Women Rise

Brenda Harvey is the Managing Director of IBM Industrial leading IBM’s largest industrial clients. Her impressive career has also allowed her to lead IBM’s public sector, federal, and financial services as general manager and IBM Asia Pacific as Chairman and CEO. In this episode, Becky and Brenda discuss the factors still holding women back in the workplace, the importance of self-advocacy, and developing a strong adversity quotient (AQ) in today’s environment.

Nancy May is founder and President of The BoardBench Companies, a woman-owned board governance consulting group focusing on the advanced development and execution of public, private, and not-for-profit board organization. In this episode, Becky and Nancy discuss the important attributes and practices for women to be “Board Ready” in today’s environment. 

Alex David is the President & CEO of Stifel Independent Advisors. Alex is known for championing and leading diversity and inclusion and was recently named the 2023 InvestmentNews Diversity, Equity and Inclusion honoree for Lifetime Achievement. In this episode, Becky and Alex discuss how he got started on Wall Street, giving back and mentoring as well as advice for increasing the number of women and those of diversity in leadership.  

In this episode of the Women Rise podcast, Rebecca Shambaugh discusses driving your own career path and unlocking your potential. Learn coaching techniques, practices, and strategies for knowing and leveraging your value and championing your leadership.

Robert Reiss is the Founder and CEO of The CEO Forum Group, a tier 1 media group focused exclusively on top CEOs. Today, The CEO Forum Group is recognized as “The Transformative CEO Community” for its efforts in helping to build success, one CEO at a time, by sharing best practices, driving job creation, and expanding innovation and value throughout the world. In this episode, Becky and Robert discuss leadership in a collaborative world and three things that need to happen to achieve gender balance.  

In this episode of Women Rise podcast, Rebecca Shambaugh discusses resetting your playbook for leadership and the top three attributes to optimize performance through people.

Natalie Siston is the Program Experience Leader at Positive Intelligence, a company that delivers groundbreaking, research-based mental fitness programming that has transformed thousands of lives. In her role, she brings Positive Intelligence to companies around the world through partnerships, presentations, and the flagship PQ mental fitness program. In this episode, she discusses what positive intelligence and why mental fitness is so important.

Chic Thompson is the Executive Director of WagiLabs, a nonprofit organization that helps inspiring executives, MBA students, and children to be curious first and critical second while problem solving. He is a Fellow at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School and adjunct faculty at the Brookings Institute. In this episode, he discusses how executives can leverage their strategic curiosity as a path to innovation.

Kimber Maderazzo is the Chairman of the Board of C200, a peer community of female CEOs whose purpose is to advance women in business leadership. Kimber also serves on the Board of Directors of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and was previously an Executive Vice President & General Manager at The Proactiv Company. In this episode, she discusses how C200 teaches women to be in P&L roles and how its members work with each other to advance each other. She also highlights her five principles of leadership advancement for female executives.

Stacey Stewart is the President & CEO of March of Dimes, responsible for all aspects of the organization's strategy, vision, and operations. She was previously the U.S. President of United Way, the nation's largest nonprofit organization, and was the Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President for the Office of Community and Charitable Giving at Fannie Mae, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer for the Fannie Mae Foundation. In this episode, she discusses the gender wage gap, encouraging women to place greater value on their capabilities at the outset of taking on a new role and how senior women can use their position on boards to make a difference. She also highlights the importance of refraining from the mindset of perfectionism and how to be valued in the workplace without needing to "check every box."