Build Your Brave Career for Women in Tech

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 have to challenge something” - Vonda PageVonda shares part of her experience as a black woman with a masters degree, certifications, proven experience, and self-love moving through the corporate world33 out of the Fortune 500 top executives are women. 33 total. And most of them are white. Explore what that means for all men, for all women, and especially for women who don’t see themselves in positions of power right nowResources:Writers:Michael Kimmel - Angry White MenJames BaldwinZora Neale HurstonSojourner Truth Vonda Page:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6hCZbEkpC0https://www.linkedin.com/in/vondapage03/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 about it and listen to Nicole explain what you need to do RELATED EPISODES The timing is always right How self-care matters in your career Career Tip for Women in Tech: Circles of Control For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

The top four learnings that Nicole gather from taking a risk What investing in yourself actually means Why asking for help is awesome Related Episodes Brave doesn’t have to be hard Baerbel Haenelt; The Courage to ask Brave Questions Parvathy Sankar; Define your own success For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 when you want it to.So many people are currently in the passenger seat of their career, giving away their decision-making and authority to a manager or an institution. That. Doesn't. Work. You must decide to claim the driver's seat and stay right there. There are four steps: Build your vision with a soundbiteSurround yourself with the best peopleAlways be investing Drive accountability for yourselfEach of these steps can radically transform your experience and future. Start with one, start imperfectly, and move forward towards a career worthy of your brave. RELATED EPISODES How to Build your Board of Directors Are you underpaid, overworked and un-invested as a woman in tech How to lead your interview process For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 Nicole’s mind about how she is not waiting to ‘see it to believe it’ but is ‘believing it to become it.’ Marcae has worked in six different industries and uses her experiences to help pull others like her up through the ranks. She shares her experience creating a network, building your credibility, being open to mentoring and sponsorship, and always believing into an ever better version of herself.Marcae issues us a call to action: be more visible, help up others, and believe in your success. Resources:Marcae Bryant-Omosor https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcae-bryant-omosor-gcb-d-46b485162/https://cyberbytzsleadexecs.org/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 professional version of sleeping beauty, waiting for the professional knight in shining armour or the prince charming to swoop in for their career. It is an enormous mistake.Nicole shares personal stories about how she co-created bad working situations that held her back: staying at a job with a crappy manager who accused her of not being a team player (when he actually meant ‘masculine’), staying in a gendered situation that held her back, accepting poor behavior as part of the experience of getting a promotion. How you can stop being a sleeping beauty and become your own knight with control and joy in your career. Related Episodes: Are you Underpaid, Overworked or Underinvested as a Women in Tech? Career Tip for Women in Tech: Circles of Control How to Identify & Manage the Glass Cliff For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 coach? A coach is your fast track to your goal, to where you want to be, who you want to be, what you want to achieve, with the least amount of effort, failure, and pain. The experience of being coached, and the lessons from each coaching experience, never stop creating rewards and results for you. Nicole shares a personal experience of this truth. Nicole describes in her own growth as a coach the power of internal corporate coaching and the limitation of corporate coaches. Internal corporation coaches coach you to be successful in that organisation; an independent coach supports you towards your growth and your transformation.Long story, short: if you want to thrive and succeed as a woman in tech, coaching is the fast track to get there. KickStart 2022 Free 5-Day Build Your BRAVE Course End 2022 happier, with bigger results, earning more money, creating opportunities left and right, and more YOU than you have ever YOU’d.January 10 – January 14, 202210:10am – 10:55am MDTAdditional timezones follow link For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

We revisit an earlier episode called “Catch the Bunny” with a clearer message and additional growth: everything is impossible until you’ve done it. Then it’s another skill to deepen and mature. Every time we do something for the first time it can potentially be awkward or unpleasant but we learn and adapt and the next time we do this it will be so much better. RELATED EPISODES: Make your promotion inevitable Career tip for women in tech: Interest interviews How to lead your interview process For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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-care and your growth as a woman in tech. Nicole shares how to use the metaphor for your success. How to turn ‘off’ and ‘on.’ How to identify your clarity, your needs, your self-care for consistency. All so that you create the results that you actually want…and not what you don’t.For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

