S3 EP4: The Power of Not Taking It Personally, with Amanda Lennon

Host: Julie Williams MSc - Executive Coach & Founder of Lighting Fires

Guest: Amanda Lennon - HR Consultant, Employment Lawyer and Founder of Astralis HR

In this episode of The Lighting Fires Podcast, supported by Henley Business School, Julie is joined by Amanda Lennon for an honest conversation about courage, resilience, confidence and navigating a successful career on your own terms.

Amanda shares her journey from employment law into senior HR leadership, becoming the only woman on a board at just 29 years old. After a successful corporate career, she went on to launch her own consultancy business, Astralis HR.

Along the way, she has navigated challenges around confidence, rejection, identity and balancing an ambitious career with family life.

Together, Julie and Amanda reflect on the coaching journey that helped Amanda build resilience, manage difficult situations more effectively and develop the confidence to bring more of her authentic self into the workplace.

Julie and Amanda discuss:

Building confidence and personal impact in leadership roles

Being a young female leader in a male-dominated environment

Managing difficult conversations and workplace conflict

Resilience, redundancy and bouncing back from setbacks

Why business decisions are rarely personal