Women Consulting Corporate

When it comes to women of color, many feel they have to code-switch or assimilate in order to serve the corporate space. There's often a lot of fear and trepidation around it, and even more mindset coaching to be done for it. But what if we didn’t have to change who we are or what we do to make an impact, and more specifically, conquer the corporate space?   In this episode, Liz welcomes the perfect example of someone who stands on his square, packaging, passion, and mission, and is SERVING corporate clients - Born Logic.    Liz’s homie, lover, friend, and husband, tune in as Logic shares his growth as a business owner and why he never chose to water down his message to make an impact.   KEY POINTS: How Melaneyes Media was born  Evolving through COVID and transitioning from entertainment to education  The shift from online events to corporate  Why Born Logic did NEVER watered down his message The importance of representation and showing possibilities   QUOTABLES: “Our nation is changing. The needs of our society are changing. And then, corporations are changing, and the faces of corporations are changing.” - Born Logic   GUEST RESOURCES: Born Logic  Melaneyesmedia.com IG | instagram.com/melaneyesmedia   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Too often we glamorize relationships, with conversations abound about finding partners, strong leaders, and blending visions. But let’s get real - mixing strong personalities will always lead to some conflict. So in this episode, Liz and her Director of Operations, Kelley Watson, discuss the reality of building a team and embracing the healthy tensions that come with it.    Tune in for a behind-the-scenes look at how Liz and Kelley navigate healthy tension and why they believe it is those diverse perspectives that give their business the innovation and success it is seeing today.    KEY POINTS: - How Kelley and Liz connected - What happened when Liz and Kelley got landlocked? - Why conflict is the secret sauce to Stimulyst’s success - “You are here to challenge me.” - The importance of building a starting line-up - Getting comfortable with hiring and firing    QUOTABLES: “If you want a yes person, you'll do fine. But if you actually want a strong right-hand leader, that means there are two strong personalities. Which means you are not going to see eye to eye. And to me, I think that has been the secret sauce for why our business has taken off.” - Liz J. Simpson   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Why are so many small companies and entrepreneurs afraid to do business with large corporations? Is it fear of the unknown, not knowing where to start, or simply the stigma of working with big business, especially as a person of color?   Shedding light on this issue and speaking to the importance of supplier diversity and equity, in this episode, Liz welcomes entrepreneur and co-president of Amazon’s global Black employee network group, Paul Adamson.    Tune in as they discuss how to stand out to large corporations, why you should “lead with the problem,” and much more in this special behind-the-scenes take on what organizations look for when considering supplier diversity and how you can best position yourself for those opportunities.    KEY POINTS: - Why supplier diversity is important  - Looking at diversity across the spectrum - How to position yourself and develop relationships with large corporations  - What is an affinity group? - Bringing back the human element in business - They are looking for you! Stop being scared, and go for it!   QUOTABLES: “When you think about connecting to people, you need to have demographics that will be able to subscribe to the people that you're trying to sell to. So if we're trying to sell our platform as a way that we can reach more customers, we need to have people from all age groups, demographics, backgrounds, and all walks of life.” - Paul Adamson “I think a lot of us, especially during the pandemic, forget that you got to be real. And if you’re real and you make genuine connections, you'll make money. The money will come find you.” - Paul Adamson   GUEST RESOURCES: Paul Adamson LinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/paul-adamson-13299a79 IG | instagram.com/247kinvestments   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Sometimes we forget that we don’t build a business but that the business builds you, and with that, our business can’t survive if we aren’t taking good care of ourselves. So in one of the most important episodes of the season, Liz and her guest Dr. Reba Peoples discuss how entrepreneurs, specifically Black women, can better maintain their health and well-being.   So if you’re wondering how you can rethink wellness, sustain your health, and grow your business, don’t miss this conversation with Dr. Peoples on doing wellness differently so you can do business differently.    KEY POINTS: - Dr. Reba Peoples’s path to holistic health and wellness - What are functional adaptations? - How can we start our own emotional liberation journey? - The best practices for balancing business and wellness  - Signs of burnout and the need for rest  - Why Dr. Reba Peoples specializes in serving Black women    QUOTABLES: “I originally started out in clinical practice. And what I found in clinical practice was a lot of what we label as dysfunction were really functional adaptations to dysfunctional environments.” - Dr. Reba Peoples, M.D. “Your existence alone is your permission for peace and joy and well-being. It's not something that has to be earned or deserved. When you realize it’s your birthright as a human being, I think you start to move through the world differently.” - Dr. Reba Peoples, M.D.   GUEST RESOURCES: Dr. Reba Peoples, M.D. linkedin.com/in/rebapeoplesmd   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, Liz is joined by her Director of Operations, Kelley Lawson, as well as Sales and Client Success Coach, Cheryl Parks, to discuss a topic on the top of many a woman’s mind - how can we intentionally build a life by design and in harmony?   Tune in as Liz, Cheryl, and Kelley discuss the battle for the life they want, the pressure to find a balance between kids, marriage, and their clients, and how you can break away from that cycle.    It’s a candid conversation you don’t want to miss between 3 powerful friends, entrepreneurs, and women who are continuously reassessing, evolving, and building their lives by design.    KEY POINTS: - What does building a life by design mean? - Entrepreneurship is a choice - You get to choose! - Event + response = outcome - Unlearning societal pressures and setting boundaries -  Give yourself permission to create a life you love!   QUOTABLES: “The journey should feel like the destination. If your journey doesn't feel like the destination that you're visualizing, you should reassess the journey and or reassess your desired destination.” “You really have to unlearn what you've learned. Society has taught us certain things. The media teaches us certain things. To live the life you want, you may have to unlearn quite a bit.”   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

