Listen "Discovering Your Signature with Carol Seymour"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textCarol Seymour may be playing bigger than anyone I’ve ever interviewed — and her bold moves have helped me to play much bigger in my own life.Carol is an accomplished business leader, one of Real Leaders Magazine’s Top 40 Women Keynote Speakers for 2020, and the founder of Signature Leaders, an organization that accelerates women into next-level leadership through its outstanding professional development programs. Signature Leaders was recognized as one of Inc.’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2022 and has helped more than 3000 global leaders create greater impact and influence.In this conversation, we talk about the biggest shifts that led Carol to leadership development, how a single program led to massive market-leading success, and how selling Girl Guide cookies helped a pre-teen Carol uncover one of her greatest superpowers.Ready to play bigger? Listen now to discover: How Carol shifted from growing someone else’s company to building her own — and the key piece of advice that helped her make the leapHow she masterfully handled a tricky product recall at the age of just 27Why facilitating a high-pressure Q&A with an Italian business leader led to one of her biggest shifts Guest bio: Carol Seymour is a sought-after business leader and seasoned global executive of large and mid-cap size companies and private-equity backed turnarounds. Her personal brand is all about catalyzing growth. She took her business success and married it with her passion for leadership, founding Signature Leaders in 2013. She is a Founding Member of Paradigm for Parity.Timestamps:01:36 Intro03:16 Meet Carol Seymour05:28 Networking & London07:51 Women, competition & community11:30 The sales shifts13:49 Product recall story17:22 Shifting into new chapters21:59 Sergio Marchionne interview story26:20 Starting Signature Leaders28:41 Board of advisors & key advice34:32 Burnout & core capabilities36:50 Leadership takeaways for women & men43:50 What's next48:10 Wisdom WarriorsLinks:Carol Seymourhttps://signatureleaders.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-seymour-40897614 Wisdom Warriors: Women with the Courage to be True to Themselveshttps://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Warriors-Journeys-Leadership-Themselves/dp/0998261564Discover your tactical leadership toolkit: https://www.exceptionalleaderslab.com Interested in working with me or having me speak at your event? Visit https://tracyspears.com For tools and insights that will help you play bigger, visit my resource library: https://tracyspears.com/blog —Connect with me:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracylspears Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TracySpearsSpeaker Twitter: @tracylspears Instagram: @tracylspears Love the podcast? Consider leaving a rating and review — this will help others discover how to play a bigger game!
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