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“When you don’t tackle the fears or when you’re not aware of the fears, they really eat you up from inside and sometimes there is a lot of self-sabotage that happens. You’re stopping yourself before you even go”
 
Jeanette Cefre is a naturally someone who nurtures people and it's probably the reason she has always been in the "support organization" starting off in Customer Service then moving on to Learning & Development. Taking her experience in Learning & Development, she then transitioned to Knowledge and Community Management where she wanted to empower her teams with knowledge and to work together as a team. 
Her last role in corporate was at Amadeus in the VP Office responsible for learning, internal marketing and communications. 
 
An unexpected event was the catalyst for Jeanette to opt-out of corporate life after 27 years and finally pursue her side-hustle of helping women start their own business. 
 
Today, she is a business activation coach helping women who are ready to pivot from wherever they are **get started** on their entrepreneurial journey, because let's face it, getting started is the hardest part. 
Her vision is to increase the number of female entrepreneurs in the world. 
 
Some facts:  Jeanette was born on the island of Guam (in the pacific), has lived in the Cote d'Azur for 17 years, has 3 kids and 3 grandkids.
 
We talked about :
 
-         The benefits of corporate life
-         Reasons to leave
-         How to make the big decision
-         How to prepare yourself to leave
-         What to do if you want to leave corporate but don’t have a business idea
-         Employee vs Entrepreneur mindset
 
 
References :
Jeanette’s Linkedin
 Jeanette / Conngage Instagram
 
Book: The tipping point
Chateau de Berne
 
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“There are no passenger on spaceship earth, we are all crew” Marshall McLuhan
 Marianne is passionate about facilitating innovation and engagement to contribute to the transition to a netzero and resilient society in the face of climate change. 
She is the Founder of the Climate Innovation Education Lab (CIEL). The purpose of CIEL is to help the business community and academia engage in climate mitigation and adaptation, building on their leadership and power to innovate. Using her experience in the coordination of sustainable projects, she uses the Sustainable Development Goals to identify co-benefits in climate projects. 
Marianne is also a Lecturer on climate change and sustainability and innovation at Université Côte d’Azur and at The Sustainable Design School.  She is the President of CANIE Europe, the Climate Action Network for International Educators, and a founding member of Alive! Art Creativity & Climate Change. She graduated from Harvard Kennedy School of Government and from Sciences-Po Paris. She also has a Certificate of INSEAD Executive Program on Innovation in the Age of Disruption.
She loves art, music, and nature walks. 
 
We talked about :
 -How she developed an interest to Climate Change and Sustainable Development
-How to see Climate Change through a lens of positivity 
-How to feel empowered at individual level
-Opportunities for companies


References :

Marianne's LinkedIn

Project Drawdown : https://www.drawdown.org/
 Solar Impulse Foundation https://solarimpulse.com
 Alive, Art Creativity & Climate Change https://aliveartclimate.org
 Rob Hopkin, From What Is to What If 
 Porquerolles Island Hyères Tourist Office official website  

 
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"Never accept no for an answer.  Never give up.  Never go away ... even when others want you to"

Candace Johnson is a Serial entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist. 

She started her career by co-founding SES ASTRA and SES Global, the world’s pre-eminent satellite company. 

Her mantra is: "Never accept no for an answer.  Never give up.  Never go away..even when others want you to".
We talked about :
-Her key accomplishments
-How she kept motivated in difficult times
-The power of angel investing to make some visions become a reality
-Advice to women to raise money. Where to find the toolkit!
 
