From being an ambitious little girl who beat cancer, to a BBC reporter for 19 years.

Satnam Rana-Grinley is our guest today who talks about her career progression through struggles and finding the courage to stand for herself through the art of self belief.

Join us and hear her story. 

Themes:

• Education and Growing up in a Punjabi family
• Traditional Upbringing VS Progressive Thinking
• Career progression struggles

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“I think my tip would be find somebody in your family circle, or your friendship circle to encourage you.”

...it's not my monkey, with your monkey.

 if you have a problem, think what could be the solution to this problem?

“...great if you're a company that's got a brown woman in leadership, brilliant, but you can also have a number two and number three, and number four, and number five, but they don't have to be just one. It shouldn't be just one will absolutely”

“So for one person that can support ambition for me actually just fueled it.”

“Why do you want to come here? Come to Gbs lap. And it wasn't just a really simple answer personal growth.”

“Culture in an organisation drives me I need to feel as if I can contribute my whole self to the workplace, not just the professional self bash. To the whole self, and the whole self also comes with this need to serve humanity. And that probably ties back into a core pillar of Sikhism, which is service to humanity.”

“...what a privilege to work with such a talented set of it happens to be women who are in different stages of their life and professional careers, and to see them grow and flourish. And to be able to encourage that empowerment. “

“ it doesn't matter what you want to be. But if you want to be that something, believe in it, and believe in yourself, there will be times where you doubt yourself. But don't stay in that period of doubt for too long. Try and find a way out of it”

“Navigating the professional world is not you don't reach a point. It is a continuous journey

Having an open mindset is absolutely paramount

“..be authentic, be true to yourself be is bring bring to bring your whole self to life and into the workplace is about authenticity.”

“...being authentic is really really important because the more authentic you are, the more reflective we are of diversity. And the more open we are to the most important bit which is inclusion.”