Dr Nancy O'reilly

Angelina Rosario tells her inspiring story of how heart break and near death transformed her life into one of purpose dedicated to showing women how they can transform pain into purpose. Angelina shares her story with others and tools for a successful life through her book, Thank You for Walking Away, her website "She Fixes Crowns," and her podcast Move Out the Way (MOTW)

Phyllis Chesler talks about the feminist movement of the late sixties, her history with writing and feminism and how she sees women today. She wrote her new book, Requiem for a Female Serial Killer to dispel the myth that women choose to be prostitutes instead of being trafficked or abused into a life not of their free will. The running theme of this conversation is how women need to support each other to change the culture that keeps them from equitable leadership and makes them victims of various societies in which they live.

Roxi Hewertson tells Dr. Nancy O'Reilly the key points in her new book, Hire Right Fire Right, and how companies get it wrong by not spending enough time preparing for the interview and relying on outdated methods that result in expensive failures. Roxi says that hiring is relational, not transactional and developing a relationship with new hires is critical to success.

A. Margot Blair tells about her journey from a childhood complicated by adversity and allowing her circumstances to define who she is to discovering her value and calling as a young adult. Margot turned that calling to partnership and collaboration with major organizations and founded DiscoverHer to help teens and young women get beyond their own adversities.

Sharon Melnick, PhD, tells Dr. Nancy how a woman's power is found at the intersection of her skills of resilience, confidence and influence, and it's through using these that a woman advances in her career. Importantly, when a woman advances, she brings others along with her. Dr. Sharon founded her virtual coaching business, Next Level Leader to help women move to the next level in weeks, not months or years. Her e-book, Pigeon Holed to Promoted, details how to do this and more.

Michele Weldon tells her childhood story of how she started her first newspaper at 10, starting a lifetime of story telling as a career journalist. Her award-winning essays are published everywhere and this collection reflects on Life, Work and Meaning. Michele hopes it will provide a respite for these chaotic times, help people relocate their dreams, empathize and be generous with others, and find a purpose to reach out and create change for good,

Renessa Boley-Layne tells the story of how she worked for years as a highly paid engineer, then management consultant and other jobs she hated, until she found her gift: helping others find their gifts and purpose. Then she founded The Perfect Academy and wrote the book, "Fast Lane Wrong Direction" to share her story and help others make the u-turn to real success.

Dr. Sheila Robinson tells how her company Diversity Woman Media helps organizations use diversity and inclusion to deliver results, and women advance their careers through her magazine and annual conference. Power Forward, the Diversity Business Women's Leadership Conference is virtual this year on October 8 and 9. Listen for more information and register soon.

Rachel Vogelstein tells Dr. Nancy O'Reilly about the formation of the National Women's History Museum, the online curricula and resources it provides for students and why it's important to include women who shaped our nation in its history books, to serve as role models for future generations of girls.

Krista Peryer tells how The Geek Foundation, which she co-founded helps underserved people learn about different opportunities in the tech industry, how well-paying jobs are always available and many do not require a 4-year college degree. The Geek Foundation has provided free training through grant funds and plans to provide more. Krista's goal is to help people get the training they need to access well-paying jobs in the tech industry.

Felicia Davis is a riveting speaker, author and award-winning leadership coach who works with emerging and experienced women leaders to develop effective leadership brands, compelling communication skills and the confidence to show up and be the leader they want to be. She tells Dr. Nancy what keeps women from using their voice and how leaders must lead in the post pandemic world.

Stacy Jurado-Miller has a radical idea that if we apply our passion to a mission-driven business, we can transform the traditional profit-driven business model and change the world for good. She shares her ideas of what makes a great leader and why success and profits are guaranteed if we create businesses to fix the issue we can't ignore.

Stephanie Rimmer talks about the reforms she is convinced will transform our government into a body that serves the interests of the people, not the politicians. She is running for Congress in the 6th District of Arizona. Listen to find out her personal story, and more about her life of community service and the passion behind her bid for a Congressional seat.

Monica Nyiraguhabwa tells the story of her life as a young girl in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, and how the injustices she faced because of a culture that does not value girls inspired her to change the lives of young girls. She co-founded Girl Up Initiative Uganda to help girls find their voices, and be empowered to lead, thrive and share their knowledge with their families and communities.

Corporate gender strategist Jeffery Tobias Halter talks with Dr. Nancy O'Reilly about why having more women in corporate leadership is important and why they cannot do it without men, who are currently 80% of leadership. Motivations and strategies for getting more women into management are outlined in addition to his book, WHY WOMEN: The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men.

Stacey Engle talks about how trust and relationships are built one conversation at a time and how as President of Fierce Conversations she helps give people tools to have the tough conversations.

Sarah, Duchess of York and Dr. Nancy O'Reilly share ideas and stories about how philanthropy and giving can become a lifestyle. The Duchess tells how she founded a refugee camp, created Little Red, a doll to benefit children harmed in disasters, and many more. The theme of kindness to others, listening and giving hope to others is discussed as a way of finding joy in daily life.

Tish Times shares strategies and ideas about how to use relationship-building and other tools to become successful in the sales process. The first relationship you have to build is with yourself. Her newest training is Unstoppable Sales Academy.

Pat Mitchell and Dr. Nancy O'Reilly discuss the principles in her new book, Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World--what it means to be a dangerous woman in a dangerous world, working together to solve crisis as a world-wide community, and how the most dangerous thing to do is to show up for another woman. This is a call to action for women to step forward the use their power together to right wrongs and solve problems where their passion takes them.

Topher Wilkins and his wife Jorian work as a husband and wife team leading Opportunity Collaboration where they host a four-day gathering every year of people dedicated to end global poverty. Topher shares his personal story and how ending poverty became his life's work, plus analyses how how we can make the world sustainable for everyone with co-leadership.