In this time of year with over 200 different celebrations and holidays, leverage your own traditions and celebration to remind yourself that you are one badass woman in techHere are three ways to become a well-paid, recognized, properly titled, and most of all a HAPPY woman in tech.1. Create clarity. Allowing yourself to celebrate all you have done in the last year, the connections you have made, the projects you have done, and making your accomplishments clear by really taking the time to reflect on them. 2. Build Momentum. Identify the steps you need to talk about that goal you aim for. Be proactive, ASK. 3. Commit to Accountability; Complete a time audit, especially if you feel overworked. Discover truly how you are spending your valuable time. RELATED EPISODES: How to build your career board of directors Tell it to Your Dentist Experience it like a Kindergartner Own it like a Boss For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 how to enjoy your senior career? If so, this episode is for you. Far too many women in tech are quietly unhappy. They are passed over for a promotion, and companies are not investing in them. They ask themselves, why is my career not advancing? I do what is necessary.In a recent, and exclusive global networking event for exec women in tech one woman asked, "Am I the only one who feels lost and underfed?" The answer was a resounding and clear, "No. You are not alone."Like an earlier episode, it is common but not normal for women in tech to be unhappy.We believe a lie, we believe that when we do a good job, our employers will keep investing in us, in our skills, to keep our interests and our minds busy. When in fact, we need to invest in ourselves!That is the secret to enjoying your exec career: invest in yourself. Related Episodes: Zoe Evans - Getting Untamed to Transform Tech Nicole Tschierske - Women in STEM reimagined For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 the sauce for career success.As Nicole & Parvathy share their shared story, you get a strong reminder that we never know what is going with someone else …. Or how you are impacting them.“Just amazing how some things did not work out at a certain point in time, later do work out at the right time,” Parvathy shares how a missed job opportunity led to a major leap in her career two years later.A brave role model that showed Parvathy that helping people to grow and overcome challenges and mentoring creates an impact in the world. RELATED EPISODES How to build your career board of directors Make your promotion inevitable It is A-OK to not know where you are going RESOURCESParvathy Sankar;https://www.linkedin.com/in/parvathy-sankar/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 minimal) agencyA story about how a client spent 8 hours interviewing for a job at her “dream company” and still there was no end in sight. 3 steps of how you can lead your interview process to take control, get answers, and make an empowered decision. How you are treated during the interview process, how HR behaves during these conversations, how your potential manager or team members are conducting the interviews, is what you can expect when you start working there. Do those behaviors work for you?RELATED EPISODES: Build your Brave framework: Tell it to your dentist Experience it like a kindergartner Own it like a boss For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

Are you a woman in tech who is underpaid, overworked, and un-invested? This episode is for you!. Conversations and presentations during Grace Hopper Celebration 2021 are the inspiration for this episode. Nicole failed to craft this tough-and-flicking-necessary message in writing, so she created this episode. Women in tech are failing each other: we are normalizing bullshit about being underpaid, overworked, and un-invested. And we have to stop, immediately.Nicole outlines how women in tech who are paid well, working within their boundaries, and investing in themselves are the norm - not the common woman in tech who is underpaid, overworked, and un-invested. “Too many women in tech have normalized being underpaid, overworked, underinvested and looking down and backwards rather than up and forwards”.Why you need to step up, not only for you but for all women in tech. RELATED EPISODES Build your Brave Framework You are a cast iron pan What women in Tech really want RESOURCESGrace Hopper Celebration: https://ghc.anitab.org/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

“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, entrepreneur, former global executive, an immigrant. Breaking free of a toxic situation that did not serve her. When the toxic situation started to affect her health, she made a huge decision to leave a successful job as an executive.Leaving the job left her unsure of who she was as a person outside of her professional self. For 6 months, she did all kinds of self-studies, Kellog executive professional development etc. to develop her identity outside of the corporate world.The mental load of taking care of EVERYTHING, on top of your career is real. RELATED EPISODES: Own it like a Boss - Part 3 of the Build your Brave Framework Welcome Help whole-heartedly RESOURCES Arezou Zarafshan:Call Emmy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/callemmyapp/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/callemmyappInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/callemmyapp/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/callemmyapp/_created/Twitter: https://twitter.com/callemmyapp For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach Transition music courtesy of Audionautix

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 discovering she is a creative in art and science. The only person that can give you permission to define who you are, is you. How BRAVE role models are the people who support and love you each day, in their own way. RESOURCES: Episode 6 of the Celebrate Brave podcast with Cora Haenelt Erica Tamburo:https://ericatamburogallery.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-tamburo/https://www.instagram.com/ericatamburo/ Books:https://www.defendingsandcastles.com/ https://buzzyphotography.com/product/porchraits-pittsburghers-on-their-porches-during-quarantine-book/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

