WEBVTT - Helping Women Step Into Their Power

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<v Speaker 1>Well. Friday's US Labor reports showed women driving gains in

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<v Speaker 1>the month of July, with a number of employed women

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<v Speaker 1>rising three hundred twenty seven thousand last month, accounting for

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<v Speaker 1>more than half of the five hundred twenty eight thousand

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<v Speaker 1>increase in overall paerils the female labor force growing while

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<v Speaker 1>it shrank for the fourth month for men. So with

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<v Speaker 1>this in mind, we've got a really great guest coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>we welcome Peggy Sullivan. She's found in President If She Can.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a membership based, not for profit organization where members

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<v Speaker 1>help one another when it comes to personal and professional development.

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<v Speaker 1>She joins us on the phone from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Peggy,

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<v Speaker 1>good to have you here on Bloomberg Business Week. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, for those who might not know, tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little about your organization, how it works. The mission

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<v Speaker 1>sure absolutely. Our mission is to help women grow, thrive,

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<v Speaker 1>and find her vibe. It's just really hard being a

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<v Speaker 1>woman these days. We wear a lot of roles and responsibilities,

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<v Speaker 1>and to have an organization that has your back is

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<v Speaker 1>really really important no matter what your needs are. Because,

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<v Speaker 1>let's face it, today, you know women are diverse. We

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<v Speaker 1>have diversifying needs, and you need some support from every

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<v Speaker 1>which way direction. And so she Can was founded about

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<v Speaker 1>four years ago to help women really step into their power.

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<v Speaker 1>And we do that by giving them events, by giving

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<v Speaker 1>them coaching, by giving them unconditional support. You know, for example,

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<v Speaker 1>one of our our women UM was a relative in

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<v Speaker 1>the Buffalo shooting and it was just such a horrible

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<v Speaker 1>tragic thing. But to watch the community get together and

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<v Speaker 1>to make dinners and start a fun I mean, women

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<v Speaker 1>need this. We need a community that has our back unconditionally,

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<v Speaker 1>and and that's what she Can does. Um. We grow,

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<v Speaker 1>we learn, we thrive, and we vibe thriving and vibing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm trying to do. But I am curious,

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<v Speaker 1>so is she Can? Is it mostly focus on the

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<v Speaker 1>professional aspect of you know, a women's life or to

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<v Speaker 1>the question as well, great question. I'm a firm believer

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<v Speaker 1>that you really need all three sides of your life

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<v Speaker 1>to be going, um well, to really have meaning and

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyment and true happiness. And what do I mean by

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<v Speaker 1>those three sides? Well, of course there's a professional life,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's also your personal life, your health, your well being,

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<v Speaker 1>and your mindset. And she can really focuses in on

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<v Speaker 1>both other things, because having one without the other, it

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<v Speaker 1>just doesn't work. And so we really get the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a lot more than professional development. It's health,

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<v Speaker 1>it's wellness, it's a positive mindset, it's it's your values,

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<v Speaker 1>getting back to your values. Well, that's interesting and I'm curious,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in terms of who can be a member,

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<v Speaker 1>what does it mean to be a member? Who can

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<v Speaker 1>be a member? Everybody in an anybody can be a

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<v Speaker 1>member UM. We are a membership based organization. UM are

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<v Speaker 1>The cost to become a membership is really negligent, and

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<v Speaker 1>we also UM provide a lot of scholarships and right

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<v Speaker 1>now we are really growing nationally and a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>women are tapping into our virtual resources, which has been

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<v Speaker 1>really fun to watch, you know, people on the West

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<v Speaker 1>Coast and people on the East Coast and even people

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<v Speaker 1>across the country coming together to talk about their challenges

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<v Speaker 1>and more importantly, how do resolve them? How big is

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<v Speaker 1>your membership? Our our membership, we've put a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>thousand people through our programs and we're growing all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, we're about three and a half years

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<v Speaker 1>old and so UM you know, so we're growing up.

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<v Speaker 1>We're growing all the time, and so tell us, if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a new member, what can I expect? What does

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<v Speaker 1>this um you know, this sort of this program look

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<v Speaker 1>like to me? Sure, well, I think one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>really makes us unique from other women's organizations is we

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<v Speaker 1>do a lot of market research. Every six months, we

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<v Speaker 1>take a step back and we try to really understand

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<v Speaker 1>what are women's challenges, what are her interests, what what

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<v Speaker 1>does she want to learn and grow more about, what

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<v Speaker 1>time of day works for her? And we're constantly asking

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<v Speaker 1>those questions. You know, it's interesting because over the last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of years, one of the biggest challenges that women

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<v Speaker 1>across the world has been saying is I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>time for what's important to me. And so we develop events, programming, techniques,

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<v Speaker 1>things to really solve women's problems. Somebody all of the

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<v Speaker 1>sun is unemployed and they need help networking, We're there

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<v Speaker 1>to support them, you know, somebody's having problems with work

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<v Speaker 1>life balance, were there to help them find an idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, what a lot of women are really grappling

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<v Speaker 1>with is just the overall level of happiness and the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that there is just no time for them left

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, it's all about every

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<v Speaker 1>bookyhouse and how how do you change that paradigm, and

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<v Speaker 1>how do you make self care priority and how do

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<v Speaker 1>you find times for the things that really help you

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<v Speaker 1>thrive and and help you be be interested and satisfied

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<v Speaker 1>and just and really enjoy what you're what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>So I really didn't answer your question, but I guess

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<v Speaker 1>what can they look forward to? Um? We we offer

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<v Speaker 1>about twenty events on a monthly basis that focus on

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<v Speaker 1>all these topics that that we research and find out

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<v Speaker 1>that women need. But in addition to that, we also

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<v Speaker 1>have chapters in different cities, and we also have annual

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<v Speaker 1>conferences where we get together and we we talk about challenges,

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<v Speaker 1>but more important le solutions. UM. That's what makes she

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<v Speaker 1>Can really different is we're focused on really authenticity and

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<v Speaker 1>standing up and saying that, yeah, the challenges we have

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<v Speaker 1>are are real and and let's try to resolve them. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet there's a lot of women who are listening

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<v Speaker 1>who are nodding their head and can certainly relate. Peggy,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Peggy Sullivan. She's found in president

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<v Speaker 1>if she can joining us on the phone from Florida,