Fierce Feminine Leadership

Have you ever spent time, energy, and passion to create a new piece of content, marketing material, or strategy only to find someone else has copied your work and promoted it as their own? Discovering someone else has copied you can be frustrating! But many people believe the misconception that copying is flattering - that copying someone else's work or ideas is a common occurrence throughout the business world. Keep Reading >>   The “Rob and Duplicate” concept can significantly impact the way others perceive you, your company, and your brand. It can be detrimental to the impact you want to make in the world and can significantly tarnish your reputation.   On today’s episode, I explain the three reasons why people may copy your work, what you can do if you catch yourself copying someone else’s ideas, and how to protect yourself against copycats. I explain the difference between copying and modeling and how you can identify when you are copying someone else or simply modeling their process or idea. I also sha

Kristy Wallace is a speaker and leader on driving business change through leadership, engagement, business diversity, social entrepreneurship, networking, personal branding, and work-life balance. She is the President of Ellevate network – an organization on a mission to close the gender achievement gap in business by providing professional women with a global community to learn and gain support from their female peers. Kristy is the host of the Ellevate podcast and has been recognized by New York Business Journal as a Woman of Influence. Keep Reading >> She joins me on the show today to share her story of how taking breaks in her career helped her identify her true passion and mission in life and business. We also discuss some of the biggest changes in the workforce for women and what the power of networking and nurturing your relationships can do when you pivot into a new career path.   “We are continuously evolving and changing as individuals. The person you are today is not the person you were last week.

Gina Jeneroux is the Chief Learning Officer at BMO Financial Group where she is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise learning strategy, design, operations, and governance. Additionally, she manages the company’s corporate university, the Institute for Learning in Toronto, as well as various learning sites throughout Montreal and Chicago. She is passionate about storytelling and how it can be used to make learning exciting. Keep Reading >> Gina joins me today to share her insight on how to successfully lead a diverse team and develop a culture of learning in the workplace. She shares why storytelling is so valuable as well as three actionable steps for harnessing the power of stories. She also explains how she remains grounded as a leader and shares success strategies for building a career inside a large company.   “As a leader, it’s really important to be authentic, and to be vulnerable, and to be human. I think if you’re able to tap into that focus on storytelling, it makes it so much easier to

Do you feel stuck in your career? Perhaps you feel like you’re not advancing as quickly as you’d like; that you could do more – advance more – in your professional life, but are unsure of what you need to do to get there.  So, how do you find ways to get out of your professional rut? What can you do to ramp up your career; to take the steps to achieve the next level of success?  Today, I want to share with you three powerful ways you can overcome your professional rut, advance your career, and pave the way to the next success path.    Experiencing a career rut is very common. The challenge, of course, is that it can feel really lonely and you’re not sure how to boost yourself out of it.”    Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:  What is a high-impact initiative?  Why is it important to continually invest in your professional skills?  How building relationships and asking insightful questions can help you build your network and gain valuable insight.    3 Breakout Career Moves to

It’s easy to get caught up in daily tasks and neglect the goals we have set for ourselves. Sometimes fear or uncertainty cause us to procrastinate, and we need to shift our mindset to stay on track. Sometimes we lack the accountability we need to meet our goals. Whatever the reason we lose focus, there are strategies we can implement to realign ourselves with our goals and retrain our focus on the important work instead of the busy work. Keep Reading >> In today’s episode, I share five strategies I have consistently used to stay focused on my goals. I explain how I combine mindset work with organization to achieve the best results. I describe the benefits of continuous learning and how having a coach for accountability has helped propel my business forward. I also explain how vital it is to build a team who you can outsource your decisions to preserve your willpower.   “If you set concrete goals and never look at them again, your chances and the likelihood of you reaching those goals goes down.” - Eleanor Be

When an opportunity comes knocking on your door what do you do? Do you weigh the pros and cons of accepting that new position or working on that new project? Or do you immediately say ‘Sure, I’ll try that!’ My guest today has worked her way up through the leadership ranks throughout her career by never turning down a challenge. Christine Nigro, Vice-Chairwoman of AXA Advisors, LLC and Managing Director for AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company based in New York, joins me today to give you powerful advice on climbing the leadership ladder toward career success.

