Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge (business)

According to the Women's Media Center’s 2017 report The Status of Women in the U.S. Media, men still dominate media across all platforms: television, newspapers, online, and wires, with change only coming incrementally. In fact, at 20 of the nation's most widely read and heard news outlets, women still report far less of the news than men do.

 

Today we’re joined from the road by one of my favorite women in media, Taryn Winter Brill. Taryn is currently a host at C-Suite TV interviewing authors of the world's leading business books. You can also catch her interviewing Hollywood's A-list as a host on NBC's First Look, a lifestyle show airing after Saturday Night Live. Taryn has also worked as the in-house correspondent for Everyday Health, working alongside Dr. Sanjay Gupta and as a correspondent for the CBS Early Show.

 

In this episode, Taryn popped into our studio by phone to discuss storytelling, the state of women in the media, and the importance of doing what you love.

 

In This Episode

  • The truth behind the phrase, “It’s who you know”
  • Tips for presenting yourself on camera
  • Differences between traditional broadcasting and digital TV
  • The representation of women in media
  • How to stay calm and embrace obstacles you face at work

 

Quotes in This Episode

“At my heart, I'm a storyteller. I like hearing people's stories, and I'm just curious by nature. I like asking questions, and translating and being the conduit of good messages, really.” —Taryn Winter Brill

 

“I just like to learn, and I like to soak up as much as I can, and as many different disciplines and capacities, which is why I've been so fortunate and lucky and blessed to wear so many different hats.” —Taryn Winter Brill

 

“[Guests] ask me about the camera, and I say, ‘What camera? What are you talking about, what camera? Pretend the camera's not there.’ I always like to say we are just hanging out, we're having lunch… When you put it into those terms, and you frame it that way—think about it—we've all been to lunch with friend where we want to tell them some exciting news. And that's how I try to psych up my guests. You're just telling me some exciting news in your life, and it's not an interview.” —Taryn Winter Brill

 

“My mantra is just stay calm, and I think staying calm when an obstacle is in front of you, and you tackle it the best you can.... I mean in life, you can't expect everything to be perfect. If everything was perfect, I think life would be boring, to be perfectly honest.” —Taryn Winter Brill

 

“I am a perfectionist. I like it to be perfect in the way that I like it and up to my standards. But I know if I make a mistake—and believe me, we all do—and if things don't go the way I want, it happens. I say what can I learn from it, and I remind myself nobody got hurt.” —Taryn Winter Brill

 

Resources

Taryn Winter Brill on C-Suite TV

Connect with Taryn on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Direct download: TarynWinterBrillonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 8:25am EDT

When business is booming, how do you know when it’s time to step back and maybe take a pause in your career? Can you recognize the signs you need to build a stronger, better, and healthier you?

 

Taryn Rose is an orthopedic surgeon turned shoe designer and serial entrepreneur. She married fashion and function in 1998, changing the footwear industry forever when she created one of the most successful and highly coveted brands in the industry. It’s an endeavor that started as a dream in her garage and grew to a $40 million business with boutiques all over the country. But even with her incredible success, her life was still missing a key element to happiness. So she sold her business—and took a step back to reset personally and reevaluate professionally.

 

Tune in as Taryn shares some of the fascinating stories from her transition from surgeon to entrepreneur, plus advice on how to maintain balance and a sense of self, even as a high-powered business professional.

 

In This Episode

  • The importance of pursuing your passion, sometimes despite the data
  • How an entrepreneur can (and should) make the most of their relationships
  • The power of taking time away from work to reset
  • Why risk-takers need non-risky colleagues to succeed
  • Ways women can empower each other professionally

 

Quotes in This Episode

“Being an entrepreneur is not just about the numbers. They play a big part, but you also have to have that love and passion that makes you run out the door and get to work every day and really dream your wildest dreams.” —Taryn Rose

 

“My philosophy is not about an age demographic, but about a psychographic… The common denominator is confidence. All these women are confident and you can be confident at any age.” —Taryn Rose

 

“The great thing about being a serial entrepreneur is that you get to reflect on what has happened in the past and use the functional things—as well as get to address the dysfunctional things—and make changes.” —Taryn Rose

 

“Get rid of judgment, judgment of yourself, judgment of others. It's a prison that we don't need to live in. It's a self imposed prison and you can be much freer and really connect to who you are if you are not bound by those judgments.” —Taryn Rose

