Judy-Ann Roberts
What does it mean to take control of your career and stop waiting for someone else to recognise your potential? For global communications leader and author Judy-Ann Roberts, the answer lies in owning your agency: making intentional decisions, trusting yourself and taking responsibility for the direction of your professional life.
In a recent episode of the PublishU podcast, host Matt Bird sat down with Judy-Ann, who joined the conversation from Dubai, UAE, to discuss her journey to becoming a published author and the inspiration behind her book, Own Your Agency.
With more than 25 years of professional experience, Judy-Ann has spent much of her career exploring how people can break the mould in the workplace, pursue meaningful career advancement and align their professional ambitions with their personal goals.
Her story is a reminder that career success isn't simply about working hard and waiting for recognition. Sometimes, it requires a bold decision to take the lead in your own life.
For Judy-Ann, owning your agency means recognising that you have the ability to make choices that align with your goals, values and vision for your future.
Throughout her career, she found herself waiting to be recognised, seen and promoted. Like many professionals, she believed that doing the right things and delivering good work would eventually lead to the results she wanted.
However, when those results didn't materialise as expected, she reached a turning point. It was time to stop waiting for others to determine her future and start taking greater ownership of her decisions.
As she reflected during the podcast, time was passing, and she couldn't continue waiting to receive opportunities from others when she already had the tools to start building the life she wanted.
This realisation became the foundation of Own Your Agency, a book designed to help readers take a more intentional approach to their careers.
Taking ownership of your career sounds straightforward, but putting it into practice can be challenging.
Judy-Ann believes people often hesitate to take agency because they feel they need permission to make decisions, want to please others or worry too much about other people's opinions. Fear and losing touch with their own priorities can also play a role.
Her own turning point came when she made an intentional investment in the UAE to help secure her future. It was a significant decision,
This article is based on an interview with Matt Bird, founder of PublishU, helping first-time and serial non-fiction authors to write, publish and market books worldwide.
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