Tiffani Bova is a sales strategist, speaker, and the Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. She was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in California in 2014 and Inc. Magazine recognized her as one of the 37 Sales Experts You Need to Follow on Twitter. She is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, has recently published the book, Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business, and is the host of the What’s Next! podcast.  

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Today’s episode was inspired by you – my wonderfully fierce feminine leaders listening to this podcast each week. In a recent survey, you asked me to share more tips on how to build and project confidence as well as overcome fears and obstacles you are dealing with in your career.  Keep Reading >> Are you ready to take the leap and uplevel your career? Apply for our free monthly Power Hour coaching session!  Are you a Fierce Feminine Leader, ready to uplevel their career and take the path less traveled but are feeling stuck? Do you seek personal, one-on-one mentoring to help you jumpstart your career to help you make the journey to becoming a fierce leader? Then, I want to speak with you!  Each month, I offer a complimentary Feminine Leadership Discovery Power Hour Session to my tribe, to help them step into their power, find their ‘power leaks’, and level up in their careers through personalized, one-on-one coaching sessions.   Visit www.eleanorbeaton.com/discover and apply today to reserve your se

Have you ever experienced sitting in a boardroom with a fantastic idea in your head that is later voiced out by somebody else who ends up getting all the credit for that clever idea? This scenario is only one of the many situations that can happen when you, a potential influencer, hesitated to trust your instinct and doubted yourself “just because.”

Emma Weston is a lawyer, farmer, mentor, and co-founder of the technology start-up AgriDigital. She was recently named one of Australia’s Top 25 FinTech Influencers, Female FinTech Leader of the Year, and Emerging FinTech Leader of the Year for 2017 by FinTech Australia. In addition to her work as a mentor for female technology entrepreneurs, she also serves as a non-executive director of the Australian Digital Commerce Association and FinTech Australia. Keep Reading >>   On today’s episode, Emma explains why domain knowledge is as necessary as technical knowledge for entrepreneurs in the technology space and how valuable it has been for her to surround herself with mentors and advisors who can fill in the gaps in her knowledge. She shares practical advice for entrepreneurs and start-ups on building a company to scale and tips on creating and delivering a winning pitch. She also shares the organizational strategies she uses when tackling big projects with her team.   “Although technology is what can unlock t

Welcome back, my fierce tribe! Today, I want to ask you: Are you too impatient? When you sit down and plan out your 30, 60, or 90 plan, do you become too impatient about seeing results quickly? Do you sometimes feel like your impatience interferes with your success or overall sense of happiness?

It goes without saying that confidence is key when it comes to being a fierce female entrepreneur. However, confidence does not come easily to everyone, so it needs to be learned and practiced. A lack of confidence can hold you back and make you feel stuck, but what you may not realize is that gaining confidence can be a fantastic growth strategy. Keep Reading >> In today’s episode, I discuss the importance of building your confidence while growing your business and why not all forms of confidence will result in business success. I explain the three types of confidence you need to help you scale your business and tips on how you can build your confidence while growing your organization. I also explain the importance of being curious and asking for blunt feedback and why it’s okay if your work-life and personal-life is unbalanced as you scale your business.   “Building confidence is absolutely critical for all women leaders, but it is completely non-negotiable for women entrepreneurs.” - Eleanor Beaton   Toda

As fierce feminine leaders and entrepreneurs wearing many hats and taking on a wide variety of personal and professional responsibilities, finding ways to improve our productivity and get the most accomplished in our daily lives can sometimes seem unattainable. In fact, there are literally thousands of books, tools, and apps available on the internet that are designed to help people become more productive and manage their time more effectively. However, the truth is, we truly do not have an accurate gauge of how we spend our time – and because of that – we often feel like we are less productive than we truly are. Keep Reading >> My guest today is Laura Vanderkam, an expert in time management and productivity. Laura is the author of several productivity and time management books, including I Know How She Does It: What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 168 Hours. Her work has been featured in dozens of publications including Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and USA Toda

