Fierce Feminine Leadership

In today’s episode, I am joined by the fabulous Australian-based mentor, speaker, and the expert in Wellness Psychology and Human Potential, Suzi Petrozzi. Suzi has worked with thousands of high-achieving, successful women in business around the globe, helping them overcome obstacles and move past crossroads in their lives and careers that are often developed over emotional barriers. Suzi is the founder of an award-winning wellness center – Petrozzi Wellness Center – in Sydney, Australia, which she works alongside her husband, John. She has worked as a clinical psychologist for over 13 years, and this experience has driven her passion to help her clients on a more intimate level. 

Whether you are running a business or running a marathon, high-performance is a critical skill to have in order to “finish the race.” As many of my wonderful listeners already know, I am a huge fan of high-performing women, athletes, entrepreneurs, and business executives. However, throughout my coaching experience, I often see many women that have the potential to be high performers, but somehow fail to unlock that potential – leaving it on the table. Today, I share with you four critical psychological skills that all high-performers must have and master in order to achieve success in life, business, and sports. Unless you’re living a high-performance lifestyle in business and life, you are leaving potential on the table. My Challenge for You: Think about what would be possible if you could unlock 15% more potential without creating more time in a day or upgrading your skills. Think about what would be possible for humanity if everyone could unlock 15% more of their Think about how the whirlwind of your lif

Women are essential to affect change in order to lead our homes, businesses, our communities, and the world. We come from diverse backgrounds, and everyone’s story is unique, valuable, and helpful to us so we can turn our survival stories into success stories.

Do you get frustrated at how long things are taking? Do you think things should be much easier? As a coach, I notice impatience is normal among fierce feminine leaders, so rest assured you’re not alone.  Possessing and bringing a sense of urgency to your business is a positive step but it can go the opposite way where your impatience causes you to resist embracing a high level of performance. Years ago, I had the opportunity to interview Stanford University psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck who is the author of the book Mindset which is like a bible to me in my coaching practice. Her book pinpoints two type of mindsets, fixed and growth, and how we use these attitudes to either move forward or keep us back from realizing our goals.  So, on today’s episode, I’ll talk about fixed and growth mindset so you understand what may be keeping you back from your goals. Our attitudes are not set in stone, and many intelligent and competitive women break out of their negative mindsets to achieve success no matter how long it

An interesting point was mentioned during my last episode while interviewing Vicki Saunders, the founder of SheEO. She said that women are not asking for help in their businesses – that many women feel they need to do everything on their own in order to be, or feel, successful and accomplished. In reality, though, it is incredibly hard to do everything on your own without asking for help and developing a team.

On the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast, we focus on how to help women become fierce and how to step into their power as leaders. Women are instrumental in affecting change in their home, their businesses, and the world and we need to inspire confidence in each other so we can take our rightful place at the helm.

On the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast, we dedicate ourselves to ambitious heart-centered women who want to step into their power in leadership roles – you are the reason we do this. Women are very important to the world because to affect any change we need to have strong and empowered women taking the helm in their communities, homes, and business organizations. I want to take this time to acknowledge all of you fierce women who have subscribed to our show, who have sent me emails letting me know how this show has helped you, and for those of you who suggest topics for discussion, we do this all for you.

Today, you’re hearing the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast from beautiful London England where I’m speaking at a conference run by my good friend Carmelita Nuthall. I’m originally from the UK so its’s fabulous to visit with my family and getting in some shopping at the same time. Since I’m here, I invited a successful solopreneur who lives in London to talk to us about her experience as a businesswoman.

Jennifer Gillivan is the president and CEO of the IWK Health Center foundation. She has vast experience with philanthropy, partnership strategy, marketing, and of course, leadership. She was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland and migrated to Canada in 1982 where she eventually worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and would later receive the CBC English Television Award for Pioneer Work.

On the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast, we discuss ways to empower yourself in your role as an independent woman in business and in your personal life. The question is, how do you find fulfillment in the world of business?

On the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast, we talk about empowering women. Claiming your power is incredibly important to becoming successful in your business or organization, but how do you transition from the corporate world into a top leadership role?

One of the most important aspects of growing a business or advancing in your career or organization is to consistently plant the seeds to success. In episode 78, we heard from thought-leader and entrepreneur, Pamela Slim talk about why she does to maintain momentum in her business, and one of the key points she made was to consistently plant seeds of success.

Taylor Swift is probably one of the most successful celebrities in the world today and I’d like to think she owes her success to her squad. That’s right, her group of powerful femme fatales isn’t just for display, girls. No, Taylor chose them for a reason and today’s show will highlight the importance of forming your own squad to become successful.

On the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast, we often talk about ways to step into and claim your power. Claiming your power is incredibly important to become successful in your business or organization, but what if you’re ready to pivot from the corporate world into the entrepreneurial world? What do you do if your professional history is filled with a lot of experience across multiple industries or your resume shows several different – and unrelated – skillsets? How do you make the pivot? Today’s guest, Pamela Slim, is an award-winning author, speaker, and entrepreneur and innovative thinker with a passion for helping people make sense of their professional background, pivot from the corporate world into the entrepreneurial one, and tell their story in a way that makes sense to potential clients and customers.

Taylor Swift is an amazingly fierce feminine leader and woman in business. Not only is she a great role model for young girls, but she also has incredible business sense. This year, she has topped the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, earning an incredible $107-Million. But, have you ever thought about what strategies she uses in her business to reach such amazing success?

As a coach, I have had the opportunity to work with many great women leaders in business. The most exciting part about working with these highly skilled, motivated, thought-leading women is listening to their dreams, what is possible for them, their desires, and what they want to build. But, where there is sunshine – rain clouds sometimes follow. And in my career, the rain clouds come when we get down to their fears – what they are afraid of and is preventing them from accomplishing their goals. Most of us are dealing with the same fears.

Welcome back, fierce tribe! On Friday, we discussed how you can work less and earn more through negotiating what you want in a warm and firm way. Today, I am joined by Knightsbridge Robertson Surette’s partner and my dear friend April Howe. April has 15 years of consulting and coaching experience, has played an instrumental role in the development of Knightsbridge Robertson Surette’s career transition and HR consulting practice, and works as an instructor in various business schools. She serves on the board of several organizations, including the one that we serve together – The Black Business Initiative – which aids in fostering a dynamic black presence within the business community.

Today, fierce ones, I’m talking about money. I’m talking about freedom. I’m talking about money and freedom and how money can create more freedom for you beyond merely unknotting time constraints. Money has a way of freeing emotional burdens. What emotional burdens? Money helps you spend more quality time with the people you love. Money helps you achieve your dreams – perhaps you’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii. Money helps you find financial, and emotional, freedom.

Do you plan out your work week? Do you take the time to sit down and plan out your activities for each day of the week, or do you fly by the seat of your pants, keeping a mental check list or buying enough Post-It Notes that you should really consider taking up stock in the company?

One of the biggest career-limiting factors affecting women in business and in the workplace is gender bias – whether done consciously or unconsciously. And although times have changed over the last several decades, the types of gender bias situations that women often face is now much more insidious and harder to spot.