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  • Let’s Learn About Your Unique Strengths Together

    Here’s what I want to offer and do next for you …. I love talking and learning about our natural strengths — both for myself and my teams. And particularly so I can better leverage them in my life and leadership and help my team do the same. The first meeting of my leadership small

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  • My Next Two 4-Week Small Groups on Leadership

    Last week I wrapped up my first small group on leadership and based on preliminary feedback it was well received. (Still am super super grateful for and inspired by the outstanding members of my first-ever group!) So I took what I learned from my first group, made some tweaks and am excited to announce two

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  • Taking Care Of Yourself as a Leader

    One of the most neglected yet essentials of leadership is self-care and support. This Wednesday, I’ll be sharing my experiences managing the ups and downs and share keys for how I take (better) care of myself now. Self-Care and Support for Leaders – Signup Here By the way …. one of the critical keys of

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  • My Next Venture is Live: Leader.Team

    After months of preparation and planning, I’m excited today to rollout Leader.Team officially with my co-founder Jeff Meziere. Our vision is simple: to build a community of dynamic leaders, who want to learn and grow, together. When I first became a leader of a team over 10+ years ago, I remember how scared I was

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  • Join My First Leadership Small Group

    For the last couple of months, I’ve been searching deeply, tirelessly, exhaustingly, for what’s next. And frankly, I’m just too damn impatient to wait any longer. I’ve been asking myself over and over and over: What drives me? What key themes emerge when I reflect on my strengths and experiences, and feedback from others I

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  • My Interview with Mark from WordFence About Mental Health, Entrepreneurship and More

    Mark Maunder of CEO of Defiant, who builds Wordfence a WordPress security plugin, came to Oklahoma City a couple weeks ago to interview me after leaving the team and company I started over a decade ago. I’ve known Mark for a number of years and so much appreciate him asking amazing questions that allowed me

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  • Tips for Building a Podcast Following

    I asked my friend and veteran podcaster Matt Medeiros for some tips on building an audience with podcasts recently. It’s titled “The Essential Guide to Cultivating a Podcast and YouTube Following.” Here is the audio only version: You can listen in to the interview Matt did with me recently on his Matt Report podcast here.

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  • 5 Benefits To Investing In Your People

    Based on my experience as a leader and entrepreneur over the last decade, here are 5 key benefits to invest in your team: Retention — They stay longer as it increases your team’s job satisfaction by investing in them and their skills Energy — It rekindles and refocuses them on their work and your organization

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  • How To Be (More) Creative

    As I’ve started my new chapter which I’m calling Starting Again, I’ve been focusing on the basics and essentials. I’ve said over and over, I want to be lucky again. And that also means being creative. Last week I had the opportunity to interview Allen Gannett, author of one of my favorite books — The

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  • How to Make an Impact, Be an Influence, Just By Being Human

    Want to make an impact that authentically becomes influence? It’s fairly simple but takes effort. But you can’t fake it.

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