97% Effective

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 How you look matters, much more than we think. And your headshot, on LinkedIn and the web, shapes that critical first impression people form about you. Richard Waine, professional portrait photographer, helps you elevate your personal brand – and makes sure you don’t lose out on job offers, opportunities, or even meeting the love of your life. He takes us through “the game of inches,” by analyzing the before-after headshots of two clients, so you get the headshot – and photographer – that supports and accelerates your personal and professional goals.

•  Ellen and the power of how you feel
• Counterintuitive truth: Your headshot is actually NOT about you
• Considering a headshot? The first thing you should know – and then do
• Before-After example #1, Lisa. (To see images, visit https://changwenderoth.com/podcast/ )
• The four tenants Richard uses to start a photo session
• Striking the visual balance between confidence and approachability
• Nuances most clients are not aware of, that great headshot photographers address
• The single most important thing in your photo
• How Richard crops your headshot to convey information
• Why Richard favors simple backgrounds
• Before-After example #2, Michael. (To see images, visit https://changwenderoth.com/podcast/ )
• The devil is in the details: Examples where Richard removed distracting elements
• Clothing, makeup, and prep: what matters most in the shooting process
• Times the client isn’t right
• Visual conventions that send signals about who you are
• Does your photographer have a vested interest in your success?
• Should I get my image photoshopped or manipulated?
• “A game of inches”: What separates a good headshot photographer from a great one
• Get on the phone when you want to ensure you’ve got the right headshot photographer
• Company headshots: the importance of consistent visuals of your team

BIO AND LINKS:

 Richard Waine is a headshot and commercial portrait photographer who serves diverse clients across the Northeastern USA, based out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Queens, New York, he is a graduate of Hofstra University who spent his career in finance – until a YouTube video of the famed Peter Hurley inspired him to shift gears and become a professional headshot photographer. He has never looked back.

•  Richard’s Website: https://richardwainephotography.com
• Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwaine/
• Before-Afters that Richard reviews during the episode: https://changwenderoth.com/podcast/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardwaine
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardWainePhotography
• X/Twitter: https:www.twitter.com/richard_waine
• The Headshot Crew: https://headshotcrew.com
• Research: Inferences people make after a 100- millisecond exposure of a face: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16866745/
• Research: Even after having met you, people still judge you based on your photograph: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550616662123
• 12 things people decide within seconds of meeting you: https://www.businessinsider.com/things-people-decide-about-you-in-seconds-2016-11
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74 (Chapter 5 breaks down research on appearance: its strong link to Executive Presence and getting promoted.)

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 How do you navigate a career in technology – even more so in fast moving, emerging markets? Maíra Gracini, GM Latin America at Atlas and C-Suite mentor of the year at Endeavour, shares how to “get new oxygen” to keep your career moving in the right direction. We discuss how to get out of your comfort zone, shift how you view and talk about yourself, and the unique challenges that women in tech face.

• The impact of growing up in a small city of Sao Paulo State, as the child of public school teachers
• Early mentors
• Stay or switch?
• The first and most important thing you need for career progression
• The biggest challenge that mid-level managers face
• Taking advantage of “internal channels”
• How solving problems is a great way to show your leadership potential
• The reframe: Is it overselling or sharing information?
• The big personal and professional awakening – and how Maíra talks about it today
• “Getting Out of Your Own Way,” a skill Maíra believes more women could use in the workplace
• “Getting New Oxygen”
• Affiliations as “hubs” to expand your learning and network
• Top themes she sees mentoring Latin American leaders
• The importance of building a “trust circle”
• Maíra’s “3 Cons” that guide her career

BIO AND LINKS:

 Maíra Gracini is General Manager of Latin America at Atlas, a global technology platform that enables critical people ops, without the need of a local entity. Prior to Atlas, she served in senior marketing roles across Latin America with technology pioneers including Atos, Salesforce and Zendesk. Based in Brazil, Maíra advises startups, angel invests and mentors C-level executives through Endeavour, which named her Mentor of the Year in 2020. Maíra holds a BS in Marketing & Advertising from ESAMC, holds Board Membership Certification through the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance, and got plenty of “new oxygen” through Executive Education at Stanford Business School.

