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Are you a career woman thirsting for success and on the hunt for winning strategies to elevate your confidence, courage, and influence? Laura Leach is our featured guest this week for the Fearless Female Friday series. Laura is a skilled and certified career coach who focuses on professional, mature women in technology transition and pivoting their careers. Laura was a recruiter for 23 years in the technology space until she realized her passion wasn’t about recruiting people and instead felt satisfied helping people change their lives.
Listen in for an in-depth conversation on what executive presence is and how to apply it. Laura will share the different methodologies and techniques for even the non-executive.
Key Takeaways:
- Chasing your passion will always give you the joy and satisfaction you desire
- If you feel stuck and unhappy in your 9-5, you need to find out what’s getting you stuck before deciding to transition.
- Executive presence can start at any age. It comes with awareness, and practice and understanding are self-awareness and understanding.
- Having strategies in place will always help you leverage your network.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [2:14] Laura’s backstory; Her Career coach journey
- [6:18] Steps towards making a leap/career shift
- [9:54] Transitioning into the mindset perspective of new space
- [13:58] Understanding and recognizing the executive presence
- [19:49] Three components of stepping up into the identity of an executive
- [22:37] How mindset perspective on executive presence translates for entrepreneurs/solopreneurs
- [28:52] Laura’s advice to someone trying to elevate with no prior experience
- [32:19] How to network successfully
- [34:01] Laura’s book recommendation
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Get In Touch:
- Website: https://meredithconsultingllc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauradleach/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/meredithconsulting/
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