Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

When I interact with potential new clients, friends, even family, just like you, I get asked "what do you do?"  I start talking about Legend Leaders and then I get the inevitable question: tell me more.  So today's episode is to answer that question, what are Legend Leaders, what do you stand for, why do you exist, who do you help, etc.?   Tell me more. As I mentioned in yester...

This is the seventh and final episode in a series focusing on how to successfully take over a new team.  Today we are talking about addressing underperformance which goes hand with yesterday's episode on talent assessments. Remember, you created this team, or you were put over this team to raise the bar and drive change.  In order to do that, you have to assess your talent and have hones...

In this sixth episode in the mini-series focusing on how to successfully take over a new team, we are talking about talent assessments.  How do you assess your talent and have the action-producing conversations to move your team forward?   Talent assessments.  When you read this, no doubt you cringed a bit.  I get it.  Talent assessments are hard.  Why?  Because...

In this fifth episode in a mini-series focusing on how to successfully take over a new team, we are talking about training plans and touch bases.  More specifically, how do you use the two to continue to build relationships and create the T-word, trust, amongst your team?   The first part of this process, training plans, is something you are going to develop within the first few weeks of...

This is the fourth episode in a 7 part mini-series focusing on how to successfully take over a new team. Your focus in taking over a new team is to successfully build relationships, trust, to then get traction in the business.  Today's episode is centered around the idea of turning insights into action.   Yesterday you created a plan on how you were going to ask your team four critical q...

This is the third episode in a mini-series of 7 discussing how to successfully take over a new team.  Today's episode focuses on the next step in the process, gaining insight into what matters to your team.   Gaining insight into what matters to your team is important for several reasons.  First, you want your team to feel heard and you need to create an opportunity to allow that to...

In episode 2 of this mini-series on how to successfully take over a new team, we are going to piggyback off of the introduction session you had yesterday with the team, introducing yourself, and in this phase, you are going to focus on team member introductions.  You have already led by example.  You have shared some personal information about yourself, you have told them what you stand...

This is episode 1 in this mini-series focusing on how to successfully take over a new team, hit the ground running, align everyone, and have some quick but permanent wins.  Today's episode focuses on introducing yourself. Now, I'm sure you know how to introduce yourself.  "Hi, my name is Katrina and I'll be your coach today." 🤦🏻‍♀️   But no, that's not the introduction I'm talking...

Do you know what KPIs are?  Are you using KPIs to take targeted action? If you have been in business for at least a few years now, no doubt you have heard of KPIs (key performance indicators).  But sometimes, business leaders get to a point in their career that when they hear something they think they should know, but they don't know it, so then they avoid learning it.  It's the cra...

Have you ever worked for or with someone who simply doesn't care to know the details of a business, a process, or a decision?  Are you one of those leaders?  If you have ever worked with someone like this, you already know what I am about to say.  If you are one of those leaders, this may come as a surprise but either way, it's true, lack of details results in a lack of trust. ...

Have you taken the time to update your procedures to reflect today's work?  You know what I am talking about.  All of the changes that have happened in our businesses now that we work remotely.  Have you adjusted your standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect the way in which you expect those functions to be done at this point? Before I jump right into this, maybe we should ta...

So a few episodes ago we got your mind right when it comes to creating leaders in your business.  (Go back and check out episode 126 if you missed it.)  But there is one question that remains, how do I create leaders?  The answer is to coach to create a leader. Right now we are busy, super busy!  We are working more while working remotely than we did while working at the office...

Public speaking.  For some of you, you love it.  For others of you, your hands have already started to sweat and your mouth is dry just reading those two words.  No matter how you feel about public speaking, I think we can all agree that a great leader doesn't always equal a great public speaker.  Am I right?   Think about players on a sports team.  They can't speak t...

Yesterday we did the hard work of listing out all of the work we do within our business under two headers, CEO work or employee work.  If you didn't do that yet or you haven't listened to that episode (127), go check it out now and come back!  Because today we are going to talk about conducting your time audit. Yes, I know.  Ugh.  Time audit. Who likes those?  Doesn't it j...

We spend a significant amount of time, especially in the early phase of our business, trying to answer the question: are you the CEO or an employee today?  Each day we wake up to a list of tasks, functions, and responsibilities to tackle in our roles.  Each day it's us against the work, trying to figure out what we can do, what we must do, what we can pass off, or what we can hold out on...

There are always a thousand things we feel like we need to focus on as business leaders.  But one of the most important focuses you can have is to be in the leadership creation business.   What in the heck is that?  Said differently, you should be focused on developing people around you to help lead your organization.  That should be one of your primary focuses. However, I have...

I have to be honest, lately, I have felt a little stuck when it comes to my business.  To me, being stuck means knowing I need to push past something but just not quite able to do it.  This episode is focused on getting unstuck in your business.  My goal is to share with you how I get stuck and the actions I am taking to get "unstuck" such that maybe you can do the same. So what am...

Today's episode is all about me being the little voice in the back of your head that reconfirms what you already know you need to do.  Yep, answering the question: how is your recovery game plan performing?   You see, it's the middle of May.  We all created our recovery game plans at the beginning of the month.  Why?  Because we will NOT fail!  We created our game pla...

One of my friends asked me the other day, "Katrina, what are the mental enemies of success?"  It started off as a simple conversation where we were giving each other updates about our families and businesses, and then she hit me with this.  And if you have learned anything about me by listening to my other episodes, you know that when someone asks me a question like that, I have to think...

As leaders, we are constantly having conversations with our team; some conversations are casual and some conversations deliver direction.  Recently, I was asked how I deliver messages that generate action within my team. I honestly had to think about it for a minute.  This episode is the result of that thoughtful "minute" as I walk you through how I deliver direction to my team where I e...

All of these memes continue to float around, you know the ones: “I’m coming out of quarantine with a new business.” I love the attitude! But how do you actually create a side hustle while working remotely? It may seem like you have a lot of time, but do you really?  In conversations with friends and neighbors, many people see this as a time to not just improve their current business but a tim...

When you hear “start where you are,” do you get excited or scared? Does it make you feel like a weight has been lifted or placed squarely on your shoulders?  You know yesterday I finally got around to putting a desk together for my middle child. It had been sitting in the house for two weeks. I had delayed because I didn’t want to get into a project I knew I wouldn’t be able to finish. Who wa...

Happy Mother's Day!   I have a challenge for you right out of the gate here.  Today I want you to celebrate all of the women who have influenced you and your life. Yes, I'm not waiting until the end of the episode to give you a challenge, because today I have several challenges and you have to get past this challenge to get to the others.  Challenge #1: Instead of simply celebrating...

It’s Saturday for me and I woke up dreaming of my next vacation. Now, I don’t know when that is going to be but I do know I’m ready! So why not start ensuring my team is ready to run the show while I'm gone? My question for you is, is your team ready for your next vacation? Wait. 🤔 What do I need to do to ensure my team is ready you ask? Let’s talk through it.  But first, let’s remember the...

How do you avoid burnout? It was a question I was asked recently. And honestly, I had to actually think about it.  🤔   Like most things in life, we each know that we handle certain decisions, scenarios, or events that come our way. We handle the daily actually.  But many times we don’t truly think about them long enough to identify a pattern of HOW we handle them. It’s like when so...