Business is Human

As leaders, we take pride in hiring wonderful people to add to our team, and when we decide to hire a person, we become protective over them and want them to succeed. But what if they aren't performing how they should be? What if we don't see that? Or what if we do, but we want to avoid acknowledging it? This is a challenging scenario, and today Rebecca shares how we can have these conversations and thrive in our roles as leaders by investing in our people and having tough but necessary conversations.

Things to listen for:

• [00:24 - 03:21] Intro to the episode: Seeing the reality of how your hires are doing
• [03:22 - 04:54] Tips on removing the emotion to better see reality
• [06:02 - 08:50] "Care enough to give feedback."
• [10:14 - 12:26] Would you rather have a winning team, mediocre team, or a barely surviving team?

Resources:

Learn more about Rebecca and her work: https://wethrive.live/

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story: https://badasswomenscouncil.com/product/write-your-own-story-paperback/

Listen to Rebecca's Audiobook Write Your Own Story: https://www.audible.com/pd/Write-Your-OWN-Story-Audiobook/B0BPDXMSBG

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccafleetwoodhession

With the potential of another recession looming over us, it isn't easy to know how we should navigate this situation. Warren Buffett's advice for protecting yourself from inflation is to invest in yourself. Coincidentally, this idea aligns with Rebecca's messaging already! This idea of investing in yourself is exactly what we need to keep in mind while we grow into the best versions of ourselves. Today, Rebecca shares her framework on maximizing your VRI, Value, Relevance, and Impact to take us to the next step of our better selves. Listen now!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. How to protect yourself against inflation
2. What is VRI?
3. The importance of handoffs in your organization

Things to listen for:

[01:15] Protecting Yourself Against Inflation: Sharpen Your Skills

[09:07] Becoming the best you can be by maximizing your VRI: Value

[13:13] VRI Maximization: Relevance

[16:45] VRI Maximization: Impact

[24:40] Examples of Maximizing your VRI

[31:37] Final thoughts from Rebecca

Resources:

Learn more about Rebecca and her work: https://wethrive.live/

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story: https://badasswomenscouncil.com/product/write-your-own-story-paperback/

Listen to Rebecca's Audiobook Write Your Own Story: https://www.audible.com/pd/Write-Your-OWN-Story-Audiobook/B0BPDXMSBG

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccafleetwoodhession

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown." - H.P. Lovecraft. 

Navigating uncertainty is challenging to say the least. The inability to do so is the root of most anxiety disorders, something many of us deals with daily. Today, Rebecca goes through how we can better navigate uncertainty. Listen now!

Resources:

Check out Rebecca’s TED Talk “Not Wrong, Just Different: ADHD as Innovators”: https://www.notion.so/1-17-Rosie-In-My-Pocket-d40382a27f224fa7af76d27a455256db

Learn more about Rebecca and her work: https://wethrive.live/

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story: https://badasswomenscouncil.com/product/write-your-own-story-paperback/

Listen to Rebecca's Audiobook Write Your Own Story: https://www.audible.com/pd/Write-Your-OWN-Story-Audiobook/B0BPDXMSBG

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccafleetwoodhession

The needs of a business and the needs of a human are very different. Over the past ten years, we have tried to implement the idea that business is human, but have we been doing it well? In this episode, Rebecca looks at the needs of humans and companies separately and guides us to connect the two in a meaningful way. In a time of high cultural expectations, quiet quitting, and burnout, let's put people's needs back into the business the right way. Listen now.

Things to listen for:

[00:21] Rebecca's Audiobook, Write Your OWN Story, is now on Amazon!

[01:00] The needs of a human vs. the needs of a business

[03:03] Putting people back in the business

[04:26] Cultural expectations are at an all time high, how do we move forward?

[10:24] 5 ways to knit together human needs and business needs

[21:20] How to apply this today

Resources:

Check out Rebecca’s TED Talk “Not Wrong, Just Different: ADHD as Innovators”

Learn more about Rebecca and her work

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story

Listen to Rebecca's Audiobook Write Your Own Story

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccafleetwoodhession

“I want your life to feel like a movie, or a song, or a great book with emotion. So let's start 2023 setting the intention for what we want to feel.”

Who do you want to be in 2023? This year we are doing more than a resolution; we are setting ourselves on a journey of self-discovery and self-awareness. To get you ready for the New Year, Rebecca Fleetwood Hession shares how we can continue to evolve into the person we want to be with the three-part model of "Be, Do, and Have." With this, we will set the intention of what we want to feel, write the vision we want for our life, and start to create that life for ourselves. Listen now, and let's start the new year off right!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. What the “Be, Do, Have” Model is
2. Suggestions for 2023’s journey of self-discovery
3. Tactics on how to write the vision for the life you want

Things to listen for:

[1:03] Story of a new client: "Who do you need to be, to have the life you want?"

[4:08] Embark on a journey in 2023 of self-discovery and self-awareness

[5:34] The "Be, Do, Have" Model

[9:20] Setting the intention for what we want to feel

[11:39] Write the vision that you want for your life

[14:14] Focus on the Have

[19:24] Make it a great day

Resources:

Learn more about Rebecca and her work

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story

Nikki & David Gregory’s Podcast, Addicted to Betterment

Take the Badass Quiz

Purchase tickets to Rebecca’s Stand Tall in Your Story Live event

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccafleetwoodhession

"That's where we get terms like life balance, where it's supposed to be balanced in terms of the measurement of time. That's just not the natural way of things. It's the machine-like way of things. We are not machines here to produce. We are humans here to add value, be relevant, and have an impact on other humans.”

