Career Strategies for Women that Work

I'm thrilled to share with you a new chapter in my journey. After years of chasing external achievements, I've realized that real growth comes from within. Despite my accomplishments in the tech industry, authoring books, and researching women in the workplace, I found myself yearning for something more profound, more meaningful.

I hit a personal wall, and it led me to a path of self-discovery and seeking. This journey has been so transformative that I've penned down my experiences and key findings in a new book. One of the most significant revelations was the "I should" mindset. It's a trap that many of us fall into, but the real magic happens when we align our time and actions with our true goals.

And now, I'm excited to announce my new podcast and community, "Together We Seek." It's a space where we can continue this journey of self-discovery together, learning from each other's experiences and growing as a collective.

I'm incredibly grateful for your support and would love to personally chat with anyone interested in discussing this further. So, come join me, let's seek together.

You can find me at www.TogetherWeSeek.Online where I hope you join the live discussions and community!

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

Are you feeling guilty about taking time off from work? In this episode of 'Career Strategies for Women that Work,' JJ DiGeronimo dives into the challenges women face when it comes to taking Personal Time Off (PTO) and shares valuable strategies for creating boundaries and making the most of your time off.

JJ understands the guilt that many women experience, even when they have earned their vacation days. She emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and creating space for yourself to disconnect and recharge. Drawing from her own personal experience, JJ shares how she had to ask for permission and ended up working during her vacation. But she reminds us that we are worth taking time for ourselves and deserve to enjoy our vacation guilt-free.

And if you are looking for some adventure with other women, JJ shares the idea of an exciting bike tour with women in her network, where traveling together can create space for themselves to take time off. 

Let's Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjdigeronimo/
Send me a DM: https://www.instagram.com/jjdigeronimo/

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

"Lassoing" Your Energy: A Quick Exercise for a More Productive Life

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the constant chatter in your head? Do you find yourself constantly reflecting on the past or worrying about the future? If so, you are not alone. In the latest episode of "Career Strategies for Women That Work," we will explore an exercise called "lassoing" to help manage your energy and shift your focus.

This exercise helps to physically move the energy from your head to other parts of your body, providing a new perspective and giving your mind a break from constantly processing information.  

There is even an option to deposit this energy into the ground, where it can be fertilized by mother nature and create space for new growth.

It can be challenging to find time to slow down when we have so many responsibilities and people depending on us. However, prioritizing our energy is often needed to shift. This exercise can be done anywhere, anytime, and can help you feel more productive and focused.

"Seeking," includes a chapter on managing energy and can be found on Amazon or in local bookstores. As managing one's energy and achieving success in all aspects of life. 

Give the "lassoing" exercise a try and see how it can benefit your daily routine!

Lassoing Your Energy [00:01:55] The speaker introduces a mindfulness exercise for managing one's energy by lassoing it from the head down to the heart center.

Purpose of Lassoing Your Energy [00:06:20] The speaker explains the purpose of lassoing one's energy, which is to move energy around the body to get a new perspective, think of things differently, and give the head a break.

Spreading White Light [00:07:04] The speaker talks about spreading white light and love from the heart to the rest of the body as a way to give mental break and intercept negative self-talk.

Shifting Energy [00:07:57] The host talks about how shifting energy in the body can give a new perspective and help determine what is worth thinking about.

Depositing Energy [00:08:53] The host shares a technique for depositing energy that is no longer serving into the ground, allowing space for new energy and perspective.

Season Four Introduction [00:08:53] The host introduces season four of the podcast and teases upcoming episodes about raising energy and aligning with life's work.

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

ERGs - Enhance the Impact of Women at Work with Laura Weldy 

We've seen the representation of women in leadership roles across all industries decline since the pandemic began, and women focused ERG's provide a great jumping off point for who and how to grow in house leaders. 

In fact, women's focused employee resource groups are a widely underleveraged opportunity for many companies to deepen their leadership pipelines and develop some of the most high potential, most culturally engaged employees in the company. 

By strengthening the structural support for these groups, allocating time and opportunities for group activities, gamifying the membership process and even devising in house training programs based on the group needs, there is an opportunity to allow new leaders to step up and shine.

Join me as I chat with Laura Weldy.  A Women’s Leadership & Career Success coach, and an unapologetic champion for women seeking to build a career & life they love. 

After struggling with burnout, impostor syndrome and uncertainty in her own career, Laura decided to eliminate these issues for other career women.

