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Femme Lead

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Empowering Women & Shaping Leaders. In 2020 I started this podcast in my apartment in Copenhagen because I wanted to see myself represented in leadership. A lot changed since then. Thanks for listening. 

At Femme Lead, we're on a mission to empower women to build fulfilling careers and close the leadership gap. 

Our vision? To provide role models, share inspiring content, and build a global network of women and allies.

Tune in to our show for career advice, practical tips, and success stories from successful role models.

Visit us at www.femmelead.com and get the inspiration and tools you need to elevate your career!

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S05 E13 Navigating Strategic Leadership and Wellbeing with Mel Simons: A Conversation on Career Growth and Customer Success.

June 16, 2024 16:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

Customer Experience |  Strategic Leadership | Customer Success | Well-being | Actionable Advice | Career Growth | Join us for a great conversation with Mel Simons, Global Director of Customer Experience at Dreamdata! Dreamdata is a SaaS B2B revenue attribution platform that gathers, joins, and cleans all revenue-related data to present a transparent, actionable analysis of go-to-market data. This empowers you to easily see a 360° customer journey view, understand ROI, reveal buying signals...

S05 E12 Ann Rosenberg on The Power of Networking and Using Your Unique Experiences to Propel Your Career.

May 08, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

Sustainable Business Transformation | Global Career | Intentional Networking | Board Member |  Empowerment | Know Your Worth |  Discover the remarkable journey of Ann Rosenberg, a Denmark native now shaping the global stage from LA with over 25 years of corporate expertise in technology, sustainability, and purpose-driven endeavors. As a Senior Sustainability and Climate Advisor and Board Member, Ann co-founded the UN SDG Ambition and has dedicated her life to driving impact through initia...

S05 E11 Annemarie Meisling on The Road to Regenerative Leadership: Why make sustainability a core part of your business?

April 16, 2024 18:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Regenerative Leadership | Sustainability Strategy | Co-founder | Sustainable Development | Board Member  Annemarie Meisling is a visionary leader who stands at the forefront of sustainable business and organizational development. Her career has included influential roles at Chr. Hansen and Novo Nordisk, where she worked on integrating sustainability into their core strategies, as well as engagements with the World Bank and COWI, focusing on sustainable development.  Beyond her professional...

S05 E10 Redefining Leadership & Owning our Power with Christina Bizoumi, Senior Director of Product at Universal Robots.

April 01, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

Conscious & Intentional Leadership| Young Female Leader | Empowerment | Digital Experiences | IKEA | Women in Technology| Coaching | Parenthood |  For this episode, we’re introducing Christina Bizoumi, a trailblazer in product innovation and leadership. As the Senior Director of Product at Universal Robots, she spearheads the Digital Experience organization, dedicated to ensuring that customers triumph in their automation endeavors. With a career steeped in the synergy of people and busine...

Redefining Leadership & Owning our Power with Christina Bizoumi, Senior Director of Product at Universal Robots.

April 01, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

Conscious & Intentional Leadership| Young Female Leader | Empowerment | Digital Experiences | IKEA | Women in Technology| Coaching | Parenthood |  For this episode, we’re introducing Christina Bizoumi, a trailblazer in product innovation and leadership. As the Senior Director of Product at Universal Robots, she spearheads the Digital Experience organization, dedicated to ensuring that customers triumph in their automation endeavors. With a career steeped in the synergy of people and busine...

S05 E09 How to use a solution oriented mindset to propel your career with Violeta Todorova, Chief of Staff at Monta.

February 21, 2024 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Chief of Staff | Management Consultant | Start-up | Strategy | Leadership | Success Mindset | Building Relationships | Sponsorship & Mentorship | Advice | Violeta Todorova is the Chief of Staff at Monta, a platform powering the entire EV charging ecosystem. Before diving into entrepreneurship, Violeta was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group in Copenhagen. Previously, she spent five years at one of the largest marketing & communication companies - Publicis Groupe - working across ...

S05 E08 Oana Jinga, Dexory Co-Founder & CCO on Unveiling the Robotics Revolution.

