Build Your Brave Career for Women in Tech
Episodes
E97: The Power of Investing in the Green Zone so that You Grow Your Career, Skills, and Leadership
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if you didn’t have to suffer through burnout, exhaustion, or pain before you chose yourself, your goals, and your dreams? What if, instead of s...
E96: Nisha Shrestha - Uncovering Your Wisdom to Stress Less and Increase Your Income (Client)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes everything may appear to be picture-perfect on the outside, while our internal journey is quite the opposite, full of stress, and anxiety th...
E95: Brave is the Bridge to Everything You Dream About for Your Career: Seniority, Leadership, Salary, Mentoring
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve got some cool news for you! In some ways nothing is changing: this is still the Celebrate Brave podcast, and this is still the best place for y...
E94: Chelsea Olson - Bravely Pursue Your Dreams as an Electrical Engineer, Pilot, Trustee, and Leader in STEM (Client)
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Olson, my client, joins us on this episode to share her brave story of pursuing her dreams, even in the face of adversity (and shares how you ...
E93: Part 1 - How Do I Hire More Women?
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So you want to hire more women, but don’t know why they aren’t applying? I’ve got a bit of a fiery and direct answer for you. This question –...
E92: How You Can Change Who You Are in an Instant-- Trigger Warning
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: this episode include talk about gun violence, loss, death, and grief.Today on this special episode, I address one of the biggest misu...
E91: How Do I Keep Going After a Job or Career Loss? 2 Steps for Women In Tech
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all experience loss, whether it be within our careers or life. We try and we fail...we try again, we fail again, we try again, we succeed, and then...
E90: Recession Worries, Women In Tech, Career Growth, Owning Your Career
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you currently worrying about the potential recession, reorganization of your workplace, or manager change? If you are losing sleep, overstressing,...
E89: What I Learned from the 5 Day Build Your Brave Intensive
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to build your brave in a more intentional way than you ever have before? In this episode, I am giving you a recap while everything is fresh from...
E88: Susanne Mueller - Embracing Freedom & Releasing Career Expectations, Management Sabbatical, Global Travel, and Women in Tech (Client)
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Susanne Mueller, leader, global traveler, and innovative Project Management and Enablement Professional, joins us to share her brave career story.In t...
E87: How do I really take time off with losing my career growth?
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is for you if you are desperate to take time off but can’t really get away. Maybe you take time off but keep checking your work emails,...
E86: Jackie Podoll- Learning to Choose You, Stop Accepting Being Underappreciated and Undervalued, and Grow Your Career (Client)
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt underappreciated and undervalued in your workplace, even after making an effort to ignite change? In this episode, my client, Jacki...
E85: How to Deal with Unspecific Career Feedback to Build Your Skills, Relationships, Career, and Salary
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listeners Question: Nicole answers a listener question: how to deal with unspecific feedback. The listener shared the following information:“My mana...
E84: Accountability - Crucial Conversations
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Accountability - Crucial Conversations. This is the fourth of four episodes within Accountability. In this episode ...
E83: Accountability - Decision Framework
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Accountability - Decision Framework. This is the third of four episodes within Accountability. This episode is for yo...
E82: Accountability - Circles of Control
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Accountability - Circles of Control This is the second of four episodes within Accountability. Nicole shares the ci...
E81: What is Accountability? The Key to Working Less and Crafting Your Brave Career
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Accountability - What is Accountability? This is the first of four episodes within Accountability. Nicole teaches w...
E80: Amanda Burma - Why Neurodiversity is a Superpower, Being a Great Sales Engineer, Asking Questions and Taking Action for Career Growth (Client)
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Burma, a powerful sales engineer within growing start-ups, my client, and my friend, shares her brave story about finding a career she loves wh...
E79: How do I know if I am underpaid as a woman in tech?
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listener question: How do I know if I am underpaid?Nicole provides a few simple ways to discover if you are underpaid. Once you have your answer, Nico...
E78: Jennifer Beason - Work You Believe In, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Models, and Action Plans (Client)
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Beason, Director of Corporate Social Responsiblity, shares her brave story of how she built her career towards work that she believes in and ...
E77: What do I do when I'm ignored? How to Use Your Voice to Capture Attention and Build Relationships
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listeners Question: Nicole answers a question a long time follower and listener of the podcast has sent in an email. What do I do when I’m Ignored?S...
E76: Momentum - Interview to Outcome Framework
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Momentum, Interview to Outcome Framework. This is the fifth and last episode for Momentum.Nicole teaches you how to t...
E75: Momentum - Negotiation Framework
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Momentum, Negotiation Framework. This is the fourth of five episodes within Momentum.Nicole teaches you how to effect...
E74: Momentum - Evaluation Framework
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework; Momentum, Evaluation Framework. This is the third part of the five episodes within Momentum.Nicole shares a simple, effect...
E73: Momentum - Spider Networking
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Momentum, Spider Networking. This is the second of five episodes within Momentum.Nicole teaches you how to simply and...
E72: Momentum - Interest Interviews
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Momentum. This episode kicks off the second part of the framework: Momentum with a favourite topic: Interest Intervie...
E71: How do I know if I hate this job or this entire career?
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listener question: How do I know if I hate this job or this entire career?Nicole answers a repeated listener question with concrete advice and insight...
E70: Ginny Walters - Find the Mission of Your Life
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My client, Ginny Walters, shares how she was motivated by a significant personal loss to reevaluate her career and her future. In just a few short mon...
E69: Nupur Verma - The Power of Investing in Yourself
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My client, Nupur Verma, shares her pathway from nearly quitting her role after doing too much for too long (hello 2020 and 2021!) to advancing in her ...
E68: Who do I need to become to enjoy my career?
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listener question: Who do I need to become?Nicole answers this important listener question and then shares how you can simply craft your own answer. A...
Create Opportunities to Build Your Global Career as Woman in Tech with Client Dora Szasz - E67
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dora Szasz, a research scientist and my client, shares how she has chosen to find opportunity in even the most challenging experiences, including slee...
E66: Clarity - Board of Advisors
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Clarity - Board of Advisors. This is the third of three episodes within Clarity. A career board of advisors is a g...
E65: Clarity - Smart Goals
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Clarity - Smart Goal. This is the second of three episodes within Clarity. Listen to this episode to learn how to ...
E64: Clarity - Self-Concept Design
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 - Clarity - Self-Concept Design. This is the first of three episodes within Clarity. Are you unable to ask for what ...
E63: Why Brave? Build Your Brave Career - My Own Story
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am asked so often why I teach bravery. Here is my answer: because being brave has been so very hard for me. I share my personal story, how I commit...
E62: Build Your Brave Framework 2.0
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to stress less, work less, and earn more? Then you are ready for the Build Your Brave Framework. In this episode, I share two truths --...
Network to Find Truth, Joy and Purpose in Your Life to Grow Your Career from Education into Tech with Ashley Willumitis E61
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Willumitis shares her brave story, from rejecting the belief that she had to be overworked and underpaid, to taking a significant risk with her...
E60: Choosing Important over Urgent to Build Your Career, Stress Less, Work Less, and Earn More
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I share how to build the habit of choosing what is important over what is urgent so that you reach your goals and create your dreams. Especially as w...
E59: Christie Chaffee - Create Your Door to the Executive Level as a Woman in Tech Finance
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christie Chaffee joins shares her story of how she embraced one window of opportunity to grow from being a team and project leader into an organizatio...
E58: Fix The Three Biggest Career Mistakes as a Woman in Tech
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
3 Biggest Career MistakesSetting a weak goal and keeping it to yourselfObsess about the howNot believing you will changeHow to set a concrete goal by ...
E58: International Women's Day 2022 - Bonus Episode
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today on International Women’s Day we bring you a special bonus episode to CELEBRATE ALL WOMEN!!!We are doing things a bit different in this episode...
