The WIP Around Sharon Warburton

The WIP Around: Sharon WarburtonThe WIP Around interviews leading women in the WA property sector. This edition we speak with Sharon Warburton, Brookfield Multiplex Executive Director of Strategy and Finance.What time do you start work each day?4.45am when I check emails just after my alarm has gone off. How much time do you spend on social media each week?Not a lot myself, however I am very active as I outsource my LinkedIn and Steel Heels Facebook, Instagram, Google + and Twitter accounts to a social media manager. I personally manage the @SharonWarburton twitter account – the attention it gets depends on my commitments and if I feel inspired enough to share. What’s the funniest piece of advice you’ve been given in your career?I was once told to grow my hair longer so I wouldn’t be mistaken for ‘one of the boys’.What is the best piece of advice you would give to an aspiring young women in the property industry?Sign up and get a Steel Heels Membership (www.steelheels.com.au). The toolkits are about to go live and the advice for every aspect of your work life is guaranteed to skyrocket your career potential. Sum up your job in 3 wordsA few options! Gratifying, challenging, busy Yes I canStrategise, Manage, CommunicateIf you weren’t an ‘Executive Director, Strategy and Finance’ what would you do and why?I would be a Non-Executive Board member for other dynamic companies and Internet Entrepreneur inspiring women to achieve similar positions of influence in male dominated industries. Why? Because I love my job now and any role to aspire to should be an extension and realisation of the next step. I am always moving forward and the mentoring opportunity I have via the Steels Heels platform is something I wish to realise to its full potential. Or the first female F1 racing champion, because I like competition, fast cars, and world travelWhat made you choose your career path?The career path I chose in my twenties was driven by a desire to travel the world and update my 1976 silver Toyota Corolla. The vision is completely different to the career path I look back on today. Those modest goals were accomplished long ago. Since then my career has been an organic journey growing as I have developed both personally and professionally and chosen as a result of experience and regular goal resetting. I have not finished deciding and reinventing my career path. Isn’t that what makes life exciting?