November 21, 2023
Episode 20
“I ask my team, how are your wings being clipped?”
Subscribe on
Episode 20
Share this:
Technology has never moved this fast, what we’re experiencing right now, but it will never move this slow again.
Alexis Hershey serves as the Chief Digital Officer for Midwest BankCentre where she applies her digital strategy skills to transform the bank’s processes and online experiences by developing and deploying digital products and systems. She serves as executive sponsor of the bank’s Operations Enhancement Department, which leverages process improvement, efficiency initiatives, and technology to enhance customer service.
She talks to Cynthia about the importance of strong leadership and superior customer service. She shares her tips on career planning and effective networking. Perhaps most importantly, she shares valuable and proven tactics on the ways to properly negotiate compensation at new companies. A must watch/listen episode for anyone transitioning to a new organization.
Show Notes
1 – Intro 00:24
2 – What it means to “do digital” 01:55
3 – How technology has changed 03:49
4 – What’s most exciting about what you do? 06:00
5 – Reactions when new team members are asked that question 07:21
6 – Social Worker is a valuable teammate 09:43
7 – How a technology team is predominantly women 12:10
8 – Are there unique challenges on a nearly all female team? 13:33
9 – How would you define your leadership style 14:31
10 – Tell us more about your teaching background 16:08
11 – Staying flexible with career plans 20:06
12 – Knowing your strengths 20:50
13 – Interview companies for good leadership 21:36
14 – Salary coaching 23:14
15 – Behavioral Economics 25:30
16 – Differences between how men and women approach salary 28:58
17 – Practice smaller asks 32:52
18 – What are the steps to implement salary coaching 35:40
19 – Salary success stories 36:44
20 – Asking recruiter for the desired ranger 40:41
21 – Hope come right under big ask 42:06
22 – Nun negotiation 44:19
23 – Being above board with what you need 45:34
24 – How you engage with salary negotiation clients 47:47
25 – Negotiating Raises or Promotions 51:05
26 – Myths on why you don’t leave your company 52:45
27 – How have you taught this to your kids 54:36
28 – Importance of a college degree in modern world 55:32
29 – Education and networking 58:45
30 – Networking tips 1:00:48
31 – Charity Giving 1:02:15
32 – Speaking engagements 1:03:28
33 – Contact info 1:06:16
Content Notice
This podcast and all She Lift Project content represents the opinions of Cynthia Kirkpatrick and her guests. The content here is for informational purposes only, and should not be taken as professional advice – financial, legal, medical, or otherwise.
Views and opinions expressed in the podcast and across all She Lift Project media channels are our own and do not represent that of our places of work. While we make every effort to ensure that the information we are sharing is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors.
- All
- Accountability
- Accounting
- Anesthesiologist
- Architect
- Art
- artist
- Audio Systes
- Authenticity
- Author
- Bespoke
- Book Anthologies
- Book Publishing
- Bootstrapping
- Branding
- Broadcaster
- Business Club
- Business Coach
- Business Owner
- business valuation
- Cancer
- Career Strategist
- Carondelet Garden
- Carondelet Kitchen
- Cathy Davis
- Cathy L. Davis
- Children's Hospital
- Coach
- Coaching
- Community
- concierge
- Confidence
- Consultancy
- Consultant
- Corporate
- Corporate Success
- CPA
- Culture
- Customer Service
- Dance
- Danna McKitrick
- Davis Creative
- Davis Creative Publishing Partners
- Defense Attorney
- Delmar
- Divorce
- Doctor
- Doctors
- Engineer
- Entrepreneur
- EO
- eos
- Estate Planning
- Executive
- Facilitator
- Failure
- Family Business
- Family Law
- Fashion Consultant
- Fertility
- Financial Advisor
- Fitness Coach
- Forensic Accounting
- Fraud
- Futurist
- Gateway for Good
- Global Wealth
- Glowe
- Grief
- Grit
- Growth
- Healer
- Healthcare
- Higher Education
- Home Care
- Home Loans
- Hospitality
- HR
- innovation
- International Business
- Iowa
- IVF
- Joyosity
- Joyosity™
- Katherine Flett
- Lawyer
- Leader
- Leadership
- legacu
- licensing
- Life Coach
- Litigator
- Loss
- Mandarin
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Medical
- Medicine
- Menopause
- Mentor
- mergers and acquisitions
- Mindset
- Moving
- negotiation
- Networking
- Neuroperformance
- Nonprofit
- Nuclear Pharmacy
- Offshore
- Outsourcing
- Partnerships
- Performance
- Pharmacist
- photographer
- Podcaster
- Positivity
- Professor
- Psychology
- Publisher
- Radiological Pharmacy
- Real Estate
- Recruiter
- Relationships
- Relationshops
- retail
- Retired
- Salary Negotiation
- Sales
- self-care
- Small Business Attorney
- Software
- Sound
- Speaker
- Spiritual
- St. Louis
- Stainless Steel
- STL City SC
- Stylist
- Systems Engineer
- Technology
- Therapist
- Tornado
- Trainer
- Trauma-informed
- Travel
- Trial Lawyer
- Wardrobe
- Wash U
- Watters Wolf Bub & Hansmann
- Webster University
- WNBA
Share:
More Episodes
How to Build a Successful Team and Help Others Grow | Diane Compardo
October 20, 2026
"I want people to tell me if they disagree because I need to hear their perspective too. Just because I'm approaching it from my best ...
How to Reinvent Your Career and Find Your Next Chapter – Betsy Cohen
October 6, 2026
There were a lot of bumps and times where someone else might have just gotten discouraged. And I kind of always say to myself, it's ...
Concierge Medicine: More Time, Better Health – Dr. Erica Yalavarthi
September 15, 2026
"There's a difference between lifespan and health span. Lifespan is how long you live. Health span is how long you live well. And that's where ...
Twists of Fate Build a Lasting Legacy – Farica Chang
September 1, 2026
"And then humbly intelligent is another one where there are no egos in our office. Like, we are all here to share knowledge with one ...
The Plan Your Family Needs – Jennifer Belmont Jennings
August 18, 2026
"We get that call or that email first when somebody's died, to be able to say, okay, you don't have to do anything today. Just ...
Saying Yes to Adventure – Aoifinn Devitt
August 4, 2026
"I've lived all around the world. I see that I don't have to make choices between where I want to be, the network I want ...
A Culture Built to Prosper: Holly Breuer
July 21, 2026
"I had this weird hypothesis of what if we worked around people's schedules and let them do the kind of work that they were excited ...
The Goal, The Grind, The Glory: Taryn Pulliam
July 7, 2026
"But sometimes when you prove yourself and people don't see your value, you need to remove yourself, which is what I did. And was it ...
Send Us A Message
Show Name
Stay Connected
Amet minim mollit non deserunt ullamco est sit aliqua dolor do amet sint. Velit officia consequat duis enim velit mollit. Exercitation veniam consequat sunt nostrud amet.
New episodes
We publish on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.








