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Beyond Brands by SMA | Episode 6 with Lauragaye Jackson

Lauragaye Jackson · 23 March 2026

Entrepreneur · Executive Coach · Leadershipin
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Key topicsJob loss can be a turning point if you prepare, protect your narrative, and rebuild with intentionJob loss and restructuring can feel destabilizing, but Lauragaye can turn this into a practical and empowering conversation. She can speak to preparing before an exit happens, including negotiating exit terms in an employment contract, saving performance records and key contacts, and taking time after the exit to heal before networking again. The bigger message is that job loss can become a turning point for a new career, new business, or new version of leadership when people rebuild their confidence and narrative intentionally. High-performing women can become invisible because they are still trying to earn the roomMany capable women are promoted because they are prepared, reliable, and able to carry complexity, but those same habits can keep them stuck in proof mode long after they have earned authority. The problem is not confidence in the abstract; it is the quiet pattern of over-preparing, softening opinions, and waiting to be recognised instead of shaping how they are seen. Lauragaye brings this from both sides: years inside senior corporate environments and now coaching leaders who are trying to shift from being valued for output to being trusted for judgment. For women in business, leadership, career, and executive development podcasts, this gives listeners a concrete conversation about visibility, influence, and the cost of staying too useful. Your business does not need another marketing tactic when the real gap is senior judgmentFounders often assume slow growth means they need a better campaign, more content, or a new funnel, when the real issue is that the business has outgrown tactical marketing and now needs senior-level judgment. Lauragaye can frame this around the value of a Fractional CMO: someone who can clarify positioning, assess what is working, connect marketing to commercial goals, and help the business decide what to stop doing. This is especially relevant for SMBs, scale-ups, and founder-led companies that need strategic leadership before they are ready for a full-time executive hire. View all topics →

About Lauragaye Jackson

Lauragaye Jackson, podcast guest

Global Marketing Leader and Executive Coach

MBA Schulich School of BusinessDual accredited ICF ACC and Association for CoachingChartered Marketer Canadian Marketing Association5 sectors CPG, retail, insurance, finance & resources

Lauragaye Jackson is a global B2B and B2C marketer whose career has taken her through Fortune 500 companies in CPG, retail, insurance, financial services, and natural resources, leading work across Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean. She has spent years building brands, shaping full-funnel strategies, and helping organizations connect with everyone from high-net-worth clients to mass, newcomer and multicultural consumers. What runs through that work is a sharp understanding of people: how trust is built, how buying decisions are made, and how marketing lands differently across cultures, life stages, and markets.

Her experience sits at the intersection of brand and performance. Lauragaye has led teams, developed content that engages, and used digital strategy to drive quality leads and profitable growth, all while working inside complex businesses where relevance matters as much as reach. Having worked across industries and geographies, she brings a practical understanding of how companies grow without losing sight of the people they are trying to serve.

That perspective became more personal when her own successful career took an unexpected turn. When her executive role was eliminated, Lauragaye found herself confronting questions many accomplished professionals know sense privately: what happens when the title changes, how confidence holds up during disruption, and how to keep evolving and reinventing when the next chapter is not yet clear?

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