February 03, 2024 19:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Co-Founder | Growth | Robotics | Logistics | Leadership | Successful Career | In this episode, we dive into the world of innovation and robotics with Oana Jinga, the Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Dexory, a groundbreaking robotics and data company in Central London. 🎙️ Oana's career journey, spanning from strategic partnerships at Google to innovative product development at Telefonica, has culminated in her current role at Dexory. Her passion lies in bringing robots to the logi...

S05 E07 Dealfront Growth Manager Jessica Cohen on Building a Successful Career in Sales.

January 23, 2024 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

Sales Manager | Growth | Transferrable skills | Sales leadership | Successful Career |   For this new episode, please welcome Jessica Cohen, the North America Sales Manager at Dealfront as our guest and we cannot wait to spotlight her experience!    In this episode, Jessica shares her journey from a decade as a Sales Leader in B2C to her current role as the Sales Manager at Dealfront. Dealfront, a dynamic go-to-market platform, equips sales and marketing teams with crucial data, application...

S05 E06 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Engineer Andra Groapa on Career Growth and Innovation at Red Bull Powertrains.

January 10, 2024 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Formula 1 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Powertrains | CFD Engineer | STEM | Career Development | Mental Health | CV Tips | Dream Job |  Meet Andra Groapa, the driving force behind innovation at Red Bull Powertrains! 🚀 In 2021, Red Bull Powertrains roared to life, supplying power units to Formula One giants Oracle Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri. 🏎️💨 Join us as we dive into Andra's incredible journey from dreaming big in Romania to becoming a pivotal engineer at the forefront of Formu...

S05 E05 Ula Caroto on Financial Freedom and Finding Prosperity.

December 12, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Financial Wellbeing | Financial Freedom | Wealth Management | Prosperity | Impact Consulting | Personal Transformation | Art of Kintsugi | Angel Investor |  Ula Caroto is a mentor, coach, thinking partner, and a trusted welllth-being (wealth + wellbeing) advisor. She combines her extensive wealth management knowledge with powerful coaching and exquisite listening skills to help her clients find true prosperity in every area of their lives. In our interview, we discuss insights on how women...

S05 E04 Eylem Demir Sentürk on Sponsoring Women to Empower Career Progression.

November 29, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

Women on Stage | Founder | Immigrant Stories | Sponsoring Women | Empowerement | Success Story |  Eylem Demir Sentürk is the founder and CEO of 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, and her goal is to increase the number of female leaders within the Pharma & Life Science Industry. As a mother with 23 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry at global companies, she knows exactly which challenges women face. To overcome these challenges, she designed the «𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻» program, which increases the ...

S05 E04 Eylem Demir Sentürk on Sponsoring Women to Empower Career Progression

November 29, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

Women on Stage | Founder | Immigrant Stories | Sponsoring Women | Empowerement | Success Story |  Eylem Demir Sentürk is the founder and CEO of 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, and her goal is to increase the number of female leaders within the Pharma & Life Science Industry. As a mother with 23 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry at global companies, she knows exactly which challenges women face. To overcome these challenges, she designed the «𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻» program, which increases the ...

S05 E03 Chisom Udeze, Diversity Leader of the Year & Co-founder at Diversify on Dreaming Big and Owning Your Voice.

November 13, 2023 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Diversity & Inclusion | Economist |  Mental Health | Belonging | Diverse Founders | Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact-driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil, and The Economist Group. Chisom has just been honored with the prestigious title of "Diversity Leader of the Year" at the Nordic Women in Tech A...

S05 E02 Simone Gemkow, McLaren Automotives on Sustaining a Career in STEM and Advice for Future Managers.

November 01, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Automotive | Engineering | McLaren | Leadership | Management Advice | Simone Gemkow is an automotive product engineer with over a decade of experience in British automotive brands. She boasts a robust academic background, including a Ph.D., and a wealth of industrial expertise, which have propelled her from an engineering professional to a proficient people manager. Currently serving as a manager, Simone leads a team of world-class engineers in the automotive engineering sector. Simone's ...

