Advancing Your Career as a Working Mother with Gerilyn Horan
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Release Date: 02/24/2020
Mastering Communication with Meredith Bell
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Meredith Bell shares her journey from teaching to co-founding her publishing and software company. She explains how the 360-degree feedback tool was developed and how it helps coaches and leaders. She reveals a simple method of raising self-awareness and a helpful lesson she learned in working with her business partner.
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Building Your Network with Pat Hedley
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Pat Hedley shares the most important lessons she learned in her career and why building a network is one of the most valuable things you can do for yourself. She highlights why having a diverse mix of people in your network is essential and provides practical tips for anyone that struggles to find the time to network.
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The Female Edge with Mary McGuire
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Mary McGuire joins me to share how her challenging childhood helped her build resilience. She reveals how she overcame her internal barriers and other peoples’ expectations to find her authentic path. She shares what inspired her to move from social work to corporate consulting and some of the challenges she experienced in a male-dominated industry. Mary also reveals how her programs help women find ‘the female edge’ and how she is expanding her reach across various industries.
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Authentic Communication with Donatella Giacometti
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Donatella shares her journey into coaching and how growing up in New York nurtured her passion for effective communication. She reveals what inspired her to start her business and the struggles she went through in her career. Donatella reveals a pivotal moment that helped her ignore her inner critic and the advice she would give her younger self. She also recounts an experience that helped her recognize her worth and explains why authenticity is crucial in communication.
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Asking for and Accepting Help with Deborah Lansdowne
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Deborah Lansdowne joins me today to share her journey from a stellar IT career to running her own lifestyle management business. She reveals how she handled working in a predominantly male environment and how mentorship helped her during pivotal moments in her career. She offers some career advice she would give her younger self and why it's essential to not take things personally in business.
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Being Human is Good For Business with Heather Marasse
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
In today's episode, Heather Marasse shares her journey through the corporate world and how it helped her identify her passion for consulting and coaching. She reveals some of the things she realized when looking back over her career and what she wished she could have known earlier in her working life. She shares some of the challenges she encountered in a male-dominated industry and how she found support during some of the most challenging times.
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Be Your Own Best Advocate with Kerry O'Callaghan
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
In today's episode, Kerry shares her journey from studying sciences to an impressive marketing career with a global pharmaceutical brand. She reveals why she enjoys working in brand partnerships and the lessons she takes from seeing how these other businesses work. She shares some of the insights she gained early on in her career and some of the things she wishes she had figured out sooner. She highlights a trait she noticed among the men she works with and how she tries to apply it to her work approach.
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Navigating Work and Life as an Executive Mom with Joann Lublin
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Joann shares the story of her trailblazing career as a journalist and reveals some of the struggles she faced in the male-dominated industry of journalism. She shares her inspiration for her first book and the advice she would have given her younger self when navigating the unwritten rules in office politics. She reveals how she managed her "working mother guilt" and how the workplace has changed over time for different generations of working women.
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Safe, Fair and Dignified Workplaces for All Women with Tina Tchen
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Tina Tchen shares her journey through the corporate law world and why she decided to start the TIME'S UP Now organization. She reveals the struggles she faced throughout her career and one of her favorite moments during a corporate law meeting. She shares the advice she would give her younger self when starting as a woman in the corporate world and the revelations from her Impact Lab's research on sexual harassment.
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Speak Up and Make Difference with Dayna Steele
The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership
Today, Dayna shares her incredible journey from a rock and roll DJ to running for Congress. She reveals why she chose to run and how her book on her experience can help anyone striving for any elected position. She shares memories from her days as an 80's DJ and what inspired her to go into radio in the first place.
info_outlineGerilyn Horan is the Vice President of Group Sales at Hilton Worldwide where she is responsible for overseeing the growth of the Regional, Intermediary, Association, and Corporate sales teams as well as ensuring their team members serve as collaborative partners and advisors for their customers. Gerilyn has over 25 years of experience in executive and leadership roles in the luxury hotels industry, including serving as the former VP of HelmsBriscoe as well as the former Director of Global Sales - North America at Langham Hotels International and Meadowood Napa Valley. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco.
Gerilyn joins me today to share how she got started in the luxury hotel industry and the challenges she’s faced throughout her career. She shares how she coped with extensively traveling while raising her son as a single mother and advancing her career and how she coped with feelings of guilt. We discuss the value of building a personal support system to advance your career as a working mother. She also shares the lessons she’s learned about ensuring your voice heard and making sure you receive recognition for the ideas and concepts you present to your organization.
“There should be no judgment around what decisions any of us make. It’s what’s right for you and your family at the time.” - Gerilyn Horan
This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:
• Gerilyn’s career journey and what inspired her to work in the luxury hotel industry
• Coping with extensive travel while raising a child as a single parent
• The importance of building a support system and how she coped with feelings of guilt
• Lessons Gerilyn has learned about being heard
• Why she believes many women are hesitant of stepping into their power, voicing their opinions, and asking questions
• Ensuring you are recognized for your ideas and the concepts you bring to the table
• What she knows now that she wished she knew at the beginning of her career
• The difference between mentors and sponsors and how they impact your career
Our Favorite Quotes:
“Your career might not look like what you think it’s going to look like in the beginning, but there are ways to get there.”
- Gerilyn Horan
“Continue to keep your network strong and things will present themselves. There are options.”
- Gerilyn Horan
Writing the Rules of Women Leadership
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