Women Leaders on the Move - by HerCsuite® Radio

In today's episode, special guest Princess Castleberry, a global speaker and CEO of Castleberry Global, and host Natalie Benamou explore leadership and taking risks. Princess shares her unique approach to leadership, focusing on the concept that every leader is, at their core, a risk manager. Drawing from her extensive experience in corporate risk management and her entrepreneurial journey, Princess offers practical advice on how to navigate risks, seize opportunities, and maintain resilience in the face of uncertainty.

Thank you Princess for sharing your insights with us today!

About Our Guest

Princess Castleberry is a Global Speaker with more than two decades of experience in Fortune 500 enterprise risk management, wellness, and learning design. She creates learning experiences that integrate wellness and risk strategies to overcome the challenges that prevent leaders, organizations, and bottom lines from growing. Princess has been featured at TEDxDetroit, in Fast Company Magazine, and other publications.

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Laurie Wessels, President of the Wessels Group, tells host Natalie Benamou her inspiring journey of courage and reinvention. Laurie made the bold decision to sell her townhouse, pack up her life, and set out on the open road in a camper. Through her story, we explore the exhilarating choice to break free from societal expectations and redefine life on her own terms.

Thank you Laurie Wessels for being our featured guest today and valued member of HerCsuite® NEXT!

Connect with Laurie Wessles:

• LinkedIn

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of How Women Lead and Managing Partner of How Women Invest, sits down for a conversation with host Natalie Benamou. She shares her transformative journey from supporting the funding of 6,000 women’s businesses to leading initiatives that enhance women's representation in the C-suite, on corporate boards, and in the venture capital sphere.

About Our Guest:

Julie Castro Abrams is an expert in board governance, investing and is an experienced CEO movement builder and leader. As the CEO of How Women Lead, a network of over 24,000 women, she is dedicated to breaking ceilings for women individually and collectively. She is the Managing Partner of How Women Invest, the country’s largest venture fund focused exclusively on women founders.

Connect with Julie Castro Abrams:

• How Women Lead
• #GETONBOARDWEEK
• LinkedIn
• How Women Lead on LinkedIn
• How Women Invest on LinkedIn
• How Women Lead Podcast

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Naomi Kent, a seasoned board advisor expert, sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Naomi brings over two decades of experience working with boards, corporate consultants, and executive search firms. Together, they explore the journey of board recruitment, revealing what it takes to land a seat at the table. Naomi shares practical advice on preparing for board opportunities and insights into HerCsuite®’s board readiness retreats.

About Our Guest:

Naomi Kent has 22+ years working with boards of directors. She is a strategic Advisor to senior-level professionals seeking corporate board seats.  Naomi is passionate about building the next generation of corporate board members.

Naomi Kent is HerCsuite® Boards Chair and Co-Founder of HerCsuite® Boards Retreat. Members have access to Naomi throughout the month and increase their chances of landing a board role.

Connect with Naomi Kent:

• LinkedIn
• The Boardroom Company

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, Pam Kohl, Patient Advocate, explores the critical role trusting your intuition when receiving health care with host Natalie Benamou. Pam shares her personal journey from an early breast cancer diagnosis to living with metastatic breast cancer, revealing her remarkable resilience and determination. Her story underscores the importance of trusting your instincts, advocating thorough testing, and staying informed to navigate the complexities of the healthcare system effectively.

Thank you Pam for sharing your story. 

Join Pam Kohl and host Natalie Benamou on October 23rd for a panel discussion about Extravasation and Step Therapy at 11 AM CT/ 12 PM ET. Register here.

Resources:

• https://www.safernuclearmedicine.org/
• American Cancer Society
• HER HEALTHX

About Our Guest:

Pam Kohl, a North Carolina native with over 40 years of experience in government and nonprofit management, has dedicated her career to breast cancer advocacy. As the former Executive Director of Susan G. Komen's North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate, she advocated for equitable breast cancer support and research across 29 counties. Pam directed the Komen Metastatic Breast Cancer Collaborative Research Initiative, focusing on finding treatments and cures, especially after her own battles with breast cancer. Diagnosed initially in 2009 with Stage 1 ER+ breast cancer and declared cancer-free in 2014, she faced a recurrence in 2016 and was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer in 2017. Her treatment regimen includes Verzenio, Fulvestrant, and regular scans.

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In today's episode, special guest Sandra Morno, a tax expert and global traveler, shares her incredible journey of building a successful career that allows her to live and work from anywhere in the world. Sandra dives into how she transitioned from a traditional career path to a life of adventure and freedom, offering practical tips on managing a business remotely and the importance of financial planning. 

