Aug 30, 2022
Getting an early start working
in marketing and PR, Esther Weinberg gained a wealth of knowledge
and expertise in both fields. Working for media companies and
reaching senior executive status at Disney in her early 30s, Esther
found her true passion and purpose as a coach, helping companies
scale, grow and succeed. Esther is a business growth accelerator
that equips executives in high-growth industries to create big
pivots, big impact, and big return. She is the founder and chief
leadership development officer for the Ready Zone, which helps
clients grow, scale, and thrive in the worst and best of times. Her
clients include Netflix, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, Discovery,
CNN, Adobe, and Disney. Esther is a regular contributor to Forbes
and a member of the Forbes coaches council. This year Esther and
her wife launched the Being Me Foundation with a mission to create
breakthroughs through global ontological coaching and leadership
programs that redefine diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
for LGBTQ+ young adults.
What You Will Hear in This Episode:
- Esther’s personal journey and
how she’s arrived where she is today
- Starting in marketing
and moving to publicity
- Passion for entertainment
- Working for Fox
- On the ground marketing and publicity
- Moving from New York to L.A.
- Confidence and finding your why
- Discovering executive coaching and starting her business
- International development and moving to Uganda
- Self-agency
- The inspiration for the Being Me Foundation
- Greatest challenges
- Being Me’s approach; focusing
on the observer
Quotes
“If I constantly think about all
the people in line to get the job, it will completely debilitate me
and I will never get the job.”
“When I look at things,
sometimes I say to myself, well, where is the way, not where's the
no way, but where is the way?”
“I took myself on a trip to Asia
for five weeks. And I remember arguing with a monk, you know,
you're at a crisis in your life when you're arguing with a monk
about what life looks like and the impermanence of life.”
“The one thing that people want
is human dignity no matter what job you're in, no matter where you
are on the planet, and that's something that my job and my life in
Uganda taught me.
“In order to feel ready and
powerful, to take on all the opportunities and challenges at your
feet, you need to create workplace cultures where trust, respect,
and psychological safety are not just valued, but they’re as measured as the bottom
line.”
“We're seeing the world a
certain way, but once we're awakened and if we have just enough and
it doesn't take that much, level of curiosity, things can change
dramatically just dramatically.”
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