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Negotiation is a skill that can bring significant value for everyone, yet women are far less likely to engage in negotiations. With good reason. Studies and anecdotes galore tell us that women are often penalized for negotiating. In 2001, only 7% of women negotiated their first salary compared to 57% of men.

Labeled aggressive instead of assertive or attracting the dreaded b-word, they fear the process for fear of retaliation. Are women terrible negotiators? No. In fact, as expert communicator and negotiator Fotini Iconomopoulos shares, the opposite is true. Women’s superior trust and empathy skills make them ideal negotiators. Often they just need to work on their confidence and employ some subtle communication strategies to get what they want — without that dreaded label.

Listen in as Fotini Iconomopoulos shares her negotiation war stories and how she overcame gender and age discrimination to go on to be the expert that Fortune 500 executives seek out for their high stakes scenarios. You’ll leave with the motivation and confidence and the knowledge to tackle your next negotiation with ease!

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Creating a high-performing team takes more than simply hiring the right people and arming them with the right tools to do their work. It requires creating opportunities for genuine, authentic relationships to develop. And, its well documented that authenticity contributes to workplace well-being and individual performance – and it lifts team performance as well. 

When it comes to building extraordinary workplaces and high-performing teams, three psychological needs are essential: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Decades of research demonstrate that when people feel psychologically fulfilled, they tend to be healthier, happier, and more productive.

Members of high-performing teams are significantly more likely to express positive emotions with their colleagues – they are more likely to compliment, joke with, and tease their teammates. In emails, they were more likely to use exclamation points, emojis, and GIFs – deepening a sense of authenticity as well as positive emotional connections.

New research suggests that the highest-performing teams have found subtle ways of leveraging social connections – offering important clues on ways any organization can foster greater connectedness — even within a remote or hybrid work setting — to engineer higher-performing teams.

Of those three essential needs, relatedness, or the desire to feel connected to others, has always been the trickiest for organizations to cultivate. It’s one thing to attract talented employees — but how exactly do you get them to like each other?

Listen in as we talk with Suzanne Castle, Speaker, Author, Minister, Consultant and Coach, about “The Secrets of Developing High Performing Teams” on the LeadHERship Global podcast today!

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Women have overcome daunting generational barriers to financial independence. Yet, most women don’t feel comfortable talking about money – and they are far behind men when it comes to building wealth. Wealth is not just measured by the money you earn, inherit or save – wealth is measured by how you manage it. With the lion’s share of $30 trillion in financial assets expected to be controlled by women by 2030, it’s time to learn how to master wealth, as a woman. If we aren’t talking about money, we’re not learning about money! It’s time for women to be financially fearless! Join us on the LeadHERship Global Podcast today for a power-packed conversation with Dr. Barbara Provost, Founder of Purse Strings LLC about financial strategies, tools, products, and practical takeaways for building a healthy financial foundation and generational wealth that is aligned with your goals and values! Dr. Barbara Provost, Founder of Purse Strings LLC, was tired of seeing women consistently overlooked by financial organizations. Through Purse Strings LLC, women can come to any financial discussion or negotiation with confidence and competence, offering a one-stop for information, insights, resources, and networks. Listen in!

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According to Kaiser Foundation data, around 49 percent of the country’s total population receive group health insurance – health benefits provided by the employer. The remaining 51% have to figure out their healthcare coverage on their own. This can be a tricky slope to navigate, especially with evolving regulations around state laws. The ACA made sweeping changes to the industry in 2008, but that has only created pools of beneficiaries; not necessarily widespread solutions. Having the support and guidance of a professional advocate in the field can make all the difference to a positive research experience. But, as a business owner and business founder, with a rapidly growing and scaling business, how can you offer the kinds of benefits that attract and retain top talent? And how can you afford health benefits for a rapidly expanding workforce? And, how do you make smart choices for your employees, and your business? Today, we’ll speak with Dr. Noor Ali, a Bangladeshi-American medical doctor who champions the way for business owners and business founder, and creates fresh perspectives on health insurance options from an inside lens.

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Do you believe in yourself and your dream? Do you believe you are capable of making your dream happen? Is your belief strong enough to knock down the walls you’ll inevitably face while pursuing your objective? In this podcast, we’ll speak with Colleen Biggs about why you must take absolute responsibility for your life – and how to do that! You’ll learn how to be successful on your own terms, and how to develop rock-solid confidence to skyrocket your productivity and achieve more than you believed possible!  Listen in to create authentic success in your life and achieve your biggest goals. If you like easy-to-understand strategies, practical exercises, and no-nonsense teaching, you will love this episode. Colleen speaks to us about the power of self-worth and how to step into the spotlight in an authentic and confident way. We uncover the character traits to be successful in life and in business. Colleen explains the how to take action, the steps you need to take to become empowered – and how to empower others.

