Ashley Quinto Powell - Practical Strategies for Selling Yourself When You're a Busy Working Parent

“One of the most important things is to have people who will mention you in a room when you’re not there.”Our guest today is Ashley Quinto Powell, a serial entrepreneur and the author of Executive Motherhood: The Art of Having It All Without Doing It All.Ashley founded the Virtual Assistant Agency, myVA Rocks and has spoken about motherhood for TEDx and many others. So what are the practical strategies working parents can use to really sell themselves when they are busy progressing their career and raising children?Ashley shares her tips, including:Why we need women in the room - and at the topThe importance of a powerful virtual network and how to build itMoving beyond “imposter syndrome”Part-time salary negotiations and understanding your real valueWhether you should talk about yourself as a working parent in a job interviewHow to sell your skills when you don't like promoting yourselfWe hope you enjoy the conversation.Show Notes:Executive Motherhood: The Art of Having It All Without Doing It All is available on Amazon.Find out more about Fraser Nash Consultancy.

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Big Careers Small Children helps ambitious parents progress careers they love whilst being present with their children. Through honest and informal conversation, senior leaders divulge what they have learnt on their own journey of combining big careers with young children to our host Verena Hefti MBE. Expect lots of aha moments, inspiration, fresh ideas, and practical support, so you can move forward in your career in a way that works for you and your family.This podcast is hosted by our social enterprise Leaders Plus. We believe that no parent should have to choose between progressing the career they love and enjoying their young children. Through the Big Careers, Small Children podcast and our award-winning Fellowship Programme, we have supported thousands of Leaders with young children to make brave decisions about their future. We unapologetically help more mums (and dads with significant caring responsibilities) to get to senior leadership positions, because only by helping parents to progress their career can we have true gender equality at the top and address the gender pay gap.Be part of our positive movement for change and sign up to receive our informative monthly emails at www.leadersplus.org.uk/newsletterWe hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and invite you to follow us on social media @leaders_plus #BigCareersSmallChildren