Lifting Up: Lessons from Verizon Women Leaders

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Lifting Up: Lessons from Verizon Women Leaders

Welcome to Lifting Up: Lessons From Verizon Women Leaders. In each episode of this special series, we celebrate a Verizon role model. We hear their success stories and glean wisdom from the ups, downs and detours of their journey. By amplifying diverse voices, we discover the unique superpowers that each one of us brings to the table, and gain tools to achieve personal and professional fulfillment - whatever form that takes.

  1. JUN 19

    Season 6, Ep. 8: Wendy Taccetta + Sonia Murray - Unleashing Your Own Operational Excellence (Plus Season Wrap Up Intro with Jacinda, Adriana and Gabrielle)

    And that’s a wrap (with a bow on it!)  Gabrielle, Jacinda and Adriana share personal highlights from Season 6 - filled with lots of powerful collisions, varying lived experiences and embracing the power of the pivot. Including pivoting into our final episode, with Wendy Taccetta and Sonia Murray. Wendy and Sonia bring a powerful episode sharing their journey and stories of the importance of owning your own personal operational excellence, while paying it forward. Through the power of community, vulnerability, and fearlessness these ladies share how they have achieved many professional wins, while managing all the challenges and joys life brings with perseverance.  “I always embrace challenges. Sometimes when I do something I'm like, Oh wow, I did that. But I know I can do it.” -Sonia Murray “If you're living your life fully, you're gonna make mistakes, and you're gonna fall down. Falling down, doesn't matter. It's getting up.” -Wendy Taccetta “I try to challenge myself to be in rooms where the information is new, the perspective is different, where I expect someone to disagree with me. Because I find that it helps me either clarify what I believe, or it expands what I know to be true.” -Wendy Taccetta   “We need to be curious. We need to be learning from each other. We need to be inspired by this next generation. Not threatened by it. We still need to learn from our elders. We need to be curious about each other. And if everyone you know thinks the way you think, you are not in the right ones.” -Wendy Taccetta Wendy Taccetta Instagram: vztaccetta LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendytaccetta Sonia Murray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-murray-25132576/

    48 min
  2. MAR 7

    Season 6, Ep. 4: Building Networks and Power Through Connection and Authenticity, with Kathy Grillo and Kelley Kurtzman

    Ask people across Verizon who inspires them, leads authentically, and/or has given their career a boost, and you’ll likely hear the names Kelley Kurtzman and Kathy Grillo. These two legendary leaders unite in this episode, and share how connection and seizing the narrative has powered their success and impact - and how the ability to connect and tell your story has never been more important. On cross-organization connections: “I think when you have someone that's in a very different part of the business, you learn so much from them” On authenticity: “Being authentic, being open, being grateful for the work that other people do is so important” On leadership: “I've always felt like if you treat people right, they're gonna treat you right. And if you show up as a real authentic person, then they're going to feel more comfortable being authentic.” On organizations: “Not just people - organizations have their own dynamic as well” On broad horizons: “That external connection, I think is so important. Making sure you're connecting outside of Verizon in different ways will help you be a better leader will help you be a better person, we'll help you feel like your heart is full, because you've done volunteer work, or you've been able to bring an idea from another company into your business.” On self-knowledge: “I feel like the real path to leading people well is to know yourself very well, first.” LINKS  Kathy Grillo, S1 E1  - Apple Podcasts | Spotify Donna Epps, S1 E2 (as mentioned by Kathy) - Apple Podcasts | Spotify Kathy Grillo Instagram: @kathy.grillo LinkedIn: .linkedin.com/in/kathleengrillo/  Kelley Kurtzman Instagram: @kellyakurtzman LinkedIn: .linkedin.com/in/kelleykurtzman/

    45 min
  3. FEB 27

    Season 6, Ep. 3: Shining Together, with Ana Aguilar and Monica Pate

    Take a hike - on the trails of encouragement, with Pacific Retail Vice President Ana Aguilar, and Mountain Retail Senior Director Monica Pate! Ana and Monica have not just been shining examples to scores of the people they lead - but shine on each other to super (and solar) charge each other. Including when the trails get extremely rocky - and Ana and Monica get real and vulnerable sharing personal struggles they navigated while still climbing, inspiring, and lifting others. On openness: “if you invite others onto your trail in life, as I say, look where that brings us”  On the trails of encouragement: “And so the journey, we're still on the trail together in life, its ups and downs, peaks and valleys. Sometimes we're running fast together. And sometimes we're taking it easy on the trail. That is where it began. We're still on that today, as encouragers. And partners may be in a different capacity now, but still there.” On comparison: “Instead of in that moment feeling like oh, I should be where she is. Or why haven't I made it: clap!” On connection: “It’s not overcomplicating things. It’s simplifying things for people, whether it's,how was your day, what brings you to work and tell me a little bit about you know, your, your holiday and your weekend.” On action: “things that were frustrating to see Monica and I decided we're going to stop being frustrated about it, and we're going to do something about it.”  On lifelong learning: “make sure that your mind is always creating new neurons and new ways to keep your mind healthy is staying a learner” Ana Aguilar Instagram: @ana_aguilar_pm  Linkedin:  linkedin.com/in/ana-aguilar-8b73b625/ Monica Pate Instagram: @monica_gruenewald_pate LinkedIn:  .linkedin.com/in/monica-gruenewald-pate-1a114260/ https://www.trailsofencouragement.com/

    46 min

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Welcome to Lifting Up: Lessons From Verizon Women Leaders. In each episode of this special series, we celebrate a Verizon role model. We hear their success stories and glean wisdom from the ups, downs and detours of their journey. By amplifying diverse voices, we discover the unique superpowers that each one of us brings to the table, and gain tools to achieve personal and professional fulfillment - whatever form that takes.

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