She joins me on the show today to share her story of how taking breaks in her career helped her identify her true passion and mission in life and business. We also discuss some of the biggest changes in the workforce for women and what the power of networking and nurturing your relationships can do when you pivot into a new career path.

“We are continuously evolving and changing as individuals. The person you are today is not the person you were last week.” – Kristy Wallace

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• How staying open to learning new things and taking risks can help propel your career forward
• How taking breaks can give you clarity on what you want from your career and how it aligns with your dreams, goals, and priorities.
• How the power of networking and identifying what drives you can impact your career choices.
• How to set the course for where you want to be in your career.
• Changing the conversation around gender bias, gender diversity, and gender equality.
• The impact of corporate feminism on society.

Kristy’s Words of Wisdom:

• Take some time to really reassess, regroup, and rethink about yourself, your priorities, and your goals.
• Always work networking into your life and continue to cultivate your networks and relationships.

Connect with Kristy Wallace:

• Ellevate Network
• Ellevate Network on Twitter
• Ellevate Network on Facebook
• Ellevate Network on Instagram
• Ellevate Podcast: Conversations with Women Changing the Force of Business

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And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…                            

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                           

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A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                   

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.                            

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Gina joins me today to share her insight on how to successfully lead a diverse team and develop a culture of learning in the workplace. She shares why storytelling is so valuable as well as three actionable steps for harnessing the power of stories. She also explains how she remains grounded as a leader and shares success strategies for building a career inside a large company.

“As a leader, it’s really important to be authentic, and to be vulnerable, and to be human. I think if you’re able to tap into that focus on storytelling, it makes it so much easier to be yourself and to show up in the way that you want to.” - Gina Jeneroux

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• What her personal experiences have taught her about the importance of learning and how people learn.
• The benefits of working with a diverse team.
• Why effective storytelling is so important when it comes to learning and teaching new skills.
• Tips for executives and entrepreneurs who want to improve their storytelling skills.
• The importance of learning story structure.
• Why it is so important to get inside the mind of your audience.
• How she shifted from a contributor to a strategic leadership role.
• Why sharing stories help cultivate confidence and conviction in the value of what you are saying.
• How storytelling can help you show up as the leader you want to be.
• Tips for effectively leading diverse teams.
• How having space to experiment, innovate, and collaborate leads to a stronger team.
• The importance of making people feel trusted and empowered at work.
• The lesson she is learning about letting go and giving employees the space to shine.
• Why it is important to tap into what makes someone unique and celebrate that.
• How she cultivates and maintains her groundedness as a leader.
• How her natural curiosity helps keep her grounded when things go wrong.
• Her insights on what it takes to inspire, support, and nurture the next generation of learners and employees in large organizations.
• How to equip people now for skills they will need in the future as the nature of work continues to change.
• The importance of creating a culture of learning.
• Success strategies for building a career inside a large company.
• The most important shift she made to move from having an impact one-on-one or in small groups to creating impact at scale.

Gina Jeneroux’s 3 Steps to Harness the Power of Stories:

1. Focus on the audience.
2. Identify what success looks like in every situation.
3. Think about the story you need to tell that links the audience to that success.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “I think that if you’ve had a really eclectic background and you’re always jumping in to work with people who have very different backgrounds from you, it means that you’re actually coming to better solutions and you’re thinking about things differently. And I think it shakes things up in a really positive, healthy way.” - Gina Jeneroux
• “Curiosity helps you be a little bit more grounded and a little bit more zen about the things that will work out phenomenally and the things that won’t.” - Gina Jeneroux
• “It’s not just about learning for their job or learning for their career, but even encouraging them to learn for their passions because I think passion is really critical in how you’re able to engage with people.” - Gina Jeneroux

Connect with Gina Jeneroux:

• BMO Financial Group
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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Dial-Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

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What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

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Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

In today’s episode, I share five strategies I have consistently used to stay focused on my goals. I explain how I combine mindset work with organization to achieve the best results. I describe the benefits of continuous learning and how having a coach for accountability has helped propel my business forward. I also explain how vital it is to build a team who you can outsource your decisions to preserve your willpower.

