Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs

Gina Jeneroux is the Chief Learning Officer at BMO Financial Group where she is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise learning strategy, design, operations, and governance. Additionally, she manages the company’s corporate university, the Institute for Learning in Toronto, as well as various learning sites throughout Montreal and Chicago. She is passionate about storytelling and how it can be used to make learning exciting. Keep Reading >> Gina joins me today to share her insight on how to successfully lead a diverse team and develop a culture of learning in the workplace. She shares why storytelling is so valuable as well as three actionable steps for harnessing the power of stories. She also explains how she remains grounded as a leader and shares success strategies for building a career inside a large company.   “As a leader, it’s really important to be authentic, and to be vulnerable, and to be human. I think if you’re able to tap into that focus on storytelling, it makes it so much easier to be yourself and to show up in the way that you want to.” - Gina Jeneroux   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:   What her personal experiences have taught her about the importance of learning and how people learn. The benefits of working with a diverse team. Why effective storytelling is so important when it comes to learning and teaching new skills. Tips for executives and entrepreneurs who want to improve their storytelling skills. The importance of learning story structure. Why it is so important to get inside the mind of your audience. How she shifted from a contributor to a strategic leadership role. Why sharing stories help cultivate confidence and conviction in the value of what you are saying. How storytelling can help you show up as the leader you want to be. Tips for effectively leading diverse teams. How having space to experiment, innovate, and collaborate leads to a stronger team. The importance of making people feel trusted and empowered at work. The lesson she is learning about letting go and giving employees the space to shine. Why it is important to tap into what makes someone unique and celebrate that. How she cultivates and maintains her groundedness as a leader. How her natural curiosity helps keep her grounded when things go wrong. Her insights on what it takes to inspire, support, and nurture the next generation of learners and employees in large organizations. How to equip people now for skills they will need in the future as the nature of work continues to change. The importance of creating a culture of learning. Success strategies for building a career inside a large company. The most important shift she made to move from having an impact one-on-one or in small groups to creating impact at scale.     Gina Jeneroux’s 3 Steps to Harness the Power of Stories:   Focus on the audience. Identify what success looks like in every situation. Think about the story you need to tell that links the audience to that success.     Fierce Leadership Quotes:   “I think that if you’ve had a really eclectic background and you’re always jumping in to work with people who have very different backgrounds from you, it means that you’re actually coming to better solutions and you’re thinking about things differently. And I think it shakes things up in a really positive, healthy way.” - Gina Jeneroux “Curiosity helps you be a little bit more grounded and a little bit more zen about the things that will work out phenomenally and the things that won’t.” - Gina Jeneroux “It’s not just about learning for their job or learning for their career, but even encouraging them to learn for their passions because I think passion is really critical in how you’re able to engage with people.” - Gina Jeneroux     Connect with Gina Jeneroux:   BMO Financial Group LinkedIn Twitter       Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!   Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!   Triple Down on Your Personal Brand Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!   Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop! Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization. Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!   Dial-Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018       Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!     Love the show? Let us know! Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton! What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!    And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness… Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team! Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.  

Do you feel stuck in your career? Perhaps you feel like you’re not advancing as quickly as you’d like; that you could do more – advance more – in your professional life, but are unsure of what you need to do to get there.  So, how do you find ways to get out of your professional rut? What can you do to ramp up your career; to take the steps to achieve the next level of success?  Today, I want to share with you three powerful ways you can overcome your professional rut, advance your career, and pave the way to the next success path.    Experiencing a career rut is very common. The challenge, of course, is that it can feel really lonely and you’re not sure how to boost yourself out of it.”    Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:  What is a high-impact initiative?  Why is it important to continually invest in your professional skills?  How building relationships and asking insightful questions can help you build your network and gain valuable insight.    3 Breakout Career Moves to Overcome Career Ruts:  Take on a high-impact initiative.  Upgrade your skills.  Engage in “minute mentoring.”        Love the show? Let us know!    Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!       What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!           And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…       Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!       Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.             A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors   This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal.  

It’s easy to get caught up in daily tasks and neglect the goals we have set for ourselves. Sometimes fear or uncertainty cause us to procrastinate, and we need to shift our mindset to stay on track. Sometimes we lack the accountability we need to meet our goals. Whatever the reason we lose focus, there are strategies we can implement to realign ourselves with our goals and retrain our focus on the important work instead of the busy work. Keep Reading >> In today’s episode, I share five strategies I have consistently used to stay focused on my goals. I explain how I combine mindset work with organization to achieve the best results. I describe the benefits of continuous learning and how having a coach for accountability has helped propel my business forward. I also explain how vital it is to build a team who you can outsource your decisions to preserve your willpower.   “If you set concrete goals and never look at them again, your chances and the likelihood of you reaching those goals goes down.” - Eleanor Beaton   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: Strategies to help you stay focused and on track. The importance of reviewing your goals on a regular basis. My system for setting, reviewing, and completing goals. Why I prioritize internally generated deadlines over externally generated deadlines. Why I recommend starting a regular meditation practice. The importance of building both a professional and personal team. What it means to outsource your willpower. The importance of continuing to read and learn. The benefits of having a coach.   5 Strategies to Stay Focused: Set yearly goals and review them two to three times a week. Meditate. Build a team. Reading and learning. Work with a coach. Resources Mentioned: Headspace Fierce Leadership Quotes: “If you set those goals and simply review them regularly you begin to operate in alignment almost unconsciously.” - Eleanor Beaton “Meditation is a powerful practice that teaches you so much about how to stay focused.” - Eleanor Beaton “One of the most important things you can do to be able to stay focused on your goals is to find a way to outsource the willpower required to do them.” - Eleanor Beaton     Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!   Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!   Triple Down on Your Personal Brand Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!   Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop! Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization. Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!   Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018       Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!     Love the show? Let us know! Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton! What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!    And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness… Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team! Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover. Join the conversation over at Facebook.com/StoryIsPower or send me an email at Eleanor@EleanorBeaton.com to let me know what your tips for staying on track are! It’s easy to get caught up in daily tasks and neglect the goals we have set for ourselves. Sometimes fear or uncertainty cause us to procrastinate, and we need to shift our mindset to stay on track. Sometimes we lack the accountability we need to meet our goals. Whatever the reason we lose focus, there are strategies we can implement to realign ourselves with our goals and retrain our focus on the important work instead of the busy work. In today’s episode, I share five strategies I have consistently used to stay focused on my goals. I explain how I combine mindset work with organization to achieve the best results. I describe the benefits of continuous learning and how having a coach for accountability has helped propel my business forward. I also explain how vital it is to build a team who you can outsource your decisions to preserve your willpower.   “If you set concrete goals and never look at them again, your chances and the likelihood of you reaching those goals goes down.” - Eleanor Beaton   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: Strategies to help you stay focused and on track. The importance of reviewing your goals on a regular basis. My system for setting, reviewing, and completing goals. Why I prioritize internally generated deadlines over externally generated deadlines. Why I recommend starting a regular meditation practice. The importance of building both a professional and personal team. What it means to outsource your willpower. The importance of continuing to read and learn. The benefits of having a coach.   5 Strategies to Stay Focused: Set yearly goals and review them two to three times a week. Meditate. Build a team. Reading and learning. Work with a coach. Resources Mentioned: Headspace Fierce Leadership Quotes: “If you set those goals and simply review them regularly you begin to operate in alignment almost unconsciously.” - Eleanor Beaton “Meditation is a powerful practice that teaches you so much about how to stay focused.” - Eleanor Beaton “One of the most important things you can do to be able to stay focused on your goals is to find a way to outsource the willpower required to do them.” - Eleanor Beaton     Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!   Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!   Triple Down on Your Personal Brand Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!   Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop! Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization. Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!   Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018       Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!     Love the show? Let us know! Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton! What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!    And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness… Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team! Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover. Join the conversation over at Facebook.com/StoryIsPower or send me an email at Eleanor@EleanorBeaton.com to let me know what your tips for staying on track are!  

When an opportunity comes knocking on your door what do you do? Do you weigh the pros and cons of accepting that new position or working on that new project? Or do you immediately say ‘Sure, I’ll try that!’ My guest today has worked her way up through the leadership ranks throughout her career by never turning down a challenge. Christine Nigro, Vice-Chairwoman of AXA Advisors, LLC and Managing Director for AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company based in New York, joins me today to give you powerful advice on climbing the leadership ladder toward career success.

Tiffani Bova is a sales strategist, speaker, and the Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. She was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in California in 2014 and Inc. Magazine recognized her as one of the 37 Sales Experts You Need to Follow on Twitter. She is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, has recently published the book, Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business, and is the host of the What’s Next! podcast.  

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Today’s episode was inspired by you – my wonderfully fierce feminine leaders listening to this podcast each week. In a recent survey, you asked me to share more tips on how to build and project confidence as well as overcome fears and obstacles you are dealing with in your career.  Keep Reading >> Are you ready to take the leap and uplevel your career? Apply for our free monthly Power Hour coaching session!  Are you a Fierce Feminine Leader, ready to uplevel their career and take the path less traveled but are feeling stuck? Do you seek personal, one-on-one mentoring to help you jumpstart your career to help you make the journey to becoming a fierce leader? Then, I want to speak with you!  Each month, I offer a complimentary Feminine Leadership Discovery Power Hour Session to my tribe, to help them step into their power, find their ‘power leaks’, and level up in their careers through personalized, one-on-one coaching sessions.   Visit www.eleanorbeaton.com/discover and apply today to reserve your session to help you get clear on your vision, set the right career goals, and discover what your next big move should be to achieve the success you deserve! Spots are limited, so ACT FAST! 

Have you ever experienced sitting in a boardroom with a fantastic idea in your head that is later voiced out by somebody else who ends up getting all the credit for that clever idea? This scenario is only one of the many situations that can happen when you, a potential influencer, hesitated to trust your instinct and doubted yourself “just because.”

