E13 Vanessa Sew Chung Hong: Don't be scared of who you are
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How I met my Mentor
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Our 13th mentor is โจVanessa Sew Chung Hongโจ, she is based in South Africa and originally from Maurits Islands ๐. She is a marketing professional with more than 18 years of experience across industries as well as omnichannels. She shares our passion to inspire women as she is the founder of 'The Female Leader'. It is a successful LinkedIn platform that inspires women to be whoever they want to be, standing up against bullying, psychological and emotional abuse in the workplace. Her vision in her own words is to 'lead by example and have a passion for coaching, mentoring and empowering peopleโ.
She shares her career journey that included working for both big corporates and small companies, it gave her a very unique and complete vision of business at large. As a manager, her passion has always been to help others to grow ๐ณ.
With a very human and empathic approach to leadership, Vanessa decided to start her own leadership platform because she found a lot of misconceptions around leadership. When we discuss leadership, she shares her opinion on qualities for future leaders ๐ฎ. In this future, women have unique characteristics to be position as great leaders and we discuss examples like Jacinta Ardern.
Vanessa is also an advocate for mentoring and she shares all the learnings that mentors provided her during her journey: "A mentor helps you to navigate life from a personal and professional level" โต๏ธ.
Intrigued about the traits of future leaders? Click play โถ๏ธ and enjoy ๐
๐ทInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/howimetmymentor_podcast/
๐๏ธLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-i-met-my-mentor/
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
Sources:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessasew/
The Female Leader: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-female-leader-ct/
Simon Sinek on Mentorship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TChiE1FDXdY&ab_channel=SimonSinek
How I met my Mentor
๐ทInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/howimetmymentor_podcast/
๐๏ธLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-i-met-my-mentor/
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
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Recources:
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
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๐ทInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/howimetmymentor_podcast/
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
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๐๏ธLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-i-met-my-mentor/
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต