Lead With Confidence

44: Love as a Business Strategy

Welcome to another episode of Lead With Confidence!
In this episode we discuss
How to "always assume positive intent"
Lead with love over fear
How to bridge the gap between your current and desired leadership style
Plus... An excerpt from chapter 9 of my book: Taking Intentional Action
 
 
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43: Living a Life of Gratitude and Impact with Soji James

Hey Friends!
This week's guest is Soji James
In this episode we discuss: 
Different approaches to gratitude
Benefits of meditation and mindfulness
Practicing our values (not just professing them)
Involving our kids in our practices
Health (from exercise to eating habits!)
 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
Check out my book Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
Soji James is a Strength Coach, Meditation Teacher, & Keynote Speaker that helps burnt out dieters lose fat & feel confident AF by ditching quick fixes for a new relationship with food, fitness, & themselves. He uses wellness as a tool to help people regain their autonomy, live presently, & take back the pen to write a life story that they are proud of. He is the creator of "Elevate YOU", a 12 week coaching experience geared toward building sustainable health habits. Soji is also the creator of "The Metta Club", a mindfulness community geared toward making meditation fun, light, and accessible so that people can tap into the magic that they have both within and all around them.
 
You can find Soji on Instagram and his website!
 
Check out the freebies Soji is offering!
Eating Skills
 
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42: How Conscious Leadership and Mindfulness Work Together with Bree Johnson

Hey Friends!
This week's guest is Bree Johnson
Part 2 of a 4: Intentional Leader Summit Speaker Series!
 
In this episode we discuss: 
Enhancing workplace culture with nervous system regulation
"The workplace wasn't built for women" 
Balancing masculine and feminine energy is crucial for creating a healthy work environment.
Flight and Flight vs. Rest and Repair
How to overcome Chronic Stress and Overwhelm
Why it's more convinient to be resentfull... But not necessarily helpful
 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
Check out my book Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
Bree Johnson is a changemaker who helps women overcome professional setbacks and wounds to uncover their authentic leadership. As a former COO and attorney, she found the hard way that building her worth in her work wasn’t working. She alap recently exited the firm she co-founded to follow her calling. She is a facilitator of life changing, transformative work and wellness programs, and is a holistic business strategist, breathwork guide, writer, mentor and speaker on stages small and large. She is the founder of Executive Unschool - built on the premise that workplaces aren’t working for women - which delivers cutting-edge leadership programming for C-suite leaders, founders, and companies who are committed to building more conscious leaders.
Bree’s passion is holding space for leaders in 1:1 and group programs to elevate their work-life balance and mindfulness practices to drive enhanced clarity and focus and build self-trust to show up in authentic ways in the boardroom or the courtroom.
 
You can find Bree on Instagram 
Check out the The Untamed Mind Podcast
 
Check out the books we discussed in today's episode!
Hidden Potential - Adam GrantTipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell Four Agreements - don Miguel RuizBig Leap - Gay Hendricks
 
 
 
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41: eVALUEating Your Values!

Welcome to another episode of Lead With Confidence!
In this episode we will go through an exercise together where you will define the four types of values in your life!
The 4 types of Values
Core values
Aspirational values
Permission to play values
Accidental Values 
 
Check out Patrick Lencioni's podcast At The Table 
 
Read my book!!!  Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
 
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40: The Power of Personal Growth with Catherine Roten

Hey Friends!
This week's guest is Catherine Roten 
In this episode we discuss: 
Being Content Vs. Complacent 
Understanding and managing Ego 
Takeaways from the Unscripted Mastermind retreat
Enneagram takeaways
Why Personal Style and Personal brands matter
 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
Check out my book Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
Catherine spent a decade in the hotel industry where she found her passion and purpose strategizing, planning, and coordinating events. She has taken the leap into entrepreneurship starting Impactful Event Co, where she is helping other entrepreneurs curate a personalized and profitable event. Catherine can take you from feeling lost on where to start or stuck on what to do next, into feeling confident in planning your event from start to finish.
 
Catherine is also the host of the Imperfectly Impactful podcast, where she shares her journey in entrepreneurship, working through perfectionism and her people pleasing tendencies. Catherine's goal is to inspire you to take action, listen to your desires, learn to say no, and how to use your perfectionism positively in life.  
 
You can find Catherine on Instagram 
Check out the Imperfectly Impactful Podcast!
 
Make sure you go and follow all of the people we spoke about today!
Jessica Burgio
Shine Image Consulting
Tracey o'malley
Dr. Meg Daley
 
 
 
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39: How to Ask for Help, and Why You Haven't Done it Yet

Welcome to another episode of Lead With Confidence!
In this episode we cover: 
Roadblocks - Why we're not asking for help 
Feeling of guilt and selfishness
Not wanting to burden others
Pride/ego - You're who people go to for help
Scared of being judged or not being taken seriously
How to Ask for Help 
It's okay to change your mind
"Give Yourself Grace" (ask for what you need)
Choose the right person
Make sure you actually want help. (Are you asking for advice or a compliment?)
Be honest and vulnerable
 
Check out the details on 75 HARD
 
Read my book!!!  Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
 
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38. Grabbing Leadership by the Reins with Jon Anderson

Hey Friends!Part 2 of a 4: Intentional Leader Summit Speaker Series!
 
