Joyful Ambition is for professionals reimagining career success in an era of AI disruption and endless "what's next" pressure. Host Bryony Williams explores the Ladder vs. Landscape approach, challenging the idea that ambition means climbing higher - through conversations with business leaders, career transition experts, psychologists, and HR innovators. Learn how to release old narratives, design sustainable careers, and find contentment without sacrificing presence or influence. Permission to choose differently starts here.
From Your Seat to the Board
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Joyful Ambition is for professionals reimagining career success in an era of AI disruption and endless "what's next" pressure. Host Bryony Williams explores the Ladder vs. Landscape approach, challenging the idea that ambition means climbing higher - through conversations with business leaders, career transition experts, psychologists, and HR innovators. Learn how to release old narratives, design sustainable careers, and find contentment without sacrificing presence or influence. Permission to choose differently starts here.
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June 4, 2026
#8 As Authoritative as a Woman with Claire Shaw: Owning Your Voice in Rooms Full of Men
<p>🎙️ <b>EPISODE OVERVIEW</b></p><p>In this episode, Bryony sits down with Claire Shaw - vocal and communication coach, former opera singer, and the woman helping professional women reconnect with the voice that's already theirs.</p><p>With more than 20 years behind her and a background that spans Wigmore Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Claire now works with lawyers, founders, executives and engineers - mostly women navigating rooms where they've been conditioned to take up less space. Her message is refreshingly counter-cultural: you don't need to become louder, harder, or more "male" to lead. You need to feel safe in your voice.</p><p>This is a conversation about presence, breath, and the overlooked truth that how you sound shapes how you're heard - long before anyone weighs what you actually said.</p><p></p><p>🔑 <b>KEY THEMES COVERED:</b></p><ul><li>Presence as a skill, not a personality trait, and why your body is your instrument</li><li>The 0.2-second judgment: people decide who you are from your voice before they see your face</li><li>Why women are conditioned to take up less space and how to breathe low and reclaim it</li><li>"As authoritative as a woman" leading from feminine power instead of the patriarchal mould</li><li>Get into your body and out of your head: Claire's three tips before a high-stakes room</li><li>FOFBOC - feet on floor, bum on chair - grounding in 30 seconds anywhere</li><li>Why voice is dismissed as a "soft skill" and left out of leadership programmes</li><li>The apology habit: how the language that got you here won't take you higher</li><li>Body → breath → sound: the holistic vocal warm-up that fits a busy life</li><li>Soul care vs self care: restorative Sundays, nature, Feldenkrais, and showing up recharged</li><li>Comparison as the thief of not just joy, but confidence<p></p></li></ul><p>💬 <b>STANDOUT QUOTES:</b></p><p>"Your voice is as unique as your fingerprint."</p><p>"Somebody makes a decision about who you are in 0.2 seconds of hearing you - they don't even have to see your face."</p><p>"What would it mean if you were as authoritative as a woman in the courtroom?"</p><p>"Get into your body and out of your head."</p><p>"Comparison is not only the thief of joy, it's the thief of confidence." - Bryony</p><p></p><p>📚 <b>MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:</b></p><ul><li>Reshma Saujani's TED Talk on teaching girls bravery, not perfection</li><li>Stephen Fry - the opening line of his memoir on resolving to stop apologising</li><li>Frances Frei's communication "triangle" - lead with the point, then the detail</li><li>The Feldenkrais Method</li><li>Wild Women - Claire's women's group in Dorset<p></p></li></ul><p>🔗 <b>CONNECT WITH CLAIRE:</b></p><ul><li>Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://clairequinnshaw.com" target="_blank">clairequinnshaw.com</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/claire-shaw-voice" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/claire-shaw-voice</a></li><li>Book a consultation: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://calendly.com/claireqd/connect-with-claire" target="_blank">calendly.com/claireqd/connect-with-claire</a></li><li>Free programme: The Communication Lab for Lawyers</li></ul>
May 6, 2026
#7 Beyond the Ladder: Angie Vaux on Creating a Personal Career Board
<p>🎙️ EPISODE OVERVIEW</p><p>In this inspiring conversation, Bryony sits down with Angie Vaux - British entrepreneur, executive coach, angel investor and founder of Women in Tech Forum and Women Leaders Forum - to explore what it really takes to build a career, a community and a movement in one of the most male-dominated industries in the world.</p><p></p><p>With over 25 years in senior leadership at global tech companies including SAP, TripAdvisor and Mimecast, Angie didn't set out to become an entrepreneur. But when she started noticing how differently women showed up in interviews - downplaying their experience, underselling their worth - she felt a calling she couldn't ignore. What began as a passion project in 2018 has grown into a global community of over 20,000 members, a powerful platform for career acceleration, and now, a pioneering Career Returners Initiative.</p><p></p><p>This episode is rich with practical wisdom, honest reflection and the kind of strategic thinking that Angie has become known for.