Episode 35

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Published on:

5th Oct 2023

Breaking The Brown Glass Ceiling With Tehseen Ali

This week, I have the pleasure of being joined by Tehseen Ali, a second-generation immigrant whose parents are from Pakistan. After studying economics, he began his career by running a branch of enterprise before spending a couple of years at PwC.

Currently, Tehseen holds the position of an equity partner at Ernst & Young, one of the world's largest professional consultancy services.

Throughout his journey, Tehseen has overcome numerous hurdles, and he strongly believes that individuals can achieve anything regardless of their background.

In this episode, our main focus will be on the journey of climbing the professional ladder as a person of colour.

Highlights:

(09:36) That imposter feeling

(12:01) Lightbulb moment

(21:10) Coping mechanisms

(28:55) Decide what you’re going to do

(34:23) It was my responsibility to get there

(37:23) Changing both halves of the equation

(38:40) Educating people who are in a position to influence

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Obehi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obehi-alofoje-psychologist-aurora/

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion

Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.

We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.

This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.

The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.

This is where the conversation needs to shift.

On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.

Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.

If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.

About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.