Build Your Brave Career with Nicole Trick Steinbach Nicole Trick Steinbach: Certified Coach for Women in Tech, STEM, Corporate

“Be yourself and own your strength unapologetically.” - Nupur Aggarwal

Balancing the courage to pursue your ambitious career goals, in balance with your values and relationships, is a powerful but unexpected pathway to your brave career. 
Our guest this week is Nupur Aggarwal, an established and global product strategist, joins me for a candid discussion about self-confidence, authenticity, taking risks, and choosing to be true to your inner voice. Nupur shares her story of building a life in India and the US, as an employee at a massive corporation and a start-up founder, and as an ambitious professional and devoted mother, spouse, child, and friend.
Together we address the intense complexities of societal pressures and expectations that shape career paths, sharing personal anecdotes and transformative experiences. We explore self-doubt, internalized misogyny, and the generational impact of societal conditioning, stressing the ongoing work necessary to unlearn these narratives. 
This episode is a heartfelt tribute to the value of facing fears, embracing the unknown, and supporting each other through growth. Tune in for an enlightening dialogue on the shared journey of becoming and celebrating brave.
Hot topics from this episode:
Emphasizing the importance of being true to oneself, even under societal and personal pressures that affect career decisions.Societal Expectations and Individual Dreams, career paths, family thriving, planning long-term in balance with present-day growth Embracing Risk and New Beginnings, starting a start-up, moving globally, accepting growth jobs, and building confidenceOvercoming Self-Doubt, normalizing feelings, and choosing to build confidence by facing fears and making choices
Related Resources: 
Connect with Nupur Aggarwal on LinkedInLearn about Indra Nooyi 
If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen. 

"Your resistance could be your worst enemy, but it could also be your friend. Where you feel the resistance is where you can answer: what do I really want?" — Nicole Trick Steinbach

I share my career transformation story, using my Build Your Brave Framework, to answer the question, “What do I really want?” 
I walk you through how I redefined success and the struggle I faced in finding clarity, taking action that was based on my actual desires, and making a brave career decision that balanced what I wanted and what I needed. 
Listen in for the pivotal moments and conversations that helped me get more specific as I dove into the resistance and fear I encountered along the way. I detail the importance of seeking support, clarifying career phases, and defining success unique to you as a human. 
I draw parallels with the experience of my client, Rebecca Walter, and underscore the significance of normalizing the bravery of clarity and accountability in one's career journey.
Related Episodes: 
Unlocking the Build Your Brave Framework for Career Transformation: An Example and Guide to Stress Less, Work Less, and Earn More - E149 Hot topics from this episode:
Answering the question "What do you really want?"Redefining Success and Career Goals to Build Your Brave Career Changing definitions of success and career journeys, including career phasesRecognizing the need for professional support and guidance in the career redefinition process, including mentors, coaches, advisors, and role models in navigating career changesEmbracing resistance as a sign of growth and self-discovery to become a catalyst for personal growth and clarityFor more information on how you can build your brave career, reach out to meCheck out my websiteJoin my mailing list for more insights, opportunities, and inspirationConnection with me on LinkedIn

If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen. 

“I had very much been raised with the mindset that the single career was the way that you define success. You pick a job, you stay in that field… [but] I found a bunch of different stuff that I enjoyed. And at one point, in December maybe, you said to me, “Rebecca, you know, you're self-employed now.” And I was like, “Oh, yeah, I guess I am.” - Rebecca Walter
Rebecca Walter joined us to share her brave career story of redefining career goals, career growth, and skill-building phases can be your path toward a more dynamic and rewarding career path as you choose to shift what success means to you. 

Rebecca's story includes transitioning from her reliable, long-term career in education into exploring her many skills and goals to arrive at the surprising choice to craft a multifaceted career phase of solopreneurship. She shares her unique experience and process, based on trying and building new skills, exploring her assumptions in decision making, and choosing to develop a new mindset balancing self-permission and real-world constraints. 

In her process of growth, she identified her desire for breadth and multi-faceted choices to fulfill her personal and professional goals. We discuss the allure and benefits of part-time contracts and freelancing, social jobs like waitressing, and structures that integrate pauses and vacations that balance personal and professional needs.
Rebecca is a brave role model who has chosen to build fulfillment in variety, flexibility, and value-based career building. Listen in for two fo her brave role models, two humans from very different generations and for very different reasons. 
Related episodes: 
Caroline Santinelli - Embrace Your Innate Talent to Return from Burn-Out & Transform Your Career E99 We can do hard things: Dan Levy’s Good News: No One Knows What They’re Doing Hot topics from this episode:
Personal Career Paths: career breadth over depth for a multifaceted careerTransition from education to solopreneurshipRedefining Success: shifting views on what constitutes successTemporary and part-time jobs and their unexpected rewards
For more information on how you can build your brave:
Check out my website
Join my mailing list for more insights, opportunities, and inspiration
Connection with me on LinkedIn

If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen. 

“Your functional skills are important, but they won't create career growth. Career growth is created via your network. The more time you spend networking, the more your career will grow.” Nicole Trick Steinbach
Human connection, also called networking, is the most important strategic approach to career growth, so this episode covers the foundations for networking: mindset, approach, and implementation details. 
Most importantly, if you feel scammy while networking, you are doing it wrong. Instead, connect with curiosity and interest as a human, to another human. In short: stop being weird and start being connected. 
I share some common misconceptions and challenges I hear frequently about networking and how to resolve each of them. Then I offer a step-by-step process to empower you to navigate networking for career growth with authenticity and genuine curiosity, paving the way for sustained career growth.
Networking, done right, will cultivate a robust and authentic network, underscoring the transformative impact of human-to-human connections in shaping successful and fulfilling career paths. And that is brave. 
Hot topics from this episode:
Importance of Networking for Career GrowthStatistics on job offers starting with personal connectionsBalancing functional skills and networkingHow to Approach Networking: mindset, obstacles, and long-term thinkingThe interest interview: the mechanics of networkingNurturing professional relationshipsResources:
E72: Momentum - Interest Interviews 
Career Tip for Women in Tech: Interest Interviews for Career Growth - E37 
The Power of the Interest Interview for Career Growth into Tech with Jess Tillis 
Network to Find Truth, Joy and Purpose in Your Life to Grow Your Career from Education into Tech with Ashley Willumitis E61 
Realizing Your Deep Inalienable Worth to Grow Your Career with Ashley Willumitis (Client) - E120 
For more information on how you can build your brave:Check out my websiteJoin my mailing list for more insights, opportunities, and inspirationConnection with me on LinkedIn

If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen. 

Your willingness, your bravery to imagine who you will be in 30 years is indicative of how willing you are to do the work to become her. - Nicole Trick Steinbach
This week we discuss the importance of imagining and becoming your future self in the context of career growth and transformation. With thought-provoking questions about who you will be in three years, 10 years, and even 30 years, I dive into the significance of bravery and imagination in shaping your career and life.
Drawing from my own experiences and those of my clients, I walk you through the importance of envisioning both the "what" and the "who" for your career. I share a specific example so that you can experience the gap between an exclusively ‘what’ goal and a goal that nurtures the who and the what. 
Sustainable, lucrative career growth and career success demands commitment, time, purpose, and bravery. This episode helps you craft them all. 
Hot topics from this episode:
Importance of imagining who you will be in the futureBecoming Who You Want to Be, personal and client examples Example of a balanced goal: the difference between being just a director and being a fulfilled and balanced director
For more information on how you can build your brave:Check out my websiteJoin my mailing list for more insights, opportunities, and inspirationConnection with me on LinkedIn

If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen. 

"I wanted to cultivate some happiness in my life because my mind was so stuck in perfectionism and performance, and I didn't do well enough. So I was like, I need some optimism and positivity. So the question is, where did I smile today?" - Melissa Rauen
This week we dive into perfectionism and performance anxiety with guest Melissa Rauen. In one year Melissa changed almost every aspect of her life: she got married, bought a house, shifted her career, and transformed her approach to work and life. 
Melissa shares how she began separating her identity from performance in a way that has been pivotal in both her career and her life. Listen in for how she built simple, regular practices to foster gratitude, lower her stress, reduce her workload, and strengthen her mindset.
Then we discuss the growing and demanding opportunities within the multifaceted Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) career tracks. 
Hot topics from this episode:
Exploring the journey of overcoming perfectionism and performance anxiety.Separating identity from performance and daily practices for shift Career opportunities within GRC, compliance, governance, and risk managementConnect with Melissa Rauen on LinkedIn
Related Episodes: 
E51: Marcae Bryant Omosor: Clarity, Purpose and Let the World Catch Up with You; CyberSecurity, Data ProtectionE64: Clarity - Self-Concept Design
For more information on how you can build your brave career, reach out to meCheck out my websiteJoin my mailing list for more insights, opportunities, and inspirationConnection with me on LinkedIn


If you are an established woman in tech who is creating results and making an impact at work so your workload and stress just keep growing but promotions and salary bumps remain a distant dream, it is time for change. 
Listen, we all know the tech industry has dramatically changed. It's time your career approach did too. 
You don't need cookie-cutter programs or dusty advice from outdated playbooks, because what works for tech bros, won't work for you. You need individualized, bespoke support to build your brave career. One that reflects who you are as a woman in tech. 
I invite you to explore career coaching with me. Get all the details, including prices and client results, at TrickSteinbach.com.
You can stress less, work less, and earn more. You've already earned it. Let's make it happen.