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Ep #219: The Problem with Corporate VIPs and How to Become an MVP Instead

Are you on the path to becoming an MVP or a VIP at your organization? The difference may seem small, but focusing on the wrong path can create huge problems in your career. VIPs are the high-level leaders you may be looking up to at your organization right now. They have power and influence and they’re often respected and even revered. But here’s the problem: As you advance to higher levels of leadership...you may come to realize that you don’t actually like them. And when this happens – when you realize many of the VIPs you admired are actually total a-holes who don’t stand for anything as a leader – this can be incredibly demotivating for you and your career. But in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m going to help you bypass this problem completely by showing you another path. I’ll show you how focusing on being an MVP – NOT a VIP – will help you achieve everything you admire about VIPs (the title, pay, recognition, and voice) while also stepping into your authentic power and having a major impact as a leader.

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Re-release: How to Nail Executive-Level Job Interviews By Staying Curious

There is a powerful career tool I’ve been coaching my clients on for years that directly influences their ability to get promoted to executive leadership. But I’ve barely ever mentioned it on this podcast. And that something is: Curiosity. Or as I like to call it: The Curiosity Index. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m doing a deep dive into how you can use your curiosity to generate higher and higher levels of success AND create opportunities for yourself that you never even could imagine were possible before. This is Part 2 in my 3-Part Executive Interview series. In each episode, I am rereleasing carefully selected podcast episodes that will help you nail your next executive-level job interview and land the high-level leadership role you already deserve.

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Ep #215: The Gender Pay Gap and Why It's Time for a New Conversation

The current discourse around the gender pay gap and how we’re going to fix it is in desperate need of an overhaul. Telling women to create boundaries, have a better work-life balance, and delegate their work is actually pretty useless unless we’re also giving women a practical, step-by-step guide for what it’s really going to take to advance themselves to higher levels of leadership. Here’s the thing: The corporate badasses I work with aren’t waiting for their bosses, their organizations, or society at large to change. They’re getting themselves promoted to positions of power and influence so they can create that change. If you’re sick of hearing the same boring and not-that-effective career advice…Or you’re just looking for real-world solutions for overcoming gender bias at work…This episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer is for you.

Unlock the missing piece in your leadership development. Take the quiz: www.ReadytoBePromoted.com

Ep #214: Become Your Boss's Favorite on Your Terms

If you want to be your boss’s successor, it can feel super demotivating when they have a favorite – and it isn’t you. On the other hand, it can also feel icky and super inauthentic to become your boss’s ‘yes’ person in the hopes of winning their favor and getting the promotion you want. But there’s a middle way. You can become your boss’s favorite on your terms, while also: building trust that you can lead at a higher level by including your boss in conversations the right way; proactively creating alignment with the entire executive team so you understand what really matters to your organization; and increasing your political savvy so you can disagree with your boss and still be heard. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’ll show you very specific tips and tools so you can set yourself up to become your boss’s successor and receive the promotion you already deserve.

Unlock the missing piece in your leadership development. Take the quiz: www.ReadytoBePromoted.com

Ep #210: Women in Politics with Mary Hayashi

Mary Hayashi is a former California State Assemblymember and the author of Women in Politics: Breaking Down the Barriers to Achieve True Representation. And in our interview together, she shares that 100% of the women she interviewed for her book were motivated to use their positions of power and influence to advocate for others and make the world a better place. Sounds familiar, right? I know you want the title, recognition, and $$$ you deserve. But I know you want to do that while having a big impact, bringing more kindness and empathy to executive leadership, and lifting up diverse voices at your organization and beyond. So if you’ve ever wondered how to use your power and influence to make your organization and the world a better place, or you just want some major insights and advice from a brilliant woman leader in politics…this episode is for you.

Unlock the missing piece in your leadership development. Take the quiz: www.ReadytoBePromoted.com

Ep #209: Reorgs and 5 Unexpected Ways to Use Them to Your Advantage

Reorgs suck. And they also offer incredible opportunities. But if your organization is going through massive layoffs…or your mentors and allies are all jumping ship…or that promotion you were promised just disappeared before your very eyes…I get that you may have a super hard time seeing – let alone acting on – these opportunities right now. So in an effort to help you get your career back on track OR help you be better prepared the next time a reorg comes around, I’m going to lay out some solutions that you’re probably not even aware of right now. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’ll show you 5 hidden and unexpected ways that you can use a reorg to your advantage and make massive progress in your career.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #208: Boost Your Value at Work Using These 3 Steps

