Everyday Leadership for Smart Women

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

We are navigating new territory as the world collectively deals with the impact of COVID19.

Today, as we all continue to orient ourselves to this new 'normal', I want to come in and offer three reminders that I'm using daily (ok, hourly) to cope.

These three reminders aren't a one-and-done, we'll be flowing in and out of them regularly, but hopefully, they're helpful touchpoints when the anxiety rears its ugly head or you're struggling to stay focused on anything, except refreshing your Twitter feed (or is that just me).

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Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

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“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”

I’m excited to kick-off a brand new series on the podcast all about masterminds, communities and networking for leaders. I’ve been planning this series for a while and given that spring is hopefully right around the corner, it’s a good time to think about getting out into the world and building relationships and deepening connections.

And the good news is that all of what we’ll be talking about over the series also translates to the digital world.

If you can’t travel, if accessibility is a challenge for you, if you’re a raging introvert or if unexpected forces ie. Coronavirus prohibits going into crowds, we can always leverage the power of online masterminds, communities and networking to support our connection goals.

Today we’re going to talk briefly about all three, and why they matter in your own leadership development path. It’s easy to take connection and community for granted in our busy, on-demand world, but it’s a vital component to how we get better as leaders and how we stay resilient in the face of uncertainty, change and setbacks.

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Most miscommunications and blow-ups happen because we enter into a tricky conversation without much thought. We’re angry, or frustrated, or overwhelmed – so we fire back words that don’t truly reflect what we feel, nor how we want to show up in the world.

We react first, and process later. We let our emotions rule before we can even stop and consider what we think and feel about the situation, and how we best want to handle it.

As leaders though, we will be faced with tricky and sticky conversations again and again. How we show up to them matters and with practice, we can get better at this.

And it always, always starts with this one question.

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Hello and happy new year!

This episode is dropping at the end of my first week back post-holidays, and I feel like I’m just getting back into the groove. As I said on Instagram earlier this week, give yourself lots of grace and space as you re-enter back to work.

In our last episode, we talked about 10 questions you could ask yourself to close out the year. If you missed it and want to take that reflection time (sidebar, it’s not too late) head here.

Today we’re going to spend time envisioning what 2020 can bring you. If you’re listening to this much later than January 2020, don’t skip this. These questions are valuable at any time of the year.

Once again, I encourage you to give yourself permission to take some time to think these over. Head to a local coffee shop for an hour of uninterrupted time, with your favourite notebook. Don’t rush through it. Taking this time now will help you set up the year ahead in a purposeful, mindful way that can be sustainable.

Trust me, with a lot of personal and client experience behind me, it’s easy to get swept up in the January possibility vibes without really considering if you can make it happen once February hits.

Let’s jump into the questions and walk through each one. I’m going to break these up into two sets of five. The first set focuses more on what you want to do and accomplish this year whereas the second set is about you and how you want to be this year.

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“The most important possible thing you can do, is do a lot of work.” ~Ira Glass

Over my years in coaching, I’ve heard many, many stories about something being ‘too hard’ or ‘too overwhelming’. And I’ve heard stories like, “I’m just not good at technology” or “I can’t ever seem to figure out how to launch my new thing,” a million times.

What I want to remind you of today is that what you tell yourself about your work will inform how you experience your work.

If you tell yourself that you suck at writing, you’re going to avoid it like the plague or never put it out there and you’re never going to get better at it.

If you tell yourself that you’re never going to catch up to those further ahead, you won’t because you won’t even begin to try.

If you tell yourself that you’re terrible and inexperienced at managing staff, you’ll avoid dealing with them and make things worse (for you and them).

If you believe that marketing is slimy and overly-complicated, you’ll stay the world’s best-kept secret.

It’s ok to be nervous about something new. And it’s fine to acknowledge where your real (not perceived) limitations are.

We are not meant to be brilliant at everything. It’s time to close the gaps.

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Truth: Good things take more time than we’d like

The Taste Gap – Ira Glass video

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