Women Leaders on the Move - by HerCsuite® Radio

In today's episode, special guest JV Crum III, best-selling author, speaker, and futurist, talks with host Natalie Benamou about what it means to have a limitless mindset. Listen in for JV's expert advice.

About Our Guest:

JV Crum III has the number one podcast with 12 million listeners in 190 countries called Conscious Millionaire. He coaches seven and eight figure highly driven entrepreneurs.

Connect with JV Crum III:

• LinkedIn
• Conscious Millionaire
• Conscious Millionaire Show
• Text JV Crum III about his business at: (303) 641-0401

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 limitless is your mindset?  This week on the podcast we have an incredible guest,  best-selling author, speaker, and futurist, JV Crum III.  He has the number one podcast with 12 million listeners in 190 countries called Conscious Millionaire.  JV Crum III coaches seven and eight figure highly driven entrepreneurs.  This is an incredible opportunity to listen to JV"s expert advice and most importantly take action on how you can achieve a limitless mindset.   Take a walk with host Natalie Benamou and JV Crum III today.

Getting Started

Step 1: Become Committed

-  Becoming limitless is changing your identity, not just your belief systems.

-  Who you are, your identity is also about who you’re hanging out with - that is what you produce, the same as who you hang out with regularly.

Step 2: Who Do I Need to Be?

-  What do you think is possible for you?

-  Let go of the old self, let it die and awaken the Phoenix from the ashes.

Step 3: Make the Decision

- Turn depressing moments, like being unhappy with your life or business, into motivating moments.

- Always stay dissatisfied so you take the next step.

-  Learn to love yourself too.

-  “It’s all a journey of growth.”

24 Hour Challenge:

1. Clearly define what you want to achieve in some area of your life in the next 12 months. Write it down in 1 or 2 sentences.
2. Ask yourself ‘what’s my personal reality? What do I believe is possible? What am I going to need to believe is possible in order to achieve that goal? What has to change?’
3. Make a decision to achieve a limitless mindset over the next 12 monthsl

JV Crum III on LinkedIn
Free copy of the book, Conscious Millionaire
Listen to JV Crum III Podcast – Conscious Millionaire Show
Text JV Crum III about his business at: (303) 641-0401

Natalie Benamou is the CEO of HerPower2 Lead and Founder of HerCsuite™  an online membership community for executive women, female rising leaders and women’s organizations.  Members are transforming connections into their own powerful mentoring entourage and networking across a mega platform to achieve success. Are you ready to become a game changer? Join HerCsuite™ today. Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ if you have a question 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, host Natalie Benamou gets special guest Jen Pestikas, who shares her story as a senior executive leader, coach, podcast host, and mother. She has over 20 years of experience in financial services and shares her insights and strategies about how she landed a new job while she was 8 months pregnant…and what happened next.

About Our Guest:

Jennifer Pestikas is a HerCsuite® Coach for Accelerate, Speaker and Member. Since this podcast she has written two bestselling books and continues to shine her light out in the world.

Connect with Jen Pestikas:

• LinkedIn
• Brave Women at Work
• 10 Strategies to Win Buy-In Registration

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 ever limited yourself because of an unconscious belief? Let’s walk and listen to this interview with Jennifer Pestikas, Senior Vice President, Business Development, as she shares her personal journey.  Jennifer invites us to learn her story as an executive, coach, podcaster, and mother.

Jennifer has over 20 years experience in financial services and shares her insights and strategies to how she landed a new job while she was 8 months pregnant…and what happened next.

This conversation with host Natalie Benamou and HerCsuite™member,Jennifer Pestikas shows you how to Bold Your Brave.

Getting Started

· Make time for staying in touch with your network.

· Be courageous and put yourself out there.

· Communicate clearly to your boss and organization your career goals and where you want to go in the organization.

· The Winning Combination

· Networking + making your intention known + confidence = success.

· Believing in yourself, in your abilities is crucial.

· Embrace a positive mindset.

· Look for opportunities to be brave and expand your career.

Remove Limiting Beliefs

· Identify the words and phrases like “I can’t get a promotion” or “I can’t get to the next level.”

· Separate the fearful limiting belief from yourself so you can move forward.

· Move forward with whatever the limiting belief was trying to keep you from doing.

· It takes practice to get past those limiting beliefs ingrained in our heads.

