Shedding the Corporate Bitch

How prepared are you to lead in a workplace that’s changing faster than ever before? As corporate executives, you’re facing unprecedented challenges—shifting workforce dynamics, evolving employee expectations, and relentless demands for adaptability.

Is your leadership evolving to meet these demands, or are you stuck in outdated methods that no longer work?

Bernadette Boas is joined by Vanessa Juldeman, President of Mosaic People Development, to delve into the rapidly evolving landscape of leadership in today's corporate world. With over 20 years of experience with top organizations such as Campbell Soup and the UN, Vanessa shares her expertise on how leaders need to adapt to meet the demands of an ever-changing work environment.

Key Challenges Explored:

• Navigating unprecedented workplace challenges and shifting workforce dynamics.
• Addressing the macro and micro-level changes in organizational structures.
• Dealing with the lack of self-awareness, strategic insight, and insufficient education among leaders.

Key Talking Points:

1. The New World of Leadership
2. Essential Leadership Skills
3. Five Powerful Tools to Lead Successfully
4. Balancing Task and Relationship Orientations

Resources and Links:

• Dive deeper with Vanessa's book, Mastering Leadership,available at mosaicpd.com.
• Connect with Vanessa Judelman through Mosaic People Development's website for more insights.

Stay Connected: Follow Bernadette Boas and the Shedding the Corporate Bitch Podcast on social media to join the conversation and receive updates on future episodes.

Don't forget to revisit this episode for a refresher or share it with colleagues to foster a collective journey in becoming powerful leaders. For personalized guidance, reach out to Bernadette at coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall.

We're thrilled to have you with us and look forward to embarking on this transformation journey together!

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Have you ever felt like you're achieving success on paper, but deep down you're not fulfilled with who you've become as a leader or person?

Bernadette's diving into the profound yet simple questions that uncover what you really want out of life, drawing from my own experiences of transition from a high-powered corporate career to a more fulfilling path of self-awareness and leadership, and providing you a process for discovering the powerhouse leader within you.

Key Challenges Discussed:

• The struggle to identify one’s true desires amidst external expectations and self-imposed limitations.
• The difficulty of acknowledging personal shortcomings and negative behavioral patterns.
• The fear of confronting truths about oneself and the impact on professional and personal relationships.

Key Talking Points:

• The revelation of the five key steps necessary for self-discovery and transformation: Discover, Confront, Shed, Create, and Accelerate.
• The importance of journaling, meditation, and continuous learning in the journey of self-discovery.
• How personal development can transform leadership styles and career objectives.

Takeaways:

• Embrace the journey of self-discovery by asking yourself deep questions and challenging surface-level answers.
• Recognize and confront fears and negativities to make room for growth and genuine transformation.
• By shedding what doesn’t serve you and focusing on your true desires, you can create profound changes in both personal and professional realms.

Connect with Us: Start your journey of transformation today. For further guidance on discovering and achieving your personal and professional goals, reach out to Bernadette for a complimentary 30-minute discovery call at coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall.

Join us in evolving beyond corporate expectations to become the leaders we were meant to be, both in our careers and in our personal lives. Tune in for more episodes and engage with our community at Shedding the Corporate Bitch Podcast.

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Bernadette Boas is getting into a difficult and intimate conversation with guest, Gabriella Rosa, all about fertility, and in many cases, infertility. 

Gabriela shares her profound insights on how workplace pressures impact both men and women on their fertility journey, and provides actionable strategies to optimize health and improve chances of conceiving a healthy baby.

Episode Highlights:

1. Gabriela's Personal Fertility Journey 
2. Impact of Stress on Male Fertility 
3. Stress and Female Fertility
4. Optimizing Fertility - Key Strategies 

Mentioned Resources:

• Gabriela Rosa's Book: Fertility Breakthrough: Overcoming Infertility and Recurrent Miscarriage When Other Treatments Have Failed. Available FREE on Spotify and YouTube 
• You can buy the book on Amazon and other major booksellers
• Gabriela's Podcast: TalkSex with Gabriela Rosa - fertilitybreakthrough.com

Connect with Gabriela Rosa on Instagram @GabrielaRosaFertility

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Join us in the conversation and take the first step towards shedding the corporate pressures that impede your personal and professional growth. Don't miss our future episodes where we'll continue to explore transformative journeys and actionable insights. Until next time, keep shedding, keep growing, and keep leading!

