women changing leadership

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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Rerelease: How to Create a Workplace Where Everyone Can Belong with Minda Harts

In each episode, I have rereleased 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. While this final episode in the series isn’t specifically about interviewing, it does touch on one of the most important parts of my Executive Interview Strategy: Belonging. Because the best thing you can do when you walk into an executive-level interview is believe that you belong there. But really, truly believing you belong can be hard for women – especially for Women of Color. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I am bringing you an interview with the brilliant Minda Harts. Minda is a former corporate leader turned speaker, award-winning author, and all-around brilliant thought leader who is on a mission to improve racial equity in the workplace. In this episode, Minda and I discuss the trauma Women of Color often experience in the workplace, how corporate leaders can truly commit to racial equity and create a workplace that works for everyone, and more.

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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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Rerelease: 3 Advanced Interview Skills to Help You Land a Higher Leadership Role

Here’s a little-known truth about job interviews: The way you show up can completely transform – or totally stall – your career. I’m not talking about whether or not you land the role. I’m talking about whether or not you’re seen as an executive leader. Because the reality is: The way you show up to an interview can keep you trapped in a technical role…or set you up for the career of your dreams. A career where you’re seen as an executive leader who can solve problems, make powerful decisions, have a huge impact, and be a vital part of the conversation. For the next 3 episodes of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I am re-releasing carefully selected podcast episodes that will help you nail your next job interview and land the high-level leadership role you already deserve.

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Ep #217: Get Promoted Faster By Co-Writing Your Career Development Plan

Has your boss ever created a career development plan for you…and nothing really happened? Months or even years go by and you still don’t have the promotion or pay you want. Does this mean your boss doesn’t care about you? Nope. It just means that 1. It’s YOUR job to make your promotion happen, and 2. Relying on your boss to do all the work to get you promoted is usually a career dead end. So in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m going to show you how to create a super effective career development plan with your boss and I’m going to give you my step-by-step process for turning that plan into reality so you can fast track your next promotion.

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

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.

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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.

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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 #206: 4 Steps to Freeing Yourself from Toxic Relationships at Work

I love helping corporate badasses create beautiful, inspiring, and positive visions for the things they are going to accomplish and receive over the course of their careers. And because I have a glass-half-full approach to executive coaching, I usually avoid getting in the weeds about all the gross, negative, and frankly sh*tty things that can happen in the corporate world. But here’s the truth: Many women are dealing with a lot of toxic relationships at work. 90% of my coaching conversations with my clients include a difficult boss or an asshole coworker or just a negative situation that’s gotten totally out of control. So on this episode of Women Changing Leadership, I’m going to show you four ways to deal with toxic relationships at work so you can ditch the BS and get back to advancing yourself to your next level of leadership.

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

Ep #204: My Best Salary Negotiation Tips

You know you deserve more money, right? The gender pay gap is real. You’ve experienced it first hand. But what you may not know is how to actually go out and get it. Or you may be under the false belief that you need to leave your current company, or come armed with a laundry list of numbers and accomplishments to prove your worth. But you don’t. And I know this because I help my clients successfully negotiate higher salaries, bonuses (and more) Every. Single. Week. (I even had one woman simply see one of my posts on social media, use my tip to level-set her salary, and receive an additional 20K with very little effort.) But…I just realized I don’t actually have a podcast episode about this. So here it is:  An episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer that’s filled with some of my best, tried-and-true negotiation tools and tips that you can begin to use right away to get the salary you deserve.

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 #201: 2 Truths and a Lie About Executive-Level Promotions

Which one of these statements is a lie? To get an executive-level promotion, you should focus your energy on: 1. Owning that you are an executive leader already, 2. Becoming an amazing subject matter expert, 3. Being more visible to the leadership team. These questions come from a game of ‘2 Truths and a Lie’ that I played recently during a free workshop with my community. (And in case you were wondering, the answers are: Truth, Lie and Truth.) But what really surprised me during this workshop, was how many of the corporate badasses in attendance were totally nailing their answers to these questions. But…there were 3 truth or lie questions that were a little more controversial and less clear cut – and I’m doing a deep dive into all 3 of them in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer!

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

Ep #192: My 3-Step Process to Go From ‘I'm Done’ to “I Have Possibilities”

The corporate world can be a bunch of Bulls&^%t. Even today, women are often stuck in lower to mid-level leadership roles while the executive suite is still mostly run by men. So after years of trying to break into higher levels of leadership and feeling resistance just because you don’t look, act, or think like the rest of the room – it can be easy to throw in the towel. So if you feel trapped to the point where you’re ready to give it all up…or you were laid off for the second time…or passed over for promotion for the third time…I get it. But here’s my question to you: What are you going to do about it? In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I'm going to show you 3 ways you can access new possibilities in your career so you can advance YOURSELF into the position of influence and power you already deserve.

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

Ep #190: Dealing with Grief at Work with Krista St-Germain

What do you do when a leader or a team member at your organization is personally experiencing grief? And how do you hold space for your own grief while continuing to be the corporate badass that you are? These are important conversations that all leaders need to be prepared to have. So if you’ve ever struggled to find the right words or take the right actions in the face of grief, this episode is for you. Krista St-Germain is a Master Certified Life Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. And on this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, Krista will share some of the ways we can support our peers, our leaders, our team members – and ourselves – as we deal with times of grief at work.

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

Ep #189: Career Magic, Part 2: Belonging

When you don’t look, think, talk and act like the rest of the room, it’s easy to feel like you’re on the outside looking in. So what do we do? We hope that our organization will create that sense of belonging for us, or we look for other organizations where we might fit in better. But this is an incredibly passive approach to your career. Here’s what corporate badasses do instead: We figure out what we need to do to really own our value and create that sense of belonging so we can carry it with us no matter where we go. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, I’m going to break down exactly what you need to do to create that feeling of belonging in yourself so you can use it to build the career of your dreams. This is Part 2 of my 3-part series, Career Magic. In each episode, I‘ll break down a different way you can use your unique career magic on purpose to create incredible results 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 #188: Career Magic, Part 1: Setting Intentions

If you’re setting intentions for your career and not actually getting the results you want, it’s time to tap into your ✨ magic. ✨ Welcome to Career Magic! This is Part 1 of a 3-part series where I break down the three ways you can begin to use your unique career magic on purpose to create incredible results for yourself. In this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, we are digging into: Intention. Meaning: How you can use the 🌟 magic of intention-setting 🌟 to create big, bold, achievable visions and results 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 #187: Being Unapologetically Visible with Bibigi Haile

If being visible at work or online feels scary to you – I get it. Openly sharing your ideas with your boss, the executive team, or even on your LinkedIn profile can feel like you’re deliberately putting yourself in the crosshairs of people who want to ‘put you in your place.’ It can even cause you to be sent to the Human Resources office like a 6th grader. So what's a corporate badass to do? If you’re like most corporate women leaders, you wait for the perfect time to be visible. Which means waiting for a higher-level role or waiting to finally perfect your LinkedIn profile. But this isn’t going to help with your visibility. It’s just going to help you lean into your perfectionism and imposter syndrome so you can keep playing small. I want to show you a better way. Which is why I can’t wait to introduce you to Bibigi Haile! Bibigi gives women the license to be Unapologetically Visible, make bold moves, and stop apologizing for what they want from their professional lives. And in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, Bibigi and I discuss highly practical strategies YOU can use to own your authentic, powerful voice and become unapologetically visible.

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

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.