 These days, she uses her Personal Power Code personality assessment to help ambitious career women around the world put a vocabulary to their own worth in the workplace. She pairs this with her expertise as a masterful certified coach & NLP practitioner to create customized roadmaps for her clients to go from overlooked and overworked in the ‘Pre-Suite’ to celebrated and confident in the C-Suite as intuitive and authentic leaders at all levels.

Laura's Website: https://lauraweldy.com/

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

Thriving Through Career Transitions with Meredith Persily 

Join us as we talk about how to get off on the right foot during a career transition!

Did you know 50% of executives fail in the first 6 months when joining a company? 

 There are key tools you should be aware of if you want to thrive in a new position inside your existing company or as part of a new company.

 In this episode, Meredith and I discuss:

• 3 focus areas in your new positions
•  How to work with stakeholders
•  Your 1st 90 days

 Meredith Persily is CEO and founder of executive-coaching firm Aspire@Work, a consultant and facilitator. She specializes in the leadership challenges of complex, global organizations in government, technology, healthcare, and financial services.  Leaders call on Meredith to challenge their management teams, facilitate the development of their vision and strategic goals, and instigate transformation. With an MBA and professional coach certification, Meredith brings her deep business background, understanding of neuroscience, and a variety of leadership assessments to her clients.

Her book: Six Paths to Leadership: Lessons from Successful Executives, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, and More

Whether just starting a career or an experienced professional, today’s leaders lack the skills needed for their particular journey. Drawn from interviews with more than 60 successful leaders (executives, politicians, entrepreneurs, and others), this book offers new critical insights and strategies for managing across six distinct paths to leadership positions. 

Six Paths to Leadership: Lessons from Successful Executives, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, and More offers new, research-based critical insights and strategies for managing effectively across six distinct paths: (1) promoted; (2) hired; (3) elected; (4) appointed; (5) founded, and (6) family legacy. Each chapter provides information based on interviews with more than 65 leaders from a variety of career paths and backgrounds, including executives, politicians, high-level government appointees, founders, and family business leaders. 

Individuals such as current and emerging leaders, HR professionals, researchers, politicians, career coaches, students (along with their support staff members) will benefit from the wide array of strategies and experiences detailed in this rich resource. The stories and themes herein are designed to help leaders—whether newly-minted or seasoned professionals—weigh factors that influence effectiveness, along with strategies, tools, and templates to help them adroitly navigate one or more of the six distinct leadership paths.

Featured on NPR, in Entrepreneur, SHRM, Roll Call, Politico

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-persily/
• Aspire Work: https://aspireatwork.com/about-us/founder/

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

How often do you take a new role or promotion and hear, "We just don't have any more money for you?" or "Sorry, we cannot give you a raise?"

How do I get a raise in my salary at my current company and what does confidence have to do with it?

 Claudia Miller is a sought-after Career Coach for Women In Tech and she's helped her clients land fulfilling jobs at a senior level. She also partners with companies and organizations in identifying rising stars within their organizations and providing strategic insights and support in developing a leadership and talent pipeline with a focus on Women and Women of Color. Due to her efforts, she's worked with Top Fortune 500 Clients + has partnered with World Business Chicago in developing a Workforce Development strategy in coordination with the City of Chicago's efforts to decrease unemployment rates for persons of color. She's also the Creator & Host of "Roadmap To The Executive Suite" podcast. Due to her client's success, she's been featured multiple times in Forbes, MSNBC, Thrive Global, and Business Insider putting her in their top global list of Top Innovative Career Coaches.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiatmiller/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claudiatmiller/
Wesbite:  Claudia T. Miller, LLC: Career coaching
Claudia's podcast Roadmap to the Executive Suite Podcast

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

There are 3 BS (Belief Systems) blocking you between you and your next-level career. 

In this episode, we will discuss:

Imposter Syndrome, People Pleasing, and Perfectionism

1. The sneaky ways these 3 BS blocks show up 
2. Why you go from feeling good to bad so quickly these blocks keep happening
3. How to bust through these blocks

Jill rewired her leadership approach using a mixture of mindset and method. 

She has written for HuffPost, Fast Company, Metro, and elsewhere and has appeared on the Worklife Podcast with Adam Grant. She has also given talks to the marketing teams at The New York Times, Hearst, and Conde Nast. With over 20 years of experience coaching and building company cultures, she was a treat to have on Career Strategies for Women that Work!

