Podcast - Limor Bergman Gross - Executive & Leadership Coach for Women Tech Leaders

Welcome to ‘From a Woman to a Leader,’ a podcast dedicated to discussing women’s unique challenges in tech leadership and providing actionable tips to help overcome those challenges and grow your career in the tech industry.
In each episode, I will speak with successful women in tech who have navigated the industry and come out on top, sharing their stories, insights, and advice for other women looking to do the same.
Whether you’re just starting out in your tech career or a seasoned professional looking to take the next step, this podcast is for you.

You've been quietly wondering whether you're cut out for the role you actually want. Maybe you've told yourself you're not technical enough to work in tech. Or that you're not aggressive enough to be in sales. Or that you're not the right ”type” for the leadership role you keep watching other people get. So you've stayed where you are, even though you can't see a path forward from here.

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Emily Jackson, a Senior Channel and Inside Sales Manager at an RFID technology company who built her tech sales career after starting out in the fitness industry, with no technical background and a self-described introverted personality. We talk about how she figured out what she was actually good at, why women in male-dominant fields keep counting themselves out, and what it really takes to make a pivot when nobody is handing you permission.

What we talk about:

Why ”I'm not a technical person” is one of the most common reasons women keep themselves out of tech, and why it's almost never true
How to do an honest self-assessment of your skills when your current job isn't showing you what you're capable of
Why is an outside perspective from your network more accurate than your own self-evaluation
The introvert-in-sales myth, and why women already do relationship management every single day of their lives
How to compare your skills against a job description from a different industry and find more overlap than you expect
The exact way to break into tech when you've never worked in tech

About Emily:Emily Jackson is a Senior Channel and Inside Sales Manager for an RFID technology company. She built her tech career after starting in the fitness industry and a stint in aviation operations, transitioning into tech as a Business Development Manager at a major tech distributor before moving into sales. Outside her day job, she's a speaker, author, and career transition coach who works with women navigating their own pivots.

Connect with Emily:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-jackson-13315896/

Website: https://apluswomen.com

Book: https://a.co/d/8fLt0Ol

Connect with Limor:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://limorbergman.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://limorbergman.com/podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/limorbergman/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://limorbergman.substack.com⁠

From the Fitness Industry to Tech Sales: How Emily Jackson Pivoted Without a Tech Background

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From the Fitness Industry to Tech Sales: How Emily Jackson Pivoted Without a Tech Background

05/05/2026

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Who Are You Outside of Work? Rashidat Odeyemi on Dreaming Again When Work Has Eaten That Part of You

You've spent so many years working hard at the next thing that you can't actually answer a simple question. If you didn't have to worry about money, what would you do? Most of the women I coach freeze on that one. They've spent so long defining themselves by their job, their level, and their next promotion that they've forgotten what [...]

04/28/2026

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You Don’t Have to Know Everything to Lead — Bindu Sharma on Humility, Pivots, and Coming Back After a Break

You've spent your whole career making sure you're prepared. You read the book before the meeting, you learn the framework before you lead the project, and somewhere along the way, you start believing that the reason you're in the room is that you know more than the next person. So what happens the day you walk into a meeting and [...]

04/21/2026

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How I Went from Terrified Engineer to Paid Speaker (and Why Ready Never Comes)

You've been telling yourself you'll start speaking up when you feel ready. When you know enough. When your message is perfectly formed. I know, because that's exactly what I told myself for years. In this solo episode, I'm sharing my own speaking journey, from submitting to JavaOne over 20 years ago just because I wanted to visit San Francisco, to [...]

04/16/2026

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The Prince Isn’t Coming: Why Visibility Beats Competence for Women

You know you're competent. You know your ideas are good. But somehow, the people who keep getting heard, getting promoted, and getting opportunities are the ones who just… talk more. And you're still sitting there, waiting for the perfect moment to speak up, which, let's be honest, never comes. Helen Gottstein is the founder of Loud and Clear Training, a [...]

04/14/2026

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Stop Measuring Your Career Against Someone Else’s Timeline

When my husband broke his hip on a ski trip, I couldn't get to the hospital. I had four young children at home and had to wait for the babysitter. When I finally arrived, a day later, the nurse looked at me with judgment. And I thought: no matter what I do, someone is judging me for what I didn't [...]

04/09/2026

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How to Lead at Scale Without Losing Yourself, with Dipti Srivastava

You know you're capable. You know you work harder than most people around you. But somewhere along the way, you started wondering if leading at scale means losing the parts of yourself that actually matter, your family, your values, the way you naturally lead. Dipti Srivastava grew up in a small town in India where engineering was considered a field [...]

04/07/2026

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Why Working Harder Makes You Less Appreciated, Not More

You're saying yes to everything. You're the most reliable person on your team. You're working harder than anyone around you. And somehow, you're the one being taken for granted. Sound familiar? In this solo episode, I share a story from early in my career that I still think about to this day, a trip I gave up out of fear, [...]

04/02/2026

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When Your Body Says Time Out: Burnout, Boundaries, and Finding Your Purpose, with Rachael Edmondson-Clarke

You're the first one in and the last one out. Your calendar is back-to-back. You're eating lunch while walking to your next meeting. And somewhere in the back of your mind, you keep telling yourself, ”I just need to get through this week.” But what if the way you're working isn't just unsustainable, what if it's actually making you less [...]

03/31/2026

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I Was Passed Over for Promotion. Here’s What I Learned.

There's a moment in my career I still think about. A colleague was promoted, and I wasn't. We were doing similar work. I went to my manager and asked why, and his answer wasn't clear. You're not strategic enough. You're not visible enough. You're not ready. At the time, I was crushed. But looking back, I can see exactly why [...]

03/26/2026

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