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PowerToFly
by Nicole Felter
This the podcast version of our Chat & Learn program! We want to make each Chat & Learn as accessible as possible to our community. You can see a full list of our upcoming Chat & Learns here: https://powertofly.com/career/
Episodes
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Building and Managing the Perfect Team
By Kate Anderson, Co-founder and VP, Operations at IFundWomen. Your team is the heart of your business, and making smart hiring decisions from day one will allow your vision for your company to become reality. In this chat we will tackle making your first hire, growing a team, and the importance…
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What Does It Take to Become a Better Ally in the Workplace?
By Elissa Cabasso, Senior Director Account Management at JW Player. Allyship at work can foster beneficial connections and build a more positive workplace culture. Being an ally is a lifelong process that involves acknowledging privilege and bias, and challenging them in yourself and in your...
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Pride All Year Long: A Conversation with Drag & Trans Icon Peppermint
By Miss Peppermint, Actress, Singer, Reality Star & Activist. Peppermint, a trailblazing actress, singer, reality star, activist, and longtime key figure in queer nightlife, will join PowerToFly in an intimate conversation moderated by Joey Nolfi, writer and multimedia host at Entertainment…
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Parental Leave 101: How to Ensure a Smooth Transition to and from Parental Leave
By Bridie Kennedy, Sales Leader, and Michael Davis, Enterprise Account Executive at New Relic. Preparing for the arrival of a new addition to the family is an exciting adventure, but it can come with some feelings of unease around balancing your career and family life. As you make the leap from...
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OFFICE HOURS: Interview Prep With PowerToFly’s Career Coach!
By Marina Zucchini, PowerToFly's Career Coach. Do you want to ace your next interview? Join this free interview coaching session with our Career Coach, Marina Zucchini, to learn the expert tips you need to succeed! In this chat you’ll learn: The general dos and don’ts of interviews How to address...
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The Growth Mindset: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome as an Engineer
Jackie Feminella at Senior Frontend Engineer at Guru Technologies. I started my career in television production and then in technical recruiting. About two years out of college, I found Software Engineering, switched careers again, and have been in this field for 5 years now. Something that I...
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Don’t Land the Job That Sucks! Top Considerations for Assessing Your Next Career Move
By Zhanna Tam, VP, Growth Marketing at Netskope, and Paula Judge, VP, Talent at Accel. Your job search journey is coming to an end… You applied, you interviewed, you negotiated, and now the decision is in your court. Do you accept the offer? Most people do. They have gone through the interview...
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Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence in the Workplace: What Can Companies Do?
By Chiara Condi, Gender Equality Advisor & Founder, Led by HER. Today the UN estimates that 2/8 working women are victims of domestic violence, which means that statistically speaking most companies will be confronted with the issue (even more so after the sharp rise worldwide in domestic…
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Keys to Success
By Maya Ziv at Corporate Counsel at Helix. I had thought that my background in science and specialty in complex contracting at law firms prepared me to be an expert in-house attorney. It wasn't until I joined the startup world that I realized that my expertise couldn't just live in a vacuum. I've...
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Building Community: How to Foster Belonging within Your (Remote) Team
By Natalie Angelillo, Vice President of Community & Communications at OfferUp. Companies often limit or assign the “people” related activities to the HR team, expecting them to “be responsible” for building their culture. But HR teams alone can't build community or culture for a company. Great...
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Breaking the Cycle Of Generational Trauma and Racism
By Alice Li, Staff Engineer at Squarespace. I’m the daughter of a refugee whose family was tortured and executed in his native country, then arrived in the United States only to build a life plagued with targeted anti-Asian violence that continues to escalate today. Overcoming systemic oppression...
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My Mission to Be Mission-Driven: How to Turn Passion into Impact
By Katie Hallam, Partner Marketing at Helix. I've always said that life's too short not to make an impact...and I hope that's impactful for somebody! I've been very lucky in having some exciting opportunities throughout my career, but the opportunity that inspired me the most was the one I almost...