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on my private and group coaching programs.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillgriffin/ 

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

It Pays To Be Yourself: Reframing Your "Flaws" Into "Gifts"
 
Do you ever hold back because you’ve been told you were too bossy, sensitive, direct, or emotional at work?
 
Women leaders often get these labels even though they exhibit similar behaviors to their male counterparts. What women have been told is “unlikeable” about them can create self-doubt, and keep them from conforming to someone else’s leadership style.
 
However, what if your “flaws” are actually your best leadership gift? When you spend your time and energy trying to conform to someone else’s leadership style, you give your power away.
 
In fact, it pays to be yourself. According to Francesca Gino at Harvard, she found that people who behaved authentically (vs catering to what they thought people wanted) were 26% more likely to be hired.
 
I'll help you own what's unique about you and use these skills to make an impact. You'll learn how to blend this gift with your leadership values to lead with more confidence and create a career you love.
 
 What will the listener take away?
 1. Identify the gift you've been hiding because you've been told you're "too much" and how that impacts your energy
 2. Learn how to reframe your flaws into gifts so you can stop hiding and speak up at work
 3. Uncover situations that call for your unique approach and how to show up fully in those moments
 4. If time, a model for speaking up and advocating at work

Kelli Thompson is a women’s leadership coach and speaker who helps women advance to the rooms where decisions are made. She has coached and trained hundreds of women to trust themselves, lead with more confidence, and create a career they love. She is the founder of the Clarity & Confidence Women's Leadership Program, and a Stevie Award winner for Women in Business—Coach of the Year. She is the author of Closing The Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential & Your Paycheck.

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

Join me as I ask Carolyn Buck-Luce how we, as women, step more into our power!
 
 Her new book EPIC! The Women's Power Play Book will help us unravel that conditioning and reclaim our destiny. 
 
Take a listen to learn how to create a life by design, not by default, through a unique framework with provocative exercises to equip you to craft the best next chapter of your life.

Carolyn is a respected and accomplished voice on women as leaders and their relationship with power.  She was appointed by New York City’s former Mayor Bloomberg to his Commission on Women’s Issues, named Woman of the Year for the healthcare industry in 2012, and has co-authored numerous articles in the Harvard Business Review on Women’s Leadership, as well as Diversity and Inclusion.
 
 Across five decades, Carolyn has been a successful diplomat, Wall Street banker, management consultant, healthcare futurist, talent innovator, professor, author, philanthropist, wife, mother, and grandmother. Carolyn’s life journey navigating a man’s world has given her a unique perspective on living an epic life of meaning and purpose, regardless of the obstacles. Today, she uses her proprietary Decade Game to coach courageous women around the globe in business, civic society, and philanthropy to step fully into their power at home, at work, and in the world. 

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001

Questions we discuss:

• What should you ask yourself?
• What do you need to invest in?
• What are the fears of success?
• Are you stuck in the shoulds?
• How do you maximize your influence?
• Where do you want to be in your work and life?

Kristen Zavo is a career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the international best-seller Job Joy: Your Guide to Success, Meaning, and Happiness in Your Career. In her coaching practice, she works to help high-achieving professionals land jobs, launch businesses, and build careers they love. 

 After nearly two decades working in top Fortune 500 companies, Kristen found herself having checked all the career boxes but feeling the unhappiest she had ever felt. 

 She bravely quit her finance job in New York City and within six months she landed a job and promotion in an entirely new sector. Colleagues and professionals in her network took note and began turning to her for help to do the same.   

 What began as a career coaching side hustle turned into her most fulfilling pivot to help thousands secure fulfilling jobs. Currently, Kristen helps corporate-climbing professional clients define success on their own terms, land their dream job, and build a career they love through her 9-month live coaching and mentorship program Find Your Job Joy.

 She is also recognized as a thought leader in her industry having been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo News, Real Simple, and CBS News, among others.   

 Beyond bringing clients job joy, Kristen loves to create her own joy which frees her up to travel, take on adrenaline-pumping adventures like skydiving (bungee jumping is next!), and trying new recipes.

I think you will enjoy this as much as I did recording it!

Thank you for joining me ~ here are some other resources for you!

JJ's new book Seeking: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Findings-Energy-Sidestep-Self-Doubts/dp/B0BKQCWJ62

Join me live in my energy community: https://www.togetherweseek.online/

Visit my website for retreats and free resources: https://jjdigeronimo.com/

My energy podcast Together We Seek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923001