Encore release from 2020. Cate Luzio spent over 15 years in corporate banking and during that time she observed a lot of women's careers stalling - not from a lack of desire to advance but from a lack of knowledge and resources to help them advance. As Cate learned to navigate networking, new skill development and speaking up for opportunities, others - both men and women - took notice and sought out her guidance. Before long Cate realized she had a desire to do more; to share what she knew with...
Nov 04, 2021•45 min
On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks to Nicholle Overkamp, a personal financial expert and business coach who runs the Wilcox Financial Group, which focuses on financial planning, and PowHERhouse Money Coaching, which focuses on financial coaching. She aims to help women develop positive money mindsets and get started or level up in financial planning and investing. In this episode, Nicholle discusses common reasons women feel apprehensive when it comes to financial decision-making and how ...
Oct 28, 2021•45 min
On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Keely Cat-Wells, an entrepreneur and disability advocate who founded C Talent, a talent agency that represents deaf and disabled artists, athletes, and influencers. Keely is also on Forbes 30 under 30 and the advisory board of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. In their conversation, Keely discusses taking risks, handling pushback, the issues of ableism, and her inspiration for founding C Talent. She also talks about invisible disabilities, discl...
Oct 22, 2021•37 min•Ep. 45
On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Kathy Hines who is the Chief Marketing Officer of Dickies. Dickies’ is a 100-year-old brand, and their purpose is to champion the dignity of work. Kathy held several international positions for the VF corporation before transitioning to her role as the CMO. Kathy and Tara discuss personal responsibilities and creating a level playing field for all workers. Kathy also talks about taking jumps, rather than risks, how her international work has shaped ...
Aug 05, 2021•35 min
LaShae Baskin is Principal and Managing Director of the Austin office of Huckabee , an architecture firm. On this episode of Fierce Lab, LaShae tells us about the risks she's taken in her career journey, offering advice on "finding the gaps" to add value and planning for problems before they come fires. She also offers her experience and tried-and-true tips to become a successful leader. LaShae also shares how and why she's become a relentless advocate for her son and all children, leading her t...
Jul 29, 2021•50 min•Ep. 43
Andrea Paris is an attorney who has implemented a daily meditation practice into her life. She discusses with Tara what led to her adopting this practice, including the role that the pandemic played. Andrea describes how mediation is a practice of letting go rather than of achieving emptiness in your mind. She gives us tips for getting started and covers the benefits of mediation . At the end of the conversation, Andrea shares her plans for attending a 10-day silent retreat. Andrea’s background ...
Jul 22, 2021•51 min•Ep. 42
On this episode of Fierce Lab, Mita Mallick , Top LinkedIn Voice 2020 and thought leader in the diversity, inclusion, and equity space joins us to share her experience of growing her personal brand via the LinkedIn platform. Mita gives us tips on how to engage on LinkedIn and to maximize your visibility. She discusses the value of the LinkedIn community and the professional benefits. We also talk about career gaps due to caregiving and how the LinkedIn community can be an ally. Engaging on Linke...
Jul 15, 2021•42 min•Ep. 41
Alex Williamson, CEO and co-founder of Asteya, and previously the Chief Brand Officer of Bumble, shares her transformative healing journey. She started with Asteya, an insurance company that helps protect one's income, to bring income protection to the forefront. During our conversation, Alex discusses the importance of mental and physical health as well as financial health. She tells her story of healing, explains her company’s mission and what income insurance can do for women. Also, she speak...
Jul 08, 2021•39 min•Ep. 40
Laura Baldwin is the Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel investment network that invests in women owned and women led businesses. In our conversation she share the foundational elements that every founder should know when looking to bring on investors to their business. Laura discusses more about Golden Seeds and their office hours, the types of businesses that need outside funding, the different stages of funding, and what investors look for when looking to invest. Golden Seeds Golden S...