• Maíra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mairagracini/
• Atlas Announces Maira’s appointment as GM, LatAm: https://www.meioemensagem.com.br/gente/atlas-anuncia-gerente-geral-na-america-latina
• Atlas: https://www.atlashxm.com
• Endeavour: https://endeavor.org
• BR Angels: https://brangels.global
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 Liz Banse, visual storytelling and communications expert at Resource Media, wants you to dial in your ability to be heard, shape conversations and get others to take action. She shares the biggest mistake people (and her clients) make in their presentations, how to test your approach – and the code of ethics to follow. We end with a simple exercise that will ensure the “psychology behind visuals” stays front and center in your communications and leadership toolkit.

• The biggest mistake most people make presenting
• Reframing how you go about your work
• Enragement, engagement and ethical guidelines that Liz follows
• The one true universal that applies across gender, culture, age.
• You and I disagree on what visual will work best: how to determine which is better
• Why bullets (in powerpoint) kill
• The exercise to make sure visuals hold the place they deserve in your leadership toolkit
• Reaching Liz, Resource Media and their FREE Visual Storytelling resources

BIO AND LINKS:

 Liz Banse is Senior Program Director of Resource Media, the leading communications firm focused on social change. She is author of Seeing is Believing, A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices, and manages the Visual Story Lab, a Resource Media website that shares cutting edge approaches for issue-oriented visual storytelling. A veteran of Resource Media’s Seattle office since 1999, Liz’s practice areas span communications planning, traditional and online media strategy, opinion research, presentation skills and crisis communications. Before joining Resource Media, Liz worked with MWW/Savitt, where her expertise supported Starbucks and the (former – sniff) Seattle Supersonics. She holds a BA from Carleton College.

•  3 Keys to Visual Communications (Prior episode with Liz on 97% Effective:
• Seeing is Believing: Resource Media’s best practices guide on visual storytelling: https://resource-media.org/seeing-is-believing-report/
• Liz on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizbanse/
• Liz on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lizbanse
• Resource Media: https://www.resource-media.org (“Health, equity, justice and sustainability”)
• Visual Story Lab @ Resource Media: https://www.resource-media.org/visual-story-lab/
• Resource Media’s Visual Story toolbox: https://www.resource-media.org/visual-story-lab/toolbox/
• Blog: The Power of Imagery to Drive New Narratives: https://www.resource-media.org/thinking-with-our-eyes-the-power-of-imagery-to-drive-new-narratives/
• Why Things Catch On -- Jonah Berger’s book, Contagious: https://jonahberger.com/books/contagious/
• Cialdini’s book, Influence: The Pyschology of Persuasion: https://www.influenceatwork.com
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 How do you get heard, shape conversations, mobilize support, and ultimately get others to take action? Liz Banse shares why pictures -- much more than words – are the key to your communication success. An expert in visual storytelling and strategic communications at Resource Media, Liz breaks down the science and shows how “dialing in” your visual communications will accelerate your career, work and leadership.

•  The critical pivot Resource Media and Liz made to serve their clients… and how that relates to upping your leadership game.
• The 3 things you need to be a great visual communicator (technical background is not one of them)
• What we can learn from National Geographic in how they hire their top photographers.
• Is visual storytelling more science or art?
• What does it mean to be beautiful?
• Presenting: much more than speaking to a room of people
• Liz’s epiphany on leadership, sitting years back next to pioneer Dennis Hayes
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable, and “unlearning” if you want to shift and learn these skills
• The first question to ask yourself, before assessing what images to use
• Who has the power, and what do they care about?
• Liz geeks out on the neuroscience around setting “mental frames” (Key #1: “We are visual first and verbal second.”)
• The pictorial superiority affect, and how to use words for maximum impact (dual coding “yellow stick notes” theory)
• Key #2: Decisions are made in the brain’s emotional region
• Mentors vs Sponsors – and how that ties to using visuals
• Is that manipulation -- or strategic?
• Key #3 when choosing your visual: What do you need people to feel to take action?
• Seeing the “emotional payoff”
• Liz turns the tables on Michael, asking how he marketed Invisalign