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Our emotions can drive our unconscious and conscious decision-making. By developing emotional awareness, leaders can cultivate a focus on the internal motivations creating mindful connections, enhancing professional and personal development and self-leadership. Emotional awareness, or the ability to understand feelings, will help you succeed when communicating with other people. If you are emotionally aware, you will notice the emotional state of other people, which influences the way they communicate. You will also better understand what others are communicating to you and why. Sometimes, understanding how a person is communicating with you is more important than what is actually being said. Empathy is the ability to understand and relate to the feelings of someone else. Once you’ve learned to recognize another person’s feelings, you can go one step further and actually relate to those feelings. Good communication requires you to build trust between yourself and the person with whom you’re communicating. You can earn the trust of others by sending nonverbal cues that match your words. Listen in as Luz Gonzalez empowers everyone to gain insight into their own internal dynamic, by bringing clarity and building on unique strengths to achieve desired outcomes through her EQ Refined Business Model.

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The biggest gift we can give someone is our presence. Powerful female speakers are distinctive in their presence – the way they enter the stage with confidence and enthusiasm, their shoulders held upright and the look of calm on their faces. Their presence is communicated not just by their words, but through the clothes they wear and the grooming of their hair, makeup and accessories. They look polished and professional and they radiate credibility. They embody leadership, confidence and authenticity – and you feel safe and guided in their capable hands.Today, we’re going to talk about women and public speaking. We’re going to dig deep into understanding how women are showing up in front of audiences, and how you can cultivate a powerful presence. Dr. Laura Penn, who specializes in transforming leaders and changemakers into speakers who are authentic, accessible, and memorable, will be digging into how women can create leadership presence. How do they use their voices? How do they speak body language? What are the obstacles to success for some women; and what are examples of best practice in public speaking for women? Laura will be talking about all these aspects of creating a powerful presence and more!

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Only about 3% of companies founded and led by women get venture backing, though 40% of companies were founded by women, and they generate 26% greater return than those founded by men. Access to capital can be a big hurdle when starting, building, and scaling a business. It is the reason that 83% of new businesses rely on personal or family savings of the owner. So, how can you attract investment funding as a women-owned or women-operated business? How can you overcome some of the unique some of the unique challenges for women founders and female entrepreneurs? Listen in as we speak to Jessa Robuck, a visionary entrepreneur who synthesizes a lifetime of work into high-impact, mission driven community building at VidaLuz, about how she has navigated the challenges of being a female founder and overcome the many pitfalls and setbacks of the entrepreneurial journey.

Welcome to this week’s LeadHERship Global show where we will be discussing “How to be an Ally” with Deanna Singh, one of America’s leading experts on transformational leadership and a highly regarded leader in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion. You know, we’re taught to believe that hard work and dedication will lead to success, but that’s not always the case. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation are among the many factors that affect our chances and it’s up to each of us to be allies for those who face discrimination. Today, we’re going to talk about how to support people who are underrepresented in the workplace. There’s no magic wand for correcting diversity and inclusion. Change happens one person at a time, one act at a time, one word at a time. In fact, it doesn’t take a special skill or talent to be an ally for marginalized groups. Anyone can do it. In fact, people of marginalized groups can and should be allies for each other as well. What is an ally? An ally recognizes that though they are not a member of a marginalized group(s) they support, they make a concerted effort to better understand the struggle of another’s circumstances. Listen in to this week’s podcast with Deanna Singh, author, speaker and Founder and Chief Change Agent of Flying Elephant, an umbrella organization for four social ventures!

The research on purpose is very impressive. There are health benefits galore. Purpose strengthens your immune system. People with a sense of purpose are less likely to experience a stroke or become addicted to alcohol and drugs. Having a sense of purpose even cuts your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. When you live a life of purpose, you’re more efficient, and you delegate better. Best of all, a sense of purpose is linked to a longer, healthier, more satisfying life.

But, what does it mean to live a purposeful life? Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

In other words, to live a purposeful life means more than merely seeking adventure and pleasure. A life of purpose is a life of meaning. It’s a life where the deep yearnings of our heart and soul are met, where we’re connected and engaged with those around us. If you’re living mindfully and intentionally, you discover the purpose in each interaction. Fulfilling the yearning to connect, to matter, or to make a difference helps us to feel fulfilled and satisfied. Without purpose, people tend to be unengaged and not all that present in your day to day life.

So, how do we get more purpose? How do we bring the benefits of living a purposeful life into our own lives? Today, Cathy Dimarchos, global business advisor and an award-winning mentor, will talk with us about how purpose can bring us into the moment, and create ripple effects for generations to come!