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Living While Leading with Sharon Ehrlich
The Living While Leading Podcast is hosted by Sharon Ehrlich, an international coach who helps high-achieving professional women strategically build the lives and careers they desire. She firmly believes that we all have more power than we think to design our futures.
This show offers practical guidance and inspiration to successful women who want to lead their lives with purpose and intention. Episodes cover topics such as overcoming imposter syndrome, strategies for career advancement, realistic approaches for setting boundaries, empowerment through saying 'no' to make time for what's important, asking for help, and more.
The episodes explore solutions to common challenges and feature inspiring women executives and thought leaders who experience life without compromise. They share their career journeys and mentor listeners on urgent leadership topics.
Sharon is a former IT executive with over 30 years of experience and an ICF-certified coach. Join the conversation and listen to episodes on all major podcast platforms or at https://livingwhileleading.com/podcast/.
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Episodes
69 episodes
68: The Silent Dream Killer: How Negative Thoughts Hold You Back
This episode addresses the pervasive issue of negative thoughts. From personal experience, Sharon explores how self-doubt can hinder professional growth, particularly for high-achieving women. She offers practical strategies to reframe negative...
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67: Social Media Strategies for Women Leaders
Sharon Ehrlich, host of Living While Leading, shares insights on leveraging social media for leadership impact. She shares her LinkedIn success, including doubling her clients and winning speaking gigs. She advises leaders to priori...
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66: Is Your Leadership Ready for 2025? The Great Work Reinvention
Sharon Ehrlich explores the evolving work landscape in 2025, addressing challenges leaders face in a rapidly changing environment. She discusses the shift from traditional 9-to-5 models to flexible, outcome-focused approaches, emph...
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65: Authentic Leadership Secrets: How Heart-Based Strategies Empower High-Performing Women
Are you a high-achieving woman feeling the pressure to balance performance with genuine connection? This episode dives into the power of heart-based leadership, revealing how authenticity can drive meaningful success and create a th...
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64: Invisible Ladders: Career Strategies for Ambitious Women
Sharon Ehrlich, host of Living While Leading, explores the transformative power of networking for women's career advancement. She challenges the misconception that networking is self-serving by sharing a client's journey from reluctance to embr...
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63: The Lunch That Launched a Career: Shocking Networking Secrets from a Global Tech Leader
Dorothee Ritz, Senior Vice President and Global Leader at Kyndryl, discusses networking mastery with Sharon Ehrlich, host of the Living While Leading podcast. With more than 30 years of digital transformation experience, Dorothee ...
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Episode 63
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62: Redefining Success: How High-Achieving Women Can Uncover Hidden Victories
In this mini-episode, Sharon Ehrlich explores the concept of hidden victories. She shares a coaching experience with a high-achieving client who felt unsuccessful despite notable accomplishments and challenges listeners to redefine success by r...
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61: Women at the Top: Strategies for Professional Growth and Organizational Inclusion
In this episode, I speak with Sonja Aboulez, the Executive Vice President of the Parcel Business at Austrian Post (Österreichische Post AG)She shares her journey from her early days at IBM to spearheading transformational initiatives for...
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Episode 61
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60: LinkedIn Secrets for Professional Women to Transform Your Network in Just 10 Minutes a Day
Host Sharon Ehrlich explores LinkedIn's transformative power for professional women in this episode. She shares personal experiences demonstrating how regular engagement on the platform can create unexpected opportunities such as pa...
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59: CEO of Austrian Airlines on Authenticity, Transparency, and Organizational Culture
In this episode of the Living While Leading podcast, host Sharon Ehrlich engages in a compelling conversation with Annette Mann, CEO of Austrian Airlines. The discussion centers on authentic leadership, particularly during challengi...
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58: Craft Your Success Blueprint: A 7-Day Challenge
In this episode of "Living While Leading," host Sharon Ehrlich introduces the 7-Day Define Your Success Challenge, a transformative tool for women at various career stages. Sharon shar...
