From Wallflower to Tech Pioneer with Elizabeth Bieniek - Ep.314
Release Date: 03/05/2025
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info_outlineAre you ready to embrace disruption and unlock your leadership potential? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, host Anjel B. Hartwell interviews Elizabeth Bieniek, named one of the 10 most influential female pioneers in tech by Toptal, shares her unconventional journey and blueprint for modern leaders in this episode. From a dutiful, obedient child to a disruptor later in life, Elizabeth's path took a scenic route through various industries before she found her niche in technology and innovation.
Discover how a "beautifully dangerous" sabbatical led her to question her purpose and ultimately leave corporate to start her own thing. Elizabeth discusses the importance of taking ownership, creating supportive environments, and viewing money as a tool for enabling a new life.
Whether you're a corporate leader or an aspiring entrepreneur, this episode will inspire you to reflect, reassess, and unlock your own potential for innovation and impact.
What You Will Learn:
The importance of observation and learning to understand the realities of the business world.
The value of taking ownership and feeling responsible for the outcomes of projects.
Strategies for creating supportive environments where team members feel valued and invested.
How to innovate constantly, both within teams and individually.
The significance of learning from failures and sharing experiences to help others.
The importance of finding joy in the journey and investing in oneself.
Methods for unlocking potential in others by helping them realize their own capabilities.
A new perspective of viewing money as a tool for enabling new life experiences.
The need to embrace change and remain open to unexpected opportunities.
The power of reflection and reassessment in shaping one's path and purpose, especially after significant life events like a sabbatical.
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