Dr. Lois Frankel, author of the Bestseller Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, knows what it is like to be a reformed nice girl turned badass. Today, she talks about the difference between being a nice girl and a nice woman, how important likability really is in the workplace, and a sneak peek into her audiobook Nice Girls Don’t Speak Up or Stand Out.

Chicago-based writer and author Elaine Soloway uses her wit, wisdom, and overall badassery to show us that it’s okay to challenge the status quo and shake things up at every stage of life. At a lively 81 years young, she is still challenging herself daily and living life for herself instead of trying to please others.

Patricia Russo is a powerful and charismatic badass living her truth and helping women gain the confidence to live big and gain experience in leadership positions. Patricia has held leadership positions centered on women’s rights for over 30 years, including her current role as the Executive Director at the Women’s Campaign School At Yale University.

Throughout her career, Amy Giddon has devoted much energy and heart to helping women achieve their ambitions. Not only is she a badass, but she is one of the smartest people I know. Amy has held multiple leadership positions, including one as the VP at American Express, but her appetite for risk-taking and desire to connect others in a big way led her to build her new company, The Daily Haloha, on her own.

Annette Bergeron, P.Eng. MBA, FEC, FCAE, is a Past President at Engineers Canada, and was recognized as one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada. Annette knows firsthand what it is like to work in a male dominated workplace, and is making it her mission to balance out the number of women in engineering for the future. Annette discusses the importance of mentors and sponsors, her DiversifySTEM training tool and all the benefits it can give leaders, and why badasses aren’t able to do it all alone

Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on impostor syndrome and author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It. She joins the show to talk about the difference between confidence and competence, what the impostor syndrome is and why we get it, and ways that we can reach and harness our badass energy and potential to play bigger and better

Carolyn Herfurth is a New York based Reinvention Strategist, and a partner to her clients who helps them make the most of their life, business, and breakout of patterns that hold them back from truly being their most badass selves. She and I have a great discussion on the difference a great coach makes, why inner validation is the most important, and the personal process of how she has reinvented her own career time and time again

Heather Hansen O’Neill is an award winning speaker, author and coach. Heather and I met about 3 years ago at a speaking event and I knew after hearing her light the room on fire with her energy and passion that we needed to connect. She joins the show today to talk about using her own personal experience as a driver to motivate others, the importance of listening to your own voice instead of getting swayed by others, and her love for finding the adventure out of life

Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D. is a certified speaking professional, author, and one of the top global experts on introverts, Jennifer knows the power of using her own voice to inspire others to use theirs as well. She talks about her work with organizations and clients, and how it helped give her a foundation to work with introverted leaders all around the world, the importance of acting “as if”, and the leaps that she took in her career to get to the next level

Amy Ferris is an author, screenwriter, editor and playwright. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney: Confessions From A Midlife Crisis, is an example of the brilliant, entertaining and creative way that she tells the raw and unaltered truth. Amy and I talk about the family issues that gave her a sense of her own voice, and why it is so very badass to love yourself deeply and put yourself at the top of your priority list