Legendary Leaders: For Female Business Leaders

In this episode, I am challenging you to participate in a virtual event or workshop. Today is November 23rd, my birthday.  My big gift from my amazing spouse was a ticket to Unleash the Power Within, the Tony Robbins event that just finished yesterday.  Let me tell you.  It was life-changing.  I will be sharing some details from the 4-day event once I get my mind wrapped around...

Are you really, truly, honestly coachable? We all like to think we are open-minded, willing to see others’ perspectives, willing to learn from other people without questioning or feeling threatened.  And then, we get into a situation where we need to be coached by someone else and we buck the system. I get it.  It’s hard to be coached in a work environment by someone you don’t respe...

Today I’m challenging you to compile the rules of your startup.  No doubt as you start your own business, you will want to write down exactly how you do things.  You are used to living and working in a corporate world where you have tons of SOPs (standard operating procedures) and policies, etc.  But when you start a business, you are making changes so fast, it’s hard to create poli...

As you know, I mix my topics between helping you be successful in your corporate career, helping you grow your personal business, and helping you grow personally so you can successfully lead your own business and team.  It’s all a win, right? Today I want to tackle the perspective: pushback when you see an issue. Now, this need arises more commonly in the corporate world.  I say that bec...

If you are working your corporate day job and you are watching your personal business grow, or maybe you are just getting your own business started, maybe your business has taken off, or maybe you are just tired of the corporate job.  Any combination of those or none of those, no matter the reason, you may be 100% ready to quit the corporate rat race.  Essentially, you are over it, but y...

Is daylight savings time zapping your energy?  It’s so super common.  We hear about it happening all of the time.  I can tell you that I have definitely been going to bed about an hour earlier than normal because I find myself dragging around 9pm now.  It’s normal.  But what about when that impacts your productivity pillar throughout the day? If that’s happening to you rig...

I continue to talk to you about leading through adversity and caring for your team no matter the situation.  But it just struck me that I have left something out of that conversation.  I’m going to call it, don’t let them see you sweat but instead, see that you care. You know, throughout my corporate career I have handled stress differently than most.  You know, when you are doing y...

We continue to talk about being prepared for 2021.  From wrapping up the holidays, to deciding who you want to be next year,  to closing out the year strong with your one KPI.   But to really win, you have to have a vision for the year.  That said, how do you create a vision for 2021? Many people don’t know how to create a vision for their business.  It can definitely be h...

I wanted to do a quick episode about using your calendar.  I know we have talked about planning your holidays, having access to your new employee’s calendar, etc.  But here’s the deal, you have to lead by example here.  Are you using your calendar? I know some people hate having their calendars on their phones and all information stored electronically.  I get it.  Some peo...

No doubt you are planning for 2021 and with that planning (either in your business, the corporate world, or both), you are going to hire new talent.  The challenge you now face is creating a successful onboarding process in a remote environment. First, I know this idea can lead to a bit of frustration.  You are doing your day job, working from home, maybe caring for kids, trying to run y...

Today's challenge is selecting the best vendors to support you.  How do you actually do that? You are running your business, maybe still working your corporate job depending on how far along you are in the business process.  You need help getting some of the work done in your business.  Even if you are working your business full time, you can’t do it all.  Even if you could do...

To create a successful business, you have to praise and celebrate the right behaviors. Have you ever worked for a company or led a team that just wasn't delivering, maybe they were hitting their KPIs but that didn't translate to financial results . . . and yet you can’t figure out why?  You are doing all of the things asked of you, you are delivering to the metrics, the leadership is praising...

So let’s say you find yourself in a situation where you are going to leave the corporate organization you work for, it could be due to the organization crossing your line like we discussed yesterday, it could be due to you wanting to step down to a position with fewer hours, it could be that you are almost ready to step away and run your own business full time.  Whatever the reason, keep lead...

Today I'm challenging you to draw your line.  This is the line that, if crossed in the workplace,  you know you need to leave that organization. When you work in the corporate world, you have to play by those rules.  You have to dedicate your life to achieving those goals, sacrificing your time, your brainpower, and your efforts for the good of something else, something larger than...

We are still in early November, but it’s our last single-digit day of the month.  We are marching toward the end of the year.  I have to ask, what is the one KPI that will help you deliver and close out your year strong? When I hit this point in the year I watch business owners do one of three things:  give up because they have already missed their target to the point they will neve...

I've been gearing up on my fall shift, better known as my self-improvement reflection and adjustment time that I take each year.  So I've been listening to some Tony Robbins and getting my mind right.   He has a saying that resonated with me and I want to talk about it today, it is:  success without fulfillment is a failure. Why am I thinking about self-improvement in November?...

Let's talk about why you need to believe in your own journey. That's a fitting topic for today because this is episode 300!! It’s so totally crazy.  I committed to doing an episode a day for a year in order to grow myself and make myself better so that I can ultimately be who you need me to be.   Thank you so much for listening to me as I continue to believe in my own jour...

As I promised yesterday, I am going to talk about a few of the nuggets from a Facebook training Brendon Bruchard hosted several weeks ago.  I covered one of his top 10 brand builders yesterday, today I want to talk about another one, the perspective of honoring everyone. Now, Brendon defined it as honoring every person.  This one is something I come back to regularly, although I haven’t...

I’m bringing another learning to you today which I’m going to call: the four roles you can play in your industry.  I was listening to Brendon Bruchard several weeks ago when he did a live summit on Facebook.   He kicked it off by talking about the 10 actions he took to build his brand.  I’m going to talk about a few of these actions over the next few days, one of which I'm call...

Recently, I completed some work by Marisa and the Live Your Message Team.  One of the teachings she shared is tribe vs. niche-based audiences.  You know I always listen to other industry leaders, I'm always learning.  When I learn something that resonates, I share and add my perspective.   As you are building out your communication framework, i.e., how you are going to communic...

I know that over the past few weeks I have shared a bit more about me, the changes in my life, the decisions I have made, etc. to get me where I am today.  I have to tell you, being vulnerable is hard.  But for your business to work, it is truly necessary for you to be vulnerable with your audience.  I can also tell you that when it comes to being vulnerable, I feel like I have suck...

Yesterday we talked about mindset and how to be confident.  I challenged you to figure out what is holding you back and how to protect your confidence because confidence is your superpower.  Today, I want to continue on that line of thought and I want you to tell them to zip it. You know who and what I am talking about. Those people that, they like you, love you, whatever the case may be...

Confidence is your superpower. Did you know that?  How many meetings have you been in where you didn’t know the answer, but you had an opinion.  So you launched into that opinion with such confidence and power that everyone took your word for it and there was no debate? I think we have all been in those situations in the corporate world.  As you reflect back on that moment I am refe...

What is scarier than a zombie?  🧟‍♂️ The answer is: not following your dream.  Happy Halloween everyone!   Today is the day we talk about the scary things that could exist in this world. (You know I grew up in the 80s with the Freddie Krueger, Jason, and Micheal Myers movies so my mind always goes to those situations.) This is the holiday where we focus on fear, being frighten...

Today we are talking about the concept: Feed your body, not just your mind.  I have done tons of episodes about becoming the person you need to be to run a million-dollar company.  Most of that is focused on your mind; reading books, listening to podcasts, journaling, meditating, all of those are great for your mind and your productivity.  But remember, your mind and your body are c...