A lot of women, walk around the office and home functioning on overdrive. They try to be all things to all people, but leave very little time or energy for themselves. 

 When they constantly strive to be successful in every facet of their lives, they risk building resentments, feeling exhausted, and worst-case, experiencing burnout.

 During this talk, you’ll learn why putting yourself first is a must for women and tips on how to do it (without feeling guilty). You’ll learn ways your internal state may be affecting your reality and ways to restore your internal state to free your energy so you can be a better human being, professional, mother, partner, friend…without risking burnout.

Join us for this Woman of Wisdom call on Tuesday, January 28th to learn how to better maneuver through crisis and chaos. We'll hear from former Counterintelligence and Special Agent and current Speaker and Screenwriter, Gina Osborn as she shares what works to help minimize disruption and stress learned from her years in the military and FBI. Walk away with tactics to help you navigate difficulties in the workplace and in your personal life and ways to stay centered and grounded when life throws you a curveball.

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Join us for this month’s Woman of Wisdom call with PR expert, Nicole Rodrigues called Mastering Mentorship: Powering Your Career Through Connection. Nicole is the founder of NRPR, a PR agency that has done strategic work for world-class brands such as Yahoo!, Dolby, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony PlayStation, and Hulu. She’s a member of the Forbes Advisory Council and was recently named one of PR News’ Top 50 Game Changers in Public Relations.

Nicole is passionate about the topic of mentoring, especially through the lens of building your personal brand, your confidence and your career through and by connecting with others.

Join us for an informative talk with Freddie Georges, CEO and founder of the experiential creative and creative house, Freddie Georges Production Group.

Freddie will guide us through the fine line between being assertive and direct and overbearing and aggressive. We'll talk about ways women can stand in their personal power and speak their truth without leaving shrapnel in their wake. We’ll hear straight from a female CEO's mouth what's worked for her as she's risen through the ranks and what communication tactics work best.

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Regardless if you’re consciously cultivating your personal brand or not, you have one and it drives how others think about you and engage with you. Building and optimizing your brand with intention is a key component of professional success.

During this talk Renee Fraser, PhD, founder and CEO of Fraser Communications will share insights and tools to help you strengthen your personal brand and manifest it within your organization.

When you're a leader with people above and below you, managing both sides and not forgetting about yourself in the middle can sometimes feel challenging. In order to be a successful leader though, managing your team and staying accountable and connected to your boss and other higher-ups is critical and a challenge that remains consistent throughout your entire career.

Oftentimes, when people "fail" they are only focusing on one direction.  During this talk Jen Whelan, SVP Marketing at Criteo will offer insights and tips to enhance the skills necessary to balance both directions and keep yourself healthy along the journey.

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Join us for this month’s Woman of Wisdom call with Global Chief Operating Officer, Ivette Sanz Osso of Devries Global. Ivette has risen through the ranks at Devries in a Global Client Services and Business Development capacity. On this call, Succeeding Through Collaboration not Competition, we’ll dive into how women can effectively (and quickly) build relationship, empathy and trust with clients, coworkers and other partners in the workplace.

Collaboration is truly a skillset for the future and women who are skilled in working cross-functionally, inter-departmentally, even globally will be primed for success.

We will cover:

+ Laying the foundation for collaboration

+ Effective ways to build connection and trust

+ Remaining intentional and authentic when collaborating

+ What to do when collaboration gets stuck or goes south

+ Using empathy and curiosity as collaboration-building tools

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It’s impossible to leave your emotions at the workplace door, nor would you want to. Could you image functioning without passion, joy, or excitement? Probably not, however with all of those emotions, also come more challenging ones such as anger, frustration and anxiety. 

The office can get a little challenging when these latter emotions surface. Emotions are unpredictable and sometimes drive those we work with to express them in ways that are difficult to manage. 

During this talk Anne Kreamer, a past business executive at Nickeloden, journalist and author specializing in business, work/life balance, culture and women’s issues will tackle this topic and share insights and tools to help you best handle emotionally charged colleagues. 

