Female Tech Exec

In this episode I explore the hidden costs to overwhelm - both for you if you are relying on overwhelm to get help from your manager or colleagues, and for you as a manager who may be tempted to rescue people out of overwhelm.  I also show you how to handle overwhelm in a constructive way that helps you rise in your career and cultivate self-sufficient teams.

Many women don't  see ourselves as "worthy" of working with a wealth advisor.  That is especially true at the start and middle of our careers, when we are paying off student debt and living in expensive cities.  Today's conversation with Financial Advisor and husband of one of our CareerClimb members Chris Welton will change your way of thinking about the wealth that is already yours and show you how to:

• Overcome the syndrome of “I don’t have enough money in the bank to get professional help in managing my wealth”
• Manage the value of your future earnings (Do you know you’re already a future millionaire and that managing that wealth starts TODAY?)
• Overcome any feelings of guilt or shame for not having saved or made as much money as you think you should (compared to your classmates, peers, where you think you should have been by now)
• Deal with the gut punch from finding out you’re underpaid 
• How to think about your stock options or RSUs 
• How to evaluate the equity of a startup you’re thinking of joining

Contact Chris at [email protected] and mention this podcast to get a complimentary session.

Our CareerClimb community has had phenomenal success, as expressed in:

• 40%+ raises in compensation
• Accelerated promotions
• Senior roles negotiated
• VP roles landed
• Industry and Function switches,

and more.   How did these mid-career women in tech achieve all this in less than 18 months? I reveal the keys to their success in this episode.  A quick preview: It starts with the vision crafted during the Product VP Challenge.  The next Challenge is coming up in mid-May 2022 - register for free at www.productvpchallenge.com.

The topic of Review Cycles and how to plan your promotion has become one of the most requested ones in our community at Club Denali, so we've decided to dedicate our May 2022 Product VP Challenge to a deep dive of that topic (www.productvpchallenge.com).  It's the "Plan Your Promotion" edition of our 6th Product VP Challenge and we kick off May 12th!

This podcast episode gives a preview to the next Product VP Challenge by reviewing the top four critical mistakes that mid-career women make when it comes to Review Cycles and Promotions and how to avoid them.  If you want to take this topic further, join us at www.productvpchallenge.com. We'll have recordings available for the duration of the Challenge if you need to miss any of the live calls.

In this episode, I share with you my take-aways from spending a weekend with a small group of our clients in one of their beach homes.  Here's the twist - I didn't organize it, I was invited to come as a guest.  And when did, I was blessed to discover just how tight and close this group of women is and just how passionate they are about our community and about us growing this community more.

I share with you my impressions from this amazing weekend, so you too can unlock the power of community for your career and your life.  My hope is that whether you join our intimate and thriving community by joining our next Executive Accelerator cohort, or you find your community elsewhere, you will do something to connect with powerful and inspiring peers who can help you feel more confident and less alone.

Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment to the Supreme Court is a huge milestone for all the communities that she represents - Black women, African Americans and all women. And I would argue she also represents all of us, professional women, especially professional women of color, who are working tirelessly and deserve not just representation in the highest echelons of power, but also acknowledgement and respect.  

In this episode, I break down what Ketanji Brown Jackoson's appointment to the Supreme Court means for you as a woman in tech, why you should pay attention and celebrate it and why You personally have a responsibility to pave the way for other women like you in tech and how to do it.

The question I get the most hands down from women looking to progress in their career is "How do I become a strategic thinker?"  In reality, there are several questions and assumptions made in this question.  In this episode, I break down this common request into the components of what's really going on and how to find your way to not just thinking strategically, but being perceived as strategic by the people in charge of promotion decisions.

Tune in to find out:
* Why are you getting this feedback and what it really means to be "strategic"* The four layers of "I'm not strategic" challenge in front of most women and how to overcome each one.
* Why are you getting this feedback and what it really means to be "strategic"
* The two important paths to establishing your reputation as a thought-leader inside and outside of your company

Join me and the Head of GlobalRecruiting for HubSpot, Becky McCullough, to discuss how to build your career as an executive in tech while having a family and a full life. 

We discuss:

1. Breaking the myth that you can't have "it all" - a career as an executive and a family
2. What makes it possible to build your career in tech while having a family or other priorities
3. How to vet prospective employers for a supportive culture
4. The emergence of "returners" programs for people who have had a career break
5. The importance of sponsorship vs. mentorship, and how to find it,

and much more!

Resources mentioned in the episode:
Opportunities at Hubspot: www.hubspot.com/careers

Continuation of the episode about why you should be submitting speaking proposals to industry events.  Here, I go through the single most important part of a speaking proposal - the headline.  I teach you specific frameworks to write winning headlines for your speaking proposals to industry events, as part of building your brand as a thought leader in the tech space. 

I go over:

• The four principles of writing winning headlines for speaker proposals (or articles)
• Examples of winning headlines from our CareerClimb community

I follow up on a huge wave of speaker submissions from our CareerClimb community that came in for the 2022 Women In Product conference and discuss why every woman in tech should immediately start submitting to speak at industry events and how to go about doing it. 

In this episode we discuss:

• Why speaking at industry events is the fastest way to build your brand inside and outside of your company.
• Why you should start submitting proposals immediately, even before you feel you're ready.
• How to submit winning proposals, even before you know what exactly you'll be talking about.
• How to deal with rejections and evolve your identity as a speaker and thought leader.

Resources:
Headline Analyzer: https://aminstitute.com/headline/