WIL Talk #130 Maria Pouroullis Carpenter, CEO of Red Oliver Consulting

What is the medicine for chaos? Join us as we speak with Maria Carpenter from South Africa as she shares her story of finding her way and how her personal journey of navigating tragedy helped her to find joy and purpose. Maria has had a diverse career spanning software development, management consulting, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship. Maria has spent her career creating an environment of expectation that cultivates a culture of results.She takes us on a journey of success, then burnout, then back to finding her true place of happiness and how that happened after she had children. The lessons they have taught her in being the leader she is meant to be. We discuss the challenges women face when they are conflicted with their masculine energy and the consequences when they are out of alignment with their feminine side. This showed clearly when she experienced burnout at such a young age. Then one of her 6 brothers was killed tragically, and she felt like her world had ended, not even love could bring her back for a while.Then she found plant medicine and mindfulness work bringing her back to the world and her family.In 2018 she was sought out to run a large tech team and was baffled as to why they had contacted her only to realize this is what she needed. Given her experiences with connecting her masculine and feminine, she was able to quickly realize some wins for the team and aligning the expectations with the results. She talks about getting clear with what you want and how to communicate that to others and align the team on a common vision. But you must emotionally connect and be engaged with that vision for it to come to fruition.Want to better understand your leadership, visit us at www.wilempowered.com and take our free leadership quiz. #mindfulness #wilempowered #wiltalk #chaos