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306: How to Fix a Struggling Team: Building a High-Performing Culture When Your Team Is Off Track
Jun 23, 2026
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305: High-Performance Leadership Starts With This: Burnout, Self-Care and Small Changes with Sheetal Ajmani
Jun 16, 2026
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304: How to Shine In A Crisis: The Adaptive Crisis Leadership Toolkit for Staying Grounded When Everything Shifts
Jun 9, 2026
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303: How to Become an Industry Leader: Serendipity, Quiet Confidence and the C-Suite with Charli Rogers
Jun 2, 2026
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() 306: How to Fix a Struggling Team: Building a High-Performing Culture When Your Team Is Off Track | You know something is wrong with your team. Maybe it's the missed deadlines that have become the norm. The low energy in meetings. The friction nobody's naming. The high performer who's gone quiet. Or just a general flatness — a team that's functional but nowhere near what you know it could be. In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, Toni Collis gives you the honest, practical framework for turning a struggling team around — including the part most leadership advice skips: the leader's own role in the system. What's covered: ➡️The four types of team struggle — and why getting the diagnosis right before you act is the most important thing you can do. The wrong solution applied with confidence makes things worse. ➡️The over-functioning trap — why managing around a problem signals to your whole team that the problem is acceptable, and what it's costing your best people right now ➡️Why your team is not where you are — the emotional and informational gap between you and your team, and why moving at your pace without accounting for theirs leaves people behind ➡️The three conversations you've been avoiding — performance, expectations, and recognition — and why the difference between a team that stays stuck and one that turns around is almost always the conversations the leader wasn't having ➡️How to retain your high performers when the team is struggling — because they're always the first to leave, and they always have options ➡️The honest question about your own leadership — and why understanding your role in the system is what makes the rest of this possible ➡️Where to start this week — three specific actions, not twenty Whether you've inherited a struggling team, watched one develop on your watch, or just know things need to change and aren't sure where to start — this episode gives you the framework. Related episodes: ⏹ Episode 152 — How to Give Feedback: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/152-how-to-give-feedback ⏹ Episode 174 — What to Do When You Inherit a Poor Performer: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/174-what-to-do-when-you-inherit-an-underperformer ⏹ Episode 172 — When You Need to Let People Go: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/172-when-you-need-to-let-people-go ⏹ Episode 178 — How to Lead and Retain High Performers: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/178-how-to-lead-and-retain-high-performers ⏹ Episode 250 — Leading Through Change: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/250-leading-through-change ⏹ Episode 158 — Unleashing Team Performance: Simple Coaching Approaches: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/158-unleashing-team-performance-the-power-of-simple-coaching-approaches Book a complimentary strategy call: tonicollis.com/lets-chat/ | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() 305: High-Performance Leadership Starts With This: Burnout, Self-Care and Small Changes with Sheetal Ajmani | Burnout isn't a personal failure. It's a clinical condition with three specific characteristics — and understanding exactly what it is may be the first step toward actually recovering from it. Sheetal Ajmani, physician turned speaker, coach, and consultant, joins Toni for a conversation that reframes burnout and self-care from the ground up. Sheetal practiced pediatrics for over 16 years and experienced burnout multiple times across her career — the first time in 2006, when nobody was talking about it, and the most recent in 2022, when she made the decision to step away from clinical medicine entirely. This episode goes deep on what burnout actually is, why high-achieving women are so skilled at missing the signs, and what self-care genuinely needs to look like to make a difference — hint: it's not the bubble bath. What we cover: ⏹ The clinical definition of burnout — three characteristics, and why naming them matters ⏹ Eustress vs distress: where helpful stress ends and burnout begins ⏹ Why high-achieving women are the last to see burnout coming in themselves ⏹ Anticipatory burnout — the specific exhaustion that comes from knowing a change