Chasing a C-level role? Today we explore what sorts of skills and broad experiences to gain in your career if you want to land a seat in the C-suite.

My guest today is Tanya Graham, Group Executive Digital & Transformation at icare.

In this episode, Tanya:

• Talks about her career journey from operations and manufacturing, through to consulting, tech and digital, healthcare, and strategic transformation
• How moving from UK to Australia provided fresh, varied experience and broadened her networking and industry opportunity
• How transformation has underpinned every role Tanya has taken on throughout her career and drawn her to certain organisations
• How Tanya weighs up whether a new opportunity is aligned for her
• The critical skills modern Exec Leaders need in their toolbelt
• Getting intentional about your career

Tanya, on making good decisions for your career:

"I have done a few decision making analyses when weighing up different career opportunities! There might be some non-negotiables for you such as learning opportunities; what the leadership team's like; where the organisation is heading; and what the mentorship's like [to help you make an aligned decision]."

Tanya, on having broad experiences:

"Executive leaders are leading the business, not just their function. You need to have a breadth of experience to work through the most challenging situations. This will also help you anticipate trends and avoid tunnel vision and also makes you more comfortable with ambiguity and change."
Links:

• Connect with Tanya Graham on Linkedin
• Connect with Rebecca Allen on Linkedin
• Visit the Illuminate website to learn more about standout Career & Leadership coaching for women

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About Tanya:

Tanya Graham is the Group Executive Digital & Transformation at icare NSW where she leads the Strategy, Transformation and Technology teams, delivering the icare strategy through a focus on performance and care, uplifting and digitising experience, introducing new ways of working to increase responsiveness and speed to value, and driving the use of data, automation and AI to ensure better outcomes for the people of NSW. Having been in senior & executive roles for over twenty years, she has experience working with Board Directors, Executive teams and regulators, to drive transformational change across industries including Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Utilities, Financial Services, Technology, Retail and Property, and Government. Tanya is a graduate of the Company Directors course, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), has an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), and is a member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET).

About Rebecca:

Rebecca Allen is a Career & Leadership Coach for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. Over the last decade, Rebecca has helped women realise their potential at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence, Frontier Sensing and AbbVie Medical Research through her Roadmap to Senior Leadership coaching programs. Connect with Rebecca