50: Moving from success to significance as a mantra in the second act with Shilpa Ajwani, Founder UnoMantra and SheMantra

50: Moving from success to significance as a mantra in the second act with Shilpa Ajwani In the 50th episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast my guest is Shilpa Ajwani, a strategy consultant & leadership advisor to consumer/lifestyle enterprises and Founder of two startups UnoMantra and SheMantra. As two women leaders we were keen to use our conversation to explore the barriers faced by women in leadership, her second innings; passion projects; spirituality, being a mother, her identity....πŸ‘‡πŸΎπŸ‘‡πŸΎ πŸ‘‰πŸΎ Challenges she faced as a woman leader in the direct selling industry πŸ‘‰πŸΎ Women and their self-limiting beliefs πŸ‘‰πŸΎ Being overlooked and the importance of taking charge of one's own career and life πŸ‘‰πŸΎ Her journey to becoming an entrepreneur and launching UnoMantra and SheMantra πŸ‘‰πŸΎ The shift from success to significance as a driver in her second act πŸ‘‰πŸΎ Redefining leadership:traits of aspiring and potential leaders and our ability to learn or nurture leadership traits πŸ‘‰πŸΎ The importance of resilience and adaptability for managers and leaders We also spoke about what drives her to do better each day or who/what inspires.

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The Elephant in the Room Podcast is a curated safe space to have uncomfortable conversations about the pervasive inequalities in society and our workplaces. The idea of the podcast was born from my sense of conflict about identity, self and the concept of privilege and fuelled by my own need to understand how my overlapping identities and experiences had impacted and would continue to impact my life chances. Two years ago I decided to β€˜opt out’ to find my own purpose and focus on passion projects including learning about the systemic biases that are endemic in business and society. The Podcast is my very own listening project, a step towards being more intentional in my learning. The Elephant in the Room Podcast is for people who want to be a part of the change, for those who want to step up & speak out, for those who want to learn more about biases, barriers and best practice, for business leaders and for individuals, anyone who is interested in a fairer, more inclusive and compassionate society and workplace. Each week I will interview inspiring speakers from across the world on issues that are taboo and deserve to be mainstream including(but not limited to) systemic and institutionalised racism, discrimination based on further eight protected characteristics, poverty, mental health, climate change. The podcast will also talk about cognitive inclusion, culture, purpose, ethics and the importance of empathy, cultural intelligence and how conversations on identity and disadvantage would be incomplete without considering intersectionality. With the podcast I hope to share stories of people with lived experiences, stories that may have never been told, stories that galvanise us to take action for change and keep the conversations alive by raising the decibel on issues of inequity, inequality in our search for a fairer and more inclusive world.