We all have an inner critic, that pesky voice that tells you you're not doing enough or you “should” do things differently. Unfortunately, that voice isn't easy to stave off but there are actions you can take to quiet it down and ensure it doesn’t consume your attention. 

During this talk Nina Thomas, will share her own journey taming her inner critic in and out of the office. She'll also share micro interventions that will allow you to separate yourself from this critical voice.

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Join us for this month’s Woman of Wisdom call with Lauren DiBiase, SVP of Digital Marketing at Opus Bank on Friday, January 25th at 9am PST for a fun and insightful conversation around Finding and Boosting Your Superpowers.

When we are true to ourselves we naturally develop unique talents and excel at work and in life. These superpowers help us work in our strength zone and develop into stronger women leaders. Unfortunately, many of us are unaware of our special strengths or hold ourselves back, because we’re pressured to conform to someone else’s idea of who we should be. 

Key Discussion Points: 
What exactly IS a superpower? 
How do I identify what my superpower is? 
Easing the struggle of putting your superpower to work (at work!)
Ways to strengthen your superpower and grow as a female leader

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Join our Women of Wisdom call with a fantastic duo from Fair, Inc., Daisy Lerdsuwanrut, Director of Learning & Development and Jill Roe, Senior Director of Human Resources.

We'll be discussing Leading in Times of Change on Tuesday, December 18th at 9 am PST. Both Daisy and Jill have experienced company mergers, rapid growth and other challenging and changing work environments and will be sharing their lessons and insights. 

We'll cover:
+ The impact of rapid or extended change on employees
+ Tools for managers to help stabilize and support teams in times of change
+ Skills that help navigate during tumultuous times
+ How women leaders can leverage a changing environment to work in their favor

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Jai Tedeschi, Head of Operations & Production at R/GA, has worked her way through several hurdles, including a boys club or two, on her way up the corporate ladder. During this talk Jai will speak to...

• How to gain respect and authority among the boys club without changing (or hiding) who you are

• How to get your voice heard in a male dominated room and clearly articulate your opinion 

• Tips on progressing up the career ladder

Kathryn will share:

• The qualities and actions she found most necessary to successfully lead

• How she overcame challenges unique to being a woman in leadership 

• Insight into gaining respect & visibility while staying true to yourself 

On this Women of Wisdom call, VP, Director of HR at RPA, Laura Small will share her insights on how to build a team right the first time to avoid the difficulties later on. You'll learn from an HR perspective several ways to make better hiring and, if needed, firing decisions. 

Points we'll cover:
·       Critical steps not to skip during the hiring process
·       Common red flags to be aware of
·       Actions to take before deciding to fire someone

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We're excited to host a conversation with Lisa Radist, Director of Strategic Partnerships at theAudience on Maximizing Mentoring.

We know the power of having thoughtful, committed mentors throughout our careers, so let's talk about how to get the most out of those relationships and conversations, without adding time or stress to women's lives.

On this call, Lisa will share her personal experience as a formal mentor through ThinkLA's mentorship program, and tips on how to maximize time, topics and takeaways from mentor relationships.

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On this call, Jean will share her personal experiences, learnings, and tips she’s found valuable along her journey of raising kids and rising up the professional ranks. 

Laura Small, VP Associate Director of Human Resources from RPA will share her perspective and HR insights on ways to nail your performance review. 

You'll learn:

• What HR wishes you knew about reviews

• How to better prepare for this annual discussion

• Dos and Don'ts for the day-of conversations

• Tips to make sure you walk away feeling heard and valued

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Judy Gatena, President of REP Interactive Media, will share her top 5 tips for telling a great brand story through video.

Rochelle will talk about showing up at work as your whole self, how to bring your passions into your everyday, and why being authentic is a must to career success. Rochelle will also provide tips to help you connect with the most authentic pieces of yourself, and how to bring them front and center, even when it feels a little scary.