The Journey of a WiT - S3 E.7 with Amanda Newman, Senior Manager at Accenture
- Author
- Elly
- Published
- Thu 06 May 2021
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/the-journey-of-a-wit/episodes/64be442a8101990011cc7b2e
In this episode of ‘A Journey of a Woman in Tech’, Elly is joined by Amanda Newman who is a Senior Manager at Accenture. Previously Amanda has worked with IBM, Shell and Microsoft and has founded The Career Mum, a community network to support and empower everyone to reach their potential. She was shortlisted for Northern Power Women Mentor of the Year award and is nominated for a We Are The City Rising Stars award. Amanda is a huge supporter of returnships and mentoring for women
Amanda and Elly unpack her impressive career from struggled academically due to moving schools, to a global role at Shell and now Accenture. At school, Amanda wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, until her Dad said “computers are the next big thing”. This was at a time when there were no girls in computer labs and computers definitely weren’t cool. Her advice to career starters it to remember that it is early days and to take one day at a time, you never know what opportunities might come along.
Amanda has long term experience with working remotely, and despite this struggled with the challenges of lockdown. She is a self-confessed extrovert, getting lots of energy and ideas from people – something she has in common with Elly. Amanda and Elly discuss the work home balance and the challenges she has faced, especially challenging perceptions of “you don’t look like someone who works in IT”! She says her greatest achievement is her family, and managing all the different priorities through the pandemic!
Her role model is her father, and it is clear he had a real influence on her work ethic and mentality as he came from a coal mining background and become an engineer, working all over the world. Amanda’s best bit of advice it to remember that if you’re having a bad day that that too shall pass and if you need to take time out, it’s just one day, remember your community and network, and find your A team! We hope you enjoy this episode.
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Amanda and Elly unpack her impressive career from struggled academically due to moving schools, to a global role at Shell and now Accenture. At school, Amanda wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, until her Dad said “computers are the next big thing”. This was at a time when there were no girls in computer labs and computers definitely weren’t cool. Her advice to career starters it to remember that it is early days and to take one day at a time, you never know what opportunities might come along.
Amanda has long term experience with working remotely, and despite this struggled with the challenges of lockdown. She is a self-confessed extrovert, getting lots of energy and ideas from people – something she has in common with Elly. Amanda and Elly discuss the work home balance and the challenges she has faced, especially challenging perceptions of “you don’t look like someone who works in IT”! She says her greatest achievement is her family, and managing all the different priorities through the pandemic!
Her role model is her father, and it is clear he had a real influence on her work ethic and mentality as he came from a coal mining background and become an engineer, working all over the world. Amanda’s best bit of advice it to remember that if you’re having a bad day that that too shall pass and if you need to take time out, it’s just one day, remember your community and network, and find your A team! We hope you enjoy this episode.
Support the show
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