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The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
The Career Refresh is a Top 2% globally ranked leadership podcast hosted by executive leadership strategist Jill Griffin.
Leadership has changed. Most leadership advice hasn’t.
This is the podcast for experienced leaders, executives, and ambitious professionals who are ready for their next era of leadership—whether that’s leading with greater influence where they are, stepping into executive leadership, or making a strategic career move.
Each episode explores what it really takes to lead in today’s complex workplace, where the stakes are high, change is constant, and certainty is rare. You’ll learn practical leadership strategies for navigating organizational politics, leading through ambiguity, building executive presence, making better decisions, managing career transitions, and creating sustainable success without losing yourself in the process.
Hosted by Jill Griffin, an executive coach and leadership strategist with more than 20 years of experience advising senior leaders at organizations including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Samsung, The Federal Reserve, Meta, Google, Hilton Hotels, and Notion Labs, each episode combines practical leadership insights with real-world coaching conversations to help you lead with greater clarity, discernment, and conviction.
Because the next level of leadership isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about becoming the kind of leader others trust to navigate what’s next.
This is Next Era Leadership®.
About Your Host
Jill Griffin is a leadership strategist and advisor whose work has been featured on Adam Grant’s WorkLife podcast and published in Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost, and Metro UK. She has also been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Departures, and Ad Age. Connect with Jill on LinkedIn or learn more at GriffinMethod.com.
The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
Mentoring Women to Achieve Pay Equity with Bhavana Smith
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Pay disparity. The new pay transparency laws.
How do you negotiate your next salary when you’ve never done it? Or worse, you advocated for yourself and didn't get the raise? Big woof.
There’s been minimal transparency on salary negotiation, and navigating without a wing woman is challenging.
Now you have one. Enter Bhavana Smith.
Bhavana Smith the Founder of Until There Are Nine®, a network and resource group whose purpose is to give women the power to advocate for their rightful share of compensation, rewards, and professional advancement.
In this episode, we talk about the following:
- Negotiation tactics for closing the gap
- How to navigate the new pay transparency laws that differ by location
- What she learned about the relationship between trust and transparency
- How she managed her mind when she realized she was in the wrong role
- The free tools and resources she’s created are available to everyone, regardless of gender
Show Guest:
Bhavana Smith, the Founder of Until There Are Nine®, a network and resource group whose purpose is to give women the power to advocate for their rightful share of compensation, rewards, and professional advancement.
Bhavana has spent 25+ years in marketing, advertising, and consulting and, speaking to her friends and colleagues, realized a support system was needed to learn how to negotiate compensation. She wanted to find a way to share lessons and experiences with other women after learning that reluctance to negotiate was one of the reasons for the gender pay gap.
Until There Are Nine
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Jill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.
With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy.
Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:
The Next Era Leader
An 8-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intention
Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory
1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what’s next
Connect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & Workshops
Instagram: @JillGriffinOffical