Jo Gaines has been a huge personal inspiration to me. Her energy, personality and approach to leadership creates an environment where everyone feels empowered to pursue their wildest dreams. So, I was beyond excited to have her on The Females in Tech Show.

In this episode we cover:

• Jo Gaines career journey to Salesforce Cloud Sales AVP (7:36)
• Sexism that still happens today, the reasons behind it, and her advice to women who experience it (14:44)
• Values based decisions
  • What is it? (19:09)
  • How to handle FOMO whilst staying true to your values (26:32)
  • How to start saying no, and stop people pleasing (29:10)
  • How to avoid projecting your values onto others, or judging them for having different values (33:26)
• Jo shares advice to all single mothers who want to have it all (36:45)
• And so much more!

Episode Resources

• Jo Gaines on Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Jo Gaines Career Story
• Dr John Demartini Value Determination Quiz
• Brene Brown, Dare to Lead Values (PDF)
• Females in Tech Show, episode 23, Career path to CEO with Pip Marlow, Salesforce ANZ CEO
• Book, Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler (author)
• Book, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard Thaler (author)

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