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SisterSmart Leadership

SisterSmart Leadership

Written by: Jill Avey
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 Are you a woman in leadership who is tired of feeling stuck in your career? Like your work isn’t getting the recognition it deserves? Like your voice doesn’t have the influence it needs to contribute to better solutions? Like no matter what you do, you can’t get promoted? While these challenges don’t discriminate against gender, women need different solutions to overcome them. It’s not enough for women to simply get leadership training and career advice. They need to learn how to lead with their feminine energy and use it as their biggest advantage. On this show, career success coach Jill Avey and her guests explore how women can rise from director to vice president and beyond by fully leaning into their feminine energy as their biggest advantage. In each episode, you’ll understand how women need to lead differently and how by doing so, women leaders gain influence and respect among their colleagues, restore balance to their role, and receive the recognition and promotions they deserve. Each episode will highlight real-life stories, offer practical advice, and the science of feminine leadership so you can see how women are rising up as far as they want to go, without playing by the old rules that built these male-dominated industries and systems. It took Jill 10 years to get promoted from director to vice president. She’s here to extend her hand to other women leaders to move past that rung of the ladder in months — or even weeks — instead of years — so we can create more gender balance within leadership positions and feel the effects of women’s influence on the world. Jill is the founder of SisterSmart where she offers group and private coaching to help her clients find deep fulfillment in their careers, both personally and financially. You can learn more at sistersmart.comCopyright 2024 Jill Avey Careers Economics Personal Success Self-Help Success
Episodes
  • 37: Rising Up & Creating More Gender Balance in Male-Dominated Industries with Sumi Singh of Microsoft

    37: Rising Up & Creating More Gender Balance in Male-Dominated Industries with Sumi Singh of Microsoft
    Aug 15 2024

    How can we change the gender balance in traditionally male dominated fields?

    The tech industry is one that's been known to be male dominated. I have a lot of clients in the tech industry, and some of them feel very daunted by this problem, often wondering if they'll ever get a chance to get the recognition they deserve.

    So I'm so excited to have this conversation with a leader in tech that's been a change agent in this way, and to learn more about what's happened to help her be more successful in her career.



    01:41 — What Sumi did to bring more gender balance to the leadership team at Microsoft

    09:59 — The role Sumi’s network has played in her ability to develop a high-performing team

    12:32 — How she has navigated to senior leadership levels in a competitive industry

    16:20 — The biggest changes she’s had to navigate to succeed in a senior leadership role



    👋 CONNECT WITH SUMI

    Sumi Singh is a Corporate Vice President in the Collaborative, Applications & Platforms organization. She has over 25 years of experience as an engineer, leader, and customer advocate. She is known for creating a culture of inclusion and building resilient teams where people are able to do their best work and operates with a growth mindset. Her team is focused on delivering Microsoft Teams, the hub for collaboration in Microsoft 365 that connects people, content, and tools they need to be more engaged and effective everywhere.


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    Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

    A replay will be available for those that register! https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOsrDItGdHchQv1BXFozsGRUjL74xlK#/registration


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    🌟FREE MASTERCLASS: From Director to VP: 4 Shifts Women Need to Get Promoted

    https://sistersmart.com/sil-watch


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    ✈️FREE PASSPORT TO PROMOTION PRIVATE PODCAST: 7 STEPS TO GET PROMOTED FROM DIRECTOR TO VP

    Get access to the Passport to Promotion Private Podcast


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    👩‍💻APPLY FOR THE SISTERS IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

    An 12-month coaching program for women leaders who want to rise up and fulfill their career potential and get promoted from director to VP

    Join Sisters in Leadership to Get Promoted to VP


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    💻EXPLORE OUR LEADERSHIP COURSES

    We offer a few leadership courses for you to begin sharpening your skills from meeting management to executive presence and productivity.

    Sign Up for a Leadership Course


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    👋 CONNECT WITH JILL

    🌐 Website: https://sistersmart.com/

    🎥 YouTube: https://linktw.in/uWD3ko

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

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    26 mins
  • 36: How Leaders Network Without Being a “Taker”

    36: How Leaders Network Without Being a “Taker”
    Aug 8 2024

    Mid-career women often have an allergic reaction to how to build their network.

    They don't want to feel cheesy, sleazy, or like they're only out for themselves. They've seen others doing this and they don't want to be perceived in the same way.


    But the problem with this is it holds them back in their careers because your network is more important the higher your rise.


