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It seems like every woman we talk to is taking on more responsibility at work and working harder and harder in hopes of getting a promotion.

They keep their head down and wait for their work to speak for them, except this isn't how it works. This only leads you to burnout.

If you're tired of doing more and more and not getting the promotion you're looking for, you're going to want to stay tuned because in this episode we're going to be talking about why this doesn't work and what you can do instead.

00:49 — The trap women leaders tend to struggle with more than the men do

02:26 — How doing less can actually lead to a promotion

04:06 — The problem with taking on more responsibility at work

08:52 — How to stop taking on more work and act like a senior leader

11:06 — What women need to let go of if they're going to start operating at the executive level

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Very few people reach the highest positions in their career, and even fewer women achieve that feat.

But Beth DiPaolo, one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women and the Women Business Leaders in Healthcare, has risen all the way to serve on the Group Operating Council as the Global Head of the Professional Scientific Services, Eurofins, a leader in testing for life with over 60,000 employees in 60 countries. 

She’s here to share the 4 most important C’s that have helped her achieve such notable success in her career so you hear first-hand what it takes to reach that level. 

02:42 — What do you want to contribute and what are you contributing? 

04:01 — Why you can't reach high levels without  coaches and mentors 

06:17 — The most important thing you need as a leader

10:37 — You can't have the capacity to lead if self care isn't part of your strategy

14:14 — How you develop your credibility and influence in an organization

16:39 — How to overcome imposter syndrome and become confident in your ideas and contribution

20:39 — The importance of  "choosing your people" and having the right people in your circle of influence

24:26 — An action that many leaders overlook that can make a difference in themselves and their team

📚MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Decide Happy by Susan Denny Hall

👋 CONNECT WITH BETH DIPAOLO

Beth is Group Senior Vice President and serves on the Group Operating Council for Eurofins. 

Eurofins is the leader in testing for life with entrepreneurial independent companies offering services in 60 countries with over 60,000 employees

Beth began an award winning business models over 20 years ago and serves as the Global Head and International Business Line Leader of Eurofins Professional Scientific Services, a laboratory managed insourcing solutions for clients in which Beth established services in 16 countries and growing.  She has been formally recognized with the top business unit leader awards for overall performance and best start-ups for expansion in Europe.  

She is also the Head of Eurofins Equality Driving Excellence establishing this global initiative in 2019 where she is passionate in driving excellence through diversity, equity, and inclusion.

A passionate values driven servanthood leader, Beth’s leads with the vision of finding great people, taking great care of them, so they in turn will take great care of their clients.

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How can you tell if you possess the qualities of executive presence? 

If you have ever felt like your ideas aren't being taken seriously or that you aren't being heard when you speak up in meetings, you might be lacking executive presence. 

Executive presence is all about having influence — it’s that something special about you that tells people that you're in charge. It's often hard to define and even harder to develop as a result.  

Our clients have often heard that they need to develop executive presence, but their manager can't describe it, and they don't know what they would be doing differently if they had it.

At SisterSmart, we use an approach from Bates Communications. Their model is backed by research from over 20 years of experience of coaching the world's top executives on executive presence. They use 15 facets to describe executive presence, and we've broken down these 15 facets into five qualities that we coach our clients on, which is what Jill and Sarah are sharing in this episode.

00:17 — What is executive presence? 

01:38 — 5 qualities of executive presence

13:35 — 3 shifts you can make with your executive presence this week

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💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

If you’re overwhelmed or burned out in your current role, you might not feel ready to go for a promotion. 

This is what our client Nicolle was experiencing before she started working with us. She wasn’t sure if she was ready for the next level up and was feeling anxious and burnt out as she tried to prepare herself for a promotion.

In this episode, Nicolle shares how she gained the skills she needed to gain clarity what she could contribute to the company, improve her executive presence, and develop her team so she could delegate more, which helped her overcome the anxiety she was feeling and allowed her to feel fully confident in her stepping into a new leadership role.

01:09 — How burnout and fear lead Nicolle to make a change in how she developed her career 

03:10 — The role of “knowing yourself better” in becoming a better leader and creating a career that’s more aligned 

05:09 — How being a woman in leadership added challenges

07:13 — How emotional balance and executive presence made transitioning into a new role easier

10:17 — Building a team and making changes to a team 

13:10 — Prioritizing yourself as a leader and creating space for development so you can lead a team better

19:21 — How to bring out your feminine leadership skills

👋 MEET NICOLLE

Nicolle is an experienced and personable Finance & Payroll Manager with a demonstrated history of working in private industry and government administration. She enjoys coaching staff, team building and continually evaluating the work environment for improvement.

Nineteen years of her career was built in the Alaskan coastal town of Ketchikan, building skills in financial reporting, general ledger, payroll analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, account analysis and reconciliation, leadership and project management while employed in the seafood industry, healthcare and municipal government. Now based in San Francisco, Nicolle currently works in a large metropolitan transit authority, building on the skills she learned in her previous roles.

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Most women don't fully know what executive presence is and how they need to develop it to advance in their careers.   

And since it's hard to explain, managers can have a challenging time helping them to understand what it is and specifically what they need to change.  

Women also don't fit into traditional male leadership models, so it can be hard for people to understand what feminine executive presence looks like, even if they might understand it a little better from a traditional male model.

In this episode, Jill shares exactly what executive presence is and specifically how it’s different for women. She highlights many of the double-binds women leaders can experience with executive presence and offers insight for how to begin shifting the way you show up based on these key differences.

01:32 — What is executive presence? 

02:20 — The biggest misconception about executive presence 

03:29 — 💻Screenshare: How executive presence changes over time 

04:49 — How executive presence builds your influence 

06:12 — How executive presence is different for women than men 

06:59 — The double binds women face with executive presence

10:39 — Feminine strengths to lean into as a women in leadership that might feel more natural to you while still earning recognition and influence

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If you're a female leader in the corporate world, you have undoubtedly noticed that things are different for you than they seem to be for men — it's not your imagination. 

There's social science that explains how we got here and how we can move forward into a new future. 

Mary Shapiro, a Fellow at Simmons Institute for Inclusive Leadership, is a leading expert on gender in the workplace and she joins us in this episode to discuss the research and science behind leadership, how it’s different for women, and the ways in which women need to lead differently in order to bring their natural strengths to the workplace. 

01:41 — What executive presence looks like specifically for women 

09:42 —  The traits of leaders and how women can tap into masculine and feminine traits to describe themselves 

25:09 — How to navigate the established culture of leadership within your organization

📚MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• 10 Ways to Command a Room: https://sistersmart.com/10-ways

👋 CONNECT WITH MARY SHAPIRO 

Mary Shapiro has focused on advancing individuals of multiple social identities into leadership for the past 30 years, as an Organization Behavior professor, Chair of Leadership Development at Simmons University, and now as a Fellow of Simmons’ Institute of Inclusive Leadership. Concurrently Shapiro has consulted with organizations to build inclusive work cultures; and with teams, to build the relationships and processes necessary to produce innovative and high-quality output. Shapiro researches women’s careers, organizational efforts in moving towards gender equity, and teamwork. Her book on teams, published by Harvard Business School Press, two books on interviewing and career strategies, and her case studies featuring women protagonists, all advance efforts towards equity and inclusion. For 12 years she was an officer of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Board. She received her M.B.A. and M.S. Economics from Wright State University. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-shapiro-b372537/

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How do you know if you should stay at your current job and try to work things out when things aren't quite working the way you want them to, or whether it's time to move on to another role?

This is the exact same question that our client Charissa was facing when she joined the Sisters in Leadership Program.

Tune in to hear how Charissa gained the clarity to know whether it was time to leave or stay, how she got her dream job, and the surprising things that she found once she got there.

03:16 — Transitioning from a role of 14 years to crafting a new position with more influence

07:05 — How to develop new skills as a leader for a new role 

09:59 — How working with your saboteurs can help you find more satisfaction in your career 

13:34 — Focusing on your strengths and leadership style rather than fitting into the company’s leadership culture that doesn’t align 

17:07 — The difference between learning leadership skills versus uncovering your authentic leadership style as an individual 

ABOUT CHARISSA   

Charissa is an AEC business leader committed to driving measurable growth and development through creative strategy, industry knowledge and relationship building. As Strategic Growth and Development Director, Charissa leads the development and execution of her firm’s strategic initiatives, growth objectives, and new business and expansion opportunities working closely with leadership across the organization.

