In her early twenties, bored by her office job, Kelly joined the British Army for a life of adventure. This was just before 9/11. She’d grown up a relatively conflict-free world. Suddenly everything changed.
Kelly spent almost 19 years in the Army doing multiple jobs in different parts of the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan. She loved much of what Army life gave her. Other things were less appealing, from sexual harassment to fellow officers who couldn’t handle women in authority...to the loneliness of being a woman in command when one of your soldiers is killed.
In this show Kelly - who asked me not to use her last name so she could speak freely - looks back on her career, what she learned, and what she wishes could have been different in the ultimate male environment.
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Final Episode: What's Changed in Ten Years
Episode 200: You and Your Money
Episode 199: Age and Possibility
Episode 198: From Convent to Corporate
Episode 197: Facing the Music
Episode 196: Where Partner Violence Meets the Workplace
Episode 195: The Road Less Traveled
Episode 194: How to Confront Bias
Episode 193: Bucking the System
Episode 192: Better in Scandinavia (re-release)
Episode 190: Difficult Relationships: managing drama at work
Episode 189: Stop Telling Women to Find an Equal Partner
Episode 188: You vs. Burnout
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Episode 187: Redefining success (revisited)
Episode 186: Our Obsession with Winning (and how to re-think)
Episode 185: Women Getting Paid
Episode 184: The Long Game
Episode 183: Rejection
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