One transformative technique to shift your attitude from powerless to empowered The circles of control include the circle of control, circle of influence, and circle of concernOne powerful story about a client who shifted her perspective and moved from angry and frustrated to empowered in a new career phase.RESOURCES: More about “The Model” mentioned in the episode: https://psychcentral.com/blog/imperfect/2019/05/recognizing-what-you-can-control-and-accepting-what-you-cant RELATED EPISODES: Build your Brave FrameworkWho do you want to be? Cut your Crap For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 starting her co-working office space in Heidelberg, Germany the pandemic hit and everything closed down. What did Lone do?Lone’s brave role model shows how one person’s choices can influence generations RESOURCES:Lone Aggersbjerghttps://tink-tank.de/https://www.instagram.com/tinktankspace/https://twitter.com/TinkTankSpacehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/tink-tank-space/ RELATED EPISODES:Jess Tilles - The power of the interest interview for women in tech Nicole Tschierske - Women in Stem Reimagined Jenn Whitmer - Conflict and Enneagram For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 initial thoughts and feelings that people aren’t openHow Nicole found out via interest interviews that a managing director role wasn’t right for her2 concrete questions you must ask in every single interest interview Full Show Notes of this episode Related episodes: Jess Tilles - The power of the interest interview for women in tech For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

Heads up: intrusive thoughts, handled with self-love and clarity, are a part of this episodeJess Tillis, Director, Global Revenue Operations at Fivetran, shares her courageous pathway from accomplishing a childhood dream, through the experience of out-growing her dream, and into an unexpected and unknown leap into the tech industry. We cover how Jess identified it was time for her to shift her career, how she managed the stressful experience, and the strategies that supporter her the most. Specifically, Jess shares her experience about how she used interest interviews to build your knowledge, connections, and motivation. She shared three ways informational interviews are valuable and in her case created career break-throughs. Finally, Jess shares a brave role model that helped her change how she navigates her own leadership style and approach. Resources: Jess Tillis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-tillis/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 all the “normal” paths to achieve it were blocked, so she had to take BRAVE steps even when she thought she might fail to find an unexpected solutionHow one German saying kept Baerbel going and inspires her throughout her career: “Everyone is only cooking with water” An unexpected role model who believes that his disability would automatically bar him from any opportunity of joining a big, sparkling tech company Full Show Notes of this EpisodeResources: Episode 6 - Cora Haenelt - Bravery at every ageAnita B organisation Grace Hopper ConferenceBaerbel Haenelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baerbel-haenelt-a963b2167/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 closing up her life in Philadelphia, shifting her entire career, and stepping into years of travel and work with her husband. Jenn shares how she moved her career from “an obvious choice” but one that made her “feel the dread” to stop and rethink her choice. Which is how she unexpectedly became a woman in tech. Jenn on her unexpected path of being a woman in tech, “Sometimes I'm talking to my husband about it and I can see he's turning off because I realize I'm getting a little too techie. And then I even realize I'm getting a little techie, and I am like "How did this happen"?! Warning: Mention of Suicide Full Show Notes of this EpisodeResources: How to build your brave frameworkJenn’s e-commerce company website: https://www.addtocartdesigns.com/Jenn’s travel blog: https://www.thegoodthebadandthebooze.com/Follow Jenn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkurtek/Anthony Bourdain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_BourdainRelated episodes: Episode 19 - Jenn Withmer - conflict and Enneagram Episode 24 - Nicole Tschierske - Women in STEM Reimagined Episode 29: Laila Noort - Career change at 50 For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach Ready to build your BRAVE and be a woman in tech following your passion? Schedule a 1:1 consultation with me. We’ll spend one hour devoted to where you are today, where you want to go, and how I may be able to help you.

