Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs

What skill is non-negotiable when it comes to growing revenue and building a company that lasts? As a CEO, you know that it takes pretty much everything you've got. However, the entrepreneurs with the most staying power know that there is one skill that is irreplaceable, and that's the ability to sell.

This week's episode is a masterclass anchored in one CEO's experience of scaling sales in a sustainable way. Caitlin MacGregor is the CEO and co-founder of Plum: a talent assessment provider that has revolutionized how companies hire, grow, and retain talent with the power of psychometric data. She's here to discuss the importance of product market fit, and how it's the secret to making sales effortless.

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In a world where ambitious women feel like they're drowning every single day in all the things they could and should be doing professionally, layered with the additional burden of chores and childcare that typically falls on them, time stress is not just a mindset issue. It's real. And it's leading to a power leakage in your life.

Listen in this week to discover how to rewrite your story on power, and one habit that will stop overwhelm from running your life. You'll hear why you might be reflexively downgrading your goals in response to stress, how to upgrade your power instead, and what becomes possible when you build the necessary muscles that fuel true power.

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If you're a woman creator or entrepreneur, you've likely faced the universal experience among women of having your ideas ignored, brushed off as a natural creative project, or generally having people diminish the gravity of what you have to offer. It's time to explore the gender biases that devalue women's innovations, and why women are excluded, underpaid, undervalued, and undercited when it comes to technical innovations.

Financial journalist and best-selling author on women and innovation, Katrine Marçal discusses the core themes exposed in her book, Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men. Katrine paints a devastating picture of how women's ideas and contributions have been ignored to the detriment of our planet, why failing to recognize the gender lens has created catastrophic consequences, and how women can begin recognizing and releasing their full human potential within.

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If your business is anchored in driving social change like ours is at Safi Media, you'll resonate with the challenge that exists around using your business as a container to drive systemic change in the world. Eleanor's guest this week is a powerful example of a woman entrepreneur who is using the vessel of entrepreneurship to right a global wrong, specifically, the wrong that is chronic disease.

Dr. Andrea Feigl, PhD MPH, is the founder and CEO of the Health Finance Institute, a former researcher at Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and a former health economist with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Her work is all about solving some of the thorniest issues that continue to plague the world, and she's here this week to share how she's using her business to make a difference in the international development space.

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Modern feminists talk a lot about "the patriarchy," but what is it really? Where did it come from? How is internalized patriarchy showing up in and impacting modern women? And what's the true cost of women being on our best behavior in the name of enduring and thriving in a structure not meant for us?

Eleanor is discussing this with writer, editor, and podcast host, Elise Loehnen. Among many accolades, Elise is the author of instant New York Times bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good. Elise is sharing her thoughts on the policing women perpetuate onto themselves and other women, the price women pay to be good in our society, and how the more we discover who we are, the more women can be unleashed and unfurled in the world.

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Jenny Radcliffe is a world-renowned social engineer, a.k.a people hacker. She's well-known in the cybersecurity community globally, and has been called a mind reader, human lie detector, and even likened to a Jedi knight. She joins Eleanor this week to discuss the dark side of business.

Hear what Jenny's expertise in social engineering entails, and how she uses her skills to help her clients who range from global corporations and law enforcement organizations to poker players and politicians. She shares fascinating insights on how we can keep ourselves secure online, her tips for remaining calm under pressure, and how to detect when we're in the presence of a liar.

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Have you ever been in a situation where you know exactly what you have to do, and yet, you're not doing it? The reality is that none of us live in a world where we constantly feel confident in our ability to mobilize our dreams. However, we are experts at beating ourselves up when we get stuck in pursuit of big goals.

Britt Frank is a clinician, educator, and trauma specialist. She speaks and writes widely about emotional wellness and healing, and her book, The Science of Stuck, has been named a must-read. In this conversation, Britt is providing super practical ways to get through your stuckness. She's offering her insights on what we can do on our collective quest against stuckness, and how to become someone who does hard better, rather than wishing it was easy.

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Urgency and immediacy are critical in an entrepreneurial business. Learning how to balance long-term slow growth initiatives with what you can do today to drive the business forward is an essential skill all entrepreneurial CEOs and intrepreneurs need, and this is the power of GSD: Getting Shit Done.

Eleanor shows you why mastering the art of GSD is a key skill to develop as an entrepreneur and leader. You'll hear what often stands in the way of bringing urgency to your work, and her top tips for staying laser focused on how you can drive your business forward right now.

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If you're an entrepreneur, working in a high-growth company, or simply a human being going through a period of rapid transformation in some area of your life, chaos is something you're probably well-versed in. While chaos doesn't feel great, it produces a ton of innovation.

Eleanor is speaking to seasoned venture capitalist Nicole LeBlanc to explore the controlled chaos of high-growth companies. Nicole is walking us through her career path, and offering her insights on the art of rapid growth, why women secure so little of venture funding, and the transferrable lessons you can apply from VC-backed companies.

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Gender equity, particularly on the advancement of women, is a topic that is discussed often on this show. However, is it possible that in our commitment to advance one gender, we've ignored, demoralized, or shamed another?

Eleanor is speaking to Connor Beaton, a coach, teacher, and speaker who has been working for almost a decade to help men and women walk through their darkness and grow in the realms of mental clarity, relational communication, and actualize their potential and sexual intimacy. They're exploring how men are really doing in the age of women, why the narratives young men are being fed are concerning, and how we can partner with them to create more cohesion.

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