Leadership is Female

What's up Leadership is Female Listeners? This episode is all me, Emily Jaenson!

Two segments:

1. Goal Setting in 2021! My favorite thing to do! I walk you through the questions you need to ask yourself to reflect on this year and set goals for the next. I provide the worksheet at https://mailchi.mp/59bd83f645d9/leadership-is-female-goal-setting-2021

2. Five Areas of Intention in your life to help you reach your goals! #1 is Wake Up. Here's the planner I reference in the episode: https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Planner-Brendon-Burchard/dp/1401957234

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Thank you for being you! Your place and your leadership is valued in this world!

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On today’s episode of Leadership is Female, #20!!! can you believe it!?! I am so pleased to bring you Lisa Motley, a veteran of casino, hotel, sports, and special events advertising and marketing, currently holds the position of Director of Sports Marketing and Special Events for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).

Lisa Top 4 Takeaways:

1. Chase the skills required to grow, not the money, the money will come when you add the skills. Lisa’s career started out with a faxed resume and now she is leading marketing sports and special events for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, one of the top tourist destinations on the planet. Lisa’s marketing knowledge had to grow tremendously over the years to take on big roles like this one - chase the skills!

2. To build courage, consider creating a photo album on your phone title “Courage” and fill it with all your favorite photos that bring you JOY! A night out with your friends, a great vacation, your family...you name it. Any time you start to feel weak, open that up and reflect on the beautiful life you have created and let those happy memories fill you with the courage needed to get the job done.

3. On goal setting, choose goals that align with your values and that you are passionate about achieving. Setting a goal on an area where you have disinterest is not going to take you anywhere. Get excited about what you can achieve and make a plan on how to get there. Shout out to Lisa who met her reading goal - 52 books in 2020!! WOW!

4. Lisa’s best advice for women, “make a decision!” Don’t make a million dollar decision but make a decision and be able to explain why you made that decision. Start getting decision making practice today to be the leader you want to be tomorrow.

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Ronda Sedillo, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for the San Diego Padres.

Ronda Sedillo enters her eighth season as senior vice president/chief financial officer after joining the Padres in January 2013. She manages a staff of 13 in the finance/accounting department. She was also recognized as a 2016 San Diego Business Journal CFO of the Year Award Winner.

Sedillo brings 30 years of experience in the accounting industry to her role. She spent 12 years at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (AGIA), serving as chief accounting officer for seven years. In that role, Sedillo managed sell-side due diligence of AGIA to private equity in 2006, and then again was on the sell-side due diligence team to public company Brown & Brown (BRO) in late fall 2011.

Prior to her time at AGIA, Sedillo spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving as a tax manager for the final three years of her tenure.

A San Diego native and life-long Padres fan, Sedillo received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from San Diego State University. She remains active at her alma mater, serving on the Campanile Foundation Athletics Committee and as a guest lecturer and mentor for the Sports MBA program.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the San Diego chapter of the American Red Cross and is a Red Coat for the San Diego Bowl Games Association. She is an active member of the San Diego CFO Roundtable and the Financial Executives Institute.

Sedillo and her husband, Chris, reside in Tierrasanta. They have two grown children, Ashley, a 2006 graduate of SDSU and Dustin, a 2010 graduate of CSU Fullerton.

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Jahaan Blake, Sports Executive turned Career Coach helps high achieving women in the Sports and Entertainment Industry who feel stuck, frustrated, and defeated find their voice and tackle whatever is keeping them from getting exactly what they want out of their career.

During Jahaan's eighteen years of working in sports, including working for three major league teams (Red Sox, Dodgers, and Cubs), her favorite part of the job was helping others see their full potential. So, she made a business out of it.  Whether her clients want to break into sports, take their performance to the next level, or own a place at the executive table, Jahaan provides customized coaching programs to accelerate their career.

Jahaan is also the host of the Game of Her Own podcast which highlights the inspiring journey of influential women working in the Sports & Entertainment industry. These candid interviews offer unique advice and strategies to help empower women in the industry.

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Lauren Crandall was a member of the Women’s National Field Hockey Team from 2005-2016 where she competed in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. She captained the team from 2011-2016. Crandall also competed in 3 Pan American Games, winning gold in both the 2011 and 2015 games, the 2014 World Cup where her team achieved a historic 4th place finish, was a gold medalist at the 2014 Champions Challenge, and won bronze at the 2016 Champions Trophy. In 2014 Crandall was an FIH Player of the year nominee and twice selected to the All Pan American Team.

