One of the riskiest endeavors you can make as an entrepreneur is hiring a new team member. You may find yourself asking yourself questions like: Who should you hire? What should you hire for? The biggest question of all, however, is are you READY to hire? Today on the Joy to Lead Podcast, I will walk […]

Hiring a new team member can be a risky endeavor. As an entrepreneur, you may have experienced or seen the financial difficulty that can come with making the wrong hires. In today’s episode of the Joy to Lead Podcast, we’re talking about how to build your team the right way so you are not losing […]

Ever felt in over your head when it comes to financial management in your business, especially as you invest in a team? In this episode of the Joy to Lead Podcast, CFO and financial strategist Andrea Jensen teaches us how to proactively control our finances, structure our financial management to nurture company growth, and set […]

Did you know we only consciously use about 5% of our brains? Crazy right!? According to cognitive neuroscientists, we are conscious of only about 5 percent of our cognitive activity. The other 95 percent of brain activity that goes beyond our conscious awareness,  called our subconscious mind, dictates the vast majority of our decisions, actions, […]

In a previous episode on the Joy to Lead podcast, we learned about discovering your unique strengths and using personality tests to supplement your findings as a precursor to understanding your leadership style. In today’s episode, we’re exploring the components of your leadership style. With so many lists of leadership styles out there, after today’s […]

I think we can all agree that the past year was a hard time that made it a struggle to find the joy in our day to day lives. Well today we are speaking with Abbie Mirata, a JOY coach, who is going to not only break down what joy is but also teach us […]

Enneagram, DISC, Strengthsfinder – you’ve seen them everywhere – personality tests! More and more, people are hooked on taking a personality test and learning more about why we do what we do, but today I want to teach you how to take a step back from using a personality test so that you can reflect […]

Has anyone ever asked you what success looks like to you? Do you struggle to define it? Maybe you currently know what success you want for your life but are unsure of the steps to take or currently feel unaligned with the direction you’re heading. In today’s episode, we are sitting down with Abbie Smith of […]

As leaders, we’re called to never-ending journeys of self-discovery and awareness – and journaling prompts are great tools for us to use in that process! In the Leadership Academy we’ve been diving into several journaling prompts to help us dig deeper into our leadership styles this year, and I’d love to share them with you […]

I think we can all probably think back to a time when we sat through an hour long meeting, drawing doodles to pass the time. We walked away thinking, ‘Well, that was a waste of time,’ or, ‘Yup, that totally could’ve been an email.’ As we step into leadership that aversion to poorly arranged meetings […]