321: The Importance Of Growing and Develop Your Resilience with Toni Collis

<p>In this week’s show, Phil talks to Toni Collis, the CEO of Collis-Holmes Innovations, an award-winning leader, International Keynote speaker, Consultant and Leadership Coach. Her career has focused on facilitating the use of technology, and she believes that this requires true diversity in the future leadership of the tech industry.</p> <p>As Founder of Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC), she developed and led innovations aiming to diversify the international Supercomputing workforce. And in early 2019, she began to focus on her passion for broadening diversity & inclusion in the technology industry.</p> <p>She now offers Leadership & Executive Coaching for women in tech, with a personal goal of assisting 2000 women into the tech boardroom in the next 5 years.</p> <p>Toni talks about why remaining in our comfort zones can be restrictive. She also discusses why resilience is the key to overcome challenges.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>KEY TAKEAWAYS:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>TOP CAREER TIP</strong></p> <p>If you are not growing, then you’re shrinking. The longer we remain in our comfort zone, the smaller it becomes. Always look for ways to expand and grow.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>WORST CAREER MOMENT</strong></p> <p>Toni found, at one point in her career, that she was saying yes to far too many things, and the overwhelm made her feel as though she was underperforming and not reaching the potential that she felt she could. Through this, she learned that it’s okay to say no.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>CAREER HIGHLIGHT</strong></p> <p>When Toni was offered her first C-Suite executive role at the age of 34. A lot of work and determination had been spent, but the payoff was worth it.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>THE FUTURE OF CAREERS IN I.T</strong></p> <p>Technology is the solution to all problems being faced by society today. By focusing upon fixing the world through tech, we can provide a better future for everyone.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>THE REVEAL</strong></p> <p><strong>What first attracted