Like so many new leaders, I struggled with giving feedback. We’re people pleasers and perfectionists, so we want to get it right every time and avoid a negative reaction from the person we’re giving feedback to. However, if you want the other person to get better or change their patterns, you need to be clear and explicit about what you want in this situation.

Burnout is a serious problem. How do you best manage your energy so that you don’t end your weeks in a state of burnout? I have a bunch of strategies I use in my own life to optimize my energy, as well as a few things I’m currently experimenting with, and I’m sharing them all in today’s episode.

Your special skills are worth additional compensation. Your achievements, certifications, ideas, expertise, etc. are valuable, and the practice of unpacking your default programming is essential to getting your worth.

When you have big goals, understanding the progress you’re making toward your targets is super important. We’ve spoken before on the podcast about setting goals and achieving them. So, in this week’s episode, I’m showing you how to start evaluating the progress you’ve made, and what you still need to achieve.

Priming is simple, but if you use it, Priming will change your leadership forever. Priming is a common technique in advertising and it’s been used to great effect, so I’m showing you how to use Priming in your leadership role, achieving your goals, presenting ideas to others, and how you can help your team achieve their goals too.

When I became a leader, making decisions was pretty painful at first. I was overthinking every single decision, from deciding on the office Christmas party to deciding who to hire and how much to pay them. However, when I discovered the hack I’m sharing today, every decision became simpler.

As women, we tend to outsource our decision-making authority to others. This is a result of the socialization we’ve received from a young age, whether it’s bosses, experts, partners, parents, or even friends we might ask for advice. Even when I work with women, they’ll often say they need to ask their husbands if they can make an investment in coaching.

Are you aware of the struggles you’re facing as a new leader and how you’re contributing to these problems through your leadership style? The truth is, you might be spending your time and energy in all the wrong places, so it’s time to get crystal clear on your leadership archetype and how it’s impacting your results and your experience as a leader.

When we step into a leadership role for the first time, it’s pretty common to have thoughts about how we don’t deserve to be there, that we don’t have enough experience, and somebody else could do a better job. But the truth here is that your brain is not a reliable narrator, and you’re just struggling with imposter syndrome.

After 20 years in corporate, I can look back and see exactly how I could have handled some situations better as a new leader. In this episode, I’m sharing all of the wisdom I’ve learned over my career so you can make your own transition into leadership a smoother one.

Do you love being inspired by lessons other people share from their journeys? A lot of what I’m sharing today is advice I wish I had when I was first starting my career. These pearls of wisdom will help you see your strengths, what you have to offer as a leader, and how to make the most out of your career.

Tune in this week to discover what success really looks like. I’m sharing some questions you can ask yourself to determine if you are on the way to your dream life, and what you might need to change in order to get on the right track to success as a new leader.

Listen in this week as Kara, Jenn, Jamie, and myself offer our expertise on ambition, professionalism, racist and sexist socialization in the workplace, and our top tips for overcoming the most common challenges women face when stepping into confident leadership at work.

Tune in this week to discover everything you need to know about cognitive biases, what they are, why they happen, and why they matter. There are a bunch of different types of cognitive bias, so I’m discussing the top five, and we’re taking a deep dive into the most important one: confirmation bias.

Tune in this week to start experimenting with some different styles of communication, so you can see which ones resonate most with you and the people on your team. I’m sharing the importance of being aware of and mirroring other people’s communication styles, and how to collaborate with your team members to explore and come up with the most effective methods of communication. In other words, speak so people listen!

Your expertise has gotten you where you are, but now that you’re the leader you need to adjust accordingly. I’m sharing how to delegate in a way that allows your team to perform at the highest level, leaving you more time and energy to do your job of leading and helping your team develop the skills they need.

Are you on high alert, constantly monitoring your environment for threats, bracing yourself for worst-case scenarios? If so, you likely have a hyper-vigilant nervous system. In today’s episode, we’re exploring what this means for you as a new leader, and how you can start deconditioning yourself from this hyper-vigilance and begin trusting yourself as a leader.

Simple practices and approaches that you may have never heard before that will help you set, achieve, and celebrate your personal and professional goals year after year. I’m giving you some questions to ask yourself to get clear on what you loved about the past 12 months and decide what you want to do differently in 2023 as a new leader.

Tune in this week because we’re taking a deeper dive into navigating relationships with employees who used to be your colleagues. I’m discussing the importance of navigating new friendships and connections now that you’re the boss, how to manage potential favoritism or perception thereof, and your first job in reestablishing connection with your ex-colleagues turned employees.

Discover how you are creating unnecessary suffering for yourself as the leader of a team. I’m sharing how all of us have a subconscious manual for how our employees should behave, the difference between a manual versus expectations, and how to stop giving your power away by attaching your emotional well-being to whether or not your employees follow your unwritten rules.