References :

Candace’s LinkedIn
Super Entrepreneurship Decoded 
Sophia business angels  http://sophiabusinessangels.com/
Fondation Maeght  https://www.fondation-maeght.com/

Serena’s LinkedIn 
Serena’s Undergarment concept Akimba 
Serena’s Instagram 
 
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“What am I really choosing!?”
 Mary Guerdoux-Harries’s professional background is in engineering. Her career has evolved. She specialized in leading transformation and continuous improvement projects. She loves innovation and change. Where she gets the most satisfaction is in coaching, training and mentoring, in order to implement positive change. 
 She currently works for Thales in the Underwater Systems Business line in Sophia Antipolis. She works in Operations, where she leads a team of 25 people and also leads a transformation project to change ways of working within engineering. 
 She is Franco-British and has been working in France since 2006. She has also worked in Switzerland and in Australia.  
 She is a Mum to a daughter who is three and has three step-children: two boys who are 9 and a girl who is 14. 
 Outside of work she enjoys sports, particularly running, cycling and walking. She also loves reading and can often be found in a café by the beach. 
 
We talked about :
-The small things companies can do to support working mums and make a difference
-The Mums avatars : the different styles of being a mother
-Parenting role models in film and parenting styles
 
References : 
 Mary’s Linkedin page  
 Book : Free Range Human by Marianne Cantwell
 Le Club des Simone 
 Restaurant L’Arret au Port 
 
Professional Women’s Network Nice Côte d’Azur Mentoring Program open until December 15th 2021 : more info here  
 
Serena’s LinkedIn 
Serena’s Underwear brand Akimba 
Serena’s Instagram 
 
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“It’s like a circle. As soon as you start showing your worth, it also gets stronger. You start to get to know yourself a bit better because you get a positive response”
 
 Lena Beck Roervig specializes in accelerating the performance of professionals being in start-ups or global corporations.
 She is the CEO & founder of Beck Global Consulting LLC and a partner at The Personal Business Plan. Further, she is the creator of the concept and expert model on how to advance women in leadership: ShowYourWorth® and further she is the co-founder of ART-MIND-BODY, a practical approach on how to use and trust your intuition.
 Lately Lena has ventured into Angel Investing and is the president for the company Recruitio.
 Lena holds a Master of Science in Economics from Copenhagen Business School and has completed additional executive leadership education at INSEAD in France and Singapore, and Henley Business School in the UK. She is a global citizen - she says she is where the clients and the parties are! More specific she divides her time between Cannes, and Copenhagen.
 She is active in the non-profit world and is the president of the Vibeke Roervig’s Ballet Foundation, the president of American Friends of the Danish National Gallery and a Global Advisor for the organization WorldPulse.
 
In this episode we talked about :
 
 -Personal branding and how to introduce yourself when you have different activities
-What may be holding you professionally for a leadership position
-The most important thing if you want to lead or manage a team
-Knowing and showing your worth
-How important it is to tell people what you want 
-How to feel empowered
-The importance to get an overview of your finances
 
Book recommendation : Atomic Habits by James Clear
 
Lena’s Website  
Lena’s Linkedin

Learn more about Intuition Access https://www.artmindbody.net
https://www.instagram.com/intuitionaccess/
 
 Serena’s LinkedIn 
Serena’s Underwear brand Akimba 
Serena’s Instagram 
 
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“The most powerful resource is in yourself”
 
Marina Gregoretti, founder of Pro.Gre Consulting, a Leadership Development consulting firm, committed in helping talents in discovering and developing their leadership and plan their future life/career. She has over 30 years of experience in providing services to multinational organisations in Italy, Europe and USA. 
 Marina has presented evidence  of the experience in Leadership self-development  at the Gallup Institute Leadership Forum 2006, with the paper Awareness, Self Development and Transformation.
 She has translated and edited Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Transformational Leadership by Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio, and Full Leadership Development by Bruce Avolio.
 She is member of PWN Nice Côte d’Azur and served its board for four years.
She enjoys skiing, sailing, traveling and reading.
 
We talked about the benefits of volunteering, career shift and finding your way, we talked about what are some key important things to help you design your dream life like curiosity, self awareness and the crucibles which are  these defining moments in our lives.

References :

Marina's LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-gregoretti-328b677/

Serena’s LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/serena-benedetti-649068b4/
Serena’s activities : https://www.canva.com/design/DAEeLo-qPhs/dYdtNYVuMuJjlnspfof4kQ/view
 
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