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Career Path to Executive Leadership with Katherine Boiciuc - 030

September 07, 2020 • Tamara Johanna • Season 1 • Episode 30

Katherine Boiciuc’s career path to executive leadership was long and hard earned. She’s a living, breathing, example of an executive disrupting the tech industry, working hard to ensure more women make it to the C-Suite.

As far as I’m concerned Katherine Boiciuc is a super woman. She’s a huge role model of mine so talking with her was such a wonderful, and even emotional, experience.

I feel so blessed to be able to share our conversation with you all.

In this episode we cover:

Katherine Boiciuc’s career path, working in various roles at Australia’s leading telco, from call centres, operations, people capability, sales and strategy, and ultimately to executive leadership.
We discuss why women often get stuck in middle management, and how to progress to the next level
Katherine shares a story of how she got selected for executive leadership training whilst on maternity leave
She opens wide and gets vulnerable with me in sharing two big challenges she faced in her career
We talk about why she left Telstra after 19 years
Katherine shares her views on authentic leadership, and why it is imperative in today’s world

Episode Resources

Katherine Boiciuc on LinkedIn, Twitter
Leadership consultancy Maximus International, LinkedIn, YouTube
Video interview, The Future of Leadership with Katherine Boiciuc
Article, How to Prepare Yourself for a Leadership Role, The Martec (Aug 2019)
Article, What Does the 21st Century Leadership Look and Feel Like, Women Love Tech (Jul 2020)
Article, 29 Inspirational Women Making Waves in STEM in Australia, Women Love Tech (Feb 2020)
Article & Podcast, Tackling Technology Challenges and Improving Business Through Diversity, Telstra Exchange (Oct 2018)
Article, 6 Career Tips from a Global Tech Leader, Telstra Exchange (Nov 2018)
Reflections on Why More Women Don’t Get to the C-Suite: A View from China
Book: Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferris

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