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251: Tap Into Your Courage to Build Confidence with Ellen Taaffe
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Ellen Taaffe is a Clinical Associate Professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. She teaches a course, Personal Leadership Insights, and serves as the Director of Kellogg’s Women's Leadership Program. Ellen is an independent board director on three company boards and runs her own leadership advisory consulting, speaking, and coaching business.
Growing up as the fifth of six siblings, Ellen recalled dinner table conversations where her father engaged them in brainstorming about his entrepreneurial challenges. Ellen loved those discussions, saying they influenced her interest in business. Her parents always told her and her siblings that they could do anything with an education, hard work, and a vision. At the same time, Ellen witnessed and experienced the financial instability of her father’s business pursuits. This was not discussed openly, as her parents maintained a never-ever-quit philosophy. While Ellen cherished her parents’ positive belief in herself and her siblings, she recognized the value of bringing more transparency into the conversation with her own children.
Ellen spent 25 years at Fortune 500 companies in top brand management posts within PepsiCo, Royal Caribbean, and Whirlpool Corporation. In her recent award-winning book, The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place, Ellen offers her vast experience to help women understand and navigate internal and external obstacles to create the careers and lives they desire.
In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Ellen’s journey:
- Ellen has shared her insights on leadership, careers, advancing women, and inclusion through her writing and speaking in Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider, Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Kellogg Insight.
- In 2019, she delivered a TEDx talk, Taking Center Stage Can Change Your Life.
Learn more and connect with Ellen here:
https://www.instagram.com/ellentaaffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellentaaffe/
https://www.facebook.com/ellen.taaffe.3
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