LeadingShe

This is a delightful and enriching podcast with Karen Case, Executive Managing Director and President of Commercial Real Estate for CIBC U.S. Influenced by her intellectually curious working mother and a family-oriented father, Karen refreshingly and openly imparts her experience and wisdom in many areas. She says we should pick our battles, save them for the things which matter most.  Difficult conversations require Karen to prepare and rehearse what she will say without emotion.  Karen believes women should avoid strong emotions in dealing with work conversations. She will often use “silence” in conversations to strengthen her positions.  

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Shellye Archambeau celebrates a successful, 40-year career having been the first woman of color owning and running a tech company, MetricStream in the Silicon Valley of California. She also spent 15 years as an executive with IBM and serves on the boards of Nordstrom, Verizon, Roper Technologies and Okta. Shellye believes strongly that business people should always at some point in their careers obtain sales experience.  Driven, highly focused and a born leader, Shellye has released her book, Unapologetically Ambitious, in which she addresses strategic approaches to success sharing much wisdom and practical tips. This is a great podcast, listen as Shellye describes the techniques on mentorship and taking measured risks.

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Kay Geiger is the President of PNC Bank, Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and one of the few female bank presidents in the U.S. She is a powerhouse and has a wonderful reputation for courageous and collaborative leadership. In this podcast Kay talks about how she never considered there were limits to her success. She cites her tenacity, open-mindedness, hard work and curiosity as her strengths which all contributed to her long, successful career. Her leadership strength has involved listening closely to team members, yet points to the importance of assertiveness and decisiveness in taking action. When presented with career advancement opportunities she advises that though we may experience risk and fear, the risk is often greater to the person recommending. We should honor that risk by embracing the courage to take the opportunity. This is a powerful podcast with many important messages by Kay Geiger. 

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Jean Kane, CEO of Colliers Minneapolis/St. Paul has led both a private real estate company and a division of a large public company.   Having grown up in a rural area of Minnesota with parents who taught her to work hard and told her to “be yourself”.   Jean talks about walking away from people and assignments in which she believes she is not respected.  She and her husband were a dual career couple as they raised three children under four.  She gives back to other women as she welcomes them through the door of opportunity.   Jean is ambitious, principled and a delightful podcast guest with great messages.

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During the 4.5 years as CEO and President of REDI, Johnna Reeder led the transformation of the organization from a struggling economic development group into one which ranked number three in the country.   Johnna always had the career goal of having a top CEO spot when she took on President and CEO of REDI, Cincinnati’s Economic Development organization.   She had reached her goal of being CEO, and realized that what she thought would make her happy, ultimately did not.  The pressure to succeed drove her to point of exhaustion and led her to make important career changes.  Today, she lives a more healthy and well-balanced life doing all of the things she loves.

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Debbie Hayes is the Chief Operating Officer of Christ Hospital Network, having begun with the organization in 1989 as a nurse. Thirty years later she holds a top position at the 6500-employee health organization. She believes women need to take opportunities presented and be life learners. Debbie is positive that failure is valuable since it has made her a better leader. She truly believes in collaboration and team play. During the COVID-19 pandemic, which was a true crisis for all health organizations, Debbie and the hospital were faced with extraordinary challenges and hourly changes to hospital practices and protocol. While dealing with this crisis she has been able to see firsthand how people respond to fear and resistance and how leaders emerge with creativity and the willingness to take risk.

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Maribeth Rahe received great advice about making career decisions with a strong emphasis on considering the “chair you’ll be sitting in”. Maribeth gives the mentoring advice to welcome open feedback so we can grow, learn and refine our presence. At a previous company she spoke up about the lack of fairness to women in considering maternity leave as sick leave. Maribeth has a strong reputation nationally for being a highly qualified professional in the financial services industry.

Stephanie has always been an overachiever throughout her life, having graduated from high school at 16 years old.   As a 25-year old prosecutor, she experienced gender bias yet her confidence helped her to overcome obstacles and be successful.  She was the first female elected to the Clermont County Common Pleas Court. Her empathy as a woman, mother and grandmother has helped her as a judge in juvenile court.  She was highly influenced by her father who recognized her intelligence early, encouraging her ambition without regard to being female. Her positive attitude and energy are contagious!

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Donna, CEO and founder of Fabulous Furs, is a true entrepreneur and has endured many ups and downs throughout the company’s 30-year history.   Entrepreneurs have to respond to changes quickly and decisively and Donna is a master of adapting to change.    Over and over she takes the risk to start new ventures even though she may not have experience.  Donna is an ambitious and strong business woman and she has the “drive to survive”.  Fabulous Furs has grown to the point it sells product today in 46 countries.

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Barbara Turner, the first woman and person of color to lead Ohio National Financial Services believes in authenticity and boldness.   She leads with integrity, courage, and empathy.   She believes women should be themselves and embrace authenticity.   She has worked hard and risen the ranks in the financial services industry.  In the beginning of her career as a young divorced mother of three she learned the struggles of life early.  Barbara strongly in giving back to the community and lifting others as she climbs.

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