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039: Talent, Value, and the Click: Shefali Salwan on Building a Career That Means Something

Sandy on Talent · 2026-05-28 · 1h 1m

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Some careers follow a straight line. Shefali Salwan's crossed five countries, three industries, and thirty years of hard lessons before it all clicked. Sandy sits down with Salwan, founder of FulcrumQ and a globally respected executive coach and HR innovator, to dig into the science of talent to value and what it actually takes to build a career that connects your skills to outcomes that matter. Salwan draws on her experience at Unilever, ANZ Grindlays, and CEO Works to make the case that when talent and challenge don't match, no salary will fix it. She uses the Sudoku metaphor to explain why a puzzle that's too easy is just as paralyzing as one that's too hard. This one will make you rethink how you measure fit, fulfillment, and what it means to find your click.

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