You deserve to be rewarded highly for the value you bring to your organization. But…the leaders at your organization might not see things that way. Super frustrating, right? Here’s the good news: You have control over how you’re valued at work. And you don’t need a new job or to work even harder to receive the voice, influence, $$$, and title you deserve. There are small shifts you can make to completely change how you are valued. And in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I'm giving you 3 things you can do to increase your perceived value at your organization so you can make more money, get higher titles, and make a bigger impact as a result. You create incredible value at your organization and you deserve so much more in return.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #203: Driving Change Through Community with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

If you’re the type of corporate badass who’s ready to move the needle for your organization while also creating far-reaching, important and positive change for your company and the world…then you need to listen to this super inspiring conversation with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis. Marielena is the President of the Community College of Denver, and in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, she shares how you can use the power of community to drive major change for yourself and others. Meaning: The community of leaders who are going to support you to show up as your authentic, badass self…and the community of people you are going to support once you’re able to have the impact you’ve always dreamed of making.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #200: Celebrating My Nonlinear Career Path

Welcome to the 200th episode of Women Changing Leadership!!!! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 In celebration of this major milestone, I want to talk about the power of nonlinear career paths. I want to celebrate and share my own nonlinear career path from working as an improv performer in New York City to becoming a Promotion Strategist, Executive Coach and podcast host helping badass women leaders get promoted to the executive suite. And I also want to celebrate your nonlinear career path as well. Because, if you’re like most corporate badasses I work with, you didn’t dream of advancing to the executive suite at the start of your career, right? And this is why the executive suite can feel so out of reach sometimes.  Not because you’re not qualified (you 100% are)...but because you just don’t identify as an executive leader. Yet. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m sharing the three pivotal points in my career and life that helped me become who I am today so you can learn from them as well and apply these lessons to your career.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #199: Build Your Wealth with Tess Waresmith

You’re probably going to be doing fine financially when you retire, right? But…what possibilities would open up for you if you were expanding your wealth outside of work? How would this change your ability to retire early, leave a toxic job, take a break from the workforce, or spend more time with your kids? Sounds good, right? I’ve invited Tess Waresmith onto this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer to show you how. Tess is a financial coach who went from losing 80K in bad investments in her twenties…to building her network to 1 million as a single 35-year-old woman. And in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, Tess shares the super simple investing strategies you can use to create more abundance and freedom in your life.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #198: The Secret to Career Happiness

Big, exciting changes in your career can bring a whole bunch of happiness into your life…temporarily. You’ve experienced this cycle before. Over time, we go from being incredibly happy about a new role, a new organization, a new team…only for the work to eventually feel like, well…work. Here’s the problem: Working for an organization is never going to be enough to create long-term, meaningful happiness for you. So what will? Teaching. But not necessarily in the way you’d expect. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m going to show you how sharing what you're currently learning, the challenges you've overcome, and the leadership principles you stand for will help you create lasting happiness for yourself.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #197: How to Create More Meaning in Your Career

Let’s be real. Even when we’re showing up as our most strategic, powerful, corporate badass selves…our work can still feel a little empty sometimes, right? I’ve had women come to one of my coaching calls in tears because they just realized they’ve  spent years pouring their heart and soul into a career they didn’t love…only to be completely thriving and fulfilled a few months later. The difference? Meaning and purpose. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer,  I’ll share two ways my clients and I have created a tremendous amount of meaning and purpose in our careers.

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #195: How 4 Corporate Badasses Created Magical Promotions

As part of 2023’s Summer of Magic, I’ve been on a mission to celebrate 108 corporate badass women leaders both inside my community – and out – who used their career magic to make big promotions happen for themselves this summer. That same career magic is available to YOU. And I’ve brought together 4 amazing leaders to show you how to use it.  In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, you’ll hear from Kathryn Pitcher (Director of Compliance Programs); Sandra Mohr (Dean of Digital Learning and Instruction); Brandy Giannetta (Director in Renewable Energy); and Nicole Durga (Regional Outcomes Director).

Are you ready to be promoted?  Take this free quiz and find out.  You could be closer than you think (or not).

Ep #186: Tap into Your Leadership Magic to Create Unimaginable Career Results

Have you experienced 🔮 magical results ✨ in your career and life? I have. There are times when I have created life-changing, seemingly-out-of-nowhere opportunities for myself – as if by magic. And…I’ve also spent about 90% of my life trying to recreate those magical moments and failing. But I’ve doubled down on my magic over the last six months and here’s what I’ve learned: Magic is all around you, you just need to learn to use it on purpose. And once you learn how to harness your magic, you’re going to experience more prosperity, more promotions, more inclusion in the conversation, and more ‘oh my god, you won’t believe this Stacy’ moments in your career AND life. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’ll show you 3 very specific tools so you can let your unique leadership magic work for you this summer.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #185: Building Allies at Work NEVER Gets Easier (and That's a Good Thing)

Most of the steps inside my executive promotion process will literally transform who you are as a person. You learn the steps I teach, you implement them for a while, and within a short period of time, you are effortlessly thinking, communicating, and operating at an entirely different level of leadership. But there is one step in particular that you can never just set and forget. Over the course of your career, you are going to have to revisit this process over and over (and over) again. And that step is: Building allies. Building allies is the only part of my promotion process that never gets easier – which is also the exact reason why it works so well. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m going to show you ways to consistently stay on top of your ally-building toes so you can continue to enjoy major success over the entire lifetime of your career.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #184: How to Deal with a Less-Obvious Toxic Boss

When we talk about toxic bosses, we often imagine someone who is aggressive, dismissive, childish, or openly rude. But the toxic bosses I’m talking about in this episode are way more insidious and absolutely deadly when it comes to your career. They’re likely sliding under your radar because they’re not overt assholes and they probably aren’t being awful to you. They may even be masking their toxic behavior by being overly nice to you. These less-obvious toxic bosses are so dangerous because they’re manipulative and codependent  – and they may be blocking you from reaching your next level of leadership and you don’t even realize it. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’ll show you the corporate badass way of recognizing and dealing with these terrible bosses so you can get unstuck in your career.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #181: The Feminine Way to Become a Corporate Athlete

A lot of the concepts and action items we traditionally associate with becoming a corporate athlete are rooted in masculine ideals around leadership and high-performance. Many of the male leaders I’ve spoken with over the years describe their secrets to success as doing more. More meetings, more work, more highly productive morning routines. But there is a much more feminine approach to becoming a corporate athlete that is not only more effective, but also leads to less burnout, more career opportunities, and you’re going to feel inspired to commit to it every single day. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m breaking down the three things badass women leaders do differently so they can find major success at the executive level.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #180: Break the Burnout Cycle and Rediscover Your Greatness with Christy Rutherford

I will never teach you how to hustle your way to the executive suite. Look at it this way: If you focus solely on getting your next promotion – without taking care of yourself in all aspects of your life – you are going to arrive at the leadership table already burnt out and unable to make the impact you always dreamed of making. This is NOT my vision for you and your career. Which is exactly why I’m so excited to have Christy Rutherford on this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer. Christy was the 13th African American woman to achieve the rank of Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard and today she works as an executive coach who helps women get promoted using office politics and self-care. In this episode, we dive into how you can break free of the burnout cycle, re-discover the corporate badass woman you already are, and get the title and compensation you actually deserved all along.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #178: My Leadership Mission to Give Agency to All Women in Corporate

The vast majority of corporate women don’t have any agency at work because the corporate structure was literally set up to prevent us from having it. So if you feel like a corporate badass, yet you’re waiting for your next performance review to get promoted, you don’t have enough agency. Or if you’re worried to death about being laid off – or you fall into a deep despair when you are – you don’t have enough agency. A lack of agency is at the root of so much of the pain and suffering you may be experiencing in your career right now. But helping you reclaim your agency so you can find your voice and create a life and career that truly belongs to YOU is at the heart of every single thing I teach. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I reveal why agency is the key to unlocking every single thing you truly want from your career.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.

Ep #177: The Anger Episode with Angela Han

Anger is a dirty word in the corporate world, especially for women. You’ve probably experienced this firsthand. You showed up as the corporate badass you are, you really went for the promotion…and now you’re labeled as “too aggressive” or “too angry” to get promoted. But let’s get real. Executive leaders get mad. A lot. And learning how to deal with your anger is one of the skills that’s going to help you become an incredible, next-level executive leader. Which is exactly why I invited Angela Han onto this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer. Angela is an anger coach on a mission to help people find out what to do with their anger. And in this episode, we dive into why you need to stop suppressing your anger so it doesn’t boil over and blow up your career…and start making your anger work for you instead.

Join us inside my group coaching intensive, Executive Ahead of Time.