 

Resources

Taryn Rose Footwear or online at Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Zappos, Dillard’s, and other retailers

Taryn Rose Footwear on Facebook and Instagram

Connect with Taryn on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

 

Direct download: TarynRoseonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 7:26pm EDT

How do you consume video? Do you mostly watch network TV? Have you ditched the cable box in favor of digital-only companies like Netflix and Hulu? Or maybe you exclusively take in short-form clips online through social sites like YouTube, Facebook, or Snapchat. No matter how you watch video, you can bet it’s different from how you did it 10 years ago. The landscape is changing.

 

Joining me on the show today is Liza Glucoft. Liza is a senior digital content creator, showrunner, producer, and director with nearly 10 years experience. She has been at the forefront of a lot of different digital companies, from FX to Who, What, Where to PopSugar and Conde Nast. She’s now the Executive Producer of Programming at AwesomenessTV.

 

Listen as Liza shares her insights into the transformation of the video content landscape, how younger audiences consume content, and finally, how women can support one another and build each other up professionally.

 

In This Episode

  • How the video landscape has evolved in recent years
  • Gen Z’s content preferences
  • How female producers can lift up the generations coming after them
  • Ways to stay on top of your work when it has a hundred moving parts
  • Important characteristics for members of a high-functioning team

 

Quotes in This Episode

“Digital is in full force now so it's nice. It's nice to be in a place where people are recognizing now that this is the way people consume content.” —Liza Glucoft

 

“[Young audiences] are more concerned with feeling like a part of the experience and feeling like what they're watching is authentic and not staged and set up.” —Liza Glucoft

 

“Women are realizing they can be boss bitches or whatever it is, girl bosses, but there is this final top layer that's almost impossible to penetrate. And it's tough.” —Liza Glucoft

 

“That is so important to me, us all helping each other and helping younger women find their voice too. That's one of the most fulfilling parts of my job now is… there are some younger female producers I work with, and I feel like I get to help them find their voice in a way maybe a male producer couldn't do.” —Liza Glucoft

 

“People just get scared of failure. They get scared someone's going to get mad at them… I think changing the dialogue for people and making them feel more empowered [is important] because, honestly, men don't apologize all the time. They don't feel the need to be like, ‘Oh sorry. I messed up.’” —Liza Glucoft

 

Resources

AwesomenessTV

AwesomenessTV on YouTube

Liza Glucoft on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram

Direct download: LizaGlucoftonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 7:44pm EDT

Who doesn’t wish they could give back more to their community? But getting started and making a habit of it can be really difficult. That’s why today we’re talking about women and philanthropy.

 

Wendy Steele is the founder of Generosity Matters. Through her own experiences with giving back to her community, she has come to understand the impact of generosity and has been encouraging philanthropy for most of her adult life. In 2001, she launched Impact 100, a foundation that brings transformational grants to the communities it serves across five broad focus areas: Culture, Education, Environment, Family, and Health & Wellness.

 

Hear the story of how Wendy is making it easier than ever for women to build up the communities around them, plus her advice for fellow entrepreneurs trying to do it all.

 

In This Episode

  • The personal story behind Impact 100
  • How “stop and think” gifts engage community members
  • Struggles all powerful women face
  • Tips and tools for managing stress
  • The key to making networking more enjoyable

 

Quotes in This Episode

“As women, we love to say that we give 110% to everything we do.” —Wendy Steele

 

“When you're happy and fully engaged in the work you do, you're happy and fully engaged when you're home, too… They feed each other.” —Wendy Steele

 

“If you are in the habit of continuously learning, you will continuously learn. If you're in the habit of being focused, and setting goals and attaining them, you just do it.” —Wendy Steele

 

“All of us, what I call high-capacity women, women who are out there running on all cylinders and trying to do what we do to make the world a better place, it can be hard for us, especially as leaders and solution providers, to ever raise our hand and even admit that we have stress, or that we need a break or we need to do something for ourselves.” —Wendy Steele

 

“You've got to have a place where you can be real, and sometimes real isn't pretty or perfect, or well put together. Sometimes real is bumpy and uncomfortable, but it's important.” —Wendy Steele

 

Resources

Generosity Matters

Impact 100 Council

Connect with Wendy on Twitter

 

Direct download: WendySteeleonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 9:34am EDT

Let’s talk about leadership. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a manager of a single department, or even a solopreneur: you’re leading someone. Are you leading your company or your teams effectively? Are you taking a holistic strategy to operating your business efficiently?

