867: Alyson Baber: The Intersection of Eating Disorder Recovery, Motherhood and Leadership

Alyson Baber is a mom, wife, and tenured sales leader with experience in both startups and major public enterprises. Her background spans chemical engineering, medical device and capital equipment field sales, tech sales, and advisory roles. Currently, Alyson serves as the VP of Commercial Sales at Outreach. Previously, she held roles as the Head of Sales at Melio and helped Zoom scale from $50M to $4B in revenue. Prior to that, she led new business and expansion sales at SendGrid (now Twilio) and various startup teams within Intuit. Alyson has a passion for leadership, problem-solving, data analytics, and creating clarity and process from chaos. Because she can't say no to a good challenge, she's been an advisor for multiple startups and is an LP at Stage2 Capital. Alyson lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and a puppy named Baxter (yes, from Anchorman). In her free time, she enjoys taking advantage of all things Colorado, traveling, having a creative outlet through multiple art mediums, and attempting to learn to ski well past the level of her comfort. Listen in to hear Alyson share: How healing her eating disorder in her teens and twenties shaped who she is today as a woman and leader How her eating disorder was a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and ambiguity  How she got affordable and effective eating disorder help in a surprising place - ultimately allowing her to be in recovery for 15 years now How her recovery impacts how she shows up in personal relationships and leads in professional spaces Her and her husband’s winning decision for him to stay home as their kids’ primary caregiver while she pursues executive leadership roles How she is consciously building her own leadership brand What a leadership brand can look like for highly effective leaders How she navigates her desire to be respected vs being liked Link mentioned: Connect with Alyson on LinkedIn We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices