{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"170: How To Keep Betrayal From Derailing Your Leadership Path","description":"Annette Comer is a savvy businesswoman who knows how to play the game\u2014and win. She is a bestselling author, international speaker, 7-figure entrepreneur, and the founder of the World\u2019s Greatest Women Academy. Anette started her career as a mechanical engineer, a profession dominated mostly by men. She dove into the corporate arena and came out on top with her excellent performance in project engineering and research management at a Fortune 500.    About Guest\/Topic As one of the few women in her company and the industry as a whole, Annette was used to being around men. In fact, she even led a team made up mostly of men. This didn\u2019t sit well with one of her employees, who one day, brought a loaded gun to work to use against her.  Interestingly, it wasn\u2019t this incident that pushed her to quit her job. It was the fact that her male bosses chose to put the blame on her. The shocking betrayal forced her to learn the hard way that there are people in this life who just aren\u2019t worth your time and energy, even if you\u2019ve spent the past 19 years working with them.  In this episode, we will take a closer look at how Annette\u2019s experiences shaped her to be the strong, successful woman that she is today.  In This Episode Learn the different approaches to dealing with men and women in business Find out how you can improve your communication skills Learn how to prevent being blindsided in the cutthroat world of business Discover the most important aspects of a business Quotes \u201cI heard a voice in my head: you have just experienced that ultimate intimidation and betrayal.\u201d [03:36] \u201cI keep looking for the answer connected with me, and in the end, after many years, I came to realize it wasn\u2019t me.\u201d [04:25] \u201cClarity is great when it\u2019s hindsight.\u201d [09:45] \u201cWomen form leadership in business in a completely different way than men do. They take it into this personal mission that they get so much of themselves wrapped up into and so that sets them up for being exposed to a betrayal that men don\u2019t experience.\u201d [09:54] \u201cFor a woman, she views business as something that is pulling together a group of people for the betterment of something, to accomplish a goal so she\u2019s very much attuned of where people\u2019s skills are, how they\u2019re interacting, what\u2019s their productivity\u2026.\u201d [11:58] \u201cWhen you lose yourself in the other, you just run up against brick walls.\u201d [14:35] \u201cWhat were the main rules of the game? What skills did men have to play that game well that women did not have?\u201d [15:15] \u201cWomen take it all internally, they whirl it inside and they get sick and they quit and they get exhausted. [22:45] \u201cAs you move along your leadership journey, know that there\u2019s going to be things that happen that you don\u2019t understand and situations you find yourself in and when that happens, resist the urge to immediately turn into yourself.\u201d [24:56] \u201cLet\u2019s look on the outside first, let\u2019s not go inside first because when you get inside, it\u2019s a losing battle\u201d [25:42] \u201cDo training. Invest in yourself.\u201d [26:06] Resources Mentioned Annette Comer\u2019s Website Dr. Debi\u2019s new book: Trust Again The PBT Institute Membership Community The Post Betrayal Syndrome Quiz ","author_name":"From Betrayal To Breakthrough","author_url":"http:\/\/pbtinstitute.com","html":"