BIO AND LINKS:

 Liz Banse is Senior Program Director of Resource Media, the leading communications firm focused on social change. She is author of Seeing is Believing, A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices, and manages the Visual Story Lab, a Resource Media website that shares cutting edge approaches for issue-oriented visual storytelling. A veteran of Resource Media’s Seattle office since 1999, Liz’s practice areas span communications planning, traditional and online media strategy, opinion research, presentation skills and crisis communications. Before joining Resource Media, Liz worked with MWW/Savitt, where her expertise supported Starbucks and the (former – sniff) Seattle Supersonics. She holds a BA from Carleton College.

•  Seeing is Believing: Resource Media’s best practices guide on visual storytelling: https://resource-media.org/seeing-is-believing-report/
• Liz on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizbanse/
• Liz on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lizbanse
• Resource Media: https://www.resource-media.org (“Health, equity, justice and sustainability”)
• Visual Story Lab @ Resource Media: https://www.resource-media.org/visual-story-lab/
• Resource Media’s Visual Story toolbox: https://www.resource-media.org/visual-story-lab/toolbox/
• “Napalm Girl” image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc
• Top books from the Health Brothers: Made to Stick, Switch, the Power of Moments
• Prof. Don Moore, on making better decisions and calibrating your confidence: https://redcircle.com/shows/97-effective/ep/06780ce7-2b31-422f-b5cf-4879c49aa4a5
• Blog: The Power of Imagery to Drive New Narratives: https://www.resource-media.org/thinking-with-our-eyes-the-power-of-imagery-to-drive-new-narratives/
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 Deep down you agree that speaking about your success is important – but you cringe at the thought of doing so, and can’t bring yourself to doing it. And being humble has cost you key projects, promotions, and more money that you rightly deserve. Enter Lisa Bragg, speaker and author of Bragging Rights. We discuss why self-promotion and bragging is important, how to overcome what holds you back – and practical tips so you are seen and heard. By the end of this episode, you’ll see bragging in a new light, and in your next social media post will surely add the hashtag #Braggingrights.

•  Michael puts Lisa on the spot: Not 1, but 3 introductions
• A simple way to think about the goal of your introduction
• Practical Tip #1: “Present, Past, Future”
• How to make your introduction crisp, effective – and leapfrog the credibility conversation
• Tip #2: How Lisa builds comradery, even before she meets people at an event
• Tip #3: How to make it easy for someone to highlight you
• Even the best bosses are not always thinking or advocating for you
• Bragging vs self-aggrandizement
• How the comparison put-down backfires
• The impact of giving some people a pass, while and censoring others
• “Fear + 10%” and how Lisa got over the dilemma of talking about herself
• The “red thread” that runs through Lisa’s upbringing and career
• The corrosiveness of being invisible
• Why we should nurture an environment of bragging and self-promotion, if we want to retain good people
• Tip #4: Keep a brag sheet
• Counterintuitive finding from Lisa’s survey: 85% ?!
• Survey finding: Being humble just not a Canadian thing
• Fitting in, but also standing out
• Tip #5: “Think of perfect as 70%”
• Showing up as a 10 and the importance of first impressions
• How to asses if your self-promotion work is working – and stay motivated?
• “Nurture and mature”… but make sure you have a strategy
• NOT TRUE: “There is no I in team and everyone shares the credit”
• How orgs are creating cultures of talking about their successes
• Case study: How one team went from disjointed to a cohesive force, by bragging about their individual and team achievements
• Tip #6: from me, me, me to how do we partner, and think win-win?
• The benefits of putting the spotlight on others

