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Where can you find inspirational thought leaders, board directors, and successful entrepreneurs?Listen to Women Leaders on the Move - Inspiring What's Next for Executive Women.
Hosted by Natalie Benamou, founder of HerCsuite®, this podcast is your go-to resource for real conversations and strategies tailored for women navigating leadership in their second half of life and career.
Each week, you’ll hear from women leaders who share their journeys through board service, entrepreneurship, portfolio careers, and AI leadership. Whether you’re exploring your next chapter or already making bold moves, this show will guide and inspire you to be in demand.
What strategies can you expect when you listen?
- Actionable business growth ideas
- Pathways to landing corporate board roles
- Wellness and mindset shifts for sustainable success
- Personal stories that are heartfelt and relatable
- AI tools to help you design your business and portfolio career
What do listeners have in common? Thousands of listeners discover how to create your own version of success—with clarity and a deeper understanding.
🎧 Ranked 12th out of the top 25 Podcasts for Women Leaders by Feedspot
🔗 Learn more and get show notes at HerCsuite.com
About the Host
Natalie Benamou is a strategic growth advisor, bestselling author, and Founder of HerCsuite®, a women's leadership network and Portfolio Career Company for Executive Women. She leads executive programs for women leaders landing new corporate board roles, scaling businesses and discovering the power of the next career move infusing AI into all the programs including the NEXT2 Lead AI powered by HerCsuite®.
Natalie is also a speaker, moderator, facilitator and podcast guest appearing on shows like The Bold Lounge Podcast, Real Money, Real Life™, Proven Not Perfect, Brave Women at Work, Conscious Millionaire Show, Lioness Magazine, Roz Usheroff Podcast, What's Your Ask, Go Find Out The Career Switch Podcast, Social Sales Link Podcast, United SHE Stands and Classy Career Girl.
Her Signature Keynote: How to Get to Yes Faster delivers 10 steps on aligning goals, strategies and outcomes to achieve success.
Natalie also speaks about LinkedIn for Leaders, Women on Boards, Design Your Next Chapter and AI Innovation for Women Leaders.
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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.You are invited to attend Assessing and Building Trust in Unregulated AI World.Join Beth Grimm, Janice C. Haith and Lisa Agapis on January 2, 2026, 12 PM CT.REGISTERAbout 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.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, 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.
In today's episode, special guest Liesl Schmidt, COO and Board Director, and host Natalie Benamou discuss the lessons in Liesl's chapter from Power of What’s NEXT: Bold Moves By Design. They explore why it’s never too early to grow your network, how to ask for what you want, and the power of saying yes to new chapters even before you feel ready. Thank you Liesl for being on the show and a featured author in the bestselling Power of What's NEXT: Bold Moves by Design.About Our Guest:Liesl Schmidt is a financial executive, board leader, and transformation strategist with over 20 years of experience. As COO of River Valley Community Bank and former EVP at U.S. Bank, she has led finance, operations, HR, IT, and risk. A passionate advocate for women and community impact, she serves on several nonprofit boards. Liesl writes to inspire women to lead with clarity, courage, and confidence—especially during times of change. Liesl wears some other hats that bring her immense joy — wife, mother, and grandmother. She is also a member of HerCsuite® Women on Boards Mastermind program.Connect with Liesl Schmidt: LinkedInGet your copy of 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.
In today's episode, special guest Wendi Brown discusses her chapter You Are a Profit Powerhouse in Power of What’s NEXT: Bold Moves By Design with host Natalie Benamou. Wendi shares how sees women over 50 as having an incredible advantage. Instead of slowing down, this is the moment to lean into everything you’ve learned and step forward with boldness.Read Wendi's chapter in the new hardcover coming out October 14th! https://tinyurl.com/ye6yfb34About Our Guest:Wendi O. Brown is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel with over two decades of distinguished and decorated service, including combat deployments, post-9/11 assignments at the Pentagon, and strategic planning roles supporting U.S. Africa Command, U.S. European Command, and NATO operations. She played a vital role in advancing joint readiness and cyber-integrated planning through contributions to initiatives like Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) and NATO’s premier communications interoperability exercise, Steadfast Cobalt. A summa cum laude graduate, she holds two Master of Science degrees in Cybersecurity, including a specialization in Cyber Intelligence, from programs recognized by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Today, she continues to serve national security as a Department of Defense contractor at U.S. Cyber Command, bringing expertise in cyber operations, strategic logistics, and high-stakes crisis response. Beyond her government service, Wendi is the founder of iSupportYou, LLC, a strategic advisory firm dedicated to helping visionary leaders execute with precision in high-pressure domains.Connect with Wendi Brown: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 Stephanie Joong shares her journey from traditional corporate leadership to solopreneurship, revealing to host Natalie Benamou how she's creating space for both professional excellence and personal fulfillment. Discover how her years of corporate training became the foundation for her entrepreneurial leap into the health and wellness industry.Thank you Stephanie Joong for being a featured guest today. Shoutout to Hope Mueller, Jen Pestikas and Jackie Cetera the Thrive in 2025 Women's Conference Team.About Our Guest:With over 15 years in the life sciences industry starting as an engineer and transitioning to business leadership, Stephanie Joong has built a career she's deeply proud of. As a committed advocate for women in STEM, she volunteers actively providing situational coaching for college students, early-career professionals, grad school applicants, and career shifters. Now, she's applying that same mentorship approach to her own journey as she transitions from traditional corporate leadership to solopreneurship, creating space for both professional excellence and personal fulfillment.Connect with Stephanie Joong:WebsiteRetreat September 27thLinkedInKeep 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 Susan Glusica, author of Money Energy Mastery, discusses her book with host Natalie Benamou. She explains how money is energy and shares the seven levels of money consciousness, as well as the three challenges that hold ambitious women back. She offers practical ways to raise your financial frequency so you can attract not only more money, but also more meaning and joy.About Our Guest:Susan Glusica, the UNRIVALED REALIZER, humanizes the fastest path to receiving more money as a stand for UNAPOLOGETIC PROSPERITY. Her clients quickly add money to their bank accounts…WITHOUT more bandwidth, working longer/harder, or inconsistency.In 2018, after a 20-year corporate career and 8 years of helping people directly with their financial plans, she created her signature coaching program, Money Realities & Realizations.Connect with Susan Glusica: LinkedInWebsiteFacebookInstagramKeep 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 shares why so many women are wondering about the roles that no longer light them up and how to move forward with clarity. We will uncover what might be holding you back from living your best life...and it isn't what you think. Crossroads moments don’t have to hold you back! They can become the starting point for prosperity, growth, and abundance.Join Natalie Benamou, and Lisa Sakai, Founder of One Vision Retirement and Natalie Benamou, Founder of HerCsuite® and Featured Instructor Michelle Pecak on Human Design.Join here starting September 10th.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 Jennifer Lenter, founder of Soundtrack Consulting, sits down with host Natalie Benamou and explores the importance of trust being at the heart of all communication strategy. This conversation is both personal and deeply meaningful for both women, as they collaborated on very large trade show projects together and Jennifer is a valued member of HerCsuite®. Heartfelt thanks to Jennifer Lentner for being both a longtime client and an inspirational member of HerCsuite®. This conversation is a reminder of how trust, context, and clarity shape leadership in every season of change.About Our Guest:Jennifer Lentner is an experienced internal communications leader who specializes in helping executives engage employees during times of growth and change. Known for simplifying complex information into clear, relatable messages, she equips leaders to communicate in a way that reflects their authentic style.Connect with Jennifer Lentner:WebsiteLinkedInKeep 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.
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