Leadership is Female

At the age of 20, Emma found a passion for sales and customer success. With more than 25 years in the technology sector, working for household names such as Sun Microsystems, BMC Software, SAP Concur & Ping Identity, Emma has extensive technology go-to-market experience in multiple geographies.

In 2019, Emma founded inspir’em, a sales consultancy, training, and coaching business, helping sales teams and leaders unlock their full potential. One of the only female-led sales and training consultancies, the team has partnered with organisations such as SalesForce, ServiceNow, Redgate Software, and Phoenix51 to provide bespoke project services, such as go-to-market strategies, coaching and mentoring, fractional CRO, sales audits, MEDDIC/MEDDPICC training, and recruiting strategies.

Attributing her career success to her expertly cultivated network, within her 2022 book The Personal Board of You Inc Emma draws from personal experiences to provide real-life, practical guidance to help individuals accelerate their growth by investing in their own network, what she dubs her “Personal Board”. 

Teresa is an award-winning leadership expert, a keynote speaker, writer, and the former  CHRO at Allianz Partners (Allianz Partners is a world leader in B2B2C insurance and assistance, offering global solutions that span international health and life, travel insurance, automotive and assistance). 

She is on a mission to help executive professionals eradicate burnout and transform their leadership.

Flip it and reverse it, I am sharing my interview on the WINS podcast.

Listen in and level up!

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Amanda is a producer, film-maker, branding expert and sought-after public speaker, sharing her “Do Well By Doing Good” philosophy on stages around the country.

Shannon is a sports reporter on Nevada SportsNet. She landed her foot in the door as an intern in 2016 and worked her way on-camera. She discusses:

How to get over your fear of messing up and gain confidence

How to stay in pursuit of your goal despite the obstacles

How to pivot and run!

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As the CEO of Aimably, Claire Milligan helps business leaders capture opportunity from their relationships with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With extensive experience scaling B2B technology companies, they built Aimably to help other scaling leaders leverage cloud cost insights to accelerate the growth of their businesses.

Claire discusses:

• The Journey to Reclaiming Your Professional Joy - What happens when your dream job isn’t as perfect as you imagined it would be?

• How To Build a Decision-Making Framework That Empowers & Excels

• The Neurodiverse Leader: Leveraging Unconventional Traits for Exceptional Results - As someone with ADHD, Claire’s not afraid to tell you she often bounces from one thing to the next. 

• Leading Through The Storm: Cultivating Empathy & Transparency in Times of Turbulence

Listen in and level up! Let's go!

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As Founder and CEO of Indigo River, Dena is the first "waterfront architect," trailblazing a new category in the industry. Indigo River is a women-owned transdisciplinary design firm focused on progressive waterfront architecture, resiliency, and climate adaptation.

A leading authority in New York Harbor and beyond.

👏In this episode, we talk...

✨ Hurdles in her career

✨ Being the CEO of a women-owned transdisciplinary design firm

✨ How self-confidence played in her success

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Meet Erika and Monica, sisters who started Season2Consign, an online consignment boutique. These sisters embody the spirit of adaptability and determination needed to thrive in business, and present an incredible story of female entrepreneurship.

The sisters possess over 15 years of experience in the luxury handbag resale sector. Seeing an unmet need in the secondhand luxury market, the brand was founded amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, where they noticed the struggles of small retailers unable to adapt to the changing landscape.

They started Season 2 Consign with an aspiration to change the face of luxury retail by making it more exclusive, while empowering and involving other women.

After beginning to franchise in 2022, the brand now stands as the world’s first and only franchise opportunity of its kind, led by an all-female team. They’ve seen incredible demand for their services, opening 4 locations in their first year of franchising, and have no plans to slow down.

As Chief Executive Officer, Liz Crawford is responsible for implementing the strategic vision and day-to-day operations of Sendero companies, comprised of Sendero Wealth Management, San Antonio's largest independent registered investment advisory firm, and Sendero Family Enterprise. 

Today we talk:

Women and money

Strategic Vision

Raising kids who are grateful and what to do with inheritance 

How to get involved in your finances

Don’t miss this!

Executive Coach and Author, Antonia Bowring, brings an excellent coaching episode today. Her new book, “Coach Yourself” brings an excellent framework to experience the benefits of coaching by employing yourself!

We discuss:

• Four steps to identify and activate your core values

• The COIN (Common Purpose, Observations, Inquiry, Next Steps) framework: How to have a critical conversation when stakes are high, emotions are strong, and opinions differ

• Your leadership journey needs support – The journey to understanding you can’t get there on your own

• Four steps to deliver compassionate, candid feedback and create a relationship of trust between colleagues

• The fortunes of failure

• What is the habit loop and how does it work in building new, powerful, and lasting habits 

• Five tips to up your observation game and why these are the gateway to constructive feedback

Welcome, Amie Sheridan, an accomplished publicist who amplifies the voices of CEOs, deploys brand alignment intensives and full brand resets, her clients hire her to help their businesses do better.

She can help you find your voice.

Amie says, “You know your own voice. You use it daily to run meetings, conduct business transactions, and perhaps even to speak on stage.But can you transfer your voice into an article or social media post that represents your unique leadership style?"

Listen in and level up with Amie Sheridan. Stay tuned for her framework to create your next post!

Christina Flach is represented by Ford Artists NYC, LA, and Miami. Christina is a world renowned celebrity makeup artist with experience working with celebrity clientele, magazines, and big name brands. She has been featured in Vogue, People, Time, and Elle, as well as campaigns for Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, and Bloomingdales.

She is the creator and CEO of her own makeup brand, Pretty Girl Makeup. Christina also writes articles detailing the must know tips, tricks, and hacks of the makeup, wellness, and nutrition industries. As well as creating a successful career as a makeup artist, she is also a philanthropist who has used her platform to raise funds for various philanthropic causes such as children's education and sepsis awareness.

We discuss:

- Celebrity clientele, securing and keeping them!

- Philanthropy

- Being CEO and chasing your dreams

- Advice to overcome obstacles

Victoria Kennedy, the CEO of Victorious PR, TEDx speaker and a distinguished Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Victoria’s background in classical music opened her path in branding and public relations, and in 2020 she scaled her company from 0 to $1 million in the first year. Three years later, she’s been covering crypto and branding events all over the world and she has spoken at events for ambassadors, lords, and dignitaries in such prestigious locations as the House of Commons and Guildhall in London and the Vatican.

We discuss:

Mindset, routines and everyday tricks

Business Leadership in the rise of AI

Is Global Impact really the goal?

Christina Woerner McInnis is a fifth-generation farme; her family has been farming Alabama soils for over 100 years. In 2019, Christina founded of AgriTech Corp and created the product “SoilKit” which is a soil health technology platform.

As an Alabama Rural-Owned Small Business of Year winner, Christina offers a unique perspective on being a female leader in a traditionally male business - farming.

She offers "no hold back" advice on stepping up to the challenge.

It's rare you get this candor, humility, and toughness all in one woman, Christina has it all.

Listen in and level-up. Let's go!

Since 2022, Brooke has been the starting kicker for the professional tackle football team, the New York Wolves of the Women's Football Alliance, and in 2023 was named an All-American special teams player and helped my team win the D2 National Championship.

Brooke is ultimate representation of unapologetic authenticity, whether she is conquering the fashion world while walking as a model in New York and Paris Fashion Week, or while lacing up her cleats to break glass ceilings. She devotes much of her time, using her unique experiences and accomplishments, to advocate for many women’s issues, including those related to athletic participation and other social causes.

Erika helps people and organizations achieve their hoped-for future.

Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. Over the past 30 years, Erika has developed a reputation for creating approaches to learning and business-building that are tailored to her clients’ challenges, goals, and culture. She and her colleagues at Proteus focus uniquely on helping leaders at all levels get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring.

Much of her recent work has focused on organizational visioning and strategy, executive coaching, and management and leadership development. In these capacities, she serves as a consultant and advisor to the CEOs and top executives of several corporations, including Spotify, Amazon, Revolt TV and Media, Charter/Spectrum, and the Yale School of Public Health. She also shares her insights about managing people and creating successful businesses by speaking to corporations, non-profit groups and national associations.

Julie Smolyansky became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm at the age of 27 when she took over leadership of Lifeway Foods in 2002. The company was founded by her refugee father over 30 years ago with the mission of bringing Kefir, an Eastern European product, into the U.S. mainstream. Under her leadership, the company has boosted revenues to over $140 million today from $12 million when she took over.

Ellen Taaffe, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Board Director, and Author of "The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women In Place"

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Rebecca Otto, Vice President of Talent Marketing and Media at Wasserman discusses making it in the industry, her tips on what to do when you get a no, how to climb the ladder, how to connect with your clients, how to pitch, how to create an amazing circle around you and so much more!

Rebecca is IT. She's full of advice, down to Earth, and ready to share to help you to level up.

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What does it mean to "Own Your Own Stuff?" Olympic hopeful and pro beach volleyball player Betsi Flint talks big dreams, working with a partner on the court, coaching, marriage, and her two year old daughter in this week's episode.

Her life is busy but her goals are focused. She drops clues on how to effectively communicate, go after a big goal, and maintain harmony in the home.

Let's go! Leadership is Female.

It's August! Your year is hopefully cruising and you are hitting all of your company's marketing metrics, sales goals, and achieving more than ever before. If you are, or if you are not, this episode is for YOU.

The Top 10 Marketing Tips for 2023 will help you finish the year strong and aid in your planning for 2024 - because that is just around the corner.

Learn how to repurpose content, test, try new avenues, employ influencers and more tips to elevate your marketing strategy and results.

Let's Go!

Don't forget, my book, Let's Go, A Guide to Increasing Your Confidence is available for preorder until August 25! Get it here:

Today we talk SALES! Host Emily Jaenson digs into sales and the strategies you need to employ to move your business.

