Episode 32: The importance of being committed and convinced in your own potential, with Sara Garcia

Leadership Amplified by Dr Karen Morley

This was one of the many pearls of wisdom from Sara Garcia in the latest episode of Leadership Amplified, together with: 📌 Take charge of yourself and your decision making 📌 Be empowered to step outside of your comfort zone These are key challenges for women as they step into senior leadership roles. And Sara approaches them with passion and compassion. We had a great discussion about Sara’s love of psychology and people, and how that drives and guides her career. She continues to explore her desire to understand people, and her fascination/compulsion to find points of empathy with others. She ‘likes to find the centre of people and help people go where they're going’. She has always loved work, and what work can do for you, it ‘helps you to grow and expand, gives a sense of satisfaction.’ We discussed the challenges of leading that women in particular face. Sara says, when running a business you see men put themselves forward much more than women. Women can find themselves dissatisfied but without understanding why. She says that it is because they're actually living someone else's journey not their own, and they're not aware of that. There’s such great food for thought in that. Sara says that some women feel that they don't have a conscious choice, but she insists that they do. We always have choice, she says. She says that we need to do away with any compulsion to strive to do something that isn't going to give you joy. ‘You have more freedom than you think, you are more empowered than you think.’