Build Your Talent Stack

Being clear about what your zone of genius is & being able to define it helps you become clearer in how you communicate & invite others to connect and collaborate with you. If you’re someone who struggles to frame your own elevator pitch because you’re interested in way too many things, and this is having a flow on effect in helping you make career decisions, then after listening to this episode, check out my program "Leap into Your Purpose". Find out how I went through in finding the missing pieces of the puzzle in helping me launch new ideas that make up my portfolio career and bring my purpose to life. For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Hima Tk is the founder of InquiBox, an education startup based in Melbourne. Prior to starting her startup, she worked as a management consultant, technology consultant and software engineer across Asia, USA and Australia.  In today’s episode, we discuss Hima's proactive approach to seeing opportunities outside of work to add skills to her talent stack, her perspective on learning since making the switch from corporate to entrepreneur, and her take on future-proofing your skillset to adapt to the jobs of the future.  Hima has won several startup pitches, so I also squeezed in a question to find out what she’s found as the ingredients of a successful pitch.   Inquibox For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Gary Andrews is a Content Director at Mercer Bell, where he looks after everything from content strategy to content creation for major brands such as Toyota, Purina and Pernod Ricard.  Gary originally trained as a journalist and since then has worked across the communications disciples, taking in PR, marketing, online content and social media. He’s worked for the BBC and ITV in the UK, where he helped develop the broadcaster’s first social media unit. In this episode Gary shares his perspective on: How his career in content creation has evolved with digital transformation What's next for digital marketing in the future of work Content tips for raising your profile on LinkedIn  How to engage your employees more effectively through digital media Fostering creativity in the workplace Connect with Gary Andrews online: Twitter - https://twitter.com/garyandrews LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyllewellynandrews/ ☆ Grab my  Content Mind Map HERE ☆ For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Today I’d like to introduce to you to Emily Edgeley. Emily is a public speaking coach, and her passion is helping people turn their public speaking fear into excitement and leverage the power of storytelling to captivate, engage and inspire. In our chat today, we dive into her career story of how she not only added storytelling to her talent stack but turned it into a business that’s had amazing success since launching this year. Emily helped me with the part I found the hardest - which was to create a really strong open and close for my talk and you can just imagine my relief when Emily’s suggestions was just the finishing touch I needed to finalise my talk - whilst juggling a intense work schedule and needing to prepare for my flight at the same time. If I can do it - so can you.   I hope today’s interview with Emily will encourage you to believe in yourself, believe in your message and leverage some of the tips we share in this interview to start crafting and sharing your story.   Emily Edgeley For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Today I’d like to introduce to you to Emily Edgeley. Emily is a public speaking coach, and her passion is helping people turn their public speaking fear into excitement and leverage the power of storytelling to captivate, engage and inspire. In our chat today, we dive into her career story of how she not only added storytelling to her talent stack but turned it into a business that’s had amazing success since launching this year. Emily helped me with the part I found the hardest - which was to create a really strong open and close for my talk and you can just imagine my relief when Emily’s suggestions was just the finishing touch I needed to finalise my talk - whilst juggling a intense work schedule and needing to prepare for my flight at the same time. If I can do it - so can you.   I hope today’s interview with Emily will encourage you to believe in yourself, believe in your message and leverage some of the tips we share in this interview to start crafting and sharing your story.   Emily Edgeley For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Robin Petterd is the founder of Sprout Labs, and he’s on a mission to change how people learn at work.  Robin’s belief is that learning at work needs to reflect the natural way we learn; it needs to restore our curiosity; and it needs to support our desire to learn with others.  In this interview with Robin, we dive into his learning while working framework, and how to optimise the way you self-direct your learning to add new skills to your talent stack. I was also curious to find out Robin’s perspective on how to prioritise what you learn, and optimise how you learn in order to land your next career opportunity. You can find out more about the Learning While Working framework on Robin’s website below.  I hope it inspires you to think differently about how you optimise your self-directed learning. Learning While Working Manifesto For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

In today’s episode I chat with Helen Babb, who is an advocate, facilitator and social entrepreneur. Helen is the CEO & Founder of Yes Get It, a social enterprise that empowers and equips women with the self-awareness, confidence and practical tools to be bold and powerful leaders.  She also works at National Australia Bank in the Social Impact team. Her experience spans Australia and the U.S and includes women's leadership, Rites of Passage and social justice. Helen and I chat about the turning points in her life that led her to pursue a career and startup that advocates women in leadership, and social justice and gender equality, and what it means to live the life the way you want. Yes Get It For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Lorna Deng and Bedi Othow are both Human Resource professionals, passionate advocates for diversity and inclusion, and they are both migrants from South Sudan who have faced and overcome employment barriers.  Lorna and Bedi recently joined forces to start their own social enterprise DivTal, an online job platform that will help organisations look for culturally diverse talent and improve career prospects for migrants and create a more fair and inclusive future of work. Links mentioned: LinkedIn - Lorna Deng LinkedIn - Bedi Othow DivTal For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Lorna Deng and Bedi Othow are both Human Resource professionals, passionate advocates for diversity and inclusion, and they are both migrants from South Sudan who have faced and overcome employment barriers.  Lorna and Bedi recently joined forces to start their own social enterprise DivTal, an online job platform that will help organisations look for culturally diverse talent and improve career prospects for migrants and create a more fair and inclusive future of work. Links mentioned: LinkedIn - Lorna Deng LinkedIn - Bedi Othow DivTal For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

I share my experience at the HR Festival Asia Conference in Singapore, and the importance of sharing your message & what you learned to open doors to new opportunities. Links mentioned in this episode: LinkedIn Blog Post - 5 things I learned at HR Festival Asia For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links