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The rules of visibility have changed.In this episode of Women Leaders on the Move, Natalie Benamou sits down with PR strategist Gloria Chou to explore how AI search is reshaping the way entrepreneurs and thought leaders get discovered.Gloria shares her remarkable journey from cold-calling the New York Times with zero connections to becoming the #1 small business PR coach with AI search tools.Earned media features are quickly becoming the currency of credibility. Gloria shares the secret to leveraging PR as your competitive advantage.Keys to Visibility Strategies:Earned PR features matter more than follower counts or paid placementsHow to use free tools to research timely angles and craft pitches efficientlyThe CPR Method: Credibility, Point of View, and RelevanceA simple shift that makes podcast hosts far more likely to say yesWalk away knowing everything you need for positioning, credibility and a sought after thought leader.About our GuestGloria Chou is named the **#1 small business PR expert by ChatGPT and AI search**, she helps underrepresented founders get featured in top media and show up in **AI search with credibility**—without agencies, insider connections, or big budgets. Through her CPR pitching method, she’s helped thousands of small businesses land over a billion organic views and press in *Vogue*, *Forbes*, *Oprah’s Favorite Things*, and more. Small Business PR Podcast:www.instagram.com/gloriachouprwww.gloriachoupr.comLinkedInKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, and connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

Your financial power already exists...now it's time to leverage it for your future.Today on the podcast, Host Natalie Benamou talks with Adrienne Lawrence, Founder of Her Financial Partner, about how you can own your financial future by making small adjustments today.Listen in and find out how working with a financial planner can make the difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars...even millions of dollars. Find out how you can control in your 401(k) and what it is like to invest with intention to align to your valued.The historic wealth transfer happening by 2030 and Adrienne shares how women are expected to inherit about 70% of the $124 trillion in the US. This is episode will open the door to what's possible for you to plan your wealth, achieve better financial returns and live your best life.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.About our GuestAdrienne Lawrence is the founder and managing partner of Her Financial Partner, a Washington, D.C.–based financial planning firm for professional women. She is the author of Women Create Wealth and chairs and serves on nonprofit and civic boards, blending financial strategy, education, and community to help clients build wealth with clarity, confidence, and purpose.Resources:Download Adrienne's free digital chapter "Women Create Wealth" at https://www.herfinancialpartner.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/adlawrence/Thank you Adrienne for being on the show and special shoutout to How Women Lead where host Natalie Benamou and Adrienne first connected!HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, and connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

What happens when you realize you have reached the end of a specific season in your professional life? It takes courage to step away from the security of a corporate role to design a career that truly aligns with your lifestyle and values.Host Natalie Benamou sits down with Jenn Smith to the show. After a successful 15 year career in HR spanning three different industries, Jenn took a leap of faith in 2020 to launch Flourish Careers. She joins Natalie to share her incredible journey, starting from her days as a frontline supervisor on the graveyard shift at a potato chip factory to becoming a career coach and best selling author.Find out the importance of "heart based career planning" and why professional success should never come at the expense of a happy and healthy life. Jenn breaks down how the modern world of work allows for more creativity through portfolio careers and multiple income streams. Walk away with a plan of how to build what's NEXT.Special thanks to Jenn for being a featured guest and member of HerCsuite®!Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.->Register for NEXT2LEAD AI Event February 6th: Grab Your SeatAbout our Guest:Jenn Smith believes career success doesn't have to be at the expense of a radiantly happy + healthy lifestyle. As a sought-after career and HR consultant with professional roots grounded deep within corporate America, Jenn brings over 15 years of progressive, global HR leadership experience across multiple industries and Fortune 200 companies. Now, as the Founder of Flourish Careers, host of The Flourish Careers podcast, and creator of the In Season planner, Jenn is on a mission to support heart-based, career-minded professionals in navigating the changing world of work and taking the right next steps toward a happier, healthier career.When she’s not working, you can find Jenn road-tripping with her pack—husband and pup—exploring all Western NY offers.Connect with Jenn:Website: flourish.careers https://flourish.careers/Instagram: @flourish.careers https://www.instagram.com/flourish.careersLinkedIn: Jennifer Smith https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferlsmith9200/HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