“If you set concrete goals and never look at them again, your chances and the likelihood of you reaching those goals goes down.” - Eleanor Beaton

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Strategies to help you stay focused and on track.
• The importance of reviewing your goals on a regular basis.
• My system for setting, reviewing, and completing goals.
• Why I prioritize internally generated deadlines over externally generated deadlines.
• Why I recommend starting a regular meditation practice.
• The importance of building both a professional and personal team.
• What it means to outsource your willpower.
• The importance of continuing to read and learn.
• The benefits of having a coach.

5 Strategies to Stay Focused:

1. Set yearly goals and review them two to three times a week.
2. Meditate.
3. Build a team.
4. Reading and learning.
5. Work with a coach.

Resources Mentioned:

• Headspace

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “If you set those goals and simply review them regularly you begin to operate in alignment almost unconsciously.” - Eleanor Beaton
• “Meditation is a powerful practice that teaches you so much about how to stay focused.” - Eleanor Beaton
• “One of the most important things you can do to be able to stay focused on your goals is to find a way to outsource the willpower required to do them.” - Eleanor Beaton

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Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

Join the conversation over at Facebook.com/StoryIsPower or send me an email at Eleanor@EleanorBeaton.com to let me know what your tips for staying on track are!

It’s easy to get caught up in daily tasks and neglect the goals we have set for ourselves. Sometimes fear or uncertainty cause us to procrastinate, and we need to shift our mindset to stay on track. Sometimes we lack the accountability we need to meet our goals. Whatever the reason we lose focus, there are strategies we can implement to realign ourselves with our goals and retrain our focus on the important work instead of the busy work.

In today’s episode, I share five strategies I have consistently used to stay focused on my goals. I explain how I combine mindset work with organization to achieve the best results. I describe the benefits of continuous learning and how having a coach for accountability has helped propel my business forward. I also explain how vital it is to build a team who you can outsource your decisions to preserve your willpower.

“If you set concrete goals and never look at them again, your chances and the likelihood of you reaching those goals goes down.” - Eleanor Beaton

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Strategies to help you stay focused and on track.
• The importance of reviewing your goals on a regular basis.
• My system for setting, reviewing, and completing goals.
• Why I prioritize internally generated deadlines over externally generated deadlines.
• Why I recommend starting a regular meditation practice.
• The importance of building both a professional and personal team.
• What it means to outsource your willpower.
• The importance of continuing to read and learn.
• The benefits of having a coach.

5 Strategies to Stay Focused:

1. Set yearly goals and review them two to three times a week.
2. Meditate.
3. Build a team.
4. Reading and learning.
5. Work with a coach.

Resources Mentioned:

• Headspace

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “If you set those goals and simply review them regularly you begin to operate in alignment almost unconsciously.” - Eleanor Beaton
• “Meditation is a powerful practice that teaches you so much about how to stay focused.” - Eleanor Beaton
• “One of the most important things you can do to be able to stay focused on your goals is to find a way to outsource the willpower required to do them.” - Eleanor Beaton

Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!

Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

Join the conversation over at Facebook.com/StoryIsPower or send me an email at Eleanor@EleanorBeaton.com to let me know what your tips for staying on track are!

Tiffani joins me to discuss what growth IQ means and share the ten growth paths that separate high performing businesses from those that begin experiencing a growth stall. She emphasizes how combination and sequencing are vital to business growth and why it is more important than ever for businesses to focus on improving their customer experience. She also shares her top three growth strategies for female founders to boost their growth IQ.

“What really separated the high performers was the combination of initiatives that they did in a particular sequence or order.” - Tiffani Bova

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• What her upbringing in Hawaii taught her about life and business.
• Why she calls herself a “recovering seller.”
• Her definition of growth IQ.
• The pattern she saw over 15 years of work that high performing companies used to grow.
• Why combinations and sequencing are essential for growth.
• Why she believes customer experience is the new product.
• How to find a balance between customer experience and other growth paths.
• How consumers and their expectations have changed.
• Why she believes the lines between B2C and B2B have become blurred.
• The habits and disciplines that have allowed high growth IQ companies to be customer-centric.
• Using unconventional strategies as a growth path.
• What surprises her the most about how companies grow.
• Three growth strategies for female founders.

