HERdacious

Doing Well by Doing Good

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Ernestine Lammers about being a socially responsible entrepreneur. Ernestine recounts her personal journey with her mother-daughter business, Kanti Goods, detailing the triumphs and obstacles that led her business to its success. From networking with leaders in the field to knowing the value of the products we sell; Ernestine reminds us that although a business premised in supporting others might take immense devotion, our passions can benefit more than our bottom lines.

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Ernestine Lammers

Ernestine Lammers is the founder of Kanti Goods, a socially minded and mission-driven mother-daughter business owned by women that supports other women and artisans globally. Many of Kanti Goods’ products, jewelry and accessories come from organizations that give opportunities to underprivileged women and small-scale craftspeople, artisans and entrepreneurs while encouraging the use of local materials and fair-production methods. Lammers’ goal is to support these women and small-scale artists throughout the world by providing them with jobs so their families and communities can thrive. 

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• A business model 3:30 
• Where to start? 7:00 
• Female-centric hurdles 9:46
• Valuing your own (and others’) work 16:45 
• Building a support system 20:24
• Successful business-building tips 22:40
• Femme fact: Witches 28:15 

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• AMAZING Women Alliance (community)
• BNI: Business Network International (community) 
• National Women’s Business Council (community) 

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “How Women Can Start a Business With Confidence” 

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Socialization of Women

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Joy Wiggins, PhD, about a pernicious societal symptom of sexism: the sabotage of women by women. Joy explains society’s troubling role is teaching women and young girls to feel negatively about themselves and other women, and how this behavior is bound to disadvantage us in the workplace. Joy reminds us that we can make the conscious decision to defy our socialization and, instead, love ourselves and support one another. Through her personal and professional experiences, Joy encourages us to first empower ourselves so that we can then empower others. The math checks out: two empowered women are always more unstoppable than one.

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Joy Wiggins, PhD

Joy L. Wiggins, PhD, received her doctorate from The Ohio State University in multicultural education and social justice. She is the founder and CEO of Joy Wiggins, PhD: Equity and Inclusion Consulting which provides speaking, facilitation and mentorship opportunities on the topics of power, privilege, racial and gender justice, and liberation. She has spent the past 20 years working on understanding our cultural identities and perceptions of navigating the world. Her consulting centers around understanding biases and women supporting women in the workplace.

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• How women view themselves and others 1:20
• Expectations, expectations, expectations 6:09
• Sabotage of others (and to yourself) 8:00
• Symptoms include: implicit bias, microaggressions 16:54
• Supporting your fellow sisters in the workplace 21:00
• From femmenies to femmeships 24:35  
• Femme fact: Hocus Pocus 27:47

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• HERdacity
• Lean In, Fairygodboss, PowerToFly, Leadership Austin, The Riveter (career help)
• Mary-Frances Winters, Jennifer Brown (authors)
• From Sabotage to Support by Joy Wiggins and Kami Anderson (book) 
• @laylafsaad, @girlbeheard (instagram)

Link to show transcript here. 

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our webinar "Women: From the Margins to the Mainstream | Joy Wiggins, PhD"

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Being an Assertive Female Leader

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Leanna Sauerlender about being an assertive female leader in the workplace. Leanna emphasizes the need to be vulnerable allowing us to learn our true goals and implement the type of leadership needed to attain them. It is common for women to face a plethora of challenges, including likeability standards and leadership stereotypes on the premise of race and gender. Through her experience as a successful entrepreneur, Leanna teaches us to ignore false beliefs about women in leadership and to embrace our individual work styles, showing everyone who’s boss. With some self-awareness and a relentless drive to succeed, we’ll be exactly where we intend to be!

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Leanna Sauerlender

Leanna Sauerlender is 25-year-old entrepreneur who recently exited her first business venture - a 2 million dollar nationwide dental industry software and consulting business. She has and continues to be focused on supporting female entrepreneurs who are looking to step out of their comfort zones and embrace risk in business. Leanna is a results driven, process-oriented, productive individual with fantastic leadership, communication, writing, and problem-solving skills striving to build a career with impact. She enjoys working collaboratively with hard-working, efficient, ambitious, positive teams and is motivated by technological innovation and conscious, purposeful, industry growth.

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Assertiveness in the workplace 1:40
• Vulnerability, authenticity, and femininity 4:30 
• Don’t go chasing ALL the waterfalls 5:47 
• But is assertiveness really necessary? 9:14
• Combating the backlash 14:35
• Growing into your power 17:30
• Femme fact: Halloween Rituals 21:05

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Michael Cornwall (author) 
• The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez (book)

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “The Ultimate Guide to Setting (and Achieving) Your Goals!” 

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Women in Leadership

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Cara McCarty about common trends women in leadership experience. Cara emphasizes the impact a diverse work culture has on a company’s performance, and how women, in particular, can lead that effort. While it's well known that women are under-represented in the leadership realm, Cara details some tips for recruiters to mitigate bias and hire based on individual skill and experience. For women seeking those roles, Cara advises us to wield data in ways that support our success. The roles are already changing; with a little practice and intention, we’ll be viewing the world from the top.