Jul 01, 2021•52 min•Ep. 39
On this episode of Fierce Lab, Kate Tonda , Senior Director at Walmart, discusses how to navigate challenging career conversations, the importance of raising your hand for the right things, how to best allocate your time in professional relationships and projects, and the downside of women's desire to be liked. Challenging conversations Conflict and confrontation are often avoided, however, being willing to face conflict or confrontation means that you and/or the other person care enough to face...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 38
Latese Hickson , a Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Foot Locker, sits down with Tara to discuss taking a risk by changing her career path. She offers tips for owning the room, getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and how each of those can lead to success. Also, Latese discusses being the only female voice on the Foot Locker Men’s team and her advice for leaning into that dynamic. Taking Risk Latese discusses the change she made from being a buyer to a marketer and the risk of changing c...
Jun 17, 2021•44 min•Ep. 37
Dee C. Marshall , CEO of Diverse & Engaged, is an influencer and award-winning business owner as well as a thought leader on equity, diversity, and inclusion. She is a serial curator with bright ideas that are an outgrowth of passion and her focus on women’s growth and development and not just living life by default. In this episode Dee discusses the importance of recognizing your own unique brilliance and being boldly unapologetic. Tara and Dee also discuss the necessity of having a persona...
Jun 10, 2021•54 min•Ep. 36
SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Lauren Hasson, the founder of Develop[Her], author of The Develop[Her] Playbook , and a woman on the frontlines of tech, shares the five simple steps she took to make a comeback ...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 35
This episode of Fierce Lab, we're trying something different, what we're calling In Conversation With. Tara sits down with her good friend Chelsee Adams, a creative consultant to discuss Chelsee’s background and starting their own businesses. They discuss the value of being a generalist, networking, when it is time to take a break from stressful work, and how to visualize success. Throughout they sprinkle in questions that were culled from Chelsee's Instagram followers and friends. Chelsee Adams...
May 27, 2021•55 min•Ep. 34
The Community of SEVEN, a leadership development program, was created by Lan Pham to bring people together in a community to help change the world for the better. The pivots and risks Lan took throughout her life prepared her for her role in creating the program, and she believes that living your purpose and values will help you achieve success in your life and in bettering the world. On this episode we discuss her love of micro-learnings. To help instigate positive change in a manageable way, L...
May 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 33
Channing Beumer, is the founder of CNK Daily an online community with the goal and purpose of serving, educating, and empowering women in the sneaker and streetwear space, with a focus on Black and Brown women. On this episode we discuss the how to evaluate personal and professional risk, the importance of building something greater than yourself and how putting a stake in the ground can lead you to your calling. Channing lives by her values, leading with her "why" and shares her tips for buildi...
May 13, 2021•52 min•Ep. 32
On this episode we chat with Kim Smith about the challenges that parents face with raising teens today, how to deal with their access to technology, and we explore why kids are less interested in getting their driver’s license now. She is the founder of the ministry Beautifully Broken and author of Beautifully Broken: Forged through Fire, Up from Ashes , as well as the nonprofit she started with her best friend dedicated to kids and teens struggling with their own or a family member’s addiction....
May 06, 2021•37 min•Ep. 31
Gaining financial security can seem like an intimidating process, but the most important thing you can do is to just take the leap and get started, says Financial Content Creator, Ashley Kilroy. On this episode of the podcast we discuss the building blocks of financial security. From figuring out how much money you have coming in and going out to making a budget, building an emergency fund, to minimizing debt, we cover it all. Ashley even shares her formula investing at any age and her guidance ...
Apr 29, 2021•59 min•Ep. 30
Brooke Lively helps entrepreneurs sleep better at night. I should know, I'm one she has helped. Brooke is the founder and CEO of Cathedral Capital, a company that helps business owners become profitable and thriving. Her company provides financial strategy as well as outsourced CFO, accounting and bookkeeping services. Brooke and her team have worked with hundreds of businesses and over the course of time have identified six key numbers that every entrepreneur should actively chart in their busi...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 29
This month we're kicking off our Women and Money series. We wanted to bring you one of our most listened to episodes with Jacqueline Twillie that originally aired December 3, 2020. Jacqueline and her company ZeroGap are on a mission to eliminate the gender wage gap. One way she works toward this goal is by teaching women to negotiate to increase the longevity of women in leadership roles within male-dominated industries. The author of two books including Don't Leave Money On The Table, Jacquelin...