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When was the last time your trust was broken by a leader, and how did it impact your performance and commitment to the organization?

In this powerful episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch Podcast, Bernadette Boas explores the critical importance of trust in corporate leadership and its impact on organizational success. Drawing from recent research and real-world examples, she delivers actionable insights for leaders looking to build stronger, more effective teams.

Key Highlights:

• The trust gap revealed
• How remote work has exposed leadership trust issues and management challenges
• The significant financial impact of trust:
• Three key strategies for building a trust-based culture

Resources Mentioned:

• coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall
• Patrick Lencioni's "Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
• Google's Project Aristotle findings

Perfect for corporate leaders seeking to:

• Improve team productivity and engagement
• Reduce turnover and increase retention
• Build stronger cross-cultural teams
• Navigate remote/hybrid work environments effectively

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Do you know what your personal brand is at work, and how other's view that brand?

If you don't, you really need to, as it conveys to everyone around you, especially your boss(es), how others perceive, know, trust, and like you, and what that means to advancement.

In this episode, Bernadette is joined by Mitchell Levy, a thought leader and expert on credibility and clarity with Credibility Nation, to delve into critical strategies for achieving clarity in the professional world, the importance of credibility, and actionable steps to enhance leadership integrity. Mitchell also shares invaluable insights from his community "Clarity Superheroes" and introduces concepts like the Customer Point of Possibilities (CPOP).

Key Challenges Discussed:

• Lack of Clarity in Purpose and Mission
• Employee Disengagement
• Credibility and Authenticity

Key Talking Points:

1. Clarity Superheroes Community: Offers complimentary courses at aha.pub/superheroes
2. Customer Point of Possibilities (CPOP): A technique to simplify corporate mission, vision, and values for better employee engagement.
3. Importance of Integrity: Integrity as a crucial value for credibility, repeated in the 10 values of credibility.
4. Trust, Know, Like Model: An updated approach for the digital age, emphasizing the importance of trust based on online presence before familiarity and liking.

Connect with Mitchell Levy

• Website: mitchelllevy.com
• Clarity Superheroes Community: aha.pub/superheroes
• LinkedIn: Follow Mitchell Levy for more insights and updates

Thank you for tuning in to the Shedding the Corporate Bitch Podcast with Bernadette and special guest Mitchell Levy. For more episodes and valuable content, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review at 
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Are you setting goals or just dreaming? Is your team aligned to the business goals you've passed down to them or are they spinning in confusion? 

Do you have a process for setting, communicating, and pursuing your goals?

In this episode, Bernadette Boas delves into the art of effective goal setting within the corporate environment. She highlights the critical steps and strategies necessary for setting realistic, specific, and manageable goals that drive success and foster team collaboration. Understanding why many people fail at their New Year’s resolutions within the first 17 days, Bernadette shares key insights on maintaining motivation and focus. Tune in to learn actionable tips and avoid common pitfalls in goal setting!

For a team, goals provide e a clear direction, motivate team members to work together, enhance collaboration, and enable measurable progress, ultimately leading to better overall results and a stronger sense of purpose within the team. Without them, teams can lack focus and struggle to achieve optimal performance

We discuss:

-       why most goals fail

-       how to craft not just a powerful SMART goal but a SMARTY goal that actually work

-       And the key do’s and don’ts to avoid the pitfalls that derail even the best intentions.

-       Tools you can use

Whether you’re managing a team, a project, or your own career trajectory, this episode will give you actionable strategies to set goals that inspire action and deliver results. 

Additional Resources:

• For a free SMARTY Goal template, visit: BallofFireCoaching

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• Don’t miss out on gaining valuable strategies for effective goal setting. Listen now for insights that can transform how you manage your career, team, and projects.

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Have you wanted to foster the ability to express and understand your emotions to better navigate success and challenges at work, and to find ways to internalize positive emotions so you can learn valuable lessons from your experiences to elevate your leadership.

In this inspiring episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch Podcast, host Bernadette Boas sits down with Carrie Vanston, an accomplished executive coach and business strategist, to delve into the intricacies of emotional awareness, self-reflection, and leadership. Together, they unpack the challenges many face in expressing feelings tied to success, the importance of pausing to reflect on accomplishments, and the significance of intuitive listening and communication in fostering a positive workplace environment.

