EP #145: Leaning into Challenges with Victoria Pelletier
Challenges will come in life. You can’t avoid all of them and in many cases, it makes sense to lean into them. Resilience is built and not granted. The greatest leaders are able to overcome and teach others to do the same.
Victoria Pelletier is a speaker, leader, author, wife, mom, and overcomer. Her challenging experiences as a young person have to lead to an incredibly successful business career and a chance to positively impact the world by spreading a message about resilience. She’ll inspire you to take control of your life and make a positive impact in every area.
What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:
How Victoria was going to be a lawyer
About Victoria’s corporate career
How Victoria was treated by her drug-addicted teenage mother
About Victoria being raped at 14
How Victoria learned to be resilient in a healthy way
About Victoria’s marriage and divorce
About Victoria’s ex’s cancer and death
About the importance of in-person connection
About Victoria’s work with new immigrant workers
About Victoria’s work with child protective services
How Victoria lent her technology skills for a positive impact
The importance of thinking about how you can use what you do well for good
How volunteering on boards is great experience
The importance of getting involved in addition to giving money
How Victoria values connection
How we’re all CEOs
Why it’s critical to be self-aware
Why you have to lean into challenges
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“I lean into things around leadership, culture, diversity, and inclusion.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I think I actually became an assistant manager of a shoe store I worked at 14.” - Victoria Pelletier
“…human-centered leadership is critically important.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I’ve had a lot of leaders who’ve been far, far from mentors.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I was born to a drug-addicted teenage mother who was exceptionally abusive to me.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I believe we have a choice of how you’re going to respond to the adversity and challenge that comes upon you.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I had to learn a much healthier way of being resilient.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I didn’t show the emotion behind some of that.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I wasn’t always giving of myself and doing that.” - Victoria Pelletier speaking of mentorship
“I haven’t been able to see or feel that level of connection with the audience.” - Victoria Pelletier speaking of working during COVID-19
“I enjoy a little bit of shock and awe.” - Victoria Pelletier speaking about being a strong woman in Europe
“I’ve gained tremendous skills that have now allowed me to sit on for-profit boards.” - Victoria Pelletier
“I had a box of Kleenex beside me as I read those applications.” - Victoria Pelletier speaking about reading child welfare applications
“I want them to feel a connection.” - Victoria Pelletier speaking about her audience
“We are all the CEO of Brand ‘Me’.” - Victoria Pelletier
“You do need to be incredibly self-aware.” - Victoria Pelletier
“You need to lean into the things that make you uncomfortable.” - Victoria Pelletier
“You really have no choice but to push through.” - Bob DePasquale
“The connection was important” - Bob DePasquale
“There’s something special about in-person connection.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources In Today's Episode:
Victoria Pelletier - Website - LinkedIn - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube
Bob’s Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
This week’s E-Impact Blog Entry
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