Female Tech Exec
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor the mid-career female executive in technology looking to reach the VP level and beyond. Join Lisa Kostova, a former Product VP and mountaineer, and guests for honest and real tips, strategies and conversation to accelerate, and most importantly ENJOY, your career climb TODAY! Based on the Career CLIMB™ framework. For more resources, see www.careerclimb.co
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The 4-Day Workweek Is A Lie - 4 Strategies To Finally Enjoy Time Off While Being A Superhuman at Work
June 29, 2023 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIn the podcast episode, I show you what needs to happen for you to be able to fully unplug AND be a productivity superhuman at work. I give you 4 strategies to take control of your time, whether you're at work or on vacation. You'll learn: The surprising reason why Henry Ford invented the 5-day work week and the impact of the industrial era on how companies work today, How face-time is still a big thing at companies, even when they don't acknowledge it, and most importantly, how you ca...
When Loyalty Holds You Back In Your Career And How To Take The Leap To The Next Level - A Conversation With an Amazon Exec
May 25, 2023 01:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this episode, I interview Tanya Bonamico, a Senior Product Manager at Amazon, leading a team of 50+ for seller risk management and a CareerClimb® client. We discuss her career journey and the challenges she faced while working in a long-term role. Tanya shares her insights on the price of loyalty, the struggle for career advancement, and the importance of seeking support and making bold decisions. Her story sheds light on the need to prioritize personal growth and recognize when it's ti...
What Gabby Bernstein's Coach Taught Me - an Intimate Conversation With Rha Goddess On Female Power and The Relationship With Our Authentic Self
April 27, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBI dive into a juicy conversation with Gabby Bernstein's coach and author of the book "The Calling: 3 Fundamental Shifts to Stay True, Get Paid and Do Good" - Rha Goddess. We explore topics ranging from the practical to the spiritual. We discuss the importance of women connecting with themselves, the transformational power of community, and the need for conducive environments that foster growth and success. Especially at a highly chaotic and uncertain time when women need more support than ...
This Bowling Champion Will Teach You How To Strike a Director Promotion
March 09, 2023 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBToday I interview one of my favorite clients ever - Lori Edwards, a Director at Niche - an ed-tech leader in school search. If you’re in the first decade of your career and looking to break through the Director level, this conversation can give you the mindset shift that will help you replicate her success, even if you feel stuck and frustrated at the moment. Lori had spent seven years as a Product Manager when she joined her current startup as a Senior PM. That’s when things got complic...
Working for Steve Jobs Almost Broke This Female Exec - and Walking Away Built her Character
January 19, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBToday I interview Alessandra Ghini, my very first executive coach and a partner at Go Partners. We talk about what it was like working with Steve Jobs at Apple and how Alessandra survived the most difficult working environment for years before walking away at the peak of the company's rise. Following her tenure at Apple, Alessandra worked with Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks on relaunching the Starbucks brand. Alessandra and I discuss: 1) What was Steve Jobs like as a boss and how he...
Advanced Strategies for Leveling Up Your Networking in the New Year - Formula and Templates for a High Response Rates
January 05, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this episode, I go through advanced networking strategies, especially for those who are looking for a job. Strategic networking beats transactional networking every time in terms of quality and quantity of results, hands down. Plus, it spares you from getting the reputation of a spammer. In this episode, I cover: - The biggest prerequisite you need before you start networking (it's not what you think) - The precise formula and template for the reach-out message to your network - What ...
Stop Turning People Off on LinkedIn - How to Get Results through Strategic Networking
December 22, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, I talk about the two types of networking - transactional and strategic. I then offer you a 5 step approach to kickstart your strategic networking if you've been doing transactional networking up until now. I also give you a framework for reaching out to your connections.
5 Resilience Strategies I Learned from this CPO who Fought for Her Daughter's Adoption as a Single Mom
December 15, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBNivedita Ojha has broken quite a few norms in her life. But none more significant than the decision she made to adopt an older child from an Indian orphanage as a single mom. It was the spring of 2020 and as the world came to a halt at the onset of COVID, Nivedita was unable to travel to India to bring her new daughter home. What followed was 9 months of a forced wait as Nivedita's boss transitioned out and a new executive came in - one who felt threatened by the independence of an Indian...
Finding Wisdom and Purpose In a Challenge Many Women are Afraid to Discuss - Conversation with Evelyn Chou
December 08, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBToday I interview Evelyn Chou who currently works in Product at Coursera (ex-Uber) and whose passions include creating great articles and content on Medium and LinkedIn, working with data and analytics, traveling and launching products in different cities, as well as offering her advice and mentorship to up and coming PMs. Evelyn is also one of the hardest-working, kindest and bravest people I've had the honor to know and coach. In our conversation, Evelyn opens up about a challenge that...
The Secret Key to Powerful Career Transformation - No Career Goals can be Accomplished without It
December 01, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode, I introduce you to the mechanism responsible for accomplishing goals, including career goals. And I show you what so many psychologists, behavior change experts and best-selling authors agree is the KEY to not falling off the bandwagon but being successful in achieving your goals, even the most stretchy ones. This podcast episode is accompanied by a guided visualization (the prior podcast track) that will support you in using this powerful change strategy. Books / Reso...
Visualization - Trying on a New Identity to Create Change
December 01, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBThis episode is intentionally missing the podcast intro music. It's intended as a guided visualization for you to use to create powerful change in your career and life by feeling into the identity you're trying to become - whether an executive, a CEO or an entrepreneur. The guided visualization starts with you picking a role model you'd like to emulate and practicing intentionally becoming them for a moment, in order to pick up how this person thinks.
From Foster Care to a Rising Star in Tech - Conversation with Infectuously Optimistic Sabrina Ruelle
November 17, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBI couldn't think of a more uplifting story and episode to share with you before this Thanksgiving Holiday (and at an economically challenging time for many when it's easy to feel down) than this conversation with Sabrina Ruelle. I met Sabrina on a LinkedIn text message thread where she struck me with her thoughtful, well-articulated and insightful answers to my simple question: "What is the biggest challenge facing you in your career now?". She sounded way wiser than her years and I knew...
Beware the Sneaky PIP - How Companies Use Aggressive "Performance Management" to Conceal Layoffs In a Downturn And How to Protect Yourself
November 03, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this episode, I break down the trend that we're starting to see in tech - companies using creative "performance management" strategies to cut costs and people in order to avoid labeling them as layoffs and avoid paying severance. These strategies also help companies shift the blame for a downward trend and buy time with investors, while you're left holding the blame bag. Tune in to this episode to find out: 1) How to recognize a "sneaky PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)" is coming, 2...
Cultivating a Calm and Clear Mind - Your Secret Career Advantage
October 26, 2022 23:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, I review the lessons learned from my most recent trip to Japan, where the environment is so calm and peaceful, it's easy to feel grounded and centered. In our more hectic reality in tech in the Western world, I offer you three simple strategies for cultivating a calm and peaceful attitude - the most important advantage you can have in your career. Tune in to learn how to: 1) Cultivate a presence practice, 2) Cultivate a straight spine, 3) Adopt the Rule of One
How to Find Work in Tech that Makes You Happy To Work until You're 96, like the Queen of England
September 22, 2022 01:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, I challenge an often-held belief that success is working hard at a job you hate in order to retire early and not work anymore. I talk about the example of the late Queen Elizabeth who was working into her mid-90s until 2 days before her death at 96. We examine the path of finding work you enjoy doing forever and how to use the little-used and little-understood concept of VALUES to accomplish the seemingly impossible feat.
This ONE THING Can Ruin Even the Best Career Plan - Don't Overlook It
September 01, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, I discuss something that a lot of us tend to overlook but can destroy even the best thought-out career plans and roadmaps, and I show you how to effectively manage it.
Secrets to Successfully Producing Content on LinkedIn - Conversation with Shyvee Shi, LinkedIn PM and Content Creator with 50K Followers
August 17, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBJoin me for a conversation with Shyvee Shi, a PM at LinkedIn and a LinkedIn creator with over 50,000 followers, to understand how to create content successfully and grow your LinkedIn follow-ship while holding a full time job. Join us in an information-packed interview to learn: What type of content should you create and how often, How to choose your topics and audience based on your career goals and objectives, Tools and strategies to sustain the pace of your content creation, Why dail...
Recipes for Success for Women in Tech - Conversation with Alana Karen and What She Learned from 80 Women in Tech
July 28, 2022 22:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBMy conversation today is with the author of Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay - Alana Karen, a tech leader in Google and an articulate and successful woman in tech. In her book, she interviews 80 women and traces their triumphs, challenges, fears and misconceptions about tech and what it takes to be successful in the field. In my conversation with Alana, learn: 1) What she learned from talking to 80 women about whether the myth of "it's hard for women to be succ...
Lessons from the Latina who Builds Cars for Formula 1
July 07, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBDalia Ramos Guerra is the Head of Build and Test for the BWT Alpine Formula 1 team, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1. She's also one of only 11% of females in the space and one of even fewer women in a management position. In her role, she is responsible for the last part of the process before the championship cars are delivered to the track every weekend race. Dalia radiates a high degree of professionalism, combined with a refreshing curiosity and seeming fearlessness. She...
Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Sought His Advice. What I Learned First-hand From This Industry Giant.
June 22, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, I talk about my experience working with the famed Prof. Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "The Innovator's Solution" and one of the most influential business thinkers of the past 50 years according to Forbes. In 2014 I had the privilege of collaborating with Prof. Christensen and 18 other people, including Heads of Innovation for major corporations, other Harvard professors and a few alumni of Prof. Christensen's class on his work on the "Capitali...
Are you addicted to overwhelm? Why and how to break this habit that is ruining your career
June 16, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode I explore the hidden costs to overwhelm - both for you if you are relying on overwhelm to get help from your manager or colleagues, and for you as a manager who may be tempted to rescue people out of overwhelm. I also show you how to handle overwhelm in a constructive way that helps you rise in your career and cultivate self-sufficient teams.
Turn Your Feelings of Inferiority Around Your Compensation into Excitement for Building Wealth - Conversation with Financial Advisor Chris Welton
May 30, 2022 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBMany women don't see ourselves as "worthy" of working with a wealth advisor. That is especially true at the start and middle of our careers, when we are paying off student debt and living in expensive cities. Today's conversation with Financial Advisor and husband of one of our CareerClimb members Chris Welton will change your way of thinking about the wealth that is already yours and show you how to: Overcome the syndrome of “I don’t have enough money in the bank to get professional hel...
Secrets to Our Community's Success and How You Can Do It Too
May 04, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBOur CareerClimb community has had phenomenal success, as expressed in: 40%+ raises in compensation Accelerated promotions Senior roles negotiated VP roles landed Industry and Function switches, and more. How did these mid-career women in tech achieve all this in less than 18 months? I reveal the keys to their success in this episode. A quick preview: It starts with the vision crafted during the Product VP Challenge. The next Challenge is coming up in mid-May 2022 - register for fre...
Four Critical Mistakes to Avoid in your Review Cycle if You're Hoping to Get Promoted
April 28, 2022 01:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThe topic of Review Cycles and how to plan your promotion has become one of the most requested ones in our community at Club Denali, so we've decided to dedicate our May 2022 Product VP Challenge to a deep dive of that topic (www.productvpchallenge.com). It's the "Plan Your Promotion" edition of our 6th Product VP Challenge and we kick off May 12th! This podcast episode gives a preview to the next Product VP Challenge by reviewing the top four critical mistakes that mid-career women make w...
The Accidental Discovery that Propelled these Women's Careers and Created Life-Long Friendships
April 20, 2022 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode, I share with you my take-aways from spending a weekend with a small group of our clients in one of their beach homes. Here's the twist - I didn't organize it, I was invited to come as a guest. And when did, I was blessed to discover just how tight and close this group of women is and just how passionate they are about our community and about us growing this community more. I share with you my impressions from this amazing weekend, so you too can unlock the power of commun...