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Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

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Leadership experts like me will tell you that one of the most important skills as you rise up into senior leadership is self-awareness. 

Yet, how much time have you actually spent getting to know yourself? For most of us, we really haven’t spent that much time. 

If we want to play to our strengths, we have to get to know ourselves better than we do now. 

In this episode, you'll learn the 12 tools of self-awareness that will help you know your genius better.  You’ll hear how other leaders use this knowledge to build their confidence and ability to interact with their team members. By the end of the episode, you'll understand the different layers of your genius so you can start integrating them into your work. 

01:35 — Why self-reflection isn’t the best way to identify your genius 

02:19 — Uncover your unrealized strengths so you can build those up even more

04:35 — Get to know your unique personality and how to use it in your career

06:45 — Why knowing your Saboteurs is crucial for being a great leader at every level 

10:11 — Where your values can come into play 

10:41 — What to consider to identify your secret sauce

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• StrengthFinders 2.0 Assessment: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx 

• Take Personality Tests: https://www.truity.com/ 

• Get To Know Your Saboteurs: https://www.positiveintelligence.com/saboteurs/ 

• Do What You Are: https://a.co/d/1wfN0za

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Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

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“Turn your career weaknesses into strengths,” is common advice you can find when you’re trying to move up in your career. 

But it’s that very advice to focus on your career weaknesses — rather than your strengths — that keeps many women stuck in their careers, unable to earn that next-level title (and the salary to go with it).

Here, Jill and Sara, a SisterSmart Career Success Coach, share why you shouldn’t focus  your energy on fixing your weaknesses, what to do when you can avoid your weaknesses in your role, and how to leverage your strengths to be the perfect-fit candidate for your next role or promotion.  

01:30 — How to identify your biggest career and leadership strengths 

04:14 — 4 categories of your strengths to look at

05:32 — What if you can’t avoid your weaknesses? 

08:05 — How to use your Strength Finder results to create strengths you’re known for 

09:20 — How you can shift from “do you like me” and “am I good enough for this role” to what you can contribute to the company in that role

13:01 — Ways to build “scaffolding” to support your weaknesses without trying to “fix” them 

15:57 — Why it’s important to own your weaknesses in front  of other people 

16:22 — How you can own your strengths if you lack confidence at work 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Zone of Brilliance Exercise: 

• Strength Finders Assessment: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/254033/strengthsfinder.aspx

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Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

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👋 CONNECT WITH JILL 

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💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

If you’ve ever felt a lack of confidence at work, you’ve likely come across the advice, “fake it ‘til you make it.”

That hasn't worked for you, has it? 

That's because, for many women leaders, confidence doesn't work that way. Women want to feel confident first from the inside before they can show it on the outside. So that advice that usually works for men often falls flat for women.

In this episode, Jill shares a seven-step framework for how to build confidence at work from a well-rounded perspective so you can feel that confidence from the inside. You’ll be given a few simple exercises that you can apply this week. 

00:50 — How your lack of confidence at work subtly affects the way you show up in your role

01:43 — How to understand your zone of brilliance 

02:41 — Everyone experiences imposter syndrome — you simply need to learn to recognize it and learn to combat it 

03:30 — How to relieve the pressure that’s on your shoulders and gain more confidence at work 

04:23 — Learn how to analyze risk so you can feel confident with your recommendations and choices 

05:31 — Cultivating resiliency will allow you to bounce back from failure 

06:32 — Tap into the different aspects of your “why” to ground your work

07:24 — Build a group of “fans” to lean on and uplift your confidence

10:57 — A lack of confidence at work can follow you at any level

📚RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Zone of Brilliance Exercise: https://sistersmart.com/zone

• Simon Sinek Ted Talk: How Great Leaders Inspire Action: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en

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Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

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An 12-month coaching program for women leaders who want to rise up and fulfill their career potential and get promoted from director to VP

Join Sisters in Leadership to Get Promoted to VP

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💻 EXPLORE OUR LEADERSHIP COURSES

We offer a few leadership courses for you to begin sharpening your skills from meeting management to executive presence and productivity.

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👋 CONNECT WITH JILL 

🌐 Website: https://sistersmart.com/ 

🎥 YouTube: https://linktw.in/uWD3ko 

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/