The Best You - A Coaching Podcast: Personal Growth Through Real Conversations · Gary Gillan

Women and Influence with Megan Gill

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Megan Gill describes a new leadership role that left her waking up 'dreading going into the office.'

1. The Best You interview series episode centers on 'Women and Influence' with Megan Gill and Repowered Leadership. 2. Gary interviews Megan Gill, a certified executive coach, professional speaker, strategic advocate, and founder of Repowered Leadership, because her work focuses on women in leadership roles. 3. The episode asks what influence means for women in the workplace and how it can help them lead without burning out or waiting for permission. 4. Megan says nearly 20 years in Alberta’s energy sector showed her a male-dominated industry where women's representation lags behind other sectors. 5. She describes stepping into a new role at a new organization, then finding unclear expectations, conflicting demands from leaders and the team, and intense workload. 6. That role created pressure that followed her home, affected sleep, and left her 'dreading going into the office.' 7. Megan says leadership training alone did not solve the problem because the missing piece was practical coaching and inner work. 8. She says maternity leaves, COVID, and executive coaching certification gave her space to reflect on what support she and other women actually needed. 9. Repowered Leadership grew from that reflection and from her belief that coaching could be highly useful for high-performing women doing real work. 10. Megan says influence matters when women need to resolve conflict, move projects forward, negotiate raises, advocate for resources, or step into new roles. 11. She frames influence as more than communication techniques because it also includes self-leadership, confidence, and managing internal narratives. 12. Megan says women are often good at executing, but leadership requires shifting from doing everything to influencing senior management and setting priorities. 13. She names the 'double bind' where assertive men are seen as strong leaders while assertive women can be seen as difficult to work with. 14. She says a five-pillar framework helps women build influence, including 'confident communication' and 'strategic presence.' 15. Megan connects strategic presence to personal values and says burnout can come from values misalignment as much as from sheer volume of work. 16. She says women often minimize their accomplishments, and she shares a lunch with a peer where she later realized she downplayed her own successes. 17. Megan describes the WOT community and online support as a place for women in Calgary, Edmonton, and across Canada to get structured calls, role-play, and peer support. 18. The tone is conversational and coaching-oriented, with Gary using follow-up questions and Megan answering with examples, frameworks, and reflection. 19. People who manage teams, coach women, or want practical leadership tools will find this useful. 20. People looking for a fast entertainment episode or a narrative with a plot twist may skip it.

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A grounded conversation about influence, visibility, and the pressures women face as they move into leadership.

Megan Gill's conversation with Gary Gillen centers on influence for women in the workplace, especially those in mid-to-senior roles who are carrying real responsibility and trying to grow without waiting for permission.

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If you are leading without feeling fully seen, this conversation names that pressure and points you toward steadier influence.

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