What if the secret to confident leadership and a thriving workplace was simply… being clear? In this powerful conversation, Lindsay White, founder of High Voltage Leadership, shares how clarity, kindness, and self-trust can transform your leadership and your life. After walking away from a toxic corporate job, Lindsay built a leadership coaching business designed to help female entrepreneurs build culture-rich teams, maintain integrity, and lead from a place of purpose. We talk about the emotional weight of leadership, the role of intuition, and how to stop being the boss you hated and start being the leader your people need.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome and snowy Canadian intros

01:00 What is High Voltage Leadership?

03:00 Quitting corporate after a toxic boss

05:00 How coaching changed Lindsay's life

07:30 From burnout to building a business

09:45 The link between integrity and authentic leadership

12:00 Confidence comes from doing hard things

14:30 Why unfinished tasks drain your leadership energy

16:00 Using pain as an indicator for growth

17:30 Women are trained out of trusting their intuition

20:00 Founder fraud and the shame spiral

23:00 Self-empathy as an entrepreneurial superpower

26:00 Why your best clients should feel like VIPs

29:00 The myth that clarity is mean

31:00 Setting expectations in small business leadership

34:00 Why she works with female entrepreneurs

36:30 The ripple effect of empowered women leaders

39:00 What 8-year-old Lindsay wouldn’t have predicted

41:30 Her surprise takeaway from starting a business

43:30 What she’s manifesting now

The Powerful Ladies podcast, hosted by business coach and strategist Kara Duffy features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, creatives, athletes, chefs, writers, scientists, and more. Every Wednesday, new episodes explore what it means to lead with purpose, create with intention, and define success on your own terms.

Whether you're growing a business, changing careers, or asking bigger questions, these stories remind you: you're not alone, and you're more powerful than you think.

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