S05 E02 Simone Gemkow, McLaren Automotive on Sustaining a Career in STEM and Advice for Future Managers.

November 01, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Automotive | Engineering | McLaren | Leadership | Management Advice | Simone Gemkow is an automotive product engineer with over a decade of experience in British automotive brands. She boasts a robust academic background, including a Ph.D., and a wealth of industrial expertise, which have propelled her from an engineering professional to a proficient people manager. Currently serving as a manager, Simone leads a team of world-class engineers in the automotive engineering sector. Simone's ...

S05 E01 His Majesty's Ambassador to Denmark Emma Kate Hopkins OBE on Building a Career: From Criminal Barrister to Diplomat and Spotlighting Women Stories.

October 08, 2023 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Ambassador | Diplomat | Human Rights | Justice | Women's Rights | Career Change |  Emma Kate Hopkins OBE took up her post as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark in October 2020. Prior to this, she served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2015 to 2020. Whilst in Bulgaria she was also the senior regional lead for organised crime and rule of law projects (including modern slavery) in Central and Eastern Europe. Emma was born in Bolton and studied at St. Clement Danes Comprehensive ...

S04 E24 Sarah Freiesleben, Digital Transformation Lead on Authenticity, Agency and Building a Career in Consulting.

June 21, 2023 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Authenticity | Agency | Transformation | Activism | Leadership | Shaping Humanity | Technology | Role Model | Consulting | Curiosity | Digital Transformation | Sarah Freiesleben is a fantastic role model and an inspiration and once you hear her speak you know you have met an extraordinary person!  Sarah helps purpose-driven organizations sustainably innovate by harnessing and applying human insights to technology development.  With an advanced degree in linguistics and 15 years working on...

S04 E23 Petra Wille, Independent Product Leadership Coach and Author on Building Strong Product Teams.

June 14, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Product Management | Product at Heart | Product Teams | Product Coach | Strong Product People | Coaching | Author | Community Building | In today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Petra Wille, an independent product leadership coach and author with a passion for empowering product teams. With over eight years of experience in the field, Petra has been instrumental in helping product teams enhance their skill sets and elevate their performance. In recent years, Petra's focus has b...

S04 E23 Petra Wille, Independent Product Leadership Coach and Author on Building Strong Product Teams

June 14, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Product Management | Product at Heart | Product Teams | Product Coach | Strong Product People | Coaching | Author | Community Building | In today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Petra Wille, an independent product leadership coach and author with a passion for empowering product teams. With over eight years of experience in the field, Petra has been instrumental in helping product teams enhance their skill sets and elevate their performance. In recent years, Petra's focus has b...

S04 E22 Kathrine Hee Nielsen, Manager Digital Accelerator Research & Early Development at Novo Nordisk on Inclusive Leadership, Skills of the Future and Career Lessons.

June 07, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB

Inclusive Leadership | Leader | Career Growth | Career Perspectives | Digital, IT & Data | Novo Nordisk | Research & Development | Role Model | Future Skills |  In today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Kathrine Hee Nielsen, a leader in Digital, Data, and IT at Novo Nordisk. With a remarkable career spanning 11 years within the company, Kathrine has held various positions in finance, quality, and clinical development. She is currently leading software development teams as the Man...

S04 E21 Ellie King, Co-Founder on Taking a Leap of Faith and Starting Equal IT.

May 24, 2023 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MB

Equal IT | Co-founder | Equality in IT | Recruitment Services | DEI Partner | Interview Preparation | Entrepreneurship | Career Lessons | Reflection | Voices of Women | Representation | Women in Tech | STEM |   Ellie King, the Co-Founder of Equal IT is joining us today. Ellie and her team are on a mission to support organizations worldwide in recruiting inclusive teams and building equitable cultures through their coaching and support services. At Equal IT, diversity, equity, and inclusion...

S04 E20 Esra Talu, Founder & CEO GoGlobal on Building a Supportive Community for Investments in Early-Stage Start-ups.

