Wickedly Smart Women

Welcome to Wickedly Smart Women®: What Comes After Corporate?We are a 15× award-winning, #1 internationally ranked podcast downloading in more than 160 countries. We feature conversations with high-achieving women leaving corporate or exiting businesses who are now discerning what comes next and exploring consulting after corporate.Each episode explores leadership, visibility, value creation, and the transition from corporate identity to independently owned impact. Guests share candid stories, hard-earned wisdom, and real-world insight drawn from lived experience.This show is for women who know they are in, or approaching, their final corporate chapter and are beginning to explore how their expertise, leadership, and discernment can be structured into a premium independent consultancy or independent body of work that reflects who they are becoming.Wickedly Smart Women® supports thoughtful transitions, from structure to sovereignty, from credentials to contribution, and from success

Wickedly Smart Women is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 403 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Wickedly Smart Women, a business show with 403 episodes published.

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  What Comes After Corporate? Part 6: Yo, Cancer!

  Sep 30, 202630 min

  What happens when a health crisis forces you to stop, reevaluate everything, and completely rethink what comes next? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Anjel B. Hartwell continues the seven-part anniversary series with Amanda Goodwin, sharing how a stage four melanoma diagnosis changed her relationship with work and investing in herself. They talk about Amanda's stage four cancer diagnosis, the realization that her health had to come before her career, and how facing her own vulnerability changed the way she thought about work, identity, and investing in herself. If you're wondering what comes after corporate, this conversation will help you think differently about your value, your skills, your identity, and what it could look like to build a career and business around a life that actually supports you. What You Will Learn: How a major health crisis can change your perspective on corporate work and career. Why your professional value remains intact even when your ability to work changes. Why investing in yourself can feel uncomfortable, especially for women who have been taught to self-sacrifice. How identity shifts can create ripple effects across your work, business, and personal life. Why the structure of corporate employment may not provide the security you think it does. How building your own business can allow you to create structures that actually support your life. Why consulting can provide a flexible path for using your existing skills and expertise. Why a health crisis can create clarity around what matters most. Connect with Amanda Goodwin Wickedly Smart Women https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/ Connect with Wickedly Smart Women® Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic [5X Award-Winning Book] Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds Email: listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com

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  What Comes After Corporate? Part 5: There's Only Out

  Sep 23, 202630 min

  What if the paycheck you worked so hard for is costing you more than you realize? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Anjel B. Hartwell continues the seven-part anniversary series with Amanda Goodwin with what happens when there's only out. They explore the emotional and financial cost of staying too long, why resentment can be an early warning sign, and how women can begin planning their exit before they reach the red zone. If you're wondering what comes after corporate, this conversation will help you think differently about your options, your intellectual property, your autonomy, and what it could look like to create a life and business that actually belongs to you. What You Will Learn: How quiet quitting can signal that a corporate role no longer fits. Why a high salary does not always make staying in the wrong environment worthwhile. How resentment can become an early warning sign that it is time to make a change. What the "resento-meter" reveals about frustration, resentment, exhaustion, and rage. Why intentional planning can create a bridge from corporate to consulting. How women can think about different ways out, including starting, buying, or owning a business. Why being the "CEO of yourself" can change how you approach your career and future. How staying too long can lead to having a career decision made for you through layoffs, restructuring, or termination. Why leaving corporate does not necessarily mean abandoning financial security or earning potential. How autonomy can become part of the next chapter after corporate. Connect with Amanda Goodwin Wickedly Smart Women https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/ Connect with Wickedly Smart Women® Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic [5X Award-Winning Book] Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds Email: listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com

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  What Comes After Corporate? Part 4: Have You Hammered That Ceiling Yet?

  Sep 18, 202629 min

  What if the ceiling you've been pushing against isn't actually the limit of your potential, but the structure you're working inside? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Anjel B. Hartwell and Amanda Goodwin continue the seven-part anniversary series with what happens when women begin to recognize that the expertise they've spent years developing is their own intellectual property. This conversation explores the difference between necessary compliance and unnecessary red tape, why Amanda thinks of the glass ceiling as an "iceberg ceiling," and how documenting your own philosophies, practices, and approaches can help you recognize the expertise you already possess. Get ready to understand how proprietary methodologies can become high-value offers, and what it can look like to finally build a career and life that you truly own. What You Will Learn: Why the glass ceiling can continue to affect women even after they reach the C-suite. How an "iceberg ceiling" can keep executive women carrying work that should no longer belong to them. The difference between red tape, compliance, logistics, and clarity. Why fractional consulting can allow women to use their expertise without giving up other meaningful projects. How to recognize the intellectual property hidden inside years of professional experience. Why documenting your philosophies, practices, and approaches can help reveal your unique methodology. Why comparing your prices to what other professionals charge can create a self-imposed ceiling. How to begin thinking about pricing based on the value and outcome of your proprietary expertise. Why breaking through the ceiling is about more than changing your job or earning more money. Connect with Amanda Goodwin Wickedly Smart Women https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/ Connect with Wickedly Smart Women® Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic [5X Award-Winning Book] Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds Email: listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com

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  What Comes After Corporate? Part 3: More Red Tape?

  Sep 16, 202630 min

  What happens when the rules designed to help a company actually start getting in the way of the people doing the work? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Anjel B. Hartwell and Amanda Goodwin continue the seven-part anniversary series diving into the frustration, exhaustion, and loss of autonomy that can come from corporate red tape. You'll also hear why simplifying your own business matters just as much as escaping corporate bureaucracy. Leaving corporate doesn't mean recreating the same complexity for yourself. The goal is to build a consultancy that gives you more choice, clarity, and control while allowing you to put your expertise to work in ways that support your financial, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. If you've ever thought, "There's nothing I can do. My hands are tied," this conversation may have you looking at your corporate role in a whole new way. What You Will Learn: How constantly being asked to "pick your brain" can reveal the value of your intellectual property and social capital. Why your professional network can be a valuable business asset. How corporate red tape can create barriers between employees, customers, and the work that actually matters. Why compliance is important, but unnecessary policies can make systems less effective. How rigid workplace policies can affect employee autonomy, motivation, and performance. Why return-to-office mandates can become a breaking point for experienced professionals. How forced collaboration and forced workplace culture can undermine autonomy. Why complicated corporate hiring and promotion processes don't always measure the qualities that create successful leaders. The importance of relationships, project accomplishment, team satisfaction, and client satisfaction in evaluating leadership. How to recognize when corporate systems no longer align with your values. Why leaving corporate doesn't mean you should recreate corporate-level complexity in your own consultancy. How simplifying your offer can help you move more quickly toward revenue. Why clarity and simplicity are essential when building a boutique consultancy. Connect with Amanda Goodwin Wickedly Smart Women https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/ Connect with Wickedly Smart Women® Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic [5X Award-Winning Book] Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds Email: listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com

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  What Comes After Corporate? Part 2: Let Me Pick Your Brain

  Sep 9, 20261h 1m

  What happens when being the person everyone turns to becomes a habit of giving away your expertise for free? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Anjel B. Hartwell and Amanda Goodwin continue the seven-part anniversary series exploring what comes after corporate and take on one of the most common ways accomplished women undervalue their expertise. Amanda shares how she learned to distinguish between external validation and a genuine value exchange, including the simple question she now asks when someone wants her time. If people constantly ask how you did something, seek your advice, want access to your network, or tell you they want to "pick your brain," this episode offers a powerful invitation to stop giving away what you have spent years developing and start recognizing the value of your expertise. What You Will Learn: How to recognize when people are consistently seeking your expertise. Why "Let me pick your brain" can be a sign that you have valuable intellectual property. How external validation can make it difficult to recognize the true value of your expertise. Why women can become conditioned to give away their knowledge without a meaningful value exchange. How to identify the questions people repeatedly ask you. How to turn frequently requested expertise into a professional offer. Why understanding your audience is essential when creating a high-value consulting offer. How social capital and professional connections can become valuable assets. Why "I'm hired for that" can be a powerful response to requests for free expertise. How to create a script for responding to requests for your time and knowledge. Why "help" can create confusion around whether a professional service is actually being purchased. How to evaluate whether your work and corporate environment are aligned with your values. Why being complete with a role does not mean you are done. How support can help experienced professionals recognize and package the value they already possess. Connect with Amanda Goodwin Wickedly Smart Women https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/ Connect with Wickedly Smart Women® Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic [5X Award-Winning Book] Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds Email: listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com

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