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Clarity + Risk x Vision = Team Growth. This formula is the key to furthering your team’s development.  In today’s episode I’ll be breaking down each component of this formula. By following these tips, you will get so much closer to cultivating the team or your dreams.  So, lets start of by answering the main […]

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Clarity + Risk x Vision = Team Growth

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I had the honor earlier this month to be featured on Michelle Hagan’s The Busy Years Podcast– and we talked all about building your dream and making your first hire! As a mother and businesswoman myself I have loved listening to Michelle’s podcast where she brings together women to share their stories about motherhood and […]

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Building A Dream Team and Making Your First Hire with The Busy Years Podcast!

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Today’s episode is all about team development. I’ll be going over the 4 stages of team development that are essential in getting your team to grow.  Your team is growing through a series of strategic phases. It’s up to you as a leader to analyze how you can help your team grow and be aware […]

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4 Stages of Team Development – Getting Your Team to Grow

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In today’s episode I tackle the 5 reasons leaders need community. A community is important within the workplace for employees, but it’s also important for leaders. You need to be able to relate to other leaders and people in the same position of authority or leadership.  It is a vulnerable and lonely place sometimes as […]

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5 Reasons Leaders NEED Community

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Today we’re taking DOWN three huge leadership lies that are quieting and crushing our spirits as leaders. It’s time to break out of the boxes we’ve built around ourselves and rediscover who we are as leaders of teams. Your strengths are tools. Have you been comparing yourself to someone else? Someone else’s journey to your […]

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3 Big Fat Lies Crushing Our Leadership Spirit

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When was the last time you looked down on yourself or told yourself you’re too much? These questions and thoughts you are having are you being ruled by your strengths, not your weaknesses.  In this episode we are going in deep and talking about how to hone in your strengths and  leadership skills in order […]

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How to Lead Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

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One of my clients recently described me on Instagram as the woman you need to follow if you want to be a boss nobody hates 😂 But it got me thinking – WOAH, isn’t that one of our biggest fears as new leaders? What if our employees hate following us, and we don’t even know […]

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5 Ways to Be a Leader People Love to Follow

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This episode of the Joy to Lead Podcast is a powerful one, thanks to my guest Linda Taliaferro. Linda is a career advisor who helps professionals to get unstuck, strengthen key interpersonal relationship skills, and establish executive presence so they can get a seat at the table.  This is my FAVORITE episode of this podcast […]

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Claiming Your Seat at the Table & Finding a Mentor with Linda Taliaferro

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I have a really big confession, and if you’ve heard me talk about this story before then you know what’s coming, but I have to be 100% honest. Leadership was never something I really wanted. Or, maybe it was but I just supressed that. And honestly, the first leadership role I was asked to step […]

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Entrepreneurial Leadership 101

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Welcome to the first workshop in my leadership development series for online business owners, Dream Your Team!  This series is all about helping you smash the lie that you are not meant to lead, that you’re not cut out to be a leader, that you’re not ready to be a leader, and help you get […]

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You CAN Lead: How Entrepreneurs Are Changing Teams as We Know It

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