May 10, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MB

CEO | Co-Founder | Start-up | Investment | Board Member | Fundraising | Global Expansion | Partners for Growth | Social Entrepreneurship | Women Empowerment | Arya Women Investment Platform |  Welcome to today's episode of Femme Lead podcast, where we have the pleasure of introducing our guest, Esra Talu.  Esra is not only an extraordinary businesswoman but also a renowned writer, keynote speaker, and the Founding Partner & former CEO of Deppo, the first e-commerce company in Turkey. Servi...

S04 E19 Dovilė Končak, CEO ai RAIT Group on How to not forget yourself when becoming a leader.

April 26, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

CEO | Leadership | Personal Reflection | Motherhood | M&A | Crisis Management | Team Leader | Business Development | Women’s Business Association |  Dovilė Končak is the CEO of RAIT Group, in Lithuania, a market research company, and an active representative of key women's business associations in Lithuania.  Her leadership approach is balanced and holistic, combining empathy with directness enabling businesses and teams to align and find their rhythm in a busy market place which in turn h...

S04 E18 Alina Engel, Business Development Manager at Meta on Trusting the process: How do you decide to close a start-up?

April 12, 2023 18:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Entrepreneurship | Hooves | Start-up | Founder | Business Closure | Venture Architecture | Strategic Partnerships | Meta | Lessons | Business Development Manager | Role Model |  In this episode of the Femme Lead Podcast, we have a special guest speaker, Alina Engel, who is not only a source of inspiration but also a close friend of the show. Alina's entrepreneurial journey started with the co-founding of Hooves, an app that revolutionized the expensive sport of horse riding and brought it i...

S04 E18 Alina Engel, Client Partner at Meta on Trusting the process: How do you decide to close a start-up?

April 10, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Entrepreneurship | Hooves | Start-up | Founder | Business Closure | Venture Architecture | Strategic Partnerships | Meta | Lessons | Client Partner | Business Development | Role Model |  In this episode of the Femme Lead podcast, we have a special guest speaker, Alina Engel, who is not only a source of inspiration but also a close friend of the show. Alina's entrepreneurial journey started with the co-founding of Hooves, an app that revolutionized the expensive sport of horse riding and bro...

S04 E17 Laura Dzurna on building a career in brand management and the thought process involved in a career change.

March 13, 2023 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Brand Management | Communication | Digital & IT Comms | Jewelry Industry | Career Change | Decision Making | Reflections |  Laura Dzurna was Communications Manager at Pandora from August 2020 until September 2022, with a special focus on digital & technology. In October 2022, she took on a new role at Pandora as Brand Manager, managing one of Pandora’s collections. Her career in the jewelry industry spans a variety of roles within Brand Communications & PR and internal communication, drivi...

S04 E17 Laura Dzurna, Pandora on building a career in brand management and the thought process involved in a career change.

March 13, 2023 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Brand Management | Communication | Digital & IT Comms | Jewelry Industry | Career Change | Decision Making | Reflections |  Laura Dzurna was Communications Manager at Pandora from August 2020 until September 2022, with a special focus on digital & technology. In October 2022, she took on a new role at Pandora as Brand Manager, managing one of Pandora’s collections. Her career in the jewelry industry spans a variety of roles within Brand Communications & PR and internal communication, drivi...

S04 E16 Inese Podgaiska on Bringing Your Whole Self to Work.

February 06, 2023 18:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

Coaching | Self-Awareness | Career Development | Bring Your Whole Self to Work | Career Progression | Reflection | Mindfulness | Women in STEM | Role Model | Our guest is a former Latvian diplomat with more than 21 years of experience in stakeholder management, negotiation, advocacy, and communication. Inese Podgaiska is the Secretary General of the Association of Nordic Engineers, ANE, and previously worked for the European Environment Agency.  She received the 2019 Women Economic Forum...

S04 E15 Kathy Borys Siddiqui on Building a Life Abroad and Cultural Adjustment in the Nordics.

January 23, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Cultural Adjustment | Living Abroad | Culture Shock | Consultant | Integration | Well-Being Specialist | Intercultural Awareness | Founder |  Role Model | Trainer | Our guest is Kathy Borys Siddiqui the founder of Active Action, an organization supporting International companies as well as internationals and their families in the intercultural transition when moving abroad.  Active Action focuses on raising awareness and bringing solutions to challenges that internationals, their families...

S04 E14 Sonja Lakner on Taking a Career Break. Reflections and Goals from a Managing Director.

January 09, 2023 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Career Break | Career Development | Digital Innovation | Digital Agency | People Leader | Goals | Reflections | Learnings | Career Progression | Pause |  Our guest today is Sonja Lakner. Originally from Austria, Sonja studied communications and media and after a few years of working in digital agencies in London, she has worked in leadership positions in Sweden for the past 15 years. Sonja is passionate about people and helping them develop their full potential in the work environment and l...

S04 E13 A year in review: The breakthroughs of 2022 with Alexandra Ciobotaru.

December 29, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, we review all the career breakthroughs that 2022 brought along, including hosting our first career conference and planning new community events in Denmark. Join our next event in Copenhagen on January 25th, 2023 with AWS: https://www.femmeleadpodcast.com/events Stay up to date with all of our events via email: https://www.femmeleadpodcast.com/subscribe Follow Femme Lead online for more inspiring content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femmeleadpodcast/  LinkedIn...

S04 E12 Sophie Jelstrup, Chief Dealer & Functional Lead at Nordea Markets on Navigating a Finance Career.

October 20, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

Finance | Trading | Chief Dealer | Capital Markets | Nordea | Career | Progression | Leadership | Graduate Program | Role Model | Women in Finance |    Sophie Jelstrup is the Chief Dealer & Functional Lead - Global Trading at Nordea Markets. Sophie is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, studied economics and has a double master's degree in Finance from the University of Copenhagen and Imperial College London.   She worked within the financial industry since I started at a pension fund as a stu...

S04 E11 Nada Ahmed on The Great Resignation, Pivoting Your Career and the Reputation Dilemma.

September 19, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB

Innovation | CEO | Venture Capital | Board Member | Agile Leadership | Energy & Maritime Industry | Top 50 Women in Technology | Braving Innovation |  Nada Ahmed is a public speaker, writer, and innovation and tech advisor with over 15 years of corporate leadership experience in the Energy and Maritime industry.  She is the CEO and founder of Agile Leadership- an innovation consulting company helping startups validate their products and scale. Previously she served as Vice President of Inn...

S04 E11 Nada Ahmed on The Great Resignation, Pivoting Your Career and the Reputation Dilemma.

September 19, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB

Innovation | CEO | Venture Capital | Board Member | Agile Leadership | Energy & Maritime Industry | Top 50 Women in Technology | Braving Innovation |  Nada Ahmed is a public speaker, writer, and innovation and tech advisor with over 15 years of corporate leadership experience in the Energy and Maritime industry.  She is the CEO and founder of Agile Leadership- an innovation consulting company helping startups validate their products and scale. Previously she served as Vice President of Inn...

S04 E10 Work as a Force for Good with Tamilla Mahkamova Leadership Coach, Educator & Global Change Director.

September 05, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

Company Culture | Organizational Development | Global Transformation | Coaching | Education | Transition at Work | Role Model | Emotional Intelligence at Work | Summing up all aspects of her work Tamilla Mahkamova is a psychologist, HR, Organizational Development and Transformation expert, coach, and educator. Over the last 15 years, she has worked in HR, OD, and Transformation roles in a corporate and non-profit environment through East and West. Currently, as Global Change Director at Gr...

S04 E09 Career Mentorship with Alexandra Lung, CPO at Uptime: A comprehensive guide to apply, negotiate, and take your next career step.

August 22, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

Chief Product Officer | Mentor | International Speaker | Top Women in Product | Career Advice | Contract Negotiation | Non-Negotiables at Work | Corporate Advisor | Digital Transformation |  Femme Lead welcomes Alexandra Lung, an internationally recognized product leader, C-suite executive, public speaker, corporate advisor, and leadership mentor. Her experience spans international roles in large companies and high-growth tech scale-ups. She started her career working as a consultant in st...

S04 E09 Career Mentorship with Alexandra Lung, CPO at Uptime: A comprehensive guide to apply, negotiate, and take your next career step.

August 22, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

Chief Product Officer | Mentor | International Speaker | Top Women in Product | Career Advice | Contract Negotiation | Non-Negotiables at Work | Corporate Advisor | Digital Transformation |  Femme Lead welcomes Alexandra Lung, an internationally recognized product leader, C-suite executive, public speaker, corporate advisor, and leadership mentor. Her experience spans international roles in large companies and high-growth tech scale-ups. She started her career working as a consultant in st...

S04 E08 Olimpia Mesa on How People Learn. Turning passion into business. How to build your subject matter expertise?

August 08, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

How People Learn | Subject Matter Expert | Learning & Development | Passion | Entrepreneur | Learning | Book to Courses | Learning Design | Instructional Design | Thought Leader |  Olimpia Mesa is a leading expert and consultant on brain-based learning design. President of Instructional Design Ltd., a company behind hundreds of successful corporate and educational programs, both online and in-person, delivered in various languages.   Olimpia designs and consults with organizations on learni...

S04 E07 Ramaa Mosley, Film Director & Founder at Adolescent Content. Gen Z & the new generation of content creators.

June 27, 2022 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Director | Career Path | Media Industry | Gen z | Adolescent Content | Advertising Agency | Promoting Talent | Entrepreneur | Diversity & Inclusion | Content Creators | New Generation |  Ramaa Mosley is a commercial director, filmmaker, and advocate. Ramaa came across her passion for content creation and advertising at the young age of five when she directed her first documentary, screened at the United Nations, by the time she was 15. Not long after that, she began directing commercials an...

S05 E06 Poorvi Shrivastav, GM & VP, Products at HubSpot on the pillars to promote more women in leadership. Forbes Technology Council.

June 13, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Women in Leadership | Product Leader | Executive Team | Professional Advice | Career Progression | Role Model | People, Product & Process | Healthy Company Culture |   Poorvi Shrivastav is the GM and VP of Products at HubSpot. She has more than a decade of experience leading global customer, product, and engineering teams. She has launched products, built high-performing teams across enterprise SaaS companies, and is known for scaling emerging businesses. Poorvi Shrivastav is passionate a...

S04 E05 Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire on how to transform your career path. Life science business leader & DEIB advocate.

June 05, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Career Transformation | Career Growth | Pivot | Life Sciences | Life in Denmark | Inclusive Leadership | Diversity & Inclusion | Women of Color | Mentorship | Role Model | ProWoc | Life Science | Researcher |  Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire is a Dominican-born Science Business Leader with over 20 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries with a passion for people development and making a difference.  She has a proven track record of inspiring and driving cross-functiona...

S04 E04 Personal branding starts with "why": Amelia Sordell on branding, leadership and entrepreneurship.

May 04, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Personal Branding | Thought Leader | Entrepreneurship | Career Advice | Failure & Success | Leadership | Hiring Tips | Role Model |  Amelia Sordell is a thought leader in personal branding, and as she describes herself: “I brand people, not businesses.” She started the agency Klowt in a small bedroom in the middle of a global pandemic. She believes that the future of branding is personal. People buy from people, and trust is vital in any interaction, whether personal or professional. And th...

S04 E03 Career progression with Gurpriya Bhatia, Product Leader. Advice on setting yourself up for a promotion.

April 05, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Product Management | Leadership | Career Progression | Promotion | Career Planning | Technology | Scale-up | Corporate | HR |  Innovation | Growth | Gurpriya Bhatia is a product leader in big tech. She works on product strategy and has over 15 years of experience in growth strategy and business model innovation and has worked across the UK, the US, India, Japan, Switzerland, and Zimbabwe. After growing up and studying in New Delhi, India, she moved to the UK in 2007 to pursue a Master's a...