Kim Chernecki is a sales coach, trainer, and the Founder of Freedom Street Inc., a training and coaching company that helps small business owners land lucrative corporate contracts. For over 25 years, her company has helped countless entrepreneurs grow their businesses and land corporate clients. She has worked with many well-known brands and businesses throughout Corporate Canada and North America including BMO and Manulife Financial. Additionally, she is the creator of the Land Corporate Clients Fast Track program as well as the Founder of the Trailblazers forum. Keep Reading >> Kim joins me today to explain why many small business owners and entrepreneurs often avoid reaching out to corporate clients. She explains how to prepare to do business with big corporate entities, the importance of clarifying and articulating your unique value proposition, and the difference between a discovery meeting and a pitch. She also shares some of the biggest mistakes she sees many entrepreneurs make when engaging with cor

Whether you realize it or not, business and sports have a lot in common. Playing a sport teaches you how to be a good team member and team leader, but it also teaches you the importance of being comfortable with having possession. Every player on a top performing, top ranking sports team is comfortable with possessing and controlling the ball because they know that one day they could be in a position to make the winning goal.

FFL276 Chris Cebollero Chris Cebollero is an internationally recognized leadership expert, keynote speaker, and the Senior Partner at Cebollero & Associates, a consulting firm focused on helping individuals and organizations transform their leadership teams through leadership development, coaching, sales force training, and organizational process improvements. He is the bestselling author of the Ultimate Success: Strategic Leadership Excellence book as well as the Ultimate Leadership: 10 Rules for Success and a Forbes contributing author. Additionally, he is an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council as well as a member of the John Maxwell Team.

As your life, your business, and your career continue to evolve, it’s common to need to make tweaks and changes within your personal and professional life to continue your journey to achieving success. Even small changes can have a significant impact on how you show up in the world. Keep Reading >> Today, I want to share with you one small tweak that I recently made in my personal life and how it has dramatically improved my business – and my life. By taking ownership of my daily schedule, by making a small tweak, I’ve really been able to generate great results.   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: How small changes in your daily routine can improve how you show up in the world How outsourcing tasks and finding an accountability partner helps “free up” mental space so you can work more productively   My Challenge to You: Ask yourself: What small tweak can I make in my daily schedule that can generate big results? Ask yourself: What am I not allowing myself to consider because I think “this i

In an age where fame is celebrated for fame, many fierce feminine leaders hold themselves back from building a powerful personal brand. Some even believe that building a personal brand is little more than a vacuous, attention-seeking activity when, in reality, it is so much more than that. Keep Reading >> On today’s episode, I’m sharing a replay of a recent personal branding training seminar called Rise Up: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. I explain what a personal brand is and why it’s important for advancing your career or business as well as share actionable strategies you can use to start building your powerful personal brand. I also explain why you should view your personal brand as a reflection of your values and what you represent and why it should be considered an asset to your professional career.   “When you think about great leaders - in order for them to be great leaders, to be recognized as such - it’s not just the impact that they have one-on-one. It’s about what they r

Susan Richards is an entrepreneur, accountant, and the Co-Founder of two highly successful businesses - Numbercrunch, Inc., and Givopoly. Numbercrunch is a forward-thinking accounting support company focused on helping startups and small and mid-sized enterprises manage their business finances through Virtual CFO, accounting, and bookkeeping services. Keep Reading >> In 2012, she founded Givopoly, an online gift delivery marketplace in Ottawa, Canada that provides local customers and organizations with cost-effective, fun Employee Rewards and Recognition products. Susan has previously served on the boards of several organizations, including the CMA of Ontario, Equal Voice, and the Advisory Board for Algonquin College. Today, she is a proud volunteer on the Board of Directors for the Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards as well as an advisor at AmbiSHEOus. Susan joins me today to share how she pursued her personal interests while working in an organization, the lessons she learned throughout her childhood about en