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What does it mean to be the leader of your life? Well, to most people, they think that they have to have a title, a team, or someone appointing us as a leader in some sort of fashion. In my opinion, that's not what makes you a leader, and I've spoken openly about this on my blog and my podcast for almost two years now. I talk often about being a leader before any of those moments happen to you… be...

As President of Jackman, North America's leading customer engagement reinvention company, Sandra is responsible for both the business's long-term vision and day-to-day management. Sandra leads a talented team of 100+ reinventions with an engaging, highly motivating leadership style that fosters a culture of openness and champions ingenuity and collaboration. Sandra lives in Toronto, Canada, works...

In this episode, I have Beth Wonson; we discuss a couple of essential topics in leadership, ranging from her transition from being a team member to a leader, how to handle this transition, and becoming more self-aware. Beth Wonson started her career out in public education, and she went into public education because she had two little kids at home; she wanted to be able to have summers off with th...

In this episode, I have Anne Arvizu. Together, we discuss the ups and downs of her journey as a female leader and dive into a couple of topics that include breaking the bad ceiling and the rising of women leaders. You don't want to miss out on this one; tune in with your favorite platform to listen to this amazing episode. Dr. Anne Arvizu, PharmD, FASCP, CPC, is a senior biotech Medical Affairs ex...

In this episode, I dive into organizational culture and discuss how to build organizational culture while outlining some tips about culture. Culture is one of the most talked-about topics on this podcast. Every leader must cultivate a healthy organizational culture so the employees will see and emulate it. If there is no proper organizational culture in a workplace, you can expect lots of negativi...

In today's episode, I have Brandi Bernoskie, a speaker and chief executive officer of Alchemy and Aim. We discuss topics ranging from her evolution to bits of advice for people starting with a website and include leadership styles and nuggets for leaders, among other things. It's a conversation you don't want to miss. Brandi Bernoskie is a speaker, strategist, and the founder of Alchemy and Aim, a...

Remote leadership has been around for awhile but not everyone has been a believer, let alone, a practicer. When the pandemic hit, most of us were not really given a choice about remote leadership. Those of use who have already led teams remotely in the past or who were already leading remotely definitely had a leg up when things went to hell fast in 2020. The pandemic has undoubtedly changed the w...

Welcome to a quick Motivation Monday episode and Happy Memorial Day! I wanted to take a moment to honor those who have served. Thank you and I hope all of you have had some time to spend with your loved ones. This is a quick catch up episode about the MaYapinion™ Podcast and how we will be releasing episodes on Monday's only moving forward. But, don't worry, we will still have amazing women in lea...

The last year was undoubtedly a shock for everyone across the globe. As a leader, you would have to be a blind one, let alone, an inefficient one not to address the affect the pandemic had on the world. What does all this mean for leadership though? Some leaders may scrambling still to think about the future of their company, stakeholders, financials, and even, what does it mean for their own posi...

Welcome back to Women for Women Wednesday where I am joined by the one and only, Sheena Yap Chan. (No, really, she is the one and only). Sheena Yap Chan is a Keynote Speaker, coach and author on building self confidence. She is also the founder and host of the award winning podcast called The Tao of Self Confidence where she interviews Asian women about their inner journey to self confidence. Shee...

The last pillar of emotional intelligence is social skills or what some refer to as relationship management. In my opinion, I don't think you need to be a particularly social individual to be a great leader, but you do need to have strong social skills to be an effective leader. That's also the opinion of many leadership experts and why we find social skills as the final and four pillar of emotion...

Welcome to another exciting episode of Women for Women Wednesday. This week, I have Dr. Katrina Burrus (yes, she is also Swiss and into leadership) on the podcast. What does she do? Well in her own words, "I help transform Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders as well as help Leaders to Fast-Track to the C-Suite and Beyond." Need I say more? Among her many accomplishments, Katrina is the CEO/foun...

Once you have self-awareness and the ability to self-manage, the third pillar of social awareness naturally comes up in emotional intelligence and leadership. In my opinion, I think this evolution flows perfectly because you work on being self-aware, self-managing, and now, you look to your surroundings to learn about your social awareness. So, what does social awareness mean? Social awareness mea...