Apr 01, 2021•54 min
On this episode, I sit down with Chelsea Cunningham, Founder and CEO of The Title Girl, to talk about building and scaling a business in a male dominated industry. Chelsea started her company at 24 with limited resources and experience, yet she didn't let that stop her. As you'll hear, she is comfortable operating in the unknown. When I asked Chelsea about how she approaches risk, she shared that she loves solving big problems. In her words, "The bigger the problem, the more you get paid." Chels...
Mar 25, 2021•39 min•Ep. 28
Angie Wisdom is a Life and Business Coach based in LA. We sat down to discuss her work helping women uncover their core values and how we can use them to silence our inner critic. Angie says our work can begin by creating a Personal Success Playbook. The playbook should contain answers to questions such as, "what do you believe and what do you stand for," as well as "what's holding you back." On this episode Angie gives tips for starting your day with intention and even shares her Morning Mindse...
Mar 18, 2021•54 min•Ep. 27
In this episode I talk with Sarah Haggard, founder and CEO of Tribute, a modern mentorship app, to discuss the ins and outs of mentorship. Sarah started her career at Microsoft and discovered that peer-to-peer mentoring brought so much value to her work life. And it was that insight that lived shared experiences could be a model for building modern day mentor/mentee relationships. In our conversation Sarah shares how Tribute works for organizations and how Learning & Development can use it t...
Mar 13, 2021•53 min•Ep. 26
Claire Wasserman is the modern woman's champion for professional and financial advancement. She is arguably the leading voice for owning your worth and commanding your career, including fair pay. What started as a small informal gathering of career women to openly share tips and stories around pay and negotiation has evolved into a community of over 75,000 from across all 50 states with the rallying cry, "Ladies Get Paid." On this episode I chat with Claire about her new book where she tackles b...
Feb 18, 2021•52 min
Emily Avagliano says there's a science to falling in love and it requires taking risks. She is the founder of Dating To Get Married and teaches people, women and men, how to use science to fall in love. Through her work she has discovered that one of the major factors holding people back from finding their soulmate is fear. On this episode we break down the three stages of love and how we progress through them. We also cover the four key steps to finding soulmate love. They include: 1) Believe s...
Feb 11, 2021•41 min•Ep. 24
Jacqueline Twillie and her company ZeroGap are on a mission to eliminate the gender wage gap. One way she works toward this goal is by teaching women to negotiate to increase the longevity of women in leadership roles within male-dominated industries. The author of two books including Don't Leave Money On The Table, Jacqueline is an internationally recognized negotiation expert but she credits working in her mother's hair salon in Louisiana as a teen with learning the art of negotiation. For thi...
Dec 03, 2020•54 min•Ep. 23
Have you ever wondered if working with a coach is right for you? Are you curious about the difference between a coach and mentor? On this episode, Debby Jewesson, Dallas based coach, consultant and three-time entrepreneur shares what you can and can't expect out of a professional coaching relationship. She also digs into the power of having a positive mindset and how with the right frame of mind, women can accomplish so many of our wildest dreams. Over the course of our conversation Debby shares...
Nov 19, 2020•58 min•Ep. 22
When Margaret Frazier applied for the Social Media Coordinator position at S'well, she didn't have a portfolio of work to share and limited experience in similar roles. What she did have was research skills and ambition. Tracking down the hiring manager on LinkedIn, Margaret worked diligently to secure a first-round interview. What happened next should be consider a masterclass in "going for it." On this episode of the podcast, Margaret shares how she has consistently put herself out there and s...
Nov 05, 2020•33 min•Ep. 21
Emily Jaenson has built a success career in sports starting in ticket sales with the Chicago Bulls and rising to the ranks of General Manager of the Reno Aces Baseball Club, a AAA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. On our episode she shares her tips for women looking to either break into sports or continue to climb the ladder in a male dominated field. Emily's tips including guidance for building your network, advocating for a promotion and how to handle being the only woman in the room. And...
Oct 22, 2020•51 min•Ep. 20
This special episode is to honor the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I'm chatting with two women who share what her life meant to them and how her work has shaped their world. First, I speak with Julie Torres, a print maker in Atlanta, who creates beautiful portraits of Justice Ginsburg. Julie shares why RBG's career inspired her to begin creating her art. Her impact was so profound that Julie traveled to Washington, D.C. to pay her respects. On this episode Julie takes listens through he...
Oct 15, 2020•40 min•Ep. 19
