When you hear the word ‘visibility’, do you immediately hear social media, endless reels, putting yourself ‘out there’? And does the thought of it all, like me, make you a little bit sweaty?

For many of us, women over 40 in business, visibility can bring up pure dread. Nevermind the decades of experience we bring, when it comes to ‘selling’ our work, it can all be a bit…too hard. On this episode of the Grow Your Influence podcast I talk to someone who can help make it much easier. Fi Mims is an award-winning photographer and coach and she is only too familiar with the dips in confidence women experience. We had a great conversation about it, and I think, just listening to this, we’ll shift how you see ‘showing up’.

Tune in to hear us talk about:

• Why visibility (in business) can feel particularly challenging to women over 40
• The many expressions visibility can take (it can be so much more than social media, and often, other types work better for us)
• Why talking about being good at your work is about being accurate, not arrogant
• The branding superpower women forget or avoid using
• And ultimately, how to build visibility in ways that suit you, your capacity and your strengths.

Fi also talks about her new four-week visibility program designed to help women over 40 in business own their expertise, show up more confidently and create new opportunities. Find out more about Fi Mimms and Amplify, here: https://fimims.com/amplify

And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals.

My guest for this episode is Carly Marriner, a change manager who has been supporting change projects across government, higher education and corporate environments for over 20 years.

In this episode, Carly shared three key elements that any change, in any area, needs to succeed. Miss one of them, and you’re bound to have a failed change. We also talk about:

• Where change goes wrong, and what happens when it does. Think eroded trust and change fatigue for a start.
• Carly’s completely free five-minute Snapshot Assessment can help teams identify gaps in their change process before it’s too late.
• Examples of change projects that went from a low score that was jeopardising the change to meeting an 89% score in four months.

Once you hear Carly talking about the three key elements of change, I promise you it will transform how you approach – and how successful you are in bringing about – change in your team or organisation.

Is your change set up for success? You can grab the Snapshot Change Assessment here and learn more about Carly’s work here.

And if you would like to connect with us at Big Goals, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this at: www.biggoals.com.au

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Remote teams and culture: is that even possible? Sandra Muller, owner and managing director of True North Content, joined me on the podcast to talk about building and leading a fully remote team of creative specialists. In 2024, Sandra bought the business she helped build as a contractor.

We talk about how she creates culture when her team is not only remote, but staffed mostly with contractors:

• Sandra’s ‘secret’ to making sure new and returning contractors are supported
• Prioritising the little moments when culture is created without making it feel forced or like ‘we’re here to create culture’
• And how this culture of trust amongst the team is impacting the client output
• Why an outcomes-over-hours culture works really well for this team
• Flexibility and how that attracts really committed people
• Sandra’s wish to continue to grow a profitable business, but also one that fits this culture she has built, and maintains the quality of the work and the culture.

You can connect with Sandra Muller on LinkedIn, and learn more about her work, and her company, True North Content, here.