What if the real work of women in leadership isn’t about playing the part, but rewriting the entire script?

In this solo episode, Janet explores the deep inner tension that women leaders experience as they navigate cultural expectations of femininity and leadership strength. Through her own story of being cast as Aphrodite instead of Athena in a childhood play, Janet uncovers how these archetypes still shape women’s experiences at work today.

Drawing from her decades of research and personal reflection, she invites us to question the archetypes we’ve inherited, and to imagine new models of authentic, integrated leadership.

In this episode:

✅ Why traditional leadership roles weren’t designed with women in mind

✅ How cultural archetypes still shape how women lead and are perceived

✅ The inner tension between being “feminine” and being “strong”

✅ The story of Aphrodite and Athena—and what it reveals about modern leadership

✅ Why awareness of “role tension” is the first step toward authentic integration

✅ How cultural scripts—not personal inadequacy—fuel self-doubt

✅ The call for new leadership archetypes that blend wisdom and compassion

✅ What it means to create your own authentic model of leadership

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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We’ve all heard the advice: “You need to build your brand.” But what happens when branding feels fake—or worse, like a performance?

In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet shares a deeply personal story about her own journey with “branding” advice that clashed with her values, and how it led her to redefine what a personal brand truly is.

This episode will challenge you to think beyond polished images and formulaic marketing strategies and instead focus on what truly magnetizes people: authenticity. Janet explores how your personal brand is not something you manufacture but rather something you uncover—when your inner substance and your outer image are aligned.

Whether you’re a leader, an entrepreneur, or simply someone trying to show up in the world more authentically, this episode will help you see your personal brand as your “rock”—grounded in truth, integrity, and presence.

In this episode:

✅ Why traditional “branding formulas” can feel fake—and what to do instead

✅ How to uncover your brand instead of manufacturing it

✅ Why authenticity is magnetic and attracts the right people

✅ The role of outer image and presence in reflecting your inner truth

✅ How alignment between inner values and outer presence builds trust

✅ What you risk when your brand is just surface-level polish

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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When life delivers unimaginable heartbreak, how do you keep leading, showing up, and holding on to yourself?

In this tender and deeply human episode, Janet speaks with Lauren Stevens, a respected executive and former client, who lost her husband Chuck to glioblastoma after 19 months of courageous fighting. In the midst of grief and devastation, Lauren has had to keep leading her organization, caring for her daughter, and learning how to live in the “after” of loss.

This conversation isn’t about fixing grief. Grief cannot be fixed. It’s about holding space for what it means to endure the unimaginable, to find clarity in what matters most, and to discover authenticity and courage as a new inner edge.

In this episode:

✅ Balancing caregiving, motherhood, and executive leadership

✅ The difference between “healing” and “learning to live with” grief

✅ Why time doesn’t erase grief, but changes the way we carry it

✅ How transparency can help teams navigate challenges together

✅ What support actually helps someone in grief—and what often doesn’t

✅ The role of faith, presence, and authenticity in finding meaning after loss

Connect with Lauren:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-stevens-64189266/

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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If your body could hand you a report card right now, what grade would you get?

In this solo episode, Janet shines a light on a truth we often push to the bottom of our priority lists: our health. High-achievers may believe their brilliance and productivity keep them in the game, but the reality is that the body—the container carrying it all—is what makes that brilliance possible.

With her signature warmth and honesty, Janet shares both personal stories and client experiences to show why delaying attention to health eventually catches up with us, often in crisis form. She invites us to rethink the way we relate to our bodies and to start treating them as the irreplaceable vessels they are.

In this episode:

✅ Why neglecting your health almost always shows up later as a crisis

✅ How high achievers fall into the trap of thinking their minds matter more than their bodies

✅ Janet’s personal journey with body image, wellness, and health wake-up calls

✅ The reality of changing bodies

✅ Why health care has to be personal, seasonal, and sustainable

✅ How to reframe your body as a partner, not an obstacle

✅ Three invitations to start small

✅ The importance of shifting from “someday” to “today” in your health priorities

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes? Too exhausted, busy, and overwhelmed to even think about how you’re showing up as a leader?

