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#8 Scaling yourself and mapping out a career with Karen Blackett, OBE

EPISODE · Dec 15, 2023 · 1H 4M

#8 Scaling yourself and mapping out a career with Karen Blackett, OBE

from Executive Realness

On today’s episode Sharmadean Reid is delighted to be joined by Karen Blackett OBE, President of WPP UK and all round media genius.We discuss how Karen established herself in media planning and buying, how she negotiated and created a position for herself, and lessons on how to scale yourself and map out your own career path.Karen is a business leader with 25 years' experience in the marketing communications industry. She holds several non-executive roles including Creative England and The MOBO Trust.Want more? Executive Realness is a community as well as a podcast and you can join us for live recordings and watch the past video interviews here: https://bit.ly/MoreExecutiveRealnessAre you a woman who wants to lead? Find out more about The Stack community here: https://bit.ly/thestackworldExecutive Realness is brought to you by The Stack World, a new media company for women at work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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