AI is moving fast. Find out what leaders need to do keep it human.In this episode of Women Leaders on the Move, Natalie Benamou sits down with Dominique Murray, author and Head pf Head of Industry-Retail and CPG at Amazon. Listen in as they share why critical thinking is something we need to retain and how leaders can use AI to speed up work without losing their authentic voice.From digital personas to pausing to let tech catch up, this is a must listen to episode for all leaders. Dominique also shares the premise behind her futuristic fiction series Dominion Ascension, where technology shapes society in ways that hit close to home.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.About Our GuestDominique Murray is Head of Industry- CPG & Retail, AmazonDominique Murray was born and raised in California. She studied Economics and Japanese at the University of California, Los Angeles. She began writing her debut novel during Covid. When she’s not writing, she is working in the tech industry or doing Hot Pilates. Dominique creates content that uplifts and celebrates the female spirit.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominique-murray/Book: Dominion Ascension https://a.co/d/0EWpznsWebsite: https://damurrayofficial.com/HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

As AI tools become essential for efficiency, they also introduce new vulnerabilities for founders and companies. Tina Lampe, a cybersecurity expert and Responsible AI advocate, joins host Natalie Benamou discuss risks and data exposure. They reveal why AI note-takers should never be used for any board meeting and the legal risks of data discoverability. Tina shares how to balance these risks against all the potential AI can create in the world.Listen in to future-proof your business while staying secure.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.About Our Guest Tina LampeTina Lampe is a Technology and Digital Risk Executive with extensive expertise as a speaker, board director and AI and Cybersecurity leader. Tina is an AI Luminary in the NEXT2LEAD AI Council powered by HerCsuite®.Tina Lampe on LinkedInHerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com. Connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In this episode, host Natalie Benamou sits down with Sue Harnett, the Founder and CEO of Rewriting the Code to discuss how a background in sports inspired a global movement for women in technology. Sue shares how she identified a gap in belonging for women in university computer science programs and turned a pilot program with 80 students at universities into a global community of 40,000 women.Hear why it is so important for peer-to-peer mentorship and discover the specific challenges Gen Z women face in the workforce. Sue shares insights about the launch of the new "Rewrite AI" initiative designed to ensure women have a voice in the future of artificial intelligence.This is a must listen for leaders who need inspiration in not going it alone and how having peer supporters will make the difference. You got this!About Our Guest:Sue Harnett is the CEO & Founder of Rewriting the Code (RTC), one of the largest nonprofit peer-to-peer network of students and women in tech that offers support and resources to help women advance in technology industries. Sue is extremely passionate about breaking down barriers for women technologists, with a deep belief in equity. seek to bridge the gaps through corporate partnerships, philanthropy, and programming that connect women with opportunity, mentorship, and industry access. At the heart of it all is community.Sue Harnett on LinkedInLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueharnett/TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwN6fvBqI4RTC Website: https://rewritingthecode.org/RTC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewriting-the-codeRTC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewritingthecode/RTC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewritingthecodeRTC TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewritingthecodeRTC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RewritingTheCodeKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, and connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

Today we are celebrating 250 episodes with you, our listeners. We have had many women from HerCsuite®, speakers from our alliance partner Innovation Women, as well as executive leaders, bestselling authors, TEDx Speakers, all sharing stories to help inspire you to dream a little bigger and believe in possibilities. Tune in to hear about how listening to your intuition can help your relevancy.Thank you for being with me today. For all our listeners around the world, I appreciate you.  Whether this is your first time listening or you listened to even my first show, I am grateful you tuned in. Special gratitude to my uncle Bill Siemering, who taught me from a young age how listening and storytelling transform our lives.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Beth Grimm, an AI Governance and Risk Expert, brings a practical, grounded perspective on what boards and senior leaders need to understand about AI literacy, oversight, and accountability as adoption accelerates. This episode is essential listening for board members, executives, and leaders navigating AI decisions that carry long-term strategic and fiduciary impact.NEXT2LEAD AI Hosted a Program on January 2, 2026Assessing and Building Trust in Unregulated AI World.Panel featuring Beth Grimm, Janice C. Haith and Lisa Agapis, moderated by Natalie BenamouAbout Our Guest:Beth Grimm works with organizations to successfully navigate complex risk landscapes and foster leadership growth. Beth is a certified AI Governance Professional through the International Association of Privacy Professionals, as well as a volunteer leadership coach to prepare college students to land a strong first job after graduation.Connect with Beth Grimm on LinkedInKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou reflects on gratitude, growth, and the quiet signals that guide us to decide what comes next. She also shares reflections on resilience, personal health journeys, and the importance of keeping our windshield bigger than our rearview mirror as we move into a new season.As we head into the new year, I am so grateful to the HerCsuite® Community and the clarity we found for HER HEALTHX poised to make a huge impact on women’s health outcomes. On a personal note, my heart is overflowing with gratitude that our oldest daughter’s health was finally diagnosed. She is now living on her own (after 4 years of being bedridden), and my youngest daughter is leading women and beyond her years and it is a gift to see them grow.This episode is dedicated especially to you, all around the world who are tuning in. I want you to know how much I appreciate you, that you are valued and you matter. May you finish the year with peace and carry joy with you into the new year.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Selena Rezvani, President, NextGenWomen LLC sits down with host Natalie Benamou to talk about how leaders shape their teams through everyday actions. This conversation focuses on what leaders say, how they listen, and what they do to involve others in the work. Selena shares examples from her bestselling book, Quick Leadership: Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Cultivate Unstoppable Teams, and from her work inside organizations. This episode is for leaders who want their teams to participate, contribute, and lead as equals.About Our Guest:Selena Rezvani helps people show up, speak up, and shake up the way work gets done. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author and LinkedIn Learning instructor, Forbes named her "the premier expert on standing up for yourself at work. She equips leaders to build confidence and cultures that lift everyone’s voice.Connect with Selena:WebsiteBook: Quick Leadership: Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Cultivate Unstoppable TeamsLinkedInInstagramTikTokYouTubeKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and CEO of Pierre Principle Communications, Monica Pierre, talks with host Natalie Benamou and reveals the profound moment that changed how she tells stories. Monica shares why the stories leaders hold back often carry the greatest weight and what happens when we choose to speak them with intention.Gratitude to Monica Pierre for being our guest today and for being a valued member of HerCsuite®.About Our Guest:Monica Pierre is a keynote speaker and motivational performer, a three-time Suncoast Emmy Award winning reporter and producer, and storyteller who ignites audiences through the power of character-driven monologues. Monica specializes in helping leaders and entrepreneurs tap into the power of their own stories. Monica has a new program to help leaders learn to tell their story.Connect with Monica:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Michelle Pecak shares with host Natalie Benamou how she went from scaling billion-dollar companies through pricing strategies to realizing her real superpower and aligning her joy to her job. Michelle brings Human Design into the conversation as a way to see those patterns with more clarity. Thank you Michelle Pecak for being a valued member and alliance partner of HerCsuite®!About Our Guest:Twenty years in Corporate America taught me what misalignment feels like. When I learned my Human Design, everything clicked. I realized I had been working in systems that were never built for how I naturally lead. As a 5/1 Projector, I see what others miss. I bring clarity to complexity, align people with purpose, and design systems that work better for everyone. That has always been my gift. When you work in alignment with how you are wired, momentum follows. Success becomes sustainable. Impact becomes natural.Connect with Michelle Pecak:My Vibe Human DesignLinkedInKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou discusses AI and AEO. AI and AEO influence the way we search, but staying in demand is also about how we show up and how we lead. This episode is releasing the day before Thanksgiving in the U.S., and I am grateful to all of you listening both here and in the 40 countries around the world.SPECIAL INVITATION to JOIN HERCSUITE®If you’re ready for your next board role, business growth, or portfolio career and drive the AI conversation, I would love to welcome you in HerCsuite®. Now until Cyber Monday there are special member savings.Resources mentioned in this episode:Coco Sellman – A Force For GoodBrenda Meller – LinkedIn Strategy (Episode 241)Michelle Pecak – MyVibe Human DesignBobbie Carlton – Innovation WomenAnastasia Lipske – Access SpeakersJen Pestikas and Natalie Benamou Interview Roz Usheroff – Breaking Barriers Podcast InterviewMark Hunter and Meridith Elliott Powell Sales Logic PodcastBODi Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

On today's episode, special guest Leigh Burgess joins host Natalie Benamou to celebrate the release of her new book, The Bold Leader. Leigh shares how burnout became a turning point that reshaped her life, her health, and her path forward. We explore the BOLD framework (Believe, Own, Learn, Design) and how it grew out of her own transformation.Thank you Leigh for being a featured guest today and special gratitude to Michelle Pecak for introducing us!About Our Guest:Leigh Burgess is a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Bold Industries Group. With her signature BOLD Framework, she empowers others to lead with purpose, and through events, coaching, and The Bold Lounge Podcast, she inspires bold action and builds community. Leigh is a regular contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur and was named a Top 25 Changemaker by SUCCESS Magazine.Connect with Leigh Burgess:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramYouTubeKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

On today's episode, special guest Sheila Gujrathi MD, a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, health investor, and board leader serving on six boards, joins host Natalie Benamou to talk about her career path. Listen in to this conversation about leadership, authenticity, and her new bestselling book The Mirror Effect.About Our Guest:Sheila Gujrathi MD, biotech entrepreneur and executive, healthcare investor, and drug developer with over 25 years of experience in the industry. She’s founded, built, and run numerous biotech companies. Sheila is co-founder of the Biotech CEO Sisterhood, a group of trailblazing female CEOs, and the South Asian Biopharma Alliance.Connect with Sheila Gujrathi:WebsiteInstagramFacebookLinkedInKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

On today's episode, special guest Brenda Meller, one of LinkedIn’s most trusted voices and a leading expert on building genuine engagement, joins host Natalie Benamou to share practical, real-world ways to strengthen your presence on LinkedIn, without spending hours online or feeling like you have to be inauthentic to your personal brand. Hear details about how to keep your profile current so it reflects your professional story today while looking forward thinking and not focused on the past.About Our Guest:Helping the self-employed, executives, and corporate teams enjoy a bigger slice of the LinkedIn pie, Brenda Meller is a former corporate marketer turned entrepreneur, national speaker, Chief Engagement Officer at Meller Marketing, author of "Social Media Pie: How to Enjoy a Bigger Slice of LinkedIn," and podcast host of "Enthusiastically Self-Employed".Connect with Brenda Meller:LinkedInWebsiteKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Shontra Powell, Senior Executive at Hubbell Incorporated and Founder and Host of Proven Not Perfect™ Podcast, shares with Host Natalie Benamou how intention, preparation, and authenticity can transform your career trajectory. Learn how showing up prepared and staying grounded in purpose can elevate your presence, strengthen your influence, and create lasting impact.Thank you, Shontra, for being our featured speaker. Special gratitude to Kellogg Women@EMBA, where Shontra and Natalie met through a program where she and Naomi Kent were featured speakers.You are invited to join us on November 7th: How Secure is Your AI? 12 PM CT/ 1 PM ETThis show is sponsored by NEXT2LEAD AI Powered by HerCsuite®.About Our Guest:Shontra Powell is a proven corporate executive, leading global organizations through transformations, growth and high risk environments, Y2K, 2008 Financial Crisis, Digital Transformation, and Global Pandemic. Called upon as an effective people leader, Shontra has mentored many. She now expands her impact sharing meaningful podcast conversations with an audience of women driven for success, who enjoy talking about business, leadership, network, self-care, and spirituality.Connect with Shontra Powell:Proven Not Perfect™ The Portfolio Career with Shontra Powell and Natalie BenamouLinkedInProven Not Perfect™ podcastKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Linda Grizely joins host Natalie Benamou to share how the MeMoney™ Method helps women align their financial choices with what brings them joy and meaning. Together, Linda and Natalie explore how clarity, purpose, and self-value can shape a financial approach that feels energizing and deeply personal.Thank you Linda for being a guest on today’s show and for being a valued member of HerCsuite®About Our Guest:Linda Grizely empowers women to take control of their finances with confidence, clarity, and purpose. Creator of MeMoney™, Linda is the go-to voice in women's financial empowerment, sparking bold, values-driven money decisions.Connect with Linda Grizely:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramFacebookKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, special guest Michelle Bockman, CEO of KeraLink International, shares her story with host Natalie Benamou and reminds us what can happen when vision and purpose align. Michelle’s story is a powerful reminder that reinvention is about embracing unexpected opportunities and being open to possibilities.About Our Guest:Michelle Bockman is President & CEO of KeraLink International, a nonprofit focused on reducing corneal blindness globally by expanding eye care accessibility. With 25+ years of leadership at Fortune 100s and Silicon Valley startups, she brings strategic vision and a passion for innovation to her mission-driven role.Connect with Michelle Bockman:LinkedInKeraLinkKeraLink LinkedInYouTubeInstagramFacebookKeep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.

In today's episode, host Natalie Benamou reflects on how curiosity has been the constant through every pivot she's made, from launching HerCsuite® to creating HER HEALTHX, nonprofit focused on improving women’s health outcomes using Agentic AI. 📖 Power of What's NEXT: Bold Moves By Design Releases October 14th, 2025.Keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.HerCsuite® is a leadership network where women build what's next. Our members land board roles, grow businesses, lead the AI conversation, and live their best portfolio career with our programs. Join us at HerCsuite.com, or connect with host Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn.