022 | Speaking Up, Setting Strong Benchmarks & Creating Your Version of Success with Clare Kenny
TUR022 - Speaking Up, Setting Strong Benchmarks & Creating Your Version of Success with Clare Kenny
Clare Kenny is a global brand strategist, and the Founder of AMOK Strategy Ltd. Clare left school at the age of 18 with a dream of being a successful international businesswoman and worked in marketing, brand strategy, and digital transformation with global organizations. Clare was a Division Head for Coca-Cola and the Commercial Director and Head of Communications for the Asian Football Confederation. She was the youngest Marketing Manager at FIFA, working on Euro 96. In her spare time, she promotes equality and is a mentor for young women looking to thrive in business environments.
Clare joins me today to share why it is important for women to speak up and set their own benchmarks. She reveals what it was like to work in male-dominated industries in the 90s and overseas in eastern countries and why you must find your voice and recognize your skills and abilities. Clare shares the risks she has taken throughout her career and a traumatic incident that she, like many other women, have endured. Clare also highlights the power of advocacy and movements such as MeToo and stresses why female professionals need to speak up for other women.
“Don't be scared to be different.”
- Clare Kenny
This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:
Clare's work within the Ministry of Sport and football associations
What it was like to work in the men's-dominated marketing industry during the 90s
Finding your voice and setting benchmarks based on your ability and innate skills
Why you should be comfortable with being different
Taking risks and finding your entrepreneurial spirit
The differences between western and eastern companies and their views on female professionals
Clare's traumatizing experiences within the professional environment
The power of advocacy and telling the truth so things can change
Why it is important to speak up for other women, and why we struggle to do this for ourselves
Our Favorite Quotes:
“Be brave enough to set your own benchmarks..” - Clare Kenny
“The people who have really changed the world and done extraordinary things are different and were different.” - Clare Kenny
“Silence is complicity.” - Clare Kenny
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