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.
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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
What if the best business ideas don’t come from grand strategy, but from noticing something small that others simply accept?
In this episode, Mary speaks with Steph Douglas, founder of Don’t Buy Her Flowers, about how a deeply personal experience as a new mum became the starting point for a thoughtful, values-led gifting business.
After receiving multiple bouquets of flowers after the birth of her first child, Steph Douglas found herself wondering why we so often send gifts that are well-meant, but not always what someone truly needs.
That insight became the seed for Don’t Buy Her Flowers, a business built around care, empathy and practical support.
In this conversation, Steph shares how her background in brand and marketing helped her understand customers, how a blog and community became the foundation for the business, and what it took to grow, adapt and eventually navigate acquisition.
Mary and Steph also explore the realities of leadership behind the scenes: rapid growth during Covid, the pressure of financial uncertainty, the emotional toll of running a business, and the importance of staying connected to what matters most.
This is a conversation about thoughtful leadership, customer insight, resilience, motherhood, business growth and what it really means to lead with care.
Connect with Steph on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephdouglas/
Visit Don't Buy Her Flowers – https://www.dontbuyherflowers.com/
Listen to Stephs podcast or read her blog –
https://www.dontbuyherflowers.com/blog
🔗 Connect with Mary: marygregory.com
📣 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marygregory
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mary_gregory/
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✨ Produced by Mary Gregory Leadership Coaching
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