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Kim Stevenson is a top executive in information technology having worked with IBM, Intel, EDS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She says our personal core values must match those of the company and when we find that fit, we will excel. Kim believes women should proactively manage their own performance review processes through scheduling quarterly meetings and preparing to review their accomplishments so there are no surprises. She has played sports most of her life and the team play she experienced helps her leadership and says that in organizations accountability for individual goals and team goals is critical. Kim is passionate about giving back to women and her advice in this podcast is invaluable. What a great podcast with this powerful woman!

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Janis Smith-Gomez is an executive with Johnson & Johnson, Vice President of Global Brand Experience for Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies. She is resilient and believes resilience can be taught by considering self-care through looking at our emotional, physical, spiritual and mental energy. Janis believes it is important for us to really take our vacations to restore and refresh. She recommends that before joining a company, we must understand its culture as best we can. Her ambition and success are a direct result of not only hard work, but her family’s expectations around education, excellence and success. A childhood experience around debating two sides to an issue has helped her with critical thinking during her career. What a wonderful story and fantastic leader!

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Danielle DiMartino Booth is Founder and CEO of Quill Intelligence and worked for years on Wall Street and for the Federal Reserve. She wrote the book, Fed Up, An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. In the book she reports on how the Fed focuses on mathematical models to predict markets versus truly understanding what’s going on, thereby missing the prediction of the Great Recession in the late 2000 era. Never deterred by biases, Danielle in her outspoken way talks about the hard work and persistence necessary to succeed. She believes sometimes confrontation is necessary when we believe strongly in something and there is disagreement. What a bold woman! Enjoy listening to her! Delightful.

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Emily Barr is the President and CEO of Graham Media Group and oversees seven local market media hubs/television stations in six cities including 1000 employees. Her experience with male-dominated environments started early as she attended the prestigious boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy during the early days of allowing young women to attend. Emily shares several stories of her career experience involving Oprah, Margaret Thatcher and Senator Jesse Helms. She believes not only in employment diversity yet also fostering feelings of engagement and belonging. What a fascinating podcast with Emily Barr!

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Kate Curran’s mother’s last words to her were, "I’ve had a good life". After a successful corporate career at GE, and year-long sabbatical, Kate Curran decided she wanted to wanted to make a difference and so founded Schooltheworld.org in 2009. Since founding the organization she has helped transform education for children in rural Central America by building 106 schools. Her program involving U.S. high school students helps them see the benefit of giving back to those less fortunate surely influencing them for future philanthropy. A born entrepreneur, Kate’s enthusiasm and heart are infectious.

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Ivy Zelman, CEO of Zelman & Associates was an atypical Wall Street investment banker. There were few women on Wall Street in the early 1990s and she was not educated at an Ivy League school. Nonetheless, her determination, curiosity and ambition all helped her to build a successful career in her specialty of residential housing industry research. Ivy began Zelman & Associates in October, 2007 and is the top residential housing analyst in the country having predicted the housing crash of 2007-2008. Ivy just released her memoir book Gimme Shelter, which is a wonderfully written account of her journey. The book is about her life and career which is full of stories about sexism, sexual harassment, combining work and family as well as getting through very difficult times. Her story is a great account of what it’s like to navigate a career in a male-dominated field. What a great discussion with Ivy Zelman!

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Judy Toland is Vice President and Head of Scaled Solutions for the Global Business Marketing team at Facebook in Chicago and oversees a team of 450 people.

She has played sports, loves to follow sports and has found this to be a way to make strong connection in building business relationships. Judy has the ability to synthesize and simplify complex topics so that her audience can easily understand a situation or opportunity.

Her career and education is rich with diverse companies and initiatives. Having started her career as an engineer, her intuition and talent for making presentations caused her to change her career focus to marketing. Judy is a strong and authentic leader and as a black woman is passionate about not only diversity but inclusion and equity.

Enjoy this wonderful interview with Judy Toland!

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Dr. Holly Pederson is Director, Medical Breast Services at the Cleveland Clinic where she has worked for 24 years. Dr. Pederson is passionate about women’s health and is a highly recognized leader in her field. She knows that mammograms save lives and believes these tests should begin when women are in their 40s. She is a big proponent of three dimensional mammograms which have shown a 15 percent lower rate of callbacks for additional testing. Unlike men, Dr. Pederson believes women have to work harder to prove themselves as experts. Her advice for women is to read, listen and write to advance their knowledge and expertise early in their careers. Dr. Pederson also recommends women get a seasoned mentor to give advice so as to avoid political land mines.

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Lisa Knutson, president of Scripps Networks is a value-based leader, with an emphasis on respect, authenticity and empowerment. It is also important for her to understand what her employees value. Lisa has a collaborative leadership approach asking her team what she can do to lead them better. Not seeking the limelight, her competitive spirit drives her to push initiatives she believes in and says, "I make them tell me no". Scripps owns Court TV which petitioned the State of Minnesota Supreme Court to air the high profile Derek Chauvin trial in the George Floyd murder case. Lisa believes media has an absolute responsibility to deliver the news to the public with an emphasis on context, depth and analysis. Scripps has many diversity and equity initiatives including owning the network, Bounce which is "celebrates black excellence".

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This Special Edition episode of LeadingShe is one in which we profile three topics which are recurring themes in the podcast: Networking, Self-Care/Balance and finally, Taking Risk. We introduce each topic in the podcast as we air clips from previous guests. These women tell stories, relate their experiences in these areas---powerful wisdom and ideas for listeners. In August we will take a break as we interview more excellent women leaders for the podcast which will be aired this fall, 2021. Stay tuned! Let your friends and associates know about LeadingShe, where women leaders use their voices, wisdom and experiences to help elevate and inspire other women. Follow us on @LeadingShe - on the social media formats of LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook!