Rosie Z.
Keynote Speaker and Executive Career Strategist at No Woman Left Behind
Women Empowerment
Education: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Chicago, IL, USA
Biography
Rosie Zilinskas is the Executive Career Coach behind the “No Woman Left Behind” brand, which includes the “No Woman Left Behind” podcast, career-building services, mentoring support group, and consultancy. She also coauthors the Bestselling book, “Engaging Speakers - Voices of Truth.” She is deeply passionate about supporting women to advance on equal footing within the Corporate world.
As a bilingual storyteller, Rosie provides education, empowerment, training, and tools to women at the heart of their corporate careers, helping them to recapture money left on the table and to eliminate the gender gap in the workplace. As the Executive Vice President at a Fortune 500 insurance company, Rosie witnessed hundreds of women operating at and being compensated at levels far below their potential and is committed to changing the future of work for women everywhere.
With over thirty years of corporate leadership experience to help support her clients, Rosie has geared her entire enterprise and core mission around elevating
women’s self-confidence and capabilities, thereby elevating their potential. She believes serving women in this way benefits society and raises a more
empowered next generation.
Passion
Women's leadership; Women supporting women; Confident Women; Women having a career where they are fulfilled and have a life they love!
Featured Video
I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions
Topics
Origin Story
I work in the insurance industry as an Underwriter. I dream of being in management and playing a bigger game to lead and influence people. I want to make a difference in the organization. I go from being average to a top performer in one year. I then start making inquiries about leadership opportunities. I scheduled a meeting with a senior executive, and I explained to him that I was interested in a management role. After I gave him my pitch, he thanked me and said that he was delighted that I expressed interest in management because he would have never considered me for a management position. After a couple of seconds of shock, I ask why. He said that's easy, "you never said anything."
Those four words ring in my head going Ding, Ding, Ding! I realize that I have to speak up for myself! I was head down, working hard, thinking that any day now, someone is going to come and tap me on the shoulder and ask me to step into a management position. But...nobody ever came. I realized that I had the power to change my situation. Six months later, I finally stepped into a management role. For the first time in my life, I start campaigning for myself.
Today, I'm an executive VP for a $50 billion global insurance company. I onboarded new hires over the last six years. I realized that the males are always speaking up first with each cohort, and the females are quiet.
That is when I realized that I had to do something to encourage women to speak up! This is why I started my company to make women aware of how they are holding themselves back and may not even know it!
Welcome to No Woman Left Behind!
Example talks
Know Your Worth: Articulate Your Worth with Massive Confidence, Conviction, and Clarity
Women are often encouraged to negotiate but have yet to learn the art. Women can articulate their worth with massive confidence, conviction, and clarity by developing personal and career success strategies. In her keynote presentation, ‘Know Your Worth: Articulate with Your Worth with Massive Confidence, Conviction, and Clarity,’ Rosie Zilinskas presents how Corporate Women can alter their thinking and behavior to obtain the next level in their careers. Attendees will walk away with strategies to articulate their worth with massive confidence, conviction, and clarity.
This is for:
-Mid-career corporate women dissatisfied with their corporate career advancement progress.
-College students preparing to enter the workforce.
-Female managers and executives advocating for their direct reports’ career advancement.
Learning Outcomes:
-Attendees will learn where to invest their time wisely to discover your bottom line.
-Attendees will learn to Use powerful language to convey massive confidence and how to say it.
-Attendees will learn how to Organize their stories to show that they are the best person for the job.
-Attendees will learn to Prepare to eliminate doubt and insecurity on their next career step permanently
-Attendees will learn to take charge of their career development and advancement for good.
Unlock the Leader Within - Discover the 3 ways we are sabotaging our career advancement
Without the right mindset and focused strategy, women can remain stuck in their corporate careers without knowing why. Their lack of engagement can result in poor career advancement, resulting in lower organizational productivity. In her keynote presentation, ‘Unlock the Leader Within - 3 Ways We are Sabotaging our Career Advancement,’ Rosie Zilinskas presents how female business professionals can stop holding themselves back. Attendees walk away with tools and techniques to immediately learn to empower themselves to be change-makers in their lives and organizations.
This is for:
-Women at early to mid-career levels dissatisfied with their corporate career advancement progress.
-College women preparing to enter the workforce.
-Female managers and executives advocating for their direct reports’ career advancement.
Learning Outcomes:
-Attendees will learn the three paths that catapult them to get a seat at the table.
-Attendees will learn why they’re getting passed up that their boss will never tell them.
-Attendees will find out how to finally take charge of their career development and advancement.
-Attendees will learn why employees do everything right but struggle to climb the ladder.
-Attendees will learn how to permanently eliminate doubt and insecurity on their next career step.