“When you hear the voice, hear it and acknowledge it and counter it by saying something like, “thank you for being concerned, but I’m okay.”-Jennifer Pestikas

Jennifer Pestikas is a HerCsuite™ member, has skills in leadership, strategy, training, coach and podcast host.

Listeners to this podcast can get a Free Copy: 10 Steps to Being Brave at Work

Join HerCsuite™: Special offer for listeners to this podcast when you Join HerCsuite™ write Brave in the "did anyone recommend you" and attend a private networking event with Jen Pestikas and Natalie Benamou.

Natalie Benamou is the CEO of HerPower2 Lead and Founder of HerCsuite™  an online membership community for executive women, female rising leaders and women’s organizations.  Members are transforming connections into their own powerful mentoring entourage and networking across a mega platform to achieve success. Are you ready to become a game changer? Join HerCsuite™ today. Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ if you have a question. 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 Naomi Kent and host Natalie Benamou discuss the qualities that make women great board members. Learn how to get yourself ready for a board position and what you can bring to the table.

About Our Guest:

Naomi Kent is the President of North America and Client Success for In Touch Networks. Naomi is a seasoned advisor and leader, who has a background in sales and customer retention across a wide variety of industries. Naomi Kent served on the board of Step Up Women’s Network, a national membership non-profit organization for 4 years. She also served on the advisory board of Women in the Boardroom for 2 years.

Connect with Naomi Kent:

• In Touch Networks
• 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.

Have you been thinking about career transition and moving into paid board roles? Take a walk with us and listen to this second interview with Naomi Kent, President, North America and Client Success for In Touch Networks. Naomi is a seasoned advisor and leader, who has a background in sales and customer retention across a wide variety of industries. This conversation with host Natalie Benamou and Naomi Kent will help you discover how and why women make great paid members.

Board Overview
● The image of a male-dominated board members has shifted
● Last year, in France, women made up 44% of the top 40 company boards
● Requirements and the makeup of boards has dramatically changed in the past 3-5 years
● Women aren’t always aware that a board career is possible
Getting Started
● Create a plan
● Develop your board member brand
● Board resume & LinkedIn profile are not the same as a career resume
What Women Bring To The Table
● Boards are looking for the right fit
● A vision
● Delivering subject matter expertise
Present Yourself As
● Trustworthy
● Leadership (in business)
● Right mindset
● Ask the right questions
● Be engaged in your conversations
● Show up on time
● Respond to emails with a relevant question/comment
● Responsible with your social media accounts
How In Touch Can Help:
● Preparation - your board resume/bio professionally written
● Rewrite LinkedIn profile to create a “board member brand”
● Does the private resume match the public LinkedIn profile?
● Help with the board pitch
● Interview techniques
● Educational piece: access to archived course content
● Events
● Allow businesses to recruit from In Touch network for free and access to ideal, prepared candidates
● Career transition

Naomi Kent served on the board of Step Up Women’s Network, a national membership non-profit organization for 4 years. She also served on the advisory board of Women in the Boardroom for 2 years. Naomi is also a member of HerCsuite™. Find out more about the partnership between HerCsuite™ and In Touch Networks at HerCsuite.com
In Touch members have access to the best jobs, the best training and all the tools they need for a successful career, while employers can list jobs and connect directly with the best boards.
In Touch Networks
LinkedIn Naomi Kent

Natalie Benamou is the CEO of HerPower2 Lead and HerCsuite™ an online platform for Executive Women. HerCsuite™ is an online professional platform for executive women, female rising leaders and women’s organizations.  Members are transforming connections into their own powerful mentoring entourage and networking across a mega platform to achieve success. Are you ready to become a game changer? Join HerCsuite™ today. Reach out to Natalie at HerCsuite™ if you have a question.
LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™.

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

In today's episode, special guest Vanessa Liu shares with Natalie Benamou stories and strategies on relationship building, starting businesses, and instilling the entrepreneurship mindset for the next generation.

About Our Guest:

Vanessa Liu builds upon her career, including launching a digital media venture fund with Andy Russell, overseeing SAP.iO Foundries in North America, and a growth marketing consultant for McKinsey & Company. Vanessa thrives on creating lasting change, impacting every generation, from the elderly to her children and other young people like them.

Connect with Vanessa Liu:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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.

Do you want to feel inspired and create an impact? Let’s take a walk and listen to this interview with Vanessa Liu, Entrepreneur and  President of the Harvard University Alumni Association. Vanessa shares stories and strategies on relationship building, starting businesses, and instilling the entrepreneurship mindset for the next generation. This conversation with host Natalie Benamou and Vanessa Liu will help you discover how to create lasting change.

