Career Path to Executive Leadership with Katherine Boiciuc - 030

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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