The Women Taking the Lead podcast is a resource for women leaders, allies, and organizations looking to promote more women into senior leadership. Episode formats include specific leadership challenges, "on-air" coaching with women leaders, and interviews with internal talent and organizational development leaders. Women Taking the Lead inspires women to overcome self-doubt and lead with confidence, integrity and a sense of humor.
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Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, House of Cards) will play detective Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas. Stephen Dorff (Somewhere, Immortals) is set to play Arkansas State Investigator Roland West. Carmen Ejogo (Selma, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) will play school teacher Amelia Reardon, who is connected to two missing children. Additional cast members include Josh Hopkins, who will play Jim Dobkins, a private attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas in ...
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Cat Wynn and SJ Tilly, romance writers and internet strangers turned friends, take on the romance genre every week in their no filter podcast: Tall, Dark & Fictional. Join us as we crack the spine on this best seller genre to discover what really lies behind the covers of a romance novel. Disclaimer: we swear about books… a lot. Make sure to order Cat Wynn's debut novel PARTNER TRACK! You can find links at www.catwynnauthor.com You can find SJ Tilly at sjtilly.com
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Have you ever had a bizarre encounter with a medical practitioner? An ER visit gone awry? A weird thing you found on your foot that turned out to be a rare species of parasitic insect? Welcome to Open Up and Say Ha! - Stories from Underneath the Paper Gown. Medical mishaps, misunderstandings, weird bodily functions... our guests are sharing it all. So get ready to laugh so hard you snort your coffee out of your nose, and if you happen to singe your nostrils, head to the doctor and tell us wh ...
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Glittery Lube and Leprechauns (with Jason Moyer and Bradley Michaud)
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Send us a text This is our first episode featuring a married couple! Bradley Michaud married our college bestie Jason Moyer, and we love them both so much we wish we were their sister wives. Regarding the topic of illness, one is a delicate flower who has barely had more than strep, and the other has survived two near-death experiences and talks ab…
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The Real Money's in the Prostate (with Dion Flynn)
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Send us a text Dion Flynn is a comedian and staff writer on The Tonight Show, where he frequently appears as various outrageous characters who make Jimmy Fallon laugh his bum off. Dion talks to us about one of his early gigs as a standardized patient, which is an actor hired to simulate an illness for the purposes of helping medical students practi…
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My Kidney Stones Look Like Granola (with Wali Collins)
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Send us a text Wali Collins is an award winning corporate comedian, actor, producer and author. He joined us shortly after his second bout with kidney stones, so the details were fresh in his memory and the stone was fresh in a cup next to his computer. Wali described what the stone felt like as it was passing through his "tube-age", and he and Jul…
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Can it Wait Until You've Finished the Swab? (with Kit Green)
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Send us a text Have you ever been recognized during an extremely vulnerable medical exam? Kit Green has! A multi-award-winning artist from the UK, Kit's work sprawls across theatre, music, broadcast and academia, and her own brand of 'experiential entertainment". She opens up about the benefits of being the only trans patient at a medical practice …
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S03.E20 - AIRPLANE GAMES IS A FLOP? EXCERPTS FROM THE GOOD TIMES ONLY NEWSLETTER
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Listen to an excerpt from Cat Wynn's Good Times Only Newsletter. If you want to hear/read more, make sure to subscribe at www.catwynnauthor.substack.com Airplane Games by Cat Wynn is available on Kindle Unlimited now! You can also find her at www.catwynnauthor.com You can find SJ Tilly at www.sjtilly.com You can find Gabby Marie on Instagram at Gma…
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S03.E19 - THE LOVE ARCHIVES AND FREE PALESTINE
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Cat, Gabby, and SJ talk all about their recent contributions to the Love Archives, a romance anthology with proceeds going to Operation Olive Branch. Be sure to pre-order your copy here: https://books2read.com/thelovearchives/ You can find Cat Wynn on most platforms at catwynnauthor and her website www.catwynnauthor.com and her substack www.catwynn…
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Unicorn Fantasy Radiology World (with Ophira Eisenberg)
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Send us a text Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR’s comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years and she now hosts the comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke where she talks to other comedian parents about how the hell they do it. Ophira has had so many medical interventions in her life that choosing…
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Send us a text Coming to you from Frankfurt, Germany, we have our longtime friend Abigail Paul, a dynamic performer and BBC Writer’s Room Popcorn Award Nominee. Abigail is a self-proclaimed "big baby" when it comes to medical situations, yet she has knack for turning her uncomfortable encounters into highly amusing stories. She regales us with tale…
