S1 Ep156: Episode 156 - How to Breakthrough Barriers to Bigger Leadership Roles

Ellen Taaffe Ellen Connelly Taaffe is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, where she teaches Personal Leadership Insights and is the Director of Women's Leadership Program. She spent 25 years with Fortune 500 companies holding the top brand management post at divisions of PepsiCo, Royal Caribbean, and Whirlpool Corporation. Ellen serves as an independent board director for two public and one private company boards, runs a leadership advisory consulting, speaking, and coaching business, and is a TEDx speaker. She shares her insights on leadership, careers, and advancing women and inclusion through her writing and speaking in media like Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Business Insider, and more.Ellen believes in encouraging women to step into their own leadership, let go of past messages and behaviors that block them, and realize their possibilities.From her teaching, coaching, and investigation into existing research, Ellen has learned that today’s women are prepared to work and lead yet face the same hurdles she did years ago.Ellen saw that society seemed to have glossed over the challenges women face, navigating workplaces full of old systems, bias, and a lack of role models, amid a greedy culture that rewards careers at the height of women’s childbearing and caregiving years. Her goal with her book ‘The Mirrored Door’ is to share the realities she has seen and to enlighten women on their way. In this episode, Ellen shares how to set boundaries and overcome people-pleasing behaviours in her professional and personal life.She talks about how to shift from thoughts to action using a four-part framework and how to succeed without struggle or self-judgment.Ellen Taaffe Consulting LLC847-951-8698LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellentaaffe/https://twitter.com/EllenCTaaffe#self-judgement, #glassceiling, #themirroreddoor, #leadership, #workplace, #podcast for women,Remember to leave a 5 5-star rating or Comment if you have enjoyed this episode of the We Are Women Podcast.  You can email Janeen at [email protected]