Mums On Cloud Nine

How to prioritise Salesforce requirements with Agile Project Management   In this week's podcast, we're talking about understanding and applying Agile Project Management and why this is an essential skill for any Salesforce professional if they are going to be managing expectations of stakeholders on a Salesforce project   We discuss why it's important, what the value of it is,  why is it in the n...

How to gather Salesforce Requirements with Business Analyst Skills   In this week's podcast, I'm talking about business analysis skills and why they're really important for any Salesforce professional. It's really important to understand the expectations of the stakeholders you're working with.   If you want to have a successful career as a Salesforce professional and you have an appetite for lear...

Make yourself indispensable as a Salesforce professional In the fourth of our four-part Parents Flex Up mini-series, I am talking about how to make yourself in demand and indispensable.    I'm looking forward to sharing my top tips with you  to help you think about how you can stand out in the job crowd, how you can negotiate a promotion or how you can reduce the risk of your job in a possible rec...

Creating your Recession proof Salesforce career path   In the third of our four-part Parents Flex Up mini-series, I am talking about why I believe that Salesforce CRM is the living beating heart of any business – and whether that effectively makes it recession proof.   If you want to have a successful career as a Salesforce professional and you have an appetite for learning, then your potential re...

  How to learn salesforce to accelerate your success In the second of our four part Parents Flex Up mini-series, I am talking about what you need to learn to boost your Salesforce career and earnings.   We wll also take a look at the number of different learning paths you can take, from online to in-person courses and the range of various accreditations you can earn depending on the path you want...

How to have a successful mindset In this first episode in our four part Parents Flex Up mini-series, I am talking about how you can create the right mindset for success.   As well as giving you the technical knowledge you need, part of what we at Supermums is business and life coaching, because having the right mindset is so important to leading a successful career and a happy life.   We want you...

During the next four shows on the Mums on Cloud Nine podcast, we're gonna be talking about how to create your Parents Flex Up career plan.   We have a campaign running at the moment to inspire  and educate parents about how to relaunch their career and work towards achieving the average salary for a Salesforce professional.   This four-part series will teach you how to earn more, work less and lov...

In this episode I am talking about this notion of flexible working, which has only really been embraced by HR departments and businesses since the pandemic.   In many cases, companies are now adapting to the growing demand for flexibility in the workplace, but is this really a good thing for you, the employer?   In a recent poll, many people who work from home admit to working more hours than they...

In this episode I am joined by Tweeting Goddess Samantha Kelly to talk about how you can launch and level up your Twitter game as a Salesforce professional.   Samantha is a Twitter Expert, founder of the Women's Inspire Network and director at Wedo. She knows better than anyone how to grow your Twitter presence and leverage your followers to create opportunities.   She shares her top tips for how...

In this episode I am joined by Caroline Strawson, a Positive Psychology Trauma Coach & Therapist specialising in narcissism and domestic abuse and #1 bestselling author.   Caroline shares her insight on how women can step into leadership roles through a trauma-informed lens, and how understanding the triggers – both our own and those around us – will make us a more successful and effective leader....

Mentors can be such a valuable investment for anyone starting out in their career and needing support.   A great mentor can help you progress your career and build self-esteem.   They are someone you can bounce ideas off, validate your thoughts and seek assurance in your decision-making.   They can also help you prep for job interview and, if they do this successfully, they can even give you a gre...

The gender pay gap remains a real problem in the workplace. Though many companies are being more transparent and sharing data in order to consciously tackle this, many women still shy away from asking for the salary they deserve.   It's a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you don't ask for as much, you won't get as much, and we need to change this.   In this episode of Mums on Cloud Nine we're joined b...

It's no surprise that women struggle to move up the corporate ladder, particularly in the tech sectors. The speed of innovation combined with such a lengthy absence from work can create huge barriers for women wanting to progress.   However, there are some success stories of inspiration female leaders who have traversed that tricky line and created a healthy, happy work life integration.   In this...