Tiffani Bova’s Top 3 Growth Strategies:

1. Disrupt yourself and be open to being uncomfortable.
2. Be a student of your profession.
3. Figure out how you can start to give back.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Experience is the new product.” - Tiffani Bova
• “The lines between B2B and B2C have blurred to the point that I’m now calling it B2E: business to everything, everyone, and to the experience.” - Tiffani Bova
• “The companies that are more outside-in oriented, culturally, are able to really align themselves to this message of experience being the product.” - Tiffani Bova

Connect with Tiffani Bova:

• TiffaniBova.com
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova

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Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

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Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

This single strategy has helped one entrepreneurs that I know increase her yearly sales by as much as $75,000. This same strategy is what has helped position our previous podcast guest, Charles Chang, as an expert in his field and helped significantly boost his company’s growth in a very short period of time.

But… this strategy takes courage. It takes guts. Ladies, it takes a serious pair of ovaries!

I’m talking about thought-leadership and preeminence.

So, how do you position yourself as a preeminent thought-leader in your industry, your business, or your career?

On today’s episode, I want to share with you the exact strategy that I have taught several of my clients – as well as one that I have used myself – to position themselves as a preeminent thought leader in their niche, their industry, and their specific area of expertise.

So, grab your cup of coffee or tea, sit back and relax, and let’s dive right in!

Positioning yourself as a preeminent thought-leader can help you take quantum leaps in your business and career – Eleanor Beaton

Here’s a Breakdown of Today’s Show:

• Preeminence is positioning yourself as a thought-leader in your specific area of expertise.
• It can help you create quantum leaps of you, whether you’re an entrepreneur or working within an organization and advancing your career
• It’s about understanding that when you own, value, and share what you know and approach your work with the mindset that you’re in it to serve, educate, and contribute – you are without competition.
• There are several key components to preeminence – the first, and most challenging one, is having the courage.
• There are two big challenges to the preeminence strategy
• There are many tactics you can use to position yourself into a preeminence position

Key Components to Preeminence:

• Having the courage
• Really knowing your stuff
• Doing the inner work to give yourself permission and be a believable expert in your field
• Creating a platform that allows you to demonstrate your expertise
• Educate, serve, and show up as a person of intense value for your people or organization

Additional Resources Related to Creating Preeminence:

• Episode 55: Do You Know Your Killer Stats?
• Episode 65: Biz Lessons from the 550-Million Dollar Man Charles Chang

Are you ready to be more courageous, focused, and FIERCE this Fall?

Are you interested in stepping into the Fall season with more courage, more focus, more direction, and more fierceness?

We would love to help you!

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible.

Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover

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What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!

On today’s episode, I talk about why you need to improve your gut instincts. I also share the relationship between listening to your gut instincts and being effective, the benefits of self-trust, and some practical steps to develop self-trust to improve your instincts.

“Self-trust is the return on investment from taking small daily steps outside your comfort zone.”

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• The graveyard of ideas and strategies
• The most repeated success tip from executives and successful entrepreneurs
• Practical comparison between doubting yourself and trusting yourself
• How to cultivate your gut instinct
• Difference between having an instinct versus consistently willing to trust that instinct
• Best way to develop self-trust
• Best way to celebrate progress

Steps to Cultivate Your Gut Instinct:

1. Do the legwork.
2. Take small risks.
3. Celebrate your wins.

Set Your Ideas and Earning Power in Motion!

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Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!

Find Your Voice. Change Your World! 

Do you want to be a confident, influential leader in your industry? Join our 3-day leadership retreat: Your Million Dollar Message: Find Your Voice, Craft Your Strategy, Change the World to learn how you can be a respected influencer and leader that others highly look up to and promote!

This retreat starts March 23, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona! Registration coming soon!

Love the show? Let us know! 

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.

On today’s episode, Emma explains why domain knowledge is as necessary as technical knowledge for entrepreneurs in the technology space and how valuable it has been for her to surround herself with mentors and advisors who can fill in the gaps in her knowledge. She shares practical advice for entrepreneurs and start-ups on building a company to scale and tips on creating and delivering a winning pitch. She also shares the organizational strategies she uses when tackling big projects with her team.

