Drink Like a Lady Podcast

As the world transitions out of the pandemic, women executives are entering a changed workplace. Being a great leader in this space means more than just management skills. It's about empathy, compassion and understanding what everyone's up against.  Joya and Kathie offer us six insights into the post-pandemic workplace, from the exponential growth of e-commerce and the increased demand f...

Welcome back to our Fourth (4th) Episode of 2021 Drink Like a Lady In Season 3 of the podcast, we are exploring the growth opportunities post pandemic.  In today's episode, we are tackling the opportunities for innovation. Note that: 80% of consumers will switch to another company after just ONE poor customer experience, 59% of consumers will care more about their customer experience than the...

Season 3 of "Drink Like a Lady" is focused on the growth opportunities in 2021. We are looking in the rearview mirror of 2020 and sharing what we learned from the pandemic. Today’s episode explores the changes to the GIG Economy. Since everyone began working from home during the pandemic, the 'gig' economy becomes the new way that many Americans will participate in the workforc...

Welcome back to our Second (2) Episode of 2021 Drink Like a Lady  Last week, we looked back at 2020 and shared examples of companies, industries that GREW during the pandemic. This week we focus on CUSTOMER SERVICE and how that has changed Last week I interviewed the CEO and Founder of Silk + Sonder. She talked about doubling down on customer service. Your existing customers, this who already conv...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Drink Like a Lady.  With the pandemic,  our personal lives were disrupted.  The way we do business was disrupted. Business models, products and services, team building and culture building were scrutinized in a way we haven't seen in 10 years. Companies that weren't early adopters of technology --now are. More are obsessed with analytics in order to learn abou...

The good news is that negotiating skills can be learned and perfected. Let's show your how.  1.        Prepare fully. Do your research at fairy godboss or glassdoor. Know what your seat commands. Ask your peers. Ask mentors. a.       In general, people don't like what they believe they're not good at b.       I once have a friend who I admire for how she negotiated her bonus's,...

Whenever you’re ready, there are 3 ways I can help you: Join the Samita Lab Mastermind . Join 7 other women leaders in the core program that sits at the center of my business model. The Mastermind teaches you exactly how to build a powerful person brand and the mindset to support it. It culminates in a keynote in front of an audience at the end. I only enroll for this program once a year. The wait...

WHERE DO LIMITING BELIEFS AROUND MONEY COME FROM Women were brought up with a negative money mindset. This can be generationally transmitted. Professor Steve Peters explains that the female tendency to conform and let the man deal with safeguarding the nest by how our primitive part of the brain works (=(The Chimp) operates.  This is the part of the brain that contains all the natural drives and i...

Having a global perspective enables you to learn from others, and can open up your business to new opportunities. It can also help you grow in new ways. Further training to ensure that business leaders can effectively make decisions within a leadership role is top of mind for management Going back to our earlier episodes this season on mindsets and where our beliefs come from, we often take on a b...

Today we are focused on the COMPANY WE KEEP to anchor in a new belief system. You have heard the phrase, We are the sum of the 5 people we spend time with. This relates to the law of averages, which is the theory that the result of any given situation will be the average of all outcomes Who are the 5 people you should surround yourself with #1 Take a hard look at friends and family For Joya to ans...

The 90/10% Rule The subconscious mind is like the court stenographer. Its recording every trauma that has happened to us. Maybe it was the first time we got fired. Every bad thing that someone has said to us. That time that someone called us fat.   Left unchecked, all of that ’stuff’ and scripts in our subconscious is operating on autopilot. I’m not deserving I’m not worthy I can never do that. Wh...

People with a growth mindset don’t see failure as the end of the journey. They view failure as an integral part of the growth process. Because of this, these individuals are better able to bounce back from failure. Failure is the first step to success. Here are five ways you can practice a growth mindset and embrace failure. 1. LOOK FOR  CHALLENGES  If you are afraid of failure, seek a challenge t...

It is absolutely imperative to strong and progressive leadership to understand the difference between open mindsets and fixed mindsets. The most successful leaders are focused on growing their skills, their approaches to business and problem solving, and their teams. This growth mindset is based on the belief that the basic qualities that we have can continuously be cultivated to move us forward a...

Season 2 of Drink Like A Lady explores the most powerful ingredient to success and that is mindset.  Each of us brings skills and talents to the table, but mindset is key to the mindset happening.   1. What exactly defines beliefs and mindsets? And let's explore why these definitions guide us to understanding not only ourselves but others in our career.  Our brains create up to 60,000 thought...

With the ever increased  “reordering” of businesses, many of our listeners have the new opportunity to move up from an individual contributor to a manager of others . As we discussed in previous episodes, self-leadership and building of our leadership brand has gotten some of you to a place where you are being asked to MANAGE A TEAM. Exciting? Or Frightening? Overwhelmed? Or…How can I best meet th...

Why Women Need to Delegate? You need to be more essential and less involved. When you justify your hold on work, you’re confusing being involved with being essential . But the two are not the same — just as being busy and being productive are not necessarily equal. To know if you’re guilty of holding on to too much, answer this simple question: If you had to take an unexpected week off work, would...

“I NEED A BREAK!.” But my work consumes me. We are doers. We accomplish. We take action. We resist the temptation to rest. But rest is an important key to effectiveness and productivity. ... You will have the stamina to move through the different seasons of leadership and have a greater chance of leave a lasting legacy. So first we will talk about where this came from. Why do we resist taking brea...

There’s a good chance the leader was someone who gave you an opportunity to prove yourself to yourself. Leading through opportunity requires matching the opportunity to the person and then helping him or her exploit the opportunity for all it’s worth. Doing that means attending to these four factors: 1. Know Your Employees: Be knowledgeable about the backgrounds, needs, and desires of your employe...

1. Communication Style Oral and written messages must be clear and specific. Employees generally want to do good work and align their priorities with what they perceive the leader wants. The more effectively a leader communicates his or her priorities, the more effort team members will contribute to accomplish them. Effective leaders provide clear and frequent communication regarding business prio...

1. Support and encourage people to lead themselves Part of your role as a leader is to fuel the inspiration and confidence your staff need to lead themselves. Consider that if you want the best from people, they must first believe they're capable of more, and then that giving more matters.  What's more effective, Getting the fish. Or teaching a man to fish. Culture starts from hire #1 Me...

Episiode 1 we talked about the merit of the pivot as a leader Episode 2 we talk about empathy as a leader Episode 3 we talk about building a leadership brand Your leadership brand is how you work with others to produce results. So how do you build a leadership brand?  5 steps 1. What results do you want to achieve in the next year? What are the expectations of those you serve, rather than your per...

About this episode Last week, we talked about the merit of the pivot. This became important during the pandemic. This week, we talk about empathy. The pandemic demonstrated that we need to be human first and show empathy as leaders.  1. Amp Up Your Emotional Game. Basically all the virtual forms of communication lessen the emotions that come through to the receiving end.   Make it clear when you d...

The pandemic has taught us a great deal about the importance of the pivot. Women are actually great pivoters because of a high degree of emotional intelligence, communication skills, and the ability to build community. Explore the power of “pivoting” in your business and how with the COVID19 situation you can create impact by relooking at your brand and business Why is this so important for the fu...