1. Find your why

2. Outreach Pyramid

3. Clouds and Dirt by Gary Vanerchuk

4. Follow-up

Buy Emily's new book during the Presale and you'll be in the Acknowledgements + join the book journey!

Dr. Jen Wagner, MD, MS, has expertise in medicine, athletics, and business leadership. With a career spanning over 20 years in Medicine and Human Performance, and having honed her skills during her tenure at Stanford University, Dr. Wagner has emerged as a renowned expert in healthspan/lifespan. Her contributions are not limited to academia, as she has also made a significant impact as a partner at Liminal Collective. In addition, Dr. Wagner's ability to coordinate high acuity healthcare teams has been highly sought after by prestigious organizations, including the US Olympic Committee, NBA, elite military units, healthcare teams, E-sports, and creative performers. Her versatile skills and extensive experience have solidified her reputation as a true leader in her fields.

As a business growth mentor and success strategist, Amira Alvarez is passionate about helping female entrepreneurs create abundant businesses that support their ideal lifestyles. With over 20 years of experience as a high-performance coach, she’s helped thousands of clients transform their mindsets, overcome limiting beliefs, and achieve their goals.

Through her business, The Unstoppable Woman, coaching and training programs, she empowers female entrepreneurs to break through their income ceilings and create sustainable success while owning their raw feminine power.

Amira is also a sales expert and wealth building mentor. Today on the podcast Amira serves up some mindset techniques, gut checks, and practical advice to show you how to make more money. Let’s go!

Top 4 Takeaways:

1. Put yourself in the rooms with people who make more money than you.

2. You are not thinking big enough. You are not asking big enough.

3. Money follows authority.

4. In the law of compensation it must be difficult, if not impossible to replace you. Ask yourself, where do I need to step up my value with action?

As the proud CEO of a woman-owned company, Lacy Maxwell, Founder and CEO of Lacy Maxwell Experiential, Lacy works with a diverse family of artists, managers, producers, techs, creators and others to develop award-winning events and hospitality that focus on inspirational content executed with unmatched production while keeping an eye on sustainability and inclusion. 

Paul McCartney, Usher, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Eminem, JJ Watt, The Black Keys and Barack Obama, are recognizable as VIP’s in the world of sports and entertainment, and among the many high profile personalities that Lacy Maxwell has created experiences with and for over her award-winning 25 year career.

Lacy brings it today, we talk about creativity, micromanaging, global business, how to stay resilient, the keys to client retention…the list goes on. If you want to learn and level up, tune in for the whole episode and be inspired to bring your best self to work this week. Let’s go!

At the age of 17, Alexa decided to follow her dream and test the waters as a sports broadcaster. Every Friday night she traveled to the high school football game with the highest profile athletes and began practicing her interview skills. She wrote her own questions, edited her own work, and used her mom as her cameraman.

Alexa worked diligently at her career through college and in July 2019, Alexa made the move across the country to Washington DC to become co-host of “DC Sports Live“, a multi platform sports talk and entertainment program, for NBC Sports Washington. 

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In 2021, Alexa began her new role with NBC Sports Washington as host of the Washington Capitals Pre/Post game shows. 

On this episode Alexa will cover what it takes to achieve your dreams, how to “just start”, and how to deal with, accept and use the criticism around you to propel your career forward. Alexa will write your permission slip to go after your dreams so listen and level up today. Let’s go!

Jessica Grasso

Deputy Commissioner

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

With nearly 20 years of leadership experience in college athletics, Jessica Grasso is motivated by the belief that sports is a great benefit to one’s development. Grasso understands the importance of people and the need to be both a partner and leader. Her luminous leadership style and approachable demeanor make it easy for her to collaborate and engage with diverse stakeholders while developing policies, establishing budgets, managing investment plans, and developing personnel for the collegiate athletic conference. And as she contributes to the growth and development of NCAA and conference leaders, Grasso is securing space for championship experiences and academic success for on-campus student-athletes across the MAAC and greater NCAA membership.
Quote: “Push YOURSELF because no one else is going to do it for you.”

As the Senior Director of Media Insights and Analytics for WWE, Lawrence has emerged as a mobilizing leader for the global organization. Over the past decade, she has led her team in providing consumer insights and consumption analyses that impact entertainment delivery to 1 billion households across 180 countries in 30 languages.

For Lawrence, data analysis enables the discovery of human behavior. And she is passionate about her work's role in creating shared experiences where people increase their understanding of one another. 

Today’s interview is all about how to present tough concepts, being a lifelong learner, and the keys to stepping into management. Listen into this fun interview from a total PRO. Let’s go.

Aubree Curtis and Liz Gray, Co-Heads of Global Brand Consulting and Social Impact at CAA

Finding Your Voice with Jackie Carson, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Furman University

Brooke Faw, VP Client Experiences at Bespoke Sports & Entertainment