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the Working Mother’s Mentor
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Corporate & non-profit executives, entrepreneurs, NYT best-selling authors, and acclaimed experts share their secrets about how to:
» excel as leaders
» build awesome careers
» grow wildly successful businesses
» parent with skill and confidence
» ditch overwhelm and
» thrive
The conversations are personal, honest, funny, and full of practical tips, strategies, and advice you can start using today.
Finding your purpose, beating cancer, and bouncing back after divorce, with business leader and women’s empowerment coach Melisa Alaba: TWMM 056
Melisa Alaba is the founder and CEO of Eliza Mary Global Network (EMGN). A global organization that connects, educates and advocates for women of color in business. Melisa has helped thousands of women discover their purpose and rock their...
Teaching your kids good eating habits, using food as medicine, and having impact through social enterprises, with Jess White, SVP Good Measure Meals/Open Hand Atlanta: TWMM 055
Jess Parsons White is Senior Vice President, Good Measure Meals/Open Hand Atlanta. Jess has spent the past 8 years charting the course of Good Measure Meals, one of Atlanta’s most successful social enterprises. Good Measure Meals is “Atlanta’s...
Mastering your mindset will transform your life, with seasoned executive coach, David Taylor-Klaus: TWMM 054
David Taylor-Klaus brings three decades of experience as a successful serial entrepreneur spending the last decade as a coach for successful entrepreneurs and senior executives. Through coaching, David’s clients shift from leadership competency...
TV anchor, author and host of the How to Be a Financial Grownup Podcast, Bobbi Rebell on how to find financial freedom: TWMM 053
Bobbi Rebell is a Certified Financial Planner and host of the Financial Grownup podcast. The show features interviews with the top thought leaders in personal finance and other role models, sharing life-changing and inspiring money stories and...
How to leave your job in pursuit of your dreams, with When to Jump, Author, Founder and CEO Mike Lewis: TWMM 052
Mike Lewis is the Founder and CEO of When to Jump, a global community featuring the individuals, stories, and ideas relating to leaving something comfortable in order to pursue a passion. Launched in 2016, the platform has attracted millions of...
Building the confidence, courage, and mindset fundamental to making it to the C-Suite, with former CIO of Southern Company, Becky Blalock: TWMM 051
Author of the bestselling book DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge and a trailblazer to the C-suite, Becky Blalock is a sought after speaker, thought leader and champion of skill and relationship building...
Social media & influencer marketing expert, and CEO of Everywhere Agency, Danica Kombol on how to use social media to elevate your career or build your business: TWMM 050
Danica Kombol is the CEO of Everywhere Agency, a leading social media & influencer marketing firm that works with Fortune 500 companies to tell their stories online. She founded the blogger network Everywhere Society to power the agency’s...
Representation Project Former Chief Operating Officer, Heather Ainsworth, on making advances in gender equality, pursuing her passions, and creating a work life on her own terms: TWMM 049
Heather Ainsworth was until recently, the Chief Operating Officer, The Representation Project. Heather brought a twenty-year track record of bridging strategy to operations in purpose-driven organizations to her role as Chief Operating Officer...
Tai Beauchamp, internationally recognized style influencer, TV host, and entrepreneur, shares candidly on living life in the spotlight and wrestling with tough decisions: TWMM 048
Tai Beauchamp is an internationally recognized style influencer, media personality, TV host, and entrepreneur, who inspires women around the world to celebrate their inner and outer beauty. A publishing industry veteran, Tai’s expertise in...
How did she build a 7-figure business and land on the cover of Fortune magazine using skills from her life experience? Stacy Blackman tells us how: TWMM 047
Stacy earned her BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Following business school, she tapped into her flair for invention...
Is This A Mid-Life Crisis?: TWMM 046
Julie discusses the many questions you may be asking yourself about your life and career, and provides a heart-felt lesson on the power and wisdom of betting on yourself. Links to Resources Sign up to be notified when the...
John Lee Dumas, host of one of the most successful business podcasts of all time, Entrepreneurs on Fire, on leaving corporate, building a wildly successful business, and giving back: TWMM 045
John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, a massively influential and award-winning business podcast. He’s published over 2,000 interviews with incredible Entrepreneurs, including Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, Gary Vee, Barbara Corcoran,...
Executive Producer and Showrunner for Marvel’s Luke Cage, Cheo Hodari Coker, shares great advice about working in the entertainment industry, how he built his career, and juggling it all with a full family life: TWMM 044
CHEO HODARI COKER is the creator, executive producer, and showrunner of Marvel's Luke Cage. Coker, a Stanford graduate, (Class of 1994) started his career in journalism, writing entertainment profiles for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone,...
CEO of the Third-Largest Arts Center in the US, the Woodruff Arts Center, and founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Doug Shipman: TWMM 043
Doug Shipman is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodruff Arts Center, home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art. Mr. Shipman became the Arts Center CEO in July 2017, after serving as...
From CNN to entrepreneur, media maven Alicia Stewart on re-inventing yourself, finding your voice, and following your own path: TWMM 042
Alicia Stewart is a media entrepreneur who works with leaders on pitching, presence, and programming. She is the Founder/Editor CultureFit, a newsletter highlighting innovation through the lens of identity, culture, and spirit....
Chief Executive Officer of UnboundEd, Kate Gerson, on attachment parenting, adopting cross-racially, and creating education access for all: TWMM 041
Kate Gerson is the Chief Executive Officer of UnboundEd. Kate has driven the design and development of curriculum implementation and professional learning, trained transformational school leaders, and served as both a high school teacher and...
Building a career dedicated to impact, with the COO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, Heidi Brooks: TWMM 040
Heidi Brooks is Chief Operating Officer for the Schott Foundation for Public Education. She leads strategy, evaluation, finance and operations for this 25 year old public charity dedicated to educational justice nationally. She has eight years...
Everyone Should Be an Entrepreneur…or At Least Think Like One: TWMM 039
Sneak Peek Into What You'll Learn... 02:38 – Julie talks about an important skill that you can start using right now to help you to build the career or business you desire. 05:04 – Julie reveals how she used reverse...
Square CFO Sarah Friar with concrete advice on building a big career, being a great leader, and integrating your life: TWMM 038
Sarah Friar is Chief Financial Officer of Square (NYSE: SQ). Sarah joined Square in July 2012 from salesforce.com, where she served as SVP of Finance & Strategy. Prior to salesforce.com, Sarah worked at Goldman Sachs for over 10 years. She...
Do you have a goal or a dream you’d like to pursue? You may need to give yourself permission before you can move forward: TWMM 037
Sneak Peek Into What You'll Learn... 02:06 – Do you feel stuck or at a crossroads, unsure which way to turn? We explore why you may be feeling that way and what to do about it. 05:05 – Julie outlines six permission slips you...
