Women Leaders on the Move - by HerCsuite® Radio

In today's episode, special guest Bobbie Carlton, founder of Innovation Women and TEDx speaker, discusses public speaking with host Natalie Benamou. Bobbie explains all the ways being an engaging speaker will accelerate visibility and help you to be viewed as a thought leader.

Thank you to Bobbie Carlton for being a valued alliance partner, and member of HerCsuite™. 

Connect with Bobbie Carlton: 

• LinkedIn
• X
• Innovation Women Website

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.

Every day, we make choices that involve different levels of risk. Our relationship with risk impacts our personal and professional lives. Find out how our view of risk creates a unique risk fingerprint. Join in this conversation with Natalie Benamou and podcast guest, Michele Wucker, Founder and CEO of Gray Rhino & Company. Michele is a best-selling author of The Gray

Rhino and You Are What You Risk. When leaders face decisions, their risk fingerprint influences how they decide the direction they will take.

In this episode, Natalie and Michele discuss:

• What is our risk fingerprint.
• How self-awareness puts us in the optimal condition for taking risks.
• What risk empathy is and why it is important for leaders.
• Why we need diverse risk fingerprints in the workplace.

Quotes from Michele:

“When it comes to risk, we are surprisingly likely to look away from things that are obvious, and we're not nearly as good at dealing with things close to us as we think.”

“Each person makes approximately 35,000 choices every day. Each choice, is a risk, whether we are thinking about it consciously or not.”

What is your risk fingerprint? Find out in this interview with Michele Wucker.

Global risk expert Michele Wucker helps businesses to manage enterprise risk to seize opportunities in today’s volatile, uncertain world of shifting geo-political, social, and economic realities. She coined the term “gray rhino” to focus attention on and counter leaders’ surprising vulnerability to obvious, probable, impactful risks: the subject of her 2016 global bestseller. She founded the Chicago based strategic advisory firm Gray Rhino & Company to help decision makers ask the tough questions that lead to better choices and effective responses to threats and opportunities instead of mere “box ticking.” Drawing on decades of experience in sovereign risk analysis in both emerging and developed markets and as a former think-tank CEO, Michele takes a dynamic systems approach to recognizing economic, social, and policy trends, their operational impacts, and their strategic risk implications. Her finance expertise ranges from global capital markets to migrant remittances and expanding financial access. She draws on a diverse, sophisticated global network to inform her forward-looking, actionable risk insights.

Michele’s four books include the influential THE GRAY RHINO (2016) and sequel, YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK (2021). Her popular 2019 TED Talk has attracted 2.5+ million views. Her byline has appeared in publications including International Financing Review (as Latin America bureau chief), The Economist, The Washington Post, and FT. She has been featured on CNBC, NPR, the BBC, and other leading media; in New Model Adviser, Bank Director, Risk & Insurance, and GARP magazines; in Crisis Response Journal; and on leadership, board governance, risk, insurance, and climate podcasts. Gray rhino references in People’s Daily and in speeches by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, have signaled Chinese risk policy shifts and moved markets around the world. The concept has made headlines in 75+ countries and 35+ languages, especially around the ignored warnings ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Resources:

Michele Wucker on LinkedIn

Gray Rhino & Company

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HerCsuite™ Radio is sponsored by our leadership development programs. Michele is a featured speaker for turnkey executive leadership programs.

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HerCsuite™ Founder and Podcast Host Natalie Benamou, speaker, moderator and podcast host can be found on HerCsuite™ LinkedIn and HerPower2 LinkedIn.

Thank you to Michele for being a featured speaker for HerCsuite™ and a guest on the show. We thank Barbara Best for introducing us and we are especially thankful to you for listening to the show and for shining your light out into the world! We would be honored if you subscribed and shared this episode with a friend or colleague today.

In today's episode, special guest Meridith Elliott Powell and host Natalie Benamou discuss how to lean in for your customers. Organizations today need a guiding light, and Meridth shares how when the market is challenging, it’s the time to support your customers and navigate through uncertainty.

Thank you to Meridith for being on the show and for being a featured speaker of HerCsuite™, and to you for listening to the show!

Connect with Meridith Elliot Powell:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• X
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Website
• Sales Logic Podcast

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.

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou discusses health equity and being ignored in doctors' offices. What happens to the millions of women who don't know how to navigate the system, who need healthcare and aren't able to qualify for clinical trials or other treatments? We can do better. We must do better. 

Join us May 1st to find out how you can become part of our movement for Women's Health Equity.

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.

In today's episode, special guest Katherine McCord, President of Titan Management, discusses the hidden superpowers of neurodiversity with host Natalie Benamou. She discusses inclusive innovation and the benefits of having neurodiverse employees.

This interview was recorded during Neurodiversity Celebration Week. We encourage all employers and leaders to ReThink the idea of Neurodiverse employees. This episode highlights that we are all unique and when allowed to work in our lane, we can over deliver on expectations and increase innovation, efficiency and lead to greater employee satisfaction.

Thank you Katherine for sharing your personal journey on HerCsuite™ Radio today and for making a positive impact for all who know you!

Connect with Katherine McCord:

• LinkedIn
• Email
• Titan Management

This podcast is sponsored by HerCsuite™ Leadership Development Programs. Find out how you can gain a competitive advantage by scheduling a call and find the program that is the best fit for you.

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.

In today's episode, special guest Geoff Curtis and host Natalie Benamou share their experiences with mentorship. Geoff shares an inside look at his career and how a mentor could have shaped key decisions along the way.

Geoff is the executive sponsor of a women's mentorship program inside HerCsuite™, and he exemplifies how sponsorship can make a huge impact for women in their careers.

Connect with Geoff Curtis:

• LinkedIn
• Horizon Therapeutics

Thank you to Geoff Curtis for being on the show, and for being a sponsor for Horizon's Mentorship program inside HerCsuite™.

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.

In today's episode, special guest Mylene Barizo and host Natalie Benamou discuss the critical role of trust in strong leadership. Receiving the right guidance is foundational to creating a positive culture where employees thrive.

Connect with Mylene Barizo:

• Leadership Ladder
• LinkedIn

Thank you to Mylene for being a valued member of HerCsuite™, a featured speaker for HerCsuite™ Cross Organization DEI Council and for being on the show.

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.

In today's episode, special guest Ilhiana Rojas Saldana, executive leadership coach, sits down with host Natalie Benamou to explore leadership values. They discuss how to integrate your values with those of your team to promote productivity.

Ilhiana is a featured speaker for HerCsuite™ Mentoring Program for clients like Horizon, and HerCsuite™ DEI Cross Organizational Council. Thank you for sharing these important insights and how we can apply them in our daily lives.

Connect with Ilhiana Saldana:

• BeLive.com

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.

In today's episode, special guest Laurie Wessels and host Natalie Benamou discuss how to make meetings more productive. They offer actionable advice on how to make your meetings better and more effective.

This episode is being released on International Women's Day. Join us for our Embrace Equity Panel at 12 PM CT.

Thank you Laurie Wessels for being HerCsuite™ Mentoring Chair, our Executive Coach and for being on the show.

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.

In today's episode, special guest Dr. Nicole Rochester and host Natalie Benamou discuss promoting greater equity in the healthcare world. Health equity is essential in providing quality healthcare to all individuals, regardless of background. However, even in the modern healthcare system, gender and racial biases still influence health outcomes.

About Our Guest:

Dr. Rochester is the founder of Your GPS Doc, which aims to bridge the gap between healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.

Connect with Nicole Rochester:

• LinkedIn
• Your GPS Doc

If you found this episode helpful, we would be so honored if you would share it with a friend or colleague.

Thank you to Dr. Nicole T. Rochester for being on the show, for being a featured keynote speaker and panelist and member of HerCsuite™.

Special thanks to you for listening to the show. We would be honored if you subscribed and shared this episode with a friend or colleague today.

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.