Women at the Top
A podcast where professional women share their journey to the top of their careers, such as mindset, habits, lessons, accomplishments, challenges, and dreams to inspire others to do the same.There are not enough women in lead roles for various reasons, including gender biases and limiting beliefs. This show highlights what women are capable of by celebrating their achievements, the obstacles they’ve overcome, and the dreams that drive them to excel. By seeing what’s possible, other women can believe in themselves and strive to reach the top as well. Workplaces are better with more women leading.
Christina Muller: Clinical Consultant (Workplace Mental Health and Leadership Psychology)
Christina Muller, a licensed clinician and workplace mental health expert, explains how organizations can build psychological safety, reduce burnout, and improve performance through trauma-informed leadership, practical tools like her SEA model, and strategic stress management. She also warns against overreliance on AI, which can fuel anxiety, impostor syndrome, and cognitive offloading, emphasizing the need for human-centered leadership. Christina shares how her parents’ work-related stress shaped her mission and offers personal strategies for managing stress and sustaining high performance.
Key Takeaways:
Leadership buy-in is essential for integrating mental health into organizational strategy.Psychological safety can be...Audrey Dhanani: Director of Operations
Audrey Dhanani, Director of Operations at Bolt Accelerator, shares her inspiring journey from retail management and kindergarten teaching to leading operations at a fast-growing business accelerator. She reveals how she drives sales, finance, tech systems, and data tracking to help entrepreneurs scale effectively while maintaining balance, inclusion, and purpose in leadership.
Key Takeaways:
Role and Impact: Audrey oversees sales, finance, tech systems, and data tracking at Bolt Accelerator, ensuring smooth operations and scalable growth for entrepreneurs.Bolt Accelerator Programs: The company offers tiered programs that connect founders with expert coaches, community support...Elliott Stafford: Founder and Content Strategist & Creator
Elliott Stafford, a content strategist/creator and founder of LUXE Creative Agency, shared her professional journey of creating UGC (user-generated content) for brand advertising as part of her full-service marketing agency. Her dream is to realize financial freedom to support her future family.
Key Takeaways:
Elliott Stafford is a content creator who started creating UGC (User-Generated Content) around 2022 and recently launched LUXE, her creative marketing agency, which focuses on leveraging short-form videos to increase company revenue and sales through paid media or organic content. She explained UGC is content given to a brand for advertising purposes...Thelma Haddock: Senior Director, Change Management-Technology
Thelma Haddock shared insights from her decades in corporate America as a "people first leader" in sales operations and change management. She discussed her career philosophy of speaking with purpose and empowering others to use their voice and the necessary skills for success, including cross-functional collaboration. She advised being curious and networking, while her future goals include scaling her thought leadership to empower overlooked leaders.
Key Takeaways:
Career Journey and Personal Philosophy: Thelma reflected on her journey to reaching a director level, noting she was a quiet, observant child who learned the importance of...Taylor Murphy: Digital Transformation Consultant
Taylor Murphy discussed her career progression from Fidelity Investments to her current role at a top-five global pharmaceutical company, where she support digital transformation in R&D by enabling AI to accelerate drug discovery. She detailed her current responsibilities, which include creating operating models for global technology teams building AI applications, engaging in internal marketing, and supporting organizational change management. She emphasized the importance of self-clarity, communication, and leveraging AI, and shared her personal daily habits for skill improvement, well-being, and high performance. Her future aspirations include becoming an angel investor and developing a coaching program to help individuals...
Priyanka Patel: Lead Product Designer
Priyanka Patel shared her non-linear career journey in product design, emphasizing the importance of soft skills like communication, user research, and empathy, along with continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies like AI.
Key Takeaways:
A Non-Linear Career Path is a Strength: Priyanka's journey from web design to front-end development and finally to product design was not a straight line. She emphasizes that her diverse experiences, especially in development, are foundational assets that now enhance her design skills.Product Design is a Multifaceted Role: The role requires more than just visual skills...
