Finding Peace with Roberta Hughes
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
We often hear about self-care and it is definitely a buzzword right now. But there are many misconceptions about what self-care really is. Ultimately, self-care is a thing, even the small things, that bring you peace and joy. That’s why Roberta Hughes joins us today because the work she does with her clients is all about finding moments of peace and joy in their life so they can feel value and purpose. Roberta Hughes is the Founder and lead instructor at PeaceFull Living, a boutique hybrid studio that conveys a delicate and personalized Peaceful Living instruction through customized Pilates,...
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Tuning Into Your Energy with Rebecca Ahmed
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
Energy is a broad term, isn’t it? Sometimes something so broad can be hard to understand. So, today’s episode is all about tuning into your energy with guest Rebecca Ahmed. Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and an Energy Leadership Index™ Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), which is an exclusive training in human energy and how we can experience, express, and expand it in ourselves and others. Rebecca is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and published writer. Her work has been featured in Forbes, National...
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Channeling Your Passion Into Writing with Annette Berkovits
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
Inspiration can come from anywhere, but for today’s guest, her family has been the biggest inspiration of all, creating opportunities to channel her passion into writing. Author Annette Berkovits does just that with each and every one of her books and today she shares her journey. Annette Libeskind Berkovits was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in postwar Poland and the fledgling state of Israel before coming to the U.S. at age sixteen. Despite being uprooted from country to country, Berkovits has channeled her passions into language study and writing. Her first memoir, , a story of her...
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Establishing Brand Equity with Ari Kryzek
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
Brand equity is a big buzzword in the business world. Brands like Apple are highly recognizable not just for what they sell but also for what they stand for. Today, all businesses strive to have that type of impact with their brands. My guest today is an expert at helping women transform their business visions through building brand equity. , CEO & Head of Strategy at Chykalophia, is a certified brand strategist. She works with women-led firms to help them carve out their brands and build brand equity. She’s also the host of the podcast honoring innovative female disrupters. ...
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Getting More Women on Corporate Boards with Jocelyn Mangan
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
It’s no secret that the corporate boardroom is still a “man’s world,” but we also know that diversity at every level of an organization is so impactful. And when it comes to getting more women on corporate boards, you won’t find many more passionate than today’s guest Jocelyn Mangan. Jocelyn is a co-founder of Him For Her, a social impact venture that aims at accelerating diversity on boards. Him For Her is building the boardroom of the future by making female candidates more visible. Prior to founding Him For Her, Jocelyn spent over 20 years in the tech field and in our...
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Finding Your Baseline: Voice, Verbal Cues, and Non-Verbal Cues
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
When it comes to communicating, there are a surprising number of elements that go into effectively speaking to others, whether that be in a professional setting or a personal one. And it all starts with knowing your baseline. In this episode, I explain what a baseline is and how the knowledge of your own baseline can impact the effectiveness of your communication. As you are thinking about your baseline, you have to consider things like the sound of your voice and body language. It is broken down into three parts: voice, verbal cues, and non-verbal cues. Listen on to find out more about each...
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Did You Get the Memo? with Yemi Penn
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
Did you get the memo or do you feel like you missed something? Today’s guest admits that for a long time, she felt that she had totally missed the memo. But in reality, she just hadn’t made her own yet. Today’s guest is Yemi Penn, an engineer by profession, a fascinating and successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, and transformation mindset coach. In our conversation, Yemi helps us understand transformation and how we can make the necessary shifts to feeling empowered. Yemi uses the “memo” comparison to life because many of us feel or have felt at some point that we’re not living...
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The Power of Relationship Building with Mary D’Souza
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
Today’s guest is proof that you can have it all and you don’t have to wait. Mary D’Souza has built a very successful career and focuses her efforts on living her best life. But what’s her secret? For Mary, it has always boiled down to relationship building. In her experiences in private credit, equity, real estate, and investment banking, Mary learned what it takes to build meaningful relationships when you want to move forward with an investment. And now as the Chief Investment Officer at Misha Investments, she continues to build relationships with team members and clients. Not only...
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Daring to Dream and Living the Dream
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
How do you go from med school to becoming a franchise consultant? My guest today is Kim Daly, a top consulting franchising expert, and international bestselling co-author. She is also the creator of the Daly Plan, a millionaire mindset coaching program, and the host of . We discussed Kim's path from preparing for med school to becoming a successful franchise consultant, how to overcome limiting beliefs and realize your dreams, how to develop a millionaire mindset, and more. Our conversation started with what a franchise business is, the misconceptions around it, and how it can help anyone...
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Solving Problems with Technology: Who Says You Can't?
Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
I am sitting down with Amy Pyles in this episode of Women Worldwide to discuss various topics such as how to embrace technology and become better at solving problems! Amy is the president of Saxum, a digital integrated agency that solves complex problems for brands and organizations! Amy helps brands make more effective connections with those whom they serve – even brands as big and as recognizable as Walmart! Tune in as she shares her journey, touching upon how she got on this path and how she launched Saxum. Amy also reveals what she believes makes an effective leader and why empathy is so...
info_outlineSo many women believe they’re bad at negotiations because it’s not a skill they’ve ever been successful at building. Not because they haven’t sought out the knowledge and advice, but because the advice they were given was not gender neutral.
That’s right. Negotiation is a highly gendered skill, and that needs to change.
Kathryn Valentine founded Worthmore Negotiations after having a bad experience with negotiations while she was in college. She had an amazing internship where she’d completed her tasks in a fraction of the time allotted. However, when it was time to present her project, she was told that she wasn’t a good fit for the company.
Why? Because she’d tried to negotiate like a man.
This experience led her down the path of researching more about this issue overall. Come to find out, women really do need to negotiate in a different way in order to be heard, respected, and compensated.
Listen as Kathryn shares the three main principles women should keep in mind as they’re negotiating, her 9-step framework for helping her clients become amazing negotiators, and some fantastic resources to get you started.
This is a jam-packed episode filled with thorough research and data as well as actionable strategies to get you going on your negotiation journey. Are you ready to lock in your next big compensation package?
Show Notes:
- [02:46] What led Kathryn Valentine down this path to helping women with their negotiation skills?
- [06:13] Negotiation is a highly gendered skill and research shows that the advice women get is holding them back.
- [08:03] Learn some of the first steps women can take in order to increase their negotiation skills.
- [09:34] The three sources you should use as you’re benchmarking the value of a role.
- [12:30] What are some of the most common mistakes women make when they enter that salary and benefits conversation.
- [15:29] Do women give up on negotiations too soon?
- [17:16] The three main principles of negotiating as a woman.
- [20:11] A demonstration of these principles in action.
- [21:52] Learn the 9 steps she takes her clients through to help them negotiate better pay and benefits in their jobs.
- [27:31] Have there been any impactful moments along the way that have stuck with Kathryn?
- [29:25] Kathryn shares one last piece of advice for all of our Women Worldwide community.
- [31:07] Connect with Kathryn.
Links and Resources:
- Worthmore Negotiations
- Kathryn on LinkedIn
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