We often talk about women securing and landing 6-figure corporate contracts, but the truth is, when you lead a business, life is still happening in the background. You may be navigating the loss of relationships or loved ones, transitions, divorce, bereavement, becoming caretakers for your parents…the list goes on! So in this episode, Liz invites the founder and executive director of Unlock Creative, Ashley Walden Davis, for a candid conversation about how we can still thrive in the midst of life’s storms.   From shedding identities and relationships to the emotional cycle of navigating transitions, tune in as Ashely shares how she built her business amid grieving the loss of her best friend, biggest client, business partner, and husband. And her best practices for getting you through the storm.   KEY POINTS: - The birth of Unlock Creative Enterprises - How Ashley built her business in underlying grief  - Shedding identities and relationships as you evolve  - The importance of nutritious relationships - Honor the work and honor the human - What happened when Ashley released her “gorilla client” - Wellness kits and practices to get through hard seasons   QUOTABLES:  “This program has saved my life, my sanity, and not lose myself and not lose my business. So it's what I wanted, but it's so much more. I didn't just get a coach. I got a whole community of coaches and a community of women who are trying to build thriving businesses." - Ashley Walden Davis “The grape is becoming wine and crushed and stomped on. But to become wine, you're not thinking about how to go back and be a grape.”  - Ashley Walden Davis   GUEST RESOURCES: Ashley Walden Davis Unlockcreative.org IG | instagram.com/unlockcreative_   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, Liz and Cheryl break down their battle-tested five-step framework, the bedrock of how they empower women consultants to land 5, 6, and 7-figure corporate consulting contracts. So if you're looking to grow your business, and want to know the pillar pieces of strategy to build an effective enterprise serving corporate, get your pen and paper because this is one meaty episode!   KEY POINTS: - Prospects Only Care About Outcomes - The tipping point that made Liz change the way she does business - Why positioning is choosing what to say no to - What are the problems that exist in the market? Position your business to solve them! - How to optimize your LinkedIn - Communication and holding space for your buyers - Ways to build authority in the marketplace   QUOTABLES: “I cannot do business like this anymore. And so I was like, how do I productize what I'm doing? How do I stop treating each project like this random customized consulting project?” “You have to curate your business like a fine museum, like with what is not going to make it on the walls. How can you be selective? And what are you going to say no to so you're weeding out the fat.”   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: Subscribe on Youtube Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review!   Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In today's episode, Liz and Cheryl reveal the behind the scenes of what they look for to discern if a woman is ready for their 12% Accelerator program - the fastest and most effective path to building a foundation for revenue growth with corporate clients, designed specifically for female entrepreneurs who are done with being the "only" in the room.   Listen in is as Liz and Cheryl answer common questions about what they are looking for in applicants, how they discern if someone's ready to secure 6-figure corporate contracts, and the steps they take once someone's inside of the accelerator to help them be better positioned and ready to secure those deals.   KEY POINTS: - Who is the 12% Accelerator program designed for? - Are you able to articulate your expertise?  - The importance of a LinkedIn profile - Prep, growth mindset, and being aware of your narrative - Assigning and assessing your time  - How does the program prepare women once they’re in the door?   QUOTABLES: “There is a specific woman that we're looking for, someone that knows that there's something more. Maybe you're potentially a solopreneur, you may even have a team, but you know that you're working super hard and the money that you're making is not equating to the investment of time and energy that you're putting into it.” “What's unique about our program is we're teaching you how to leverage your intellectual capital, those intangibles that sometimes are very hard to put a price on, to serve corporate clients with a service.”   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: Subscribe on Youtube Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, Liz and sales/client success coach Cheryl Parks show you how the sausage is made in this behind-the-scenes conversation on the creation of their rapidly growing movement empowering women to consult corporate.    So whether you are looking at consulting corporate or just have a coaching arm of your business, tune in to this insightful discussion on how Liz and Cheryl shape their coaching business and ensure optimal impact.    KEY POINTS: - What is the secret sauce at Stimulyst? - Why do only 30% of Stimulyst applications get approved? - Celebrating the wins of women in the program  - The purpose of monthly clarity calls  - Feedback, critique, and the power of having a team of coaches   QUOTABLES: “This is a member who just landed a multiple six-figure deal. As she told us about it, she exhaled. And it was very clear how hard you work, how much you do, and how consistently you have to show up. And how much you have to have other people pour into you and develop your thinking and flexi your mindset.”   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Social media often has the narrative of glamourizing success and hustle culture. Add to that the misconception of sales being aggressive, manipulative, and slimy, is it really possible for a billion-dollar corporate firm to be in alignment with faith, your true calling, and ease?   Tune in as co-founder and CEO of HBGM&Co, Gwenn McGuirre shares her journey aligning with her purpose and becoming the leader of a company that focuses on the entire woman, giving diversity hire and retention a deeper meaning.    When it comes to women winning in corporate with corporate clients and with ease, this is a story you can't miss!   KEY POINTS: - How Gwenn stepped back and returned “to the middle” - What inspired HBGM&Co? - Gwenn’s journey from freelancer to CEO - The importance of creating authentic conversations - “You are never disconnected from the source.”   QUOTABLES: “You start a business to solve a problem. You don't try to create a problem.” “I want to always be the leader that is 100% fully stepping into herself. You'll never have to wonder who Gwen is.”   GUEST RESOURCES: Gwenn McGuirre www.hbgmco.com IG | instagram.com/hbgmco LinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/gwenn-mcguire-b647801ba   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Apply To Access My Complimentary Advanced Masterclass Download My 3 Free Scripts For Booking Meetings with Hard To Reach Executive Buyers Connect with Liz on Linkedin   Subscribe to the Women Consulting Corporate podcast on all platforms: - Subscribe on Youtube - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Subscribe on Spotify Like this episode? Leave a review! Women Consulting Corporate is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)