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Leading Women in Tech Podcast

Leading Women in Tech Podcast

De: Toni Collis
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For ambitious women ready to rise, lead, and thrive — without burning out. Are you delivering results… but still waiting to be seen as a true leader? Tired of performance reviews with praise — but no promotion? Hosted by Dr. Toni Collis, executive coach for women in tech, this podcast is your go-to leadership toolkit. Whether you're a rising Director, lone female VP, or overextended operator tired of being overlooked — you're in the right place. Each week, Toni shares real-world leadership strategies, career advancement frameworks, and executive presence tools to help you: ✅ Build strategic visibility ✅ Communicate like a trusted exec ✅ Navigate politics with integrity ✅ Advocate for yourself (without overworking) ✅ Lead with confidence, clarity, and influence You'll also hear powerful interviews with women who've paved the way — and candid conversations on the unspoken challenges women face in male-dominated industries. ✨ If you're ready to go from "she's great" to "she's the obvious next Exec" — hit follow.Copyright 2025 Collis-Holmes Innovations Economía Exito Profesional Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • 296: Office Politics for Women Who Hate Office Politics

    296: Office Politics for Women Who Hate Office Politics
    Apr 14 2026
    Office politics. Just reading those words probably made you want to click away — and that reaction is exactly why this episode exists. If you're a high-achieving woman in tech who has built your career on results, integrity, and doing excellent work, the idea of navigating office politics probably feels like a compromise. Like you'd be becoming someone you don't recognise. But here's what nobody says out loud: not engaging with office politics is itself a political choice. And for most high-performing women in tech leadership, it's one that is quietly costing them promotions, visibility, and influence — regardless of how good their work is. In this episode, Executive Coach Dr Toni Collis breaks down the critical distinction between the toxic version of office politics (which you should absolutely avoid) and the strategic, integrity-consistent leadership work of building influence, visibility, and advocates — which most high-achieving women have been avoiding along with it. This is not about becoming a different person. It's about leading fully in the organisation you're actually in. What you'll learn in this episode: ⏹ Why we as high-achieving women often resist office politics — and the specific career cost of that resistance ⏹ The two completely different things most women are calling "office politics" — and why separating them changes everything ⏹ Five practical moves for building influence and strategic visibility without compromising your values ⏹ How to build advocates (not just allies) who speak up for you in the rooms you're not in ⏹ The integrity check that tells you whether you're building genuine influence or drifting into game-playing Links and resources mentioned: ⏹ Take the Office Politics Quiz for Women in Tech: tonicollis.com/resources/office-politics-quiz ⏹ Book a strategy call: tonicollis.com/lets-chat/ ⏹ Learn more about building your advocates: Episode 292 — From Tactical to Strategic: The Unspoken Rules for Women in Tech Stepping Into Executive Leadership ⏹ Learn more about communication: Episode 243 — Struggling to Be Heard? Master Leadership Communication Strategies and Coach Upwards If this episode resonated, please leave a review and share it with a woman in tech who needs to hear this conversation. Chapters: 00:00 — The coaching conversation that changed everything 01:15 — What this episode is and isn't about 03:08 — Why high-achieving women avoid office politics — and what it's costing them 09:44 — What navigating office politics with integrity actually looks like: three core reframes 18:49 — Five moves that build influence and strategic visibility without selling out 19:12 — Move 1: Map the landscape before you need it 21:25 — Move 2: Invest in relationships before you need them 24:33 — Move 3: Make your impact visible — strategically, not constantly 27:31 — Move 4: Learn to read the room and the organisation 30:15 — Move 5: Build advocates, not just allies 34:22 — The integrity check: how to know you're building influence, not playing games 37:39 — The Office Politics Playbook for Women in Tech Related episodes: ⏹ Episode 112 — If You Don't Openly Celebrate Your Achievements, Who Will? ⏹ Episode 228 — Mastering Your Value: Strategies to Stop Underselling Yourself ⏹ Episode 243 — Struggling to Be Heard? Master Leadership Communication Strategies and Coach Upwards ⏹ Episode 256 — No More Crickets: The Networking Strategy That Lands Jobs in 2025 ⏹ Episode 276 — Busy Does Not Equal Valuable: How to Prioritise Work That Gets You Promoted
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    42 m
  • 295: Authentic Leadership in the Age of AI: Diversity, Change & the Future of Product with Catherine Wong

