The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New Era

“Coming from a position of love and happiness, I always do a better job, I'm always a better leader, I'm a better mother, a better wife, or partner, I'm better at everything.” In this episode, I talk to Shannon O'Meara Smith, the Vice-President and Deputy Chief Marketing Officer at Viasat, a global telecommunications company. You'll hear Shannon talk about her leadership o...

“I was watching myself doing these behaviors and I thought: [...] ‘do I ever have to act like that? And who could I be, if I'm not acting like that? What could I create? How much energy am I expending?” In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Carita Walker, the Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Head of Legal for Shell Recharge Solutions Americas and Asia. Carita shares so...

In this episode, I talk to Aimee Catalano, Marketing Executive at Google Cloud with nearly 20 years of experience in enterprise marketing. You'll hear Aimee Catalano discuss her leadership career journey, the challenges that women leaders face working in tech companies , and the important lessons she has learned along the way.  She’ll also share career advice and how to achieve results in a l...

“Often, we think [charisma is] this elusive quality that you are born with. But what we think is an elusive magical gift is actually something that research tells us can be learned.” If you long to be more charismatic, you won’t want to miss this episode. I’m going to talk about some research that has broken leadership charisma down into specific behaviors anyone can adopt. You can learn to practi...

“Even though more women are getting into politics, it's still not an even playing field.” In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Elena Christopoulos, a commissioner in the city of Santa Monica, California whose goal is to get more women in politics. Elena shares some truly wise words and lessons she’s learned throughout her journey that will help you be a better and happier lead...

“What I know for sure from working with organizations for the past two decades is that we have overlooked the importance of selecting leaders who have the ability to inspire others.” Inspiring others is a big part of a leader’s job. If you haven’t been thinking about inspiration, I would argue you haven’t really been leading at your best. To help you become a more inspiring leader, in this episode...

If you're like me and most of the leadership coaching clients I work with, you know too well what it feels like to lose your groove and to feel so overwhelmed and burnt out that you're no longer excited about what you're doing. In this episode, I’ll share with you 4 simple strategies that I offer to my clients (and that I use myself) to help you get your groove back, regain your flo...

“Leadership skills are not something that you're born with. You really have to learn and grow into that field.” According to my guest on this episode, no- one is born a leader . We learn, we grow, and we earn the privilege to lead. In this episode, I talk to Katie Selbe, the Chief Operating Officer at Blue Halo. She's a systems engineer turned COO with over two decades of experience in t...

Do you aspire to be more fully present, but find it a challenge to actually do so? You may try your best to be a better listener, but find yourself talking to someone in your office distractedly thinking about the next meeting on your calendar. You may even acknowledge the person with the words, “I'm listening” as you continue to type on your computer. You divide your attention and half-parti...

As a female executive—what do you need to know about corporate board positions? And how do you go about pursuing one? In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Dita Shemke about what women in leadership need to know about pursuing board positions. Dita is the Chair of the 50/50 Women on Boards’ “Global Conversation on Women on Boards” in Orange County, CA. She offers her perspective abo...

Do you feel uncomfortable when you are faced with having a “difficult” conversation with someone at work? You are not alone. According to Bravely’s composition of workplace surveys, 70% of employees are avoiding difficult conversations at work.  The implications of avoiding these conversations are evident. So how do we get more comfortable having these conversations with our own team members? In t...

“Networking really isn't about selling yourself. It's about making connections.” Do you hate networking?  If you think of networking as selling yourself and meeting people to “get” something, it can certainly feel inauthentic and uncomfortable. In this episode, I talk to Zoey DeWolf, the Director of Government Affairs of the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Region at Sanofi. Zoey has a powerho...

You've paid your dues and you've worked grueling 60-hour weeks. You have all the skills and qualifications for the next level job you were up for but you still didn’t get that promotion. This unexpected disappointment happens to many of us sometime in our careers.  When it does, you may feel angry and betrayed. Understandably, your immediate gut reaction might be to polish your resume an...

What does it mean to have a personal brand? Every single moment people are watching what you say and do and making up a story about who you are, what you stand for, and what it is like to be in your presence.  You can leave that story to chance, or you can control the narrative in that story.  Being intentional about how you present yourself in a way that highlights your expertise and strengths is...

Regardless of how confident or accomplished you are, you are not immune to self-doubt.  My most accomplished and senior-level executive clients regularly describe to me the bouts of self-doubt that invade their minds and impact their effectiveness in the moment. Whether you experience it regularly or occasionally, a self-doubt attack can be paralyzing when you have one.  So what do you do when one...

If you continuously neglect your own self-care to get more done at work, you're going to want to listen to this episode of Power Presence Academy. I talk to Pashon Mann about how chronic stress can accumulate in our bodies and manifest as illness.  She shares her own experience as a busy executive going about her high-achieving, superwoman ways until a thunderbolt diagnosis took her by total...

Are you thinking of reinventing your career?  My guest today entirely changed her career course from a lucrative career in politics to becoming the CEO of Stuckey’s Corporation–and did it at the age of 53! In this episode, I talk to Stephanie Stuckey, the CEO of Stuckey’s Corporation.  Stephanie’s powerhouse energy will inspire you to push aside your self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs and make t...

How did Nicole Burdette, President of Southern California Land & Housing at Brookfield Properties, go from her entry-level position as the receptionist in her organization to her current position as a President? In this episode of Power Presence Academy: Practical Wisdom for Women Leaders, Nicole shares her career success secrets as she recounts her leadership journey and offers her lessons of...

I had a leadership interview ready to post for this episode of Power Presence Academy. Instead, I decided to use the episode to offer you a leadership challenge. In light of everything that's going on right now in Russia and Ukraine, I think it's time to pause, step back, and have a different type of conversation. A somber, reflective one.  I wanted to share some of my thoughts about wha...

Take it from a Chief Human Resources Officer. The best career paths are not linear, and they're usually not planned out. In this episode, I talk to Donna Diederich, the Chief Human Resources Officer at LMI, a defense contracting company located in the Washington DC area.  You'll hear Donna recount her career journey as she moved from aspiring to be a clinical psychologist to working at N...

Leadership Presence:  Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul with Janet Ioli. The go-to podcast for anyone who leads. If you are looking for leadership advice, a new perspective, or just a dose of inspiration, this show has you covered. Rockstar executives and experts at the top of their game share their wisdom and lessons of experience with you. Because our collective...