</p><p></p><p>🔑 KEY THEMES COVERED:</p><ul><li>How a pattern Angie spotted in senior hiring interviews sparked the entire Women in Tech Forum</li><li>Why the Boys' Club in tech is still very much alive - and what women can do about it</li><li>The power of your Personal Career Board and how to build one intentionally</li><li>Rules of engagement: how to structure board relationships so they're effective and reciprocal</li><li>How Angie balances running two global communities with four children, yoga, and yes, paper-based to-do lists</li><li>The geopolitical shift around DEI language and how Women in Tech Forum is evolving</li><li>The Career Returners Initiative - partnering with Workday to bring economically inactive talent back into the workforce globally<p></p></li></ul><p>💬 STANDOUT QUOTES:</p><p><i>"Setting up my businesses was almost a happy accident - but I felt the calling to create a platform to support other women and help them overcome the visible and invisible barriers in the tech industry."</i></p><p><i>"Your personal career board is almost a group of independent career advisors who each bring different skills and different perspectives to help you move forward."</i></p><p><i>"All of us need to take collective action to drive change. It's not the responsibility of a CEO or HR department or government. Each of us can take action - and it's the small steps we take every day that really drive change over the long term."</i></p><p><i>"If it takes me longer to write the task down than to actually do the task, I'll just do it in the moment."</i></p><p><i>"Make sure you build a diverse board. You don't want lots of people who look and think like you - because you won't get the diversity of perspective you need."</i></p><p></p><p>🔗 CONNECT WITH ANGIE:</p><ul><li>Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenintechforum.co.uk" target="_blank">womenintechforum.co.uk</a></li><li>Women Leaders Forum: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenleadersforum.com" target="_blank">womenleadersforum.com</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-vaux-28561914/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank">Angie Vaux</a></li></ul>
April 28, 2026
#6 Fitness Evangelist: Pieta McCrum on Building a Body To Back Your Ambition
<p>🎙️ <b>EPISODE OVERVIEW</b></p><p>In this energising conversation, Bryony sits down with Pieta McCrum - Founder of Body by Pieta, former MTV Senior Director, and women's wellness evangelist, to explore one of the most overlooked pillars of career success: your physical foundation.</p><p>Pieta's journey is anything but linear. From New Zealand's first reality TV show, Treasure Island, to a decade at MTV Viacom, to building a thriving online fitness community for women 40+ from a playground during school drop-off - her story is a masterclass in following what truly serves the soul. </p><p>Now she helps busy professional women feel leaner, stronger, and more confident without crazy cardio or crash diets and her message has never been more relevant.</p><p>This episode bridges the gap between physical strength and professional performance in a way that will make you look at your wellbeing strategy (and your workplace's) completely differently.</p><p></p><p>🔑 <b>KEY THEMES COVERED:</b></p><ul><li>Pieta's pivot from TV celebrity and MTV Senior Director to wellness entrepreneur and why kids and a growing corporate environment were the catalyst</li><li>Building a business from a playground: how community and consistency created a loyal following long before a formal launch</li><li>Why COVID became a gift - taking Body by Pieta fully online and unlocking real scale</li><li>The 5 ways a stronger body directly improves your performance at work: energy, mental clarity, emotional regulation, confidence & presence, and fewer sick days</li><li>Brain fog, perimenopause, and why women are leaving the workforce and what physical strength has to do with all of it</li><li>The case for bespoke wellness: why generic gym culture fails women and what cycle-aware, hormone-led training actually looks like</li><li>The two-pronged approach to keeping women in work: educating the woman AND reforming the workplace culture</li><li>The 4.5 million women aged 50–64 in the workforce and why their peak career years collide dangerously with hormonal transition</li><li>Why wellbeing strategies in most workplaces are "lip service" and what real support looks like</li><li>Getting back to fundamentals: strength training, protein, healthy fats, and treating your mindset like a muscle</li><li>How Pieta looks after herself: the 5am start, the hot tub, the wine, and why laughing is her favourite tonic<p></p></li></ul><p>💬 <b>STANDOUT QUOTES:</b></p><p><i>"It's the foundation to everything. If we want to perform really well at work, we've got to have that strong foundation and stamina to be able to juggle everything else."</i></p><p><i>"The more muscle you have, the better you think. You're going to be sharper, more alert, clearer in your thinking - and that's hugely helpful."</i></p><p><i>"Stop with the silly calorie counting. It's got to be hormonally mindful - and mindset, treating your mind like a muscle too."</i></p><p><i>"We're not a straight line - particularly women are not. You just need your toolbox. Go back to your fundamentals."</i></p><p><i>"A lot of the reasons why women are leaving work is because they are suffering massively from health and fitness struggles connected to their hormone changes."</i></p><p></p><p>🔗 <b>CONNECT WITH PIETA:</b></p><ul><li>Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bypieta.com/" target="_blank">bodybpieta.com</a> </li><li>Instagram: @bypieta </li><li>LinkedIn: Pieta McCrum</li></ul>
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