TTPP118: How She Reinvented Herself, Her Tax Career and Created Amazing Team Culture with Sehjal Gupta [Tax Career Success Secrets Series]
Update: 2025-04-13
Description
Sehjal’s divorce supercharged her tax career, going from tax consultant to director in three years. Hear her story, how she did it, how she’s created a team with a culture where people don’t leave, and her advice if you want to be successful in your own tax career.
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You’ll Learn
- Overview of Sehjal’s career
- (9:00 ) Sehjal’s quick progression after her divorce, including the shift in mindset
- (20:30 ) Confidence as a woman working in tax
- (23:30 ) How Sehjal went from tax consultant to tax directly in three years – what’s her secret?
- (26:30 ) Sehjal’s strengths which she’s taken advantage of in her career
- (29:30 ) How Sehjal created a team culture where people don’t leave
- (39:15 ) Difficulties in Sehjal’s career (overlooked for promotions, bullying, depression, etc)
- (45:00 ) Promotions and “fitting in the box” for it
- (48:15 ) Career advice Sehjal would give to her younger self, knowing what she knows now
- (50:30 ) Sehjal’s number 1 tip if you want success in your tax career
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