Subtraction Activist Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey on Women, Leadership & Sustainable Success

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring Subtraction Activist Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey. In this powerful conversation, Nell shares how she helps high-performing women and mission-driven leaders build success that feels as good as it looks. Harvard-trained and educated by horses, she blends elite global education with deep real-world leadership experience. Early in her career, Nell worked in high-stakes nonprofit and humanitarian environments where the work mattered deeply and the consequences were real. Later, after pursuing elite education across multiple institutions, she noticed a troubling pattern — the hardest-working, most capable, and values-driven leaders were often the most depleted. That contradiction shaped her mission: helping women do more good without piling on more to-do’s. We dive into leadership burnout, sustainable success, subtraction as strategy, women in leadership, nonprofit leadership, humanitarian work, executive coaching, high-performance culture, emotional intelligence, purpose-driven careers, and redefining ambition in today’s world. More Nell: https://www.nell3d.com/ For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal:                    https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_b Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.