Powering Your Career
Powering Your Career
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Powering Your Career Podcast 🎙️ Bringing You Insights from Australia’s Energy Leaders Welcome to the Powering Your Career Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the energy transition and the professionals shaping its future. Hosted by David Smith, founding partner and director of West Energy and West Recruitment, this podcast delivers authentic conversations with senior leaders from Australia’s energy sector. Whether you’re an experienced energy professional or considering a career transition into the industry, this podcast will equip you with: ✅ Career development insights from top energy executives ✅ Leadership lessons in a rapidly evolving sector ✅ Perspectives on the energy transition and its challenges ✅ Mental health and wellness strategies for thriving in a high-pressure industry Why Listen to Powering Your Career? The energy transition is one of the biggest shifts in Australia’s economy, and it’s being led by people who are navigating new technologies, policies, and challenges. Our goal is to bring you real stories and actionable advice from energy leaders who have built successful careers and are shaping the future of the sector. Meet Your Host: David Smith David Smith has over 20 years of experience in executive recruitment and leads a team specializing in placing professionals across the entire energy supply chain. His passion for connecting great talent with transformative opportunities makes him the perfect host to guide you through these conversations.
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The podcast focuses on the energy transition and professional development within the industry, covering topics such as leadership lessons, career transitions, mental health strategies, and the future of renewable energy, with episodes featuring professionals like Andy Evans discussing offshore wind and Daphne Yao on innovation in energy retail.
Powering Your Career Podcast 🎙️
Bringing You Insights from Australia’s Energy Leaders
Welcome to the Powering Your Career Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the energy transition and the professionals shaping its future. Hosted by David Smith, founding partner and director of Enertia Talent and West Recruitment, this podcast delivers authentic conversations with senior leaders from Australia’s energy sector.
Whether you’re an experienced energy professional or considering a career transition into the industry, this podcast will equip you with:
✅ Career development insights from top energy executives
✅ Leadership lessons in a rapidly evolving sector
✅ Perspectives on the energy transition and its challenges
✅ Mental health and wellness strategies for thriving in a high-pressure industry
Why Listen to Powering Your Career?
The energy transition is one of the biggest shifts in Australia’s economy, and it’s being led by people who are navigating new technologies, policies, and challenges. Our goal is to bring you real stories and actionable advice from energy leaders who have built successful careers and are shaping the future of the sector.
Meet Your Host: David Smith
David Smith has over 20 years of experience in executive recruitment and leads a team specializing in placing professionals across the entire energy supply chain. His passion for connecting great talent with transformative opportunities makes him the perfect host to guide you through these conversations.
In Episode 020 of Powering Your Career, David Smith sits down with Sally Torgoman, CEO of Ascera Energy, to unpack a career shaped by curiosity, courage and continuous learning.
From starting in electrical engineering to adding law, moving across corporate development and stepping into CEO leadership, Sally’s journey is a powerful example of backing yourself and evolving with the industry.
In this episode, we cover:
⚡ Why following what you enjoy is often the best career strategy
⚡ The value of curiosity and learning quickly across different roles
⚡ Why engineering and law together create a powerful leadership skillset
⚡ The importance of mentors and backing yourself, even when others disagree
⚡ Navigating imposter syndrome and stepping into executive leadership
⚡ How to build high-performing teams through collaboration, not hierarchy
⚡ The biggest challenges in the energy transition and where we need to improve productivity
⚡ Why communication is not just about speaking, but listening and understanding
⚡ Balancing career, leadership, family and personal wellbeing
Sally also shares her perspective on culture, leadership, and the responsibility leaders have to create environments where people can thrive.
This is a must-listen for anyone building a career in energy, leadership or navigating their next move.
🎧 Listen now and subscribe for more conversations with leaders shaping Australia’s energy transition.
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