Podcast appearances and mentions of becky blalock

Author, speaker, and former CIO Becky Blalock shares robust advice on how and why managing your mindset, learning how to take risks, and re-thinking failure are all core to business and career success.  Becky also provides great advice about exactly how to work with a mentor, and the things she does each day to find success.  As a trailblazer to the C-suite and the author of Dare:  Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge, Becky shares her expertise from both her personal experience and that of the women executives she interviewed for her book.

122 | Becky Blalock Shares How Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone Builds Confidence When was the last time that you really stepped out of your comfort zone? Becky Blalock is the author of the bestselling book DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career and a trailblazer to the C-suite. Becky Blalock is a sought after speaker, IT thought leader and a champion of skill and relationship building to achieve success in the workplace. She is the Managing Partner at Advisory Capital, a consulting firm providing strategic insight for companies involved in the energy and information technology. During her 33-year career with Southern Company, Ms. Blalock held a variety of leadership positions before becoming SVP and CIO. Ms. Blalock serves on several public company boards including Hannon Armstrong and Aspen Aerogels and as an advisor in several private equity ventures. She is also active on the Board of Counselors for The Carter Center and is a trustee of the Woodruff Arts. If you want to get outside your comfort zone, it’s going to require that you stretch yourself! I did a four month leadership training, and for one of our sessions, we went to a ropes course in the Los Angeles area. For one of the obstacles, we had to climb up a pole, and jump out front to catch the swinging trapeze.  The pole was wobbling, and I could see all of Los Angeles when I was standing on top - let me tell you, that got me out of my comfort zone! I think my legs were even shaking uncontrollably. But here’s the reality: when you stretch yourself, and push yourself outside of your comfort zone, anything that you attempt afterwards will be and feel easier.  Any of the obstacles on that course was nowhere near as hard as it could have been, if I hadn’t already stretched myself outside of my comfort zone! It’s important to remember that a NO or a rejection just means “not right now”, and it’s a valuable place for you to get feedback! That way, you can keep pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, and it will just keep getting easier! This week’s guest on Success Unfiltered, Becky Blalock, had a similar experience - but she was pushed! She’s found, as she’s been in the corporate world, pitching her book, and working as an investor, that the more you push yourself outside of your comfort zone, the easier doing the hard things becomes! If you’re ready to get outside your comfort zone, make sure that you tune into this episode of Success Unfiltered! You’ll be inspired to stretch yourself beyond your imagination! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn  To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Becky Blalock for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode! Entrepreneurs, Do You TRULY Believe In YOU? You know that you have to believe in yourself. So tell me, have you done that yet? If you said NO, you’re not alone. The truth is that you are the most important asset your business has...but you’ve probably invested a lot more in strategies, websites, and leads than you have in serious self-love. That’s all about to change. Learn my 3 simple steps to shift your vibration, upgrade your mindset, and become your own biggest fan with my FREE guide, Believing In Yourself (For REAL This Time)! Don’t wait to give your business the solid foundation for success that it deserves--YOU! Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Becky Blalock. Becky had always had a successful career, so she decided that it was time to write a book, so that she could pass on the lessons she had learned to the next generation of women leaders. People kept asking Becky, “aren’t you afraid that your book will fail?” “You just have to believe in yourself sometimes and drown out the negative talk and surround yourself with people who believe in you.” ~ Becky Blalock Becky got rejected eight times before she finally found a publisher! That inner voice in your head will often tell you that you’re not good enough, but you have to learn to say YES I am good enough, and qualified enough! “We are all so much more willing to take risk when we have people that are cheering us on and that believe in us.”  ~ Becky Blalock Write down what you want: if you write it down, you are 68% more likely to achieve it! “If you stay inside your comfort zone you're never really going to reach your full potential in life because you've got to push outside that and take those risks and learn hey, these things aren't killing me.”  ~ Becky Blalock Every day, challenge yourself to step outside your comfort zone. The most important part of a pitch where you hear NO is the feedback! It’s an opportunity to learn why they said NO. “Competence is a very learnable skill and comes about by putting yourself out there and failing and learning what didn't work.”  ~ Becky Blalock Becky shares her story about the time she jumped out of a simulated parachute training session - it pushed her outside of her comfort zone! When Becky retired from her job, she expected to see many opportunities - but they didn’t come like she expected! So she had to go and create opportunities, many of them by volunteering with smaller organizations. Becky was actually rejected from a job for having a southern accent: it was so demoralizing! When she was going through that, she had to remember to take her own advice, and work on continuing to build her confidence and stretch herself outside her comfort zone. That hard work of volunteering with smaller organizations paid off, and she was able to join several Company boards. With her book, Becky had publishers who were interested, but wanted to make edits - so many that Becky said NO - it would no longer be her voice! She was able to find a compromise with the publishers, but learned that sometimes you have to put your foot down and say NO to them. Becky shares a few tips on how to vet a potential angel investor. “Reputation is everything.”  ~ Becky Blalock Becky shares what she would tell her younger self. Connect with Becky Blalock: Becky’s Website Facebook Twitter Entrepreneurs, Do You TRULY Believe In YOU? You know that you have to believe in yourself. So tell me, have you done that yet? If you said NO, you’re not alone. The truth is that you are the most important asset your business has...but you’ve probably invested a lot more in strategies, websites, and leads than you have in serious self-love. That’s all about to change. Learn my 3 simple steps to shift your vibration, upgrade your mindset, and become your own biggest fan with my FREE guide, Believing In Yourself (For REAL This Time)! Don’t wait to give your business the solid foundation for success that it deserves--YOU! Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com

