The CEO Sage (Formerly Leadership is Feminine)

These are the five key relationships every female entrepreneur has. And as she scales her business, she may find that one or more of these becomes an issue. That's totally normal and part of the process. Here's what to do. What you'll find in this episode: The five key relationships are with: time, money, your team, your business, and yourself. Which relationship most entrepreneurs are terrible at...

What's your vision for your business? Do you have to look it up - or is it short and sweet and fits on a bumper sticker? Here are some tips for what your vision statement should look like and how to create one. What you'll find in this episode: How I came up with my vision "sentence" - "She changed the way that people think." Examples of some great vision statements. For your vision statement, mak...

Once you reach that one-million-dollar mark, you can't rely on revenue to tell you how well you're doing as a leader. You have to start using other methods that create a foundation for how you scale, manage and grow your business. What you'll find in this episode: Most of us hit points where our revenue exceeds our ability to scale and overwhelm sets in. The two expectations we have in our brain r...

Values are the rudder for your business and have to be an extension of you. There are no right or wrong values. They just need to be honest, because values determine who you hire. What you'll find in this episode: Start by asking yourself, "What do I value in other people?" Do a brain dump. Start big and pare it down to three. What happens when you hire people who don't align with your values. Onc...

As an entrepreneur, your brain is the directional force for everything that does or does not happen in your business. If your brain gets messy and cluttered, so does your business. Let's do a little brain-keeping today! What you'll find in this episode: The Thought Model and how it affects your ability to grow and love your business. How decision fatigue, control imbalance, mistaken tolerance and...

Kris talks with Jennifer Hood, owner and director of Jump Gymnastics. Jennifer was exhausted and struggling with performing most of the roles in her business. Now that has turned around and Jen shares advice on how she was able to maximize results with people. What you'll find in this episode: The first thing that Jen learned that helped her be engaging from a leadership and management perspective...

What's your relationship with money? There's no right or wrong way to think about it, but the way we think about money does impact the results that we get related to money. What you'll find in this episode: Be clear about why you started your business. What is your relationship with your money? Do you have symptoms of reverse entitlement? Exercise: Make a list of all your employees and write down...

When some of the habits we have with our families come into our business, it can lead to problems. If you have people on the team who've been with you a while, listen to this for some quick and simple advice. What you'll find in this episode: Your business is there to make money and serve a purpose. It's not there to be an employer. Your business in not there to suffer and indulge dysfunction. It'...

As your business grows, you'll need to hire people to do some of the things you used to do. The first, and most important, step is to create a job description for the role. Here are some key steps in that process. What you'll find in this episode: First, define the purpose of the job. Make a detailed list off all the things you want this position to do, and look for a theme. From the details, list...

Kris talks with Angela Kim, founder and owner of Savor Beauty . They discuss what motivates Angela and what has been the most challenging aspect to growing and scaling her business. Angela Jia Kim's passion for beauty began with her mom. "Koreans are obsessed with their skin, and my mom always had something new sent over from her sisters in Seoul," she says. "I would play with her creams that were...

As a visionary, you have tons of ideas all the time. But in order to up-level your business, you have to focus on your zone of genius instead of your zone of excellence. Here's how. What you'll find in this episode: When you grow and become more successful, your discipline with your brain has to increase. Identify your revenue goal for the year and the plan to make that happen. When you have new i...

In order to move past those stuck spots as an entrepreneur, you have to be willing to work on yourself. You need to do some stretch assignments in your mind about what's next. Here is a series of questions I'd like you to think about as a woman who is leading a business and a team. What you'll learn from this episode: Who are you in this role as a leader? What do you find is easy and what is diffi...

Kris talks with Laura Patrick, founder of Kids Physio Group. They discuss what it's like being a solopreneur with one location and evolving into a leader managing five clinics and 35 employees. Laura Patrick (nee Turner) was born and raised in North Vancouver, BC Canada. She is the founder and owner of Kids Physio Group  - Canada's largest chain of private pediatric physical therapy clinics. With...

There are several qualities that drive you and your entrepreneurial spirit. Here are some suggestions for avoiding wasting your brain space and your time dragging people along because they can't handle working with you. What you'll learn from this episode: Founders have high expectations and low tolerance for mistakes. They're incredibly generous and want to recognize and reward people who work fo...

Thinking about your employees as human capital instead of an incurred expense will totally change the way you run your business and the results you achieve. What you'll learn from this episode: Capital is the assets that add to the long-term wealth of a company.  Instead of thinking of someone as an expense you need to incur, think of them as an asset and an investment into your wealth. In prepari...

I coach female entrepreneurs and help them overcome their challenges. I have found that there are five key things that entrepreneurs struggle with. Here they are - along with their solutions. What you'll learn from this episode: The first challenge is failure to lead.  Second is failure to define the game. Third, not having very clear expectations as it relates to what you pay people. Fourth, thin...

Welcome, friend. If you've just found this podcast, I'm so glad you're here. This introductory episode is your guide to what you'll discover inside Leadership is Feminine . Over 300+ episodes, you'll find three big themes: Leading People – real talk about hiring, firing, performance, accountability, gossip, and all the human stuff that comes with building a team. Conversations with Leaders – inspi...