So many organizations try to make time management their north star, but the perception and value of time naturally differs from person to person. As leaders, understanding and leaning into these differences allows for extraordinary personal, organizational, and human growth.

In this episode, our host Rebecca Fleetwood Hession explores rhythm, the third key of her coaching model and the basis of her book, Write Your OWN Story. By diving deep into her TED Talk on the ADHD brain, Rebecca explains how time blocks and controlled cadences of life are a made-up faculty of the education system. Listen in as she sheds light on the value of time and how to think differently about the rhythm of your own work life.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. How the ADHD brain perceives time
2. What the perception of time really means, and how we’re taught about controlled cadences in life
3. How to identify and manage different rhythms in the workplace

Things to listen for:

[0:20] The humbling impact of Rebecca’s TED Talk

[02:21] Understanding our brains and how they work

[05:25] Explaining the third key to rise and thrive - rhythm

[06:57] How we’ve been taught to think about time

[11:08] Putting control and time-based views into perspective

[12:10] Identifying rhythm differences at work

[14:55] Rebecca’s thoughts on healing the industrial style of work

[18:08] Rebecca’s tools for the dance of “put some time on my calendar”

[20:30] Rebecca’s takeaways for seeing and valuing rhythm in your work life

Resources:

Check out Rebecca’s TED Talk “Not Wrong, Just Different: ADHD as Innovators”

Learn more about Rebecca and her work

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.youtube.com/@badasswomenscouncil3763

https://fleetwoodhession.com/

"Our story, our human needs, our purpose is connected to a money-making model. It is a healthy, beautiful thing to see how they fit and connect together.”

Trade or business, in the evolution of the human experience, has always been a central key to survival. From trading goods for services to the industrial age of optimizing machinery, money, in some form, is necessary. But do you know how your job impacts the bigger picture?

In this episode, Rebecca Fleetwood Hession delves into Chapter 10 of her book, Write Your OWN Story, focusing on the second key to rise and thrive - Money. She shares insights on how money connects to your own personal story and the big miss of education today as it relates to real-life money-making experience. Listen in to get tools for structuring this model in your own organization and beyond.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. How your organization is like a relay track team
2. How to understand and better your company’s Money-Making Model
3. How the Money-Making Model impacts the story of your organization

Things to listen for:

[0:22] Excerpt from Write Your OWN Story, Chapter 10

[01:51] Understanding the history of the Money-Making Model

[06:21] Example of the impact of the Money Making Model

[09:35] Exercise for understanding your company’s Money Making Model

[11:10] Your organization is like a relay track team

[14:22] Tactics on building relationships with your relay team

[17:32] Final thoughts on connecting with Rebecca

Resources:

Learn more about Rebecca: https://wethrive.live/

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story: https://badasswomenscouncil.com/product/write-your-own-story-paperback/

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.youtube.com/@badasswomenscouncil3763

https://fleetwoodhession.com/

"Confidence doesn't come from knowing your job well or another degree or more money or a higher title. Confidence comes from knowing ourselves well."

Imposter syndrome is a part of the human condition. But how do you find personal success through that veil of self-doubt? By writing your own story and tapping into your authentic self.

In this episode of Write Your OWN Story, host Rebecca Fleetwood Hession discusses this type of self-reflection by looking at Reese Witherspoon's and Dolly Parton's stories. Listen in as she delves into what makes these women shine as humans, the importance of speaking love and kindness to yourself, and digging deep to find your true authentic self.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. Where confidence comes from and how to nurture it
2. What characteristics make Dolly Parton so relatable and loveable
3. How we can use self-encouragement to overcome self-doubt and reach success

Things to listen for:

[01:36] Imposter Syndrome

[02:02] Little known facts about Reese Witherspoon

[04:09] Reese’s acting advice turned into Rebecca’s living advice

[05:26] How Dolly Parton’s America podcast clarifies the idea of authentic self

[08:15] The common theme between Reese and Dolly

[09:55] How to be our own encourager

[11:58] How confidence arises in individuals

[13:25] Rebecca’s takeaways

Resources:

Check out Adam Grant’s Podcast: https://adamgrant.net/podcasts/rethinking/

Check out Dolly Parton’s Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/765024913/dolly-parton-s-america

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Learn more about Rebecca: https://wethrive.live/

Get your copy of Write Your Own Story: https://badasswomenscouncil.com/product/write-your-own-story-paperback/

Connect with Rebecca:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccafleetwoodhession/

https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodhession/

https://www.youtube.com/@badasswomenscouncil3763

https://fleetwoodhession.com/

The most courageous thing we can do is connect. As high achievers and career professionals, we're so busy serving and investing in everyone else that we don't take the time to have the meaningful connections that feed and serve us.

The newest evolution of The Badass Women’s Council podcast, Write Your OWN Story is a show based on the principles in host Rebecca Fleetwood Hession’s book Write Your OWN Story: Three Keys to Rise and Thrive. The show features personal accounts from Rebecca and interviews with guests focused on stories—the human side of business; money—richer, intentional conversations around this necessary commodity; and rhythm—living in the emotional flow of life and work.

Every episode is designed to inspire, empower, and excite listeners to create their own thriving life and career. The most courageous thing we can do is to connect, especially with ourselves. Write Your OWN Story is launching December 2022. Follow along wherever you get your audio.

Rebecca sits down with Kristen Smith to talk about all the ways journaling can benefit your physical, emotional, and mental life, and the ways that it can be difficult to dive into the practice of journaling. The two discuss the "ugliness" of transformation, manifestation of unprocessed emotions, as well as the reasons why our stories and sharing them matters.

Resources:

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