Women Leaders on the Move - by HerCsuite® Radio

In today's episode, special guest Rachel Ernst, a passionate advocate for women's leadership, explores the challenges and opportunities women face as they rise to senior roles with host Natalie Benamou. Rachel shares her journey from a dedicated HR professional to launching her own venture focused on accelerating women in leadership. The discussion covers strategies for staying relevant, navigating the demanding expectations of higher leadership roles, and the importance of setting boundaries for work-life balance.

Thank you Rachel for being our featured guest today.

About Our Guest:

Rachel Ernst progresses women in leadership using expertise gathered from 20 years in HR leadership.  She was featured on Jane King's "Innovators" at the Nasdaq site, is a published Forbes author, and has been a guest on multiple HR leadership podcasts.  She is committed to working on the movement for gender equity across all leadership levels.

Connect with Rachel Ernst:

• 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 Shelia Higgs Burkhalter (affectionately known as Shiggs) sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Hear firsthand insights from Shiggs’ trailblazing journey as the first Black senior leader at her university. Leveraging her 30 years of experience in higher education and a successful career as a certified executive and leadership transitions coach, Shiggs takes us through her career journey. She shares insights from her powerful story “Meet the Moment” chapter featured in the bestselling book Brave Women at Work: Lessons in Leadership.

Meet Shiggs and Natalie at a virtual book signing event: August 30th, 2024.

Register here. Purchase a book and attend for free!

About Our Guest:

Shelia Higgs Burkhalter, known as "Shiggs," is a bestselling author, speaker, and certified Executive & Leadership Transitions Coach with 30 years of experience in higher education. She's was recognized by NASPA as a Pillar of the Profession for her impactful contributions in student affairs. She coaches with a focus on heart-centered leadership, values and energy.

Shiggs is a valued member of HerCsuite® Network Community and part of the Brave Women at Work and Your Whole Self Circles. She is a featured speaker and will be on stage at the Thrive in 2025 Conference. Registration is opening soon!

Connect with Shiggs:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Winthrop VP Student Affairs

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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 Marlo Lyons, a seasoned career coach and executive leader, sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Together they explore the transformative power of taking a pause. Marlo shares her unconventional career journey, from TV news reporting to law and HR, and ultimately to coaching. Through it all, she discovered that true career fulfillment often begins with a single, simple step: pausing to reflect on what you really want.

Thank you Marlo for being a valued member of HerCsuite® Boards and Entrepreneur Mastermind Connect Circles and a featured guest on our podcast.

About Our Guest:

Marlo Lyons has spent more than 20 years inspiring, motivating, and empowering people to excel in their careers and businesses. Marlo transitioned her own career from TV news reporter for more than a decade to entertainment lawyer, to HR Business Partner in both entertainment technology and the medical technology industries, to career, executive, and team coach. Marlo's human resources, career coaching, and leadership expertise combined with her own personal career transitions and experience coaching hundreds of clients has provided her unparalleled expertise and insights. 

Marlo is also the award-winning author of ‘Wanted: A New Career’ and this fall, her second book, 'Wanted -> My First Career' will be released.

Connect with Marlow Lyons:

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• LinkedIn: Marlo Lyons Coaching

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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 Kate Wollf, the resilient CEO and Founder of Lupine Creative, sits down with host Natalie Benamou to share her extraordinary entrepreneur journey. Influenced by her trailblazing grandmother, Kate's career spans major advertising agencies and even a stint at Theranos. Her story unfolds with remarkable triumphs and profound challenges, culminating in the launch of her innovative new product, LumiCup.

Thank you Kate for being a featured guest and sharing your story.

About Our Guest:

Kate Wolff founded LA-based ad agency Lupine Creative  – amid the pandemic – to lead brands to culture. To champion change, she adopted additional roles: as one of adland’s foremost LGBTQ+ inclusion voices by co-chairing Do the WeRQ and as a sustainable goods brand founder behind LumiCup.

Connect with Kate Wolff:

For more: https://linktr.ee/katewolff"

Lupine Creative

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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 Nalkur, E.d.D. President of Roundtable Institute, explores the power of being vulnerable using storytelling with host Natalie Benamou. Priya shares highlights from her book Stumbling Towards Inclusion: Finding Grace in Imperfect Leadership.  The two explore strategies that include how to listen, empathize, and build inclusive, high-performing workplaces.