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 relationship grew from manager/employee to a beneficial investment in each other.How you can use amplification as a strategy for individual and shared success.Why taking notes during a meeting is sometimes a good idea, even if you have the same or more seniority as the people in the room. Full Show Notes of this episode Resources:The Shine Theory: https://www.shinetheory.com/Call your Girlfriend podcast: https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodesAminatou Sow and Ann Friedman: https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/about Learn how you can Shine and Amplify in your BRAVE. Take my short quiz to get clear and get a specific exercise you can take today:https://app.quizitri.com/render/dd6f6a6a-3ac8-4ff2-8bfb-1ac081cb122f For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

1. The glass cliff is a known phenomenon of historically disadvantaged people and groups being offered opportunities to achieve leadership roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the chance of failure is the highest. 2. Nicole’s specific glass cliff experience. Her male predecessor took three years to mess up an effort, Nicole was given nine months. Did she succeed? 3. Suggestions on how you can ask the right questions before you dive into potential a glass cliff position...or decide to avoid the situation.4. And what do you do when a glass cliff situation just gets thrown on your desk? Nicole shares some tips that were very hard-earned. Full Show Notes of this episode Resources: Episode 21 - How to make your next promotion inevitablehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff https://hbr.org/2011/01/how-women-end-up-on-the-glass-cliff https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelperegrine/2021/02/28/the-glass-cliff-challenge-for-corporate-governance/?sh=21e54db1240eHave you ever experienced a glass cliff situation and you want to share your story? Reach out, I’d love to have you on my podcast.Contact me via [email protected] For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 that only 0.27% for historically disadvantaged womenThe moment Zoe discovered Glennon Doyle’s book Untamed and it changed her so much she got a tattoo with the word untamed. (BRAVE moment)“When something is not working out, just change it, just to have the freedom to do it and always have the bravery to do it.” – Zoe Evans (BRAVE role model) The beginning of FFS – Female Founder Squad that supports female-led start-ups to get the funding they want and deserve. Resources; Untamed by Glennon Doyle: https://bookshop.org/books/untamed-9781984801258/9781984801258Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez: https://bookshop.org/books/invisible-women-data-bias-in-a-world-designed-for-men/9781419735219Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall: https://bookshop.org/books/hood-feminism-notes-from-the-women-that-a-movement-forgot/9780525560548Zoe Evans:Zoe’s Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2TlWj4XJ4kI4srZ4kSNsqQFemale Founder Squad: https://www.femalefoundersquad.com/Follow Zoe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-evans-1b2ba1bb/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://tricksteinbach.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbachTransition guitar music by http://audionautix.com

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 you deserve them when you WANT them, not just when you need them.This episode is the last episode of second one for the Celebrate BRAVE podcast because Nicole is taking a break. She is taking a break because she loves doing this podcast and bringing you the stories of all these amazing Women in Tech. Because she loves your feedback of how these stories matter, inspire, and motive you. The Celebrate Brave Podcast will be back on September 2nd with another season of these pure and honest stories. As well as Nicole’s frame work and stories from her personal experiences, tips and ideas and a lot more to support Women in Tech advance in their career. Because together we are making tech better for all of us!Have an amazing summer break and BRAVE IT UP! Full Show Notes of this episode For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 about starting a podcast? She sought help in the form of a podcast manager named Laila and now almost 30 episodes into this adventure together and the end of season 1 in sight it was high time to bring Laila from behind the curtain and in front of the stage to hear her brave story.It turned out to be an emotional (with tears and lots of laughter) retelling of Laila’s journey as an introverted administrative assistant pretending to be an extrovert to be able to survive in the corporate world which ultimately lead to a burnout and a lot of learning about herself. Extensive therapy and reading books about introverts gave Laila the direction and the drive to change her career at the age of 50.Happier than she has ever been she has immersed herself in podcast management, the tech of editing, the supporting of clients and having a blast while doing this.One of the questions Nicole always asks her guests is who their Brave role model is and this time it is not at all a person you expect to be a brave role model. Resources mentioned in this episode:Quiet by Susan CainWhen I am an old woman I shall wear purple by Sandra Martz If you want to start a podcast or want to outsource podcasting tasks you can visit Laila’s website:https://thepodcastjourney.com/thepodcastjourneyOr connect with her on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laila-noort/orhttps://www.facebook.com/Thepodcastjourneyhttps://www.instagram.com/thepodcastjourney/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach Full video of this episode: https://youtu.be/7QZoFgMb3JU

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 and engaged. And most of all you want people to listen to you.So how can you become this person? In this episode, Nicole explains how you can build a persona. By telling her story on how she created her persona and what kind of result this brought for her.A persona does not mean that you have to become someone you are not. As Nicole says in this episode: “It is setting an outcome, choosing the actions for those outcomes based on the feelings that I want to have.” A persona is a valuable method you can use when you build your brave.! For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 Celebrate BRAVE podcast and she shares her deeply personal and universal mental health story.2017 was the year that broke Brenda. It was the year of death by a thousand paper-cuts.First, she powering on in her professional and personal life. Then, beginning 2018, she discovered she had no joy left in her life.Brenda’s brave moment came when she pressed PAUSE. She took a leave of absence at a difficult time at work. She went and got support from her doctor and therapist and learned how to prioritize her mental health sot hat she earned her mojo back.By telling her story on the Celebrate Brave podcast Brenda hopes to help at least one other person to press pause at the right moment.Please listen to this episode and please share it with others, people who are showing you how to prioritize mental health as a thank you and people who may need a role model for choosing their own health.If you feel you are struggling please see the full show notes for organizations that want to support you around the world. Connect with Brenda on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendareidhr/For more information on how you can build your [email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 career as a Woman in Tech.A BoD member stands by you when you take your next big steps. They both push and pull you to exceed your own expectations and are there to ask the right questions, open doors, and challenge. Nicole speaks from personal experiences to clarify what her board of directors has done for her to share with you the importance of gathering the right people at the right moment in your career, who support you and who want you to succeed. This is part of the Build your BRAVE framework that Nicole has created. For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 and it strengthens older reports with far more people. The data of the report is not surprising. It was the "what Women in Tech want" ... the 'answers' or 'solutions' provided by the report gave got Nicole all up in her passion: "What do Women in Tech Really need”? Do we need more mentoring, leave, unconscious training? Nah. Listen to how Nicole describes that the solution isn't about the individual woman but about changing the system.Get all the details by listening to this episode!When you are ready to build your BRAVE:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 experience are in different direction? Talk about BRAVE!Nicole Tschierske shares her story of exactly this. After a successful career in science, she experienced a situation at work that caused her to rethink what she really wanted in life and then she acted on it..It is never too late to take that chance and do what you love. Let this week’s guest Nicole Tschierske inspire you and when you are ready to build your brave contact host Nicole via below contact [email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach To sign up for Nicole Tschierske's summit: https://womeninstem-reimagined.com/and connect with her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnicoletschierske/or visit her website:https://intoactioncoaching.de/

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, always creating a website for that new business adventure. She made an expensive investment that turned out to be a waste of money but instead of quitting she was determined to be a successful business owner.Listen to this episode to learn more about how Janet overcame that setback, her path to finding out what she loves to do most and her brave decision to go in a different direction than was expected of her. For more information on how you can build your BRAVE:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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! Listen to this weeks episode where Nicole explains how you can increase your salary and have better work and life stability with the help of a tool and the guidance of her services. Resources in this episode: https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/salary-to-hourlyFor more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 therefore so important to have diversity and equality in the tech industry. It is imperative that you as a woman in tech remain and advance in your tech career and become the decision-maker that changes the world.Do you want to make advancement in your tech career? You can do so with the help of Nicole’s framework. By believing in yourself, by setting a goal and by creating a strategy plan and following this up with a checklist with a simple and clear timeline.Your next promotion is inevitable if you stick to the instructions Nicole mentions in this episode. So what are you waiting for? Go and listen and get that promotion!For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 a global impact? If the answer is YES then now it the time to build your brave!This episode is actually 3 episodes in one. The 3-part framework that Nicole has created to help women in tech to become even more successful than they are now.Part 1 – Tell it to your dentist which stands for clarity. How you can specify your goal.Part 2 – Experience it like a kindergartner – momentum. How to keep on track towards your goal by learning and acting, by having failures and successes.Part 3 – Own it like a Boss – accountability. How to acknowledge the obstacles on the path to your goal. What do you need to do to overcome these obstacles?Are you ready to transform your world, make that progression in your career and create deeper and stronger relationships on the way? For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

The guest this week is Jenn Whitmer. Jenn worked in education for 20 years and loved her job but unfortunately a negative working environment developed following leadership. In this conversation, Jenn shares her story, what she learned from it, and how you can leverage her insight and experience in your career. To get in touch with Jenn;https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennwhitmer/https://www.instagram.com/jenn_whitmer/https://jennwhitmer.com/Facebook group Women Leaders Circle For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach Video of this episode: https://youtu.be/i6Ka8qm2JU0

