Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer

Ep #273: Equal Pay Day 2025: How Powerful Women Negotiate Their Pay (And Win) You’re doing incredible work. You’re hitting it out of the park. Your company says they value you - but your paycheck tells a different story. Or maybe you’ve been telling yourself that the money doesn’t matter that much … as long as you’re not traveling all the time, or working exhausting hours, or drowning in stress. B...

Ep #272: The One Powerful Question That Will Fast-Track Your Career Growth Have you ever caught yourself saying we’ll see when it comes to your career? We’ll see if I get the raise I requested. We’ll see if they call me back after that interview. We’ll see if I get promoted at my next performance review. It sounds harmless, but let’s be real: When you say we’ll see , you’re bracing for disappointm...

Ep #271: Lift as You Rise: Simple Actions to Help Us All Advance Together Women leaders like you don’t need to be told to lift others up. You’re already doing it. You support, advocate for, and maybe already mentor other women - not because someone told you to, but because it’s part of who you are. So while supporting women is a no-brainer, the how of doing it as effectively as possible - and doin...

Ep #270: Bigger Than You with Kelly Roach Having a team should make your job easier, not harder. So why does it sometimes feel like a lot more work? Your to-do list just gets longer, your inbox is overflowing, and suddenly, instead of doing everything yourself, you’re also responsible for other people’s work, too. Here’s what you need to know: The best leaders don’t manage their teams - they mento...

Ep #269: Why 'Middle Management Mentality' Is Keeping You Stuck in Your Career You’re great at your job. You take ownership, hit your goals, and know you’re capable of more. So why does it feel like you’re spinning your wheels in middle management while other people seem to move up faster? Here’s why: The way you think about your role might be keeping you stuck. I call it middle manageme...

Ep #268: Stuck in Middle Management Hell? Here’s How to Escape FAST Let’s be honest: Middle management is kind of the worst, right? You’re constantly caught in the middle - answering to leaders who don’t always value your input while trying to motivate a team that doesn’t always listen. You have some authority but not enough to make real change (the changes you really want to make). You’re expecte...

Ep #267: The Biggest Career Risk You’re Taking (Without Even Knowing It!) Are you taking the wrong kind of risk at work - or worse, avoiding risk altogether? Every week of this new year has felt a little overwhelming, exhausting, and - let’s be real - mind-numbing.  The world feels unpredictable, layoffs are happening left and right, and the temptation to keep your head down and just survive is st...

Ep #266: How to Be Seen and Heard as a Badass Leader with Summa Simmons Corporate badasses, this episode is extra special. Not only am I kicking off Black History Month by celebrating an incredible woman leader, but I also get to shine a spotlight on one of my clients— the phenomenal Summa Simmons. Summa is the Associate Vice President of Treasury at Victoria’s Secret & Co., where she makes su...

Ep #265: The Evolution of a Woman Leader Corporate women leaders, have you ever felt like the only way to get ahead is to play by rules that were never made for you in the first place? Rules that ask you to contort yourself into someone you don’t even recognize—just to get the promotion you’ve already earned? Those old rules don’t work. Not for us. And we’re not following them anymore. The good ne...

Ep #264: The Overlooked Technique Helping My Clients Reach the Executive Suite What if I told you there’s one overlooked technique that could completely change your career? This is a technique that the corporate badasses I work with rarely think to do. But once they try it, the results are undeniable—huge wins that keep paying off throughout their entire careers. Imagine this: You try this techniq...

Ep #263: How Setting 'Impossible' Career Goals Leads To Breakthrough Results During my last group coaching call of 2024, one of my corporate badasses shared what may seem like an absolutely impossible goal: Not just landing her dream role in 2025, but getting promoted in that same year, too. And you know what? This fired me up. Because here's the truth about "impossible" g...

Ep #262: My Personal Process for Using Small Steps to Achieve Huge Goals Have you ever avoided making a New Year’s Resolution because you were certain you’d fail? Or stopped yourself from taking even small steps toward your career goals because those actions felt like they just weren’t “good enough”? I have. And so have my clients. But over the years, I’ve created a process to prevent myself and m...

Ep #261: Growing Your Career from Good to Great with Kristi Sarno What does it take to go from good to great in your career? To go from being amazing in your role to finally landing that promotion to the executive level ? If you’re reading this, I already know you’re brilliant. You’re a corporate badass. You get things done, see opportunities others don’t, and bring incredible value to your organi...

Ep #260: The Biggest Client Trends of 2024 That Led to Massive Success What separates corporate women leaders who thrived in 2024 from those who stayed stuck? Let’s face it—2024 kind of sucked. Between layoffs, reorgs, stalled promotions, and bonuses that never materialized, many corporate women leaders felt like their careers were at a standstill. But… many of my clients had massive success in 20...

Ep #259:  Are You Saying ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ to the Wrong Opportunities in Your Career? Are you accidentally stalling your career by saying ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to the wrong things? So many of the women I speak with are quick to say ‘yes’ to things that don’t actually move the needle in their careers: Yes to putting out fires, to attending unnecessary meetings, to waiting patiently for that elusive promotion...

Ep #258: Your Year-End Career Opportunities Hiding in Plain Sight The end of the year is pure chaos—but it’s also bursting with opportunities. If you’re like many corporate badasses I coach, your calendar is jammed with deadlines, performance reviews, and Q4 goals. It’s exhausting, and the idea of focusing on anything beyond just crossing the finish line might feel impossible. But here’s the thing...

Ep #257: When Work is Good with Moe Carrick Is your organization evolving to meet the needs of today’s leaders? If you’re like many of the women I coach, the answer is a loud and frustrated:  No . Not even close. You see it every day—crappy outdated systems, clunky hierarchies, and the same-old same-old way of doing things that just doesn’t work anymore. You want a workplace where you can thrive a...

Ep #256: How to Use Gratitude as a Secret Weapon for Career Growth I’ve always seen myself as a naturally grateful person—glass half full, always looking for the bright side. But over the years, I’ve learned that gratitude can be so much more than just noticing the good things around you—you can turn it into a daily practice that can help you lead with confidence, make clearer decisions, and creat...

Ep #255: Don’t Know If You Want to Be an Executive? This Episode Is for You Are you still waiting to be sure you want to be an executive before taking action to advance your career? I get why you’d feel that way. But here’s why it’s a big problem: Many ambitious women leaders get stuck in this career limbo, convinced they need to know without a doubt that the next level up is for them before makin...

Ep #254: The Election Episode I Never Wanted to Record Ever feel like you’re constantly proving your worth while someone less qualified than you gets a free pass? Like, no matter how capable or driven you are, the system is working against you? After last week’s election in the U.S., this feeling is hitting even harder for many women leaders, and I want to use this moment to speak to you on what w...

Ep #253: The First, the Few, the Only with Deepa Purushothaman In the corporate world, many Women of Color find themselves as “the first, the few, the only” on their teams, in their departments, or even in their entire companies. As a result, they’re often expected to adapt, contort, and conform themselves to fit into a mold that doesn’t reflect who they truly are, just to succeed. But what would...

Ep #252: How to Navigate Feedback That You’re “Too Focused on Promotions” Have you ever been told to stop focusing so much on your promotion and just do a good job with the role you already have? Maybe you’ve been warned that you’re talking about your professional development too often and that you need to “sit tight” and wait your turn. But as you've heard me say before: A promotion is not a...

Ep #251: Craft a Resume That Gets You Hired with Kate Wade Is your resume getting lost in the pile? You’re a corporate badass with the experience, the results, and the vision – so why isn’t your resume opening the doors you deserve? If you’re submitting resumes and hearing nothing but crickets…Or landing interviews, but not for the roles you truly want…it’s time for a change. That’s where my badas...

Ep #250: How to Build Allies at Work Without Pissing People Off The #1 best thing you can do for your career? Build allies. Lots of them. Why? Because they can open doors and create opportunities that would take you ten times longer to reach on your own. But here’s the catch: “Ally” can feel like a four-letter word in the corporate world, right? If you’ve tried to build allies in the past and peop...

Ep #249: Why The All-Or-Nothing Approach is Costing You Job Opportunities Are you stuck in the "all or nothing" trap with your career? That cycle where you're either scrambling, stressed out, and desperate to land a job after being laid off…or you're happy in a job you enjoy, letting months—or even years—go by without putting any effort into attracting new opportunities and let...