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🔥 Burnout is real—but It doesn't have to define your leadership journey. When life hands you a two-month-old baby and a career full of high-stakes decision-making, what do you do? If you’re Jessica Gibbs, CFP®, Vice President and Partner at Monument Wealth Management, you turn your experience into actionable leadership advice. Jessica’s latest article, “Beating Burnout—Essential Leadership Strategies to Protect Yourself and Your Team,” is a must-read for every executive navigating the pressures of success while maintaining balance. From recognizing subtle signs of burnout to actionable tips like reframing self-care as performance recovery, Jessica’s advice is as insightful as it is practical. She also reflects on wisdom from burnout coach Rachel Boehm, NBC-HWC, PhD Candidate shared on Monument Wealth Management’s "Off the Wall" podcast. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcbqPniN 👏 Huge thanks to Jessica and Monument Wealth Management for sharing this wisdom as part of their commitment to building a healthier, more balanced executive culture - and being a proud partner of Wednesday Women. #Leadership #BurnoutPrevention #WednesdayWomen #ExecutiveWellness #WomenInFinance

“Expand your social network to be age-diverse. Intergenerational friendships are key, not just for career growth, but for happiness and relational well-being. Even friends way older than you can make a big impact!” 🫶 ✨ This advice comes from our newest WW, whom we’re excited to spotlight today - Amy Yotopoulos. She is a seasoned executive leader, consultant, and advisor in healthcare, longevity, caregiving, and social connection. Amy’s passion for exploring the science of longevity began during her undergraduate years at Stanford, where she studied under Dr. Laura Carstensen, founder of Stanford’s Center on Longevity. Since then, she’s dedicated her career to advancing research, driving innovation, and delivering hands-on caregiving to older adults. She has spent three decades transforming how we understand and support healthy aging of the mind and body. Her career spans leadership roles at Stanford, AgeWave, and Avenidas, where she combined research with real-world solutions to improve senior well-being. She is a member of the Eskaton Board of Directors and has served on the Advisory Boards of Amava and Tellus. She is also a trained death doula and grief specialist, uniquely combining academic expertise with compassionate caregiving. 🎤 As a sought-after speaker and thought leader, Amy has taken the stage at TEDx San Francisco, where her talk, “The Unsung Longevity Factor of Social Connection,” explored how social connections help us lead healthier and more rewarding lives. You can check it out here: https://lnkd.in/datuGEtQ. If she were to give another TED Talk, it would be about… 👇 “I'd love to give a talk about transitions in our lives and how to allow those transitions to change us (for the better) and to use them as a springboard for growth and fulfillment. We are all resistant to change, especially when it is out of our control, yet it can open up whole new worlds of potential and possibilities.” She has also keynoted international conferences, sharing insights shaping global conversations on aging and longevity. 🙌 ⭐️Connect with Amy & learn more below. ___________________ Wednesday Women is supported by Commsor 🦕 - where business and personal success is created by a focus on “go-to-network” and relationship-driven growth. Enjoyed this post?  Subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gG7MfApJ 💜 Help us amplify the voices of outstanding women with likes, comments, shares, and follow Wednesday Women to meet more inspiring women weekly. 💜 #wednesdaywomen #womenempowerment #womenleaders #womenspeakers #healthcare Leslie Greenwood Melissa Moody

✨ We’re thrilled to spotlight a relationship-driven leader, visionary connector, and advocate for purpose-built partnerships. 👋 Meet Sam Yarborough, Chief Growth Officer, Salesforce at Invisory, a company that empowers ISVs to go to market faster and succeed on cloud marketplaces. In her role, Sam helps partners succeed in the Salesforce ecosystem by fostering alignment, driving growth, and unlocking the potential of strategic alliances. With a background as a marketer, designer, and strategist, Sam approaches challenges with a creative mindset and delivers results that benefit both business partners and customers alike. Her passion for building meaningful relationships extends to the Friends With Benefits Podcast, a show about revenue-generating partnerships, which she co-hosts with her husband, Jason Yarborough 🐻. On this podcast, they share insights on all things partnerships and the power of connection. As an active member of the Women in Partnerships community (powered by Partnership Leaders), she brings her expertise to inspire others in the field. 💡 Her advice for up-and-coming professionals? 💬 “Make yourself invaluable and ask for what you want! Go beyond your job description, find whitespace to add value, support your team, and overdeliver. And don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. The answer is always “no” until you ask.” 📣 If she were to give a TED Talk, it would be on how mindset shapes your world. “Mindset matters. "You attract what you are" is a true statement. Our ability to choose how we approach the world has everything to do with how the world responds to us.” ⭐️Connect with Sam & learn more below. ___________________ Wednesday Women is supported by Commsor 🦕 - where business and personal success is created by a focus on “go-to-network” and relationship-driven growth. Enjoyed this post?  Subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gG7MfApJ 💜 Help us amplify the voices of outstanding women with likes, comments, shares, and follow Wednesday Women to meet more inspiring women weekly. 💜 #wednesdaywomen #womenempowerment #womenleaders #womeninpartnerships #leadership Leslie Greenwood Melissa Moody

Friends: less than 400 followers to go until we reach 10,000 followers! Please help us get there by the end of the year by sharing this post and tagging five friends who should uplevel their feeds with Wednesday Women. Don't make Melissa run outside in the snow to hit this goal...

💜 Please welcome Osano as our newest partner! 💜 Women make up 50 percent of all privacy professionals. Yet women in privacy often struggle to be seen and heard on executive and tech teams where men are still the majority. Osano, a leader in data privacy management, is dedicated to helping Women in Privacy gain confidence and expertise to be strategic leaders in the business. Osano's data privacy management platform empowers businesses to successfully navigate the complexities of privacy management by providing the necessary tools and insights for building, managing, and scaling holistic privacy programs: Visible compliance on websites and mobile apps, operational excellence through insights and automation, and proactive risk identification and mitigation to build trust and protect the business. Osano believes that the companies that embrace privacy will become the next wave of trusted brands. Learn more here - https://www.osano.com/ 💜 Why Wednesday Women? "Osano recognizes Wednesday Women as a powerful champion for the women in our space, amplifying leaders and empowering women privacy professionals to have a voice and an impact." We look forward to partnering to shine the spotlight on Women in Privacy. #womeninprivacy #privacyinsider #osano #bcorp

The gents are creating a wave! Huge thanks to Dustin Joost Morgan J Ingram Jared Robin ⏭ and Pete Vomocil 📸 for starring in our latest "path to 10K" video... Because: Wednesday Women is for *everyone* ... everyone who wants more examples of amazing women in their lives ... everyone who wants a more authentic and inspiring feed ... everyone who is searching for the next great keynote or panel speaker (https://lnkd.in/gyYRPBsy) So men, gents, fellas, dudes... Help us get to 10K this week. Slap that FOLLOW button!

☕️Join a thoughtful group of executives in Indianapolis on December 27th at 9am. Need to escape the fam for an bit? ✅ Want to enjoy some good coffee? ✅ Like to meet other executives in Indy?✅ Curious how others are thinking about 2025? ✅ Wednesday Women and Pavilion are hosting coffee and conversation. We’ll talk about our gives and our gets and walk away with actionable items we can help each other with. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnK_RTcF Wednesday Women is for everyone and all executives are invited. Rachel Johnson and Leslie Greenwood hope to see you there. #coffeeandconversation #community #wednesdaywomenevents

“Commit to listening, to learning, and to understanding. That’s how we heal the world.” 🌎 Openness changes everything! 🙌 That’s one of the biggest lessons we learned from ✊Heidi Solomon-Orlick, the Founder & CEO of GirlzWhoSell. From overcoming setbacks to leading DEI initiatives and embracing life through travel, Heidi shows how staying open - to people, perspectives, and opportunities - can transform your career and life. 🎙️ In our newest episode of The Ripple, she shares: - Why openness is key to creating safe, inclusive workplaces - How to encourage and empower belonging instead of fitting in - Her inspiring journey of reinvention and advocacy This conversation between Heidi and our host, Ashley Laabs, will challenge you to lead with curiosity and create spaces where everyone belongs. Tune in to the full episode here 👇 🎧 Spotify https://lnkd.in/drPNm_sZ 🎧 Apple https://lnkd.in/dd-BKwHE 👀 YouTube https://lnkd.in/d-H8Q9Pb #wednesdaywomen #theripple #upliftandinspire #podcast #DEI

It's rare for us to feature men on our page... but today is an exception. Our friends Pete Vomocil 📸, Morgan J Ingram, Jared Robin ⏭, and Dustin Joost had some stuff to say, too. It's December 13th, and we are SO SO SO close to our goal of 10,000 followers by the end of the year - only 581 to go! Please share and tag 5 men in your network who should follow Wednesday Women 💜

Data can make a real difference. As we've done in the past with our 'Balancing the Boardroom' research, Wednesday Women is proud to work with a partner on a piece of industry-focused, data-driven thought leadership... and YOU can help. WW sponsor Zone & Co has launched a survey on the state of compensation for women in finance roles - key benchmarks across industries, public and private sectors, and business growth phases. The resulting report will provide insights to foster equity and understanding within the profession. Here's how to help: 🤔 Know a woman in finance? 🏷️ Tag her in the comments below so she can see/take the survey 📝 Share the survey with others you know in finance 🫸 #Survey closes on December 20th [p.s. We've worked with Centiment in the past and have to add that they're a wonderful provider of this thoughtful survey experience.] https://lnkd.in/gt3-rveJ