20Sales: How to Scale a Career While Scaling a Family, Strategies and Specific Tools To Help Maintain Work-Life Balance, What Companies Can Do To Empower Parents To Be Their Best Selves & How to Prevent Parental Leave Being an Inhibitor To Your Career

Today's 20Sales is a special Mother's Day edition where we are joined by 6 of the best sales leaders who also happen to be rockstar mothers. The Profiles Maggie Hott is on the GTM Team (Go-To-Market) at OpenAI . Before OpenAI, Maggie was Director of Sales @ Webflow and before Webflow spent an incredible 6 years at Slack. Stevie Case is the CRO @ Vanta. Prior to Vanta, Stevie spent an immensely successful 6 years at Twilio as VP of Mid-Market Sales. Renu Gupta is an advisor and sales consultant to some of the fastest-growing SaaS companies today. Previously she has held sales leadership roles at Slack, Thrive and Dropbox. Lauren Schwartz is the VP Enterprise Sales @ Fivetran. Before Fivetran, Lauren spent 4 years at Segment as Senior Director of Enterprise Sales leading to their acquisition by Twilio. Julie Maresca is the Head of Global Accounts at Atlassian. Prior to Atlassian, Julie spent an immensely successful 6 years at Slack in numerous roles including Head of Enterprise Sales for North America. Jessica Arnold is the VP of Global Sales Development @ Amplitude. Before Amplitude, Jessica was the Senior Director for Inside Sales North America at Dropbox for close to 6 years. In Today's 20Sales Mothers Day Episode We Discuss: 1.) How have you navigated growing in your career at the same time, growing your family? 2.) How do you balance your career and being a mother - when do you lean in and out? 3.) What are some specific strategies or tools that have helped you maintain a work-life balance? 4.) How do you prioritize your mental health and wellbeing while juggling your responsibilities at work and at home? 5.) How do you handle the guilt that many working mothers experience when they have to focus on their career? 6.) What are the unique challenges and advantages of being a mother in a sales leadership role? 7.) How has your experience as a mother influenced your leadership style and decision-making? 8.) How have you navigated going out on maternity leave without it having an impact on your career? 9.) America has one of the worst parental leaves of any country in the world. How can you advocate for parental leave if the existing policy isn't up to par? 10.) What are some ways that companies can create a more inclusive and supportive environment for working mothers in sales leadership roles?