Show Notes

In this episode of the Simplify Leadership podcast, Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Lead with Sheree, interviews guest Jodi Flynn, CEO and Founder of Women Taking the Lead about leadership and growing your team as an entrepreneur.

Jodi Flynn is the CEO and Founder of Women Taking the Lead, a leadership development company that works with individuals, allies, and organizations, to close the gender parity gap by attracting, developing and successfully promoting more women into senior levels of leadership. She helps organizations realize these benefits through coaching, consulting, leadership development programs and keynotes. 

She’s been featured in Entrepreneur and Forbes magazines and Jodi is the host of the nationally recognized Women Taking the Lead podcast. She is also an Amazon bestselling author with her book, Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing.

In this episode, Jodi shares her journey from her first leadership role, to her decision to dive in and start her business. We discuss how Jodi uncovered that supporting women leaders and helping organisations meet their gender parity goals was a priority for her in her business; and she gives us some tips on how to discover your niche too.

We go on to discussing how to understand our skills as women leaders, and the unique challenges we may face. We also discuss the reluctance women entrepreneurs have for hiring and how this can hold us back from achieving our business goals, and life purpose as a result. 

We talk through the benefits of growing your team, and how you can help yourself to overcome these and other leadership challenges you may experience on your journey.

This conversation will help you think about your skills as a leader, and how to think differently about expanding your team and supporting your own development.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

2:28 How Jodi kicked off her entrepreneurial journey & her first leadership role

10:35 Why Jodi has made supporting women leaders and organisations to meet their gender parity goals her priority in her business; and how you can find out your niche too.

16:46 Understanding your skills as a women leader, and where your areas of challenge may be.

27:58 How leadership challenges impact women entrepreneurs

33:00 Why you may be hesitant to hire help for your business and how to think differently about this

37:24 The benefits of growing your team for you and your business

41:40 How to fast track your progress as a leader

Connect with Jodi Flynn

To connect with Jodi Flynn from Women Taking the Lead, visit her website here: WomenTakingTheLead.com. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiflynn, and listen to her podcast, Women Taking the Lead.

Take Jodi’s Leadership Skills Inventory at https://womentakingthelead.com/leadership-abilities-inventory/ to find out what your leadership strengths and gaps are, so that you know what to focus on to be more confident and competent. 

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