 

After spending over 20 years working as an executive for HGTV, Traci Barrett was looking for a career change. She decided to merge all the skills she had spent two decades developing: leading, strategizing, managing, and mentoring. Together with her husband, she started an executive coaching and consulting firm called Navigate the Journey. Navigate the Journey helps individuals and organizations discover their motivations and strengths, build their leadership skills, strategize on cultivating business, and, ultimately, realize their full potential.

 

Tune in to this episode to hear what skills and traits all great leaders need to carry in their back pockets, advice for how women can become more confident leaders, and the importance of identifying and naming your management blind spots.

 

In This Episode

  • Why leaders can benefit from consultation and training
  • How to identify your blind spots
  • Skills that help you become a more balanced leader
  • Tips for women who want to become more confident in the boardroom
  • How to gain perspective in both your personal and professional life

 

Quotes in This Episode

“Everybody has a blind spot. If you don't think you have a blind spot, that's probably your blind spot. All of us have something to work on and to learn.” —Traci Barrett

 

“Sometimes people get nervous and think that, oh [empathy] means weakness. It doesn't mean weakness. It just means putting yourself in other people's shoes, understanding how they're feeling, and acknowledging that.” —Traci Barrett

 

“What I always encourage women to do is: Just don't try to be anything else but yourself. Don't try to be a man. Don't try to be what you think your boss should want you to be. Just show up, and participate by being thoughtful and smart.” —Traci Barrett

 

“Understand what your own personal purpose and mission are and what your vision is for your life and how you plan on getting there—before you start digging into your own company. You want to have that purpose across all domains of your life personally, professionally, and with your family.” —Traci Barrett

 

“Our opportunity to learn and grow is greater than it has ever been, and most of it's free. I think: Take advantage of that. If you're not creating time and space to learn as a leader, it's really a shame. We should be carving time out of our day to learn every day.” —Traci Barrett

 

Resources

Navigate the Journey

 

Direct download: TraciBarrettonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 1:30am EDT

Today on Women Worldwide, I’d like to discuss the challenges that come from change. Change is a constant in the life of an entrepreneur, and with change comes ambiguity, surprises, personal fears—sometimes it can really feel as if you’ve been upended.

 

Our guest Kristina DiPalo is the founder and driving force behind DailyWorkLife. Having worked in corporate America for many years, first in financial services, then in pharmaceuticals and HR, Kristina finally launched her own consulting firm, Elysian Communications, in 2011. Her firm focuses on two main objectives: helping companies deal with big change and helping leaders become better reflections of their true selves through coaching.

 

Follow along as Kristina shares the personal truths all entrepreneurs must understand, why women leaders need built up in business more than ever, and how her own personal career has been one of happy accidents.

 

In This Episode

  • How gender differences affect politics, company cultures, and the way we communicate
  • The dangers of supporting a business-first or business-only culture
  • Why we need to empower more women leaders
  • The unique challenges of being a solopreneur
  • Questions all entrepreneurs must ask themselves about their business

 

Quotes in This Episode

“There are certain social and cultural stereotypes, archetypes, that we're all ingrained in and we all follow one way or the other. There's a way that women are judged in political environments, in business environments, in social environments, that is different than the way that men are judged.” —Kristina DiPalo

 

“There's an incredible amount of talent that's left out of the conversation. Less than 20% of all Fortune 500 CEOs are women... Yet women are, if you look at global statistics, slightly under 50% of the global population. Half the population is really not represented, so half the ideas, half the experience, half the ability is just being left off the table. That, to me, has very broad long-term implications.” —Kristina DiPalo

 

“People who are entrepreneurs, or solopreneurs (to use that catchphrase): We have to give ourselves the permission to invest, even if we don't see a direct one-to-one payoff.” —Kristina DiPalo

 

“With each experience that I have had, I've tried to go toward work that I am curious about, something where I know that I am going to be growing and learning.” —Kristina DiPalo

 

“There are going to be good periods. There'll be not-so-good periods. You have to be willing to step into space that is very new and very different. It may feel kind of uncomfortable and strange at first, but also quite wonderful.” —Kristina DiPalo

 

Resources

DailyWorkLife

Elysian Communications

Connect with Kristina on LinkedIn

Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works

Direct download: KristinaDipaloonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 4:54pm EDT

As everyone knows, it can be incredibly difficult to find a primary care physician who has it all: someone with the time and resources to take their time to truly listen to your needs, someone who understands your ailments, with stellar bedside manner to boot.

