Client Story – 02 – Claire Oswald on Moving from Stuck to Being A Team Lead
Career Evolutions with Hope Chauland
Release Date: 03/25/2026
Career Evolutions with Hope Chauland
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🎙️In this episode of Career Evolutions, I’m joined by Mary Sheehan, product marketing leader at Adobe and founder of the program Propel Yourself, supporting ambitious working mums in tech. This isn’t a conversation about “having it all”. It’s about what happens when: 👀 your career and motherhood collide 👀 your capacity changes, but your ambition doesn’t 👀 you’re trying to figure out what’s next, without losing yourself in the process Mary describes that moment in 3 words: exhausted, FOMO, and overwhelmed. And I can honestly say as a mother myself… I felt...
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At the point when I first met Claire, she described her career in three words: frustrated, underappreciated, and stuck. She knew she was capable of more. But like many product marketers, she didn’t yet have the clarity, confidence, or support to take the next step in her career and explore new enviroments and more responsibility. Fast forward 12 months: Claire is now leading a team, aligned with her company’s mission, and describes her career today as fulfilled, aligned, and empowered. This isn’t a story about a quick job move. ...
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Official Trailer - Start here :) Introducing Career Evolutions | The work before visible success
info_outlineAt the point when I first met Claire, she described her career in three words: frustrated, underappreciated, and stuck. She knew she was capable of more. But like many product marketers, she didn’t yet have the clarity, confidence, or support to take the next step in her career and explore new enviroments and more responsibility.
Fast forward 12 months: Claire is now leading a team, aligned with her company’s mission, and describes her career today as fulfilled, aligned, and empowered.
This isn’t a story about a quick job move.
It’s about what happens when you:
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Realise you’ve outgrown your environment
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Get clear on what actually matters to you
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Start showing up with confidence in your experience and value
This episode covers:
👉🏼 What it really means to get clear on your values and how that shapes the roles you go after
👉🏼 How strengthening your professional positioning across your CV, LinkedIn, and interviews can unlock confidence
👉🏼 The shift from self-doubt to building a visible personal brand and sharing your perspective
👉🏼 What makes the right coaching relationship and why feeling seen and understood matters
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1. Tell me about your career so far.
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