Donna Carlson leads in a unique way, as she works toward bringing awareness of the importance of recognizing mental health, burnout, and depression in the workplace. Her childhood was characterized by an alcoholic and abusive mother, and she re

Keep Your Ambitions Alive as You Juggle All of Your Responsibilities

Mar 12th, 2024 50m 54s

Dean Lillian Mills is the first woman female dean of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin, and is an internationally renowned expert in tax and accounting. Her responsibilities with the college include teaching, pub

Follow Your Passion and Purpose and the Money Will Come

Feb 13th, 2024 47m 51s

Judy Mackey is a partner in five companies and an owner of Garden of the Gods Resort and Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her journey began in her 20s after a serious medical diagnosis as she healed through holistic Eastern medicine and her

Put Your Big Girl Pants On and Let’s Go!

Oct 24th, 2023 48m 37s

As founder and CEO of Empowered Engagement, Kelley O’Keeffe is one of the youngest leaders we have hosted on LeadingShe. Having had a very successful 15-year career in sales with several large tech companies such as IBM, she is prepared to coac

I Know There Is No Such Thing as a Dream Too Big

Oct 3rd, 2023 53m 36s

Joanie Bily, President of RemX, an accomplished executive with two of the world’s largest employment companies, wrote a Book: Dive in D.E.E.P.: Strategies to Advance Your Career, Find Balance, and Live Your Best Life (https://www.amazon.com/Div

I Allowed Me to Step Into Who I Was Meant To Be

Sep 12th, 2023 54m 8s

In 2022 Mary Miller’s company Jancoa celebrated its 50th anniversary and today she and her husband Tony have achieved the succession plan of their dreams by turning the company leadership over to their children. Mary continues to chair the boar

There is So Much Pressure on Women to Be Perfect

Jul 11th, 2023 47m 58s

As president and CEO of Eric Mower & Associates, Stephanie Crockett leads a mid-size, independent marketing agency with 150 employees. She recommends that as we seek career success, we must first get clear about what drives us, what is our purp

You've Got This!

Jun 20th, 2023 48m 11s

Kathy Boe, founder of Boecore, Inc., is an award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, and leader who has worked in support of the Department of Defense for over 25 years. Having begun her career at Hughes Aircraft, she has enjoyed a long career in a

Leaders Have to Act Like Owners

May 23rd, 2023 48m 49s

Sonita Lontoh has been an entrepreneur as well as an executive with several large companies including HP and Siemens, and serves on corporate boards. Her advice to women is to be patient and realize their career journeys are long and moves may

Don't Let Anyone Put You In A Box

May 9th, 2023 49m 16s

Kathy Courtney, is COO of GreenState Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in the country, and is a strong leader. During her long career, she worked with large financial institutions in big cities in the U.S. and internationally yet

You Can Achieve Financial Success AND Career Happiness

Apr 11th, 2023 52m 5s

Sue Bevan Baggott was educated as an engineer and was an executive with Proctor & Gamble for 19 years. Though she has an analytical approach to business, she learned how to read people through her experience as a child and employs an empathic l

Sometimes You Have to Change (Break) the Rules

Mar 28th, 2023 47m 43s

D. Sangeeta is a PhD, and founder and CEO of gotara.com who started the company during the pandemic to help improve the gender gap in STEM positions for women. Sangeeta cites the statistics of women leaving STEM positions at twice the rate as m

Find the Personal Power Within You

Mar 7th, 2023 52m 27s

Gay Gaddis founded her company T3, an advertising agency, which she grew into the largest, woman-owned independent agency in the U.S. Her experiences are extraordinary as she relates the messages from her great book, Cowgirl Power, Kick Ass i

Tell Stories So Others Can Be Successful

Feb 21st, 2023 53m 48s

Joyce Russell served as President of Adecco, leading the largest business unit of Adecco Group North America, which is one of the largest employee staffing businesses in the world. She is energetic, positive and ambitious! Joyce tells many sto

Take On The Impossible Project

Feb 7th, 2023 51m 52s

As the state of Rhode Island’s first woman Secretary of Commerce, Liz Tanner is passionate about making it easy for businesses to deal with the government processes by using technology for better efficiency. She says that when she brought more

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop

Jan 24th, 2023 49m 8s

Jenifer Rogers is an executive with Asurion in Japan where she has lived for many years. She learned early in her career to advocate for herself and let people know how qualified she was to take on new opportunities.Jenifer believes companies

Growth and Comfort Cannot Exist Together

Jan 10th, 2023 50m 22s

Cindy Doe, a C-suite executive with the large firm, EY talks about how important it is for companies to create a culture of support and sponsorship for women. She says that her sponsors helped her during meetings when she was not in the rooms b

Be Fearless, You Will Find Your Niche

Dec 20th, 2022 48m 55s

Deb McDermott as CEO of Standard Media Group, LLC, is one of the top women in U.S. media today. Her love of people and truly caring about her employees led her to write a letter reassuring them of no layoffs with a merger. Deb says diversity

Networking Lives within Everything We Do

Nov 29th, 2022 55m 38s

Julie Fasone-Holder was a C-Suite executive with Dow Chemical and spends much of her time now providing executive coaching through her company JFHinsights. (jfhinsights.com) She says that women negotiate many things throughout their lives yet o

When You Play Not to Lose, You Ruin Any Shot of Winning

Nov 8th, 2022 47m 23s

As founder and CEO of 9th Gear Technologies and capital markets specialist, Maryanne Morrow is a risk-taker and “unapologetically ambitious”. Her enthusiasm, energy and boldness are evident as she works in the male-dominated field of Fintech.

Failure is Just a Learning Experience

Oct 18th, 2022 56m 26s

Ann Hambly, the Founder and CEO of 1st Service Solutions took the risk 17 years ago to start her company with a pioneering idea and though there have been many ups and downs, she has weathered them. We talk about taking risk, not burning bridg

When It Needs Bold and Different leadership, You Will See More Women Chosen to Lead

Sep 27th, 2022 53m 4s

Colleen Birdnow Brown has held many leadership positions with the companies Fisher Communications, Lee Enterprises, Gannett Company and American Apparel over her career and now serves on a number of corporate boards. She says often women are c

If You Don't Fail, You Are Not Trying Hard Enough

Sep 6th, 2022 36m 36s

Jill McIntosh is a Senior Partner at Simpactful Consulting and was a corporate executive with Kroger for 16 years. Through her leadership with an executive women’s organization and attending a Catholic girl’s school, she has long believed that

There Is No Truth to Men Outperforming Women

Jul 19th, 2022 47m

Coco Brown, Founder and CEO Athena Alliance, talks about “loneliness at the top” which she experienced during her time leading the company Taos, an IT-services company. This spurred the genesis of a women’s dinner group which grew to 150 member

The Oncoming Tsunami of Women’s Influence

Jun 28th, 2022 48m

Heather Ettinger is Founder and CEO of her firm, Luma Wealth and thrives in the male-dominated financial management industry by helping guide women toward financial wellness with knowledge and insights. She provides a no-nonsense approach to fi