 

Dr. Renee Dua is working to change that experience, both for doctors and their patients. Dr. Dua is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine, a busy working mother, and all while she's also running Heal, a new on-demand doctor house call app that's available across many cities in California and the Washington, D.C. area.

 

Tune in as Renee shares the experience that inspired the creation of Heal and how the return of the house call can improve the personalization of the healthcare industry.

 

In This Episode

  • How Heal is bringing back the art of the physician’s house call
  • The importance of preventative, comprehensive care
  • How house calls can improve the healthcare experience for doctors, too
  • Why all busy entrepreneurs need to find their village
  • The future of the health and technology landscape

 

Quotes in This Episode

“The idea is your doctor is here, which is wherever you are, and by that definition we can deliver access almost anywhere.” —Renee Dua

 

“We might go in to evaluate you for a cough or a cold, and walk out having said, ‘Well, you're due for your mammogram; you're due for your pap smear.’ Every visit should be that comprehensive. Every visit should be us actually preventing future problems because we are, again, putting your health first.” —Renee Dua

 

“When we thought about Heal, what we thought about was giving doctors what they needed to be their best—and a big part of that is respect and dignity and enjoying their work... Happy doctors mean happy patients.” —Renee Dua

 

“I hope [my children] know that I'm working on a big project that could conceivably be world-changing, and that gives me a lot of inspiration to do things. By the time my kids are my age, I wonder if we'll have hospital systems anymore. I wonder what the landscape will look like.” —Renee Dua

 

“We have an enormous amount of work to do. We are scratching the surface, we have to make it before we matter and I'm looking at mattering.” —Renee Dua

 

Resources

heal.com

Download the app in the App Store or on Google Play

Direct download: DrReneeDuaonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 9:13am EDT

This episode is dedicated to all those women in the workforce who are trying to strike the perfect balance between their professional life and personal life, to those women who want to be empowered in their career and still carve out significant time for their partner and children. I’m one of them, and so is today’s guest.

 

Suzanne Brown is a strategic marketing and business consultant, speaker, and an expert on and an advocate for professional part-time working moms. She's also the author of a new book that's coming out in September, called Mompowerment: Insights from Successful Professional Part-time Working Moms Who Balance Career and Family.

 

In this episode of Women Worldwide, Suzanne encourages all the mothers in our audience to think differently about their career approach, plus explains how employers can (and why they should) support women who choose a part-time or flexible career path.

 

In This Episode

  • Research that supports part-time work schedules for moms
  • The mindset shift women need if they want a nontraditional schedule
  • Tips for becoming more efficient with your time at work
  • The importance of discussing work/life balance with the women around us
  • How to discuss the transition with your team at work

 

Quotes in This Episode

“[Early in my career], all the models that I had of working moms didn't really show me work-life balance... I really wanted to own my life again; I wanted my life back.” —Suzanne Brown

 

“Not all of us can spend 24/7, 52 weeks year with our significant others, so having that work to still keep you engaged can be very important—but it can actually keep you happier… In all of the many bits of research that I did, I found it really interesting that part time working moms are actually happier than full time working moms and stay-at-home moms.” —Suzanne Brown

 

“There is a kind of a mind shift that has to happen, because when you go to work part-time, it's generally not just cutting your hours. You have to think differently about working part-time. You have to think about your productivity a little bit differently.” —Suzanne Brown

 

“All of the generations are coming at it from a different approach but their end goal is the same. ‘I want more work-life balance. I want more control over my schedule. I want more time with my family." And that might not necessarily be with their kids. It might be with grandkids, or it might be with their aging parents. It looks different based on who you're talking to.” —Suzanne Brown

 

“In all the conversations that I had when I was in grad school or as a college age student, I didn't really hear about work-life balance… That just wasn't a constant conversation that I was having. But I think that if we can get that information out there, we can learn from each other.” —Suzanne Brown

 

Resources

Mompowerment

The Mompowerment Community on Facebook and Twitter

Writing from Laura Vanderkam

 

Direct download: SuzanneBrownonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 5:52pm EDT

Did you ever feel like there’s something missing—even if you are happy and successful by most other people’s standards? Or you're feeling like you can’t quite be content with what you have, but you don’t know why?

