This book is for ambitious, high-achieving women leaders, entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders ready to move to the next level. It is a manifesto and call to action for women to lift themselves and each other up by refusing to accept limitations and instead embracing an ethos of possibility.
There are big gorgeous goals that we all need to set. These are so different from goals that we know we can accomplish because they feel safe and tidy. These goals scare us; they keep us up at night--because we fear they are beyond our grasp.
We all know women who are great at achieving big gorgeous goals. How do they do it? What allows them to reach outward, upward, and think expansively? The book explores the possibilities that open when we set big gorgeous goals, and the common characteristics in the women who move towards these.
Through stories and lessons, the book shows women leaders how thinking beyond habitual limits allows us to surpass our current levels of success. It includes Julie's personal story of becoming a founder of an unexpectedly and wildly successful children's labels company that started in one of the founders' basement and was eventually sold at an eight-figure price. And it tells the story of what happened next, when having hit a business high, she found herself at an inflection point, where she needed to draw on different resources to find a new path to success. Julie Ellis shares the lessons she has learned as an entrepreneur and those of several other women entrepreneurs she interviewed for the book. Their experiences impart to readers the qualities that allow us to thrive as women in business, to healthily, sustainably integrate the work of leadership into their larger lives as mothers, caregivers, partners, dreamers and so much more...
Ellis, Julie: -
As a Co-Founder of award-winning Mabel's Labels, a great Canadian small business success story, and with fifteen years in the financial services sector, Julie Ellis now shares her experience and expertise with other entrepreneurs helping them gain accelerated success.
Recently, Julie was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Snuggle Bugz, a privately owned multi-million dollar omni-channel retailer based in Burlington, Ontario. In Julie's role as COO she took leadership of the executive team driving the company's growth toward operational excellence, team integration and market expansion.
Chair of the Board of the Angel One Investment Network, a not-for-profit organization, one of the most active angel investors' groups in Canada. Former board chair of the Hamilton-based Innovation Factory, a not-for-profit organization, helping entrepreneurs bring new and innovative ideas to market.
Julie is sought-after presenter and speaker on topics ranging from entrepreneurship to e-commerce business building. Her awards as Co-Founder of Mabel's include the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award For Excellence in Entrepreneurship 2014, W100 Fastest Growing Company in Canada 2012/13, and RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Momentum Award 2009.
