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When it comes to you, working for someone else, and building your brand...how do we define value? Where should our focus lie? Press play to hear my strategies for navigating such a seemingly imbalanced season of life. 

To read the article referenced in this episode, go here: https://psychcentral.com/blog/what-it-really-means-to-practice-radical-acceptance/

In hindsight, I wish I would have sought out clarity on my particular sphere of influence in the jobs that I held. Because going "above and beyond" seemed to get me further, I gave up the need for clarity and became exhausted instead. Listen in for the strategy I use now to be sure that myself and my employer have the same vision for my role.

This episode is the second in a new series where I'm sharing my very real mistakes in the business world. Students, educators, leaders, and employees- listen in. This one is my Business Mistake #2: Too high of expectations for higher education.

I have always promised authenticity through an imperfect journey, so I'm sharing the major mistakes I've made in business. There's information and key takeaway points for those of you in leadership and who are functioning solo during this season. Listen in to hear more about Business Mistake #1: Not fully understanding what it meant to be female in the business world. 

This one's for the leaders, managers, and team oriented bosses! Holding space for your employees is an intimidating concept that very few people are doing, let alone talking about. Let me walk you through how I went from chatting with my team between customers to providing the characteristics of a safe space to have a conversation. 

I see you, and your desire to be seen as a leader within your organization. I understand (firsthand) how challenging it can be to journey into discovering your authentic self, and then to walk into a workplace in which you feel unseen. In this episode, I'm giving you my 7 suggestions and questions for authentically leading from the middle of your organizational hierarchy. 

We just finished a brief series about Authenticity in Business, where I covered the ways that authenticity did and did not show up in some of the previous jobs that I have held. In this 6 minute wrap-up, I am giving you a handful of questions to refer back to when you are checking in with yourself. Take a quick breath of fresh air, and listen in to hear my key points of internal communication to help you recenter, and see how you relate to the environment around you. 

Here's the truth: Some things don't go as planned. And other things don't go as planned...over and over and over again. On this final episode of the "Authenticity in Business" series, I'm sharing with you the key takeaways I got from some of my most challenging workplace moments. This episode covers everything from communication, to interviewing, all the way to vulnerable humility with your team. Listen in to hear how authenticity emerged during this particular job that I held, and my tips for how you can build and honor the authentic you. 

Being authentically honest in business feels like a high-risk, low reward scenario. But is it, really? What if authentic honesty would actually enhance your client relationships? This episode is part of my "Authenticity in Business" series, so you better believe I'm talking about ways authenticity was, and was not, present in my previous job. Listen in to hear how authentic honesty can be possible in the business world. 

Grab your notebooks, y'all. This episode, episode 3 in the Authenticity in Business series, is JAM PACKED of good information. You're going to learn what it looks like to truly cover your employees and your clients, but most importantly- how to cover yourself when there is no covering above you. As I discuss red flags in the work environment, there is brief mention of sexual harassment in the workplace, but I'll warn you so that you can skip forward if your heart isn't in a good place to hear it. Otherwise, there is a ton of solid information for you, in whatever role you hold.