Leslie Greenwood

Chief Evangelist, Community Strategist, Co-Founder of Wednesday Women, Startup Advisor, Ex-Stay-At-Home Mom

I'm the Co-Founder of Wednesday Women and the Founder of Chief Evangelist Consulting: two ventures grounded in a core belief: community isn’t a tactic, it’s a force.

Wednesday Women began as a ripple in 2023 as a small, intentional effort to elevate executive women. We amplify women’s voices on LinkedIn, on stages, on podcasts, not as polished personas, but as their real, remarkable selves (the woman behind the title). Our public platform is for everyone, and we’ve built a private membership for executive women who want to go deeper with that mission and create connections both help unlock challenges but also are their biggest cheerleaders. 

Through Chief Evangelist Consulting, I help companies design community strategies that create lasting engagement. With 20+ years in customer-facing leadership roles, I approach community as a strategic lever, rooted in trust, value, and connection.

At the heart of everything I do is a belief in the power of evangelism, authenticity, and shared momentum.

And yes — I run on coffee, dark chocolate, trying (and failing) to keep me very vocal dog in check and talking loudly about diversity in tech.

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Advocating for Pavilion’s mission of helping every leader and their team achieve their professional potential through community-powered learning. I will be supporting key initiatives, developing and teaching curriculum for Pavilion University and providing over 10,000 members with leadership advice. Join us at joinpavilion.com.

I’ve been seeing a trend….
more women walking away from corporate life to go fractional, consult, or build their own thing.

And I get it.
I did too.

At some point, I realized I’m “consciously unemployable”. 

That’s a choice. 

Not because I can’t play the corporate game (well actually if you know me, I can’t 🤣), but because I finally saw how much of it was built on rules that were never written for us. And I was done building others’ dreams.  

As Sarah Allen-Short wrote,  

“Liberal feminism didn’t ruin the workplace. It exposed it.”
(If you read the NYT article, you’ll get the reference.)

What we’re watching isn’t women giving up. It’s women waking up.

“Lean In” taught women to play the old game. This era’s about building a new one.

When you realize the system was never designed for you, you start creating something better.

(📸: Quote from Sarah’s Substack Work Doula — worth the read.)

 #futureofwork #womeninbusiness #founderlife #fractionalleadership

Leslie Greenwood 

💜 Shining the Spotlight on Exec Women, Co-Founder of Wednesday Women, Community Strategist, Chief Evangelist, Startup Advisor, Ex-Stay-At-Home Mom

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Andrea 🤓 Lechner-Becker and Raja Walia arguing just made my morning!  

That’s all, that’s the post. 💜 

And yes, Erin Kasmarick is still the HubSpot wizard 🧙‍♀️! We 💜💜💜💜her.

AI can’t invent weird. It can’t really do different. This is still where humans have the competitive advantage 

Think about Apple’s “1984” ad.
Or, Coinbase’s random bouncing QR code.

No robot’s out here dreaming those up. 

Those ideas hit because they were so human. Unexpected. Odd.
The kind of weird that makes you stop scrolling and go, “Wait, what?”

That’s what AI can’t fake.

It can totally take your ideas and scale them. But if what you feed it is already kinda basic… it’s just going to spit out more basic.

What’s that mean for us humans? Creativity actually matters more now. Because AI’s like this giant volume knob. Whatever you give it, it just cranks it up.

Bottom line: The magic happens when a human is brave enough to think weird.

We unpack this (and a few more “AI vs. human creativity” hot takes) in the full episode.
Catch it here → https://lnkd.in/gCvusPW6

#MarTech #Marketing #GTM #RevOps #AI

Sr. Account Director @ Feathr | On Maternity Leave 🩵

First and foremost—I’m always up for a good coffee chat! So, let’s schedule one ☕️

I’m a BDR Manager with over 12 years of sales experience in industries like edtech, transportation, and advertising. Earlier in my career, I had a blast teaching elementary technology, coaching lacrosse, and bartending at a few great dive bars. At Feathr, I manage a team of 9 BDRs, helping nonprofits and associations thrive with innovative marketing tools. My mission: to always strive for better and inspire others along the way.

Steph Peterson

At Pipeline Conference in Dallas last week, Kieth (Mitch) G. presented me with a challenge.

The challenge was to share my favorite rebuttal strategy. 

In this example, I used Feathr's nonprofit marketing platform to demonstrate active listening, genuine care, and the ask for the opportunity to help > a demo.

Nonprofits are some of the hardest-working and most stretched organizations I've ever worked with - and somehow they still operate with grace and gratitude. 

Showing empathy & appreciation when asking for their time goes a long way.

I don't usually post "How-to" sales content on here, but I'm competitive and couldn't say no to this one. 

And what's the prize for the #graph8rebuttalchallenge? 

Well, Kieth also told me that if I'd share my thoughts AND get the most engagement (of all submissions) on this video below, he'd send me to Fisher Island, Florida. 

I also don't usually ask for your help on here, but let's go, community! 

#sdr #bdr

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