Ep 55: Increasing Women in Financial Services with Fradel Barber
04/13/21 • 28 min
This week on the podcast I talk with entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and CEO of World Financial Group (WFG) Fradel Barber. Fradel is a visionary within the industry and a true advocate for women in the financial services industry. We discuss Fradel’s unexpected path into financial services, how motherhood has improved her experience as a leader, and how her firm has reached a 50/50 ratio of men to women advisors – a true accomplishment in an industry primarily composed of men.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Reasons fewer women than men pursue careers as financial advisors
- Career potential for women within the industry
- How women’s perspective and communication style can be helpful as a financial advisor
- How motherhood can help in your career, even if you’ve taken a career break
About the Guest:
As a visionary entrepreneur in the financial services industry, Fradel is passionate about financial education for all types of people, regardless of their social status or income; entrepreneurship, personal and business development and increasing the number of successful women in the business world and leadership roles. As CEO of World Financial Group she has spearheaded the entrepreneurial expansion throughout the East and West coast, developing and leading successful entrepreneurs in the financial services industry. With her passion for success and will to overcome all obstacles, Ms. Barber has expanded her operation to 15 offices and leads a team of 500 licensed financial professionals.
As a female in the financial services space she encourages and empowers women to enter and succeed in the financial arena and in entrepreneurship. In 2019, Fradel was notably nominated as a "Women of Wall Street" by Schneps Media where she was honored as a being a passionate, ambitious and brilliant woman, for her influence in banking and finance, and for her empowerment of the next generation of female financial leaders.
Learn more about Fradel and her work at fradelbarber.com and connect with her on your preferred social media spot @fradelbarber.
About the Host
Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.
Sign up for a FREE 30-minute Career Break strategy session with Janice here.
Visit the Money, Career, & Motherhood website, Facebook page, and follow on Instagram.
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This week on the podcast I talk with entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and CEO of World Financial Group (WFG) Fradel Barber. Fradel is a visionary within the industry and a true advocate for women in the financial services industry. We discuss Fradel’s unexpected path into financial services, how motherhood has improved her experience as a leader, and how her firm has reached a 50/50 ratio of men to women advisors – a true accomplishment in an industry primarily composed of men.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Reasons fewer women than men pursue careers as financial advisors
- Career potential for women within the industry
- How women’s perspective and communication style can be helpful as a financial advisor
- How motherhood can help in your career, even if you’ve taken a career break
About the Guest:
As a visionary entrepreneur in the financial services industry, Fradel is passionate about financial education for all types of people, regardless of their social status or income; entrepreneurship, personal and business development and increasing the number of successful women in the business world and leadership roles. As CEO of World Financial Group she has spearheaded the entrepreneurial expansion throughout the East and West coast, developing and leading successful entrepreneurs in the financial services industry. With her passion for success and will to overcome all obstacles, Ms. Barber has expanded her operation to 15 offices and leads a team of 500 licensed financial professionals.
As a female in the financial services space she encourages and empowers women to enter and succeed in the financial arena and in entrepreneurship. In 2019, Fradel was notably nominated as a "Women of Wall Street" by Schneps Media where she was honored as a being a passionate, ambitious and brilliant woman, for her influence in banking and finance, and for her empowerment of the next generation of female financial leaders.
Learn more about Fradel and her work at fradelbarber.com and connect with her on your preferred social media spot @fradelbarber.
About the Host
Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.
Sign up for a FREE 30-minute Career Break strategy session with Janice here.
Visit the Money, Career, & Motherhood website, Facebook page, and follow on Instagram.
Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.
Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!
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Leave us an iTunes review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.
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Ep 54: Stepping into the adult life you were meant to lead with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Too many adults are living lives where they feel like passive participants rather than the creators of their destiny. In this eye-opening discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, we discuss the challenges many individuals face as they attempt to step into their adult life, the actions that caused a generational shift in how we view adulting, and what is possible when we step into the adult life we were meant to lead.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How the fundamental capacities of agency and resilience are underdeveloped in young adults who were over-parented as children
- How fear and learned helplessness can result as an adult for those who aren’t given the opportunity to grow independently
- The questions we need to ask ourselves when trying to quiet the voice of what others think we should do and begin acting on what we want our path to be
About the Guest:
Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor with CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. A third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, will be out in April 2021.
Julie is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford dean, and she holds a BA from Stanford, a JD from Harvard, and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. She serves on the board of Common Sense Media, and on the advisory board of LeanIn.Org, and she is a former board member at Foundation for a College Education, Global Citizen Year, The Writers Grotto, and Challenge Success. She volunteers with the hospital program No One Dies Alone.
She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner of over thirty years, their young adults, and her mother.
Learn more about Julie’s work and her new book Your Turn: How to Be an Adult at:
Buy the book: https://bookshop.org/books/your-turn-how-to-be-an-adult/9781250137777
Julie’s website: julielythcotthaims.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jlythcotthaims
Twitter: twitter.com/jlythcotthaims
Instagram: instagram.com/jlythcotthaims
About the Host
Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.
Sign up for a FREE 30-minute Career Break strategy session with Janice here.
Visit the Money, Career, & Motherhood website, Facebook page, Facebook group, or on Instagram.
Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.
Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!
Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile dev...
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Ep 56: Women and Wealth with Fradel Barber
This week on the podcast I continue the conversation with Fradel Barber, financial advisor and CEO of World Financial Group about the relationship women have with money, the disconnect within the financial services industry, and how she is helping women become more financially empowered.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- One of the biggest reasons many women don’t get involved in their financial planning
- The mindset shift that needs to happen for women to make financial empowerment and literacy a priority
- How women differ in their financial needs from men as they age
About the Guest:
As a visionary entrepreneur in the financial services industry, Fradel is passionate about financial education for all types of people, regardless of their social status or income; entrepreneurship, personal and business development and increasing the number of successful women in the business world and leadership roles. As CEO of World Financial Group she has spearheaded the entrepreneurial expansion throughout the East and West coast, developing and leading successful entrepreneurs in the financial services industry. With her passion for success and will to overcome all obstacles, Ms. Barber has expanded her operation to 15 offices and leads a team of 500 licensed financial professionals.
As a female in the financial services space she encourages and empowers women to enter and succeed in the financial arena and in entrepreneurship. In 2019, Fradel was notably nominated as a "Women of Wall Street" by Schneps Media where she was honored as a being a passionate, ambitious and brilliant woman, for her influence in banking and finance, and for her empowerment of the next generation of female financial leaders.
Learn more about Fradel and her work at fradelbarber.com and connect with her on your preferred social media spot @fradelbarber.
About the Host
Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.
Sign up for a FREE 30-minute Career Break strategy session with Janice here.
Visit the Money, Career, & Motherhood website, Facebook page, and follow on Instagram.
Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.
Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!
Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile device.
Leave us an iTunes review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.
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