Entering The Inspiration Zone

Juliette is joined by Pam Reeve, Chair of the Board, American Tower. Pamela has built her career around the advancement of women and support for technology innovation. In roles starting and running businesses, serving at the helm of public company boards of directors, and leading non-profit organizations and boards, Reeve has left her mark on the region’s business landscape while mentoring and in other ways supporting its people.

A champion for women’s leadership, Reeve serves as the Chair of The Commonwealth Institute, working with women CEOs, entrepreneurs, and business leaders to help them grow their businesses and their careers. In this position, her active involvement in Board-Ready Bootcamps, and through her work with the Boston Women’s Leadership Network Last Mile Initiative and Women Corporate Directors, she has demonstrated a commitment to increasing the number of qualified women serving on boards of directors

Pamela shares her story of creating her own path. Pamela talks about the importance of diversity and inclusion, and how she found the confidence to forge her own way. This episode is packed with actionable advice and inspiring stories, so be sure to tune in!

Highlights:

03:54 - When I look back on the journey, I think it's more about how I wanted to be, what I valued, relationships that meant a lot to me and a lot of connecting dots that otherwise might seem not connected.

07:25 - I think that you have to look around on what might be available to help you out and maybe do move if you can.

13:18 - I think we all carry in us our history, our upbringing and our history, and then we hope to enrich that or go away from it.

18:40 - Have more faith in yourself, use your voice and use your intention. Don't deny yourself and don't prevent yourself from at least trying on something that you’re interested in.

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Sharing our stories is how we connect with one another. It's how we show the world who we are and what matters to us. When we share our stories, we open ourselves up to new experiences and perspectives. We also give others the opportunity to see us in a different light. Telling our stories can be incredibly therapeutic. It can help us make sense of our past, process our emotions, and gain a better understanding of ourselves. It can also help us build strong relationships and create closer bonds with the people in our lives.

When we tell our stories, we have the power to change the way the world sees us. We can inspire others, teach them, and make them laugh. We can also touch their hearts and make them feel understood. Storytelling is an essential part of being human, and it is something that we should all strive to do more of in our lives.

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01:53 - It is indeed what makes you special, what humanizes you, what differentiates you, helps the people see the real you and how powerful you can be in that context.

04:08 - My point to all of that is to really help to paint a picture for people about who Julliette Mayers is, what is the context that I bring to the work I do, what is my journey.

05:33 - It's about connecting, it's about inspiration, it's about values and it's about creating a memorable experience that is uniquely yours.

10:00 - You have to choose something that is relevant for you, you have to make it your own, you have to spend some time to get to know what is different about your journey.

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Juliette is joined by Michael Curry. He is the CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which represents 52 health centers serving over 1 million patients out of over 314 practice sites throughout the state. He previously served as Deputy CEO & General Counsel for the Mass League.

Tune in to this episode to hear Juliette and Michael talk about how important it is to take care of your physical and mental health. They share tips for wellness and much more.

Highlights:

04:27 - So when I say a road less traveled and when I think about my career, I think about a whole bunch of people along the way who handed me off to the next person, to the next advisor.

08:58 - They seem to forget there's a cause for every element and it may be in their power to remove it.

17:09 - I think we have to start thinking that way, that we have to get beyond these taxes that people put on us and that we put on ourselves and say no. I wanted to live healthy and I wanted to live a long life.

28:31 - If you're mentally well, then you can operate and navigate things in a much better way.

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One of the secrets to achieving your dreams is to never stop asking. Many people are hesitant to ask for help because they feel like they are imposing or that they should be able to do everything themselves. However, this is not the case. Asking for help shows that you are humble and acknowledge that you cannot do everything on your own. 

Listen in as Juliette talks about how seeking out help from others can give you great insights and new perspectives that will help you achieve your goals. So don't be afraid to ask for help – the rewards will be worth it!

Highlights:

01:37  In order to maximize that opportunity, you have to ask for what you want.

03:36 So, to be clear asking for help was viewed as a weakness

06:04 Asking for help and enlisting the support of colleagues, allies, mentors, sponsors is necessary for accelerating career growth and business advancement.

08:17 The fact that you have worked hard, you've done what you're supposed to do and therefore, you are deserving and will be recognized and rewarded because you have earned it.

11:40 You need to know your value, network, build your brand and you have to make the ask.

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Juliette is joined by Lynn Perry Wooten, President of Simmons University and best-selling author of Arrive and Thrive. Find out how the principles they talk about are applicable to other professionals or just everyday people, not only entrepreneurs. 

Listen as they talk more about some tips for overcoming adversity and achieving success despite setbacks as well as the seven principles in Arrive and Thrive. 

Highlights: 

03:12 Good leadership, like many of you learned in the workplace, but I also learned it from my mother and my husband and my children. The communities that I've lived in have influenced my life. 

05:17 I had written about resiliency for more than a decade, but to live it as a leader in my personal and professional life was a different thing. 

9:23 Part of the vision is that you do have to think visually and you have to create it. 

10:38 To be your authentic self you have to know what drives you and energizes you and your values.

11:43 If you want to go far, you need your village.You need support networks. 

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Simply meeting lots of people is not enough, you need to carefully align your goals with those people you network with and that is what you call strategic networking. You can't possibly maintain a large network of contacts, so it's important to focus your efforts on the people who are most likely to be aligned with your goals and objectives. 

Find out how to identify your Inner Circle Contacts as Juliette shares how to efficiently prioritize your time and energy with these people in order to focus on the goals that you establish for yourself to achieve. 

Highlights

03:14 In order to increase your effectiveness, you must create or tap into networks that are both strategic and productive. 

05:13 You must learn to say no to low-value or no-value activities that do not align with your goals and you must learn to say yes to high priority action items that move you towards your objectives.

10:27 Make sure you are prioritizing your ICCs, your Inner Circle Contacts, but first you have to identify them and cultivate those relationships. 

12:31 Sometimes it’s tough to know if you're going to get alignment. Somebody who could be new to your network could be very much aligned with you. So, what we're going to do with these groups is communicate. 

13:45 Prioritize yourself. Prioritize your goals. Prioritize the people who mean the most to you and make sure they get time. Then you focus on the others.  

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Juliette is joined by David Meerman Scott, and they focus on discussing the New Rules of Marketing and PR based on David’s best-selling book. Find out how the principles they talk about are applicable to other professionals or just everyday people, not only marketers. 

Listen as they talk more about effective, modern marketing and PR best practices, as well as what you can do to communicate with and reach out to customers and buyers directly in order to maximize marketing and PR. 

Highlights

05:54 - So many organizations are only focused on talking about their own products and services rather than understanding the needs of existing and potential customers. 

07:53 - Understand deeply the people you’re trying to reach. 

09:12 - Today, we don’t have to spend money on advertising. We can reach people directly by creating interesting information and publishing it ourselves. 

10:34 -  You can choose to become a change agent in your organization, you can stand up to the bosses and say, “Hey, this is wrong. We’re gonna do this in a different way. This is not right. This is not appropriate.” 

14:01 - You can quietly achieve results by doing something different and doing it in a way that you’re not gonna completely screw up what is already going on in the organization. 

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Communicating with power is a key factor in the success of your personal brand. Effective communication fosters not only understanding but establishes credibility and builds trust. It is also a skill you can learn and have continuous improvement in. 

Juliette talks about how important it is to connect meaningfully and how to maximize your impact through the way you communicate. Listen to this podcast for tips and specific strategies you can use to have breakthrough communication. 

Highlights:

03:44 - Communicating with power is one’s ability to effectively deliver a message which conveys the essence of your brand. 

04:02 - To maximize your impact, you must carry yourself in a way and in a manner that garners respect, conveys confidence, credibility. 

09:52 - How important it is to imagine the future, imagine what it is that you are trying to achieve, and try to crystallize that as much as possible, of course, backed by research and whatever else you need to do to build the case right. 

11:14 - Effective communication comes down to how we deliver messages and how we do so in ways that are powerful. 

13:52 - Be respectful, and have your communication reflect who you are and the brand you want to portray.

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Juliette is joined by Donna Latson Gittens, Founder and CEO of MORE Advertising. Her company has designed more than 300 campaigns to influence attitudes and change behaviors on topics such as smoking, substance abuse, HIV prevention and diversity in the workplace. Gittens launched the company following a ground-breaking, 20-year career as a corporate executive at WCVB-TV (Boston’s ABC affiliate).

Donna talks about how branding has been helpful for her in her career. She also shares her journey on how she became successful in her career. Tune in to this episode and hear more tips and actionable things that you can do to enhance your career.

Highlights

05:13 – You have to make sure that you can multitask in your career that doesn't just focus on one thing. Make sure that you`re open to new opportunities when they present themselves.

06:36 – What do you stand for? What`s your personal narrative and how do you present it to people? I`d like to think that my brand is open, straight forward, exploratory. It's the essence of who I am.

11:20 – Number one is to know who you are. If you stand for everything, you`ll fall for anything. You have to know who you are and what you love to do.

17:50 – Be nice. I know that sounds simple but it's really important. You can`t be mean to people. You can`t gossip and be dishonest with people. 

18:24 – Never take no from a person who can't say yes.

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A strategic network is a key component of getting ahead in business and it's not enough to have the skills. You must network with others who can help you get ahead. Juliette also explains why the strategic network is important. Listen to this episode and hear more about her book “The Guide to Strategic Networking”.

Highlights

03:56 – Identifying a key role, a key goal that you have for yourself and how you`re going to achieve that, it could be finding a job, it could be starting a new venture or it could be accelerating your career.

05:00 – Why you need strategic networking for retirement. Many studies have found that those who have a plan after retirement tend to be happier in retirement.

06:53 – Your personal brand is the embodiment of who and what you represent in the minds of others.

12:38 – You do need to be aware of how you may come across and how others may perceive you because it has such a big impact on your brand and your ability to be effective.

15:02 – When we have strong brands, when we have a great relationships it makes a whole lot of other things work really well.

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