Why Ketanji's Appointment is a Big Deal for You as a Woman in Tech
April 14, 2022 03:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBKetanji Brown Jackson's appointment to the Supreme Court is a huge milestone for all the communities that she represents - Black women, African Americans and all women. And I would argue she also represents all of us, professional women, especially professional women of color, who are working tirelessly and deserve not just representation in the highest echelons of power, but also acknowledgement and respect. In this episode, I break down what Ketanji Brown Jackoson's appointment to the S...
How to be Seen as a Strategic Thinker
April 07, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBThe question I get the most hands down from women looking to progress in their career is "How do I become a strategic thinker?" In reality, there are several questions and assumptions made in this question. In this episode, I break down this common request into the components of what's really going on and how to find your way to not just thinking strategically, but being perceived as strategic by the people in charge of promotion decisions. Tune in to find out: * Why are you getting this ...
How to Build Your Career as An Executive in Tech - Conversation with Becky McCullough
March 30, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBJoin me and the Head of GlobalRecruiting for HubSpot, Becky McCullough, to discuss how to build your career as an executive in tech while having a family and a full life. We discuss: Breaking the myth that you can't have "it all" - a career as an executive and a family What makes it possible to build your career in tech while having a family or other priorities How to vet prospective employers for a supportive culture The emergence of "returners" programs for people who have had a care...
How to Write Winning Speaker Submission Headlines
March 24, 2022 02:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBContinuation of the episode about why you should be submitting speaking proposals to industry events. Here, I go through the single most important part of a speaking proposal - the headline. I teach you specific frameworks to write winning headlines for your speaking proposals to industry events, as part of building your brand as a thought leader in the tech space. I go over: The four principles of writing winning headlines for speaker proposals (or articles) Examples of winning headli...
Why You Should Submit Speaker Proposals and How to Do It
March 17, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBI follow up on a huge wave of speaker submissions from our CareerClimb community that came in for the 2022 Women In Product conference and discuss why every woman in tech should immediately start submitting to speak at industry events and how to go about doing it. In this episode we discuss: Why speaking at industry events is the fastest way to build your brand inside and outside of your company. Why you should start submitting proposals immediately, even before you feel you're ready. ...
Top 10 Episodes of the Female Tech Exec Podcast (We hit 100!)
March 09, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBIn our 100th episode, get a short-cut to the 10 most popular episodes on the Female Tech Exec podcast, so you can quickly catch up with the hottest topics!
How to Be Indistractable in a Sea of Distraction - Conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author Nir Eyal
March 02, 2022 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBNir Eyal is the author of two bestselling books, “Hooked: How to build Habit-forming Products” and “Indistractable: How to Control Your attention and Choose your life”. Nir and I met in 2014 and I was a guest contributor to his blog www.nirandfar.com, writing about addictive online auctions: [Auction Addiction: This Online Industry’s Dirty Secrets](https://www.nirandfar.com/online-auctions/). In our conversation with Nir, we explore: * Why humans did not evolve to be happy all the time * ...
Write Your Own Playbook to Document and Demonstrate Your Product Leadership Skills
February 24, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, I walk you through the importance of writing your own playbook, as a Product Manager and as a team leader, even if you're just starting out and think you don't have anything important to share. One of the biggest mistakes professional women do in their careers is fail to write down and understand the mechanics behind the failures and successes, not only in the projects they drive personally, but in the companies and products around them. I learned the critical importance o...
If You Could Have Just One Skill in Your Career, Master This One
February 17, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIn my experience working with lots of ambitious hard-working women in tech, there is one skill that stands head and shoulders above everything else when it comes to being successful at any tech company. And that's the ability to build trust. Hands down every time I hear a horror story from work, it's about lack of trust. Similarly, anytime someone is getting supported and promoted quickly, there's usually at least one solid relationship built on trust. Tune into this episode to learn: ...