Before joining the National Team, Crandall attended Wake Forest University where she was a two-time National Champion, two-time ACC Champion, and 3- time All American. Crandall was elected team captain her junior and senior years. In 2006 she was a Finalist for the Honda Award.

Lauren Crandall now works as a Marketing Representative at Federated Insurance where she has won 2 sales incentive awards and awarded the Monthly Leadership Council Award in consecutive years.

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This week is a special holiday edition of the Leadership is Female Podcast. I am sharing with you the FIVE lessons taught to me by my mom, Mary Jane Niles.  She was the most special person and I am honored to share this speech I wrote about her containing these five lessons with all of you! Sharing her with you helps her live on; I hope you enjoy this episode. 

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In her eight years with Pacers Sports & Entertainment, Celeste has moved from a social media coordinator to a strategic leader within the organization. Currently the AVP of Digital Marketing, Teams, she leads digital strategy and content creation for the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever social media, email marketing, website, and mobile app. A graduate of Butler University, married to a teacher, and a mom to a teenage son.

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Asia Gholston currently serves as the Senior Manager of Integrated Sales & Marketing at the National Football League(NFL) where she oversees the development and execution of digital sponsorships.

She is also a co-chair of the NFL’s Black Engagement Network.

Prior to joining the NFL, Asia served as the Social Strategy Manager with the Orlando Magic.

Her professional background also includes stints with Carat and MEC Global media agencies working with brands including L’Oreal, Chevrolet and Cadillac.

Born and raised in Detroit, Asia is a proud Michigan State University alum and currently resides in New York City.

Asia Gholston, “Bat(wo)man of the NFL” will inspire us all with her belief and confidence in herself. She says that “you have to trust yourself and don’t take heed to stereotypes.”  She’ll share so much on this topic along with her passion for her work in the NFL’s Black Engagement Network, her move from advertising agency life to sports, discuss many times being the only Black woman in the room, and discuss imposter syndrome.

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If you push the status quo, raise your hand, and take the chance, what could you do?  Patricia Arty, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the US Soccer Foundation discussed all of this and more on today’s podcast including why she is pursuing her MBA and her role in strategy and execution of national partnerships for the US Soccer Foundation.

Top 4 Takeaways:

1. Ask yourself, is your current employment allowing you to still learn?  Are you still growing? These are the two questions to consider when thinking about moving on from an organization.

2. Commit your time. In life, you have multiple teams that you belong to. How can you work together with your teammates for collaboration?  Don’t be afraid to ask for help or to divide up the work.

3. Be clear with leadership about what YOU want. If there is an area you are looking to grow and that sector is available at the company, make it known. Raise your hand to assist that area to get experience and put action against your curiosity.

4. Have an open mind. There are lots of ways to work in sports, not just team side. Think about apparel, Foundations, or even corporate initiatives. Pick your head and eyes up and be open to opportunity.

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Allison Eddy Sollazzo is a sports and entertainment business executive specializing in corporate partnerships, integrated media, and fan engagement. She has spent her career launching new initiatives in the front office of the Miami Dolphins, San Diego Padres, and currently, the National Hockey League as the Director of Club Business Development. Allison works directly with the teams on generating partnership revenue, forecasting and implementing new leaguewide revenue initiatives, and sharing Partnerships insights across the league. She is a proud University of Wisconsin Alum and lives with her husband in Manhattan. Since she is originally from the state of hockey, she still finds time to lace up the skates!

Top 4 Takeaways:

1. Sometimes you take a Greyhound bus to an interview while on vacation with your friends and change into your new suit in a Starbucks bathroom. If you are willing to take the opportunity when it presents itself - which is usually on your employer’s time, not yours - the doors of your career will open real wide.

2. Put the work into the actual interview. Take your interview to the next level by putting in the hard work to get the job. Be prepared to show people that areas in your resume that may be perceived as your gaps are things you can learn or that you have already taught yourself.

3. Be more direct. Don’t expend your mental and physical energy working around an issue or uncomfortable conversation. Get right to it, close the topic, end a meeting on time, and get on with your priorities.

4. Be concise. Be bold. Believe in yourself and Be human.

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