Our guest Mandy Hooper shares her inspiring journey of balancing a successful career as a Service Delivery Manager for a major retail chain in Australia and New Zealand while also pursuing her passion for wellness. Mandy talks about her sector transitions and offers valuable tips for professionals seeking to follow her lead and change sectors or industries. She also discusses the importance of hobbies in avoiding burnout and shares her experience with managing burnout during the pandemic. Join us as we delve into Mandy’s story and learn from her unique insights.
Here are my favorite takeaways from this episode:
- How she incorporated sports and wellbeing into her life: In her introduction, Mandy explains her love for wellness and her diverse professional background. She has a busy job as a Service Delivery Manager, and her side ventures in wellness, book publishing, and podcasting. So, listen to learn how she manages it all without burning out (and how she recovered from burnout in the past).
- How she successfully changed sectors and industries: We explore Mandy’s experience of moving sectors and her success transitioning from forestry to tech within multiple industries. We learn the factors that enabled Mandy to change industries and the strategies she employed during these transitions.
- Tips for Changing Sectors or Industries: I asked Mandy to share tips and advice for professionals considering a change of sectors or industries, especially regarding overcoming common challenges and leveraging transferable skills during a career transition. We also discuss how to proactively plan and navigate the process to ensure a successful switch.
- Why she started a side hustle and how she does it alongside a full-time job: My favorite topic to discuss with Mandy was her side hustle and starting a Podcast. We also discussed the importance of having a great hobby to prevent burnout.
- Managing burnout during and after the Pandemic: Mandy shares her journey and her responsibility as a leader of people in dealing with burnout during and after the pandemic and the strategies she employed to overcome it. We discuss the effects of the pandemic on work and career plans and how the employee value proposition and wellness support need to shift for organizations to reconnect with their employees and attract talent.
Want more episodes on wellness? We got you!
We have a great number of episodes with experts and professionals who are passionate about wellbeing at work. If you click on the “Wellbeing” category on this page, you will be able to review them and choose what to want to listen to next! For a high-energy conversation about the importance of food in maintaining wellbeing, consider listening to the amazing celebrity nutritionist (and former corporate exec!) Michelle Chevalley Hedge. Another great episode is with women’s health experts Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders, who are doing a great job advocating for wellbeing at work, working with companies and corporate leaders.