E57: Charlotte Allen - Be a Rebel in Your Own Career, Be Bold, and Be Excellent
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Be Bold and BalancedDon’t play small, come forward with what you are passionate aboutSay what you want to say, be bold about it and then just shut u...
E56: How to Negotiate in 4 Steps for Career Growth as a Woman in Tech
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I teach you a transformational mindset to empower when and how you negotiate as well as a simple framework for every type of negotiati...
E55: Vonda Page: Choose The Story of Your Success
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What story have you been told and what story do you know to be true? Listen to ensure you know the difference. ”In order to change something you ha...
E54: How to Recover from a Career Mistake, Women in Tech, Leadership, and Global Careers
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When a choice becomes a mistake When you keep making mistakes and you spiral downWhen you are unhappy and it shows When you decide to do something a...
E53: What Can We Learn from Doing Something Scary in Our Careers
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The top four learnings that Nicole gather from taking a risk What investing in yourself actually means Why asking for help is awesome Related Episo...
E52: How to Run Your Career Effectively so that You Work Less and Earn More as a Woman in Tech
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learning how to effectively run your career is the difference between a lot of wasted time, energy, and skill and a career that moves forward how and ...
Building Success in Cybersecurity & Data Protection with Marcae Bryant Omosor
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you trying to catch up to others or are you blazing the path for you, knowing the world is gonna catch up to you? In this episode, Marcae blows Ni...
E50: You Build Your Career, No Professional Prince Charming
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inspiration for this week’s episode comes from one of Nicole’s clients: There are no prince charmings. Yet, too many women are acting like the pro...
E49: The Value of a Coach for Career Growth, Women in Tech, Corporate, Leadership
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole answers the number one question she gets, everywhere she does: Why coaching? ie, what’s the value of a coach? Why should a person have a coac...
E48: Skill Building Can be Simple for Your Career
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit an earlier episode called “Catch the Bunny” with a clearer message and additional growth: everything is impossible until you’ve done ...
E47: How Self-Care Matters to Your Career, Especially as a Leaders and Woman in Tech
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit an earlier episode called “You are a cast iron pan” with new insights and additional growth. The cast-iron pan metaphor to one of self-...
E46: 3 Simple Ways to Change Your Career During The Holidays
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this time of year with over 200 different celebrations and holidays, leverage your own traditions and celebration to remind yourself that you are o...
E45: How to Enjoy Your Senior Career as a Woman in Tech, STEM, or Corporate Leadership
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a woman in tech at a senior/executive level who feels lost? Or are you a woman in tech aiming to become a senior/executive and want to know ho...
E44: Parvathy Sankar - Define Your Own Success as a Global Leader in Tech,
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Long time fro-lleague and fellow woman in tech, Parvathy Sankar, shares two BRAVE stories about defining success her own way and how relationships are...
E43: How You Lead Your Interview Process to Craft Your Next Career Step
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mindset shift is demanded: interviewing is now a shared, collaborative experience that you lead. No longer do you wait and follow along with zero (or ...
E42: Are you Underpaid, Overworked and Un-invested as a Women in Tech?
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a woman in tech who is underpaid, overworked, and un-invested? This episode is for you!. Conversations and presentations during Grace Hopper ...
E41: Arezou Zarafshan - Take Action, Make Choices, and Lead as Women in Tech, Start-Ups, and Founding Companies
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“If I believe in a mission, I don’t stop. I do stop toxicity when I sense it. And then I pick a different path and keep going”; Arezou - mom, ...
E40: Erica Tamburo: Creative in Tech and Art
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erica’s brave story starts when she realised that graduating with a PhD was someone else’s goal for her. Erica shares her winding path towards di...
E39: Career Tip for Women in Tech: Circles of Control
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One transformative technique to shift your attitude from powerless to empowered The circles of control include the circle of control, circle of influ...
