Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

Yesterday I did an episode on taking a stay-cation.  In this episode, I want to take it a step further.  You see, not only do I want you to walk away understanding that you need to take time away from work for your mental health, to build up and develop your team, but I also want you to understand that when you do take time off, you must truly be off.  Ultimately, working while on P...

While you can't go on a vacation like you have been planning or even like the ones you have had in the past, you can and should still schedule a stay-cation and put down the work.  You need the mental break! At the start of the pandemic in the US, I recorded an episode about preparing your team for your next vacation.  Oh yes, this was during the time that we thought we would be back in...

Isn't it obvious that I love to talk about talking? 😁  I mean, everything stems from communication in my world so naturally, one of the key aspects I want to help you with is communication. So today, we are going to focus on how you as a leader can help your team establish communication times. You have a life you are trying to live, right?  We call that our Legendary Life.  When yo...

Have you experienced someone having an emotional outburst at work?  I definitely have, most of which has been crying episodes.  I have had several people cry in meetings throughout my career and had it has always shocked me.  Not because we can't be emotional at work.  We have already discussed how emotions build connection and connection builds trust.  So we have to be em...

We regularly discuss doing. your monthly review of your business performance.  It's a no-brainer and very much part of your monthly routine.  But what about a monthly review of your time and personal goals?  How did you do with sticking to your calendar, spending your time where you needed to spend it,  etc.?  Ultimately, did you achieve your personal goals? Remember that...

Oh, I hate to fail.  I mean, let's be honest for a second.  People say all of the time that failures teach us what we need to grow through to be stronger.  Failure teaches us to be better.   And while I appreciate the political correctness of those statements, for just a second I want to tell you that I hate to fail.  But I have had to get over it.  Because here...

As business leaders, we are constantly learning.  If we aren't learning, our business isn't thriving.  I think that learning and business leadership go hand in hand.  We are constantly learning about our people, ourselves, our business, and the overall business world.  But let me ask you a question you may not have thought about, how do you learn? You see, if you are a lifelong...

How do you communicate?  What is your communication style and who are you attracting as a result?  For me, I communicate directly, or as I normally say, "I'm clear and direct." The clients and people that I have worked with and currently work with understanding that.  They appreciate my style, they want information shared with them in this manner, and they don't want fluff or indire...

This episode is all about you!  I want you to learn how to create and build your accomplishments routine.  You see, we are business leaders and as such we expect that we are going to learn something new and grow through problems each and every day.  Because we have these expectations of ourselves, we actually downplay the growth we experience as business leaders. That's so unfair! &...

We have talked regularly about how the pandemic is impacting our businesses.  In various episodes of the Legendary Leaders podcast, we have discussed how it can affect mindset, and how we push ourselves forward; we have discussed changes in business processes because we could be producing or providing our services in a new way, and we have discussed leadership methodologies because we are all...

You don't have to be liked to be a leader.  I completely agree with that.  Now, don't freak out and say, "But Katrina, you said I have to build trust in my team, and to build trust, I have to be trustworthy.  How can I be considered a leader of someone who doesn't like me?" I'm glad you asked.  😁  The answer to that is that your direct reports do need to be able to trust...

In various chats, business-related Facebook groups, etc. I'm consistently seeing that the number one issue people are facing right now is hiring for their businesses.  First, I love this because this means their businesses are growing.  It's a good problem to have, right?  If you are struggling with hiring right now, I want to challenge you to hire for the job you created. Now I kno...

I continue to focus on sharing information around business processes, business improvements, and how to have the right mindset to propel your business forward.  We all change our messaging to try to land our communication in a way, in a tone, in the right words, etc. that resonate with our customers.  As I continue to work on the messaging for Legend, one of the key learnings I want to i...

If you are like me, or how I used to be rather, sometimes you get trapped in the cycle of dissatisfaction.  It's the cycle perfectionists and overachievers fall into on a regular basis.   Essentially, we look at a business metric and we want to improve it. Let's say we want to grow our email list from 10,000 people to 50,000 people.  As soon as we make a commitment, as soon as we al...

Do you want to be a more effective and efficient leader?  Have you established your expected communication routines with your team?  If not, build a cadence of communication.  You know that I regularly talk about communication as a part of your leadership. But I have watched leaders move forward with a team and hound them to death each day, asking for updates, wanting to know every...

I have recently talked about you being the anchor for your team, right?  How there are still a large number of unknowns in the minds and lives of our team and therefore we as leaders have to be their constant, their anchor.  The other action we must own and execute regularly with our teams is providing clarity around team goals and roles. As you sit down and look at your business, what d...

When I ask individuals how they run their business, execute a process, or simply get stuff done I have heard this same response off and on, "I just get it done" or "this is what I do."  🤔  I don't know that that's the right answer, my friend.  You see, both action and documentation are needed in order to be successful. You need to have a process around documenting SOPs.  Just...

You know I recorded an episode recently about self-care and being a role model to others when it comes to self-care.  I mentioned routines as a way of ensuring you are taking care of yourself and as you know, I regularly talk about my morning routine.  I teach my clients about a solid morning routine and having a win to carry forward into the workday.  But it struck me yesterday tha...

You know I always bring forward questions that people ask me, conversations that I have, etc.  So just FYI, you have been warned that a conversation you and I have together will come upon this podcast (confidentially of course!).  That said, I talk about stories a lot, and I share stories, as you already know because you are listening to my podcast.  I tell stories because telling s...

Are you sitting in a state of overwhelming right now?  As you know, I connect with a lot of people on a daily basis so I tend to hear some common threads from time to time.   What I am finding is that a lot of people, especially female business leaders that are also spouses, moms, and the like, are all experiencing overwhelm due to a lack of answers. What does that mean?  It me...

Have you ever worked with someone who has a bad attitude?  I'm talking, someone who is just a jerk?  They are hateful, act as they know it all, and ultimately piss everyone off.  I have.  What I don't get is why do companies allow that person to stay?  Don't they know that employees with bad attitudes damage your brand? You know exactly who I'm talking about don't you? &nb...

I have done a previous episode on working a 9-5 and creating your own business on the side, aka running your own business and someone else's. But I continue to run into questions from friends and clients around the best course of action, and if it has changed during the pandemic. You see,  I continue to see posts on social media that say something like "celebrate with me, I just quit my job t...

You started the year strong.  You had a group of like-minded women around you to help you stay focused, listen to your concerns, share suggestions and ideas, and you were ready to knock out 2020.  Then, to everyone's surprise, COVID hit.  Now you are questioning if the Inner Circle from January is still the same group.  Do you need a new inner circle? The answer could actually...

I continue to connect via phone/video with friends, colleagues, family, clients, etc. throughout this social distancing period.  The one thing that I continue to see is people putting their heads down and working.  They are hustling; trying to get it done.  But they are going to a place of tasks, not a place of happiness.  In this ever-changing world, I'm challenging you today...

From time to time you know I share with you my pet peeves.   They pretty much stem from a lack of fairness in the way someone leads, inefficiencies in processes, and things like a lack of ownership that then impact my ability to be successful.  So I'm going to share another pet peeve today, it's around emails.  And I'm going to challenge you to build solid email routines. Yes,...