Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

Today we are talking about not just a morning routine, but our personal daily routine that resonates with you.  What daily routine do you execute that carries your energy throughout the day and is a routine that is yours, meaning it resonates with you and you enjoy it? The point to all of this is that we can’t follow fads, we can’t do what we should do we must do what truly moves us, energize...

We have officially done it.  A full year of daily podcast episodes! 365 episodes.  It’s mind-blowing, humbling, and exciting! I had to take this last episode first, thank you for listening to me.  And at the same time, let me apologize that you had to listen to my insanity at times.  But seriously, thank you.  Thank you for finding value in my experiences, my knowledge, my...

Are you scrapping your resolution already?  It happens.  We have the best of intentions but we don’t ground ourselves in the process to help us build a true habit. That’s where most people fail.  They focus on the “resolution” or the end result, but they don’t focus on HOW they will deliver on that result. For example, I will work out 5 days a week.  I love that resolution.&nbs...

Today I want you to go ahead and plan your first big reward for 2021.   I push you often to establish your life plan pillar, right?  Lately, we have talked about celebrating the 2020 year, the results, the financial performance, the grit, and determination, etc.  I have also been pushing you to go ahead and get moving on your path for 2021.  But what we haven’t talked about is...

If you have ever been on maternity leave in a corporation, either they do it right or they screw it up royally.  I’ve never seen a company land somewhere in between. This is why maternity leave can leave you feeling unappreciated. The corporate world, as you well know, has very high demands.  That environment expects work done at a faster pace than any human can achieve. Then, when you b...

How do you manage someone who is blind to their underperformance? Have you ever worked with someone who very clearly thought their work and contributions were better than what they were actually delivering?  It happens commonly in the corporate world simply because there are so many people and the politics of that world make it hard to correct that behavior.  In a business that large, th...

Do not create a slow ramp-up for getting back to work in your business.  Come back with full force, vigor, and a blazing attitude. I see some entrepreneurs slowing down to celebrate the holidays, then take the time to reflect on the previous year’s performance, all of which is appropriate. However, we can’t let that reflection time last too long.  We lose our momentum and then half of th...

As you are running your numbers, looking at your data, celebrating the successes of your business, ensure you celebrate and reward grit and determination. It’s super easy to get lost in the numbers.  Data is the hard truth and we want and need that truth when it comes to running a business.  To run a business off of “feelings” can be very dangerous.  We need the facts. But what abou...

Today I’m challenging you to appreciate your team and express gratitude.  I’ve talked a lot about you, your mindset, your knowledge, your assessment of your business, your vision, your plan, etc. but I haven’t talked a lot about your team lately. So let’s do that.  Let’s spend today thinking about and appreciating your team. When I took over my first pharmacy and became the pharmacy mana...

Yesterday I told you to analyze your data, right?  Look at all of the data for each of your pillars and figure out what you need to start, stop, or keep.  Today I want to talk about your 2020 financial recap.  You know, if you are still working your day job, you are bootstrapping your business. Which means you are paying for your business out of your own pocket.  You don’t have...

I know you are jumping into your 2020 results because, as you know, data is the foundation of your success. I am sure you are looking at your financials, I would imagine your books are close to being finalized for the year, right?  You are looking at customer service, production, and the overall feedback from your customers and your employees; looking at engagement measures, assessing the num...

Welcome to 2021!  Happy New Year to you, your family, your friends, and your business. This is your year! I am so excited to celebrate this day with you.  For us here in the Jamison house, we will be having blackeyed peas and collard greens with some cornbread, a traditional New Year’s Day meal.  I am not sure much cleaning will be done, remember all of the “rules” about sweeping an...

And just like that, it’s New Year’s Eve. Boom!  The year is done.  Your challenge today is to carry forward this feeling of endless possibilities. You feel like there are endless possibilities today because you are standing on the edge of the cliff of 2020 about to jump over to the other side of that cliff called 2021.  And you feel the exhilaration as you are jumping and flying acr...

This point in the year is time for reflection..  Today I’m challenging you to look back on the year, reflect back, and celebrate all of the amazing things that you accomplished. In other words, celebrate your year and get ready for the next. Take the time, even if you’re only working your corporate job right now and haven’t yet started your own business, to celebrate and appreciate. Or, if yo...

You know we are all about growing here at Legend Leaders.  We are all about becoming the person we need to be in order to be the leader we need to be for our businesses.  To do that, we have to grow. We have to expand our minds, our knowledge, our perspectives, etc. Seriously, we need to keep growing ourselves.  Today I want to know what growth gifts you received this holiday season...

Let’s talk about the scientific method and startups.  Yes, brought to you by another great Harvard Business Review article, this one written by Chiara Spina and team.   You know I love science, right? Hello.  So when I saw this article I had to put my spin on it and share it with you. Overall, the article was a study.  It looked at two different entrepreneur groups.  One g...

I have to say it, it’s time to get back on track with your morning routine. No doubt you slept in a few days here or there, or if you have kids you were up well before your normal hour on Christmas Day.  Either way, chances are that you haven’t been able to stick to your morning routine.  You know, that routine of working out, reading, journaling, meditating or praying, etc. But here’s t...

It’s the day after Christmas, maybe you are taking down the decorations, maybe you leave them up until mid-January, maybe you meet in the middle.  Either way, Christmas Day has passed us and we are figuring out how to get back into the groove.  Today’s challenge, what are you regifting? Now I’m not talking about that ugly sweater, those socks you don’t need, that horrible shirt you got,...

Merry Christmas!  It’s Christmas Day and I know my kids are having a blast being kids and appreciating all that they received from us and from Santa.  I want to talk to you today about one of the greatest gifts. At Thanksgiving, I told you to celebrate your personal gift, the gift that helps you run your business, the gift of service you can offer, the gift of creating a product or runni...

It’s Christmas Eve, and for those of you who celebrate Christmas no doubt you are planning a light day of work with a heavier day of family events.  So let’s dive right into today’s topic. I’m challenging you to carry this feeling of excitement into your business. I want you to think back to when you were a kid.  I want you to remember the emotion of being a kid at Christmas.  Do yo...

As you are sitting, relaxing, and enjoying some “you” time, I have to ask, did you create your vision for 2021? Here’s the deal, we are a little over a week away from next year.  Maybe you’ve kept pushing the idea of creating your vision to tomorrow, or next week, etc.  The “I’ll get to that later. I don’t have time to think about that now” mentality. You’ve been procrastinating because...

This is the final episode in a very short series of 3 where we are learning from Richard Bohmer and the team how to apply 10 leadership lessons that came out of COVID field hospitals.  Today we are tackling the last 3 lessons of inclusivity, caring for your teams, and the presence or showing up. Inclusivity.  In the field hospitals, this was displayed by bringing in family and friends to...

Yesterday we started tackling the 10 leadership lessons we can take away from COVID field hospitals as shared by Richard Bohmer and team in a recent Harvard Business Review article.  We covered 3 of the 10 and today we are going to tackle 4 more: don’t delay, shorten feedback cycles, change direction quickly, and set expectations. Don’t delay.  Specifically, don’t delay in making hard or...

Yes, it’s the week of Christmas and I’m going to do a 3-part series on leadership lessons from COVID field hospitals.  Why?  Because there may be some nuggets in here that are going to help you deliver in 2021.  And I know you, you are always thinking about your business. Pushing yourself and your business forward.  So listen to me this week, remember these episodes are always...

What can you learn from Scrooge?  You know, Ebenezer Scrooge, the famous character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.  I am sure you have seen the movies and the various recreations of the book if you haven’t actually read the book. What can we learn from Scrooge?  No doubt you are thinking to give, to love, having a kind heart, not being so stingy with money, to find the good...