Ungovernable Women: Two fixers. Nothing off limits.
Ungovernable Women Podcast.
Portia Mount and Jabu Dayton are fractional executives, the people behind the scenes that organizations call when something is genuinely broken. Together they've been inside boardrooms and culture crises at the highest levels of business. Every episode, they bring what they actually saw, not the case study version, not the LinkedIn version, the real thing. What happens when a CEO can’t make the hard call. What leadership looks like under pressure versus what it looks like onstage.
This isn’t a podcast about women in business. It’s a podcast about what work
actually is told by two practitioners who’ve been inside it at the highest levels,
Stay ungovernable.
Ungovernable Women: Two fixers. Nothing off limits.
Latest Episodes
Career Resilience in Turbulent Times
Portia and Jabu unpack the realities of career transitions. Whether you are orchestrating a strategic move, navigating layoffs, or facing being fired, you need to stay ready so you don't have to get ready. Portia and Jabu share practical insigh...
Who is Driving the Bus?
Delegation without structure is not empowerment, it’s abandonment with better PR. Portia and Jabu explore the critical issues of leadership and organizational health. They discuss how poor management practices, lack of emotional intelligence, a...
Being “Fixers” in Organizational Chaos
Corporate boardrooms. Startup chaos. Different worlds, same story: someone has to be the fixer. Portia Mount and Jabu Dayton join forces as co-hosts for Season 6 of Ungovernable Women to talk about what it takes to hold organizations together, ...
Intentional Community Building with Amy Jah
Portia is joined by Amy Jah for a conversation about the importance of community in business. Amy is the owner of American Moving and Hauling and the founder of the Sugar Mamas Movement. She shares her entrepreneurial story and explains how her...
Awaken your Rebel Soul with Shelley Paxton
Shelley Paxton, author, speaker, and Chief Soul Officer, joins Portia today for a discussion around what happens when you wake up and realize you want something different out of your life and career. Shelley talks about the power of being hones...