What makes a great leader? Interviewing one is a great way to find out!

Stefanie Leonardi is Global Director Marketing at ShowHeroes Group, managing a truly global strategy while maintaining the best relationships with her colleagues.

Her conversation with Nadia Koski covers mistakes, emotions, management, and much more.

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Ineffective negotiation could be costing you tens of thousands each year – it's an essential skill to have in the workplace.

But why do so many of us struggle at negotiating our salaries, and how can we get better?

Your hosts Nadia and Tiana share their experiences and tips to show that outside of mafia movies, there's no such thing as an offer you can't refuse.

For further reading, Nadia recommends:

Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide

For further reading, Tiana recommends:

Negotiating at Home: Essential Steps for Reaching Agreement with Your Kids

For more on negotiation, check out Tiana's Torch Podcast episode with Dr. Terri Kurtzberg:

Negotiating with Kids, Tactics from Dr. Terry Kurtzberg

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Providing feedback can feel as stressful as bomb defusal.

Too harsh, and you're hurting someone's feelings.
But sugar-coat your words too much and constructive criticism is buried.

How do great leaders manage to give feedback that keeps work relationships healthy while getting the most out of their colleagues?

Nadia Koski and Tiana Madera are two great leaders themselves, learning to communicate from their past managers and their own successes and failures.

In episode 6, they're covering:

• Criticism that's non-judgemental
• How feedback shouldn't always be critical
• Navigating people's sensitive emotions
• How to prepare yourself for receiving feedback
• And more.

For further reading, Tiana recommends Radical Candor by Kim Scott.

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In this Episode of Women Lead Nadia takes the reins solo (while Tiana is off on an exotic holiday) and interviews SAP's Head of Global Influencer Marketing Ursula Ringham.

They discuss Ursula's journey from Adobe to SAP and talk all about: 

• Growing up in Silicon Valley
• Getting ahead in your career as both an introvert and an extrovert 
• How to keep your team creative
• The importance of speaking up and asking
• The benefits of having a trusted friend and ally at work
• Tips and strategies for effective influencer marketing
•  Getting your drive to get back to work after some parenting years

Ursula also recommends:
Books:
“Work Would Be Great If It Weren't For the People: Making Office Politics Work for You” By Ronna Lichtenberg

Podcasts:
On - Kara Swisher
Pivot - Kara Swisher with Scott Galloway
NPR podcasts are all great!

Nadia recommends:
Podcast Squiggly Careers with Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper

And you can catch Tiana's questionable holiday headwear decisions on her instagram account @tianapix.

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Welcome back to Women Lead! We're thrilled to have a special guest with us today, Caroline Mastromauro, Programmatic Associate Director at Essence Mediacom UK.

In this episode, Tiana and Nadia sat down with Caroline to learn about her unique professional journey from the finance world to ad tech. Caroline shares how her passion for numbers and problem-solving led her to programmatic advertising and emphasises the importance of staying curious for personal and professional growth.

We delve into the significance of flexibility, language skills (Fun fact: Caroline speaks four languages!) and empathy when working in a global team. 

We also discuss how to decide the next step in your own professional development journey as well as living on different continents, cultural differences, and how they've helped us evolve in our careers.

The key takeaways from this episode are:

1. It's never too late to change career paths.
2. Don't be afraid to ask questions to achieve what you truly want.

Thank you for tuning in, and we hope you enjoy this episode of Women Lead!

Caroline Podcast recommendation: Three More Dots

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Feminine leadership style is characterised by empathy, collaboration, and intuition while masculine leadership style is characterised by competition, control, and power. While both styles can be successful in achieving goals, they tend to differ in how they approach and solve problems.

Why do companies with greater gender diversity do better? Could it be that leaders of those companies appreciate and leverage both “masculine” and “feminine” approaches to work? Could outcomes be better because they are products of a balance of the two? Could this result in greater engagement and retention of women?

Both masculine and feminine approaches have strengths and limitations. When an organization is dominated by either masculine or feminine approaches, there is a risk that the downsides of that approach will emerge. With a balance of masculine and feminine approaches, the organization gets more of the strengths and less of the downsides of each. And there is more likely to be a balance with both men and women at the top.

Today in Women Lead Nadia & Tiana discuss all this and more sharing their personal stories and own management styles, as well as provide a few book recommendations!

Further Reading:
M vs F Management Styles
A Balance of Leadership Styles
Nadia's Book Rec 1. When Women Lead
Nadia's Book Rec. 2. Shatki Leadership

Tiana's Book Rec 1. Radical Candor
Tiana's Book Rec 2. Radical Acceptance

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Women who have had a mentor in the workplace keep their jobs longer and are five times more likely to be promoted.

In this episode of Women Lead Nadia & Tiana talk all things mentorship. What it means to be a mentor/mentee, how do you become or find one. And what are the benefits and advantages to both parties.

They also discuss how a company structured mentorship program works, how to get the best out of it, and how to get one started at your company. 


Top 3 tips for Mentors 

1. Ask your mentee what they expect to get out of mentoring
2. Set up an agreed upon appointment schedule - monthly, bi-weekly, bi-monthly and stick to it
3. Listen listen listen - get under what your mentor is really looking for advice or guidance on

Top 3 tips for Mentees

1. Being Proactive
2. Come prepared to your mentor meeting
3. Provide feedback to your mentor to let them know how their advice worked

Also, What the hell is Pickelball?

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Women who strongly agree they have a best friend at work are more than twice as likely to be engaged (63%) compared with the women who say otherwise (29%).

To celebrate International Women's day, Nadia Koski and Tiana Madera join forces to discuss what it means to be a female leader in the modern workplace.

In this episode they get into the difference between equity and equality, why it's important to have female leadership to look up to in your workplace, and the important of genuine friendships at work and how you can break the ice and nurture them into the future.

Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities.

Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.

Further Reading:
International Women's Day
Equality vs Equity
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomin Interview
Why we need best friends at work
Get yourself a work-wife

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