Author, speaker, and former CIO Becky Blalock shares robust advice on how and why managing your mindset, learning how to take risks, and re-thinking failure are all core to business and career success.  Becky also provides great advice about exactly how to work with a mentor, and the things she does each day to find success.  As a trailblazer to the C-suite and the author of Dare:  Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge, Becky shares her expertise from both her personal experience and that of the women executives she interviewed for her book.

Climbing the Corporate Latter - Rohilesh X Robin Bienfait and Becky Blalock Part 1Robin Bienfait and Becky Blalock, both superstar powerful business leaders based out of Atlanta, Georgia, join us at the Happiness Platform and the Leadership show to discuss what it means to climb the corporate ladder for them in their technology and utility and engineering backgrounds and how to reach the c-suite.

Learn the secrets of STEM women who Innovate - Rohilesh X Robin and Becky Part 2Becky Blalock and Robin Bienfait return to discuss how you can innovate to stay relevant, as well as we delve into the mental health implications that exist in corporate life today.

Booth 61 on Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 was a special treat. My long time friend and technology industry legend, Becky Blalock and United Way executive, Keith Barsuhn joined me to discuss the exciting United Way CIO Conversations event scheduled for Friday, March 7th at the IBM headquarters in Sandy Springs. This is a DO NOT […] The post United Way CIO Conversations with Becky Blalock and Keith Barsuhn appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Kathryn interviews former SVP and CIO Becky Blalock, author of “DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career for Women in Charge”. Becky Blalock managed to work her way up from the bottom of the corporate ladder to the C-Suite in a predominantly male industry. Sharing her experiences and lessons learned, Blalock offers tips to empower women to succeed, including advice from 28 of today's top women business leaders. Blalock is the recipient of the 2011 Women in Technology Legacy Award and the 2009 Energy Biz Magazine's CIO of the Year. Kathryn also interviews award-winning journalist and bestselling author Mary-Lou Weisman on her book “My Middle Aged Baby Book: A Place to Write Down All the Things You'll Soon Forget”. First lost tooth. First colonoscopy. First second mortgage. First chin hair. First comb-over. All of these memorable firsts belong in My Middle-Aged Baby Book. Weisman has been featured in Glamour, Newsweek, and Vogue.

Kathryn interviews former SVP and CIO Becky Blalock, author of “DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career for Women in Charge”. Becky Blalock managed to work her way up from the bottom of the corporate ladder to the C-Suite in a predominantly male industry. Sharing her experiences and lessons learned, Blalock offers tips to empower women to succeed, including advice from 28 of today's top women business leaders. Blalock is the recipient of the 2011 Women in Technology Legacy Award and the 2009 Energy Biz Magazine's CIO of the Year. Kathryn also interviews award-winning journalist and bestselling author Mary-Lou Weisman on her book “My Middle Aged Baby Book: A Place to Write Down All the Things You'll Soon Forget”. First lost tooth. First colonoscopy. First second mortgage. First chin hair. First comb-over. All of these memorable firsts belong in My Middle-Aged Baby Book. Weisman has been featured in Glamour, Newsweek, and Vogue.

Booth 61 show #30 enjoyed the largest Live audience since we began this adventure last January. As I said in my introduction of Becky Blalock: “Everybody knows Becky, everyone respects Becky, and everyone loves Becky”. I am certain every person who listened to the show Live, walked away grateful to Becky for who she is, […] The post Becky Blalock: Author of DARE, Speaker, Consultant, Corporate Board Member & Great Friend: 10/16/2013 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Booth 61 on Wednesday, September 11th was a blast. My guests, Becky Blalock and Karl Jennings shared all of the exciting things happening in the technology community for the United Way of Atlanta. This year’s IT United Campaign is off and running with an A+ team of leaders and is being chaired by Becky and […] The post IT United Way Campaign featuring Becky Blalock and Karl Jennings September 11th, 2013 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

The 2013 Digital Ball is in the history books. Everyone had a great time and a lot of money was raised for TechBridge. Congratulations to James Franklin, Carrie Bates Hastings and the entire team at TechBridge along with a huge team of volunteers. This was a special night and you made it so. Booth 61 […] The post Becky Blalock, Global CIO, Author, Community Activist appeared first on Business RadioX ®.