Show Notes
Carol Brick is one of the leading business women in Ireland and founder of HerMoney, an all female business dedicated to providing financial planning to professional women throughout Ireland and for which Carol won the 2021 Network Cork Business Woman of the Year award for Established Business. She is also Managing Director of CWM Wealth Management which provides tailor-made financial solutions to self-employed contractor’s all over Ireland and she writes articles regularly in the press giving financial advice. Carol is an entrepreneur in an industry that has, historically, been more male dominated and she went through setbacks to her confidence and jobs she did not enjoy in her early career before finding her specialty in wealth management. It takes hard work and sacrifice to juggle her successful businesses whilst also raising a young son but Carol has always been willing to step out of her comfort zone to fulfil her potential. She wants to emphasize to women how important it is to put ourselves first and get our finances in order, so that we can be financially secure in the future.
We talk about:
- A strong work ethic
- Having a good team around you
- Sexism at work
- Being a risk taker
- Getting control of your finances
- Juggling a career and family life
- The challenges ahead economically
- Why you need to ask for that raise
- Seeking female mentorship
Follow Carol:
Instagram: @hermoneycwm
Twitter: @HerMoneyCWM
Websites: hermoney.ie /cwmwealthmanagement.ie
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