345: The Career Advice Every Woman Needs to Hear with Colleen Bordeaux

HERself

Abby and Amy

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🗓️ 6 July 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Whether you're climbing the corporate ladder, building a business, negotiating a raise, or wondering if it's time for a career change, this conversation is full of practical advice for every stage of your professional journey. We sit down with leadership coach and Growth Inc. founder Colleen Bordeaux to talk about redefining success, advocating for yourself, navigating burnout, and building a career that actually fits your life. If you've ever felt overlooked, stuck, or unsure of your next st...

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0:00.0	I want you to challenge the idea that it is humble to wait to be noticed, that it is humble
0:09.2	to let other people say that you're good and notice your value. And instead, reframe that,
0:19.3	that it's actually selfish to expect other people to notice you,
0:24.4	to expect other people to see your value, advocate for you, because it is putting 100% of the
0:31.2	work on other people to understand who you are, what you do, and why it matters.
0:41.4	Music understand who you are, what you do, and why it matters. I'm Amy.
0:43.1	And I'm Abby.
0:44.6	And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.
0:48.5	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.
0:52.1	Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always
0:55.9	being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the
1:01.3	challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what
1:06.9	life looks like for herself.
1:18.3	We have such a jam-packed interview to share with you today, herself listeners.
1:20.1	This one is with Colleen Bordeaux.
1:21.6	She's been a longtime friend of ours.
1:24.2	And if you are an entrepreneur, you need to listen.
1:28.7	If you are in a career role in corporate America, you need to listen. If you want to increase your salary, ask for promotion. If you're thinking about leaving your career, you're feeling
1:33.1	burned out. We cover so much. So Colleen is incredible at just going into the details on women in
1:40.3	careers. And we both learn so much and we can't wait for you to learn so much as well. So with that, let's get into our interview with Colleen Bordeaux. Colleen, we'd love to hear about your journey working from Deloitte and then going into growth incubator. Like just take us behind the scenes on this journey because we know other people are on that journey. They're thinking about it. But then with you, it's just such a powerful story that we'd love our listeners to know more about. Yes. Okay. So I worked in management
2:04.6	consulting for 15 years, which is wild to say out loud. And I started my career like with
2:12.2	millennial girl boss attitude. I'm going to be a CEO. I am going to do everything I need to do to be successful. I
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