21 days of isolation, 7 tests, 2 blood draws and 1 indomitable spirit of freedom and adventure - conversation with rebel Mengmeng Chen
February 09, 2022 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode, I talk to Mengmeng Chen, Sr Director of Product at F5 and a member of our CareerClimb community and Executive Development Program, at the end of her 23 day brutal quarantine in China, where she was visiting family. We talk about: Straddling two different cultures, The future of tech in China and the role of the new generation in driving the tech sector in China and the US. The perils and advantages of being a rapidly rising star in your career Building trust, cultiva...
How I Almost Gave up on Misery Hill on Mount Shasta and What to Do when You Face Your Career Misery Hill
February 03, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this episode, I take you back to my climbing adventure on Mount Shasta, transporting you to an icy hill up in the clouds, close to the summit, aptly named Misery Hill. That's the place where 50% of the climbers who make it to that point on the mountain give up and turn back. We face many Misery Hills in our career - whether it's a last minute setback on your product launch, a reorg just before your raise, getting passed over for a promotion you thought was in the bag, not getting the ...
Stop Driving a Ferrari in the Parking Lot at 5 mph - How to Take Full Advantage of your Executive Coach
January 27, 2022 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this episode, I address something I've observed recently in our CareerClimb community - women who haven't worked with a coach before are sometimes intimidated and at a loss of "how to use" their executive coach. That's normal, we've all been there with our first coach. It's like we're gingerly driving a powerful car but we're afraid to go out of the parking lot and drive it on the street. My very first executive coach is a coach on our platform today and I still joke with her that I ...
Overcoming a Career Break and Immigration Challenges In Your Career - Conversation with Nalina Murthy
January 19, 2022 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBToday I speak with Nalina Murthy, a technical Product Manager and a member of our CareerClimb Community, who has shown great resilience and perseverance in building her tech career in the US. She has managed to gain over a decade of experience in retail, banking, data centers and social media platforms, despite facing immigration-related challenges, taking a break to have her child and experiencing a set of conscious and unconscious biases from her colleagues. Tune in to learn: How Nalin...
The Smart Way to Position Yourself for Promotion - and Avoid Getting Fired
January 06, 2022 01:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this episode I share a common mistake that I’ve seen many women make including myself. In fact, it even got me fired once - I share the story in the episode. There’s a big misconception that a certain behavior most professional women adopt will get you noticed and promoted, but that’s a HUGE trap that is waiting to swallow you. In this episode, I walk you through: 1) The costs to your career and wallet of falling into the promotion misconception trap 2) How to avoid being a “low light...
How to Manifest Your Career Dreams in the New Year
December 29, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode, I discuss the KEY factor in making your career dreams and goals come true in the New Year and beyond. Without this ingredient, your career goals are likely to join the graveyard of failed New Year's resolutions - data shows that over 90% of them get scrapped by February. Don't let this be you! Tune in to find out: What separates mid-career professional women who successfully get raises, promotions and more senior opportunities from the ones who remain stuck in their career...
Market Update with Andrew Abramson of Riviera Partners - December 2021
December 22, 2021 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThe market for talent is "hot" in tech. Just how "hot"? Tune into this week's episode to find out. Andrew Abramson of Riviera Partners provides a timely update for anyone looking to land senior product roles in tech today (or just getting constantly stalked by recruiters) and answers your burning questions. Find out: How hot is the market and what does it mean for you? What can you ask for and what can you negotiate if you know how to play the game, How to be noticed and considered f...
Should You Stay or Should You Go?
December 16, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBIn the midst of the "great resignation" and with the New Year just around the corner, many of you may be wondering if you should leave your current job in tech. In this episode, I explore a question I get often from successful driven mid-career members of our community who’re feeling stuck and unappreciated at their tech work: “Should I stay or should I look for something else?” I lay out a few key considerations for you, so you end up in a stronger position instead of shooting yourself ...
