Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

It's the last Wednesday of the year.  Goodbye 2021, hello 2022.  With that, it's time to wrap up our series on building your 2022 roadmap.  What's left?  You must involve your team.  If you have listened to and have done the activities in the previous episodes, you will remember that I have encouraged you to build a framework for your roadmap.  You should know the key...

We have two weeks left before the end of the year.  It's crunch time, which means we must create your milestone targets if we are going to have a roadmap in place for you to deliver in 2022. Just a quick recap, at this point you should know how you have performed year to date, which levers you need to keep, add, or eliminate to perform to the targets your company has set for 2022, and now you...

Your year in review and your roadmap, this is our topic for the month.  You have been moving right along in you roadmap building process.  From pulling and assessing performance to targets, to determining which KPIs to keep/remove, to the basic fundamentals you must fix next year, you are moving closer and closer to your finalized plan.  Now you must answer the question: where do yo...

In the last month of the year, we are looking ahead!  We are preparing you to exceed your targets in 2022.  Why?  Because you can!  But in order to ensure you exceed your business targets, you must take the proper steps to build an effective roadmap.   This month is all about helping you build that effective roadmap.  Today, let's dive into creating your targets...

Your year in review: if you’re anything like me when I worked in the corporate world, I spent time in December determining how I actually performed, then compared that to where I needed to perform next year.  Last but not least, I then created a plan for the following year.  It always served me well so I thought, why not spend time this month helping you step into that planning process?  In each e...

It’s the end of the month and the end of our series focusing on how we support you here at Legend Leaders.  We are diving into the last of our three pillars, it’s our People Leadership pillar.  Let's talk about developing your people leadership, shall we? Whether you are leading a corporate team, creating a brand new team, or being that team of one, business is all about people.  Wh...

This month on the Legendary Leaders podcast we have been talking about what we do, who we serve, and how we serve at Legend Leaders.  Last week we talked about the first of our three fundamental pillars.  Today, let's talk about the second pillar,  guiding you to develop your business leadership. As a company that defines ourselves as business strategists, you probably thought this...

Last week I introduced you to our ideal client here at Legend Leaders and I also shared with you an overarching view of the 3 pillars we guide our clients through.  Today, we are deep-diving into the first of those 3 pillars: personal leadership. You have heard it said, and we agree, that personal leadership is the driver of all things in business.  One of my personal sayings is: you bri...

During networking events and when talking to potential clients I inevitably get asked, what do Legend Leaders do exactly?  Who do you serve?  These questions continue to prompt me to share those details and facets of the business with you so that not only can you learn more about Legend, but so that you can hone this same information about your business in order to better serve your pote...

This mini-series has been walking you through the mental and executable actions in becoming an entrepreneur.  Today, we are finally going to talk about part of "how," as in how to start your business.  Specifically, how do I fund my business? Before I go any further, please go talk to a banker and an attorney. I’m going to speak from my experiences and perspective, but their guidance sho...

You have decided that entrepreneurship is right for you and you have determined the specific business you want to start.  Now you need to focus on creating your business plan. Your business plan is your success roadmap.   Do you have an idea that will equate to a viable business?  Your business plan will answer that question and many more!  A business plan includes your executi...

We are jumping into the next episode in our series called: becoming an entrepreneur.  If you realized after last week that entrepreneurship is for you, then your next question inevitably is: what business should I start? Before I go any further realize that we aren't jumping into "how" to start a business. Once you start to mentally commit to starting a business, our minds go to "Well how do...

Let's tackle the ever-important, sometimes impending question many of us ask ourselves when we get frustrated in the corporate world: should I start my own business?  Why not right?  It's got to be better than this . . .  right? In working with both corporate women and female entrepreneurs, I see the fears and doubts before the plunge as well as during the #entrepreneurlife.  I...

It’s the end of September, which means it’s the end of this monthly series on embracing your “too much” self. As we close out this mini-series, let’s dive into the concept of using your gifts through your leadership in order to help others embrace their gifts too. If you have listened to the previous episodes, you know that we have talked about leadership as it relates to being empathetic.  I...

This entire month we are diving into the topic of embracing your “too much” self. We have walked through selectively acting on the feedback you receive, properly interacting with the feedback giver, and today, we are tackling the elephant in the room. We always wonder, is it really us or is it them? To find the answer to that question, we have to ask ourselves: do I fit into the company’s culture?...

The month of September is dedicated to embracing your “too much” self.  Remember, we can’t fit into someone else’s rules or their life, so let’s not try.  I was asked a question about last week’s episode, “How do I not get angry or frustrated with the person who gave me the selfish feedback?”  The phenomenal question, the answer is by empathizing with them. Many times feedback is di...

This month we are talking about embracing your “too much” characteristics. In order to embrace our gifts, we must be prepared to accept or reject feedback by asking questions; more specifically we must learn to not blindly accept feedback and assume we need to improve. Last week we talked about what it means to embrace your “too much” nature or characteristics. Part of embracing our gift...

It’s the first day of September which means we are kicking off a new month and also a new topic: embracing your “too much” self.  That’s right, let’s embrace it!  This entire month we are going to walk through various situations where your “too much” capabilities are going to potentially cause issues for you if you don’t embrace them properly. My biological parents are divorced.  Gr...

This is the last episode in the August series “finding your voice.” This topic is one that I absolutely want you to dive into wholeheartedly because it is centered on finding your voice by knowing you are worthy. We all worry that we can’t be who we are at our core because we were told we weren’t enough in a past experience. So therefore we don’t feel like we can share our voice and be recognized...

This month we are focused on the topic I’m calling “finding your voice.”  Today is all about finding your voice through effective communication. In other words, how do I find my voice and use it in my various communication pathways? We kicked off the month talking about finding your voice through social media and last week we discussed why we shouldn’t apologize for showing up.   Ch...

In the month of August we are discussing the process of finding your voice; more specifically today, we are talking about finding your voice without apologizing. Don’t apologize for showing up. That is a personal mantra or quote I share with my clients on a consistent basis. Most of us as women apologize for at least several times a day. I didn’t hold the door for you, “I’m so sorry.” I didn’t inc...

We are dedicating the entire month of August to the concept of “finding your voice.”  This episode is specifically focused on finding your voice on social media. If you have spent any time listening to previous episodes you will know that I have struggled with social media. I seriously have zero desire to share every thought I have with the world.  Because most of our social media experi...

As we close out July, we are closing out our focus on “financials.”  It wouldn’t be a financial discussion if we didn’t discuss expenses. As business leaders, we all know that cash is king, which means we must manage our expenses. Most business owners fumble when they start to layer on expense after expense after expense, telling themselves “I must purchase X in order to make money.”  Mo...

Given that we are talking financials this month, it wouldn’t be a financial discussion if we didn’t talk about leads. How many active leads do you have right now? First, what is a lead?  A lead is a potential customer; someone who is interested in buying your product or service.  Whether you call them leads or potential customers, you must work on all things “leads” each day.  From,...

In any business, there are months of extreme success and months of struggle. So how do you close a fiscal month with a bang? When you are in the early startup phase, there are usually more months of a struggle than success. Simply because you are trying to figure out how to generate consistent success in your new business.  While we all know to expect tough months, knowing it and living throu...