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Inclusion in the Workforce: The Career Path of a Professional With Vision Loss
By Oksana Chuchunkova, Employment Program Coordinator at the Russian Disability Peoples’ Organization. When I was a little girl, I wanted to become a singer just like the most popular singer in the U.S.S.R. at that time. I dreamed about different jobs but my choices diminish when I grew up. I...
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#IamRemarkable: Embrace Your Self Worth & Express Your Achievements!
By Karuna Pai Thomas, Diversity & Inclusion Catalyst. I had concluded that my discomfort for ‘tooting my own horn’ was from my conservative upbringing, however, after meeting people from around the world, I quickly learned I wasn’t alone! #IamRemarkable is a global Google movement that strives to...
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How to Pivot into a Career in Digital Design (UI UX)
By Samaya Sinha & Khrystyna Oros from Ideate Labs. Become a creative problem solver in this workshop! You're ready to make a shift, but how? Join a webinar from Ideate Labs LLC for advice on interviews, portfolios, and finding the perfect job. Ideate Labs provides professionals with free…
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How to Negotiate Practically Anything
By Olivia Jaras, CEO & Founder of Salary Coaching for Women. Have you ever noticed that while you may start with negotiations with a clear plan, they quickly go off the rails and off track quickly? Come with me as I teach you how to negotiate everything you want and on your terms. In this session…
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Group Management 101: Quick Guide For Leading and Empowering Your Team
By Alissa Mayers, Public Programs Manager at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute. I have always been curious about working groups, mostly because I have never really enjoyed them, and when I have seen really effective groups or teams I am always jealous....how did they do that? When done right they…
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How Teachers Pay Teachers Increased Employee Engagement through a Culture of Continuous Learning
By Kwame Thomison, Sharell Bryant, Carly Stambaugh from Teachers Pay Teachers. Join three TpTers in discussing how to grow a vibrant learning culture within your technical teams, and hear how they use continuous learning to increase employee engagement. In this chat you will learn: Actionable…
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Asking For That Promotion: Tips & Tricks to Landing Your Next Big Role
By Kelly Wulff, General Counsel of Vouch Insurance. Join me for an interactive discussion about how to ask for the big one - that promotion or that job that will set you up for the next step in your career. In our time together, we'll discuss what managers and leaders evaluate when considering...
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Identifying Environments Where You'll Thrive
By Michelle Amato, Vice President of Sales, Global Financial Services at Workiva. It took me several years and a few companies to find one that really allowed me to leverage my strengths and be comfortable in my voice to lead. Being in a company that supports and promotes diversity growth in…
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What We've Learned From Working in a Male-Dominated Industry: Tips & Tricks to Achieve Success
Christy Pasion & Marcia McKniff from Datadog. We started our careers in the tech industry knowing that only 16% of women hold senior-level positions, with just 10% at the executive level. And we wanted to challenge that. Today, as leaders in both Sales and Technical Solutions at Datadog, we have...
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Taking & Returning from Parental Leave: How to Prepare Yourself (and Your Manager!)
By Jessica Kurz, Senior Director of Strategic Projects at VTS. As someone who is about to take my second parental leave in two years, I've learned a lot about how to prepare for the time away from work as well as how to transition back in. I believe that parental leave is essential and that all...
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How Networking Changed My Personal and Professional Life
By Bina Kamath, CEO & Founder at Orion's Reach. Networking is my superpower. I realized this early on when I came to Canada in 1996 and eventually it became a part of my routine. Networking allowed me to tap on resources, connections and opportunities I didn't know existed and evolve as a person…
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Agile Mindset: Best Practices for Removing Obstacles
By Brittany Durdin from the uShip team. We all face obstacles in our lives, personal and professional. When it comes to our professional lives, our work environments can have a significant impact on how we handle those obstacles, but what makes an environment “good” for clearing obstacles? A…
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Landing Your First Job in Tech: Solving the No Experience - No Job Challenge
By Bosky Mukherjee. I get asked a lot of questions on breaking or pivoting into tech and almost in all those questions lies doubts and misconceptions about the stereotypes who have made it in tech. Candidates are busy wordsmithing their resumes or trying to get a referral and network without...
