We've all been there.

Your day is humming along nicely and predicatably.

And then Bam!

You open up your email and there it is.

A huge mistake you made staring right back at you.

A bad call. An oversight. An undeniable eff up.

Maybe it was as simple as a typo on a presentation.

Or you shut down a plant prematurely and 200 people are out of work.

Or something in between.

The higher up you go, the costlier your mistakes.

Certainly staying at the same level and never growing isn't the answer. The key is to get better at navigating mistakes.

So how do you handle them? In this episode, I share with you my own costly mistakes as well as a framework for navigating mistakes successfully.

Take a listen and share your thoughts.

- Stella

How frustrating is it to go through 16 interviews, meet 25 team members, and fly to each office... only to be told 3 months later, "we really enjoyed meeting you but we went with someone with more industry experience."

If you have ever been through this, you know this can be very confusing.

You may even wonder...

Certainly, you saw my resume and knew what industry experience I had?"🤔

If you wonder if you are being fed a crock of you-know-what, I hear you.

In this episode, I share my opinion on this occurrence. Why did it happen? What can you do to avoid this in the future?

Recently, I was catching up with a woman in our network who I haven't talked with in a while.

She shared with me that she had left her previous company and taken a 6-month leave due to burnout.

She had since returned, landed a new role, and was now 30 days at the new company.

I asked her, "How are you feeling now? How is it going?"

She admitted, "Honestly, I am feeling the same feelings creeping back up again." The burnout was looming again even at the new company.

She was feeling a bit defeated because she thought if she could only take the time off and land something new...

And yet, even with a change in environment and people, nothing had really changed.

In this episode, I share with you why taking time off isn't the cure-all to burnout and discuss what is really at the root of burnout and how to address it.

In today's episode, I share 2 mindset challenges that need to be addressed to become an unstoppable female leader.

One of the questions we get asked quite frequently is:

• My company or team is really flat and lean.
• There are no open spots for me to move into Director or VP.
• My manager would need to leave before I can get promoted.

How do I move up?

In this short episode, I address this question.

I know you have big goals for your life that require more money.

You'd like to get to the $500K mark and beyond so you can create a lifestyle and legacy for yourself and others.

You visualize it. Talk about it. Maybe even journal it.

But let me ask you. Have you run the numbers?

Most people receive a 0-3% increase in their income every year. Based on your merit and COLA increases over the last few years, have you crunched the numbers to see if this will happen?

Tune in to this podcast episode, as I answer the question - How long will it take a person making $180K to get to $500K?

In this replay episode, we discuss Making The Transition To Senior Leadership. I know how daunting it can feel to translate your career goals into action and results. It can feel like there is so much outside your control and you may feel like you are at the mercy of others. But I also know just what is possible when you decide to do the work. This conversation with our very special guest - Cherise Adkins, SVP of Media at a Public Relations Firm, centered around her career journey so far and what it took for her to land rapid promotions in the midst of the pandemic.

We also discussed the mindset and behavioral shifts of a senior leader.

In this episode, we discuss the 3 Mindset Shifts to Catapult Your Career this Year.

If I asked you to sound off on your company's culture, what words would come to mind?

Over the years, so many women have described their company culture in less than flattering ways. To name a few...

- Toxic - Cutthroat - Slow - Set in their ways - Lack of focus on family / work-life balance - Induces impostor syndrome - Not conducive for introverts

Listen to this replay episode to learn who precisely is responsible for the company's culture.

Do you know anyone who makes $500K in her Corporate Career? I don't mean, literally. I mean do you know anyone intimately? In your inner circle. Someone you can actually observe closely. For many high-achieving women, the answer is NO. And so most women have no idea about how to actually go about this. No idea what kind of woman actually does this... Without ending up ill, Without sacrificing her relationship with her spouse and children, Without losing herself completely. In today's episode, we discussed what kind of woman gets to have this career and life.