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 unexpectedly caught a rabbit. So how does this relate to you?Find out and listen to this episode and when you are ready to catch your bunny and build your brave contact Nicole via below contact details. [email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 pan?Well, there is the foundation, how a cast iron pan is made, what it does with your meat, and the fact that every cast iron pan is unique... and results depends upon how you care for it and YOU.In 3 metaphors Nicole explains why she is a cast iron pan.Number 1: If you don’t use your cast iron pan, it rusts. You have got to use it and you have got to know what you want to use it for. Meaning you can be exactly who you want to be. Nicole wants to be a coach to successful women in tech. Who do you want to be?Number 2: A cast iron pan is “a hunk of work that isn’t worth it” to some and "the best thing ever" to others. Having a cast iron pan is a investment. When are you going to invest in yourself?Number 3: When your cast iron pan (or you) is not performing as usual, what do you do? You try out new things, see what works and what doesn’t. How are you improving and learning? For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 out during a major health issue was turned into a meth lab.She recounts the story, how she dealt with it personally but most of all how she has overcome this tragedy and how she now has started spreading awareness about the danger of meth toxins in homes and commercial buildings by founding the meth toxins alliance organization.Kathi has built her brave by breaking out her badass through challenging legislative changes and engaging in a huge cultural shift to educate and host classes for realtors and individuals with the help of meth toxins testing companies.If you want to know more about Kathi's organization;check out her website: https://methtoxinsalliance.com/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/methtoxinsalliance or connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathi-mccarty-channeling-my-erin-brockovich-to-defeat-the-dangers-of-meth-toxins-657b665/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

What have you been told is your "too much"? Too detailed oriented? Too strategic? Too Tall? Too opinionated? Nicole certainly has heard "too much" too many times. In this episode she shares two stories about how her "too much" turned out to be her gift.Get inspired and get practical by doing the exercise Nicole shares so that you too can turn your "too much" into your gift to the world. For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 emotion because transformational breakthroughs are emotion. So, hear the laughter, hear the tears, and then get done 'bemoaning' so that you too can breakthrough in beautiful ways. Nancy McKay;https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancymckay/https://amazingoutlookcoaching.com/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 women and men who share with you how they are celebrating this day.Thanks to: Arezou, Astrid, Chip, Cynthia, Dominik, Erica, Julia, Kami, Laila, Rynette, Taryn and Tenice for their contribution to this episode and for the inspiring ways they commemorate women all over the world. This year's International Women's day theme is #ChooseToChallenge. A challenged world is an alert world, and from challenge comes change. Something Nicole strongly believes in. When women challenge themselves and others around them they can create opportunities, growth and change the world!.More on Gloria Steinem: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/gloria-steinemThe Women's Bean Project: https://www.womensbeanproject.com/For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 her career & business as well as in her parenting and friendships. Sumina shares what her defining moment of bravery was as well as additional inspiration from guru Sadhguru.Sumina Kapoor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suminakapoor/For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 talks about expectations, opportunities and the big one: transformation. She gives you a concrete example of one of her clients who wanted a promotion, who deserved that promotion.... Curious about what happened? Listen to this weeks episode to find out!For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 too late?Not true & in this episode Nicoles shared a personal exchange and breakthrough about how the timing is ALWAYS right for what you are doing in the world.Because you decide it is so. Amazing, right? Nicole references her conversation with Dr. Davia H. Sheperd at the Ladies Power Lunch, check out the video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/vQkM6erat3MDr. Davia H Sheperd: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaviashepherddc/ For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 need to become to reach your goal, this episode will provide you with ideas to explore opportunities to become the person you want to be.Nicole suggests Danielle Laporte's Desire Mapping. https://www.thedesiremap.com/ Are you ready to Build your [email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 example about a 5 year plan that worked out very differently, Nicole will guide you through her moment of clarity. Because not knowing your path does not need to keep you from growing, transforming, and celebrating your BRAVE!For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 'wrong' things in the hope that it inspires you to also step into your BRAVE ...even if it means saying the wrong thing. As always on the Celebrate BRAVE Podcast, Nicole speaks from own experiences, with amazing openness and honesty.For more information on how you can build your brave:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach

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 and Cora, 16 years old at that time, presented together in front of 500 people. Talk about BRAVE!How did Cora do that, what did she learn from this experience? And how is she utilizing this experience in her life? Listen to this podcast episode and find out!The Grace Hopper Celebration: https://ghc.anitab.org/Cora Haenelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cora-haenelt-05969a191/ For more information on how you can build your BRAVE:[email protected]://www.tricksteinbach.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach/https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrickSteinbach