Building Wealth Through Strategic Career Moves and Fractional Leadership with Hazel Evans, CEO of Highland Valley Digital

I am thrilled to welcome the incredible Hazel Evans to the show this week. Hazel is a powerhouse leader known for her exemplary career in retail, building incredible businesses, and pioneering work in fractional executive services. Her journey from Scotland to becoming a successful entrepreneur and business leader is truly inspiring.

Today, we dive deep into Hazel's remarkable story, starting with her upbringing in Scotland where her accountant father instilled crucial financial wisdom from an early age. You'll hear about how open money conversations at the dinner table shaped her financial acumen, her groundbreaking decision to buy her first home at just 22 years old, and her diverse career path that included working as a stockbroker.

Hazel shares invaluable insights about strategic career planning, the importance of negotiating exit packages, and how she successfully transitioned from corporate leadership to launching her own fractional executive firm. Her commitment to diversity, inclusion, and empowering the next generation shines through as she discusses raising financially savvy children and building a legacy-focused business.

This conversation is packed with practical wisdom on wealth building, career advancement, and entrepreneurial risk-taking that will inspire anyone looking to take control of their financial future and make a meaningful impact in their industry.

Key Topics:

1. Growing up in Scotland with open family money conversations and her father's feminist advice about financial independence
2. The groundbreaking decision to buy her first home at 22 as a single woman instead of renting
3. Transitioning into finance and working as a stockbroker to learn about investments firsthand
4. Strategic career planning and the importance of negotiating exit packages in senior leadership roles
5. Recognizing market gaps and launching her fractional executive firm with three years of financial runway
6. Investment strategies including maxing out 401k, high-risk portfolios, and angel investing in women-founded companies
7. Teaching her children financial literacy and encouraging them to become entrepreneurs
8. Building a diverse and inclusive business as her legacy while empowering the next generation

 

Connect with Hazel online:

https://www.highlandvalleydigital.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazelsevans/

 

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