How Women Can Overcome Unspeakable Odds

Victoria is the Vice President of IBM’s North American Talent & Transformation practice; she is a senior executive with over two decades of progressive experience in strategy, operations, growth initiatives, and business and talent development. She is a visionary leader with a passion for innovation, creativity and Diversity & Inclusion. In fact, Victoria has won both the 2020 Mentor of the Year award from Women in Communications & Technology AND the 2019 HSBC Diversity & Inclusion in Innovation Award. Victoria serves as a board member for several organizations; she is also a published author, in-demand public speaker and appears regularly on national TV. An inspiring professional with impeccable credentials, Victoria is a trusted voice among peers and emerging executives.

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Show Notes

“It’s never the differences between people that surprise us. It’s the things that, against all odds, we have in common.” ― Jodi Picoult

Not many of us were born with the proverbial “gold spoon in our mouths.” Some of us have had to overcome many atrocities to be the person we are today.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Victoria Pelletier to talk about women overcoming unspeakable odds.

Here is a snippet of what Victoria shared:

“So for me I felt I had something to prove so with each obstacle that was put in front of me or whether it was an obstacle or just quite frankly a challenge. I knew I needed to succeed so my first job was at age 11, by 14 I was like the supervisor at the shoe store that I worked at at 16. I was the office manager for a medical practice while I was in school, I was just constantly out to prove more and more and more. And again, I just think a lot of us have to do. With nature versus nurture, I think, there’s a lot of influence and that the nature and what occurred that just drove me to become Unstoppable.”

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

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