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Getting the Most Out of Your People: Management Lessons From the Venture Philanthropy World
By Diana Zhang. After taking an unexpected leap of faith from my executive role at a hedge fund to become the CEO and co-founder of NeighborShare, I find myself at the helm of a 25+ person, all-volunteer team working furiously to help as many families as possible through moments of critical need....
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Burnout in the Workplace: How to Recognize It and Treat It Effectively
By Lauren Baptiste. Is stress getting in the way of your work? Is work getting in the way of your well-being? As a Type A woman working up the ranks, the ambition that got me to the top was the same kryptonite that led me to a hospital, ill from corporate burnout. Join me in my second Chat &…
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Prescription for a Joyful Life: Connect to Your Soul, Trust Your Intuition, & Find What Feels Good
By Michele Sammons. If your default mode is to overthink, determined to make things complicated, and effort your way into happiness and success (I did this for years), listen carefully—life can be different. It can be joyful. I believe with all my heart that the Spiritual Path can be sprinkled…
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You Can Live a Life Free of Financial Stress
By the It'$ My Money Lady, Patrina Dixon. I thought my life was almost perfect until I realize that I had an opportunity to improve my finances. There was a time in my life where I had trouble managing money I noticed other people in my community also had issues with managing money for themselves...
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You Too Can Invest: Practical Guide to Investing and Designing Your Financial Future
By Mina Ennin Black. Growing up I always thought investing was something that other people did. It wasn’t for me. It seemed…complicated. It wasn’t until I looked around at my family that I realized that to make any meaningful progress with our finances, investing had to be part of the…
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You Don't Need a Tech Degree to Be a Senior Engineer
By Autumn Wright and Amanda Raymond from the CallRail team. We are two non-traditional engineers. One of us graduated from a bootcamp and worked under a mentor at a startup. One of us is a self-taught developer who learned on the job through a series of IT department positions. We’ve taken the…
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Transformative Networks: Three Concrete Steps to Building a Powerful Network
By Eliza VanCort. Creating networks that support and nurture you while propelling you forward is far more than developing a hefty rolodex. Networking goes to the very heart of who we really are, how we feel about ourselves, and the toxic messages that hold us back. To build and maintain strong,...
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Bringing Value to Others: The Secret to Finding Passion in the Work You Do
By Kyleigh Meisler, Partner and Event Operations Manager at GameChanger. Graduating from college I thought I knew what path I wanted my career to take. I found myself working hard, but unfulfilled. I desired to find a career that could meld my passion for sports and feel like I was making an…
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Balancing Caregiving & Career: What I Learned from a Year of Working & Caregiving During a Pandemic
By Anne Salgado, Senior Level Customer Care Manager at LogMeIn. I am a Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Friend, Teacher, Volunteer, Employee and Manager. I feel happy, exhausted, excited, angry, inspired, frustrated, empathetic, and grateful. There are days when I bounce between or merge these…
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Presentation and Pressure in the Workplace
By Tokes Ojo-Ade and Marissa Regnerus from the T. Rowe Price team. As women, we navigate a delicate balance when we show up to the office. We're told to dress professionally to be taken seriously, but not so seriously as to come off as rigid. Dress in a feminine way, but don't become sexualized....
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Advancing Your Career Without Climbing the Ladder
By Nora Leet and Sue Lorentz from the Surescripts' team. Nora came to the sudden realization that she didn’t want her boss’ job. But with 15-20 years of work in front of her, that didn’t mean she wanted to just standstill. One of Sue’s greatest learning experiences came not when she was promoted,...
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Empowering Differences for Intentional Changes
By Ashley T. Brundage. Empowering Differences is the intentional action of using power and authority for yourself or others while positioning ways in which you are not the same as the people around you. Using your differences, what makes you unique, to empower yourself and others to make real...