S04 E03 Career progression with Gurpriya Bhatia, Product Leader at Google. Advice on setting yourself up for a promotion.

April 05, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

Product Management | Leadership at Google | Career Progression | Promotion | Career Planning | Technology | Scale-up | Corporate | HR |  Innovation | Growth | Gurpriya Bhatia is a product leader at Google. She works on product strategy for Google's Platforms (e.g., Android, Chrome, and emerging platforms such as Auto and Wear). Gurpriya has over 15 years of experience in growth strategy and business model innovation and has worked across the UK, the US, India, Japan, Switzerland, and Zimb...

S04 E02 Dora Palfi on entrepreneurship, EdTech & girls education with imagiLabs.

March 21, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

EdTech | imagiLabs | Girls Education | STEM | Entrepreneurship | Coding for Future | Creators with technology | Dora Palfi is the co-founder & CEO of imagiLabs, an ed-tech company making products that empower girls with the skills, confidence, and community to create with technology. Dora worked as a developer at Morgan Stanley and as a UX Designer at Cisco, and has substantial experience teaching programming to children and teenagers as well as advocating for women in technology. Origin...

S04 E01 Mia Wagner, Co-founder & CEO at Nordic Female Founders & Løvens Hule Investor on life, career & business.

March 07, 2022 18:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Mia Therese Wagner is a lawyer, founder, executive, and one of the four investors of the Danish version of Dragon’ Den, 'Løvens Hule'.  When Mia started her career, she became a defense attorney, and later she became a partner in “Wagner attorneys”. In 2017 Mia became CEO of the family-owned company, Freeway until 2020.  In November 2020, Mia co-founded Nordic Female Founders together with Anne Stampe Olesen, and she is currently the CEO. Nordic Female Founders is working towards equal rig...

S04 E01 Mia Wagner, Minister, Investor, Board member, Co-founder, Løvens Hule (Danish Shark Tank).

March 07, 2022 18:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Digitalization Minister | Gender Quality | Shark Thank | Investor | Board Member | Unicef Danmark | Co-founder Nordic Female Founders (now exited) |  Mia Therese Wagner is an investor, board member, co-founder of Nordic Female Founders (now exited), keynote speaker, and a previous member of the Danish version of Shark Tank - Løvens Hule. 💪 In 2023, Mia became the Danish Minister for Digitalization and Gender Equality! When Mia started her career, she became a defense attorney, and later ...

Special Episode in Romanian: Melania Medeleanu about life decisions, journalism & the mission of her NGO.

February 05, 2022 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

Journalism | NGO | Purpose | Career Change | Public Speaking | In the Spotlight | Charity | Inspiration | Career Path | Personal Growth | Media Training | A former TV anchor, Melania Medeleanu is a seasoned journalist from Romania that now specializes in speech training & public speaking. She left the spotlight and returned to school to study for a master's in speech therapy. Melania wanted to focus on charity and community work, and this is exactly what she started doing instead. She fo...

Special Episode in Romanian: Melania Medeleanu about life decisions, journalism & the mission of her NGO.

February 05, 2022 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

Journalism | NGO | Purpose | Career Change | Public Speaking | In the Spotlight | Charity | Inspiration | Career Path | Personal Growth | Media Training | A former TV anchor, Melania Medeleanu is a seasoned journalist from Romania that now specializes in speech training & public speaking. She left the spotlight and returned to school to study for a master's in speech therapy. Melania wanted to focus on charity and community work, and this is exactly what she started doing instead. She fo...

S03 E09 UEFA Top Women in Football: How education in sports can inspire a society with Diana Pirciu, Romanian Football Federation.

January 24, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Education | Sport Management | Women in Sports | Football Education | Volunteer Manager | UEFA EURO 2020 | Leadership | Mindset | Athlete | Tennis Player |  A former Romanian international tennis player, Diana Pirciu studied communications and sports marketing in the USA before joining the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) as a corporate social responsibility manager and education specialist.  For EURO 2020, she was the volunteer manager in Bucharest, overseeing a team of 850 to ensure th...

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