is coming but not being able to make it yet ⏹ Self-care redefined: why the most impactful forms take less time than you think ⏹ Micro moments of self-care — what they look like and how to find yours ⏹ The difference between self-care and self-improvement (they are not the same thing) ⏹ The Ayurvedic whole-person lens on well-being — and why your emotions, relationships, and career all affect your health ⏹ The one thing Sheetal wants every woman to start doing today ⏹ Why small changes make a larger impact than grand wellness gestures ⏹ The inner critic that adds layers of judgment on top of an already hard experience ⏹ Why burnout is an individual stress response within a social context — and what that means for systemic change Connect with Sheetal Ajmani ⏹ Website: radiantlivinginstitute.com ⏹ Podcast: Essential Self Care: https://www.radiantlivinginstitute.com/podcasts/essential-self-care ⏹ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sheetalajmani | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() 304: How to Shine In A Crisis: The Adaptive Crisis Leadership Toolkit for Staying Grounded When Everything Shifts | When everything is shifting — a restructure, a board crisis, a project on the edge of collapse, or just the relentless uncertainty of leading a team through sustained change — the expectation is that you hold it together. You stay steady. You have the answers. But nobody tells you how. In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, Toni Collis builds out the adaptive leadership toolkit every senior leader needs for navigating a genuine crisis — not the kind of crisis leadership that sounds good in a conference keynote, but the practical, honest, unglamorous work of staying grounded when everything around you is shifting. This is not about eliminating the pressure. It is about developing the specific capabilities that let you remain clear, present, and effective within it. What's covered: Why crisis leadership is a trainable capability, not a personality trait — and why the unruffled leader you're comparing yourself to is a fiction The team-speed problem: why your team is not where you are emotionally, and what it actually means to meet people where they are Crisis communication as a leadership skill — not just a PR function. The specific language that calms, orients, and aligns your team when they're in crisis mode. And why you need to say it far more times than you think The internal dimension: staying grounded in yourself before you can hold space for anyone else Protecting decision quality when the stakes are highest — the difference between genuine urgency and anxiety-driven urgency The blame game, why a crisis is never the time to play it, and the story from early in Toni's career that has stayed with her ever since The isolation of senior leadership in a crisis — and the structural responses that make it manageable Related episodes: Episode 170 - Does it have to be lonely at the top? Drawing the line between being a boss and a friend Episode 243 - Struggling to Be Heard? Master Leadership Communication Strategies and Coach Upwards Episode 248 - Recognizing the Signs: Identifying Early Indicators of Burnout Episode 250 — Leading Through Change Episode 274 - How to Stop Overthinking at Work: Tools for Clear, Confident Leadership Decisions. Episode 278 - When No One Listens — How to Lead When Your Voice Isn't Heard Episode 294 — Burnout-Proof Leadership Episode 298 - When the Stakes Are High, Does Your Voice Go Quiet? How to Communicate With Clarity Under Pressure Ready to work through a genuinely difficult period with support? Book a strategy call: tonicollis.com/lets-chat | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() 303: How to Become an Industry Leader: Serendipity, Quiet Confidence and the C-Suite with Charli Rogers | What does it actually take to become an industry leader when you never planned to be one? Charli Rogers, Chief Customer Officer at Botify, joins Toni for a conversation that covers the full arc of her leadership journey — from an accidental start in tech to leading customer success teams of 150-200 people across multiple continents, to taking her first CCO seat at a company sitting right at the intersection of search, AI discoverability, and the future of how brands get found. This conversation covers all things great leadership from quiet confidence, allyship in executive teams, what holding space for women in a boardroom actually looks like in practice, and the language shift — "and" versus "but" — that Charli teaches every woman she mentors. Charli also gets honest about the biggest challenge she's navigating right now: how do you lead an AI-forward customer experience function while keeping the team delivering, changing everything about how you operate, and nobody really knows what the next two years look like? If you're figuring out what kind of leader you want to be, how to back yourself at the next level, or how