Thank you Priya, for being our featured guest today!

About Our Guest:

Priya Nalkur is a Harvard & Yale-educated Psychologist, DEI facilitator and author talks leadership development practices for creating high-performing and inclusive workplaces.

Connect with Priya:

• 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 Jessica Gonzalez, CEO of Happen Ventures, shares her remarkable journey from facing near-bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic to building a successful business dedicated to sustainability and reuse. Learn how she transformed personal and professional challenges into opportunities, pivoting from event management to waste management innovation. Jessica's innovative approach ensures no resource is wasted while minimizing costs and amplifying sustainability.

Thank you Jessica for being our featured guest today.

About Our Guest:

Connect CEO & Entrepreneur Jessica Gonzalez leads Happen Ventures as it transforms landfill-bound waste into valuable community resources. She possesses 16+ years of experience building & scaling international startups from the ground up. Jessica is a Latina woman and proud single mother to her amazing children, and she embraces that the path to building a business has never been easy for her, but she lives and works with the attitude that "nothing is impossible.”

Happen Ventures bridges the gap between companies and communities by diverting reusable products wrongly going to landfills and provide them to people in need.

Connect with Jessica Gonzalez:

• LinkedIn
• Website

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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 Sheila Rondeau, the visionary CEO of MOGXP and retired Army First Sergeant, sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Sheila shares her compelling journey and unveils her philosophy on balancing creativity with meticulous planning and rigorous analysis. Her experiences managing large-scale events, like the Charmin luxury restrooms in Times Square, offer a treasure trove of insights into creating memorable brand experiences through sensory immersion and genuine engagement.

Thank you Sheila for being a featured guest today!

About Our Guest:

Sheila Rondeau is the founder of MOGXP, marketing operations group - Experiential. They invent and create customized experiential marketing. Think… Pop-up stores, social media and large-scale in-person events // PR stunts, VIP hospitality experiences, trade shows // unique events that’ll create conversations about our clients. Sheila started with experiential marketing at Anheuser-Busch and worked with some of the best-known brands in the world.  Sheila is also a retired Army First Sergeant.

Connect with Sheila Rondeau:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram

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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 Cate Hollowitsch, Chief Marketing Officer of Nesnah Ventures, sits down with host Natalie Benamou and explores what it means to take two steps forward and one step back. Together they explore Cate’s multifaceted career journey and the unexpected pitfalls of self-preservation in corporate culture.

About Our Guest:

Cate Hollowitsch is the Chief Marketing Officer for Nesnah Ventures. She is a 2024 Titans of Industry for the state of Wisconsin, and TEDx Speaker. She created the F.E.A.R. Framework™ for Selfless Leadership.  She is also the author of Confidence Counts, and Mastering the Game of Office Politics and a professor in digital marketing.

Connect with Cate Hollowitsch:

• Featured Speaker
• 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 Jean Wright, seasoned sales professional, sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Jean is a Sales Confidence Builder and shares how those early lessons in persistence and persuasion laid the foundation for her successful career across various industries. From tackling the nuances of selling services versus products to penning her inspiration-filled book, Selling Your Confidence: Forging a Successful Sales Career with Mint Cookies to Martinis, this conversation is packed with insights and inspiration.

About Our Guest:

Jean Wright is a seasoned sales professional with a four-decade career in various industries including personnel agencies, sports entertainment, business office services, member organizations, and print/digital media. She has earned recognition for exceptional customer service and sales expertise, ascending to management-level positions. Her debut book, "Selling Your Confidence: Forging a Successful Sales Career from Mint Cookies to Martinis," documents her sales journey, from selling Girl Scout Cookies at age 11 through her adult sales career. Her real-life stories offer valuable insights and practical sales tips for prospecting, networking, and closing deals confidently.

Connect with Jean Wright:

• LinkedIn  
• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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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 Patty Jassak, a nurse and expert in medical affairs, sits down with host Natalie Benamou. Patty has an extensive career journey in nursing and medical leadership and shares her personal experiences with hypertension. This episode offers invaluable insights and practical advice for women to take control of their heart health.

Important Resource: Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

Join us July 25th for a special event for Heart Care is the New Self-Care with Patty Jassak. Register Here.

Connect with Patty Jassak:

• LinkedIn
• HMP Education

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.