futurist and writes about the future of work for publications including Fast Company, Inc and Thrive and speaks globally on the future of work, corporate governance and boards and East-West issues.
Dian told me “It's easier than ever for you to do those kind of experiments, so you can instead of deciding to launch a newsletter you can start writing on Medium and get feedback in terms of whether or not people are interested and I remember for myself I loved my job that was in venture capital and so at some point I was invited to join an Incubator, an angel investing fund, and I decided not to do it … I decided to just stay in my job and allocate a portion of my salary to investing in companies and I went on the advisory board for them instead of joining them as a partner”.
Resources & People Mentioned
Mizuta Masahide
Henry Kissinger
Diana’s TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBObnvIZGwE
Donna Eiby
World Economic Forum Article on Skills of Tomorrow - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/top-10-work-skills-of-tomorrow-how-long-it-takes-to-learn-them/
Dorie Clark
Tammy Gooler Loeb
Contact Diana
Website: https://dianawudavid.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianawudavid/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianawudavid
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dianawudavidpage/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianawudavid/
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Episode 15. Becoming Forever Employable - Jeff Gothelf
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Looking for insights and strategies to potentially make yourself forever employable? Jeff Gothelf and I discussed this, his career in tech, his book Forever Employable and so much more on Episode 15 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
His Early Life As A Musician;
Transitioning To Becoming A UX Designer;
How “Enthusiastic Scepticism” Has Shaped his Career;
Thinking Of Your Career As A Start Up;
Noticing And Adapting To Industry Trends;
The Five Steps and Qualities To Becoming Forever Employable;
Self Confidence & Managing Imposter Syndrome;
The Importance Of Execution & Taking Action;
Why Story Telling Is So Important; and
Creating A Routine.
Jeff helps organisations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond.Jeff started his career as a designer working with the first companies to use the internet as a new communication, sales and service channel. He now works as a coach, consultant and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management and human-centred design.Most recently Jeff co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for practical business books for busy executives. His most recent book, Forever Employable, was published in June 2020. He has also written Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking.
Jeff shared this great insight with me on the show: "If I could figure out how to reclaim control over my career so instead of me pushing myself out into the market, if I could create a situation where I am attracting, I'm pulling opportunities towards me, well that would guarantee that no matter what came my way, whether I was 35 or 40 or 45 or whatever there was always an inbound stream of opportunities".
People & Resources Mentioned
Janice Fraser
Information Architecture For The World Wide Web - Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville
Astro Teller & his TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t13Rq4oc7A
So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport
Alden Mills
Ali Abdaal
Seth Godin
Josh Seiden
Contact Jeff
Website: https://jeffgothelf.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gothelf/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jboogie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foreveremployable
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Episode 14. Thinking Creatively To Overcome Obstacles And Find Success - Shola Kaye
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
If things are not working out in your current job, it's important to take action and not stay stuck. The first step may not take you to your ideal destination but if you persist, hopefully it will. Shola Kaye and I discussed how this approach helped her to move on from a career in teaching which was not fulfilling, public speaking, her books and much more on Episode 14 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
How Shola avercame adversity to move from teaching to management consulting;
Exploring change when you’re not satisfied;
Creating more inclusive meetings;
How to gain greater self-confidence;
Following her childhood dream to become a professional singer;
How to manage nerves before public speaking, presenting at work or performing;
Developing your personal brand and managing your career;
Preparing for interviews and how story telling can help; and
Strategies to help communication at work.
Shola is a multi award-winning speaker, specialising in communication, leadership and D.E.I (diversity, equity & inclusion). She is passionate about helping organisations create an atmosphere of belonging for their people and for those individuals, in turn, to have the skills needed to make their full contribution with powerful and effective communication. She does this through workshops and consulting.
Shola has had an amazingly diverse career. After graduating from Cambridge University and Emory University, she worked for blue-chip corporates in the high pressure industries of investment banking and IT management consulting in New York and London.
She then pursued her dream of performing as a Professional jazz and Motown singer, both internationally and throughout the UK. Whilst still performing, she started her business, which she has been running successfully for a number of years.
She has performed for, or spoken in front of tens of thousands of people internationally. She has delivered for clients like American Express, Tate & Lyle and The United Nations, and been featured in or written for Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar and the BBC.
She is the author of two books “Big Talk, Small Talk” and “How to be a Diva at Public Speaking”. I first met Shola through the Toastmasters programme, although she was a significantly more accomplished public speaker than me. Shola is a Distinguished Toast Master, the highest level you’re able to achieve.
Shola told me: "You've got to think “well is this how I want to spend a significant portion of my life” because time is the one thing that we cannot replace … but there's just something in your gut that says this isn't right and you just have to keep taking the next step and the next step … and eventually hoping that all those steps will take you to a place where this is where I need to be and the experiences I've had in the past all lend themselves to me being successful in this moment in this time that I'm at now”.
People & Resources Mentioned
Think Big - Dr Grace Lordan
Thinking Fast And Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Noise - Daniel Kahneman
Mini Habits - Steven Guise
Oprah Winfrey
Zig Ziglar
Oprah Winfrey
Contact Shola
Website: https://sholakaye.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sholakaye/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakuplikeadiva/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpDIVA
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it.
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Reframe & Reset Your Career
Reframe & Reset Your Career is a podcast and YouTube Channel created by Harsha Boralessa, which came from his passion for neuroscience and psychology. The podcast was listed by Feedspost at #36 in the Best 60 Career Podcasts and #8 in the Best 20 UK Career Podcasts.
The podcast's aim is to empower individuals to take greater control of their career development and approach it in a more strategic manner through the strategies and insights used by successful professionals and Recognised Experts to help their careers thrive.
Harsha is a CFA charterholder, chartered accountant and graduate of the London School of Economics. He has worked for over 15 years in front office and advisory roles in investment banking, investment management and "big 4" accounting firms. He is also developing a personal development App with a neuroscience and psychology influence.
Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.