to build allies in rooms that weren't always built for you — this is the episode. What we cover: ◾ The serendipitous career path from accidental tech foray to Chief Customer Officer ◾ Why Charli put her hand up for people leadership before she felt ready — and what happened next ◾ Quiet confidence: what it really looks like at the executive level and why it's different from the performative kind ◾ The "and" vs "but" language shift and why words matter more than most leaders realize vAllyship in the exec room — what it looks like when it becomes second nature rather than a conscious act ◾ Holding space for women in a male-dominated executive team: practical, not theoretical ◾ AI in customer experience — leading an AI-forward function while the team keeps delivering today ◾ Building a virtual board of directors and why network investment is a long-term leadership strategy ◾ The worst piece of advice Charli was ever given: "dial it down, Charli" ◾ Confidence plus capacity: why both are non-negotiable and how to know when it's time to speak up **Useful links** ◾ Connect with today's guest and sponsor, Charli Rogers and Botify: ◾ Charli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlirogers/ ◾ Botify: https://www.botify.com/ This episode was sponsored by our guest, Charli Rogers at Botify. Thank you Charli for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community! | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | ![]() 302: Career Pivots: When You're Ready for Something New | Are you brilliant at your job — but starting to wonder if this is really it? One of the most common and least-talked-about challenges facing senior women in tech is the moment when something needs to change, but you don't know exactly what, and the fear of getting it wrong is keeping you exactly where you are. This is not a "how to find a new job" episode. It is an episode about how to think clearly and strategically about career pivots — before you make a reactive decision you spend the next two years recovering from. Whether you're bored and feeling guilty about it, you know you need to leave but can't see where to go, or you're ready to pivot but don't know where to start — this episode is for you. Keep listening to learn more about: Why the restlessness you're feeling is not a character flaw — it's a signal worth taking seriously The four types of "something needs to change" — and why getting the diagnosis right is what separates a strategic pivot from a reactive one The full range of options available to you — including internal pivots, functional moves, smaller organisations, fractional leadership, and entrepreneurship A five-step framework for thinking through a career pivot strategically without making a decision from your most exhausted place What's really underneath the fear — and why the identity question is the thing that keeps most women stuck What a good career pivot actually looks like — and the one first step to take this week Whether you're actively planning a change or just starting to sit with the question, this episode will help you think more clearly about what you actually want next. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | ![]() 301: Self-Awareness, AI and Leading as a Neurodivergent VP: How Noe Ramos Found Her Zone of Genius | What if the brain that made you feel like you never quite fit — the one that means you always carry 5 jobs even though technically you only have one, the brain that got bored the moment something stopped being challenging, and that saw the whole system when everyone else wanted you to stay in your lane — turned out to be exactly what the AI era needs? That's not a hypothetical. That's Noe Ramos. And it might just be you too. Noe is Vice President of AI Operations at Agiloft, where she leads the kind of AI transformation that actually works — not the kind that chases efficiency and calls it progress, but the kind that asks what humans need to thrive in a world increasingly shaped by these tools. Noe has spent 23 years being, in her own words, excellent at jobs that were never quite designed for her brain. And it wasn't until she found the right environment, understood her neurodivergence, and stopped filtering out the parts of herself that made her different that everything clicked. In this episode we talk self-awareness as a leadership tool, what it means to build a culture of genuine psychological safety, and why AI transformation is only as good as the humans at the center of it. What we cover: ⏹ 23 years being excellent at jobs never designed for her brain — and what changed ⏹ Systems thinking: what it really means, why women are discouraged from doing it, and how to keep doing it anyway ⏹ Finding the right environment — how Noe figured out what she actually needed and how to diagnose it in a company ⏹ Neurodivergence as a leadership superpower in the AI era ⏹ What authentic leadership really looks like when you've spent a career masking ⏹ Psychological safety: how showing up humanly as a leader creates a ripple effect through your whole team ⏹ Agiloft's human-first AI transformation approach — upskilling people existentially, not just technically ⏹ Role-based vs function-based thinking: why the shift matters for AI adoption ⏹ Visibility vs indispensability — and why being essential at the wrong level is a career trap ⏹ The worst piece of advice Noe was ever given — and the subtlety inside it ⏹ AI as a mirror: what are you bringing to the tool? **Useful links** Connect with today's guest and sponsor, Noe Ramos at Agiloft: ⏹ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/noeramos ⏹ Agiloft: agiloft.com Book a strategy call with Toni: tonicollis.com/lets-chat/ This episode was sponsored by our guest, Noe Ramos. Thank you Noe and Agiloft for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community! | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | ![]() 300: Women in Leadership: 300 Episodes, 1500 Women, and Everything I've Changed My Mind About | Three hundred episodes. Approaching 1500 women coached across corporate tech, startups, and academia. And a long list of things I used to believe that I no longer do. Episode 300 of Leading Women in Tech is different from any episode I've made before. This is not a tips episode. It is not a framework. It is my honest account of what seven years of conversations and nearly 1500 coaching relationships has actually taught me about women in leadership — including the places where the conventional wisdom is wrong, the advice I've heard given to women again and again that has caused real damage, and what I would say now that I would not have said at Episode 1. In this episode I cover: Why leaning in was the wrong answer — not because the system is unfair, but because it asks women to lean into a male model that was never designed for them Why getting a seat at the table was never the whole answer — and what the goal actually is The real problem with "just speak up more" and "just be more confident" — and why telling women to be more confident before they've had the chance to build it is one of the most common ways we set them up to fail Why "you can have it all, just not at the same time" does so much quiet damage — and what to say instead The zone of genius trap that nobody warns you about — and why staying in it is the goal, but only if you notice when it has changed Why you need a mentor, a coach, and a sponsor — and why most senior men in tech have all three while most women have only one What working harder actually costs women — and what to invest in instead Why we are more individual than society would have us believe, and what happens when women stop performing someone else's model of leadership And why, despite everything, I am genuinely optimistic. This episode is for the women who have been listening since the beginning, and for the women who are finding this podcast for the first time. It is my most honest episode yet. | — | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | ![]() 299: Building a Positive Workplace Culture as a Woman CEO: Ownership, AI and Leading with Joy — with Anusha Iyer✨ | workplace cultureleadership+5 | Anusha Iyer | CorshaAI+1 | — | positive workplace cultureleadership philosophy+5 | — | 40m 11s | |
| 4/28/26 | ![]() 298: How to Communicate With Clarity Under Pressure: Leadership Skills for Women in Tech✨ | communicationleadership skills+4 | — | — | — | communication skillsleadership+6 | — | 36m 11s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() 297: AI Leadership Strategy: Your 90-Day Blueprint for Winning with AI — with Charlene Li✨ | AI leadership strategybusiness strategy+4 | Charlene Li | Winning with AI: The 90-Day Blueprint for Success | — | AI strategyleadership+5 | — | 41m 26s | |
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| 4/14/26 | ![]() 296: Office Politics for Women Who Hate Office Politics✨ | office politicswomen in tech+4 | — | — | — | office politicswomen in tech+4 | — | 41m 48s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() 295: Authentic Leadership in the Age of AI: Diversity, Change & the Future of Product with Catherine Wong✨ | authentic leadershipAI change management+3 | Catherine Wong | Entrata | — | leadershipAI+5 | — | 38m 46s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() 294: Burnout-Proof Leadership✨ | burnoutleadership+4 | — | — | — | burnoutleadership+6 | — | 27m 30s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() 293: Women in Tech Leadership: Why You Don't Need a Perfect Career Plan to Reach the Top (With Sarah Walker, Cisco UKI CEO)✨ | women in tech leadershipnon-traditional career paths+4 | Sarah Walker | Cisco UK & Ireland | — | women in techcareer advancement+4 | CISCO | 35m 39s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() 292: From Tactical to Strategic: The Unspoken Rules for Women in Tech Stepping Into Executive Leadership✨ | executive