3 Tips to Starting a Business:

1. Who is your first customer?
   
2. How are you going to attract and retain talent?
   
3. What would make people excited about your service or product?
   

Create Lasting Change:

• Look for things that are “ripe for disruption.”
  
• Build upon existing data, models, and connections.
  
• Develop strategies and plans.
  
• Keep an open-mind for new opportunities.
  

Embrace Change:

• Give the next generation the opportunity to pursue entrepreneurship and explore creativity.
  
• Pivoting with change also means utilizing your current relationships.
  
• Some of those relationships may translate to becoming investors.
  

“Now for me, the whole idea of combating ageism of building products and services that make people embrace and gracefully age is going to be my purpose.”

Thank you, Vanessa Liu, for this conversation, your expertise in creating lasting change.

Vanessa Liu

Vanessa Liu builds upon her career, including launching a digital media venture fund with Andy Russell, overseeing SAP.iO Foundries in North America, and a growth marketing consultant for McKinsey & Company. Vanessa thrives on creating lasting change, impacting every generation, from the elderly to her children and other young people like them.

LinkedIn: Vanessa Liu

Twitter: @vanessawliu

Natalie Benamou is the CEO of HerPower2 Lead and HerCsuite™ an online platform for Executive Women.

HerCsuite™ is an online professional platform for executive women, female rising leaders and women’s organizations.   Members are transforming connections into their own powerful mentoring entourage and networking across a mega platform to achieve success.  Are you ready to become a game changer?  Join HerCsuite™ today.

Reach out to Natalie Benamou at HerCsuite™ if you have a question.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favourite health and wellness app with over 4,000 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 Pat Hedley shares with host Natalie Benamou how you can make time to expand your network. Pat shares her insights on the benefits of networking.

About Our Guest:

Pat Hedley loves solving problems in new ways. With three decades of global private equity experience at General Atlantic, Pat independently invests in and advises innovative growth companies. As the author of Meet 100 People: A How to Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing, Pat encourages all of us to not just meet people, but also build life-long relationships.

Connect with Pat Hedley:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Meet 100 People: A How-To Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing
• Medium
• TEDx

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.

Do you feel you need time to network?  Listen to this interview with Pat Hedley, investor, advisor, and author of “Meet 100 People” and find out how you can make time to expand your network.  Pat shares her insights on the benefits of networking, even how a conversation over coffee led to her TEDx talk. This conversation with host Natalie Benamou and Pat Hedley will help you get started planning to meet 100 people today.

Getting Started

1. Plan your goals for meeting 100 people.
2. Write down the names of people you already know and list out who can help you accomplish those goals.
3. When speaking to your contacts, ask “who else can I talk to”?

Additional Ideas

● Warm up cold calling with some research. Find similar interests or something that you have in common like going to the same college, grew up in the same town, etc.

● Send a handwritten follow-up note to help you stand out.

● Stay in touch by sending an article they may be interested in.

● If you ask someone in person to meet, it's 34 times more likely to be granted, compared with an email or phone invitation.

● Be genuinely curious and authentic when helping people.

● If you have time to eat, you’ve got time to meet new people. Enjoy a virtual lunch or coffee with someone.

● “Consistently look for ways to either reconnect with people that you know or meet new people.”

Thank you, Pat Hedley, for this conversation, your expertise in networking and tips on how we all can meet 100 people.

Pat Hedley

Pat Hedley loves solving problems in new ways. With three decades of global private equity experience at General Atlantic, Pat independently invests in and advises innovative growth companies. As the author of “Meet 100 People, A How to Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing”, Pat encourages all of us to not just meet people, but also build life-long relationships.

LinkedIn: Pat Hedley Website: meet100people.com

Book: Meet 100 People: A How-To Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing

Medium: pathedley.medium.com

TEDx Talk: Meet 100 People

Natalie Benamou is the CEO of HerPower2 Lead and HerCsuite™ an online platform for professional and executive women.

HerCsuite™ is a game changer for the way women accelerate results and get business done. Transforming connections into powerful mentoring entourage circles.

Reach out to Natalie Benamou at HerCsuite™ if you have a question.

LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou HerPower2 Lead HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by Aaptiv, our favorite health and wellness app with over 4,000 videos. Listeners can get your free 30-day trial here

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