In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet Ioli explores why your leadership presence isn’t something to “get to later,” but rather the very thing that transforms how you spend your time, your energy, and your life.

Through a powerful story from a recent executive program, Janet shares the all-too-familiar refrain of leaders who feel “too tired to focus on presence.” Then she flips that thinking on its head, showing why you’re actually too tired not to.

This conversation is both a wake-up call and an invitation: to pause, breathe, and reconsider what efficiency, resilience, and leadership truly mean.

In this episode:

✅ Why presence isn’t a luxury—it’s essential for sustainable leadership

✅ How constant reactivity drains energy, clarity, and trust over time

✅ The hidden costs of showing up frazzled, rushed, or checked out

✅ Why your energy is contagious and sets the “weather” for your team and relationships

✅ How redefining efficiency can help you focus on what truly matters

✅ Three practical invitations to begin shifting your presence today

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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At some point in life, every one of us faces a moment of reckoning, the quiet knock inside that tells us we’ve outgrown a role, a title, or even an identity we’ve carried for years. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores the courage it takes to let go of who you’ve been to step into the person you’re becoming.

Janet shares her own deeply personal story of moving from a successful corporate career into a new chapter as a creator, coach, and entrepreneur. Through her journey, she invites you to reflect on what parts of yourself you may have outgrown, and how to honor the roles that shaped you while making space for what’s next.

In this episode:

• Why outgrowing an identity doesn’t mean rejecting your past
• How to recognize when restlessness signals growth, not just burnout
• The fears that keep us tethered to roles we’ve outgrown
• Practices to help you name and honor the identity you’ve moved past
• How listening to your inner whisper can guide your next chapter
• Why reinvention is an evolution, not a sudden leap
• The importance of gratitude for the roles and systems that shaped you

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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What happens when you step away from a senior corporate title and go out on your own? Ian Ziskin shares the emotional inner‑work and tough questions behind making the transition from CHRO to Executive Advisor and Consultant.

In this episode, Janet and Ian explore what it really takes to move beyond the “golden handcuffs” of corporate life into a self-led, flexible, and purpose-driven chapter. From building credibility in a crowded space to learning how to slow down without guilt, this is an insightful episode for anyone reimagining the next act of their life and career.

In this episode:

• Letting go of your corporate identity and leading with your unique value
• Why confidence—not ego—is essential to building credibility
• Building a “portfolio business” around what you do best
• The challenge of saying “no” to stay aligned and purposeful
• How to partner and collaborate as an entrepreneur
• Redefining success and identity in the third act of life

Connect with Ian:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-ziskin-bb1504/

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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What happens when decades of experience no longer seem to be valued? When you're quietly dismissed, overlooked, or labeled a "blocker"—despite still having the fire, brilliance, and drive? In this powerful solo episode, Janet Ioli names what so many leaders over 50 are silently feeling: the creeping sense of invisibility in organizations that prize what's new and shiny over what’s wise and seasoned.

You’ll hear real stories from seasoned leaders who’ve faced the sting of being sidelined, and a call to stop chasing relevance and instead stand firmly in your deep, cultivated wisdom.

Remember: You are not done. You are not outdated. You are not invisible.

If you’ve felt your voice dimming or your worth questioned, this one is for you.

In this episode:

✅ How ageism shows up in subtle ways in leadership

✅ The real impact of dimming the voices of seasoned leaders

✅ Why your wisdom and presence matter more than ever

✅ How to reclaim visibility, voice, and power in the workplace after 50

✅ What it means to evolve your leadership at midlife

✅ Reflection questions to help you show up anchored, not louder

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli has over 25 years of experience in executive coaching, leadership development, and talent strategy. She’s led internal transformation initiatives at Fortune 100 companies like Cigna, USA Today, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. She understands the internal realities of leadership—what it demands, and what it often costs.

Through her company, JI International/ Power Presence Academy, Janet creates space for leaders to make decisions not just based on ambition—but on personal alignment, purpose, and impact.

You don’t have to start over to shift your path. Sometimes it’s about tuning in, recalibrating, and intentionally choosing a path that aligns with who you are becoming now.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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