"Communicate Your Way to the C-Suite"
"Communicate Your Way to the C-Suite"
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Session: Communicate Your Way to the C-Suite
There are many pathways to the C-Suite, and one path is through mastering the art of communication. Through communication, you can mobilize, motivate or mend people, which are the 3 main conversation types that you'll have with people. You're here today because you're smart, talented and have that special drive, but if you can't mobilize people to work towards your vision, motivate your team to keep pushing higher, and help mend stressed out minds, you'll have a harder time accomplishing goals and climbing that elusive ladder.The secret sauce is to hone it on individual personalities and archetypes. For some people, you need to communicate through data and spreadsheets, with others it might be through small talk, and others simply through listening more than talking. It's a balance of being authentic and intentional at the same time.
Tune into this fireside chat to hear about Carol's non-linear growth to becoming a Chief of Staff when all odds were against her, and to hear about Sherry's journey and learnings from being an executive sales leader, tech & sales performance coach, and financial planner.
Key Takeaways
- Half the battle is understanding who you're speaking with.
- You can be authentic and a chameleon at the same time.
- Climbing the ladder isn't enough. As a woman, you'll most likely have to build your own ladder, climb it and then break the glass ceiling at the top.
Bio
Carol Martindale is the Chief of Staff to the revenue team at Dealfront. She spent the last 7 years growing Dealfront from 15 employees to 300+ employees in 30+ countries in a remote-first environment. She played every role from Sales and Customer Success to Partnerships, RevOps, and now Chief of Staff. In her previous life, she failed at growing her own startup, did B2B marketing at some larger enterprise companies, and even helped to start a food truck!She is also the Board Vice President of the World Awareness Children's Museum, a poker player and travel addict. She has a B.S. and MBA from Binghamton University. And most importantly, she is the proud mom of two wonderful kids and also proud to be the child of Vietnamese refugees.
Carol's leadership hashtag is #HappyFeet.
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Sherry Finkel Murphy, CFP®, RICP®, ChFC® is the Principal and current Madrina of Madrina Molly, LLC, a financial planning and longevity education company providing Wisdom for Women of a Certain AGEncy, specifically, the #NotYoungNotDone cohort of GenX and late Boomer Women. She has been a financial planner, a technology sales performance coach, a technology executive sales leader, and a technologist (if we go back to when the earth’s crust was cooling.) She was the personal producer of over $150MM in technology software, hardware and services revenue, and also managed a $200MM revenue P&L as a sales leader. Companies include: FileNet, Hyperion, Business Objects, Cognos, and IBM.
Sherry has an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BA from the University of Rochester. She’s had the joyous experience of seeing everything she worked on as a graduate student come to pass much sooner than expected.
Sherry believes #WeRescueOurselves and supports ambitious older women.