 

Heather White, CEO of 2020 Communications, has experienced these feelings firsthand. She was prompted to leave the corporate world because of her own nagging unhappiness. Now, she’s a business advisor, a lifestyle designer and coach, as well as a speaker who helps professionals to find new dreams that increase their overall happiness and wellbeing in life.

 

In this episode of Women Worldwide, Heather explains how she went from scoffing at life coaches to becoming one herself and how she’s now empowering others to win the game professionally and personally through lifestyle design.

 

In This Episode

  • The highs and lows of working alone
  • How Heather’s TEDx experience differed from most speaking opportunities
  • The greatest challenge of building a business and generating clients
  • How to better understand resistance so you can dissolve it
  • The importance of taking care of both your body and your mind

 

Quotes in This Episode

“Our suffering is not punishment. It's guidance. It's a nudge from within.” —Heather White

 

“It is one of the most magical, miraculous things to sit in the presence of somebody who was attached to a certain thought pattern, belief system, way of operating and is willing to shift that. And then to watch them shift that internally and then to watch the changes that happen externally in their life is, I think, one of the most high definition reality TV experiences anybody can have.” —Heather White

 

“[Obstacles] make you stronger. They build your resilience, and they keep you on your toes.” —Heather White

 

“What I've come to realize is saying ‘no’ is one of the greatest gifts you can offer your human family. Because essentially what you're saying no to means you're saying yes to what does work for you. Which means you're keeping yourself healthy, happy, in the highest vibration possible energetically.” —Heather White

 

“I think the best thing we can do is turn inward more than we turn outward. We live in very ‘doing’ culture. It's a lot about acquisition of new ideas, new knowledge, read this book, listen to this podcast, study this, go to here, do that. And I think the greatest gift we have is the cultivation of our own self awareness.” —Heather White

 

Resources

heatherwhite.ca

Connect with Heather on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Direct download: HeatherWhiteonWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 6:25am EDT

Most business owners know the importance of curating, creating, and sharing standout content. And yet 70% of marketers lack a consistent or integrated content strategy.

 

Joe Pulizzi is the founder of Content Marketing Institute, a UBM company, the leading education and training organization for content marketing, which includes the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World. Joe is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council. Plus he’s a speaker, podcaster, and the author of five books, including his latest, Killing Marketing coming out in September. If it wasn’t clear at this point: Joe is a serious content expert.

 

Follow along as Joe contemplates the wild ride of building a business, explains what’s wrong with marketing today, and offers his one-of-a-kind advice for revamping how you communicate with your customers.

 

In This Episode

  • A way to approach new business ideas that decrease your risk
  • Why it’s time to kill marketing as it stands today
  • How to create a direct line of communication with your customers
  • What makes podcasting a near-perfect medium
  • The importance of unplugging from technology

 

Quotes in This Episode

“[An entrepreneur] is a special type of person. You have to get used to ups and downs, more downs than ups. And you kind of struggle through it, you're patient, and hopefully everything'll work out and things take care of itself.” —Joe Pulizzi

 

“[Most businesses] consider [content] a business asset, but they're not focusing on the core of what that asset is. It's not the content, it's the audience. Your asset is building an audience.” —Joe Pulizzi

 

“People want to know why their marketing is less efficient, why CMOs keep getting turned over, why the marketing profession isn't as respected as, let's say, accounting or another field like that. It's because we can't get out of our own way right now.” —Joe Pulizzi

 

“Content marketing is not new, it's old. It's been around for hundreds of years.” —Joe Pulizzi

 

“I'm a better person—I'm a better man—without technology.” —Joe Pulizzi

 

Resources

Connect with Joe on Twitter

Find Joe’s books on joepulizzi.com

Content Marketing Institute

Content Marketing World

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill,

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey

The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone

Direct download: JoePulizzionWomenWorldwide.mp3
Category:Business -- posted at: 2:00am EDT