Fierce Feminine Leadership

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

Lolly Daskal is the CEO of Lead From Within, a New York Times best-selling author, and one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world who has worked with executive leaders in hundreds of companies across 14 countries. Her proprietary leadership program has helped leaders enhance their performance to make meaningful impacts in their companies, their lives, and the world. She has been named one of the Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts by Inc.com, one of the 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Event by Inc. Magazine, and The Huffington Post has named her as The Most Inspiring Woman of the World. Keep Reading >>   Lolly joins me today to share her story and provide practical strategies on how fierce feminine leaders can explore their leadership gaps to step into their power and lead from within. She also shares ways for you to leverage your “impostor syndrome” to improve your leadership skills and describes her “leadership archetypes”.     “Striving for perfection is strivi

As highly ambitious women, striving to reach our goals, dreams, and meet the needs of our clients often leads us to striving for the near-impossible – perfection. Highly ambitious, professional women and female entrepreneurs often find themselves spending countless hours changing, tweaking, revising, and polishing our work – whether it’s that next blog post or the next big course we want to launch – before we finally put it out into the world. Keep Reading >> This “perfection addiction” is a common issue for many new and experienced entrepreneurs as well as highly ambitious, successful professional women. Today, I want to share with you my 5 powerhouse strategies for coping with – and overcoming – the perfect addiction.   “Embrace the mantra that ‘done’ truly is better than ‘perfect’.”   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: Overcoming the fear of “dropping the ball” when faced with the opportunity to scale and grow Reconciling growth and ambition with perfection   5 Powerful Strategies to Cope

Lainey Lui is a world-renowned celebrity gossip and news maven, a reporter on CTV’s etalk, and the Co-Host of the CTV’s new daytime talk show, The Social. She is the founder and Editor of the Lainey Gossip blog, a website that attracts millions of celebrity gossip enthusiasts per month and has covered hot celebrity stories such as Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding, Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding, as well as events such as the Oscar’s Red-Carpet event and SuperBowl XLII. Additionally, she has appeared on several major media outlets including CNN, CBS, and CTV and is recognized as one of Canada’s top celebrity and pop culture experts. Keep Reading >> Lainey joins me today to discuss why we need to prioritize women’s conversations more than we currently do and shares how she became a maven in the celebrity gossip space. She shares behind-the-scenes glimpses of how her blog got started and became so popular as well as how she manages her day-to-day tasks and responsibilities a

As a woman, it can be challenging to gain the respect you deserve if you are working in a male-dominate industry and now one knows that better than today's guest. Keep Reading >> Elem Rinomato’s journey into the construction industry began at the tender age of 8 when she asked her father the simple question, “Daddy, what is drywall?” Today, she is the president of Torino Drywall, a company that builds wall and ceiling system for high-rise and low-rise residential and commercial construction projects as well as the owner of Country Homes – a residential home construction company for the Greater Toronto Area. She is also the Vice President of the Rinomato group of commercial companies, the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Interior Systems Contractors Association, and a board member of the local apprenticeship committee. Elem is an incredibly fierce feminine leader in the construction industry, and today, she joins me on the show to share her story. She explains what it was like to be the only w

When it comes to personal branding, there is a lot of conventional wisdom, information, and insight floating around the internet. From articles in business magazines and on LinkedIn to professional development workshops, training, and books - there are dozens of “experts” teaching others how to build their personal brand through conventional methods and wisdom. On the surface, most of this advice seems reasonable. However, if you dig a little deeper, you will likely find that the advice and wisdom they share is often counterproductive, ineffective, and even damaging. Keep Reading >>   On today’s episode, I’m discussing why everything you’ve learned about building your personal brand is wrong. I share the three most common myths about building your personal brand, how believing these myths can actually hold you back from achieving your professional goals, and how they can prevent you from showing up as the strong, confident, fierce feminine leader we know you can be. I also explain why your personal brand sho

Michelle Froah is the Vice President of Marketing Excellence, Strategy, and Integration at Samsung Electronics America. She played a crucial role in the marketing efforts of Samsung to regain consumer trust after the recall of Galaxy Notes 7. She is also the director of Brandable, a Singapore-based marketing and branding consultancy company.

Andrea Mallard is the Chief Marketing Officer at Athleta, an ethical apparel brand recognized for their yoga wear and clothing line designed to inspire women and girls to reach their full potential. Andrea received her bachelor’s degree in International Politics and English Literature from Queens University in 1999 and her master’s degree in Media from the London School of Economics in 2001 - graduating at the very top of her class at both schools. After graduating college, she began working with IDEO, Omada Health, and, later, held a seat on the Board of Advisors for the German company, Unu Motors.

Do you strongly believe that working hard produces its own results and rewards? That if you work hard enough, you won’t need to “toot your own horn” and share your accomplishments with others because, ultimately, your hard work is proof of your success and accomplishments? Keep Reading >> Many brilliant, high-achieving professional women shy away from talking about themselves, their accomplishments, and their successes because they don’t want to come off as obnoxious or leave the impression that they are bragging. What many of these fierce ladies may not realize, though, is that sharing their accomplishments with the world helps them claim their power, their authority, and their voice. So, how can you subtly toot your own horn without coming off as obnoxious or braggy? That, my fierce friends, is exactly what I’m going to share with you today! I’m sharing five powerful strategies to help you share your accomplishments and successes without sounding like you have a chip on your shoulder.   “As you advance, th