Women’s History Month: 3 Women, 3 Paths to Leadership and Impact w/ Lauren Langston, Jennifer Schutz and Melissa Korzun

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In honor of Women’s History Month, this episode features three very accomplished female leaders — Jennifer Schutz, Lauren Langston, and Melissa Korzun — sharing candid insights on their career journeys, pivotal moments, and the mindset shifts behind their success. The conversation highlights how growth comes not from linear paths, but from embracing opportunity, building confidence, and leading with authenticity.

Key Topics Covered

How curiosity, adaptability, and unplanned opportunities shape successful careers
Why leaning into challenges accelerates growth and opens new doors
The role of self-awareness and authenticity in effective leadership
The shift from execution to communication, influence, and alignment as you grow
How to reframe setbacks as learning opportunities

Book Recommendations for Leadership & Career Growth

Melissa’s Recommendations

Crucial Conversations — Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
Radical Candor — Kim Scott
The Secrets of Six-Figure Women — Barbara Stanny
Switch — Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Lead with a Story — Paul Smith

Jennifer’s Recommendations

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office — Lois P. Frankel
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win — Jocko Willink
How Women Rise — Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith
The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greene
Your Brain at Work — David Rock

Lauren’s Recommendations

Designing Your Life — Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Powerful — Patty McCord
Amp It Up — Fred Slootman
Scaling People — Claire Hughes Johnson
Conscious Business — Fred Kofman

Banoo Behboodi

Vice President, Success Engineering

Banoo Behboodi is a 20+ year software and services leader with extensive experience executing change initiatives with oversight of Customer Success, Professional Services and Delivery and Consulting functions. Banoo’s earlier experiences with AT&T Mobility, Coca-Cola Company and Ernst & Young leading key transformational and compliance projects, provided the foundation needed to be an effective leader and a change agent with a customer first mindset. Banoo is passionate about driving continuous improvement through sharing best practices and empowering resources through technology and analytics to optimize performance and job satisfaction while driving business outcomes.

Brent Trimble

Vice President, Value Engineering

Brent brings more than 15+ year’s of leadership experience in Management Consulting, Strategic Delivery, Marketing services and product development firms to his technology role at Kantata. As the VP of Value Engineering and the Managing Director of Marketing Service & Agency Vertical, he specializes in identifying process improvement potential, business optimization and key health metrics for alignment and orientation.

With deep business understanding through an operator lens - Brent works with Kantata partner firms to refine intrinsic and extrinsic value drivers - giving firm principals the focus required for adoption, mobilization, value realization and ultimately - success.

Prior to joining Kantata, Brent was a client of the platform and held positions at Interpublic Group, Accenture, WPP, and independent marketing consulting firms.