Season 3 Episode 8 - Interview With Bonnie Marcus

The Podcast for Real-Life Heroines

27-12-2022 • 50 minutos

In this engaging episode of the podcast, Susanna interviews Bonnie Marcus, an award-winning entrepreneur, executive coach, and author. Bonnie shares her inspiring journey from a kindergarten teacher to a CEO and discusses her passion for helping women navigate the workplace and reclaim their power. She delves into the challenges of gendered ageism and offers insights on staying marketable and visible in one's career. Bonnie also reveals her latest ambitious project—a screenplay for an animated film with an older woman as the heroine, aiming to change societal narratives about aging.

Episode Highlights

01:06 Introducing Bonnie Marcus

11:21 Bonnie talks about how her lack of skills helped her make her first leap with her job.

23:34 Bonnie discusses her second leap and how she moved to an unknown place.

39:45 Is Bonnie done taking leaps?

Get To Know Bonnie Marcus

Award-winning entrepreneur, Forbes contributing writer, and executive coach, Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., assists professional women to successfully navigate the workplace and position and promote themselves to advance their careers. She is a leading expert in gendered ageism in the workplace. Her latest book, Not Done Yet! How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Their Workplace Power, shines a light on this issue and gives women the tools and the voice to defy ageist assumptions to stay marketable and keep their job.

With 20+ years of sales and management experience, Bonnie’s extensive business background includes being CEO of a ServiceMaster company and VP of Sales at Medical Staffing Network and two other national companies in the healthcare and software industries. She has held executive positions in startup companies and Fortune 500 companies.

Bonnie started her corporate career in an entry-level position and worked her way up to the top of a national company. Her passion is now to help other women embrace their talent and ambition and step into their full potential and workplace power. Bonnie shares her message globally through speaking engagements, live and virtual workshops, blogging, and her popular podcast, Badass Women at Any Age.

Bonnie’s first book, The Politics of Promotion: How High Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, provides a roadmap for women to navigate the complexities of the workplace and position themselves for success. A certified coach, Bonnie has been honored by Global Gurus as one of the world’s top 30 coaches in 2015-2022. She has been acknowledged as one of the top 100 keynote speakers in 2018 by Databird Research Journal.

Bonnie received a BA from Connecticut College and a M.Ed. from New York University.

Her podcast, Badass Women at Any Age is available on all podcast outlets and is ranked in the top 3% globally.

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