40. Are You Surrounded By the Right People?, with Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network

👠 Kristy's 'Life After Corporate' story. 2:26 ✨ People are what make Ellevate unique and different from other women's networks, it's a place where the magic happens. 4:50 👩🏼‍💼 Ellevate is an ecosystem built on elevating women in the workplace and in the world, and to support each other as the professional leaders that women are. 8:45 🫂 The Ellevate community has over 200,000 women, but it feels quite cozy because of the idea behind it - adding more value, nurturing hyper-local connections, having meaningful conversations, and changing the business culture. 10:57 🧱 There is a real need for a rebuilding of corporate: hope that 2021 will bring a greater acknowledgment of our humanness. 17:17 🙆🏼‍♀️ Women are leaving the corporate workforce in record numbers to take control of their lives. 19:56 👔 One of the reasons for the lack of board diversity is networks and how we are building them, and that is changing. 22:07  🤝 Ellevate nurtures the idea of diving deeper within the community by helping members to gain skills, offering expert-led discussions with peers, and facilitating squad conversations in roundtables. 24:41 🦸‍♀️ Squads is unique to the Ellevate membership and a powerful microcosm. 27:51 🧚‍♀️ Mentoring meetups is speed dating for mentoring and offers an opportunity to change someone's life. 28:40 🌷 Ellevate lives in a culture of contribution.  The best investment you can make for your future?  Nurturing relationships. 31:58 Connect with Ellevate Network: https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/ January promo: use code MOVEFORWARD for 20% discount February: Squad programs  Join the Life After Corporate Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/launchlabforwomenentrepreneurs