Supercharge Your Innovation Career by Getting Intentional About Your Money

Money has an outsized impact on the choices we make in our professional lives. And when it comes to a career in innovation, there's more at stake.

On average, the number one financial concern for women is monthly expenses.

For men? It's retirement.

This creates a steep, gendered divide in the way money is managed: when women are more focused on short-term financial concerns like paying bills and reducing spending, goals that feel far away (like building wealth) can fall to the wayside.

That's not to say that women aren't saving money - they are, and even at higher rates than men. But when it comes to choosing the right amount of risk necessary to grow that money long-term, a lack of financial confidence gets in the way.

If you've been paying attention, you know that financial stress and low financial confidence are keeping too many women focused on short-term money management rather than long-term growth. There's been an uptick in financial literacy for women, gender-specific investment advice, and a push to make the financial services sector more female-friendly.

We've also seen the development of critical programs to get more women in leadership roles, teamwork across industries and sectors to promote equal pay and diverse representation to help women get not just a seat but a voice at The Table.

But the fight to close the financial confidence gap and the battle to advance women in the workforce have generally been separate endeavors... until now.

With the first WIN x RSM Learning Cohort, we're tackling a key driver of the leadership gap: money.

Let's break this down. Two individuals with the same career history, the same role, and even the same financial situation can have two very different career paths based on their relationship with money.

If Person A is worried about everyday expenses, that stress can keep them from feeling like it's the right time to go after their dream job or from feeling confident enough about money to ask for a raise or promotion.

Meanwhile, Person B, who pays more attention to their monthly portfolio growth than their automatic bill payments, is researching what skills are needed to get the job they really want, and frequently refreshing their list of accomplishments over the past year just in case small talk with their boss turns into a prime moment for "the money talk."

Person B is more likely to get the raise, the promotion, and end up in the career they really want within the next several years, while Person A focuses on short-term solutions to financial worries.

For any career, the gap in the accomplishments of Person A and Person B will widen as time goes on.

But for careers in innovation, the potential of someone with a growth money mindset to professionally outpace a person with financial stress is even more remarkable.

The impact of money on our professional lives doesn't stop with our career choices; it bleeds into the way we develop and leverage our best assets: creativity, innovation, and an open mind.

‘Stress is the enemy of creativity.’

- Will Meier, The Next Web

We've all read articles like "the 18 habits of the best leaders" and "the 7 things the most successful people do every day," which are usually packed with brain boosters like meditating, free-journaling, reading, or listening to podcasts... for a good reason.

According to Lolly Daskal, author of The Leadership Gap, great innovators need to make innovation a daily routine: "Great innovators have the habit of learning and innovating. It's not something they do by accident, but through a daily ritual of exploration and trying new things."

In other words, creating space for innovation means creating headspace, and that's hard to do with financial stress because of the amount of time and energy it devours:

• 60% of employers report that personal financial issues cause their employees to lose focus,
• Employees with financial stress are 2x more likely to have productivity impacted by financial worries.
• 58% of people say finances control their lives

When advancing to leadership requires you to cultivate a leadership mindset in your daily life, there's no room for money stress.

You can tackle your money challenges, head on, with a focus on the specific money barriers to a thriving career in innovation.

We've created an intimate, specific money coaching program that helps women like you get past the money blocks that have been keeping you from:

• feeling confident going after the raise, promotion, or career you really want;
• prioritizing the development of your innovative skillset;
• and embracing opportunities to level up your career.

You'll leave with specific goals to get what you want out of your career, a new way to align your spending with your personal and professional values, and a new money role model to practice a growth mindset with your money and your career.

Stop letting money get in the way of what you really want. (Your innovation career depends on it).

Learn more and sign up below.