Leading with purpose with compassionate leadership with Penny Locaso on the Queen Be Podcast

Leading with purpose with compassionate leadership with Penny Locaso on the Queen Be Podcast

From Queen Be RisingWhere women in midlife can rise together - strong, confident and unstoppable! by Tanya Rutherford and Queen Be Rising

September 18, 2025 · 51 min

About this episode

Penny Locaso discusses compassionate leadership and the challenges women face in leadership roles.

In this episode of the Queen Be Podcast, I am joined by Penny Locaso—behavioural scientist, impact strategist, mentor, and founder of HackingHappy.co. Penny helps ambitious women lead with purpose—without burning out or shrinking themselves. Over the past decade, Penny left a 16-year executive career, relocated her family across the country, and built a business from scratch while raising her son as a single mother. She’s the creator of the Intentional Adaptability Quotient™, host of Impact Expert Psychology (also known as the Pennyology Podcast ), and she’s on a mission to help one million women transform self-doubt into confidence, voices into expertise, and impact into legacy. In this episode, Penny discusses the evolving landscape of leadership for women, emphasizing the need for a compassionate and impactful approach. Together, we explore the systemic barriers women face in leadership roles and the importance of redefining expertise. Penny shares insights from her research on women's perceptions of leadership and the challenges they encounter in claiming their expertise. You can connect with Penny on her website: HackingHappy.co And you can also checkout our new Uprising…

People in this episode

Host: Tanya Rutherford

Guest: Penny Locaso

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • women empowerment
  • compassionate leadership
  • self-doubt
  • expertise
  • impact

Keywords

  • leadership
  • women
  • compassionate
  • self-doubt
  • expertise
  • impact
  • HackingHappy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HackingHappy.co

Books & works: Impact Expert Psychology, Pennyology Podcast

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