Emma Weston is a lawyer, farmer, mentor, and co-founder of the technology start-up AgriDigital. She was recently named one of Australia’s Top 25 FinTech Influencers, Female FinTech Leader of the Year, and Emerging FinTech Leader of the Year for 2017 by FinTech Australia. In addition to her work as a mentor for female technology entrepreneurs, she also serves as a non-executive director of the Australian Digital Commerce Association and FinTech Australia. Keep Reading >>   On today’s episode, Emma explains why domain knowledge is as necessary as technical knowledge for entrepreneurs in the technology space and how valuable it has been for her to surround herself with mentors and advisors who can fill in the gaps in her knowledge. She shares practical advice for entrepreneurs and start-ups on building a company to scale and tips on creating and delivering a winning pitch. She also shares the organizational strategies she uses when tackling big projects with her team.   “Although technology is what can unlock the solution, it is actually the domain knowledge that helps us define what the problem is in the first place.” - Emma Weston   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast:   What being a farmer has taught her about being an entrepreneur. How domain knowledge helps to define the problem that technology can help solve. What AgriDigital does and how it uses blockchain. The importance of confidently asking questions and learning when working in an unfamiliar space. How it is possible to build a business in a domain that you do not have a background in. The lessons she has learned about entrepreneurship and leadership while building her business. The benefits of working with a diverse team whose members complement each other’s skills and knowledge. Advice for other startups trying to build a company to solve a worldly problem. The importance of finding a balance between ideas and execution on a team or in a partnership. Why she believes technology companies should be more open about what they are creating. Her top organizational tips for tackling big projects. Why she recommends tapping into team members’ personal motivations before starting a project. The importance of noticing when you are not performing at your personal best. The most common challenges faced by the entrepreneurs she mentors. How women entrepreneurs’ need to be an expert holds them back. The hallmarks of going from a start-up to an early stage growth company and how leaders should prepare themselves for scalability.   Emma Weston’s Tips for a Successful Pitch:   Keep it simple. Practice.   Fierce Leadership Quotes:   “I want people to tell me when I’m not being as effective as they’ve seen me be in the past so I can take corrective action.” - Emma Weston “When crafting a pitch, what really resonates a lot more, quite often is a story that illustrates rather than trying to just explain. I think that going for whatever is simple is what’s needed in the pitching environment.” - Emma Weston “As women, we sometimes set a standard that is frankly too high. It’s just unattainable, and that holds us back.” - Emma Weston   Connect with Emma Weston:   AgriDigital LinkedIn   Reserve Your Spot for Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs Webinar   Would you like to revitalize your sales and become a more confident leader? Join me on Thursday, July 26 for the powerful hour-long webinar, Power Up: The New Rules of Growth for Women Entrepreneurs. I will be diving into surprising but practical strategies that I have seen women entrepreneurs use to advance their business. You will learn about the difference in habits between women who are able to grow their businesses and women who are stuck in a cycle of underachievement.   Power up your professional growth by visiting EleanorBeaton.com/Growth to reserve your spot today!   Join the Exclusive Incubator Program!   Are you ready to build, leverage, and scale your business to the next level? Ready to maximize your leadership skills and grow your business to 7-figures and beyond? Join our Incubator Program - the 12-month high-octane program that blends leadership strategy, accountability, and business building support to help you propel your business to the next level and increase your earning power. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com to learn more about The Incubator Program and submit your application today!   Triple Down on Your Personal Brand Are you ready to grow your business, increase your impact, and build a powerhouse personal brand? Learn how to build a powerhouse personal brand that can help you open new doors of opportunities for your business and career. Grab our free whitepaper: 7 Unconventional Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand. Head over to EleanorBeaton.com/Brand to grab your copy of this powerful whitepaper and begin your journey to impact the world!   Grab Your Ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop! Are you ready to ramp up your leadership skills, have more confidence in your instincts, cope with criticism and lead with conviction? Are you ready to unleash your inner-CEO and authentically position yourself in a category of ONE? Join me in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4 for the Power. Presence. Position. Workshop - the 3-day workshop designed to help you up-level your power, presence, and position within your business or organization. Grab your ticket to the Power. Presence. Position. 3-Day Workshop today!   Dial Up Your Impact, Influence, and Income in 2018       Are you ready to take your leadership and influence to the next level in 2018? Join the Impact & Influence Leadership Lab for Women with Eleanor Beaton – the world’s premier leadership training and implementation program designed specifically for female leaders! This is an 8-week mentoring program for professional, ambitious women in business who are ready to take their leadership skills to the next level and truly step into their power. Visit the Leadership Lab for Women website to see all of the amazing content, tools, and services you will receive by registering today to claim your seat at the table!     Love the show? Let us know! Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton! What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!    And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness… Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team! Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/discover.    

Welcome back, my fierce tribe! Today, I want to ask you: Are you too impatient? When you sit down and plan out your 30, 60, or 90 plan, do you become too impatient about seeing results quickly? Do you sometimes feel like your impatience interferes with your success or overall sense of happiness?