In this episode of Mums on Cloud Nine, I talk through the different ways you can get funding for your business, from the personal solutions – savings, credit cards, bank loans – to pitching your business to investors.   In this podcast I give you four practical tips you can implement to help you focus on your goals, understand why you need investment, and build a strategy and a pitch that works.  ...

Has a powerful speech ever given you goosebumps, or better still, moved you to tears?   What about a great one-liner that has you chuckling for days?   Words are powerful, and knowing how to construct a great story to convey the right message, in the right way, to the right people, is an art that few leaders care to master. Those who do can command a crowd, influence a room of decision-makers, or...

On this episode of Mums on Cloud Nine I am joined by two special guests to discuss the important topic of leadership skills as a Salesforce admin.   David Giller is the Founder & CEO of Brainiate – a Salesforce training and consultancy firm. He also has a weekly live YouTube show to help people develop their leadership skills as a Salesforce profesisonal.   Jodi Hrbek is a Salesforce expert with o...

You might not consider yourself to be ready for a leadership role, but actually you have to lead and influence people to adopt technology successfully from senior execs to front-line staff.   On this episode I'm joined by Stella Sutcliffe, Head of BD at Supermums to discuss the incredibly important topic of leadership skills as a Salesforce admin.   I often see that Salesforce admins are not heard...

On this episode of the Mums on Cloud Nine podcast, I discuss how you can create a work-life balance that works for you, because being a mum and a businesswoman are not mutually exclusive!   During this podcast I share my own story of how I overcame challenges in the workplace while juggling parenthood to get my own ideal work-life balance. It's not an easy journey, but if you follow the 10 practic...

Welcome to series five of the Mums on Cloud Nine podcast. I'm Heather Black, founder and CEO of Supermums, a company that inspires and empowers mums to launch a flexible well-paid career within the sales sector.   During this podcast series, we share tips and tricks around launching and furthering your career, and also how to manage that work-life balance, so you can create those career opportunit...

In this episode I'm joined by Ayesha Murray - coach and host of The Parent Equation podcast, available to listen on your favourite podcast player now.   Here are the highlights: {1:44} Rediscovering yourself after parenthood {3:49} Put yourself back in the picture {6:21} Spend time on yourself {10:44} Managing the work-life balance {13:22} Put yourself out there {16:34} Taking control to make posi...

This week, we spoke to actor, director, filmmaker and coach Rachel Fowler about how we can present well at meetings. Quite often, we might reflect on why do people come across so well in stage or at meetings - is it about rehearsing, is it about connection?   Here are the highlights from this episode: {2:56} Give yourself permission to speak up {5:22} Listening is a reciprocal relationship {8:42}...

This week, we talked to Debbie Forster, CEO of Tech Talent Charter about how authenticity can help you stand out in the crowd. It's really important to know yourself and to be yourself in your career rather than trying to be someone else.   Here are the highlights from the episode: {3:04} Why women feel pressure to be something they're not in the workplace {8:39} Finding your authentic self at all...

I'm super excited to have Kiki, founder, Kiki, Kirby, coaching, and consultancy on the podcast today.  Kiki specialises in helping business leaders and teams to perform in a more heart-led way.  Today. We're going to be talking about how to stand out in the crowd as an employee or leader by empowering employees to achieve their goals and create a happy team.  This is so important right now, as peo...

I'm super excited to speak to Ben Duncombe, Director of Talent Hub.    We're talking about how to stand out, to recruiters and to successfully land your job. Ben founded a Salesforce recruitment agency in Australia and also runs his own podcast show Talent Hub Talk, which I've had the pleasure of being a guest on.    Here are the highlights from this episode: {2:00} Where to start searching for jo...

In this episode I'm talking to Berta about how to build your confidence and how to overcome that imposter syndrome, especially if you're starting out in tech for the very first time.   Berta supports well-accomplished professionals to redefine their next chapter, by helping them to reconnect the dots between who they really are and what they can offer.    Here are the highlights:   {1:09} Berta's...