Celebrating 100 Episodes (and 3 Years!) of the UNprofessional Podcast!

Celebrating 100 Episodes (and 3 Years!) of the UNprofessional Podcast!

✨🥂Three cheers for hitting 100 episodes and three years of unscripted, insightful conversations on the UNprofessional Podcast!!! 🥳🎉 We couldn’t have done it without your support, so a huge thank you to all of you for listening. For the past 100 episodes, we’ve covered everything from process improvement to business growth to company culture to […]

Celebrating 2.5 Years of the UNprofessional Podcast: Revisiting Our Favorite Episodes

To celebrate our two-and-a-half-years of the UNprofessional podcast, I am delighted to share with you the top three episodes from the past six months. If you’ve been enjoying the blog, I can assure you that you’ll find these episodes even more engaging and insightful.  💡How to identify problems in your processes In this episode, I […]

Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of UNprofessional: Revisiting Our Top 3 Episodes

30 countries.🌎 80 episodes. 🎧Two wonderful years. 🥂I couldn’t be more grateful to all of you who actively listen to and support the UNprofessional podcast.   In celebration of the second-year anniversary🎉 of the podcast, we’re sharing our top three episodes in 2022. It was a pleasure sharing a conversation with these three amazing human […]

My Commencement Speech to Elon’s Class of 2022: The Whole Experience

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Being chosen by my alma mater, Elon University, to address the graduating class of 2022 was undoubtedly one of the most honorable moments I’ve ever been gifted with. This wasn’t part of my vision board, and I never even thought of it as a possibility. I’ve given so many speeches in my career, but this […]

Why I Don’t Use Clichés and Buzzwords

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One of the principles I live by is to not speak using clichés and buzzwords. The definition of the word cliché itself will give you an idea of why effective speakers and savvy writers avoid them. A cliché is something that’s become so overused that it has lost its ingenuity and impact. And as a […]

How I Spent The 4 Months Preparing for A Commencement Address

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I’ve been invited by Elon University to give a commencement address. This is something I never expected. I haven’t even thought of it as a possibility.  I am an achiever. I relentlessly go after my dreams and have fulfilled most of them, but this is different. This is not something you pursue or chase after. […]

The Way Forward: A Call for Femininity in Business

“When women rise, so do all of us.” A 2019 study by S&P Global Analysis reported that companies with female CFOs are more profitable, and in the 24 months after the appointment of female CEOs, there was a 20% increase in stock price momentum. According to a McKinsey report, $12 trillion could be added to […]

Calling All Women Who Will Disrupt the Status Quo: Let’s Talk Thought Leadership

the future is female

Women make great leaders. We make the world a better place and inspire a brighter future for all women. There is no shortage of incredible women more than qualified to fill leadership roles, yet there’s still a substantial gap between men and women leaders in the workplace. Despite studies showing how women are more effective […]