Fierce Feminine Leadership

On today’s episode of Fierce Feminine Leadership... It took less than 2 years for CEO and Founder of BikiniLuxe, Candice Galek to  parlay her experience as a swimsuit model into a thriving multimillion dollar online swimwear business. What started as a tiny startup on her living room table in Miami Beach, FL  is now  a global powerhouse business with a team of 40 members worldwide and quarter million social media followers. Keep Reading >> From the onset of BikiniLuxe, Candice realized she needed to leverage her wealth of knowledge about the swimsuit industry as well as the connections she had made during her modeling career to get BikiniLuxe off the ground. That coupled with her strong skillset in sales and customer relations laid the foundation for her success. More about BikiniLuxe They sell over 4000 swimwear products for women and men through the site. Most of the brands represented on the site have demonstrated a corporate social responsibility in which they give back to the community. Entering into t

Happy International Women’s Day! This year’s motto of International Women’s Day is “Be Bold.”   Which leads to the questions, what does it mean to be truly bold? What would be possible if you were able to unlock 15% more confidence, influence, presence and power- simply put, if you were able to be more bold?

Today on Fierce Feminine Leadership… Today we’re talking to the accomplished copy conversion mentor, speaker and published author, Sarah Grear. Sarah has personally written copy for over 200 businesses from start-ups to 7 figures. She has been featured by Huffington post as one of the top 50 must follow entrepreneurs for 2017. Keep Reading >> Her focus is on helping entrepreneurs turn online lookers into online buyers with persuasive writing. Today Sarah will demonstrate to us the wealth of opportunity inherent in the world of online business for women entrepreneurs. More about Sarah Grear…. Sarah has been a speaker at many events, including social media week in Los Angeles Her DIY online writing class has over 1000 students She was previously a travel blogger After doing several online videos, Sarah was offered many speaking opportunities. People saw her confidence and authority shine through the camera and realized her potential.  The online world helps you close the income gap for earning online, and ch

Today on Fierce Feminine Leadership... When it comes to advancing your career and growing your business, I'm a huge advocate of engaging in panel presentations, speaking on stages, and doing workshops. Recently, I was speaking to...

Sometimes as women we tend to justify our position, or build up a strong argument in favour of our ask. When we don’t want to justify and we don’t want to beg, what we need to do is position.

On Today's Episode.…… Mechanical engineer, social advocate, and writer Yassmin Abdel-Magied discusses redefining the narrative and views on young Muslim women.   Eleanor and Yassmin discuss how Yassmin has set out to do the things that she wants to do, rather than go along with the expectations deemed by society around her.

On this Episode of Fierce Feminine Leadership... When it comes to creating the success that you crave, many women let themselves down by not executing on the little things day in and day out that will ultimately make a difference.  The little things are what can hold you back from success in your business You wake up every day with choices. Will you say “yes” to an invitation to speak at an event? Will you ask for the sale? Each day you are faced with moments where you can lean in to the challenge, and take a small step. You mustn’t listen to the voice inside you that says it is too hard or too much work. If you do, the big things will not happen for you. Remember… If you have big dreams and big goals, you MUST take the small consistent daily risks required to get yourself a seat at the big tables. It’s the emails and calls that you have to execute if you want to achieve your BIG GOALS this year. It is the COURAGE you must have in the moment to keep showing up.  If you show up for the little things, the big

On this Episode of Fierce Feminine Leadership…… The most powerful opportunities in your career are most likely to be coming from your connections. In a study of thousands of senior women, done by the LeanIn Organization and McKinsey & Co., they discovered that senior women actually attributed most of their career advancement to their connections. The research also showed that women have far fewer ties to influential people than men. Rather than networking across or down as most women do, women need to cultivate powerful ties to senior, powerful, influential and well-connected people.    Networking can be an incredible tool to help you build or advance your career if done correctly.      Networking 101 Spend 10-20% of your time developing powerful relationships. Powerhouse women understand that their success is not just what they can do personally, but their success is derived from their delivery system. Show up at networking events ready to connect with others as everyday people. Talk to them about exper

Today I’m talking to Carol Sankar, founder of the global executive leadership firm The Confidence Factor for Women in Leadership. They focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives for high level women.

I highlight some common reasons why adversity is not only your best friend, but an incredible tool for deepening your leadership.

Today I am talking Desiree Adaway, the Principal Owner at the Adaway Group based in Nashville, North Carolina. She specializes in leading difficult conversations on race, class, and gender and building resilient, equitable and inclusive organizations. One of her prime success factors is the incredible skill she has for not caring with other people think of her.  Her purpose is to move the needle on diversity and inclusiveness inside organizations.   What you will learn How to help create more diversity and inclusiveness inside your organization, and how to implement these changes. How to test where your unconscious bias lay in your organization You will hear Desiree challenge Eleanor how the assertion that Facebook algorithms are making it harder to have a good broad diverse range of conversations.   Takeaways We need to change our vision of who is the definition of a leader -most organizations are still very bias towards gender, specifically white males. Women in positions of leadership and power can help

Sharing a Fabulous New Training Series…... If you are starting a business or have just launched a business and you are in the thought leader, coach, consultant, or expert space, I want to share with you a fabulous new video training series that I’ve just launched. In this 4 video training series you’ll learn: The biggest mistakes that I see coaches, consultants and thought leader based people making when they are building their businesses. Tips and strategies that you can put in place in your business right now in order to build a healthy thriving business Head over to http://www.eleanorbeaton.com/training to learn more.   Today on Fierce Feminine Leadership…… Whether you are in a job interview or pitching for a new piece of business, chances are high that this year you are going to spend a lot of time in “critical conversations”. Today, I am going to share with 3 tips on how to handle a situation when you are in a critical conversation and someone catches you off guard with a question or comment.

A pioneering entrepreneur, Ipelang Mkhari, founder and CEO of Motseng Investment Holdings, took a 20 year journey to become the successful and recognized woman she is today.

5 “Alternative Facts” For Women In Business I am just wrapping up a 3-day retreat with the beautiful and fierce members of our Bold Women in Business Mastermind. 3 days of intensive strategic planning, masterminding, sisterhood and just a touch of Malbec. FUN. Fun enough to make me reimagine a new term I learned this week, care of Kellyanne Conway: “alternative facts.” The term is both terrifying and hilarious. And I have decided to grab the term back.

Happy February! It is Black History Month and we are focusing even more on promoting diversity and diverse women in leadership.

Whether you’re thinking about starting an online business, you want to take your current business to the next level by selling your products or services online, or you’re ready to really step up your game, step into your power, and find more freedom through the power of online sales – there are many things you must consider. One of the first things, though, is creating powerhouse sales funnels that will work for you and help you reach your goals faster – and easier.

Our partners play a very important role in our lives. We value their support more than anyone else in the world. It’s natural to feel this way and I have observed that many women in business expect their partners to give them 100% support with everything they do. This is where things usually go wrong.

“Let’s meet for coffee. I want to pick your brain about something.” You oblige. You meet. Then, you quickly discover that what was supposed to be a simple chat over coffee has turned into a free consultation.

Many high-achieving, highly-ambitious women find themselves frustrated with a gap in their market – something they know can be done better than what is currently available to the market today.

It’s inauguration week in the United States – the week when the new President of the United States is sworn into the Oval Office. As the soon-to-be former President and First Lady prepare to leave the White House, I think back on the many accomplishments this powerhouse couple have achieved over their 8-year tenure – particularly, Michelle Obama.