    295: Authentic Leadership in the Age of AI: Diversity, Change & the Future of Product with Catherine Wong
    Apr 7 2026

    What does it actually take to become a transformational leader in the age of AI? Catherine Wong, Chief Product Officer at Entrata, joins Toni to share the career philosophy, leadership mindset, and honest hard-won lessons that took her from software engineer to CPO — via architecture, M&A, product, and operations.

    Catherine built her career on range, not a straight line. She calls it the jungle gym — and she believes it's more relevant now than ever. In this episode she gets real about diversity as a product quality issue (not just a values issue), why AI adoption is the biggest change management challenge of our careers, and what authentic leadership actually means when the pressure is on.

    If you're navigating a non-linear career, trying to lead your team through AI change, or wondering whether you need a perfect plan to reach the C-suite — this one is for you.

    What we cover:

    ◾ Why range matters more than specialisation at the executive level

    ◾How empathy becomes your most powerful leadership tool across functions

    ◾Why diversity is a product quality issue — and what's at stake as that conversation disappears

    ◾AI adoption as a change management challenge at unprecedented speed

    ◾The "hit song" principle: why consistent messaging is the job

    ◾How to stop minimising yourself — and what to do if you don't have the right mentors

    ◾Authentic leadership: what it really means to bring the right energy to your team

    About Catherine Wong

    Catherine Wong is Chief Product Officer at Entrata, where she leads product and operations. She has held VP of Engineering and product leadership roles across multiple organisations and has spent her career building range across software engineering, architecture, M&A, and product management. She is a passionate advocate for diversity in tech and for leading teams through AI transformation with humanity and clarity.

    Connect with Catherine Wong

    ◾LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/catherinewong

    ◾X: @catherinewong

    ◾Entrata: entrata.com

    This episode was sponsored by our guest, Catherine Wong. Thank you Catherine for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community!
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    39 m
  • 294: Burnout-Proof Leadership

    294: Burnout-Proof Leadership
    Mar 31 2026

    When someone asks you how you're doing, what do you say?

    If you answered "I'm fine" before you'd even finished reading that question — this episode is for you.

    Burnout in high-performing women in tech leadership rarely looks like collapse. It looks like going through the motions. Like numbness. Like resentment that arrives out of nowhere and exhaustion that's become so normal you've stopped registering it as a warning sign.

    In this episode, Toni breaks down why burnout hits women in tech leadership differently, the three patterns she sees most in her coaching work, and what burnout-proof leadership actually means — strategically, not just in a "take more baths" sense.

    This isn't about slowing down. It's about building leadership that doesn't require you to run on empty to function.

    What you'll hear in this episode:

    ◾ Why high-performing women are often the last to identify as burned out — and the specific compounding factors that make burnout in tech leadership different

    ◾ The three burnout patterns Toni sees most in coaching: the silent spiral, the conflict-avoidant overgiver, and the high-performer in denial

    ◾ What burnout-proof leadership actually requires — structural protection, a perceptual shift, and leadership identity recalibration

    ◾ The mistake that keeps women stuck in burnout cycles even when they're actively trying to recover

    ◾ Four practical first steps you can take this week, even if you're already running on empty

    For a limited time, the Burnout to Balance Toolkit is completely free — self-paced audio training, workbook, and an optional four-week reset plan, designed for women in tech leadership who need something concrete right now. Available free for two weeks from release, or until the first 200 downloads. Get it at tonicollis.com/burnout-to-balance.

    Links mentioned in this episode:

    ◾ Burnout to Balance Toolkit (free for limited time): tonicollis.com/burnout-to-balance/

    ◾ Episode 216 — Understanding and Overcoming Burnout with Lindsay, Jen, and Allison: https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/216-understanding-and-overcoming-burnout-insights-from-leading-women-in-tech-with-lindsay-jen-and-allison/

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    28 m
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