This week's guest is Mehdi Langroudi, Executive Director of Network Operations, for Main Roads Western Australia, or in his son's words "the guy who fixes traffic"!

With a global career spanning Scotland, London, Dubai, Qatar and now Perth, Mehdi shares how he accidentally fell into traffic engineering, what he's learned about leadership, and why career choices don't need to be over-engineered.

In this episode:

• What a traffic operations leader actually does
• How his team have used gaming skills to win awards for their approach
• The differences between working in the UK, Middle East and Australia
• How to know when it's time to move countries - or jobs
• The importance of communication
• His thoughts on work life balance, wellbeing and career fulfilment

Resources mentioned:

• Feel Better, Live More — the wellbeing podcast hosted by Dr Rangan Chatterjee

All opinions are the guest's own.

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Introducing Career Stories, the podcast that shares other people's career stories to help you with yours.

• New episodes on a Wednesday, where Dr Luella Forbes interviews leaders, entrepreneurs or experts about their career story, and in the last week of the month, a discussion with Associate Professor Michelle Gander on what we've learned from those conversations.
• We'd love to hear from you. Share your thoughts on recent episodes or questions you would like Luella and Michelle to answer to stories@the-career-library.com.
• Support this podcast by becoming a member and get access to bonus episodes containing work related advice from Luella, Michelle and expert guests as well as a monthly newsletter with access to tools and guidance to help you with your career and leadership.

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Career Stories is brought to you by The Career Library.

Introducing Career Stories, the podcast that shares other people's career stories to help you with yours.

• New episodes on a Wednesday, where Dr Luella Forbes interviews leaders, entrepreneurs or experts on their career story, and in the last week of the month, a discussion with Associate Professor Michelle Gander on what we've learned from those conversations.
• We'd love to hear from you. Share your thoughts on recent episodes or questions you would like Luella and Michelle to answer to stories@the-career-library.com.
• Support this podcast by becoming a member and get access to bonus episodes containing work related advice from Luella, Michelle and expert guests as well as a monthly newsletter with access to tools and guidance to help you with your career and leadership.

Help other people find this podcast by subscribing in your podcast app and leaving a review.
Career Stories is brought to you by The Career Library.