408: Scaling people, purpose and potential with Michelle Cheng
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Season 4, Episode 8: Scaling people, purpose and potential with Michelle Cheng
This week, I’m joined by the brilliant Michelle Cheng—Director of Talent at Notion Capital, former strategy consultant at Accenture, and someone who has spent her career at the intersection of purpose, growth, and people.
Michelle grew up helping her parents run a market stall in Calgary. Today, she helps early-stage founders scale their companies with intention—building teams, culture, and leadership structures that are as human as they are high-performing.
In this conversation, we explore what it means to lead with both empathy and excellence. Michelle shares the lessons she’s learned from consulting to venture capital, the personal growth behind the professional strategy, and how we can all think differently about success, power, and what it means to truly thrive.
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Timestamps:
01:49 | What does it mean to you to be ‘in Bloom’ in work and life?
04:39 | How do you define success without sacrificing well-being?
07:17 | What challenges did you face as a woman in the male-dominated world of work, and how did you navigate them?
14:45 | How did you create and maintain confidence and authenticity in environments where those traits might be tested?
19:27 | We can’t possibly Bloom all of the time, how do you bounce back from setbacks or failures stronger than before?
23:38 | Which season of your career shaped you the most, and how did it impact you?
25:16 | What advice would you give to women on building confidence and asking for what they deserve?
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