The Shift You Need to Stay Relevant This Year with Natalie Benamou, Founder, HerCsuite®

What does listening to your intuition have to do with relevancy? If you’ve been feeling sidelined for opportunities or your business hasn’t been growing or landing board the right role hasn’t happened there is a simple answer and it’s not what you think….Today we are celebrating 250 episodes with you, our listener. Today we are celebrating 250 episodes with you, our listeners. We have had many women from HerCsuite®, speakers from our alliance partner Innovation Women as well as executive leaders, bestselling authors, TEDx Speakers, all sharing stories to help inspire you to dream a little bigger and believe in possibilities. While the focus has been on making career pivots, leadership trends in corporate, boards and business growth, today future-first leaders need something different to be in demand. 3 Ways to Reframe Being in DemandStaying relevant beyond social media. Trust is the most important currency and that gets built not on social media but in-person, speaking, writing books and even being guests on podcasts where you are seen and heard authentically you. -> Ask yourself what steps can you take to build trust?Listen and keep it simple. Taking the advice received from my uncle Bill Siemering before launching my first podcast, Rock Your Trade Show has helped guide me beyond hosting podcasts. His advice was simple. Listen.->Be a curious learner in every conversation. Listen for the bread crumb of an idea and build on that for a follow up question. Solve the problem. I have had the amazing opportunity of interviewing so many leaders who shared their journey, some while rising to the c-suite and others about launching businesses or landing board roles. The through line is that each leader shared how they solved problems and it lead to more opportunities, business or other board roles.-> Where is the gap in your industry? The opportunity for us all in problem solving is not to stay in the red sea (as described in ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’) where everyone is offering the same thing. If you are a consultant, service based business, coach, board director, what is one thing you offer that is different. Unsure? Listening and paying attention will reveal the gap.Your Action Step to Stay Relevant: Be the person people know will get it done. Today, think about one action you do for someone as a follow up to a conversation. Build on that tomorrow and the next day. Before you know it, people will think of you first.My gratitude to you. Thank you for being with me today. For all our listeners around the world, I appreciate you. Whether this is your first time listening or have been listening even to my first show. Special gratitude to my uncle Bill Siemering, who taught me from a young age how listening and storytelling transform our lives.Wherever you are on your leadership journey this year, know you are not alone. I will be here each week with ideas that will help you to stay relevant and be the go-to-leader people call first.Always remember to keep shining your light bright. The world needs you.Connect with Natalie BenamouNatalie Benamou is Founder of HerCsuite®, women's leadership and portfolio career network. She also is a fractional Chief Growth Officer advising founders and organizations on growth strategies that help them stay relevant in an AI era.Natalie is passionate about women’s health and serves as President and CEO of HER HEALTHX, a nonprofit bridging the care communication gap and improving health outcomes for women.🔗 Follow Natalie Benamou on LinkedIn🔗 Follow HerCsuite® on LinkedInThis Podcast is sponsored by NEXT2LEAD AI powered by HerCsuite®HerCsuite® where women build what's NEXT. Be in demand-> Boards, Business, Portfolio Careers and AI Innovation. Explore curated programs, stay relevant and be prepared for what's NEXT. Learn more at HerCsuite.com.