Rebecca Grimes has spent her career taking on hard things.

As Chief Revenue Officer at SheerID, she leads sales, customer success, marketing, and revenue operations. At home, she and her husband are raising two kids, caring for aging parents, managing a multigenerational household, and somehow still finding time for fifth-grade field day.

In this episode, Rebecca shares the behind-the-scenes story of becoming a CRO, navigating IVF after cancer treatment, raising children later in life, and learning that having it all requires asking for help.

The conversation also takes an important turn into the motherhood penalty, pay equity, and what leaders can do to make workplaces better for the women coming behind them.

Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Meet Rebecca Grimes
(03:15) What a modern Chief Revenue Officer actually owns

(08:29) Moving from marketing into revenue leadership

(10:29) The mistake marketers make about sales

(11:27) Cancer, IVF, and becoming a mom later in life

(15:41) The guilt of returning to work after six weeks

(18:02) You can't do it all without a village

(26:14) The shocking truth about the motherhood penalty

(30:03) How Rebecca eliminated pay gaps on her team

(33:08) Why women need to ask for the raise

(36:25) The hidden compensation gap beyond salary

(40:12) How fair compensation builds long-term loyalty

(42:57) Why great leaders don't hire only their friends

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Connect with Shannon Curran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-sweeny-curran/

Connect with Rebecca Grimes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalgrimes/

Check out SheerID: https://www.sheerid.com/

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