Women Leaders on the Move - by HerCsuite® Radio

Have you ever wondered how procurement functions?" In this episode, Ann Carter, CPO at Dexcom shares insights about how procurement functions, an inside view on how decisions are made, what is needed to create strong supplier partnerships and the value of being trustworthy and  how to make the right connections inside a procurement organization.  Ann is a member of HerCsuite™ and this program is an excerpt from her presentation for Coffee Talk.

Take a break today and listen to host Natalie Benamou and Ann Carter as they discuss  "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Procurement but Were Afraid to Ask".

Purchasing is generally responsible for spending more than 50 percent of all the revenues the firm receives as income from sales. More money is spent for purchases of materials and services than for any other expense, and the spend in services is rapidly increasing.

Procurement manages direct and indirect materials.

Procurement Responsibilities
>> Strategic sourcing
>> Cost Management
>> Supplier Management
>> Contract management.
>> Supply management 

How Are Decisions Made?
>> Online research for a service.
>> Industry knowledge from colleagues.
>> Category manager and buyer put together a Request for Quote (RFQ).
>> Buyer and category manager create a Bid List.
>> Bid list partners do their analysis of the bid quote package.
>> Category manager and buyer will do an RFQ response analysis.
>> Information is entered into a sourcing forum.
>> Supplier negotiates contract.

Key to success-demonstrate trustworthiness, bring value, and be proactive and supportive.

Thank you to Ann Carter for being a speaker and guest for HerCsuite™!

Connect with Ann Carter on LinkedIn

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and advisory framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  You are invited to Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.

Join HerCsuite™ and receive 50% off our next event with code: EVENT50

Have a question? Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™or send a text to 224-209-6424.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

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Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!

In today's episode, special guest Veronica Appleton shares with host Natalie Benamou how communication is the most important way to create diversity and an inclusive work environment.

About Our Guest:

Veronica Appleton is Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Talent at The Marketing Arm, an Omnicom Company. She is also a scholar, practitioner and author and Lecturer at DePaul University and Northwestern University.                                                                      

Connect with Veronica Appleton:

• LinkedIn
• 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.

How can you create a more diverse and inclusive work environment? In this episode Veronica Appleton shares how communication is the most important way to create diversity and an inclusive work environment. Veronica is Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Talent at The Marketing Arm, an Omnicom Company. She is also a scholar, practitioner and author and Lecturer at DePaul University and Northwestern University. 

Take a break today and listen to host Natalie Benamou and Veronica Appleton as they discuss  "How to Have a Diverse and Inclusive Work Environment".

Adding a Personal Touch Builds Community and Connections:
>> Set up a weekly one-on-one with someone you don't know.
>> Take 30 minutes to talk about work and check in with each other.

Leverage The Great Resignation as An Opportunity
>> Get creative and ask 'How do we reinvigorate our people?'                                                                               

Find Someone to be Your Champion Behind the Scenes:
>> Get involved, join an ERB to connect inside the organization.
>> Identify who you can network with inside the group and reach to have a conversation.

"Leaning in, is really getting to know that person and knowing how to help them in the way that they need to be helped and champion them the way that they need to be championed"-Veronica Appleton.

Thank you to Veronica Appleton for being a guest on the show! Connect with Veronica Appleton on LinkedIn or through her website: VeronicaAppleton.com

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and executive framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.

Join HerCsuite™ and receive 50% off our next event with code: EVENT50 Have a question? Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ or send a text to 224-209-6424.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favorite health and wellness app with over 3,000 videos. Listeners can get your free 30-day trial here. Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!

In today's episode, special guest Deb Skarda and host Natalie Benamou discuss why empathy matters and how to be empathetic in life's most difficult moments.

About Our Guest:

Deb Skarda has over 30 years’ experience in healthcare business and people transformation. She has a Thrive Forward coaching and consulting business, and she's passionate about supporting leaders who are striving to create more successful and fulfilled lives.

Connect with Deb Skarda:

• LinkedIn

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and executive framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  You are invited to Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.

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.

How are you practicing empathy and compassion at work and in your personal life? In today's interview with Deb Skarda, discover "How to Use Empathy and Compassion for Life's Difficult Moments". Deb brings over 30 years’ experience in healthcare business and people transformation. She has a Thrive Forward coaching and consulting business, and she's passionate about supporting leaders who are striving to create more successful and fulfilled lives.

Take a break today and listen to host Natalie Benamou and Deb Skarda as they discuss  "How to Use Empathy and Compassion for Life's Difficult Moments".

Why Empathy Matters:
>> Navigate life and relationships in a very intentional, sensitive, and generous way.
>> Gives space to different lives, experiences, and perspectives.

How to be More Empathetic:
>> Stay away from using judgement.
>> Understand how someone is feeling before responding.
>> Communicate your understanding of their feelings.

Be Open-Minded:

>> Discover first what the other person is experiencing before responding.

>> Avoid inserting your own beliefs into the other person's experience.

"Practicing empathy for women in particular, results in connection and trust. And that impacts us from a work perspective because it leads to retention. It boosts productivity, engagement, and innovation, ultimately that all impacts the bottom line." -Deb Skarda

Thank you to Deb Skarda for being a guest on the show!

This topic was featured at a HerCsuite™ event, special thanks to Showboat.live and Liveswitch.io

Deb Skarda is a Life and Leadership Coach at Thrive Forward Coaching and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator.

Connect with Deb Skarda on LinkedIn

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and executive framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  You are invited to Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.

Join HerCsuite™ and receive 50% off our next event with code: EVENT50

Have a question? Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ or send a text to 224-209-6424.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favorite health and wellness app with over 3,000 videos. Listeners can get your free 30-day trial here.

Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou explores how mentoring has become the new currency for companies to recruit and retain female talent and why women more than ever need support during these times of change.

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.

Have you been feeling the impact of changes in the workplace?  In today's episode, we will explore how mentoring has become the new currency for companies to recruit and retain female talent and why women more than ever need support during these times of change.

Take a break today and listen to host Natalie Benamou as she shares How Mentoring is Your Superpower.

The Great Resignation is Real: 11.5 Million people left their jobs between April-June 2021.

The impact on Women in the Workplace: Statistics from a Deloitte Survey in 2021:
>> 51% Less Optimistic About Their Career
>> 57% Say They Will Leave Their Job Within 2 Years
>> 77% Say Their Workload Increased

Mentoring Helps Employees and Companies
>> 67% of businesses reported an increase in productivity due to mentoring.
>> 55% of businesses felt that mentoring had a positive impact on their PROFITS
>> 93% of small and medium sized businesses acknowledge that mentoring can help them to succeed.

How does mentoring help?
Career development or progression improvement in personal performance, seeking a new or different role, nurture and foster talent, where progress has been blocked, to help individuals through a challenging time, when seeking the advice of a mentor who has direct experience within a certain area, or for business growth.

What happens when you have the right support?
Mentoring can improve the mentees’ ability to resolve challenges and in the case of business mentoring; the ability to stay in business for the longer term.

Join HerCsuite™ Mentoring Program and enter EVENT50 to receive 50% off our annual program.

National Mentoring Day October 27th to recognize the importance of Mentoring.

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and executive framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  You are invited to Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.

Our corporate mentoring program is the perfect compliment to ERG's and internal mentoring programs for women and is helping organizations retain and engage talent. Schedule a call 

 Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ or send a text to 224-209-6424.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favorite health and wellness app with over 3,000 videos. Listeners can get your free 30-day trial here.

Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!

In today's episode, special guest Dr. Alise Cortez and host Natalie Benamou explore how to find meaningful purpose in your life. Learn how purpose is all about serving other people.

About Our Guest:

Dr. Alise Cortez is an inspirational speaker, social scientist author, and the host of "Working on Purpose Radio Show". She is also the author of Passionately Striving in 'Why' - 25 Stories of Women from Around the World. She is the chief purpose officer at Alise Cortez and Associates, a management consulting company. She's also the chief ignition officer at Gusto, now a multi-lingual e-learning platform offering wellbeing and leadership development courses.

Connect with Dr. Alise Cortez:

• Website
• LinkedIn

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.

How do you live a life full of meaning and purpose? In today's interview with Dr. Alise Cortez, you will discover "Your Path to Purpose". Dr. Alise Cortez is an inspirational speaker, social scientist author, and the host of, "Working on Purpose Radio Show". She is also the author of, "Passionately Striving in 'Why' - 25 Stories of Women from Around the World".

Take a break today and listen to host Natalie Benamou and Dr. Alise Cortez as they share all the tips to finding "Your Path to Purpose".

Passionately Striving in 'Why':
>> Series of anthologies celebrating women from all over the world.
>> Read stories of women overcoming adversity and impossibility and feel inspired to transform your passion into your 'why'.

Finding Meaningful Purpose:
>> Do something in your job that’s beyond actually the normal call of duty.
>> Remove your own interests and serve other people.
>> "Tap into resources and a network like, HerCsuite™ to help you. Don't go it alone."-Dr. Alise Cortez

"Whatever job you're doing, you can find ways to serve other people. Purpose is always about serving other people. It's not about your own interest and what you really love as much as it is helping other people." -Dr. Alise Cortez

Thank you to Dr. Alise Cortez for being a guest on the show and to, Hope Mueller for introducing us.

Dr. Alise Cortez is the chief purpose officer at Alise Cortez and Associates, a management consulting company. She's also the chief ignition officer at Gusto, now a multi-lingual e-learning platform offering wellbeing and leadership development courses. Learn more about Dr. Alise Cortez and her mission - "Live with Passion, Work on Purpose"

Connect with Dr. Alise Cortez on LinkedIn

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™, an all-in-one membership platform that gives women a mentoring and executive framework to achieve success in every phase of their careers.  Members feel more optimistic, experience greater job satisfaction and have improved work-life balance.  You are invited to Join HerCsuite™ today to and discover how you can advance your career inside a supportive community.  

Our corporate mentoring program is the perfect compliment to ERG's and internal mentoring programs for women and is helping organizations retain and engage talent. 

Have a question? Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ or send a text to 224-209-6424.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favorite health and wellness app with over 3,000 videos. Listeners can get your free 30-day trial here.

Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!

In today's episode, special guest Sarah McVanel and host Natalie Benamou explore how recognition works both in the workplace and personal relationships.

About Our Guest:

Sarah McVanel is the founder of Greatness Magnified, and she helps individuals leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent, fuel healthy teams and sustain a healthy bottom line. She is 1 of 1500 certified professional speakers worldwide, and she's written five books, Forever Recognize Other’s Greatness, The OG Effect, Greatness Biz Hacks, The Flip Side of Feeling, and so much more.

Connect with Sarah McVanel:

• [email protected]
• Greatness Magnified
• Pen Greeting App

Thank you to Sarah McVanel for being a guest on the show, and to Roz Usheroff for introducing us. A special shoutout to Melanie Neal, who recognizes her team and always lifts everyone around her up.  

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.