Podcast Episode #84: "Making Sure Your Tech is Simple, Scalable and Secure" - an Interview with Mihaela Mazzenga
Making Sure Your Tech is Simple, Scalable and Secure
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the fabulous Mihaela Mazzenga (Chief Technology Officer, The Sharper Image), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- It’s important to understand a narrative as events happen around you. But also understand that your journey isn’t going to be the same as anyone else.
- A reminder women in tech, to just be yourself and to execute how you can execute best. The outcome is going to be whatever you put your best foot forward to be.
- Tech is progressing to become more and more cloud based, you can use that for competency and build on top of it.
- Get rid of the noise around you. Whether that’s a narrative or on expectations, or what others think about you.
- Really take that personal responsibility, and develop yourself and also start aligning yourself with people that can support you.
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Podcast Episode #83: "Being a Visionary During Disruptive Times" - an Interview with Natalie Singh
Being a Visionary During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the phenomenal Natalie Singh (Enterprise Channel Director, Microsoft ), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared
- Create the space for you to deal with your emotions. Responding to life, instead of reacting to life.
- Research says we can only think very productively for 52 minutes. So take a break, recharge and begin again.
- Give yourself permission to have some quiet time where with a book or walking by yourself. Be aware of what you need.
- Be mindful of self-talk. Reference what you can do versus the limitations that sometimes go into the self-talk.
- Rather than an affirmations, ask a question like, Am I disciplined? Do I belong here? You’d probably defend yourself, that you’re deserving.
- Your voice matters, you matter, how you treat people matters.
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Is It Your Time?
Is It Your Time?
I have no doubt you are an amazing heart-centered leader who has already had an impact.
But maybe right now when you’re trying to access that next level of impact... you’re not feeling heard, or recognized or valued as much as you’d like.
And maybe you feel like you’re burning out a little bit in the process.
You are needed now more than ever, so we don’t want that!
That’s why I’ve created a (FREE) 30-minute video for you (or your team) on “How to Manage Overwhelm.”
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It is very condensed and packed with tools to understand causes, consequences and cures to manage this very real problem that many are experiencing on the heals of a remarkably challenging year. As Q1-’21 comes to an end, I wanted to make sure you and/or your teams can have this resource, so you can accelerate into the remainder of the year rather than be in constant react mode mid-year.
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Podcast Episode #82: "Transforming Business During Disruptive Times" - an Interview with Amy Bunszel
Transforming Business During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the amazing Amy Bunszel (Executive Vice President of Architecture, Engineering & Design Solutions, Autodesk), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared
- Inclusive and diverse cultures are more likely to be agile and innovative. These cultures have less turnover, thanks to increased morale, opportunity and equity.
- Incorporating one time company holidays when the stress is really building up. The entire company being off allows people to recharge fully.
- Reach out to your employees to let them know that as leaders, we are paying attention to what is happening internally and externally.
- As a leader, ask yourself how are you enabling others? What really motivates you? Try to stay true to that as you navigate through your career, because there'll be twists and turns along the way. -
- It’s imperative that we ensure the right amount of flexibility so that people who want to spend more time in...
Want More Recognition?
Want More Recognition?
Has anyone ever given you a compliment that you’ve downplayed or shrugged off as being insignificant or ‘not a big deal’? Maybe you’ve achieved a new level of success or had a big win and then just moved on to the next thing without taking in the magnitude of what YOU did.
Permission for a healthy dose of tough love…
If you want more recognition from others, it’s important to start recognizing yourself more. This serves two purposes. First, progress boosts confidence, momentum and motivation. In order to capitalize on this, it’s important to pause and party! Be sure to celebrate the process and not just the ‘W’s’. For example, you made 3 phone calls to key stakeholders or if you practiced relentlessly for an upcoming presentation. Of course, if you got that raise, promotion or kudos, schedule in a way to celebrate that as well! Don’t forget to plan that ‘pause and party’!
Second,...
Happy International Women's Day 2021
Happy International Women's Day 2021
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Podcast Episode #81: "Paving the Way for Next Gen Female Leaders" - an Interview with Laura Guio
Paving the Way for Next Gen Female Leaders
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the fabulous Laura Guio (General Manager, Global Cisco and Apple Alliance and California Senior State Exec, IBM), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- You need to have this little voice inside of you asking: What do you stand for? What do you want to do? How do you want to operate? Then you're able to distinguish and make decisions based on that.
- Women and the underrepresented minorities when you are trying to go after something, ask, you could be told no, but try again. Sometimes it takes multiple tries.
- Take the combination of selling what you do know and being enthusiastic and energetic about what you want to learn.
- You need to have some small aspect of what you know about a job. And then there will be some aspect of the job you don't know. You just need to want to know more and highlight that people.
- It’s important to be self aware. Highlight what you like and what you're...
Podcast Episode #80: "Unlocking the Potential of Your People" - an Interview with Cindy Healy
Unlocking the Potential of Your People
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the remarkable Cindy Healy (Director Employee Onboarding - World Wide Learning, Microsoft), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- Raise your level of awareness and seek out people that have talent or that have passion for things that they might not even recognize in themselves.
- Lead by bringing out the authenticity in people. Talk about what is best for them as a person as an individual. And what is their vision for their careers? And then how do you map opportunities to that?
- As a leader connect your team with the right people that can help them further in their journey.
- Help people navigate from “what if” to “imagine if”, sends them in a more positive trajectory. Where you can plant seeds of ideas.
- Powerful mindset tool of envisioning success. Whatever that be you want, setting your mind up to the positive mindset of achieving success.
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Podcast Episode #79: "Optimizing Revenue During Disruptive Times" - an Interview with Allison Metcalfe
Optimizing Revenue During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the amazing Allison Metcalfe (Chief Revenue Officer, Demandbase), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- A part of the growth mindset is positioning yourself correctly before you are about to take on something challenging.
- People don't want to stay in companies that tolerate high performing bad actors. It's a tremendous business risk.
- We need to evaluate if the person is coachable. If they're coachable, then it's probably worth the investment. If they are not coachable, then you have to have an exit conversation.
- If leaders don't have faith in their team, then team members will find it hard to believe. So it’s critical, that you are aware of how your leaders position things to their teams, and how people are feeling because it's a business risk, you will lose revenue
- The concept of balance is really important, but also diversity of how you're spending your time. stop being glued...
Podcast Episode #78: "Keeping Products and People on Track in Disruptive Times - an Interview with Karen Pilla
Keeping Products and People on Track During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the phenomenal Karen Pilla (Senior Director, Development Operations, Oracle), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- The key word is flexible. You have to be flexible during these times. It's okay to hit that wall. And take some time for yourself
- It's okay not to always feel productive especially when going through times of change.
- As a leader it's important to give them the freedom to act and if they don't have the best day today, they'll do better tomorrow.
- The most important piece of being able to keep people productive is making sure that they understand that it's possible to be flexible.
- It’s important to throw in some fun activities in weekly meetings and calls to keep morale high and to destress.
- For products, It's essential to be realistic and flexible, about what our deadlines are, when we can deliver things.
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