Women Changing The World

Lis Best
Women Changing The World

Welcome to the Women Changing the World podcast: a podcast on a mission to shine a light on the real-life humans who are birthing the new. Tune in every other Tuesday for a new episode featuring one of the amazing leaders in our world.

  1. 5 DÉC.

    Ep 80: The “M” Word (Money!) with Luisa Alberto

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Luisa Alberto, the CEO of People First Finance, to discuss what she wishes more entrepreneurs knew about money, the importance of money mindset for founders, and how to figure out profitability in your business.  Luisa shares her journey from running a juice bar to launching People First Finance. She discusses the challenges of rapid growth, experiencing burnout, and the importance of financial literacy. Luisa provides a simple framework for calculating profitability, highlights the importance of factoring in owner pay, and explains the role of bookkeepers in providing insights and helping business owners make informed decisions. Luisa addresses the harmful financial advice that can be found online and the importance of advocating for yourself and knowing when to seek professional guidance.  Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (02:56) The power of active listening and enjoying life (06:40) Opening and growing People First Finance (12:41) Business lessons of 2024 (16:40) Rebuilding from burnout (21:35) Learning to ask for help (29:29) Building a relationship with your numbers (34:07) Understanding the profitability of your offers (39:01) Debunking common money advice (42:44) Cultivating a healthy money mindset (47:30) Leadership means integrity (50:08) Thinking big and zooming out Resources Mentioned: Sign up for the email series "Savvy Scaling Beyond $500K" — everything your accountant never told you: https://peoplefirstfinance.com/savvy-scaling-signup Guest Info:  Connect with Luisa on LinkedIn Follow Luisa on Instagram Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective  About Lis:  Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    55 min
  2. 19 NOV.

    Ep 79: Understanding Your Business Model and Building Deeper Foundations with Jessica Lackey

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Jessica Lackey, a business and operations strategist, to discuss defining your business model, the six systems your business needs, how subcontracting can stabilize your revenue, and more. Jessica breaks down different types of business models and explains the importance of business foundations for sustaining long-term revenue and growth. Jessica breaks down the six systems your business needs and explores the power of combining corporate expertise with feminist business practices. She introduces the Three Sisters metaphor and how it relates to income diversification, shares insights on creating a safety net while bootstrapping a business, and offers a sneak peek into her upcoming book on sustainable business strategies.  Whether you're scaling a business, seeking clarity in your operations, or simply tired of wondering which tactics might actually get you results, this conversation is packed with actionable wisdom. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (02:51) Jessica’s day-to-day (05:56) Journey from corporate to entrepreneurship (12:00) Capitalism + feminism = commerce (16:30) The role of subcontracting for revenue stability (19:30) Business models and deeper foundations (24:05) Six systems of business (26:12) Types of business model (31:20) How the Three Sisters method of planting can be applied to business (37:20) Jessica’s upcoming book (43:10) Leadership and resilience in business Resources Mentioned: Subscribe to Jessica’s newsletter here. Register for one of Jessica’s monthly free Deeper Business Dialogues here. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What To Do About It  Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Guest Info:  Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn Learn more on Jessica’s website Subscribe to Jessica’s newsletter Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective  About Lis:  Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    48 min
  3. 5 NOV.

    Ep 78: Spiritual Foresight and Collective Well-Being with Advance Notice

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Emily Empel and Nadine Hare, founding members of Advance Notice, a vision studio and dreaming collective. They discuss their Collective Wellbeing Report, wellness paradigms, spiritual foresight, and how they help people and organizations articulate their ideas for the future.  Building a new future of wellness has never been more important. Emily, a spiritual futurist, and Nadine, a medical anthropologist, share their collaborative process behind Advance Notice's work. An excerpt from their Collective Wellbeing report emphasizes the need to move beyond individualism to focus on the collective when it comes to our health and wellness, among other things. They outline the six dimensions of collective well-being, including the porous body and death as aliveness, and how these themes have impacted their experiences and perspectives. Nadine and Emily agree that leadership needs to be redefined and encourage thinking about relationality and collaboration as we write this new future. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (04:22) Excerpt from the Collective Wellbeing Report (05:45) Meet two of the women behind Advance Notice, Nadine and Emily (14:11) A vision studio and dreaming collective  (16:57) Collaborations to live into the vision  (19:56) The journey to becoming a futurist and medical anthropologist (23:06) The realities of wellness vs. the perception of wellness  (27:51) Six key dimensions of collective well-being (31:18) Death as aliveness, the aging body, the porous body (41:18) How to cultivate more well-being (45:33) Thoughts around leadership  (51:13) What’s next for Advance Notice and the future of wellness Resources Mentioned: Preview Collective Wellbeing: A Report on the Future of Wellness GCC x The Now Work: Community Power Hour, November 20th at 9 am Pacific Sophie Strand adrienne maree brown  Guest Info:  Connect with Emily Empel on LinkedIn Connect with Nadine Hare on LinkedIn Connect with Advance Notice on LinkedIn Follow Advance Notice on Instagram Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective  About Lis:  Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    57 min
  4. 22 OCT.

    Ep 77: Decolonizing Coaching and Manifestation with Emily Anne Brant

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Emily Anne Brant, an Indigenous author, speaker, and mentor. She discusses her journey into decolonizing personal development and coaching, unlearning perfectionism, and how she calls upon ancestral wisdom in her everyday life.  Emily shares how she balances running her business with a full-time job, normalizing how supportive it can be to have both. She shares how a spiritual experience led to a path of healing around her Indigenous ancestry, how that impacted the direction of her business, and how she shows up in community. Emily defines colonization and white supremacy and shares what decolonization actually looks like in practice. She addresses the importance of unlearning perfectionism, especially as a woman, when embarking on a decolonization journey and the fundamental tenets of down-to-earth manifestation for achieving practical abundance rooted in ancestral wisdom. Emily also speaks to the impact she has experienced of a slow, intentional approach to business growth aligned with turtle medicine. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (03:13) Emily’s identities, privileges, and roles (06:11) Balancing business and a full-time job (11:18) Emily’s journey to decolonization work (20:49) Safe spaces and white supremacy  (25:48) Defining decolonization and colonialism (28:43) Decolonization mindset, words, and action (31:39) Getting started on your decolonization journey (35:52) Down-to-earth manifestation  (43:29) Turtle medicine and business growth  Resources Mentioned: White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao Guest Info:  Learn more on Emily Anne Brant’s website Follow Emily Anne Brant on Instagram Listen to the Soul’s Way podcast Join the Round Table or the Decolonized Coach Community. Use code LIS for 15% off the DCC! Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective  About Lis:  Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    51 min
  5. 24 SEPT.

    Ep 75: Connecting and Elevating Impact Leaders with Marssie Versola

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Marssie Versola, Founder and CEO of Impact Table. She discusses her professional journey and how connecting with other women leaders has transformed her career—plus she and Lis share their vision for the upcoming Connect + Elevate Retreat in Calistoga. For so long, Marssie experienced a distinct lack of feminine leadership at her level and was frustrated in her desire to move to the next level. When she discovered how community could amplify and accelerate her, it was a game changer. She shares why it is vital that women gather to celebrate each other, how much more powerful we are together than alone, and how we can create more of these spaces. The more, the better! Marssie offers an actionable step for those of you looking to start investing more deeply in your relationships today. Marssie and Lis discuss the transformative power of retreats to nourish, change our perspectives, share resources, and deeply connect in ways that aren’t readily available elsewhere. Craving more? You’re invited to join Marssie and Lis at the Connect + Elevate Retreat for impact and sustainability leaders this October. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (04:02) How Impact Table supports leaders (08:13) Marssie’s leadership journey (20:27) Experiences in Corporate America (25:15) The potency of women together (33:18) Steps to take to create more connection today (37:44) Vision for the Connect + Elevate Calistoga retreat (47:08) How connection can transform us Resources Mentioned: Join us for the Connect and Elevate Retreat at Dr. Wilkinson’s in Calistoga October 27-29. It’s going to be magic! Huddle by Brooke Baldwin The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist Playing Big by Tara Mohr Guest Info:  Connect with Marssie Versola on LinkedIn Connect with Impact Table on LinkedIn Learn more on the Impact Table website Follow Impact Table on Instagram Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective  About Lis:  Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    53 min
  6. 10 SEPT.

    EP 74: Insatiable Curiosity and Kin-Keeping with Suprita Kudesia

    In this episode, Lis is joined by Suprita Kudesia, Founder of Feta, a family history tool that stands the test of time. She speaks about the role of a curiosity quest in her life and career, her experience developing an app alongside her life and parenting partner, and how her current hobbies bring her both joy and opportunities to be present. For many of us, organizing scrapbooks, photo albums, and memory banks is a task we don’t look forward to. Suprita shares how the app she and her partner are developing, Feta, is transforming the experience of memory keeping. This work embodies Suprita’s love for storytelling and desire to be a conduit for other peoples’ life experiences. Curiosity has been a throughline in Suprita’s professional journey from international development to the corporate world and now entrepreneurship. She shares how motherhood has inspired her practice of presence, her approach to hobbies and a portfolio lifestyle, and the magic she has experienced in past GCC Magicminds as both a facilitator and a participant. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or on your favorite podcast platform. Episode Outline: (03:14) Suprita’s professional journey and story (10:29) Curiosity quest from international development to corporate to entrepreneurship (14:39) Feta’s origin story (19:46) Working alongside a life and parenting partner (24:40) The search for enoughness and presence (30:42) Financial decisions, values, and evolving priorities as an entrepreneur (37:43) Stop and smell the flowers (40:50) End-of-life doula training and learning (44:33) What leadership means to Suprita (47:14) The intentional magic of Girls Club Collective (50:11) Launching a Substack newsletter Resources Mentioned: Read Suprita’s beautiful musings over on her Substack community and be the first to know when Feta launches on Apple and Google App stores Get more information about the GCC Magicmind on our website Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur Guest Info: Follow Feta on Instagram: @feta.family Learn more on the Feta website: www.feta.family Read Suprita’s Substack: supritakudesia.substack.com Follow Us: Learn more on our website: girlsclubcollective.co Follow us on Instagram: @girls_club_collective Connect with us on LinkedIn: Girls Club Collective About Lis: Lis Best is an executive coach for impact leaders, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, Lis has helped hundreds of leaders navigate ESG and sustainability careers, launch heart-centered businesses, and become more effective change agents.

    53 min

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Welcome to the Women Changing the World podcast: a podcast on a mission to shine a light on the real-life humans who are birthing the new. Tune in every other Tuesday for a new episode featuring one of the amazing leaders in our world.

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