To hug or not to hug‪?‬ We Are Power Podcast

On this week’s episode Simone is joined by Director of Comms Rebel and Co-founder of A Leader Like Me, Advita Patel.
Advita discusses her decision to set up her own business and reaching out to a mentor. She has created a powerful community to empower women and non-binary people of colour.
Simone wishes Sam a very Happy Birthday, as do all the NPW team! 
This week’s Life Lessons are from Nafisa Shafiq, a Higher Education Communications Manager and founding member of A Leader Like Me. She explains how her goals, and dreams changed, and the importance in storytelling and understanding your audience. 
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Presented by Simone Roche and Advita Patel.
Sponsored by Be Heard
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