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The Legendary Leaders Podcast


Aug 30, 2022

Do you want to find success with who you are and the career path you choose? To live a fulfilling and meaningful life means redefining your meaning of success and letting go of your old mindset. It means breaking barriers and pivoting, when necessary, to enjoy the journey and create your circumstances.

In this episode of the Legendary Leaders Podcast, we have Jean Tien, a Professional Speaker, Intuitive and, Creator of The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Method™, passionate about empowering and supporting other Executive Women who are ready to disrupt status quo and up-level their success, without the hustle and grind. Jean’s also the podcast host of ‘Being Unapologetically Authentically’,  with over 20 years of experience in Finance and climbing the proverbial ‘Corporate Ladder’, Jean knows what it's like to juggle a successful career with being a Mom and caretaker, yet still feel like she hasn’t gotten anywhere.

Listen in to learn how biased beliefs lead to inequality in the workplace and how to break those biases. You will also learn how to let go of the ‘control and the victim’ mentality and instead shift your mindset to become the creator of your own success.

This podcast is sponsored by InnerProfessional online training programs. With courses geared specifically for Legendary Leaders, InnerProfessional provides an extraordinary catalog of leadership and professional development programs unlike any online training you’ve experienced before.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to have regular check-ins on the decisions we make based on what we’re hearing.
  • The beliefs people hold that underestimate the value women bring into the workplace.
  • How giving into biased beliefs reinforces the perpetrator, plus how we can change that.
  • The importance of having a destination in mind so you can enjoy the journey.
  • Learn that you’re not the victim of your circumstances, but the creator of your circumstances.
  • How to shift your mindset and invest in yourself, to be the creator of your own success.

Episode timeline:

  • [1:13] Intro
  • [6:20] The difference between high achieving men and high achieving women.
  • [8:35] How Jean helps high achieving women uplevel their success and how she’s working to make it full-time.   
  • [12:30] How women have been compromising and sacrificing to fit into the corporate world.
  • [18:33] How some organizational ideas can benefit or destroy your career progression.
  • [26:37] Jean, on her experiences with biased beliefs, and how they impact women in the workplace.
  • [34:08] Why we have to break stereotypical beliefs to change the world for us, as Women Leaders. 
  • [40:51] How Jean’s S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Method helps women redefine what success really means to them.
  • [52:07] Jean, on her career journey and how she shifted it to be more fulfilling and meaningful.
  • [1:02:20] How she started to invest in herself and shift her mindset to find success.

Quotes:

  • “There are strong ideas of what it takes for somebody to get promoted or to rise up in a firm, and they can either work to your benefit or against you.”- Jean Tien [21:51]
  • “We can’t control the outcome; we can only control what it is that we do.”- Jean Tien [35:17]
  • “We have to get comfortable with the fact that we as Women Leaders will be an inconvenient truth to many individuals out there because we’re changing the world.”- Jean Tien [37:32]
  • “The moment you let go and don’t hold forcefully onto something, things suddenly start to shift.”- Cathleen Merkel [1:06:59]

 

Find | Jean Tien

Business Website: https://jeantien.com/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-tien/

On Facebook: https://facebook.com/jeantien

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanftien/

Bio: With over 20 years of experience in finance, climbing the proverbial corporate ladder,
Jean knows what it's like to juggle a successful career with being a mom and caretaker yet still feel like she hasn’t gotten anywhere. No matter how hard she worked to achieve more in life, Jean knew that she couldn't achieve it if she kept pushing herself to conform to this definition of success that was expected of her. This is what motivated her to create the S.U.C.C.E.S.S Method program that supports personal and professional growth for ambitious women who never thought more was possible.


Jean is also a podcast host. Her podcast, Being Unapologetically Authentically, has been featured in Armstrong Wolfe, the Financial Advisory Firm for the COO. She’s also been a guest on a number of podcasts, as well as featured in magazines, such as the Authority Magazine, an online publication devoted to sharing in-depth, and interesting interviews, featuring people who are authorities in Business, Pop Culture, Wellness, Social Impact, and Tech

Connect:

Find | Cathleen Merkel

At cathleenmerkel.com

On Instagram: @CathleenMerkel

On Facebook: @CathleenMerkelCoaching

On LinkedIn: @CathleenMerkel

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About Cathleen Merkel:  

As a Thought Leader in the Mindset & (Self-) Leadership space, Cathleen supports high achieving, but worn-out women create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success. Following a simple 6 step framework, Cathleen helps you not only reconnect with your inner feminine side; but Cathleen also supports you to rediscover your REAL YOU!


Cathleen focuses on women who have lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in
a hamster wheel’, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps you to turn your careers, your social connections and personal life around, so that you will start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the days to come.  At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future.  

With over 15 years of Leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a Female Leader herself; she has also been Leading and supporting various Leadership Development initiatives within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations.

Only by deeply experiencing her very personal life challenges – ‘hitting a wall experiences’ – was Cathleen able to redefine her own purpose, deciding to bring ease and content to as many women as possible on the planet!

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