leadershipwomen in tech+4 | — | — | — | executive leadershipwomen in tech+5 | — | 1h 02m 20s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() 291: C-Level Leadership for Women in Tech: What It Really Takes to Thrive With Adelina Peltea✨ | C-level leadershipwomen in tech+4 | Adelina Peltea | LinkedInVerda Wellness Club | — | C-level leadershipwomen in tech+5 | USERCENTRICS | 35m 41s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() 290: The Promotion Gap in Tech: Leading Powerfully When the Culture Pushes Back✨ | promotion gapgender bias+5 | — | Leading Women in Techtech | — | women in techleadership roles+5 | — | 40m 45s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() 289: How Fractional Leaders Actually Get Hired | How fractional leaders get hired isn't random — but it does follow a very different logic than most people expect. If you've been having good conversations, receiving positive signals, and still not seeing those conversations turn into paid work, this episode will help you understand what's really happening on the hiring side. In this episode, we step out of the leader's perspective and into the mindset of the organisation making the decision — because fractional leadership hiring doesn't follow a traditional job search or sales process. Instead, hiring happens when recognition, trust, and timing align. In this episode, we explore: Why fractional leadership opportunities don't follow a linear funnel The difference between visibility and recognisability The three conditions that consistently lead to fractional leadership hiring Why timing matters more than effort How trust is built before a hiring decision is ever made Why so many capable leaders get stuck in "almost" conversations This episode is for senior women in tech who: Are fractional-ready but not yet chosen Are getting interest, but not conversion Want to stop guessing — without resorting to hustle or salesy tactics Listen if you want to: Understand how fractional hiring decisions are actually triggered Feel calmer and more in control of the process Make your leadership easier to recognise and hire Next steps: Book a Strategy Session (Positioning + Hiring Clarity) 👉 https://tonicollis.com/lets-chat Continue listening to the Fractional Series: Episode 284 — Am I Ready to Be a Fractional Leader? Episode 288 — How to Position Yourself as a Fractional Leader Chat to me to learn more about the Fractional Accelerator: 👉 https://tonicollis.com/lets-chat | — | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | ![]() 288: How to Position Yourself as a Fractional Leader: Fractional Leadership Positioning Explained | Fractional leadership positioning is one of the most misunderstood — and most important — parts of building a successful fractional career. In this episode Toni breaks down why so many senior women struggle to gain traction in fractional roles, how positioning differs from full-time leadership, and what it really means to be hired for judgement rather than execution. Here's what you'll learn in this episode ⏹ Why experience alone doesn't translate into fractional opportunities ⏹ The difference between employee positioning and fractional leadership positioning ⏹ Why fractional leaders are hired for judgement, not capacity ⏹ The most common positioning mistakes that keep leaders invisible ⏹ How to pressure-test your own positioning without "selling yourself" ⏹ What comes next if you want to move from interest to paid fractional work What's coming next In next week's episode, we'll go one step further and explore how fractional leaders actually get hired — what genuinely leads to opportunities, and what doesn't. Want support with your positioning? If this episode highlighted gaps or uncertainty around how you're currently positioned, you can book a free strategy session or fractional leadership positioning audit — here: 👉 https://tonicollis.com/lets-chat | — | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | ![]() 287: The Next Leadership Gap: Women, AI Readiness, and Emerging Technology with Kendra MacDonald | If women don't experiment with AI now, we risk hard-coding today's leadership gaps into tomorrow's technology. In this episode I'm joined by Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada's Ocean Supercluster, to explore the intersection of women in leadership, AI readiness, representation, and emerging technology. This conversation goes beyond theory. It tackles the real risks and opportunities facing women leaders as AI, climate tech, and other emerging technologies reshape how leadership works — and who gets to shape the future. In this episode, we discuss: ◾ Why representation in leadership matters more than ever in emerging tech ◾ How AI adoption in the workplace can either reduce or reinforce gender bias ◾ Why women's hesitation to experiment with AI is a leadership issue — not a technical one ◾ What it takes to lead confidently in male-dominated industries like tech and