Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs

Email has become one of the best tools for businesses to communicate with their clients, customers, and other businesses, but keeping up with your email as an entrepreneur or fierce female leader can often be pretty overwhelming. How do you respond to every email that hits your inbox when you receive hundreds - if not thousands - of emails per day? If you don't have a good, solid strategy for tack...

With great power comes great responsibility. There are tremendous obligations that go with being a leader and influencer in your industry. Part of these obligations includes sharing your ideas through public speaking. Like any other role, it is crucial that you equip yourself with the skills that will allow you to be the best powerhouse woman you were always meant to be. Keep Reading >> On today's...

One of the most common questions people ask is, " What do you do? " Many entrepreneurs don't have an answer ready since you don't likely have a well-defined job description as a business owner. Or if you have a job description prepared, how sure are you that your reply is short enough to be remembered but also long enough to include all the necessary information there is to know about what you do?...

Have you ever experienced feeling energized and invigorated after spending time with positive and driven people? I certainly do! And you know what -- my family relations, as well as my business, blossomed because of it. Here's the best part -- it can happen to you, too! Keep Reading >> This energy that flows from working with and being around uplifting people can and will invigorate you in ways th...

Women often look for signs before making a life-changing move in their businesses or careers. One of the signs that we look for is the permission or approval from the people around them. While there are many reasons for delaying that big leap, refusing to take action while waiting for the approval or permission of others has led several highly ambitious women to suffer significantly -- wasting the...

Taking the business to the next level is always one of the objectives of passionate and thriving entrepreneurs. To do this effectively, you need to be mindful about how and where you spend your precious time. Keeping the big picture in mind, you have to be honest with yourself about the tasks you need to focus on as well as the ones you need to let go of and delegate to others so you can zero in o...

Corporate boards – the prestigious, upper echelon seats of corporate companies and organizations around the world. Thousands of women around the world dream of having a seat at these tables, to have a voice during these important meetings, and to make an impact for their company or organization.

As entrepreneurs and fierce feminine leaders, making mistakes and facing failures can sometimes be excruciatingly painful. But in order to continue to learn, grow, and achieve the success we truly deserve, facing your fears and learning from your mistakes is critical for continuing to grow. Keep Reading >> If you're not experimenting, making mistakes, and experiencing failure, then you're not thin...

Happy Thanksgiving! Since this is a great time to give thanks and express gratitude, you can take advantage of this festive mood to thank the people in your life. While handing out individual handwritten notes is one of the classic ways to do this, exploring different methods of saying thanks can put a big smile on other people's faces. Keep Reading >> On today's episode, I'm going to share six fu...

We live in a world of increasing uncertainty. This uncertainty is primarily due to how quickly various situations and circumstances can frequently change. It is not uncommon for fast-changing environments to quickly lead fierce feminine leaders to begin feeling overwhelmed and start harboring limiting beliefs, negative self-talk, and paralyzing doubts.

Tracking your time can be an effective way to track your productivity. In fact, I often recommend my clients to track their working hours to give them an overview of exactly how productive they are and track how many things they actually do while at work. But have you ever thought about tracking you're your personal time – the time outside of working for your organization or business? Many people...

  Many fierce feminine leaders spend so much time focusing on their future goals and ambitions - creating the strategy that will take their businesses or careers to the next level to achieve success. And while being future-focused is certainly important - there are many other factors that contribute to achieving your goals, realizing your dreams, and improving your chances of success.  

Are there things in your life, business, or career that you want to achieve, but require you to step out of your comfort zone? You know what you need to do, but you're not comfortable with doing it – so you don't. Keep Reading >> When we get right down to it – most of us have the same desires. We want to be financially secure, healthy and have great relationships with those around us, but what rea...

One of the most common fears that prevent truly amazing entrepreneurs from stepping into their power and breaking the glass ceiling is their fear of bothering or "annoying" people when it comes to marketing and sales. They fall for the misconception that if they market their products or services as much as they think they should - they will begin to annoy their audience and potentially "dry up" th...

  On This Episode of Fierce Feminine Leadership... How willing are you to engage in politics in the workplace?  Bonnie Marcus, author of the Politics of Promotion and international speaker says that learning to successfully embrace and navigate workplace politics can give you the leg up that you need when it comes to reaching success.

  What separates the high-performing leaders from the average performers? What actions do celebrity stars like Beyonce and NFL superstar Tom Brady take to ensure they perform at the highest levels? If there was one thing you could do to ensure your success as a fierce feminine leader - what would it be?

As part of our month-long series of powerhouse women leaders in STEM, my guest today is the Deputy Commissioner in the New York City Department of Health, Dr. Aletha Maybank. Dr. Aletha has a Bachelor's degree from John Hopkins University, a medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and a Master's degree in Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She...

Have you ever had the experience of having things go really well in your life and career, but you begin to obsess over when the other shoe will drop? This feeling - the feeling that things are too good to be true, that something bad is bound to happen - is common. It's called The Upper Limit Phenomenon, and it often impacts high-performing fierce feminine leaders. Keep Reading >> Today, I explain...

My aunt – Linda Davies, a former investment banker who moved on to become an internationally best-selling author of financial thrillers for adults and adventure story author for young adults, has been an amazingly Fierce Feminine Leader that I have looked up to as a young adult and entrepreneur. If you've listened to the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast for a while, you may remember my interview...

Galina Antova is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and co-founder of Claroty - a purpose-built cybersecurity platform for industrial IoT networks. Throughout her extensive career, she has worked with big-name companies such as Siemens and IBM. In 2011 she was awarded the prestigious MBA scholarship with IMD Future Leaders, to compliment her Bachelors in Computer Science. Also a mentor with SparkLabs, s...

Women have been successful in moving into the middle management positions within their companies and organizations, but despite the number of women's initiative events, social gatherings, and conferences, the number of women in senior leadership roles has barely moved over the last few decades. Many women initiative event organizers host events that provide little more than a way for the group of...

Do you ever feel invisible in your organization? Despite all of the positive work you do to help your company move the needle toward achieving its goals and the impact you are making on your company's strategic direction - perhaps you're not achieving your personal, professional goals and ambitions. Perhaps you're getting overlooked for promotions in positions you feel you're highly qualified for,...

Video games have towered over many industry in terms of bringing new innovations and products to the marketplace quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. So how can you take a page from their game plan and use it in your own business to launch a highly successful, innovative new product or service idea quickly and effectively? Keep Reading >> My guest today is Amy Jo Kim. Amy has a background i...

Lia Diagnostics was co-founded by Bethany Edwards and Anna Simpson, who met while completing the University of Pennsylvania's Integrated Product Design Program. Both with undergraduate degrees in artistic subjects, the two have created a Fast Company's 2018 World Changing Ideas Award winner - the Lia pregnancy test . The Lia is a disposable, biodegradable and completely discreet pregnancy test. It...

When you look at the thought-leaders, business owners, and entrepreneurs around the world that are making a huge impact on society, you may notice that they all share an uncanny ability to determine what is possible – not just what is logical or realistic. They have the unique ability to distort reality – in the right way. To make a big impact in today's world – to be creative and innovative – ent...