Careers · Lauren Erbicella, Career & Leadership Skills Coach, Small Business Consultant

Career Growth Strategies for Women: Glass Ceiling, Smashed

by Lauren Erbicella, Career & Leadership Skills Coach, Small Business Consultant

Glass Ceiling, Smashed covers variety of topics related to business, communication skills, leadership development, career growth, and more! This podcast is geared toward (though not specific to!) women wanting to climb the corporate ladder, improve their work/life balance, and become successful and respected leaders in their field. This podcast also talks about sales strategies, process optimization and streamlining, and topics related to small and micro business owners and entrepreneurs. Designed to educate and elevate, Glass Ceiling, Smashed puts a blunt, yet informational and supportive spin on all topics related to professional life. Our host, Lauren Erbicella, is the founder of Windrose Coaching and Consulting. She focuses her services on 1:1 coaching related to career and leadership skills development. The consulting side of her business focuses on small/micro businesses and the joys, challenges, and experiences of those business owners and employees. Lauren holds a B.A. in Organizational Development and Leadership from Widener University, as well as an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. Lauren enjoyed over 20 years of professional experience in legal, tech, finance, and sales before deciding to take her expertise and channel it into helping others grow. If you're a woman (or man, any other gender!) who wants to be respected, carry yourself with confidence, and lead yourself and others toward a more fulfilling career and life, you've found the place for you. Whether you're an experienced professional or a new college grad, I guarantee you'll learn something. Everyone is welcome here, so let's go smash that glass ceiling together. ____________________________ This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions such as: How do I ask for a promotion? Why do high-performers fail to get promoted? How do I ask for a raise? How do I communicate better, more clearly, or more effectively? How do I bridge the gender gap at work? Do women make better leaders? How can I be a better manager? How do I get more respect at work? What is strategy? How do I become better at sales and establishing relationships? What stats do I need to pay attention to to measure business growth? What are the best leadership styles? How can I simplify my business processes? How do I give good feedback? How can I change careers? What skills do I need to become a leader? How can I develop my employees? How can I influence my coworkers when I'm not their boss? What is the difference between management and leadership? ...and many more! **If you have a request for a specific topic, please reach out at glassceilingsmashedpod@gmail.com** ____________________________ Glass Ceiling, Smashed is brought to you by Windrose Coaching and Consulting LLC. WRCC provides individual 1:1 career and leadership skills development coaching, as well as consulting services for small and micro businesses. Visit our website (www.windrosecoachingandconsulting) to learn more about our services and pricing.

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17 - People Don't Hate Change, They Hate BEING Changed: Where Reorgs, Pivots, and Layoffs Go Wrong

Ask most leaders why their employees resist change and you'll hear some version of "people are creatures of habit, they'll come around." It's a convenient

Oct 27
28 min

16 - Silence is Not Agreement: Why Your Team Needs Disagreement (and how to do it well)

Ever sat in a meeting, heard something you completely disagreed with, and said nothing? Made a face, typed something in the chat and deleted it, or vented to your signifi

Oct 20
22 min

15 - Managing Up Isn't Sucking Up: How to Lead Your Boss

Link to Scott Mautz's Leading from the Middle: https://amzn.to/4yAicEr This episode makes the case that managing up is the skill of building a working partnership w

Oct 13
42 min

14 - Women's Health is a Workplace Issue (and it's time we treated it like one)

Picture a woman at her third appointment for the same health issue, doing math in her head about how many more half days she can take before her manager starts to wonder

Oct 6
43 min

13 - Overcoming Your Inner Critic: Imposter Syndrome, Self-Doubt, and Finding Your Executive Presence

This episode covers 1978 research that coined the term “imposter phenomenon,” and the mixed evidence on whether this phenomenon is found in women more than men. Then, I&

Sep 29
20 min

12 - Navigating Office Politics Doesn't Have to be a Scary Thing Anymore

Office politics has a bad reputation, but avoiding it entirely is practically impossible. Trying to avoid it can also be a career limiting move. This episode defines what

Sep 22
21 min

11 – Is Gen Z Unprepared for Corporate America, or is Corporate America Failing Them?

Gen Z gets blamed a lot for being “unprepared” for work, with some critics going as far as calling the generation “unemployable.” This episode asks a different question:

Sep 15
24 min

10 - Running on Empty: Burnout, Who’s Most at Risk, and How to Prevent It

Picture the employee in your workplace most likely to burn out. If you pictured someone struggling, checked out, or not that invested in their job, this episode is here t

Sep 8
23 min

9 - Stop Talking About $10K Months and Start Talking About Growth Rates

If you spend any time on social media, I’m sure you’ve seen someone bragging about having s $10K business month. And if your business’s month looked nothing like that, mi

Sep 1
13 min

8 – Women are Underpaid and Underpromoted: Let’s Do Something About It

Women are still paid less, promoted less, and chosen less often for roles that “matter.” In this episode, I’ll talk about exactly how much less women are paid, promoted,

Aug 25
22 min

7 - Decision Rights, not Decision Fights

Have you ever been in a meeting where you were supposed to make a decision, but a group consensus was impossible, so the meeting just ended up being a total waste of time

Aug 18
28 min

6 - The Quick Fix Trap: Stop Fixing the Same Problem Over and Over Again

Ever fix a problem at work, only to watch it come back a few months later? Of course you have. First, this means you didn't fix the problem, you patched it. Seco

Aug 11
26 min

5 - Say What You Need to Say: How to Improve the Feedback Conversation

Giving feedback, performance reviews, behavior assessments...They are some of the most dreaded conversations at work. I don’t think I know anyone who looks forward to t

Aug 4
20 min

4 - Being Liked vs. Being Respected: How it Affects Women's Career Growth

It sometimes feels like being liked and being respected should be (or are) the same thing. Spoiler Alert: They're not the same, and confusing/conflating the two is

Jul 28
11 min

2 - Five Things That Will Help You Communicate More Effectively and Gain Credibility

We communicate every single day through meetings, emails, conversations, and passing comments we don't even think twice about. The problem is, most of us have never

Jul 23
13 min

3 - Why Women are Seen as Being Less Strategic (and what to do about it)

You've been told to “think more strategically,” but has anyone ever actually told you what that means? Or why women get that feedback more often than men? Has anyone

Jul 23
22 min

1 - Motivation - What to Do When You (or Your Team) Just Don't Want to Anymore

Employee engagement in the U.S. hit a ten-year low in 2024. So if you've been feeling like something's off with the motivational vibes right now, you're ri

Jul 21
16 min

0 - Welcome to Glass Ceiling, Smashed

Glass Ceiling, Smashed has arrived. A man repeats your idea in a meeting and gets the credit. You rewrite an email multiple times because you don't want "confident"

Jul 20
9 min