Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

I was recently asked how I would recommend a new program be implemented in a business. My answer was to focus on project management before implementation.  Most people do not think about it in those terms. Many of us get so excited about the end result that we forget about all of the development and planning that goes into a successful launch. In today’s episode, I try to hit the high points...

Did you know you can cut through information overload by selecting your mentors? Right now, I need to cut through what about you? My inbox has been blowing up these past few weeks with free webinars, classes, etc. Because of all of this free and valuable information, I have been trying to find a way to eliminate the noise and determine who I need to listen to at this point.   It's the ba...

Did you know you can push past your frustration with a list? While you have been hanging in like a champ, pushing through and making it happen in business and in life, no doubt there may be a little frustration and exhaustion setting in at this point. You may be asking yourself, “Is this ever going to end?” You have been working, cooking, cleaning, teaching, leading, remodeling the house, landscap...

Yesterday I spent time listening to some training, some podcasts, and some live webinars learning more so that I could be more and do more in Legend.  Did you know that you can grow your business by knowing yourself?  I think maybe I knew that on the surface, but after I spent time yesterday doing the Love-Hate Matrix by Grace Lever, it became a true reality for me. The Love-Hate Matrix...

Do Work Around the House for a Mental Break: Working from home is probably taking a toll on the lot of us at this point. Not because it isn’t productive, but because it is mentally draining. We all need to feel moments of accomplishment throughout our day and week.. “I am going to celebrate my achievement of 10 conference calls today!” Said no one ever. The work we are doing leaves many of us feel...

What are CPIs and how do you use them? In an article written by Gene Cornfield published in HBR recently, he talks about CPIs: Customer Performance Indicators.  Yesterday I talked about looking at your performance for the month of April, creating a solid, more specific, plan for the month of May, then executing on those plans. How do you create, measure, and tie to KPIs your new CPIs? And why...

Today is May 1st, which means you need to assess April's results to improve your game plan. April was the first full month our businesses went through the remote work/stay-at-home orders. Schedule time to review your financials, customer feedback, volume, advertising results, etc.  Now, many people are going to say that April was an anomaly and they will write it off in their minds as such an...

As we continue to work remotely, it’s time to re-establish a communication cadence with your team. Maybe you have noticed it, maybe it hasn’t happened to you yet, but if you’re like me, your team has started to bombard you with texts and calls more than ever before over the past few weeks. When I focused on finding the why, I discovered that it wasn’t because they were tackling new tasks or newlin...

Today's episode is centered on resetting a work relationship remotely.   Most of us are hosting the majority of our business interactions through webinar/video conferencing platforms. We know that this limits our ability to use our emotional intelligence skills to ascertain someone’s engagement much less their feelings. So what do you do when you think someone is upset by a comment or ch...

In yesterday’s episode, we talked about trying to regain control when we feel like our environment is out of control. But when it comes to leading a team, provide support not control.  Ultimately, our goal as business owners and leaders is to exceed our customer’s expectations. To do that, we start to believe that we must have the perfect business and the perfect product. But right out of the...

Are you thinking about building on your personal routine? I don’t know about you, but with the stay-at-home orders extended and school being canceled for the rest of this school year, I feel like the finish line I created in my mind just got moved. What do I mean by that? Most of us create a point in time to focus on when we are going through a hardship or a significant amount of change.  For...

Running and owning a business is lonely, which is why you have to be purposeful about your circle.  We all need a group of people we can turn to for feedback, answers, ideas, and celebration. We know that our families love us and our friends are happy for us, but until they are in business themselves, they haven't walked a mile in your shoes, right?  But how do you find your circle?&nbsp...

Now that the bulk of meetings are through video conferencing, how do you simplify your video presentations? The problem is that remotely, we can’t use our emotional intelligence to read the room and gauge understanding or interest. The goal then is to try to eliminate this need as much as possible by keeping your presentations simple, clear, and direct. But what does that look like?  Where do...

You have your vision map and your next step map. You have your recovery game plan. Now you need to pivot your message!  In a previous episode, I challenged you to find your customers where they are, then speak to them based on your offer. This episode focuses on the fact that you need to pivot your message for today’s world. Your customers are still there.  Your product or service is sti...

Are you keeping yourself on track? Yesterday I challenged you to create your recovery plan. But today is here and you still haven’t done it. Are you procrastinating?  In this episode, I help you identify some behaviors and emotions that may be holding you back. Maybe you are getting lost in emails, or distracted by some great ideas that you want to research. It could be that you aren’t waking...

What is your recovery game plan? As various states and the nation as a whole start to reopen, what is your strategy for your business? How are you going to "reopen?" During the stay-at-home orders we have experienced, your business has naturally fallen into one of three groups: growth, status quo, or negatively impacted. In order to propel your business forward, all three of these groups need a ga...

With the changes in the economy and job market, many people are trying to learn how to successfully start a new business. These new entrepreneurs, and maybe you are one of them, have had dreams of creating a business but never the courage. However, with the changes in the world today, many people are taking the leap.  I am seeing this happen firsthand with some of the individuals I interact w...

As we continue to work in a remote environment, the desire to eliminate ineffective remote meetings is an emotion we are all experiencing right now. Remote meetings are exhausting, lack collaboration and human connection, and waste time when done ineffectively.   If we want to feel like our time is being well-spent, video conferences have to change, and as the leader of your team, you ha...

When remote work turns into procrastination: In yesterday’s episode, I challenged you to assess your team; however, I realized last night that I didn’t share with you a third performance level you could be encountering. Procrastination.  While you probably have the majority of your team delivering in their zone or approaching burnout, a small group of people may fall into the "procrastination...

As a leader, the requirement to encourage self-care with your team hasn’t ended.  If anything, you may need to increase your conversations and direction over how much work you want to be accomplished during a day, what breaks need to look like, etc.  What I am seeing right now are two camps of people. Both groups have mastered their “normal” day-to-day. But one group finishes that “norma...

You're only people away from your next objective.  I listened to a webinar yesterday by Casey Graham, the CEO of Gravy and this is one of the comments he made.  He was talking about 7 moves to make in order to create a valuable company.  There were tons of amazing nuggets he shared in that webinar, but what keeps going around in my mind was his focus on people, and that's what I am...

When different passions create risk: In continuing to think about building a brand through creating teams, I thought about an article I read several months ago. The article was focused on business partners and essentially said there are three types of entrepreneurial passions: the creation of a product/service, growth of the business, or relationship development.   If each business partn...

In this last episode of the 3-part series: three keys to building a successful brand, today's episode is centered on leadership.  No doubt you saw this one coming, but you may be surprised by the 3 pieces of leadership Robert Kiyosaki shares that are required to help build your brand. The first piece of leadership is being visionary.  We have talked about this one in the past, so this pi...

Today is the second day in a mini-series of 3, focused on the three keys to building a successful brand; today’s topic is the team.  Robert Kiyosaki says that business is like a test you took in school, that tests were given to you to take alone. He says business is the same way, full of tests. Except in business, if you have a team, you can take the test together. Did you realize that?! &nbs...

Today is the first in a series of 3 episodes focused on three keys to building a successful brand. Today’s topic is your mission.  As we have talked about in other episodes, your brand is tied to who you are and what you stand for. That in turn will establish at least half of your mission. Robert Kiyosaki shared that a business needs a spiritual and a financial mission to be successful. The s...