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Confronting Your Fears Head On to Stay True to Yourself
By Jennifer Yeh. We only have one life. And until you’re brave enough to walk along the edge of this one life, you’ll be meandering in a field of cultural and social norms and other people’s wants, needs and expectations. Your true self is waiting outside of all that noise - separated from...
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Unlock Career Growth by Building Organic Relationships
By Latisha Kimber, Head of Digital Engagement at S&P Global. Being your authentic self at work shows up in many ways—in fact, it can help you embrace opportunities for growth. I've taken on several new roles throughout my career with the goal of stretching myself and growing into the professional…
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The Unconventional Path to Entrepreneurship: 5 Keys for Success
By Lauren Washington. I always thought there was a right time and right path to becoming an entrepreneur. After starting my career as a teacher, joining the corporate world for 8 years, getting an MBA, and then jumping headfirst into entrepreneurship for the last 7 years, I've realized there…
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Building the Cannabis Industry From Scratch: Advocating for Social Equity & Opportunities for Women
By Toni Forge & Kyra Reed. The cannabis industry offers women and marginalized communities opportunities for ownership, employment, and participation in its growth in a way that no other industry provides. But we need strong advocates and talented professionals to ensure that we are great in...
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Let's Talk About Mental Health and How We Can Protect It
By Charity Collier. I witnessed many people in 2020 learn to navigate how to work from home and not being able to spend time with loved ones. What people may not realize is the toll on our mental health these changes have caused. I look at mental health like physical health, we need to take care…
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Stop Assuming and Start Asking: The Best Tips & Tricks for Finding Allies & Advocates
By Diane Foley from Raytheon Technologies. I’ve heard countless stories of women working hard and achieving results, yet they are still being passed over for promotion and other growth opportunities. When I dig a little deeper, I find many of those women have never overtly shared their career...
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You Deserve to Be Happy: Discover How to Create a Life You Love
By Angela Choi. It is your birthright to lead a happy and joyous life. Perhaps this seems easier said than done because somewhere along the way, you started making choices and doing things based on what you were told you “should” be doing. Or maybe your fears got in the way and instead, you chose…
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Let’s Talk Taxes: What You Need to Know When Filing This Year
Quite often, taxes can seem mysterious, overwhelming, or downright intimidating, simply because of the complex and ever-changing nature of US tax code each year. We too have been in the role of tax novice as we entered the workforce, often relying on friends and family for our important tax...
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The Important Role Women and Diversity Have in Travel
By Jeannette Ceja. In this chat we will discuss ways that we can amplify the important role that women contribute to the travel industry. Also, how we can further build a more inclusive and diverse travel movement.
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How to Identify & Leverage Your Transferable Skills
By Dovie Majors from the Amazon team. Have you thought about moving into a different role within your existing company or taking that leap of faith to transfer your skills to a new business? It can be scary and somewhat daunting. An initial reaction is to doubt your skills and your personal…
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Connect With Calmness: Tips and Tricks to Discover It Within You
By Criss Cuervo. Since I was a young girl I heard about meditation, however it seemed something esoteric and far from my reach. For many years I read books on the subject but still did not understand how to practice or explore my inner world. After many years of study and search, I finally…
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The Diverse Definitions of Success: Find and Embrace Your Own
By Marcela Díaz. An encounter at a local Art gallery led to a tech job and my very own “Emily in Paris” experience once they transferred me to France. It took me a while to connect the dots that being 100% myself in and out of the office had been the key, not only to personal fulfillment, but to...
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Mastering Cultural Intelligence Starts by Mastering Yourself: Lead Your Individuality to Lead Others
By Shiva Roofeh. Being an Iranian, American, Muslim, Jew I've learned to painfully deal with hurting situations due to the lack of cultural intelligence of others. It is my objective to stop people from this suffering. I want you to walk away from this chat with: What cultural intelligence is and...
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This the podcast version of our Chat & Learn program! We want to make each Chat & Learn as accessible as possible to our community. You can see a full list of our upcoming Chat & Learns here: https://powertofly.com/career/
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PowerToFly is created and hosted by Nicole Felter.
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