“Although technology is what can unlock the solution, it is actually the domain knowledge that helps us define what the problem is in the first place.” - Emma Weston

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• What being a farmer has taught her about being an entrepreneur.
• How domain knowledge helps to define the problem that technology can help solve.
• What AgriDigital does and how it uses blockchain.
• The importance of confidently asking questions and learning when working in an unfamiliar space.
• How it is possible to build a business in a domain that you do not have a background in.
• The lessons she has learned about entrepreneurship and leadership while building her business.
• The benefits of working with a diverse team whose members complement each other’s skills and knowledge.
• Advice for other startups trying to build a company to solve a worldly problem.
• The importance of finding a balance between ideas and execution on a team or in a partnership.
• Why she believes technology companies should be more open about what they are creating.
• Her top organizational tips for tackling big projects.
• Why she recommends tapping into team members’ personal motivations before starting a project.
• The importance of noticing when you are not performing at your personal best.
• The most common challenges faced by the entrepreneurs she mentors.
• How women entrepreneurs’ need to be an expert holds them back.
• The hallmarks of going from a start-up to an early stage growth company and how leaders should prepare themselves for scalability.

Emma Weston’s Tips for a Successful Pitch:

1. Keep it simple.
2. Practice.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “I want people to tell me when I’m not being as effective as they’ve seen me be in the past so I can take corrective action.” - Emma Weston
• “When crafting a pitch, what really resonates a lot more, quite often is a story that illustrates rather than trying to just explain. I think that going for whatever is simple is what’s needed in the pitching environment.” - Emma Weston
• “As women, we sometimes set a standard that is frankly too high. It’s just unattainable, and that holds us back.” - Emma Weston

Connect with Emma Weston:

• AgriDigital
• LinkedIn

Reserve Your Spot for Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs Webinar

Would you like to revitalize your sales and become a more confident leader? Join me on Thursday, July 26 for the powerful hour-long webinar, Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs. I will be diving into surprising but practical strategies that I have seen women entrepreneurs use to advance their business. You will learn about the difference in habits between women who are able to grow their businesses and women who are stuck in a cycle of underachievement.

Power up your professional growth by visiting EleanorBeaton.com/Growth to reserve your spot today!

Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!

Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

In today’s episode, I discuss the importance of building your confidence while growing your business and why not all forms of confidence will result in business success. I explain the three types of confidence you need to help you scale your business and tips on how you can build your confidence while growing your organization. I also explain the importance of being curious and asking for blunt feedback and why it’s okay if your work-life and personal-life is unbalanced as you scale your business.

“Building confidence is absolutely critical for all women leaders, but it is completely non-negotiable for women entrepreneurs.” - Eleanor Beaton

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Why confidence is the ultimate growth strategy for your business.
• The top 3 areas of confidence that you should focus on.
• How to ask for and receive blunt feedback.
• Who you should ask for feedback.
• Why you don’t need to have all of the answers all the time.
• How curiosity can help you become successful.
• The problem with the concept of a work/life balance.
• How confidence can help you when work/life balance is not possible.

The 3 Types of Confidence Women Need for Business Growth:

1. Confidence to ask the right people for blunt feedback.
2. Confidence to admit you don’t have all the answers.
3. Confidence to temporarily give up work/life balance.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

• Episode 266: Daily Harvest Founder Rachel Drori on the Art of the $43Million Deal

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “If you are a woman and you own your own business, confidence is the ultimate growth strategy for you.” - Eleanor Beaton

• “One of the most insidious forms of unconscious gender bias is the tendency for people to hold back on delivering tough feedback to women.” - Eleanor Beaton

• “The best CEOs, the most high-growth women entrepreneurs that I know are deeply curious. They are on a mission. They are seekers.” - Eleanor Beaton

Reserve Your Spot for Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs Webinar

Would you like to revitalize your sales and become a more confident leader? Join me on Thursday, July 26 for the powerful hour-long webinar, Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs. I will be diving into surprising but practical strategies that I have seen women entrepreneurs use to advance their business. You will learn about the difference in habits between women who are able to grow their businesses and women who are stuck in a cycle of underachievement.

Power up your professional growth by visiting EleanorBeaton.com/Growth to reserve your spot today!

Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!

Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

My guest today is Laura Vanderkam, an expert in time management and productivity. Laura is the author of several productivity and time management books, including I Know How She Does It: What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 168 Hours. Her work has been featured in dozens of publications including Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and USA Today. She joins me today to share her insight and research regarding how many highly successful women manage their time, the myths about having a big career while raising a family, and why she believes tracking your time throughout the week – including the weekends – is the key to discovering how you can improve your productivity and time management skills.

“How we think we spend our time often has very little relation to how we actually spend our time.” – Laura Vanderkam

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• What she discovered after tracking her time in 30-minute increments
• Why she tracks her time during the weekend as well as during the week
• The biggest net benefits of tracking her time each week
• The misconception that having a big career or working full-time will reduce the amount of time you spend with your children
• Surprising trends she discovered during her 1,001-hour research project
• Utilizing morning hours and structuring morning routines to work for you

Laura Vanderkam’s Top 3 Success Tips:

1. Track your time for one week.
2. Really think about what you want to spend more time doing.
3. Think about how you use those “little bits of time.”

Connect with Laura Vanderkam:

• Laura Vanderkam website

Love the show? Let us know!                            

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!                             

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!                             

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…                             

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                             

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.                             

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                            

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.                          

Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!   

Kim joins me today to explain why many small business owners and entrepreneurs often avoid reaching out to corporate clients. She explains how to prepare to do business with big corporate entities, the importance of clarifying and articulating your unique value proposition, and the difference between a discovery meeting and a pitch. She also shares some of the biggest mistakes she sees many entrepreneurs make when engaging with corporate clients as well as tips on how to avoid them.

If you are professional and you have a system and an approach in place that adds value, and you think of it as being their trusted advisor, people will want you to call them because they have needs.” - Kim Chernecki

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• The biggest turning point in her professional career that led to the development of her company.
• Lessons she has learned throughout her entrepreneurial career.
• Why she is passionate about helping entrepreneurs land corporate clients.
• Why she believes many small business owners fail to pursue corporate clients.
• Overcoming fears of connecting with corporate clients.
• Mistakes many entrepreneurs make when approaching corporate clients.
• The importance of clarifying and articulating your value proposition.
• The importance of focusing on the quality of your communications with corporate entities.
• The difference between a “discovery meeting” and a pitch.
• Identifying the proper time to develop a proposal.
• What are discussion documents and how they can help add value to your conversations with corporate clients?
• The importance of quoting project prices instead of hourly rates in your proposals.
• The difference between speaking with decision-makers vs. gatekeepers.
• How to get past corporate gatekeepers.
• Tips for creating a strong proposal.

Resources Mentioned:

• Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success book by Ken Segall
• Episode 243: How to Network with Power Players with Katie Burke of HubSpot

Kim Chernecki’s Top 3 Success Tips for Female Entrepreneurs:

1. Work within your sweet spot.
2. Be persistent.
3. Find a coach who has been where you want to go.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Have quality communications rather than quantity.” - Kim Chernecki
• “The bottom line is, you don’t want to give proposals to gatekeepers. You need to be in front of the people who are the stakeholders.” - Kim Chernecki
• “You need to get creative in order to get referred.” - Kim Chernecki

Connect with Kim Chernecki:

• Freedom Street Inc.
• Freedom Street Inc. Free Gift!

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Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

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Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

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Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

So, what can we learn from these top performing athletes and teams that can help us become better team members and team leaders in our organizations? On today’s episode, I’m explaining the importance of getting comfortable with “controlling the ball” in your business and organization and how it can help you become a better leader, speaker, and business owner.

“The best leaders are self-possessed.”

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Lessons we can learn from sports athletes to help us become better leaders
• The importance of getting comfortable with possession
• Identifying “spotlight masters” and “spotlight amateurs”

My Challenge to You:

• Think about your career, your business, your life as a giant soccer field
• When you have the ball, take a deep breath, trust yourself, and trust your instincts to make the right decision

Love the show? Let us know! 

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2017

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!

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You will learn…

• 5 surprising power leaks that derail the careers of highly ambitious female leaders
• How to tell if a lack of self-awareness is holding you back from opportunity and threatening your reputation
• Why so many professional women struggle to transform from being a do-er to being a leader
• Why the failure to change could keep you overlooked and underpaid
• Proven strategies to boost your confidence and personal power - even in the most competitive work environments and cultures

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                             

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.                           

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Chris joins me today to discuss the value of being open to making mistakes as an organizational leader. He explains why making mistakes is critical for personal and professional development, how organizations can encourage a culture of making mistakes, and where to draw the line between encouraging a mistake-making culture and keeping your team accountable. He also explains why allowing your team to make mistakes and failures is important to your company’s growth, creativity, and innovation and why leaders should be willing to embrace their mistakes and failures as well as share them with their workforce.

“We’ve got to wrap our head around the fact that mistakes are what helps us grow; failure is what helps us grow. We need that education to become the best that we can be.” - Chris Cebollero

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• The importance of learning from mistakes and failures.
• Drawing the line between accountability and building a culture that encourages making mistakes.
• How having a culture that encourages mistakes and failures inspires creativity and innovation.
• The importance of frequently communicating with your team - especially during a crisis.
• The importance of sharing your message with your team.
• Mistakes he has made throughout his career.
• The importance of personal and professional development for organizational leaders.
• The importance of a vision statement and why you need to share it with your workforce.
• How his experience as a leader in the U.S. Air Force impacted his leadership skills.
• How embracing and sharing your mistakes and failures with your team can impact your organization’s culture.
• Leadership lessons he has learned as a First Responder.
• His definition of leadership.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Accountability and creating a culture of mistakes and failures are on two different spectrums.” - Chris Cebollero
• “Success doesn’t happen by chance. Your vision statement is your blueprint and framework to start your process of organizational success.” - Chris Cebollero
• “Leadership is about action.” - Chris Cebollero

Connect with Chris Cebollero:

• Cebollero & Associates
• The Ultimate Leadership Podcast
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

Today, I want to share with you one small tweak that I recently made in my personal life and how it has dramatically improved my business – and my life.

By taking ownership of my daily schedule, by making a small tweak, I’ve really been able to generate great results.

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• How small changes in your daily routine can improve how you show up in the world
• How outsourcing tasks and finding an accountability partner helps “free up” mental space so you can work more productively

My Challenge to You:

• Ask yourself: What small tweak can I make in my daily schedule that can generate big results?
• Ask yourself: What am I not allowing myself to consider because I think “this is the only way it works for me?”
• Be open and fluid. Explore opportunities. Try new things.

Love the show? Let us know!                            

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!                

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!                

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…                

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.                

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors               

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.             

Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!          

On today’s episode, I’m sharing a replay of a recent personal branding training seminar called Rise Up: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. I explain what a personal brand is and why it’s important for advancing your career or business as well as share actionable strategies you can use to start building your powerful personal brand. I also explain why you should view your personal brand as a reflection of your values and what you represent and why it should be considered an asset to your professional career.

“When you think about great leaders - in order for them to be great leaders, to be recognized as such - it’s not just the impact that they have one-on-one. It’s about what they represent and the impact they have at scale.’ - Eleanor Beaton

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• How building a personal brand allows you to make a greater impact on your industry and humanity.
• How your personal brand relates to your values and what you represent.
• What is a personal brand?
• Why your personal brand should be considered an asset to your business and career.
• Why now is the time to build your personal brand
• Identifying the core reason you want to build a personal brand and what you want to achieve.
• The life cycle of opportunity.
• Getting clear on various obstacles you may face as you build your personal brand and how to overcome them.
• How your personal brand impacts your influence.
• The connection between leadership, influence, and your personal
• Overcoming the fear of playing big.
• Dealing with criticism and push back while creating impact and building a personal brand.
• How adopting a mission bigger than yourself helps you build a strong personal brand.
• How to identify a bigger, more meaningful mission to adopt.
• What it means to own the promise of your mission.
• The importance of sharing your bold, galvanizing point of view on topics you are passionate about.
• Overcoming the “people pleaser” mindset and getting comfortable with other people disagreeing with you.
• The difference between fear-based boundaries and intentional boundaries.
• The importance of mastering the art of public speaking.
• What “conviction’ means and how to cultivate it.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “When you have impact at scale, it means you can amplify the impact that you want to have for much less effort.”
• “If your personal brand exists only for other people - you are missing the biggest part of the equation.”
• “Your personal brand is about intentional contribution that reflects your values.”

