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The podcast that helps women in tech accelerate their influence, step into their dream leadership career and break through the glass ceiling.

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042: 5 Tips to Ensuring You Get Noticed Next Time You Want To Be Noticed

Frustrated at being passed over for another promotion? Applying for jobs and not getting the right traction?

Let’s talk about what you could have been doing all along to get noticed at work and what you can do NOW to make sure you are noticed when the next opportunity comes!

In today’s episode, I share the 5 MOST IMPORTANT things you need to be doing right now (and really, all the time!) to get noticed in the workplace so you can get the new job title, pay raise, or promotion that you deserve!

Ready to start getting noticed for the standout leader that you are?

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041: The Mindset of Stepping up to the Executive Team with Jossie Haines

Want to take that next step in your career and step into an executive role? Maybe you feel burnt out or stuck where you are and need a shift to get you moving in the right direction?

Let’s talk about what it takes to step into your dream role!

In today’s episode, I talk with award winning leader and champion for women in tech, Jossie Haines. We discuss how she shows up in the industry – her role as V.P of Software Engineering at Tile and her mission to keep women and underrepresented minorities in tech – and the mindset shifts that you need to step up to the executive team (or any leadership role that you want!)

Ready to shift your mindset and get a seat at the table?

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040: My Journey To The C-Suite

Wondering what your path to the c-suite could look like? Need some guidance on upleveling your career, leadership, and executive presence?

Let’s talk about my journey to the c-suite – what drove me and how I got there (and what you can do to get there too)!

In today’s episode, I give you a behind the scenes peek at what it took to land my first executive role (wrote the description for the job myself!) and the major lessons I learned along the way so you can use these same tools to ditch the self-doubt and become the standout leader you were born to be!

Ready to become a better leader and elevate your career?

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039: Leveraging Your Personal Brand to Elevate Your Career and Business with Ewa Pietreniuk

Do you have a clear and unique online presence? Is it possible that you’re leaving opportunities on the table by not leveraging your personal brand?

Let’s talk about how you can start using your personal brand TODAY, to elevate your career and business!

In today’s episode, I talk to personal brand communication specialist, Ewa Pietreniuk, about all things personal branding – how to build your brand authentically and professionally, what could be holding you back from creating a strong online presence, and the specific skills and behaviours you can use to uplevel your branding and career!

Ready to embrace your authentic self, show her to the world, and accelerate your career and opportunities?

Let’s go to the show!

We dive into:
What a personal brand really is and what it can do for your career and business!
The evolution of personal branding and why it is a NECESSITY if you don’t want to fall behind in your career
What you need to know about communicating your brand online (and why this is SO important!)
The BIGGEST fear Ewa sees come up with clients around personal branding (and how to overcome it!)
One of the BIGGEST things that could be holding you back from career success
How to create a personal brand that is BOTH authentic and professional (and a simple place to start!)
A special discount Ewa is offering my listeners to help you leverage your personal brand and control your online presence!
And more!

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038: How to Land and Excel in an Informational Interview to Accelerate Your Career and Job Hunt

Are you getting ready to apply for a new job? Or maybe you’re looking for a way to uplevel in your current role, but aren’t quite sure where to start?

Let’s talk about how to boost your career success by landing (and excelling in!) informational interviews.

In today’s episode, I talk ALL things informational interviews – what they are, why they are SO important for your career success, and my 6 TOP TIPS for how to prepare for them.

Ready to accelerate your career or job hunt and set yourself up for success?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
Why informational interviews are one of the FASTEST ways to boost your career success
My 6 TOP TIPS to help you prepare for an informational interview so it can feel easy and get you that job or advancement in your career that you’re looking for!
How you can better position your covering letter based on what you gain from an informational interview (this WILL help you land that next job!)
A FREE resource to help you organize and run an informational interview so you feel prepared and ready!
The TRUE purpose of an informational interview (that most people don’t talk about!)
What you should ALWAYS start with in an informational interview to set yourself up for success
And so much more!

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037: How to Get More Life in That Work/Life Balance Mix And How Your Leadership Ambitions Are Being Held Up While You Figure This Out!

Do you often tell yourself you will find that elusive work/life balance once you’ve got your to-do list under control? Or maybe you will finally feel less stressed and overwhelmed once you’ve landed that next dream job?

