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You were told to keep your head down, do good work and wait to be noticed. That may have cost you. Our guest spent ten years inside the rooms where promotions and pay rises get decided. She has bad news about that plan.
Angel Kilian coaches ambitious professionals, many of them mums. One client doubled her income. It did not start with a new skill.
In this episode, Angel talks about money, maternity leave, layoffs, AI and the small matter of being home by six. There is a payslip fact most of us never knew. There is a hiring confession and the rapid-fire round with one phrase you may want to delete from your inbox forever.
Good work was never the problem. Something else is.
Press play before someone else gets the credit.
What you’ll takeaway
- What actually gets said about you in a room you were never invited to
- The first step a client took to double her income (and why it wasn’t a course)
- What Angel’s CEO told her that changed how she talks about work in progress
- Why asking for more can get a woman labelled “difficult,” and the language that sidesteps it
- The payslip question no Singapore law stops an employer from asking
- The one thing to confirm about your bonus before maternity leave
- Why AI can copy your work but not the thing Angel says to show instead
About the guest
Angel Kilian is the founder and CEO of Career inFocus, a career consultancy for professionals going after senior roles, promotions and higher pay. She spent a decade leading recruitment teams and sat in the talent reviews where careers get decided. She is a two-time LinkedIn Top Voice.
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