Today’s guest believes that the most successful women leaders operate in the world knowing that there is no one stopping them from developing a vision of who they want to be, how they want to be perceived, and how they want to perform their role. In 1997, she founded CEO Vision to do her part to ensure that women leaders realize the value of their leadership in the workplace and the world. She has helped hundreds of women leaders hit their stride and step into their power.

She combines her 30 years of expertise with the best leadership assessments on the market, plus 1:1 coaching and cutting-edge research. She then weaves in powerful leadership-related neuroscience techniques ensuring that her client’s growth as a leader “sticks.”

A pioneering advocate for the advancement of women leaders, she played key roles in AWED, the Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPEO), The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO).

Please join me in welcoming Ellyn McKay.

In this episode we discuss:

• her thoughts on leadership: “a leader only has one job and that is to earn followers through three skillsets; vision, alignment, and execution.”
• how neuroscience and leadership intersect.
• how being bold can be done by great storytelling.
• her leadership origins dating back to her little league days.
• how her mother raised her and her sister to instill in them the values of being strong women.
• while in college her and her friends thought they were going to topple the patriarchy and discovered how wrong they were.