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

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Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

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In 2012, she founded Givopoly, an online gift delivery marketplace in Ottawa, Canada that provides local customers and organizations with cost-effective, fun Employee Rewards and Recognition products. Susan has previously served on the boards of several organizations, including the CMA of Ontario, Equal Voice, and the Advisory Board for Algonquin College. Today, she is a proud volunteer on the Board of Directors for the Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards as well as an advisor at AmbiSHEOus.

Susan joins me today to share how she pursued her personal interests while working in an organization, the lessons she learned throughout her childhood about entrepreneurship, and how Numbercrunch and Givopoly initially began. She explains the difference between “growth mode” and “expansion mode” as it relates to building your business and how she finds balances her time, energy and creativity while juggling her career and personal life. She also explains why she believes it's critical for more women to have a seat at the boardroom tables and what we need to do to help women achieve this goal.

“There is absolutely an open mind to getting women on boards. What there isn’t is a nudge.” - Susan Richards

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• How her family and childhood experience encouraged her entrepreneurial spirit.
• The most powerful lessons she has learned about entrepreneurship.
• How she pursued her personal interests while working within an organization.
• The biggest insights and takeaways she has learned while working with startups.
• How Numbercrunch got started and how it has grown to achieve success.
• Lessons she has learned from transitioning from a CFO role to a CEO role.
• How Givopoly started.
• The difference between “growth mode” and “expansion mode.”
• How she balances her time, energy, and creativity while juggling her career and personal life.
• Why she believes it’s critical for women to have a seat on startup boards.
• What she believes businesses and organizations need to get more women on board seats.

Susan Richard’s Top 3 Success Tips for Fierce Feminine Entrepreneurs:

1. Have a partner.
2. Give a lot of thought to your business model.
3. Serve a need - not a want.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Kill it at the job you’re doing. Make yourself so valuable to that company that they will give you more and more trust. You can be the role you want to be in that organization.” - Susan Richards
• “I came to the realization that if I’m going to do intense professional - I need to do intense personal. It all kind of balances against each other.” - Susan Richards
• “There are great organizations now that are helping to train women and make them aware of large board positions, but in parallel to that, we can just tap each other on the shoulders and get us in the right room and make people aware.” - Susan Richards

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Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

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Lolly joins me today to share her story and provide practical strategies on how fierce feminine leaders can explore their leadership gaps to step into their power and lead from within. She also shares ways for you to leverage your “impostor syndrome” to improve your leadership skills and describes her “leadership archetypes”.

“Striving for perfection is striving to fail.” - Lolly Daskal

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Why discipline and routines are important to her
• The relationship between being present and being disciplined
• How being disciplined can give you a sense of grounding and expansiveness
• Balancing the desire to learn, improve, and enhance with the idea that “I’m not broken.”
• How biographies can be more impactful than self-help books
• Her definition of a great leader
• Overcoming challenges when a concept becomes a reality
• Her leadership archetypes
• What the “R.E.T.H.I.N.K. System” is and how it can help you become a better leader
• How to leverage your leadership gaps to become the best version of yourself
• The importance of identifying your personal message to the world - then living it

How to Leverage Your Impostor Syndrome:

1. Stop comparing yourself to others.
2. Ask yourself: “What did I do today that was better than yesterday? What will I do tomorrow that will be better than today?”
3. Understand the distinction between perfection and excellence.

Resources Mentioned:

• Man’s Search for Meaning book by Viktor Frankl
• Personal History book by Katharine Graham
• The Profiles of Courage by John F. Kennedy
• New York Times: By the Book

Connect with Lolly Daskal:

• com
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!                              

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!                              

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…                              

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                              

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.                              

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                             

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.                           

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This “perfection addiction” is a common issue for many new and experienced entrepreneurs as well as highly ambitious, successful professional women. Today, I want to share with you my 5 powerhouse strategies for coping with – and overcoming – the perfect addiction.

“Embrace the mantra that ‘done’ truly is better than ‘perfect’.”

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Overcoming the fear of “dropping the ball” when faced with the opportunity to scale and grow
• Reconciling growth and ambition with perfection

5 Powerful Strategies to Cope with Perfection Addiction:

1. Embrace constraints
2. Embrace public accountability
3. Release attachment to limiting relationships
4. Find bold, imperfect role models
5. Boss up, woman!

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Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!                     

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!                     

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…                     

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                     

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.                     

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                    

This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.                  

Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!   

Lainey joins me today to discuss why we need to prioritize women’s conversations more than we currently do and shares how she became a maven in the celebrity gossip space. She shares behind-the-scenes glimpses of how her blog got started and became so popular as well as how she manages her day-to-day tasks and responsibilities at a high-level. She also shares why she believes today’s culture often views gossip as “frivolous” and what she has learned about building a strong professional network.

“We have always gossiped as human beings. The urge to gossip is very human.” - Lainey Lui

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• The driving force behind her fascination with celebrity culture.
• The connection between women’s interests and the belief that gossip is frivolous.
• Why she believes everyone can be an expert at celebrity culture.
• How the Lainey Gossip blog became so popular.
• How she turned her blog into a powerhouse career.
• Lessons she has learned about building a strong, professional network.
• The importance of safeguarding and nurturing relationships.
• How she manages her time.
• Her views on multitasking.
• The top 5 celebrities she would invite to dinner.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Celebrity culture is a mirror of our society.” - Lainey Lui
• “Make the most of a minute.” - Lainey Lui
• “I try to do three things at the same time. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.” - Lainey Lui

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Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

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Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

Elem Rinomato’s journey into the construction industry began at the tender age of 8 when she asked her father the simple question, “Daddy, what is drywall?” Today, she is the president of Torino Drywall, a company that builds wall and ceiling system for high-rise and low-rise residential and commercial construction projects as well as the owner of Country Homes – a residential home construction company for the Greater Toronto Area. She is also the Vice President of the Rinomato group of commercial companies, the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Interior Systems Contractors Association, and a board member of the local apprenticeship committee.

On today’s episode, I’m discussing why everything you’ve learned about building your personal brand is wrong. I share the three most common myths about building your personal brand, how believing these myths can actually hold you back from achieving your professional goals, and how they can prevent you from showing up as the strong, confident, fierce feminine leader we know you can be. I also explain why your personal brand should be viewed as the byproduct of your decision to be deliberate and intentional and why the way you present yourself and your brand should reinforce your ideas, values, and mission in this world.

“I wouldn’t be where I am today if I had listened to the bad, but conventional, advice I received about personal branding.” - Eleanor Beaton

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• The importance of aligning your personal brand with your instincts and values.
• Why building your personal brand is not a “fluff-filled activity.”
• The dangers of taking advice from people with “unconscious competence.”
• Why your reputation is critical to your long-term success.
• Why your presentation should reinforce your ideas.
• Why the idea that your personal brand is your lead indicator is wrong
• The importance of viewing your personal brand as the lag indicator - not the compass.
• Why your brand should be a natural byproduct of you being true to the things that matter most to you. 

Top 3 Myths About Personal Branding:

1. Don’t build your personal brand.
2. Presentation trumps ideas.
3. Building a personal brand constricts your freedom of expression and decisiveness.

Fierce Leadership Quotes:

• “Bold presentation is going to be most powerful when it reinforces your ideas.”
• “A brand is a return on investment. It is a lag indicator that you build from being intentional about your values, what you bring to the world, and the contribution you want to make.”
• Don’t lead with brand. Brand is the afterglow. Action and intention are the things that are going to get you where you want to go.”

Triple Down on Your Personal Brand

Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!

Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop!

Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization.

Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!

Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018      

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is a 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!  

Love the show? Let us know!

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.

On today’s episode, Michelle shares how she built her career from working as a young intern at Procter and Gamble to the invaluable leader that she is today. She explains the benefits of having different vantage points and shares some simple yet critical insights about the skills and principles she learned that have become a constant element in her leading strategy.

“There’s only one person that’s ever going to care more about your career - and that’s you.” - Michelle Froah

Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:

• Essential skills she learned at Procter and Gamble
• The significance of operational experience in the growth of your career
• How her family became her most significant career turning point
• The biggest challenges in her career
• Why she gets inspired by people she’s familiar with
• Michelle’s top three success factors

Michelle’s Advice for Fierce Feminine Leaders:

• Always think about what you can learn from every opportunity that comes your way.
• Be clear on what you want to accomplish.

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Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2017

Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!

Love the show? Let us know! 

Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!

What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing! 

And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…

Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!

Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.