Women Who Lead

Take a Creative Sabbatical | Interview with Carol-Ann Pickvance

Ever wanted to take extended time off? Listen in for the first ever Women Who Lead Podcast as we discuss with Carol, how she has done this exact thing.. multiple times. Carol-Ann Pickvance is an artist, workplace and business strategist hailing from Brisbane Australia. Throughout her career she has held many leadership positions including recently as Head of Strategy for a design firm in Asia Pacific. She is a big advocate of time-off in the form of creative sabbaticals. In this episode we discuss: - Benefit of taking career breaks and how to prepare for it. - Importance of owning your calendar - How our definitions of success change over time. To hear more personal stories from women in leadership go to http://jesscarr.com [http://jesscarr.com] This episode was recorded: November 2020 -- LINKS -- TED Talk: Stefan Sagemeister – The power of time off https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off [https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off]