BIO AND LINKS:

 Lisa Bragg is a speaker, advisor, professional mentor, founder of MediaFace, and spent years as an award-winning journalist. She helps high-achievers be seen, heard and share their value to the world – and how leaders can help those less visible on their teams do the same. Her book is Bragging Rights: How to Talk about Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion. Lisa is based in Toronto, Canada, where she lives with her husband, daughter and 95 pound dog.

•  Lisa website: https://www.lisabragg.com
• Lisa book: https://www.lisabragg.com/braggingrightsbook-1
• Lisa on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabragg/
• Lisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatlisabragg/
• “Making it easy for others to speak about you” – What a great Media Guide (Lisa’s, of course) looks like: https://tinyurl.com/2mxfn4b8
• Take Lisa’s survey: https://www.lisabragg.com/research
• UVA Prof Peter Belmi interview: “Social Class & Our Beliefs – How they impact our Path to Power”: https://redcircle.com/shows/86fcd90d-083e-4af2-9bc8-6d52fb981ae1/ep/9bdfb7a3-ca49-43e4-9882-22fc38c542c0
• Interview with Joy Chen, CEO of the MLI, on why most Asians don’t speak up, which stunts their rise to leadership in Western companies: https://redcircle.com/shows/97-effective/ep/5f2a5a42-80fc-46fb-9f7d-b7cf56e691c1
• Vivian Picard, “come in as a 10”: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianpickard/
• Make sure to hastag #BRAGGINGRIGHTS
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 Forget start-ups and large corporations -- the more interesting place to work, learn, and grow is at “Scale-Ups,” says Joe Haslam, professor at IE Business School. We discuss why founders get ousted, power as the ability to cast a spell – and other insights from scale-ups that can help you accelerate your career – and impact. Joe is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and Executive Director of the OMP at IE Business School, a top executive education program that guides small and medium-sized business through their massive growth phase.

•  “Already started 6, going to start 6 more”
• Start-ups, corporations and that “teenager in the middle” that no one talks about
• Why scale-ups interest Joe – and are terrific places to work
• When it comes to scaling, 2 things Joe says that we know *doesn’t* work
• Joe’s “Scale-up checklist”
• Why we should work on hard problems
• Are start-ups and scale-ups devoid of politics? Joe and Michael disagree.
• Why most founders get ousted
• Joe’s advice: Have a “minder”, focus on your strengths, be indispensable
• If you put balls in the back of the net, don’t try to be a goal keeper!
• Is narcissism a problem with founders and serial entrepreneurs?
• “Power” in the scale-up world as the ability to cast a spell
• Technology vs humans –the question we should be asking
• Joe on soft skills and the need to stand up for yourself
• Getting rich and making an impact
• Reaching Joe

BIO AND LINKS:

Joe Haslam is Professor at IE Business School (Madrid, Spain) and Executive Director of the OMP Owners and Managers Scaleup Program at IE – a best-in-class program for small and medium sized companies that want to scale successfully, and sustainably. Joe founded and scaled multiple startups (including Marrakech and Hot Hotels); invests in, mentors and serves on the board of numerous others, and lectures on scaling. At IE he teaches the popular and highly rated courses “Trillion Dollar Opportunities,” “Scale Up your Startup” and “Scale Up Yourself.” Joe was born in Ireland, holds an MBA from IE Business School, and has lived in Madrid with his family for more than 15 years.

• Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joehas
• Joe on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joehas/
• Joe’s email: jhaslam [at] faculty.ie.edu
• The OMP Program at IE Business School: https://www.ie.edu/lifelong-learning/programs/owners-scaleup-program/
• Joe speaks in depth with Prof Daniel Corsten about Scaling-Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1jjZXBxOU
• Joe on Startups vs Scaleups: https://www.ie.edu/insights/infographics/startups-vs-scaleups/
• The case for Founding CEOs: https://a16z.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/
• The hot professor from Cork: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/the-hot-professor-top-eu-business-lecturer-from-cork-aims-for-tech-start-up-success/34369940.html
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 To reach the C-Suite and Board, you need a robust network, personal brand and interviewing skills. But you also need to “take a step back”, says Anne Marie Segal, Execute Coach and Author. Anne Marie shares why and how this non-intuitive move raises your “inner game” and will accelerate your next career transition. Head of Segal Coaching LLC and a former General Counsel, Anne Marie discusses being “authentic but not transparent,” the upsides of group coaching, and career growth strategies that are “robust enough to eclipse bias -- and get results.”

•  Lessons from getting canned at age 15
• Art & Law: the Yin and Yang she brings to Coaching
• “You can’t [rewire] through telling”: Mentoring vs Coaching
• Keys to transitioning: Networking, Personal Branding, Mastering the Interview
• On Networking: “Networks are not static!”
• On Branding: Beware of Typecasting Yourself
• On Interviewing: Get more at bats!
• New updates in the 2nd edition of her book, Mastering the Interview
• The Keys to “Taking a Step Back”
• The only question that matters in an interview
• “Be Authentic, but not Transparent”
• Self-care
• Be aware of how you speak, pause and present
• “Develop strategies that are robust enough to eclipse bias and get results”
• Tips on forming your Personal Board of Advisors
• The value of women’s only leadership groups
• 1-1 vs group coaching
• How Anne-Marie elevates her own inner game

BIO AND LINKS:

 Anne Marie Segal is an executive coach, writer and the founder of Segal Coaching LLC. She and her team partner with senior and high-potential leaders to accelerate and refine their gravitas, emotional intelligence, personal branding and executive presence. They also draft and assist with resumes, board and professional bios and LinkedIn profiles, with a particular focus on how these key “career marketing documents” tell a concise, compelling and convincing story. Anne Marie is the author of two highly regarded books, and has been quoted by multiple media outlets on the topic of careers. Prior to launching her executive coaching practice, Anne Marie served as VP and Deputy General Counsel to Wexford, a $6B+ private equity and hedge fund advisor, and as a corporate associate at White & Case. She holds a JD from New York University School of Law, a MA from the University of Chicago, and a BA from Loyola University in Chicago.

• Anne Marie’s Website: https://annemariesegal.com
• Segal Coaching Academy (SCA): https://www.segalcoachingacademy.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemariesegal/
• Anne Marie’s books, Master the Interview and Know Yourself, Grow Your Career: https://annemariesegal.com/books/
• Anne Marie’s articles and mentions in the Press: https://annemariesegal.com/press/
• Michael Melcher on networking: https://redcircle.com/shows/86fcd90d-083e-4af2-9bc8-6d52fb981ae1/ep/ac6c1a30-1116-4136-afb9-20a409906bb6
• Michael Melcher’s Book, Your Invisible Network: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/718936/your-invisible-network-by-michael-urtuzuastegui-melcher/
• Brown’s Leadership and Performance Coaching: https://professional.brown.edu/executive/coaching
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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 Feel frustrated that classmates or peers at work seem to be operating from a rule book that you never got? Or are you beginning your career, and want to make sure you start it off right? Gorick Ng, Harvard career advisor and bestselling author, is on a mission to help first-generation students and professionals better navigate and accelerate their careers. We discuss his bestselling book, “The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right,” focusing on what you aren’t taught in school – and the critical things you need to know, and do, as you enter the workforce.

