The Career Change Maker Podcast
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The Career Change Maker Podcast
#283: Intentional Career Management with Olya Yakzhina
🎙️ Episode Overview
HR is evolving — and with it, the roles of managers, employees, and People leaders.
In this episode, I sit down with Olya Yakzhina, People Director at Switchee, who shares her unique journey from psychology to leadership in HR.
Olya dives deep into how internal mobility, feedback, and community-building are shaping the future of work. We explore how personal growth, even through discomfort, can lead to transformation — and why supporting managers is a non-negotiable for a thriving workplace culture.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ Resilience in the HR Journey: How Olya’s career path and love for startups shaped her people-first leadership style.
✅ Internal Mobility & Value Exchange: Why empowering employees to grow from within starts with trust, clarity, and mutual value.
✅ Supporting Managers to Strengthen Culture: How mentorship, feedback, and community-building help create more engaged, empowered teams.
Action Steps:
💡 Reflect on how internal mobility and feedback show up in your current role or team.
💡 Explore ways to support managers in your organisation — mentorship, training, or community can go a long way.
💡 Consider how value exchange applies to your career growth and workplace relationships.
Resources:
- Work with Janine
- Career Change Maker Website
- Join the Career Navigator weekly email series
- Follow Janine Esbrand on Instagram
- Connect with Janine Esbrand on LinkedIn
- Subscribe to Janine Esbrand's YouTube Channel
- Olya Yakzhina’s LinkedIn
- Learn more about the Supercharge Your Career Course (Olya’s LinkedIn Post)
- Supercharge Your Career (free course)
- The Modern Employer Podcast
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