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March 11, 2024 • 66 mins

šŸŽ™ļø From Aerospace Engineer to Women-in-STEM Coach: Why Cassie Leonard Left Her Prestigious Role at Boeing

After a high-paying corporate role at Boeing, Cassie Leonard walked away to build ELMM Coaching—helping women and working parents lead with clarity, courage, and boundaries



šŸ” What You’ll Learn:

  • When quitting can be your path to sucess: Why it’s okay to leave a prestigious, high-paying job if it no longer aligns
  • There is no such thing as a "too steep career transition": What a career pivot looks like after 16 years in aerospace engineering
  • How to draw inspiration from within: How to build a coaching business from a deep well of lived experience
  • Overcome outdated leadership practices: What working parents in STEMM need that no performance review will give them
  • Set yourself for sucess: Why boundaries, self-awareness, and reimagining success are key in mid-career reinvention




🧠 About the Guest:

Cassie Leonard is a former aerospace engineer who spent 16 years rising through the ranks at Boeing—leading large, complex technical teams and delivering high-impact results. But despite the title and salary, she knew something was missing. Cassie left her ā€œgolden cageā€ and launched ELMM Coaching, a business helping women in STEMM—especially working parents—design careers that support the lives they actually want. She's also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, STEM Moms.




šŸ“Œ Episode Highlights:

  • 00:00 From childhood dreams to UCLA aerospace engineering
  • 03:45 Being the only woman in a room of 35 engineers
  • 06:22 16 years at Boeing: growth, leadership, and insight
  • 10:41 The moment she knew it was time to leave
  • 16:09 Starting ELMM Coaching and writing STEM Moms
  • 23:15 Challenges and fears in leaving corporate
  • 27:40 What women in STEM really need to hear in mid-career
  • 32:10 How coaching creates space for reinvention
  • 38:22 Cassie’s reflections on purpose, parenting, and success



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šŸ¤” Reflection Time:

  • Are you in a ā€œgolden cageā€? Does your title or paycheck mask a deeper misalignment?
  • What would it look like to choose clarity and autonomy over convention?
  • Who could you become if you stopped optimizing for someone else’s version of success?


Want to craft a career story that opens doors?

I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.

šŸ“¬ Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn 


 

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