It's an exciting Women for Women Wednesday here on MaYapinion as I sit down with Nichole and Sarah from Netflix's hit show, Marriage or Mortgage? Both of these incredible women are leaders in their industry and I could not wait to sit down and chat with them. Nichole is passionate about investing in a home and beginning to make memories with the right financial start. She has had the big wedding i...

The second pillar in emotional intelligence is self-management. When I hear that term, it personally makes me feel like "can you keep it together?" or "how emotionally mature are you"? And, that's actually what it does mean in some regards. The exact definition of self-management is "management of or by oneself; the taking of responsibility for one's own behavior and well-being." But, we are divin...

Welcome back to Motivation Monday! Many people believe that self-awareness is the foundation for emotional intelligence. I think it is not only the foundation for EQ but also, it's essentially the ability to truly know yourself as an individual and a leader. In my opinion, it seems that we all like to believe that we are self-aware but are we really? Well, there was a study done about this exact t...

Welcome back to another great episode of Women for Women Wednesday! This week, I am joined by Kerry Guard, COO of MKG Marketing. We talk about a lot of leadership topics but we specifically get right into remote teams. Kerry built her business with her business partner on the basis of having a remote team, and her team is still remote ten years later. She was truly cutting edge in my opinion. She...

Welcome back to Motivation Monday! I am kicking off my new series talking about Emotional Intelligence. In my opinion, empathy is the water that gives life to leadership, but emotional intelligence is the food that gives growth to leadership. So, it's only appropriate that we talk about emotional intelligence next. In this episode, I define what emotional intelligence actually is and why it is imp...

We are back with another incredible and inspiring guest. She's another Atlantan but she's originally from South Africa, Kim Normand Dobrin! Kim has an incredible background with so many accomplishments. As most of you know, I am extremely passionate about non-profit work and so is Kim. Join me in this episode as Kim shares her journey and successes and talks about her current passion, Free the Min...

Servant Leadership is a term that is hot right now in the leadership space and thrown around a lot. However, I find it quite interesting that there is a lot of confusion about what it really means. We talk about this term often and the importance of Servant Leadership. Why is servant leadership important? And what does servant leadership actually mean? Well, by definition, servant leadership "is a...

I am joined this week with another inspiring woman, Tal from "Tal's Tips." It is the perfect week to feature Tal as I was on her own podcast talking about my tips and I had to have her on MaYapinion to hear her story and her opinions, of course. Tal's story is interesting as she has just started her podcast in late 2020 and is currently building her brand quickly while continuing to work fulltime....

I feel that it is appropriate to end the empathy series talking about you. Yes, YOU. Because at the end of it all, it really comes down to you as the leader. Don't get me wrong, you are nothing without your team. In my opinion though, it is a chicken or the egg concept that arises in leadership. How can you truly build the team that you know will lead your concept, idea, product, branch, company,...

It's a unique week here on MaYapinion™ on Women for Women Wednesday as I sat down with Melissa Yamaguchi. I met her on the cool, new place to be, Clubhouse! She gives so much time to others on Clubhouse giving advice about Chinese astrology and Feng Shui. Join me this week as I ask her about her journey towards Feng Shui and how it changed her life. And of course, molded her into the incredible le...

How important is humility in leadership? Being humble as a leader is imperative but it also allows you to be more approachable and relatable for your teams. So, this is our "H" in the Empathy Series as Humility pairs perfectly with empathy. It's proven that humility in leadership leads to higher rates of employee engagement, job satisfaction, and lower rates of job turnover. I'm not surprised, are...

Another fascinating guest for you today on Women for Women Wednesday. Today, I have Samantha Mui on the show. She is an incredibly talented food blogger and author. In addition to her unique story, she was also a contestant on the Food Network on Supermarket Stakeout. She's also the author of "The Melting Pot." Here's a bit more about Sam: Samantha Mui is a Bay Area native. A former culinary stude...