E38: Lone Aggersbjerg: Choose to Show Up as a Founder, Entrepreneur, and Community Leader
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The power of looking at the actual facts (circumstances), and not what you want to see or believeThe power of turning on the light: five weeks after s...
Career Tip for Women in Tech: Interest Interviews for Career Growth - E37
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deep dive into interest interviews and why it is a really underused and powerful technique to use throughout your career. How to step over your initi...
The Power of the Interest Interview for Career Growth into Tech with Jess Tillis - E36
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heads up: intrusive thoughts, handled with self-love and clarity, are a part of this episodeJess Tillis, Director, Global Revenue Operations at Fivetr...
E35: Baerbel Haenelt - The Courage to Ask Brave Questions to Hire, Grow, and Lead in Tech
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How an email with an impossible question got a surprising answer and how this story shows us all how we can ask BRAVE questionsBaerbel had a goal but ...
E34: Jenn Kurtek: Unexpected Global Woman in Tech, Entrepreneurship, Relocations, and Nomad Life
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Be prepared to get travel envy as Jenn shared her travels (spoiler: more than Nicole’s 25 countries!)From doing marketing for a bridal shop to closi...
E33: Shine, Amplify, and Raise up Women in Tech; One Technique to Build Your Career and Elevate Other Women in Tech
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is The Shine Theory and why should women in tech invest their time and energy in this way?The time that Nicole hired an intern and the relationsh...
E32: How to Identify & Manage the Dangerous Glass Cliff to Enhance Your Career as a Woman
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
1. The glass cliff is a known phenomenon of historically disadvantaged people and groups being offered opportunities to achieve leadership roles durin...
E31: Zoe Evans: Getting Untamed to Transform Tech, Founding Organizations, Taking Risks, and Rewriting Stories
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Proof that the current global concept that women aren’t founders is false. The actual problem is that 2.3% of ALL VC funding goes to women and of ...
E30: The Importance of Taking a Break When Things are Good in Your Career
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you taking breaks when things are good? Or are you waiting until things suck? Are you failing to take breaks at all? Breaks are so important and y...
E29: Laila Noort: Career Change at 50, from Supporting Others to Build A Service Based Company
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole had this idea, a podcast to share timeless stories, including her own, to be of greater service to others. But where to start and how to go abo...
E28: How to Build A Career Persona and Why You Need One as a Woman in Tech, STEM, and Corporate
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How you come across to others matters, especially in the workplace. As a woman in tech, you want others to perceive you as confident, inspirational an...
E27: Brenda Reid: Mental Health and Leading Out Loud as a Senior Leader in Tech
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is always the right time, the right month, to celebrate mental health and prioritizing our own mental health. Brenda Reid is our guests on the Cele...
E26: How to Build Your Career Board of Directors for Long-Term Career Growth
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is a career board of directors (BoD)? In this episode, Nicole explains what it is, why it matters and why you build and nurture one for your care...
E25: What Women in Tech REALLY Need
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole gets fired up in this one.Trust Radius issued their 2021 Women in Tech report. It is small, it reflects the pandemic's impact on women in tech ...
E24: Nicole Tschierske - Women in STEM Reimagined
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if you change the career path you were "supposed to be on"? What if your studies are in one certain direction and your heart & life experienc...
E23: Janet Soriano: Website with Heart
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Soriano is the guest of this week’s episode. Janet already had the entrepreneurial bug at a very young age, trying out different career paths,...
E22: Increase Your Salary This Week by Working Less with One Major Data Point
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to increase your salary? Of course you do! You love your job in tech but how is the balance? Are you working too much? You probably are! ...
E21: How to Make Your Next Promotion Inevitable as a Woman in Tech, STEM, and Corporate
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One out of four women in tech is thinking of leaving tech because they are not getting that promotion.Tech is embedded in everything we do and it is t...
E20: Build Your Brave Framework 1.0
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Update: The Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 is available here. As a woman in tech are you looking to earn more money, get that next promotion, create ...