ocean innovation ◾ How leadership pipelines for women are shaped early — at work, at home, and through education ◾ The role of experimentation, confidence, and visibility in closing the leadership gap Kendra shares her own journey — from stepping away from STEM early in life to leading large-scale innovation and commercialisation — and offers practical insight into how women leaders can engage with AI and emerging tech without needing to be technical experts. If you care about: ✔ women in tech leadership ✔ AI readiness for leaders ✔ gender diversity in leadership ✔ bias in AI algorithms ✔ emerging and sustainable technology this episode is for you. If you're ready for your next level explore how to strengthen your leadership clarity, visibility, and career trajectory by booking a discovery call via the link in the description. **Useful links** Connect with today's guest and sponsor, Kendra MacDonald: ◾ W: kendramacdonald.com ◾ Substack: https://substack.com/@saltwatersignals This episode was sponsored by our guest, Kendra MacDonald. Thank you Kendra for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community! | — | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | ![]() 286: Executive Presence for Women in Tech | If performance were enough, more women in tech would already be promoted. They're not. In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, Toni Collis breaks down executive presence for women in tech — what it actually means, why being good at your job isn't enough at senior levels, and how leaders are really evaluated when promotion, influence, and trust are on the line. This episode is for high-performing women who've been told they need "more executive presence" — without ever being given clarity on what to change. You'll learn why executive presence is not about confidence theatre or personality, why women are often misread at senior levels, and how to build leadership presence without changing who you are. In this episode, you'll learn: ◾ Why performance alone doesn't create executive presence ◾ What executive presence for women in tech really looks like at senior levels ◾ How leaders are evaluated on judgement, framing, and decision-making ◾ Why executive presence is harder for women (and how bias actually shows up) ◾ The difference between confidence and leadership presence ◾ Practical ways to build executive presence without becoming someone else 🔗 Resources & Links ◾ Book a free strategy call: https://tonicollis.com/lets-chat ◾ Learn more about Toni Collis: https://tonicollis.com | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | ![]() 285: How an Unconventional Career Path Can Become Your Greatest Strength in Tech Leadership with Lisa Ferrante-Walsh | If you've ever worried that an unconventional career path in tech leadership might hold you back — that your background isn't "technical enough," linear enough, or traditional enough — this episode will fundamentally challenge that belief. In this conversation, Toni Collis is joined by Lisa Ferrante-Walsh, SVP of Engineering at Native Instruments, whose career journey spans music, computer science, engineering leadership, mergers and acquisitions, and even stepping into an acting CTO role. Lisa's story is a powerful example of how a nonlinear career path in tech can become a strategic advantage rather than a liability. Toni & Lisa discuss what it really takes to move from individual contributor to people leader, how to lead engineering teams through M&A without losing trust or momentum, and why executive confidence, decision-making, and visibility matter even more when your background doesn't fit the "expected" mould. This episode is essential listening if you're a woman in tech navigating a career transition into senior leadership, leading through organizational change, or questioning whether you truly belong at the executive table. Connect with today's guest and sponsor, Lisa Ferrante-Walsh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaferrantewalsh/ This episode was sponsored by our guest, Lisa Ferrante-Walsh. Thank you Lisa for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community! | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | ![]() 284: Am I Ready to Be a Fractional Leader? | If the idea of going fractional feels exciting and terrifying at the same time — you're not alone. In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, we explore what fractional leadership really looks like for senior women who want more autonomy, impact, and alignment — without blowing up their careers. This episode is for you if: ◾You're curious about fractional work but worried about legality, stability, or time ◾You've been asked to "advise" startups or former colleagues — informally and often unpaid ◾You want meaningful, senior-level work without the full-time corporate trap ◾You're wondering if a portfolio or fractional career could be a smart next step Rather than hype or hustle culture, this conversation focuses on clarity. You'll learn: ◾What fractional leadership actually is (and what it isn't) ◾The three most common starting points women have when exploring fractional work ◾How to explore fractional leadership safely alongside a full-time role ◾The real fears women have — about contracts, confidence, pricing, and visibility — and how to address them ◾Why most fractional experiments fail (and how to avoid those mistakes) ◾How to test fractional work intentionally, without quitting or burning bridges This episode is not about deciding everything today. It's about understanding what's possible — so you can make your next move with confidence. 🎯 Next step: If this episode resonates and you'd like to talk through your own fractional career options, you can book a complimentary strategy session with me to design your own fractional career right here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/64a6bd61/appointment/86825111/calendar/3066450?appointmentTypeIds[]=86825111 | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | ![]() 283: Leading in a Male-Dominated Industry, Leveraging AI, and Building Ethical Impact as a CEO with Shelley Copsey | What does it really take to lead in a male-dominated industry — and build an AI-driven company grounded in trust, ethics, and human impact? In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, I'm joined by Shelley Copsey, CEO & Co-Founder of FYLD — a fast-growing, AI-powered platform transforming how frontline teams in infrastructure and utilities make decisions, stay safe, and improve productivity in real time. Shelley brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of physical infrastructure, digital innovation, AI strategy, and human transformation, and she shares powerful insights on navigating self-doubt, being underestimated, scaling ethically with AI, and leading teams through rapid change. If you're a woman in tech, an aspiring executive, or a leader navigating AI transformation, this conversation will elevate how you think about leadership, trust, and impact. In This Episode, You'll Learn: ⏹ How Shelley went from underestimated early-career consultant to award-winning CEO ⏹ Why traditional male leadership role models don't work for women — and how she found her own executive presence ⏹ The mindset that helped her secure a CEO role during the height of COVID ⏹ How she builds trust as a CEO — and why hiring with a "presumption of trust" changes everything ⏹ What ethical AI looks like in high-stakes environments (safety, field operations, human risk) ⏹ Why leaders must reimagine every role in the AI era (customer success, operations, engineering & beyond) ⏹ How to bring teams along when they resist AI ⏹ What self-doubt looks like at the CEO level — and how Shelley manages it with clarity and compassion ⏹ The best leadership advice she's ever received (and the worst!) **Useful links** ⏹ Connect with today's guest, Shelley: ⏹ Web: https://fyld.ai/ ⏹ Shelley's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleycopsey/ This episode was supported by Shelley Copsey, CEO of FYLD. Thank you Shelley for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community! | — | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | ![]() 282: Your 2026 Leadership Roadmap: Plan the Year That Moves Your Career Forward | Most leaders start the year with good intentions — but by February, meetings, emergencies, and team issues take over. And suddenly, your career is something that just happens to you. In this solo episode of Leading Women in Tech, Toni Collis walks you step-by-step through how to create your 2026 Leadership Roadmap — a clear, strategic plan to move your career forward intentionally, not reactively. This episode is for you if: • You're working hard but not seeing progression • You feel overworked, under-recognised, or invisible • You're ready for promotion but not being tapped • You want to stop reacting and start leading strategically You'll learn: • Why "trying harder" doesn't create career acceleration • How senior leaders actually plan their growth • The difference between productivity goals and leadership goals • How to define your 2026 North Star • The key visibility, influence, and strategic gaps holding you back • A simple 5-pillar leadership roadmap framework • Why subtraction and boundaries are essential for leadership growth • How to turn your roadmap into a quarterly, sustainable plan This episode bridges mindset → action, helping you design a year that supports the leader you're becoming — not the role you've outgrown. 🎯 If you want support turning this roadmap into real momentum, you can book a discovery call at tonicollis.com/lets-chat #LeadershipRoadmap #WomenInTech #LeadershipDevelopment #CareerPlanning #WomenInLeadership #ExecutivePresence #PromotionReady #LeadershipGrowth #StrategicLeadership #LeadingWomenInTech #ToniCollis | — | ||||||
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