Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs

All of us have dreams. Some dream of pursuing their dream career or profession while others dream of making a great name for themselves in business. Whichever dream you might have, one thing is for certain: You have to invest in yourself and trust me when I say your future self will thank you if you start now.

According to research, over half of today’s workforce is made up of women professionals, but far less have achieved their goals of landing a top position within their company. Statistics show that by mid-career, these powerful women with leadership potential lose their desire to reach the top midway in their careers. Keep Reading >> ELEANOR BEATON PODCAST EPISODE 14 Click Here For The 7 Critical Career Competencies In this episode, I am going to share with you the top three career derailers that are the most common reasons for great, aspiring women to lose their desire and confidence in landing that top spot. Broaden Your Career Focus Women tend to specialize in specific roles within their company. Specializing in a particular field can all too often limit your chances for successfully landing a top position or becoming the company’s next CEO. Ladies, if you want to become an influential woman leader, you need to learn and appreciate how your organization works as a whole, and to do that, you need to start making lateral moves into unknown territory. Until you learn how your company works as an entity, you won’t be able to lead it. Become a ‘People Person’ – Learn How to Work with People You Don’t Like Being a “people person” does not mean that everyone has to like you – or that you have to like everyone. It means that you have successfully mastered the art of communicating and working with people whose personalities may conflict with your own. Mastering this skill is an incredibly important attribute to have when you are trying to land a top seat in your company or organization. After all, you don’t think Sheryl Sandberg likes everyone she ever worked with at Facebook and Google, do you? Of course not, but by learning how to build solid working relationships with people, it enabled her to become a top women leader. Take Smart Risks Being a CEO often involves taking smart risks. If you want to be a CEO of your company, you need to learn how to get out of your comfort zone and make the decision to take a smart risk. Ask for tough assignments, even if they are only short-term projects. Raise your hand at the next meeting and allow your voice and opinions to be heard. Volunteer new ideas to your boss and ask for new and different roles in the company. Some new positions may require you to accept a demotion, but that’s okay! It will only help your career in the long-run. There are too many women in the workforce playing it safe at work. If you want to be CEO, you cannot be one of them. Get the courage to speak up, take risks, and lead your career YOUR way. Only you have control over the direction of your career. It’s time to get the courage you need to take action and be the Fierce Feminine Leader we all know you can be! If you’d like to learn more about the top 7 career competencies for women CEOs, feel free to click the link below and enter your email address, so we know where to send the checklist on the critical skill sets women need to obtain the top spot in their company. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to our channel so you never miss a single episode of the Fierce Feminine Leadership show! Until next time… Stay Fierce!    

My guest today is a quintessential powerhouse female business leader in the finance and trading industry, Aine O’Flynn. Aine is the Global Head of Equity Products for our amazing sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal. She is responsible for the global research, sales, trading, and derivatives for the company. Aine has a unique and interesting background. Following the birth of her second child, she decided to take a 2-and-a-half-year break from her career to focus on her children. When she decided to return to work, she made it her mission to make a strong comeback, hit the ground running, and build the powerful career she dreamed of. Keep Reading >> She joins me today to share the story of how she moved from being a technical expert in her business and into the world of sales. She also shares how she found well-connected, influential sponsors inside her organization and how she cultivated those relationships.   “When you come back, you have to be all in.” – Aine O’Flynn   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: The most significant turning point that has helped shaped her as a leader The importance of taking risks in your career How to handle customer questions that you may not know the answer to How to secure powerful sponsors How to make a powerful career comeback after taking a sabbatical The biggest challenges and opportunities in her career How to advocate for yourself and lead authentically   Aine O’Flynn’s Top 5 Success Tips: Work hard Advocate for yourself Take risks Don’t be afraid to fail Be honest   Resources Mentioned in This Episode: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D.     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 – The Bank for Women.                                                 Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!        