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SJ and Cat were so honored to speak with Jodi Malpas on today's episode of TDF! Jodi has been writing romance for over ten years and she brings all her wisdom to this ep. You don't want to miss out! Go check out Jodi at jodiellenmalpas.co.uk You can find Cat Wynn on most platforms @catwynnauthor. Check out Cat's debut workplace romcom PARTNER TRACK…
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Now I Know How Jesus Felt (with Kevin Allison)
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Send us a text We are crazy about Kevin Allison, who you may know from The State , a cult classic show that aired on MTV from 1993-96. He is also the creator and host of the hit podcast, RISK!, where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share. On this episode, Kevin tells us how his adult ADHD diagnosis might be the reason for…
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Sounds Like a Porn Plot (with Zoe Friedman, Amber J Lawson, and Jodi Lieberman)
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Send us a text Today's guests are the co-founders of Comedy Gives Back, an organization that serves as a safety net for the comedy community by providing financial crisis relief, mental health and chemical dependency treatment sponsorship. Amber J Lawson, Jodi Lieberman and Zoe Friedman have been working in comedy for decades, and as they share the…
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Send us a text It's our first "poopisode", and we can't promise it will be our last. Everybody poops - it's universal - so it was inevitable that our longtime friend Mike Dressel would relax us enough to let loose (literally). Mike Dressel is a writer, editor, former educator, and lapsed performer who went to college with Julia and Ellie. A friends…
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Bad Fish and Good Farts (with Ellie Dvorkin Dunn and Julia Granacki)
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Send us a text It's the very first episode of our brand new podcast! Co-hosts Ellie and Julia decide to save the guests' experiences for future episodes and instead, share their own bizarre medical encounters with each other. Even though they have been friends for 30 years, they each manage to tell a story that the other has never heard! If you've …
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I have an update to share with you all. If you are not subscribed to the podcast hit the follow or subscribe button so you get the comeback episode when it comes out. And if you know anyone who can benefit from any previous episodes, please share those episodes with them. If you are looking for leadership development opportunities for yourself, you…
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Did you know women represent only 33% of employees in the Tech industry? And according to Accenture half of women who go into the tech industry drop out by the age of 35. Knowing those stats, it’s great when you hear of a company that is beating those odds. I wanted to know what is making the difference, so I’ve invited Laura Baldwin, the President…
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Reduce Angst by Increasing Your Commitment
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Why do we sometimes struggle to achieve certain goals, while others that are even more challenging are accomplished without much difficulty or stress? Any goal designed to create change or transformation takes commitment. And your commitment level - to do what it takes to achieve the goal - determines your experience as you work toward that goal. W…
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Cultivating Psychological Safety in Leadership
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What does it truly mean to have a psychologically safe workplace and why do so many organizations struggle to create psychologically safe environments? According to research released last fall by Wiley, only 53% of individual contributors and 55% of supervisors say they feel safe taking risks at their organizations. Risk taking is a required compon…
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A quick little mini episode because Cat released her fish monster romance BREATHLESS! Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1RZXH5Q
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Leanne Rodd on Creative Solutions to Meet Unique Talent Requirements
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Is finding the right talent a challenge for you? This is a topic that frequently comes up in my coaching and consulting conversations. Regardless of the size of the company or industry, there is a fear (or realized reality) that the people with the skills and experience needed for a particular position is nearly impossible to find. But is that a "C…
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The lovely Avery Flynn joins Cat Wynn and SJ Tilly to talk all things romance. Avery has published over forty romance novels! You can check out all things Avery Flynn on her website at https://averyflynn.com/. You can find Cat Wynn on most platforms @catwynnauthor. Check out Cat's debut workplace romcom PARTNER TRACK at www.catwynnauthor.com…
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If you could have more time or more energy, which would you choose? I’m going to get bold and make the case that many of your challenges would be overcome if you had more energy. If you’re like me trying to control time, you take things off your schedule only to find other things have filled that briefly open space. As a result of your effort, you …
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Most people, without training and mindset work, are uncomfortable giving others feedback. Without training and mindset work, giving feedback is perceived as a hard conversation. This is largely because of uncertainty of how the receiver is going to respond to the feedback. The fear is that the receiver will at minimum take offense and withdraw. The…
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Send us a text Here's a little teaser showing what you can expect from Open Up and Say HA!, a brand new podcast baby birthed and hosted by the creators of Circling the Drain. Subscribe here and follow @openupandsayha on all socials for updates and links. Episodes released weekly featuring hilarious folks such as Kevin Allison (Risk! and The State),…
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Myths That Prevent Gender Parity in Leadership
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Have you come face-to-face with any of the prevailing myths about women in the workplace? Last month I interviewed Analiza Wolf, the author of The Myths of Success: A Woman of Color's Guide to Leadership. Analiza’s book, and our conversation, focused on the myths we women, buy into that hinder our growth as leaders. Not too long ago, I was listenin…
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Emilie Aries on Systems-Level Solutions to Pay Equity
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I'm going to get a bit vulnerable here and be transparent that on the Women Taking the Lead podcast I have not given a lot of time to the topic of pay equity. Part of it is because I'm typically not working with women around the areas of negotiating salary. That may come up when a client of mine is being offered a promotion but typically, I'm not d…
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Dr Mary-Clare Race on How to Retain Talent
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Hello and welcome to Women Taking the Lead. I’m going to start us off by reading a quote I read not too long ago of my guest today. “As leaders in an increasingly polarized society, it's crucial that we recognize the talent within our organizations. Incredible talents are often overlooked, underutilized, or placed in situations that are bound to fa…
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Analiza Quiroz Wolf on Beliefs That Block You
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There are a lot of myths out there about what you need to do to be successful at work. You may already be at a point in your career where you’ve realized this and had to shift gears. And you may still feel like you are walking a tight rope of, for instance, needing to be more decisive but not too decisive because that can work against you as a woma…
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Are You as Self-Aware as You Think You Are?
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Would you describe yourself as being self-aware? Most people do. But according to research done by organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich and her team involving 5000 participants, it may be that only 10%-15% of the population is actually self-aware. Additionally, they found that when someone considers themselves to be highly experienced, that est…
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S03.E15 - GMARIE & CAT WYNN & A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
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Sorry about the audio issues! Be sure to read Going Down by Cat Wynn on KU! A trapped Valentine's Day Novella. Cat and Gabby Marie sit down for an improptu recording and a little discussion about just about everything today. We'll be back with regular episodes next week! You can find Gabby Marie @gmarie writes on most platforms and her holiday nove…
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Ever had those moments in leadership where it's not just about spreadsheets but also about dealing with people's feelings? Imagine having an insider secret to level up your leadership game—something that makes you a better manager, team player, and inspirational leader. The secret is emotional intelligence or EQ. In this and the coming episode, we'…
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Creating Psychological Safety with Pasha Marlowe
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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like you couldn't fully be yourself? Maybe you hesitated to share an idea, express an opinion, never mind present an opposing view. Or maybe felt like you didn't belong? And as a leader, have you ever been made aware of an employee having this experience at work? I have Pasha Marlowe joining me to di…
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Have you ever wondered why some teams do okay while others effortlessly tackle challenges? The secret lies in one word: TRUST. In fast-paced environments, team cohesion is more crucial. A cohesive team, built on trust, can leverage diverse skills, tools, and resources to conquer any obstacle. Building and maintaining trust is not a one-and-done exe…
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Rebecca Muriuki on Removing Obstacles to Empower Women of Color to Thrive in Leadership
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Are you at a loss for how you can actively support and empower women of color to thrive in leadership? I often look at reports showing the current numbers of people in all levels of leadership. And, regardless of the level of leadership, the industry, etc., women of color are in the lowest percentiles. This conversation with Rebecca Muriuki explore…
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Cat & SJ play the fave game of all romance writers (according to us) would you rather. Tune in for all new questions. And stay for the chat! Happy 2024. Free Palestine. You can find Cat Wynn on most platforms @catwynnauthor. Check out Cat's debut workplace romcom PARTNER TRACK at www.catwynnauthor.com, available where books are sold. Also PRE-O…
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