If this sounds familiar – let’s talk about what you can do to get out of burnout and into a place of healthy, balanced (and more productive!) leadership.

In today’s episode, I share my 5 TOP TIPS if you’re feeling overworked or exhausted in your career and how these can help you cultivate a healthy work/life balance that will lead to more productivity, innovation, and overall success for you and your team.

Ready to move away from burnout and see your productivity skyrocket?

I dive into:
My 5 TOP TIPS to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance
How I’ve actually helped my clients get promoted by eliminating burnout and finding work/life balance
The ONE thing that might be keeping you in burnout (and how to fix this!)
Internal validation vs. external validation (and how important this is for my perfectionists and people-pleasers out there!)
The correlation between healthy work/life balance and career success
My favorite mindset tip if you feel like you’re not getting noticed for all your hard work
And so much more!

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036: Are You a Workplace Superstar or on the Burnout Track?

Where do you think you stand in your organization? Are you being recognized as a superstar or are you on the burnout track?

Let’s talk about what it takes to be noticed as a top-tier employee at work!

In today’s episode, I share what you need to know to determine where you are in your career (superstar, sufficient but essential, or an underperformer!) and the MOST IMPORTANT things you can do to become the stand-out superstar at work.

Ready to move away from burnout, stop treading water, or maybe just showcase those talents a little more?

Let’s go to the show!

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035: How Personality Types Impact Your Leadership

Are the members of your team thriving? Are you utilizing your team’s strengths, while paying attention to your own areas of strength and weakness?

Let’s talk about how self-awareness and personality types can impact your leadership!

In today’s episode, I take you through how understanding personalities and developing self-awareness can help your team thrive in even the most stressful of situations.

Ready to improve your leadership by getting to know the personalities and characteristics of your team?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
How developing self-awareness can truly up-level your leadership
Why understanding the characteristics and personalities of your team is one of the BEST WAYS to improve your leadership
How you might be holding yourself back if you only hire team members that have similar characteristics as you
What personality types DO NOT predict (and how to use this knowledge appropriately)
How acknowledging personality types in the workplace can help with toxicity and friction
And so much more!

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034: Embracing Asynchronous Communication to Build Thriving Remote-Friendly Teams

Does it feel like you are drowning in excessive meetings? Ready to get back to work and spend more time doing the things that light you up and move things forward?

Let’s talk about how to overcome the common issues with working remotely by focusing on and enhancing the communication skills within your team.

In today’s episode, I take you through my TOP SIX STRATEGIES to implement effective asynchronous communication into your team so you can dramatically improve productivity and output (while working remotely)!

Ready to embrace asynchronous communication and start operating at a higher level?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
What asynchronous communication is and the BIGGEST thing you need to deal with to effectively move into it
My TOP SIX STRATEGIES to implement effective asynchronous communication into your team
How to decrease the number of meetings you attend and why this can IMPROVE communication!
The MOST IMPORTANT reasons communication could be holding your team back from higher productivity and output (and what to do about it!)
Identifying where you can use synchronous communication effectively (without unnecessary meetings!)
The BIGGEST objection you will come up against when trying to reduce meetings (and how to bust through it!)
Practical tools and systems to help your team with asynchronous communication
The common ways Slack and other comparable systems are misused
And more!

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033: What it Means to Build a Remote-Friendly Team (and the common mistakes to avoid)

How has the move to working remotely affected you and your team? Are you dealing with problems like less productivity or too many meetings?

It’s time to have a real, hard look at what the next step might be and if you and your team could thrive better under a different remote environment.

In today’s episode, I go over what it really means to build a remote-friendly team and how to cultivate a healthy culture of productivity and success while empowering your team as they work from home.

Ready to uplevel your leadership and start thriving in a remote-friendly environment?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
The MOST IMPORTANT differences between a remote-allowed and a remote-friendly work environment
How to know if you have built or are working in a remote-friendly environment (and how to turn it around if you aren’t!)
Why the amount of formal meetings has increased during Covid (and why this isn’t always the best approach)
How to create tools and processes that actually promote a remote-friendly culture
A mindset shift you need to make as a leader if you have ANY team members working remotely
And more!

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