Key Topics:

1. Emotional Awareness:
2. Value of Reflection:
3. Win-Win Situations:
4. Communication Strategies:
5. Personal Practices for Mindset:
6. Celebrating Success:

FREE BONUS from Carrie - check out her 12 Quick and Dirty Leadership Mindset Strategies - https://pages.actmkt.com/(S(jqtoyxhtb4tldulwyjn3y03n))/l/12QuickDirty

Visit Carrie at carrievanston.com

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In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Bernadette Boas explores the powerful role of gratitude in leadership and its profound impact on organizational culture, team performance, and personal growth.

Key Insights

• Serving Others Serves You
• Research-Backed Benefits
• The Role of Managers
• Overcoming Challenges
• Practical Practices

Key Take-Aways

• Gratitude leads to increased performance, engagement, trust, retention, and reduces burnout.
• Simple practices like reflections, team acknowledgments, and appreciative messages can build a positive work environment.
• Practicing gratitude can enhance leadership qualities and drive organizational success.

Challenges Addressed

• Integrating gratitude into busy schedules.
• Reframing gratitude as strong human connection.
• Identifying and overcoming leadership blind spots related to appreciation.

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Step into the new era of leadership with Bernadette Boas and special guest Thom Dennis from Serenity in Leadership. Together, we promise to uncover the secrets to thriving as a corporate leader amid the relentless pace of change fueled by AI advancements and societal shifts. 

Thom's unique perspective, grounded in his experiences as a former Royal Marine officer and global consultant, provides practical tools for embracing flexibility, resilience, and compassionate vulnerability. From navigating the challenges of hybrid work environments to understanding the implications of quantum computing and climate change, this episode offers a masterclass in adapting to the dynamic corporate landscape.

Join us as we delve into the transformative power of AI across industries and the ethical dilemmas it presents, particularly the potential loss of the human touch in customer service and its psychological impacts. 

We also confront the resistance facing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, questioning the genuine intentions behind organizational change. Highlighting companies like Patagonia, we explore how prioritizing passion can lead to meaningful progress in a post-pandemic world. 

Whether you're an executive aiming to shed insecurities or an HR leader seeking effective strategies, prepare to challenge traditional models and step confidently into your role as a powerhouse leader.

Call to Action:

• Learn more about Tom Dennis and his work:
  • Serenity in Leadership
  • LinkedIn
• Tune in to learn how you can start shedding your corporate constraints and unlock your leadership potential.
• Stay connected by subscribing to the "Shedding the Corporate Bitch" podcast on platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Listen to this powerful episode—it's time to face the changes and challenges in leadership and become the powerhouse you already are.

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What is causing your stress and overwhelm, is it your packed calendar or multiple-page to-do list?

It is critical for the health and success of your team and you to find solutions to managing your time and workload. It will save your sanity. Despite the demanding nature of leadership roles, effective time management emerges as a powerful antidote to these pervasive problems.

You will gain actionable insights on mastering time management to mitigate stress and burnout. By implementing the strategies discussed, leaders can enhance their performance, support their teams effectively, and prevent high-potential employees from leaving. 

Challenges Addressed:

1. Workplace Stress:
   • 35% of respondents identify their supervisor as a primary source of stress.
   • 65% of leaders experience burnout.
   • Only 27% feel adequately supported by their organization.
   • Fear of top-performing employees leaving due to burnout, cited by 71% of managers.
2. Leadership Pressure:
   • Executives feeling overwhelmed, leading to 44% contemplating company switches for better growth opportunities.
   • High stress levels contributing to sleep disturbances in 94% of leaders.
3. Common Stress Factors:
   • The myth of multitasking.
   • Overfilled calendars.
   • Technological distractions.

Impact on Corporate Life:

• Individual Consequences:
  • Poor time management leads to reduced productivity, performance, and career stagnation.
  • Work-life imbalance and mental fatigue from managing people and providing feedback.
• Business Consequences:
  • Decreased team and business performance.
  • Increased employee turnover.
  • Negative brand reputation due to stressed and dissatisfied employees.

Valuable Takeaways:

1. Personal Strategies for Time Management
2. Organizational Strategies
3. Team Performance Solutions

Call to Action:

• Tune in to learn how you can start shedding your corporate constraints and unlock your leadership potential.
• For more personalized strategies, Bernadette offers a complimentary consultation via coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall
• Stay connected by subscribing to the "Shedding the Corporate Bitch" podcast on platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Listen to this transformative episode—it's time to take the first step towards a more balanced, efficient, and fulfilling leadership journey.

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