WomenShare
by Leah Alter and Joanna Ehresman
Celebrating Community and Facing Change: The Future of WomenShare
About this podcast
Welcome to WomenShare: A Celebration of Women in Financial Services.
The podcast where successful women share their stories and best practices with a mission to help other women grow their businesses and careers.
On this podcast, top financial advisors and corporate leaders–who happen to be women–give their best advice and actionable takeaways on marketing, growth, and making an impact in the financial services industry.
The balance in the financial services industry is shifting and women are making strides, but we are still underrepresented as advisors and in leadership positions. This podcast is committed to continuing to move to a more balanced industry, where the broad and diverse clients who are served, are better represented by their advisors and leaders.
As marketing veterans of the financial services industry, hosts Leah Alter and Joanna Ehresman are passionate about empowering women to have a stronger influence in the industry, bringing their natural skills and abilities to balance how companies are led and clients are served. WomenShare is a space for women leaders throughout the industry to share insight on what’s helped them succeed, to help other women make a greater impact.
With more than three decades of combined experience, Leah and Joanna have held corporate leadership positions and worked with thousands of financial advisors to implement effective marketing plans, grow their practices, and increase their client acquisition. They are passionate about helping women advisors grow their practices and women in leadership roles expand their influence. Women are the key to bringing balance to how our companies are led and clients are served.
Each new episode will feature an interview with a successful advisor or leader in the financial services industry. Our guest will share her stories, insights, and advice on topics such as:
How she broke into the financial services industry
Navigating the corporate world and shattering glass ceilings
Starting a wealth management practice
Lessons learned over her career
Creating a future you’re excited about
Tools and technology available to financial advisors
Listeners will learn:
How to build a strategic, growth-focused marketing plan
Marketing best practices for financial services
Ways to forge strong relationships within the industry
How to face challenges and achieve success in the financial services industry
How to leave a legacy for the next generation of women in the industry
Episodes
The newest 20 of 50 episodes
- Celebrating Community and Facing Change: The Future of WomenShare · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 19"What is meant for us won't miss us. And whatever the future is for us as individuals, for the podcast, for the industry, all of that, the only thing we can do is show up as the…
- Feminine Energetics and Creating Space for Women in Wealth Management · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 18"There's a part of me that can help me make decisions that are in alignment with my best interest. And even though I’m used to overriding that part of me or ignoring that part of…
- Trusting Your Gut: Nina Smith on Navigating Career Transitions and Healthy Departures · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 17“Don’t run away from something, but run towards something.” — Nina Smith Welcome to WomenShare: a celebration of women in financial services. Today, hosts Joanna Ehresman and…
- Investing in Women: Cokie Cox on Building Inclusive Wealth and Perfect Days · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 16“My framework for everything I do right now in my life is about investing in women. Not because I'm anti male, because I believe that diversity brings better outcomes for me, for…
- Leading With Heart: Jania Stout’s Journey to Empower Women in Financial Services · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 15“A lot of organizations wanna hire women. They just aren't getting as many applicants for it. So I think that what we have to do then is pull them in in some cases, and I've done…
- How Values-Driven Branding Is Transforming Financial Services · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 14“At the end of the day, you're asking somebody to trust you with your money. But in reality, there is so much commonality. Putting your authentic self out there and getting…
- A Roadmap to Change: Diversity, Inclusion, and Women in Wealth Management · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 13"I really love the idea of taking down the barrier that keeps people from getting to what we all need, and that's financial health and well-being." – Dr. Lisa Toppin Welcome back…
- Taking Charge: Becoming the CEO of Your Life and Career · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 12"Surely, by now, we should be teaching people it's your career to run. You are the CEO of your life and career." Welcome to WomenShare, a celebration of women in financial…
- Empowering Your Team: Building a Self-Sufficient Firm with Erin Botsford · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 11"I don't know why this memo never made it to our industry, but in every single other industry, bar none, maybe the exception of real estate agents, but every other industry, the…
- Breaking Bro Culture: Preparing for the Shift to Female Financial Power · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 10"I've always felt that being a woman in this industry is a strength, and that's how I've always been. So I've taken my being a female and used it for good in this industry."…
- Marketing With a Personal Touch in Financial Services with Kalli Fedusenko · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 9"Building a business or a career is not done in a silo. It's a community thing." Welcome to another episode of WomenShare, a celebration of women in financial services. In…
- Building Confidence and Shattering Stereotypes in the Financial Services Industry · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 8"It just takes one woman to just open that door, break that barrier so that we can bring along other women in the process." Welcome to another inspiring episode of WomenShare: a…
- A Voice of Reason: Insights on Wealth Management and Community Impact · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 7"Always have your money work for you. Don't work for your money." Welcome to another episode of WomenShare, a celebration of women in financial services. In today's episode…
- 2024 Wrapped: The Best Advice of the Year for Female Financial Advisors · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 6Welcome back to WomenShare, a celebration of women in financial services, and welcome to 2025. WomenShare was launched in the Fall of 2023, so 2024 was our first full year as a…
- Small Actions, Big Changes: Career and Life Advice from Marcia Miller · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 5"As advisors, we miss the opportunity to teach clients how they can use their wealth to live purposefully now, you know, in the moment. We may or may not have forever." Welcome…
- Building Emotional Connections: Julie D'Anastasio on Community and Retention Strategies · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 4"What we tend to forget is that business relationships are still relationships, and in no other way do we act transactionally in our relationships to maintain them." Welcome to…
- Supercharging Growth with Effective Marketing Relationships · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 3"You wanna make sure that it's someone who aligns with your values, someone who recognizes the value that you bring to the table, someone who's willing to to contribute to…
- Ignoring Advice and Achieving Success in Financial Services · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 2"Most of the career advice I received, I ignored. That might have been the secret to my success." Welcome back to WomenShare: a celebration of women in financial services. Today…
- Restore, Reflect, Experiment: A Guide to Managing Major Life Changes · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 1"You ask yourself this question: What am I holding to that it wants to be released in my life right now?" Welcome to WomenShare, a celebration of women in financial services. In…
- How Female Leaders of Catchlight are Transforming Financial Services with AI · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 30"I've never had to think about what it is like to be on a leadership team where there are no other women or there are no women at all." Welcome back to WomenShare: A Celebration…