•  The surprising genesis of his book and career: Helping his mom at 14… Why is life so hard?
• What powers him through his journey
• The value of sharing your personal story
• Owning your personal brand framework
• The surprising way that his book is being used
• What motivates the next generation.
• The invisible rubric that we’re evaluated against
• Your job at work: demonstrate and get into the green zone of “the 3Cs”
• The keys to propelling yourself at work, in an imperfect world: Self-help and collective help
• How much should you show your true self, how much do you “adapt”?
• “First close the knowing gap”
• Gorick and Michael reflect: What are best practices vs personal preferences?
• The #1 point you need to master early on -- managing your manager – and some practical tips to do that.
• Overcoming a cultural deference to authority, if that affects you
• How to speak up (or not) when you are not totally confident
• The Career Limiting Move of “self-rejection”
• Turning anxiety into confidence: Wisdom from the Simpsons
• Rethink “expertise”
• How to make sure someone doesn’t steal your work and get credit for it
• What it takes to succeed in the world of hybrid and remote work
• Getting to the center of gravity
• “Running two legs of the same relay race”: Gorick and Michael discuss the parallels in their books

BIO AND LINKS:

Gorick Ng helps first-generation professionals accelerate their careers. He is a Harvard career advisor, UC Berkeley faculty and author of the Wall Street Journal Bestseller, “The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right.” A first-generation college student from Canada, Gorick is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School. Prior to becoming a best-selling author and keynote speaker, he worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse, as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, and on education policy with the Toronto School Board.

• Gorick’s Website: https://www.gorick.com
• The Unspoken Rules, his book: https://www.gorick.com/unspokenrules
• His online course: https://www.gorick.com/course
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorick/
• The concept of “Covering”: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/the-pressure-to-cover.html
• Catalyst Research on what it takes to get ahead: https://www.catalyst.org/research/the-myth-of-the-ideal-worker-does-doing-all-the-right-things-really-get-women-ahead/
• Global Leaders for Global Teams: Leaders with Multicultural Experiences Communicate and Lead More Effectively, Especially in Multinational Teams (Lu, Swaab, Galinsky): https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.2021.1480
• Marge Simpson wisdom on how to turn anxiety into confidence: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e5df5e6b-a19d-48c7-8caf-48e1c74071f7
• What Is Proximity Bias and How Can Leaders Prevent It? (HBR) https://hbr.org/2022/10/what-is-proximity-bias-and-how-can-managers-prevent-it
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

SHOW NOTES:

Raj Shiva oversees market conduct compliance at one of the largest financial firms on Wall Street. A former Fx sales and derivatives trader who grew up in Africa and Asia, she shares her “squiggly” career path, the keys to re-enter the workforce after an absence – and the bold and intentional moves to design the career and life you seek. We discuss how serving in an ERG (Employee Resource Group), volunteering and mentoring can make you better at your job – and accelerate career opportunities. All statements by Raj reflect her personal opinion.

• Growing up as a "culture vulture" and learning to speak up
• Choices: How she challenged the safe career trajectory of her conservative Asian background
• Mechanisms to gain valuable experience early in your career
• When you need to act: How she got onto the trading desk
• Advantages of being an outsider, starting on a smaller desk and making mistakes
• Yes, you have to work harder than other people – but strategies women can use to avoid being shut out of critical organic networking opportunities.
• Connect & Humanize: Your first few interactions with others should be about this.
• What happened when Rajalakshmi shortened her name to Raj, a traditionally male name
• Exercise: Identify your “transferable skills” to manage career gaps
• Don’t sit around: How Raj started the Harlem junior tutoring tennis program.
• The value of finding people who look at you in new ways ....
• We are constantly changing, get your foot in the door – and tell your story
• Her “concentric circles” exercise
• “The word women includes the word men” & “Join ERG’s where no one looks like you”
• How upskilling led to executive education led to her DYC platform on WEAVR
• How ERGs help you break silos, do your day job better, build new skills -- and discover “mobility opportunities”
• 2-way flow: The value of reverse mentoring
• Women and people of color: “You don’t need to do things differently, but you do need to be aware of specific dynamics.”
• What makes you, you?
• Never stop learning: Raj’s to do this year, using Michael’s Power Map tool
• Embrace the squiggly line: Graduated from Stanford Exec Ed the same time her son graduated from Stanford undergrad!