E19: Jenn Whitmer: Conflict & the Enneagram to Craft Your Career and Stay in Your Values
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The guest this week is Jenn Whitmer. Jenn worked in education for 20 years and loved her job but unfortunately a negative working environment develope...
E18: Catch the Bunny
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is about learning from failure, black licorice, making a podcast but most of all it is about Lakritz, Nicole's dog, and how he, very u...
E17: Self-Care & Cast Iron Pans
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has anyone told you that you are a cast iron pan? Cause you areWhat is Nicole talking about! How can you, a human being, be compared to a cast iron pa...
E16: Kathi McCarty: Breaking Out Your Badass to Save Lives; Turn Mess into Message of Change; MethToxins
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Kathi McCarty. She shares about the horrific, eye-opening, jaw-dropping, life-changing moment when the house she owned and rented...
E15: Be in Your Too Much Because That Leads to Career Growth and Satisfaction
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What have you been told is your "too much"? Too detailed oriented? Too strategic? Too Tall? Too opinionated? Nicole certainly has heard "too much" to...
E14: Cut Your Crap for Career Growth, Accountability, Responsibility, and Satisfaction
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole talks about a wisdom shared with her from fellow coach Nancy McKay to "own your crap" so that you can "cut your crap." This episode is full of ...
E13: Celebrate Brave Special - International Women's Day
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An extra special episode of the Celebrate Brave Podcast. In honour of International Women's day 2021 Nicole has given over her podcast to a group of w...
E12: Sumina Kapoor: Welcome Help Whole-Heartedly to Build a Global Life and Career
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Sumina Kapoor to Celebrate BRAVE! Sumina leapt into Nicole's heart during a difficult time and has continued to inspire her words forward in...
E11: Who are you making it easier for? Don't hold back your career growth. Ever.
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to go to the next level in your career? Why haven't you stepped up for yourself? Who are you making it easier for?In this episode Nicole...
E10: The Timing is Always Right for Growth, Transformation, and Transition as a Global Woman
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did that promotion come too soon? Did you meet the right person at the wrong time? Did that recruiter from that amazing, super exciting company come t...
E9: Who do you want to be? The #1 Question for Long-term Career Growth and Satisfaction
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who do you want to be and how does she feel?If your answer is that you are not excited about who you are right now *or* you are not the person you nee...
E8: You are A-Ok When You Don't Know Where You Are Going in Your Career Arc
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole addresses the misconception that you have to know exactly where you are going before you can actually build your BRAVE. By giving a personal ex...
E7: Say the Wrong Thing - The Start of Brave is Risk
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part of building your BRAVE is saying something, even if it is the wrong thing. In this episode, recorded January 20 2021, I share many potential 'wro...
E6: Cora Haenelt - Bravery at Every Age, Woman in Tech, Taking Risks, and Stepping Up
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cora is Nicole's first guest on the Celebrate Brave podcast. They reminisce about the first time they met at the Grace Hopper Celebration where Nicole...
E5: Brave Doesn't Need to Be Hard - It Is Your Key Skill to Career Growth
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole talks about the misconception we have these days about bravery: that bravery is limited to war, fighting, rushing into burning buildings, and "...
E4: Own it like a Boss
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Update: The Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 is available here. Own it Like a Boss is about how you respond when you run into brick walls. Is it too mu...
E3: Experience it Like a Kindergartner
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Update: The Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 is available here. Experience it Like a Kindergartner is all about learning, acting, taking action, doing ...
E2: Tell it to Your Dentist
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Update: The Build Your Brave Framework 2.0 is available here. Tell it to Your Dentist is part one of Nicole's Build Your BRAVE framework. Get specifi...
E1: Celebrate Brave with Nicole Trick Steinbach
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole kicks off Celebrate Brave with how she got inspired to build her BRAVE, why she started this podcast, and a hands-on walk through her Build You...