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Episode 58
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57: Break the 'One More Thing' Habit to Elevate Your Executive Mindset
Unlock the secrets to effective leadership in this Living While Leading Podcast episode! Explore the "one more thing" mindset that often challenges women executives. Discover practical strategies for navigating workplace pressures, enha...
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56: Strategies for Women to Take Control and Achieve Their Goals and OWN THE ROOM
In this episode of the "Living While Leading" podcast, host Sharon Ehrlich takes the spotlight as a guest on Michelle B. Griffin's "Standout Women Live" show. Sharon shares her insights on the empowering concept of "owning the room," a ...
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Episode 56
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55: 5 Powerful Strategies for Professional Women to Overcome the Need to Please
In this episode of Living While Leading, host Sharon Ehrlich explores the pervasive issue of people-pleasing among high-performing professional women. She explores the cultural conditioning that drives this behavior and its detrimental ...
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54: How High-Performing Women Can Navigate Maternity Leave & Empower Their Career Transition
In this episode of "Living While Leading," host Sharon Ehrlich, a performance and empowerment coach for high-performing professional women, explores the complexities of navigating pregnancy and career transitions. Tune in for practical ...
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Episode 54
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53: Building Confidence: A Leader’s Approach to Empowerment
In this Living While Leading podcast episode, host Sharon Ehrlich explores overcoming imposter syndrome with guest Alex Gaudiani, Vice President of Global Marketing for Medtronic's Cardiac Surgery Operating Unit. Alex shares her journey...
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Episode 53
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52: Public Speaking Tips Every Professional Woman Should Know
In this Living While Leading podcast episode, host Sharon Ehrlich welcomes Carol Cox, founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand. They discuss the importance of discovering and embracing your authentic voice, whether in the workplace or on ...
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Episode 52
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51: Professional Women Can Master Assertive Speech Without Saying Sorry
In this episode of "Living While Leading," host Sharon Ehrlich discusses the common practice of over-apologizing among women executives.Discover how frequent apologies can erode confidence and authority in the workplace. Explore the und...
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Episode 51
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50: AI or Unemployment: The Stark Choice Facing Women Leaders
In this episode Sharon Ehrlich, Founder & CEO of Living While Leading, engages in a compelling conversation with Dominique Rose Van-Winther, CEO and Chief AI Evangelist of Final Upgrade. They explore the critical topic of arti...
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Episode 50
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49: Balancing Tech with Purpose: Insights from Siemens Austria’s CEO
In this episode of the "Living while Leading" podcast, host Sharon Ehrlich, an executive coach, engages in a compelling conversation with Patricia Neumann, CEO of Siemens Austria. Patricia shares her journey from studying economics to l...
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Episode 49
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48: Top Strategies for Women Executives to Overcome Personal and Perceived Limits
In this episode, Belinda Jurisic and Sharon Ehrlich dive deep into their experiences and insights on navigating career growth and leadership roles as women in the tech industry. Belinda shares her personal journey, highlighting the sacr...
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Episode 48
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47: Challenges and Opportunities for Men in Supporting Women's Leadership
This episode is a recording of a live broadcast of the Living While Leading Podcast. In this episode Sharon discusses the challenges and opportunities for men in supporting women's leadership and development with her guest, Ross McLean, Vice Pr...
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46: Women Leaders Can Overcome AI Hesitation & Seize Opportunities for Growth
Join in as we explore the emotional and practical challenges that female executives face in integrating AI into their businesses. Despite AI's omnipresence in today's digital world, many leaders express a mix of curiosity and concern, feeling o...
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45: 15 Crucial Life and Career Lessons I'd Tell My Younger Self
This episode reflects on past lessons and is packed with actionable advice for women looking to enhance their professional and personal growth. These 15 lessons are crafted to inspire and challenge you to think differently about your journey.
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44: How Women Executives Define Success on Their Own Terms
Share in the transformative journey of my career from a hospital director in New York to a leader in the IT industry in Europe. I discuss the unique challenges and triumphs of adapting to a new culture and the critical importance of self-re...
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