She Leads Collective Podcast
She Leads Collective Podcast
Podcast Description
Real stories. Bold conversations. Leadership that lifts everyone.Welcome to the She Leads Collective Podcast—a space where stories spark change, and lived experience becomes leadership wisdom. Each season, we rotate through three powerful themes:Real Models – conversations with inspiring women leaders and business owners who share the truth behind their success—the bias they’ve faced, the doubts they’ve overcome, and the wisdom they’ve gained. Allies – honest insights from men and women who are actively championing gender equity, revealing what true allyship looks like in action. The Undiscussables – the topics no one talks about, but everyone is impacted by—domestic violence, baby loss, harassment, poverty—and how they shape women’s presence, power, and potential at work.This podcast is for women in leadership, business owners, HR leaders, and change-makers who believe the workplace can—and must—be better for women.You’ll leave every episode with something real: inspiration, insight, and the courage to lead differently.Let’s change the conversation—together.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast rotates through three powerful themes: Real Models, which explores the journeys of women leaders sharing their challenges and successes; Allies, focusing on insights from those championing gender equity in workplaces; and The Undiscussables, addressing critical yet overlooked topics like domestic violence and harassment that affect women's roles and opportunities in the workplace.
Bold conversations with women leaders & allies.
Real stories, leadership insights, and the “undiscussables” shaping how we work today.
Each season of the She Leads Collective Podcast features three powerful themes:
Real Models – conversations with inspiring women leaders and business owners who share the truth behind their success—the bias they’ve faced, the doubts they’ve overcome, and the wisdom they’ve gained.
Allies – honest insights from men and women who are actively championing gender equity, revealing what true allyship looks like in action.
The Undiscussables – the topics no one talks about, but everyone is impacted by—emotions at work, wholistic leadership, womens health needs, mental health, baby loss, domestic violence—and how they shape our workplaces and leadership.
I’m Mary Gregory—Executive Coach, Author and host of She Leads Collective. My mission is to enable women to step into their full leadership potential and create workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Let’s change the conversation—together.
And if you’re a woman leader who’s ever doubted your confidence, explore my programme “Exploding the Confidence Myth” → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploding-the-confidence-myth-tickets-1617750698889?aff=oddtdtcreator
Conversations Worth Revisiting:
A She Leads Collective Summer Series
Why do so many brilliant women still feel they have to prove themselves at work?
We're often told the answer is confidence.
- Speak up more.
- Be more assertive.
- Believe in yourself.
But after more than 50 conversations on the She Leads Collective podcast, I'm beginning to wonder if we've been asking the wrong question.
In this first episode of Conversations Worth Revisiting – A She Leads Collective Summer Series, I'm bringing together two powerful conversations from Season 3 to explore whether confidence is really the issue—or whether workplace culture plays a much bigger role than we realise.
You'll hear from:
Lauren Neal – Chartered Engineer and founder of Valued at Work, who shares her experience of bias in engineering and explains why the problem wasn't her—it was the environment she was working in.
Akua Opong – Technology leader, speaker and advocate for inclusive leadership, who reflects on the mentors and leaders who helped her thrive by embracing what made her different.
Together, their stories challenge the belief that women simply need to become more confident. Instead, they offer a different perspective on leadership, belonging and creating workplaces where everyone can succeed.
In this episode we explore:
- Why confidence isn't always the real issue
- Women in STEM and workplace culture
- Inclusive leadership
- Belonging at work
- Allyship
- Psychological safety
- The impact leaders have on confidence
- Why diversity and inclusion belong to everyone
If this conversation resonates, you'll find links in the show notes to Lauren's and Akua's full episodes, along with more than 50 conversations exploring leadership, gender equity and the changing world of work.
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