BE#105: Confidence is one of the largest thing that holds women back in their careers say's "Alison Fischer".

Our latest guest Alison Fischer is a corporate talent strategist for high growth startups and an executive career advisor, and head of customer success for 15 yrs. As an inspirational speaker, Ali shares her personal journey of resilience with authenticity and honesty, with hopes to embolden others to live and lead with confidence and conviction. Most importantly she is a proud single mom to two bold beautiful girls, survivor of domestic abuse, outspoken supporter of mental health and humanizing the workplace. Some golden nuggets you will find in the episode are: -Her journey into helping startups and small businesses redesign and rebuild their talent strategy. -Most companies understand that people are the epicenter of their business. They are their number one assets and their number one resource. -Just by storytelling or sharing your thoughts and feelings or through coaching you will see many women share the same experience. -At some point I did share my story and it helped a lot of others especially when someone looks like them, sounds like them; especially women who are professionals . -Domestic violence is often seen as a stigma. However, it's an inner city problem, it affects everyone, every race, every culture, every religion. There is no one that is untouched by it, “I think sharing is hugely beneficial”. -“I think it is imperative as women are climbing their career ladder, that they have someone there that can help them with the confidence they need”. -“Confidence is one of the largest thing that holds women back in their careers especially when you don’t have someone physically there who can guide you...for me, it was my mindset, I always felt like I deserve to be there”. -Significance studies and what I’ve seen as well, shows confidence plays a huge factor in women’s success long-term and short-term. “It starts in the home, you need parents that believe in you”. -Confidence and clarity are who you are, the value that you bring and the worth that you have and there is no limit for you based on