This week's guest is Jon Anderson
In this episode we discuss: 
The significance of leading by example
The most important leadership quality
What it looks like to take responsibility for your actions
The impact of negative stories and distorted reality 
The importance of personal growth and self-leadership
 
Get your tickets for the Intentional Leader Summit in Marshall MN on August 7th, 2024!
 
Check out the book recommendations we made during the discussion!How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleLeadership and Self-Deception, The Anatomy of Peace and The Outward Mindset
 
Jon Anderson is a husband, father, rancher, performance coach and man of faith. He lives in Minneota, Minnesota where he raises commercial cattle along with organic/grass fed cattle with his beautiful wife and three kids. Through his challenges and accomplishments with the farm and various leadership positions in agribusiness, Jon discovered the true importance of leadership and the impact that a leader can have in life. Jon believes everyone has the potential to be a leader, and, from his own experience, he knows a good coach can bring that potential forward. So, when he is not taking care of cattle, wrangling up kids, or training horses, Jon, trains and coaches agribusiness employees mostly with ag retailers both for his own company and as VP of Program Delivery for AG's #1 coaching company - #thrivetoday. He is known as “The Cowboy Coach” .
 
 
 
You can find Jon on Facebook
 
Check out my book Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
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37: Thriving in the Jungle - A Survivor's Story of Overcoming Adversity with Holly Hoffman

Hey Friends!Part 1 of a 4:  Intentional Leader Summit Speaker Series!
 
This week's guest is Holly Hoffman
Holly Hoffman was the last remaining member of the Espada Tribe and the last woman standing on Season 21 of Survivor Nicaragua on CBS. Through that experience, and others throughout her life, Holly was inspired to share her message of positivity, determination and confidence.
A professional speaker and the author of Three Step Stride, Your Winner Within and Write Yourself a Note, Holly acknowledges that life is made up of challenges, and we are often faced with situations that seem insurmountable. She inspires her audience to focus their thoughts, emotions, and energy towards success and shares the knowledge, tools, and discipline to achieve it.
 
In this episode we discuss: 
Stepping out of your comfort zone to find growth and success
Learning and growth through challenges and setbacks
Decididing who is in your "alliance"
Using vulnerability as a connection tool
Leadership is... How to Model, Connect and Involve 
 
You can find Holly on her website and LinkedIn
 
Check out Holly's Books : Three Step Stride, Write Yourself a Note and Your Winner Within 
 
Check out my book Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
Thank you for joining me on another episode of Lead With Confidence
 
 
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36: Higher Self Habits - Making Habits Fun! With Alessia Citro

Hey Friends!
This week's guest is Alessia Citro
Alessia Citro is a corporate dropout who traded her lucrative career at tech giants Google and Salesforce for a life of meaningful entrepreneurship. A pivotal encounter on a flight from Maui ignited her transition from the corporate world to becoming a certified life coach and a passionate advocate for creating fulfillment through full expression and authenticity.
Today, as a real estate investor and serial entrepreneur, Alessia draws from her own transformative experience of walking away from a seven-figure wine business—and alcohol itself. She developed the Higher Self Habits Method, a customizable framework that not only guided her to sobriety but also changed her life for the better.
Alessia empowers high-achieving women through her coaching programs and top-ranking podcast, inhabit with Alessia Citro & Friends. Her work resonates deeply with those seeking to reconcile their inner and outer success. Residing in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband, daughter, and rescue pup, Alessia is a living testament to the power of following one's heart.
 
In this episode we discuss: 
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Creating fun and sustainable habits for long-term success
Breaking unwanted habits
Prioritizing self-care to prevent burnout
 
You can find Alessia on her website and instagram
Listen to Alessia's podcast inhabit 
 
Check out Alessia's book Higher Self Habits: The Scientific, Strategic, and Spiritual Framework to Get Out of Your Own Way—For Good, which invites readers on a transformative journey of self-discovery, emphasizing that our daily habits are the keystones of destiny. Combining behavioral science and psychological insights with flexible strategy and spiritual wisdom,
 
Check out Alessia's book recommendation:
Conversations with God by Neil Donald Walsh
Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford.
 
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35: Navigating to Avoid Burnout - My Summer Shift

Hey Friends!
Welcome to another episode of Lead With Confidence!
In this episode we cover: 
Recognizing the signs of burnout and taking action to prevent it.
Slowing down and implementing what you have learned can be just as important as continuous growth.
Setting specific goals and holding yourself accountable to them.
Assessing your own growth patterns and determine if you need to speed up or slow down.
Take time to regulate your nervous system and find balance in your life.
 
Check out Simon Sinek's book: The Infinite Game 
"The infinite minded leader knows that growth is a variable, that sometimes needs to be fast, and sometimes needs to be slow to ensure that it lasts". 
 
My book is officially available on Amazon!   Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead 
 
 
 
Thank you for joining me on another episode of Lead With Confidence!
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