    In this episode, Jill shares how you can balance giving and taking so you can build a strategic network with people you enjoy spending time with. She’ll share how she’s created a reputation as someone people can count on and who they turn to when they need an expert.


    So if you've been resisting the whole idea of networking or feel lost on how to do it in a way that doesn’t just feel like you’re taking, taking, taking, this episode's for you!


    Tune in to hear:


    01:48 — Givers vs. Takers: How to find the right balance when networking

    02:50 — What to do when it feels like you don’t have anything to offer others

    09:26 — Who you want to focus on networking with


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    Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

    A replay will be available for those that register! https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOsrDItGdHchQv1BXFozsGRUjL74xlK#/registration


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    🌟FREE MASTERCLASS: From Director to VP: 4 Shifts Women Need to Get Promoted

    https://sistersmart.com/sil-watch


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    ✈️FREE PASSPORT TO PROMOTION PRIVATE PODCAST: 7 STEPS TO GET PROMOTED FROM DIRECTOR TO VP

    Get access to the Passport to Promotion Private Podcast


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    👩‍💻APPLY FOR THE SISTERS IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

    An 12-month coaching program for women leaders who want to rise up and fulfill their career potential and get promoted from director to VP

    Join Sisters in Leadership to Get Promoted to VP


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    💻EXPLORE OUR LEADERSHIP COURSES

    We offer a few leadership courses for you to begin sharpening your skills from meeting management to executive presence and productivity.

    Sign Up for a Leadership Course


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    👋 CONNECT WITH JILL

    🌐 Website: https://sistersmart.com/

    🎥 YouTube: https://linktw.in/uWD3ko

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

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    14 mins
  • 35: Handling Challenges as a Leader Without Getting Caught Up in Mind Drama with Wendy

    35: Handling Challenges as a Leader Without Getting Caught Up in Mind Drama with Wendy
    Aug 1 2024

    You’ve likely heard the saying, “you can’t control the situation, but you can control how you react to the situation.”

    That can be easier said than done, but that’s exactly the skill great leaders are able to develop.


    Our client, Wendy, was initially a little resistant to the mindset work, but when she was laid off from a role she didn’t enjoy, she used that time to reflect on her unique strengths and skills that helped her land the new role she’s in now.


    As she transitioned into the new role, she focused on three mindsets that have helped her not only succeed in her role even when there’s conflict and challenges, but also enjoy it because her emotional response is much more balanced.


    If you find yourself feeling frustrated by challenges or situations in your role, tune in to hear the mindsets Wendy has developed and how they’ve supported her!


    02:20 — The mindset shift Wendy had after losing her job that helped her turn a setback into an opportunity to create a career she loves

    10:28 — The importance of choosing an aligned coaching program so you’re surrounded the right types of leader to build your network

    12:48 — One of the most important things you need to embrace if you want to evolve as a leader

    15:49 — How practicing this one skill with yourself supports you in leading others more effectively



    👋 GET TO KNOW WENDY

    Wendy is a Creative Director who loves to build brands by listening to what is needed and building a strong foundation on which to develop a design system. She’s led and worked with cross-functional teams to launch and implement brands across all digital, print, social and video channels. Wendy is an engaged and enthusiastic leader unifying teams to work together through collaboration.


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    Register for the Free Executive Presence for Women Masterclass: The 3 keys to Increase Authority and Influence, happening live on Thursday, August 8 at 12 PST.

    A replay will be available for those that register! https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOsrDItGdHchQv1BXFozsGRUjL74xlK#/registration


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    🌟FREE MASTERCLASS: From Director to VP: 4 Shifts Women Need to Get Promoted

    https://sistersmart.com/sil-watch


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    ✈️FREE PASSPORT TO PROMOTION PRIVATE PODCAST: 7 STEPS TO GET PROMOTED FROM DIRECTOR TO VP

    Get access to the Passport to Promotion Private Podcast


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    👩‍💻APPLY FOR THE SISTERS IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

    An 12-month coaching program for women leaders who want to rise up and fulfill their career potential and get promoted from director to VP

    Join Sisters in Leadership to Get Promoted to VP


    —


    💻EXPLORE OUR LEADERSHIP COURSES

    We offer a few leadership courses for you to begin sharpening your skills from meeting management to executive presence and productivity.

    Sign Up for a Leadership Course


    —


    👋 CONNECT WITH JILL

    🌐 Website: https://sistersmart.com/

    🎥 YouTube: https://linktw.in/uWD3ko

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

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    31 mins
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