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Cara McCarty

Cara McCarty is the VP of People at Cognite, a global industrial AI (SaaS) company, and Co-founder of Code Pilot. In 2019, Code Pilot was one of the fastest growing training & recruitment platforms for developers and was acquired by AngelList, the second largest talent marketplace in the world. Cara is also a top-rated mentor at the Founder Institute, nominated as an ABJ Profiles in Power, and you can listen to her founders journey on the podcast "Establishing Your Empire" on iTunes with Daran Herrman. Prior to Cognite, Cara partnered with founders and leaders to support complex organizational and high-growth people initiatives for successful outcomes -- including WorldFirst, Acquisition and RetailMeNot, IPO. 

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Why diversity, equity, and inclusion are important 2:45 
• Leadership differences within companies 4:50
• Hiring without bias 7:57
• Common gender pitfalls 11:09
• Shortage of women in leadership (but not for long) 13:45
• What makes a great leader? 15:27 
• Tips for recruiting talented women 17:50
• Femme fact: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 19:37

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood by Lisa Ling (book)
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck (book)
• How I Built This with Guy Raz (NPR podcast)
• First Round Review (website)

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “Why Women Need to Take Credit for Their Work”

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Flexing Your Communication Style in the Workplace

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Ashley Connell and Leah Steinkirch of the Prowess Project about finding our communication styles and effectively implementing them into our workplaces. Leah and Ashley explain that each of us has a communication wavelength where we thrive the most, and it's important to recognize that our colleagues might not operate at that same frequency. By channeling empathy, aiming for compromise, and keeping our end goal in sight, we learn that the work environment can be efficient even when it’s a melting pot of personalities. It just takes a little bit of awareness and a whole lot of...communication!

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Ashley Connell and Leah Steinkirch

Ashley Connell is the Founder and CEO of the Prowess Project, a community and resource hub for women looking to return to the workforce; Leah Steinkirch is the Chief Operating Officer of Prowess. Prowess Project works to vet and certify returning women in the latest tech tools, remote work, and project management education. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, Ashley spent twelve years in tech marketing and entrepreneurship in Austin, TX where she saw continuous pressure for women to choose between their careers or their kids. Passionate about women's empowerment, especially in the workplace, both Leah and Ashley work to support women find the “gray area” where they can be both successful professionals and successful caretakers. 

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Flexing those communication muscles 1:25
• Communication tools 4:00
• Emotional intelligence 5:50 
• Our different styles 11:05
• Finding the middle ground 17:55
• Building efficiency 22:00
• Femme fact: Monopoly 26:26

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goldeman (book) 
• Brené Brown’s Downloads and Guides (resources)
• DISC Personality Test 
• Prowess Project

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “The Importance of Communication as a Leader”

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Challenging Power in the Workplace

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Tara, Not the HR Lady, about standing up to people in power. The difficulties that come with being a woman in the workplace are no secret - Tara explains how those difficulties magnify when challenging power and implores us to effectively communicate our ideas for actionable change. From equipping ourselves with the facts to staying true to our values, Tara illustrates the big picture of how we can be just as powerful as those we dare challenge. 

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Tara, Not the HR Lady

Tara is an Executive, Board Member, Writer, Speaker and People Leader. She is also the Creator, Executive Producer, and Host of “Not the HR Lady All Things People, No BS” a web series about the workplace. Tara is the CEO of Not the HR Lady, an Organization that's committed to getting bullshit out of the workplace. From racism to misogyny to bigotry to pay disparity to white privilege to suicide to mental wellness to bullying; the goal is simple: to start an on-going dialogue about previously thought of as 'taboo' topics for work, lead the change, aid individuals & companies on their journey and ultimately, to make the workplace better.

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Challenging power and where to start 1:12 
• Gender-specific hurdles 7:30 
• Responding with the FACTS 13:20
• Common pitfalls 17:45
• Compromising...when we’re (obviously) always right 20:45
• 4 steps to The Big Picture 26:10
• Femme fact: Jane Fraser 29:00

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (book) 
• The Little Black Book of Success by Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood, and Rhonda McLean (book)

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our webinar “Stand in Your Power | Lauri Smith” 

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Conversations to Understand One Another

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Leslie Wingo about how being an effective communicator not only requires speaking, but more so, listening. Leslie explains that we often communicate to be heard rather than to absorb the messages coming from our communication partner. From approaching a conversation with open-mindedness, to facing its difficulties head-on; Leslie encourages us to be intentional about our communication strategies in ways that help us truly understand where others are coming from. 

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Leslie Wingo

Leslie is the head of Sanders\Wingo, a Texas-based independent creative agency focused on cultivating human connections through brand storytelling, media strategy, and content development. In her current role, Leslie solves business problems with the best creative and UX/UI research teams in the industry, partnering with brands like USPS, Burger King, AT&T, KFC, and State Farm. Leslie is also a speaker who fights stereotypes, challenges labels, exposes bias, and starts tough conversations around race and gender where she uses her platform for advocacy, raising up marginalized voices and championing women and minorities.