Thank you Sandra for being our featured speaker and for HerCsuite® Entrepreneur Mastermind. Find out more about our monthly Entrepreneur Mastermind where women meet, refer and do business together. 

About Our Guest:

Sandra Morno, Tax Strategist and digital nomad with 15 years’ experience.

She helps women entrepreneurs and those traveling/living abroad with US businesses manage their taxes. She teaches them to reduce tax anxiety and stop overpaying the IRS.

Now, she is in search of a home outside the US somewhere in Latin America.

Connect with Sandra Morno:

• Website
• LinkedIn

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Diana Patton, CEO of All Rise with Diana, shares her powerful story with host Natalie Benamou. She discusses overcoming personal trauma to become a leader and advocate for women. Diana emphasizes that authentic leadership comes from knowing who you are at your core and having the courage to live and lead by that truth. Her journey from a tumultuous childhood to a successful career in law and beyond serves as an inspiring example of resilience and empowerment.

Thank you Diana for being our featured guest today. Find out about the All Rise Summit in Chicago October 10-11, 2024. 

About Our Guest:

Diana R. Patton, Esq, is the CEO and Founder of the Rise with Diana consultancy, the All Rise Live Global Summit, and the Rise Advocates® Academy where she helps corporate women to speak up and advocates for themselves, to be seen, heard, and valued for their greatest work, so they get promoted and paid their worth. Diana’s experiences, as a former Civil Rights Attorney, Corporate Executive, and the hundreds of women she’s helped, provide the expertise to equip corporate women, and the organizations that they work for, to be more inclusive of the people that represent the customers and clients they serve.

Connect with Diana Patton:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Rise With Diana Podcast

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou is coming to you from the heart and sharing the journey of making client centric pivots to help advance more women. Explore the invisible shift many women are feeling in business today. Whether navigating barriers to promotions, overcoming burnout, or making a leap into entrepreneurship, the common thread is clear: business is changing, and it’s time to adapt. Drawing on her personal experiences and stories from other women leaders, Natalie shares the signs that it might be time to make your next big move.

Exciting News! Coming soon, we are launching a new membership on our network platform for Women Leaders on the Move. Meet Guests from this show, network with amazing women and have monthly office hours with host Natalie Benamou. Join the waitlist.

References:

• Get the Book: Brave Women at Work: Lessons in Leadership 

People mentioned in this episode:

• Jen Pestikas
• Hope Mueller
• Natalie Robinson
• Stephanie Cartin
• Jeanne Zucker
• Naomi Kent
• Bobbie Carlton
• Innovation Women

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Cynthia Hetherington, the Founder and CEO of the Hetherington Group, sits down with Natalie Benamou. She transitioned from being a public librarian to an intelligence expert. This episode of Women Leaders on the Move reveals how OSINT is the secret weapon behind successful business intelligence, from managing global vaccine distribution to optimizing supply chains.

Thank you Cynthia for being our featured guest today!

About Our Guest:

Cynthia Hetherington, MLS, MSM, CFE, CII, OSC is the Founder and CEO of Hetherington Group, a consulting, publishing, managed services, and training firm that leads in due diligence, corporate intelligence, and cyber investigations. Throughout her career, she has assisted clients on thousands of cases using online open sources and databases as well as executing boots-on-the-ground operations. Cynthia provides specialized training for investigative professionals through the OSINT Academy, and has authored many industry-leading books on conducting cyber investigations. 

Connect with Cynthia:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Book:  OSINT: The Authoritative Guide to Due Diligence.

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HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Priya Mukhedkar [Mo ked car] draws from her extensive career at major companies like Disney and General Mills to share her strategies for driving iconic brand partnerships. She shares her expertise including managing global brands such as Paw Patrol, SpongeBob, and Star Wars offer rich insights into the balance of empathy and strategic thinking necessary for successful business development.

Thank you Priya Mukhedkar [Mo ked car] for being our featured guest and valued member of HerCsuite® network community.

Note of thanks:

This interview is thanks to HerCsuite® ConnectHER. Members make introductions that lead to limitless opportunities. Lesly Marban introduced Marlo Lyons who in turn invited Priya Mukhedkar [Mo ked car] to HerCsuite®. All three leaders are members of HerCsuite® Boards Mastermind Circle.

About Our Guest:

Priya Mukhedkar [Mo Ked car] is a Senior Executive Leader and has worked in business development, marketing and licensing partnerships for several consumer products categories with brands like Sponge Bob, PAW Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Yellow Stone and many others. Priya builds strategic alliances with major consumer product brands and has been the driving force behind some of the most iconic collaborations within big media, she is a proven strategic business leader who enjoys building and inspiring teams to maximize business growth. 

Connect with Prya Mukhedkar:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
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Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.

HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.