The Effect of Gender in Tech - Do Women Have to Work Harder? Conversation with Natalie Egan and Joseph Schneier
December 09, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBThis is one of the most important interviews I've done. It's a conversation with two brave individuals - Natalie Egan and Joseph Schneier - who talk openly and honestly about their experiences as male and female in tech and about their experiences after their transition to the opposite gender. It's a unique opportunity to put a lens to the effects of gender and gender identity on people's careers in technology, answering questions such as: What are the prevalent gender biases in tech an...
Special Gratitude Message for You This Thanksgiving - Celebrating 1 Year of CareerClimb!
November 24, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThis Thanksgiving I'm grateful for one year of CareerClimb and most of all, grateful for YOU, the over a thousand women who have followed us and gotten to work with us in our Product VP Challenge or by listening to this podcast - my biggest hope and dream is that you have gotten support, inspiration and have accelerated your CareerClimb and picked up valuable momentum. I want to especially thank the close to 60 members of our CareerClimb programs, who keep showing up to weekly calls, coachi...
From Stuck in Her Career to Raising Capital for Her Own Startup - the Journey of Taiwanese-born Costa Rica-raised CEO Linda Lee
November 19, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBToday I sit down with a true powerhouse - a woman whose drive, unapologetic courage, contagious smile and boundless generosity made her a rising star in our CareerClimb community early on in her Product Executive Accelerator cohort. Linda Lee started the year as a stuck and frustrated Senior Director at Walmart.com and is now head of her own startup - Wonderblocks.io, which she started in the third month of our program and which aims to transform the gaming and leisure industries through ...
Stop "Networking" And Ruining Your Reputation - the Smart Way to Advance Your Career (Part 1)
November 10, 2021 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIf you’re buying into the notion that you should be "networking" a ton, congratulations! You’ve bought into the lie perpetuated by social media networks who want you to believe that sending canned messages and clicking on people’s stuff is authentic connection. It’s not. It’s spam. Copy and pasting messages on LinkedIn to people who don't know or asking them to give time to you without offering anything of value in return is transactional and it’s actually closing doors for you with peo...
How a Former Head of PM at Asana Asked for Promotion, Launched Unicorns and Wrote Books on Product Management - Conversation with Jackie Bavaro
November 03, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBI was so excited to record this interview with Jackie Bavaro, one of the authors of "Cracking the PM Interview" where I had my own interview chapter as a VP of Product back in 2014. In this awesome reunion and the first time we met face-to-face, Jackie and I talk about the three phases of the PM Career, Jackie's new book about growing your product career and how you can take charge of your career today, regardless of your present circumstance. Jackie shares the story about her manager wa...
Surviving the Brutal Culture of Financial Services and Becoming a Compassionate Leader - Conversation with Deepa Chand
October 20, 2021 22:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode, I talk with a powerful female executive, who is also a member of our CareerClimb Community - Deepa Chand. We talk about: The brutal culture of financial services, The dangers of isolating yourself as a female in hostile work environments, How to surround yourself with support structures, How to not only survive, but learn how to thrive and be a role model for compassionate leadership, Going for it and having kids while not putting the brakes on your career if you wan...
How to Stand Out as a Thought-Leader in the Tech Market - Conversation with Ryan Foland
October 13, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBI talk with Personal Branding Expert and CareerClimb trainer on Content Creation, Ryan Foland, about why it's critical for you to create a personal brand outside of your company to stand out in the marketplace and how you can easily start doing that today. In our conversation, we address: How to establish yourself as a thought-leader by creating “brand crumbs” How to amplify your impact by plugging into existing thought-leadership networks and conversations How to use your existing expe...
The First Woman to Climb Everest without Oxygen - Lydia Bradey - On Thriving as a Female in a Male-Dominated Field
October 06, 2021 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBJoin me and my mentor Lydia Bradey - the first woman to climb Everest without oxygen and a mindset trainer at CareerClimb - as we delve into what made her not just successful, but one of the best, in her field of climbing and high-altitude guiding. Lydia has climbed Everest 6 times, most recently as a guide leading clients, and was recently invited to become the first female lead guide on a K2 expedition. She has been awarded the Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit award for her serv...