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Communication for understanding vs. conversation 1:50 
• The process 5:10
• Navigating difficult conversations 8:24
• The other POV 14:00
• Tips to overcome discomfort 16:55
• Femme fact: Ching Shih 19:30

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation by Celeste Headlee (TEDx)
• Creative Differences: The Benefits Of Reaching Out To People Unlike Ourselves (NPR’s Hidden Brain podcast) 
• The Danger of a Single Story by Ngozi Adichie (TEDx)
• Why Improv Training Is Great Business Training (article)

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “Why You Should Practice Active Listening”

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Authentic Communication as an Act of Rebellion

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Jace Downey to discuss how authentic communication improves our quality of life. Jace breaks down the true meaning of authenticity, loving ourselves at our best AND our worst, and how radical acceptance allows us to communicate as our truest selves. While digging into our self-worth might be a daunting task, Jace teaches us all that our shovels are bound to hit gold and reveal a crown. Let’s pick it up and be the authentic queens we were born to be!

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Jace Downey

Jace is a speaker, writer, and self-proclaimed troublemaker known for being an insightful, engaging speaker who captivates audiences with her passion for empowering others. She began public speaking in 2015 and has since been featured on screen, online, and in print across the globe as a pioneer in battling stigma surrounding addiction and trauma. Shifting away from the way people perceive adversity, Jace empowers others to use their pasts to build their futures through her writing, YouTube videos, and one-on-one sessions. 

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Authentic communication 1:30 
• The difficulties 5:55
• Women and esteem 7:30
• Beginning your heroines journey 9:50
• What’s in it for you? 13:50
• Action steps 18:20
• Femme fact: Kara Walker 27:00

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Meditation for Dummies by Stephan Bodian (book) 
• Divine Audacity by Lina Martella-Whitsett (book)
• Jace Downey (website for free resources)
• How Kara Walker Boldy Rewrote Civil War History (article)

Link to show transcript here.

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our webinar "How to Quiet Your Inner Critic" by Amanda McPherson. 

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The Power of Body Language and Using It Effectively

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Lisa Mitchell to discuss the nuance of body language in the workplace and how we can use it to exude confidence. Lisa explains that our non-verbal cues do the talking for us and, oftentimes, create a lasting impression with our colleagues. From arm crossing to the way we claim our physical space at the office, Lisa explains that our actions communicate more about ourselves than we realize. Our actions truly do speak louder than words and we have the power to control those messages. 

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Lisa Mitchell

Lisa started Power Body Language where she specializes in empowering men & women to communicate with confidence, increase their influence, and negotiate with results. At Power Body Language, Lisa teaches proven non verbal techniques to instantly become more confident and charismatic in any situation, be heard, seen, and valued in any environment, and to clearly set expectations and negotiate in a powerful way to achieve the desired outcome.  

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Body language importance 1:30 
• Your secret professional superpower 3:00
• Gender differences 8:39
• Space and positioning 12:00 
• Confident and influential 15:40
• The good, the bad, and the ugly 17:30 
• Gestures 22:38
• Virtual awareness 27:00 
• Femme fact: Hua Mulan 30:45

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Power Body Language (coaching) 
• How to Read Body Language on Video Calls (free guidebook)
• Science of People (website)
• Lisa’s social media: 
  • YouTube - lisamitchellexpert
  • Instagram & TikTok - @lisamitchellindy

Link to show transcript here. 

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our blog post “4 Steps to Running an Effective Meeting”

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Navigating Office Politics

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Jamie Lee about how we can successfully maneuver within the world of office politics - and what that really means. Jamie coaches us to see workplace politics as a career development tool instead of something to get angry about or be discouraged by. From harnessing our networking power to the three “should” expectations, Jamie reminds us that office "politics" don't have to be the drama it's made out to be. Ultimately we get to make a choice: whether we treat office politics like it's a bad thing, or we can see the opportunities inherit in every situation.

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Jamie Lee

Jamie helps smart women who hate office politics get promoted and better paid without throwing anyone under the bus. She worked as a hedge fund analyst — the only “girl” on the trading desk — and one day found out she was making 50% of the going market rate. From then on, Jamie used her experience to develop a simple and powerful framework that blends the best of win-win negotiation strategies and mindset coaching to train hundreds of women working in male-dominated industries to lead in their careers.  

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Welcome to the dark side: Office Politics 1:30 
• Understanding your workplace 4:00
• The 3 “shoulds”  6:45 
• Locus of control 10:17
• The neutral choice 14:45
• Feedback reception 18:35
• Game of Politics 21:40 
• Tools for maximizing workplace success 25:40
• Femme fact: 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment 28:40

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Political Saavy by Joel R. DeLuca, PhD (book)
• Jamie Lee Coach (career coaching)
  • Book a Free Consult with Jamie here

Link to show transcript here. 

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray  

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our webinar “Winning Negotiation Strategies for Women | Jamie Lee”

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