"The best advice I can give to ambitious women is to ignore most advice for ambitious women."

Journalist, author, financial expert, and host of the Money Confidential podcast, Stefanie O'Connell, joins this episode to talk about unapologetically ambitious women going for what they want, no matter what else is happening in the world. And more broadly speaking, what it means to want to build wealth, lead, have power and a lot of ambition, and to do so as someone who isn't a straight white, heterosexual male.

Because if women's ambition isn't the problem, what is?

KEY POINTS:

- Why "girl power" isn't working for women

- The best way to ask for more (at the right place!)

- How the pandemic brought inequities to the surface

- "Women's work" and the gender pay gap

- The burden of assumed gender roles

QUOTABLES:

"The whole idea was we're gonna get to equality by empowering the next generation. Now, here we are. I'm in my mid-30s. I'm looking around, and the numbers of women in leadership, in political office, as CEOs, really has not changed since we were those Take Your Daughter to Work Day girls."

"We've really reached the limits of what women can do differently. And it's time to start holding the organizations and culture and workplaces that penalize them no matter what they do accountable."

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Stefanieoconnell.com

IG | instagram.com/stefanieoconnell

Twitter | twitter.com/stefanieoconnel

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Job hunting will always feel like a full-time job, and that's okay. The more you set yourself up for success, the easier the process will be. And with the pandemic changing so much about how we work, Kimberly takes this episode to share her top 4 tips to help you stand out and land that new job.

KEY POINTS:

- How to obtain insider information

- Does experience speak for itself?

- Plan your answers to well-known interview questions

- Avoiding the "tumble effect"

- "Always be ready!"

QUOTABLES:

"Make it plain. Never expect someone just to see your greatness. You may think your experience speaks for itself, but when you're looking to stand out, make it easy."

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Your host Kimberly Brown has been a career coach for over a decade, helping women and people of color navigate the world of work, make more money, and position themselves as leaders. And in this episode, we get to see her in action!

Tune in as Your Next Move does something a little different with live career! Totally unscripted, don't miss this sneak peek into what Kimberly does best and find out how you can be her next career coach client!

KEY POINTS:

- Balancing personal life with work life

- How to respect your own boundaries in the workplace

- Does it always pay off to be an overachiever?

- Where is your pain point?

- Mindset shifts as you rise the ranks in your career

QUOTABLES:

"Every interaction you have is an opportunity for you to realign yourself to where you want to go."

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Executive presence isn't something we can graph or count or quantify, but when it comes to moving up the career ladder, it is essential. So what is executive presence? What is it comprised of, and how can we practice it?

From gravitas to communication to appearance, tune in as Kimberly breaks down 3 key components to help you understand, practice, and embody executive presence. Because "in the workplace, you are always on a stage."

KEY POINTS:

- What is executive presence?

- The building blocks of gravitas

- Emotional, mental, and physical resilience

- "The art of communication is the language of leadership"

- Does appearance really matter?

QUOTABLES:

"Executive presence isn't necessarily something that you may be able to clearly articulate or see. It's something that many people say that you embody. We all know it when we see it. And it's really the key to strengthening your brand as a leader in the workplace."

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Adversity is unavoidable. It comes when we least expect it and when it's most inconvenient. Hard years and transitions are inevitable, and in one of her most vulnerable episodes yet, your host Kimberly Brown shares what happened in 2022 that put her life on pause and taught her some of the biggest life lessons.

Tune in as Kimberly sits down with friend and podcast producer, Jessica Hurley, to flip the script and get real about divorce, brain surgery, and being forced to finally put herself first.

KEY POINTS:

- Learning how to ask for help and be vulnerable

- How to set yourself up for success in business and life

- Therapy, therapy, therapy!

- "Do I want everything that is around me?"

- What do you need to be okay? How do you give it to yourself?

QUOTABLES:

"Part of me knows there are very few things that I can't figure out. But on the other side, I don't want to figure it all out. I don't want to do it all the time."

"I think there's some things that you work through, some things that you grow through, and some things that you heal through. So you gotta let go."

"I think it's important to acknowledge it like it is. It is bad. This sucks. It hurts. It is painful. I'm unhappy. And once you acknowledge it, what is your plan to get through, to grow through it? Because you don't want to be there forever."

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Welcome to Season 4 of Your Next Move! Your host Kimberly is so excited to be back but admits this first episode was a little difficult for her to record…

While we know this podcast to be the place for actionable career and leadership development strategies, life does not stop when you are trying to build your career. So Kimberly thinks it's about time she shares a bit more about her life and what happens behind the scenes.

Tune in and don't miss this rare and vulnerable dialogue from your career and leadership expert, Kimberly Brown.

KEY POINTS:

- Why 2022 was the most challenging year of Kimberly's life

- Being forced to slow down and heal

- The three lessons leading to Kimberly's winning season

- Ask yourself: Is this in my own best self-interest?

QUOTABLES:

"It's important to share so that other people know that you're able to overcome and still build a life, a career, a business that's important to you. While life is life'ing behind the scenes."

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Welcome to Season 4 of Your Next Move!

If you are anything like host Kimberly Brown, 2022 was a year of transition and one of the most difficult of her Black life. And while last season we talked a lot about relationships and navigating the world of work to take you to the next level, this season, we are getting PERSONAL.

So join Kimberly Brown for season 4 as she opens up her home and shares not only how to maximize your life and career but reveals a deeper insight into her life and the lessons you can take to make your next move!

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When we think about diligence, we often think of perfection and never making mistakes. But diligence doesn't mean perfection. It's not about not making mistakes, we are human that's bound to happen but it is about the actions to take when a mistake is made. Diligence is about being careful and persistent in your work or effort so that you don't leave anything to chance or let things slip through the cracks. Tune in to this episode as Kimberly shares some tips on what it means to be diligent in the workplace.

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This week we have Sherhara Downing, communications expert, joining us to talk all about communication. Sherhara Downing the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer of SpeakHaus, a training and professional development company dedicated to transforming business and thought leaders into confident and bold speakers. SpeakHaus is the first in the public speaking industry to provide mobile in-person group coaching that goes directly to the homes of leaders, jumpstarting speaking transformation in one workshop.Tune in this week as Kimberly and Sherhara delve into the value of communication and how it is vital in building relationships.

What to learn more about Sherhara?

IG | https://www.instagram.com/sherhara/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherhara/

Twitter | https://twitter.com/Sherhara

Website | https://speakhaus.com/

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Welcome back to another Q&A episode with Kimberly Brown. Join us this week as Kimberly answers some of your most asked career questions.

Questions:

1. What do you recommend to a professional who's starting to feel burned out and wants to take a break?
2. How do you deal with someone lying about you during a performance appraisal process?
3. How do you turn down a position that's offered to you that you don't want?
4. How do you get your company to pay for conferences and certifications?
5. What are your thoughts on leaving a job that's destroyed your mental health without having a backup job?

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→ Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove

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