Do you dream of writing a book? Becoming a published author is a great way to step into your power and position yourself as an expert in your field. My guest today is Joanna Penn, an international professional speaker, published author, and an award-winning entrepreneur who has published over 20 fiction and non-fiction books, selling over half a million copies worldwide. She has been named as a new York Times and USA Today bestselling author and voted by The Guardian newspaper as one of the Top 100 Creative Professionals in 2013. Additionally, Joanna runs a small press company with her husband.

We all know that feedback is vitally important to our growth as entrepreneurs. Without feedback, how would we know what areas of our business and the way we lead our teams need to be improved upon? Sometimes, though, feedback can be hard to accept. Sometimes, well-intentioned people in our lives give us feedback that may not be helpful in advancing us toward the next level of success we want to achieve in our lives, businesses, or careers. On today’s episode, I’m sharing 5 powerful tips on getting the candid feedback you need to advance in your business and career. I’m also sharing a few key strategies that I use to help me decipher whether a piece of feedback that I receive is truly feedback or merely a statement of judgement as well as how I handle the judgmental “haters” that provide unconstructive feedback.   “Attitude, moodiness, and defensiveness are the surest ways to have people stop bringing you feedback and begin writing you off.”   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: The relationship between gender bias and the lack of feedback among female professionals Getting used to receiving and asking for blunt, harsh feedback How to identify and handle unconstructive criticism   3 Ways to Handle Unconstructive Criticism: Remember Oprah’s phrase: “People will support you until you exceed their expectations of you.” Allow yourself to get angry. It’s okay to rant and vent a little! Identify if there is a lesson you can take from the feedback. If so, take the lesson. If not, discard the feedback and move on.   Mentioned in This Episode: Episode 181 The $1.5 Billion Woman Cindy Whitehead on Being Unapologetically Pink     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 – The Bank for Women.                                                 Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!       

Cindy Whitehead is a powerhouse serial entrepreneur, speaker, and a highly-regarded women’s health advocate. She has been called a “tireless force of nature” by Fortune and over the last 10 years, she has successfully sold two businesses for over $1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Her success story has been featured in The New York Times, The Associated Press, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg.

Rosetta Thurman is the founder of Happy Black Woman, a 500,000-woman strong tribe where she teaches women – particularly black women – how to step into their power, feel empowered, and live their best lives through personal development and entrepreneurship. In as little as 7 years, she quit her job as the executive director of a non-profit organization, start a successful blog, build her massive tribe, and create a 7-figure business. Keep Reading >> Today, Rosetta takes us behind the scenes on how she built her massive tribe. She explains how she learned how to protect her time and exert her boundaries while consistently staying in pursuit of her goals, dreams, and aspirations. She shares why she feels staying true to herself and her authenticity as a black woman has helped her connect and inspire so many women around the world, leading them on their successful journey to creating and building the life they deserve.   “Nobody has a right to disrupt your energy. It’s a choice you make.” – Rosetta Thurman   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: How she built her tribe by staying authentic and true to herself The commitment she made to allow herself quiet time to reflect The balancing act between serving the world without neglecting yourself Her journey of releasing her limiting beliefs How being motivated by her own desires instead of other people’s fears have helped her open new doors of opportunity How she uses her Manifestation Journal as an affirmation technique to achieving her goals The most common limiting belief shared among women How releasing limiting beliefs and stepping into your power can impact your mindset and help you achieve your goals   Connect with Rosetta Thurman: Happy Black Woman       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 – The Bank for Women.                                             Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!         

Every day, we hear from women with incredible dreams. Dreams of achieving big things, big goals. Dreams of making an impact and connecting with thousands of people. The dream of doing more and making an impact on the world around you is a huge endeavor!

Powerful women leaders understand that the single most important thing they can do to up level their careers, businesses and lives is to focus on getting RESULTS. In this episode, Eleanor Beaton shows you one powerful concept you can use each day to radically improve your RESULTS. Keep Reading >> Click Here to download the Day Planner

As 2016 comes to a close, many fierce feminine leaders are starting to envision and plan what they want to accomplish in the upcoming year. Developing a strategy and action plan each year is a critical step to propelling your business forward, maintaining your already achieved momentum, and clearing a path so you can find your seat at the big tables.