BIO AND LINKS:

Raj Shiva is a financial markets professional who oversees market conduct compliance at one of the top financial firms in on Wall Street. A former FX and derivatives trader and salesperson who has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, Raj wants you to “never miss an opportunity.” She volunteers, mentors and advises others, particularly women, on how to design their careers. Raj is Founder of the Academic and Creative Engagement (ACE) program at the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program; Mentor at the Financial Women’s Association at Baruch College; and member of the leadership team of “Women on the Move,” her bank’s initiative to fuel female ambition and advance financial equality. Raj holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from St. Stephen’s College; an MBA in Finance from the University of Delhi, and completed executive education at Pace University and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-shiva/
• Design Your Career, through WEAVR: https://designyourcareer.weavr.cafe/g/channels
• The Financial Women’s Association at Baruch College: https://www.alumni.baruch.cuny.edu/get-involved/fwa-at-baruch
• USTA ACE: https://www.ustafoundation.com/ace_curriculum/
• The legacy of Arthur Ashe: https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2020-08-19/2020-08-19_bob_ryland_first_black_pro_tennis_player_lived_a_lifetime_in_the_sport.html
• Stanford’s LEAD Program: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exec-ed/programs/stanford-lead-online-business-program
• Avinash Harsh, CEO of WEAVR: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aviharsh/
• Michael’s Power Map: https://changwenderoth.com/the-power-map/
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

 SHOW NOTES:

 Previously on 97% Effective, Leesa Soulodre, Founder and General Partner at R3i Capital, discussed how she is filling a “missing middle” in venture capital and practical steps for leveling the playing field in her industry. In this continuation episode, Leesa speaks more to how she broke through as a woman in venture capital, leveraging the power of networks, community and technology. We discuss techniques for creating power through community, benefits of the virtual workplace and ways to manage all the demands on your time -- brilliant lessons Leesa draws from being a top tier global investor and working mother.

 SHOW NOTES:

•  Principles of creating power through community building
• What drives economic ties
• How COVID increased global participation
• Building a 7 floor metaverse, which protects and connects founders
• Utilizing technology to manage your time - and empower you
• Tips on being smart about work-life balance, so you get to your end goal
• Have a source of joy outside of work
• The 9 minutes that matter most each day
• Finding fun ways share work life with your family
• Challenging what we’re told
• Power law? “Build the first fund small”
• Breaking the myth that no one backs a solo GP
• Massing middle of capital that is unserved
• Unlocking capital for sustainable goals

BIO AND LINKS:

 Leesa Soulodre is the Founder and General Partner at R3i Capital, a venture capital firm that accelerates the growth of deep tech companies. She is a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and a power player that harnesses her affiliations, network and platforms to level the playing field for female founders. A globe-trotting super-connector and community builder, Leesa actively works to increase women's presence in entrepreneurship through initiatives like She Loves Tech. She advises, educates, speaks, and writes on investing, technology, and the new economy. Leesa is Clinical Professor of Practice at SMU Cox School and lecturer at dozens of elite forums and institutions, including Singapore Management University and IE Business School.

•  Previous episode on 97% Effective:https://redcircle.com/shows/97-effective/episodes/4a918c13-f225-4b22-9ce9-9cb74120218d
• R3i Company website: https://www.r3icapital.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leesasoulodre/
• Personal website: https://www.leesasoulodre.co
• The R3i metaverse opens: https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/592012570/the-r3i-metaverse-is-open-for-business
• She Loves Tech: https://www.shelovestech.org/
• Application recommendation, RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime.com/
• Video recommendation, Brendon Burchard: How Millionaires Schedule Their Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYwz3JUsLw&ab_channel=Brendon.com
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3