What is a personal brand and how can you build one? In the first episode of the series, Yomi and Liz look at how having a personal brand can give you confidence and help you to progress in your career. They also hear from one of the most respected women in advertising in the UK, Karen Blackett OBE, about how a career in advertising and marketing has helped her to identify and build her own brand.

Once you’ve built a personal brand, being able to communicate your brand to others is the next step, and that means gaining the confidence and skills to put yourself out there in your career and sell yourself. Yomi and Liz discuss how they feel about pushing their brands, and chat to entrepreneur and business owner, Sharmadean Reid, about how her ability to confidently sell her brand has helped her get to where she is now.

What does being valued at work look like to you? Is it being paid well, getting promotions, having flexibility, good benefits or simply good communication? Yomi and Liz discuss their own experiences of getting valued at work, and invite ex-BBC one controller Lorraine Heggessey in to talk about how she’s made sure to get what she deserves in her own career.

Taking a risk could mean deciding to go for a new job or career, or taking the leap to go freelance or set up your own business. In this episode, Yomi and Liz talk about how they took the risk of writing Slay In Your Lane, and chat to professional footballer Eniola Aluko about how she’s found the confidence to take risks, from choosing to pursue football as a career to moving to Italy to play for Juventus.

Whether it’s being made redundant, being let go from a role, or encountering something in your personal life that impacts your career, unexpected changes can have a big impact and force you to re-assess your aims. Liz and Yomi discuss their own experiences with unexpected changes and hear from Sereena Abbassi about how the circumstances she’s faced have helped her to look inwards and understand herself better.

The final episode of the series is all about building the relationships that will help you get to the next level. Yomi and Liz discuss why networking is so intimidating and speak to Dawn Butler MP about how the relationships she’s built have helped her during her career in politics. They also reflect on some of the advice given throughout the series and think about what messages can be taken away from it.