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079: The Route to a Unique, Authentic Leadership Style as a Tech Executive with Hema Ramaswamy

Are you feeling inspired about your leadership and tech career going into the new year?

Let’s talk about finding your unique route to becoming a standout leader & executive!

In today’s episode, I invite an amazing woman in tech, Hema Ramaswamy, to tell us all about her inspirational journey to becoming a tech executive and how her authentic leadership style is paving the way for more women in tech to thrive!

Ready to get inspired?

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078: The Small and Simple Year-End Actions to Set You Up for Massive Success Next Year

Are you set up to have a massively successful 2022? I can help you with this, my love!

Let’s talk about the small & simple things you can be doing, so that come January 1st – you’re ready to hit the ground running in your career!

In today’s episode, I am sharing the planning, mindset tools, and practical exercises you can use right now to make sure you start 2022 off right.

Ready for the actions & mindset that are going to make your next year phenomenal?

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077: Can We Have it All? Being a Mother and an Engineering Executive with Sushma Nallapeta

Balancing family life and your desire to be an amazing leader in tech can have you questioning – can I really have it all? But you CAN, my love!

Let’s talk about how you can start to redefine success and uplevel as a leader AND a parent!

In today’s episode, I invite extraordinary tech leader, Sushma Nallapeta, to share her wisdom on having it all! We discuss balancing motherhood with an executive leadership career, the common identity crisis mothers and executives face, and how to overcome bias in the industry and your own perfectionism to uplevel your tech leadership!

Ready to have it all?

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076: The Three Systems Every Leader Needs

Is creating systems really worth the time it takes? YES, my love! Systems are essential to achieving great things as a leader.

So, let’s talk about the systems you need in place to make sure you are achieving your full potential in your leadership career!

In today’s episode, I dig into how to systemize more of your work so you can focus your decision-making energy on the things that really matter.

Ready for the THREE foundational systems you need to shine as an executive leader?

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062: What is Servant Leadership All About?

What actually is servant leadership? And should you be worried about implementing it in your organization?

Let’s have a talk about why adopting a servant leadership model might be right for you (and how to do it!)

In today’s episode, I dive into the servant leadership philosophy – I dispel some common misconceptions, share ways to implement it effectively, and give you the pros and cons list you need so you can fully understand and put the servant leadership model into action!

Ready to learn more about what being a servant leader REALLY means?

Let’s go to the show!

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061: Being an Ambitious Mom in Tech with Robbin McManne

Can we be ambitious and still be great parents? And how does showing up more consciously as a parent relate to how you show up in the workplace?

Let’s talk about how to balance being an ambitious woman in tech AND showing up as the parent you want to be!

In today’s episode, I invite the extraordinary Robbin McManne, parenting coach for ambitious women, to share her work as a parenting coach and discuss ways to balance being a more conscious parent with standing out in your career and leadership.

Ready to gain some tools to help you balance parenting kiddos while upleveling your tech leadership, my love?

Let’s go to the show!

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047: Launching a Business and Pivoting into Tech while Starting a Family with Jenn Hunter

Are you thinking about pivoting your career? Or maybe you’re expanding your family and need some tips to maintain balance while still standing out as the amazing tech leader that you are?

Let’s talk about how my guest launched a business and pivoted into tech – all while starting a family!

In today’s episode, I have an inspiring conversation with Jenn Hunter, COO of PayShepherd, self proclaimed nerd, and mom (of two under two!) about her entrepreneurial journey. We discuss how she balances motherhood and business, the challenges around adopting technology and instigating change in the construction industry, and some helpful insights on how to uplevel your leadership in a male-dominated industry.

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037: How to Get More Life in That Work/Life Balance Mix And How Your Leadership Ambitions Are Being Held Up While You Figure This Out!

Do you often tell yourself you will find that elusive work/life balance once you’ve got your to-do list under control? Or maybe you will finally feel less stressed and overwhelmed once you’ve landed that next dream job?

If this sounds familiar – let’s talk about what you can do to get out of burnout and into a place of healthy, balanced (and more productive!) leadership.

In today’s episode, I share my 5 TOP TIPS if you’re feeling overworked or exhausted in your career and how these can help you cultivate a healthy work/life balance that will lead to more productivity, innovation, and overall success for you and your team.

Ready to move away from burnout and see your productivity skyrocket?

I dive into:
My 5 TOP TIPS to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance
How I’ve actually helped my clients get promoted by eliminating burnout and finding work/life balance
The ONE thing that might be keeping you in burnout (and how to fix this!)
Internal validation vs. external validation (and how important this is for my perfectionists and people-pleasers out there!)
The correlation between healthy work/life balance and career success
My favorite mindset tip if you feel like you’re not getting noticed for all your hard work
And so much more!

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034: Embracing Asynchronous Communication to Build Thriving Remote-Friendly Teams

Does it feel like you are drowning in excessive meetings? Ready to get back to work and spend more time doing the things that light you up and move things forward?

Let’s talk about how to overcome the common issues with working remotely by focusing on and enhancing the communication skills within your team.

In today’s episode, I take you through my TOP SIX STRATEGIES to implement effective asynchronous communication into your team so you can dramatically improve productivity and output (while working remotely)!

Ready to embrace asynchronous communication and start operating at a higher level?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
What asynchronous communication is and the BIGGEST thing you need to deal with to effectively move into it
My TOP SIX STRATEGIES to implement effective asynchronous communication into your team
How to decrease the number of meetings you attend and why this can IMPROVE communication!
The MOST IMPORTANT reasons communication could be holding your team back from higher productivity and output (and what to do about it!)
Identifying where you can use synchronous communication effectively (without unnecessary meetings!)
The BIGGEST objection you will come up against when trying to reduce meetings (and how to bust through it!)
Practical tools and systems to help your team with asynchronous communication
The common ways Slack and other comparable systems are misused
And more!

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033: What it Means to Build a Remote-Friendly Team (and the common mistakes to avoid)

How has the move to working remotely affected you and your team? Are you dealing with problems like less productivity or too many meetings?

It’s time to have a real, hard look at what the next step might be and if you and your team could thrive better under a different remote environment.

In today’s episode, I go over what it really means to build a remote-friendly team and how to cultivate a healthy culture of productivity and success while empowering your team as they work from home.

Ready to uplevel your leadership and start thriving in a remote-friendly environment?

Let’s go to the show!

I dive into:
The MOST IMPORTANT differences between a remote-allowed and a remote-friendly work environment
How to know if you have built or are working in a remote-friendly environment (and how to turn it around if you aren’t!)
Why the amount of formal meetings has increased during Covid (and why this isn’t always the best approach)
How to create tools and processes that actually promote a remote-friendly culture
A mindset shift you need to make as a leader if you have ANY team members working remotely
And more!

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