982: Questions Ambitious Women Ask Themselves to Guide Success | Leadership Tips

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Self-improvement, How To, Business, Management, Education

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Ambition looks different for every woman. In this episode, we dive into the questions ambitious women ask themselves to define success on their own terms. Whether you're navigating leadership challenges as a woman leader or redefining your personal growth journey, these self-reflection prompts will help you clarify what ambition means to you in this season and set goals that actually align with your current life. This is also a chance for you to identify who your ambition serves and whether or not your current ambition actually serves YOU or not. While women talk a lot about how to be ambitious, we don’t talk nearly enough about how to be ambitious in a way that feels personally aligned and sustainable. In this conversation, I unpack the quiet, powerful habits of ambitious women - the ones that often go unnoticed, such as intentionally turning down opportunities, strategic rest, and protecting your reputation over popularity. If you suspect you might benefit from a stronger success mindset or ambition mindset without sacrificing your health, relationships, or integrity, this episode will give you practical reflection questions to guide your goal setting on your own terms. This is a chance for you to explore what it really means to define your ambition by your season of life, detach your worth from outcomes, and build a version of success that reflects who you are now and who you are becoming. Links Mentioned: Hire Sara to speak: saradean.com/speaking Coach with Sara: https://saradean.com/executive-coaching-services Connect with Sara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradeanspeaks Watch Shameless Leadership episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@saradeanspeaks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to shameless leadership i'm your host sarah dean this show is for women, transgender people, non-binary folks, as well as allies, who are committed to advancing their leadership while also advancing the leadership of those around them. In each episode, we will offer practical tips, leadership strategies, and inspiring stories to help you become a more confident, compassionate,
0:55.1	and inclusive leader. The truth is, you were born to lead. What might happen for you if you
1:00.6	were to wholeheartedly embrace that part of yourself? So let's start now, together.
1:05.7	Hello, shameless leaders. I want to welcome new listeners because I suspect we have a few. I have been out
1:12.7	and about speaking and training and working with teams over the last couple weeks. And I know
1:18.7	that there's a few new people listening to the show. So welcome, welcome to new listeners especially.
1:23.2	And for those of you who are tuning in after a keynote that I gave in the last week, I'm so glad
1:28.9	that you're here. So today's episode is actually inspired by a keynote that I am giving this week
1:34.4	or that I'm giving, so this episode goes live on Tuesday, March 10th. I'm giving a keynote on
1:40.7	Wednesday, March 11th. And this episode is inspired by the keynote that's being
1:46.0	given on the 11th. And I suspect that many people at that keynote will come and listen to this
1:51.0	episode after. So if you are someone who is in that audience, I'm so glad that you're here.
1:55.2	And the reason I wanted to do this episode is because this thing always happens when I'm creating
1:59.5	content where I get really
2:01.6	excited and involved and invested and end up with way too many things I want to say. So as I was
2:07.3	coming up with my content for this keynote around women in ambition, I was like, yeah, this is not
2:12.3	all going to fit in the keynote. So this is like the stuff that I couldn't fit in the keynote,
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