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Ep. 188 - How to Take Your Business to the Next Level During Crisis: Camille Burns Sep 14, 2021

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Camille Burns is the CEO of the Women Presidents' Organization, an organization with the mission to help second-stage women entrepreneurs around the world take their companies to the next level of success. She helped grow the WPO from a small U.S.-based nonprofit to a global organization with chapters around the world. She is skilled at building and maintaining strong relationships with board members, business owners, corporate sponsors, partner organizations, speakers, and consultants. She speaks and represents the women’s business community around the world. In this episode, Camille talks about how women business owners are handling the pandemic situation to continue thriving their businesses. Listen in to learn the importance of vulnerability and authenticity as a business owner to help your team navigate a crisis. You will also learn the importance of creating connections and relationships in and out of your business.

Key Takeaways:

Learning how to adapt and innovate in business during a major crisis
The importance of staying connected to the internal and external world of your business
How to balance between staying positive and authentic as a business owner during a crisis
How to accept and acknowledge the pandemic situation to find flexibility
Pay attention to the cyber security of your business to prevent any further challenges

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Ep. 189 - Pivoting More Than Once to Achieve Your Goals | Michelle Moore Sep 14, 2021

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What does it take to pivot more than once? Michelle Moore tells us how she pivoted to a business that is entirely based on supporting women entrepreneurs. Michelle Moore is an entrepreneur who pivoted to business after spending years in senior corporate marketing. After 14 years of running a jewelry business from home, she is again pivoting to create a convenient and enjoyable way for women to partner with businesses and nonprofits that are committed to championing women.

Michelle is an energetic and compassionate innovator with a strong desire to expedite women’s equity. She harnessed this passion in the creation of ElleRate, a women’s review site that amplifies the voices and choices behind women’s spending power, in collaboration with the businesses and nonprofits that champion them, in return, through their products, services, customer experiences, and workplace and social responsibility practices. In this episode, Michelle talks about her entrepreneurial journey and the lessons she’s learned about running a successful business. Listen in to learn the importance of educating the public about the value of elevating women in business. You will also learn how to approach the initial stages of a business by considering the type of business you’re starting.

Key Takeaways:

The importance of weighing in the advantages and disadvantages you have when starting a business
Why you should believe in the ability of your business succeeding to attract supporters
Stop wasting time and do what you need to do to achieve your dreams

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Ep. 187 - How to Rediscover Life After Church Hurt | Candace Keith Sep 10, 2021

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Are you living out your passion and purpose while impacting others? Candace Keith turned her life from lemons to lemonade by transforming her church hurt experience to be a servant leader using her passion to empower women. Candace Keith is a spiritual life coach, a paid master moderator on Clubhouse, and a former first lady of the ministry. She unveils the taboo subject of ‘Church Hurt" and uses Spiritual Disciplines with Evidence-based Strategies to empower First Ladies of Ministries who have lost their Voice, so they can reconnect to their inner peace. In this episode, Candace shares her personal experience with church hurt as a first lady of the ministry, and how she overcame and started using her voice. Listen in to learn the importance of being empowered enough not to lose yourself as a servant leader. You will also learn how to design your ideal life by living out your passion and purpose while impacting others in society.

Key Takeaways:

Learning how to show up imperfectly perfect for yourself and live with your truth
How to be fully purposed and have your voice rebirthed as a woman for yourself and others
How to use your passion and purpose to serve and impact others
The importance of creating content that resonates with your target audience as a startup

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Ep. 186 - How to Advocate for Women in The Workplace | Jeffery Tobias Halter Sep 07, 2021

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Instead of being 80% part of the problem, men can be part of the solution we need to attain diversity in the workplace and businesses. Jeffery Tobias Halter uses women's advocacy to talk about the other dimensions of diversity and bring the much-needed impact. Jeffery is a corporate gender strategist and the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women's leadership advancement. He’s also the founder of the Father of a Daughter Initiative and the creator of Gender Conversations Quick Starters Newsletter and the Male Advocacy Profile. Jeffery is the former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company. In this episode, Jeffery explains his passion for advocating for women and how he’s training other men to embrace diversity at the workplace. Listen in to learn the importance of men realizing the responsibility they have for the women in their lives to advocate for all women. You will also learn the different ways you can stay exposed to opportunities as a woman working virtually.

Key Takeaways:

The importance of having conversations about diversity to achieve the required change
How to listen, learn, lead, and have the will to overcome diversity challenges
How to make your voice heard by talking to your manager, networking, and reaching out when working virtually
Make a prospect a customer even before they’re a customer by approaching them right
The importance of hiring a professional social media manager to help grow your business

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Ep. 185 - How to Help Navigate Crisis: Debra Woog Sep 03, 2021

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Ep. 185 - Debra Woog is a Crisis Navigation Partner who provides leaders with expertise, structure, and empathy. Debra assists people in processing difficult situations, connect with necessary resources, communicate effectively, and lead with a clear mind and solid strategy. Having experienced her own crises and crossroads, she realizes the importance of an outside resource to provide perspective while navigating difficult circumstances, decisions, and conversations. In this episode, Debra talks about the work she does with women leaders in crisis and shares some of her entrepreneurial secrets. Listen in to learn the importance of staying prepared for crisis as an entrepreneur by having a community, capacity, and communication. You will also learn how to find financial success in your business after shifting from a corporate career.

Key Takeaways:

The importance of doing a SWOT analysis before starting a business
Why you shouldn’t wait until you’re ready or everything in your life is ready to start a business
How to build a career around your brilliance to be financially successful and make a difference
Ways you can find financial success as an entrepreneur after leaving your corporate job
Why you should start your business as a side hustle first before going full time

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Ep. 184 - How to Increase Sales Through Email | Charles Bernard Aug 31, 2021

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Becoming a better and effective sales leader is every entrepreneur’s dream. Charles Bernard gives us some of the best and free ways to effectively list build and structure converting emails. Charles has over 20 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, and recruiting and training. He’s a former sales executive for General Electric where he was the top revenue producer in his division. He founded and operates Criteria for Success (CFS), a sales improvement training and Sales Playbook development company based in Manhattan. In this episode, Charles describes how to build a prospects list on LinkedIn and to effectively structure sales emails. Listen in to learn how to build a free and converting sales prospects list on LinkedIn as a small business owner. You will also learn how to create a sales system that allows you to focus on your business productivity rather than the internal negative self-talk.

Key Takeaways:

How to build a free sales prospects list on LinkedIn as a small business owner
How to have a system of selling that you focus on and not get hypnotized by negative self-talk
How to ask people for timely feedback upfront as a salesperson
The importance of incorporating anecdotal storytelling in your business
How to include an action in your follow-up email subject line to drive people into opening it

Ep. 183 - How to Empower Kids and the World | Esther Wojcicki Aug 27, 2021

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Esther Wojcicki - Would you like to meet the mother of the CEO of YouTube, the founder of 23 and Me (the country’s newest self-made billionaire), and an anthropologist and epidemiologist? This fascinating woman is all of that and more! Esther leads us through her journey of life as a teacher for 30 years who kids TRUSTed, while raising three amazing daughters! In addition, she is a best-selling author, and she's not done yet! She has two world-changing passion projects, Tract and WOJ.IT. This is one of the most impressive women I have ever interviewed! You won't want to miss her parenting secrets! Author of How to Raise Successful People and Moonshots in Education.

Ep. 181 - Inc. Magazine Scott Omelianuk on Women Entrepreneurs and Building Brands |Purse Power Aug 24, 2021

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Scott Omelianuk is a multi-talented guy who did not follow a traditional path He is the editor-in-chief of Inc. Magazine, brand builder, business leader, and consumer connector. He also runs a professional collective, does strategy consulting for startups, is an entrepreneur in residence at an incubator, and is a lecture at a research university. When his Art History teacher gently suggested he might make a better writer than an artist, he joined GQ and found his true passion, not as a writer, but immersing himself in business. He became active in TV and the growing internet and was even a TV host, producer, and partner as the creator of The Real Housewives of OC. Listen to how his career went from carpenter to editor-in-chief of one of the most famous business magazines. In this episode, Scott talks about his career experience, his stand on women entrepreneurs, and describes the power of brand purpose. Listen in to learn the importance of practicing resiliency as a woman entrepreneur to help you pivot in business. You will also learn the power of building a brand purpose that goes beyond your existence as a business

Key Takeaways:

How to use your career experiences to find your personal and business purpose
The importance of being resilient to help you pivot especially as a woman entrepreneur
How to create and understand a brand purpose that defines why you exists as a business
How to utilize the digital space and other tools to pivot and grow as an entrepreneur

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Ep. 181 - The Value of Intergenerational Living | Donna Butts Aug 24, 2021

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Would you consider pursuing an intergenerational family living setup? Donna Butts explains to us the benefits of intergenerational living in connecting all members of the community. Ms. Butts has committed a lifetime to advance the work of the local and nonprofit community through her professional, public policy, and literary contributions, in the field of youth and family development. She began her career as a youth development worker with the YWCA in her home state of Oregon. Over the years, her career led to her current position as CEO of Generations United, a position she has held for nearly 25 years. Donna is a recognized expert in the field of intergenerational family connections as evidenced by her frequent and marquee-level interviews, publications, and public testimony on this time-honored family and community-building body of work. In this episode, Donna talks about intergenerational connections and why society needs to integrate this form of living. Listen in to learn the importance of involving the elderly in the community through intergenerational living. You will also learn the economic and social benefits of intergenerational living, especially during and after the pandemic.

Key Takeaways:

The responsibility and commitment you have to support families in whatever position you’re in
How to care and support families where grandparents are helping raise their grandkids
How to find success through the support and love of living in an intergenerational family setup

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Ep. 180 -How to Create a MultiMillion Dollar Business | Kim Walsh Phillips Aug 23, 2021

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Kim Walsh Phillips - Would you like to take what you love to do – your passions, your strengths, and your gifts – and channel them into starting or growing a business, creating a life that you love, and crushing your incredible and outrageous 10-year goals? Kim Walsh Phillips is one of the most amazing women of today that you will meet! Kim is the founder of Powerful Professionals, a business coaching and education company, and she can help you do just that! She went from 32 clients to over 11,000 in less than a year and was recently named #475 in the Inc 5000. She is an MBA-free self-made millionaire. She’s the behind-the-scenes secret weapon of some of the biggest names in the business including Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank, Dan Kennedy, Profit First Author Mike Michalowicz, Harley-Davidson, Hilton Hotels, and High Point University, and has spoken on stages beside some of the world’s leading thought leaders including Tony Robbins, Grant Cardone, Barbara Corcoran, and Gary Vaynerchuk.

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