The CEO Sage

So what is your "tax season"? Is it April 15th? Maybe it's Christmas or Mother's Day. But what about pre-season or post-season? The reason this is a problem, whatever your "season" is, is because you don't have the team to support you.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. I'm not trying to minimize the level of work that people have. But we all have a tax season.
2. The importance of having a team that supports you.
3. Why you must get rid of the mind drama that says you can't leave because it won't be done without you.
4. The florist and taking time off.
5. Why it's awful to become an entrepreneur in order to create a lifestyle for yourself, and then to chain yourself to your business and miss out or use it as an excuse.
6. Failure is a part of it all, and your team is going to fail whether you're sitting at your desk or whether you're in Tahiti. Let's go to Tahiti!
7. When it's time to hire more people.

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© 2021 Kris Plachy

I cannot believe how lucky I am to work with such amazing women leaders every. single. day. I had a Q & A call with a few of my current and former How to CEO clients and, I won't lie to you, it was FIRE. We discussed their motivations for joining the program, what it was like as they went through the course, and what they took away from it. I can't wait for you to listen!

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. Erika owns a commercialization company that helps pharmaceutical companies launch their brands.
2. Zahnia – CEO of Affinity Residential Care and Affinity Care MN.
3. Rebecca – real estate developer.
4. What has been the most potent, powerful, meaningful moment of learning that you didn't expect?
5. Why invest in this kind of work?

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Find out more about the How to CEO Program here. https://krisplachycoaching.mykajabi.com/how2ceo-bring-it

© 2021 Kris Plachy

Has your shining team member turned into a shiny team member? The terms are pretty similar, but the motivation of each is quite different. The ugly truth is that they can't be rehabilitated. So, let's talk about what to do when those high-performing types become business-destroying, gobbling-up creatures.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. A shining team member is someone who is luminous and illuminates the entire team. When they shine, everybody else shines.
2. A shiny team member is busy focusing on their own light. Their light doesn't extend out to others. It actually does the opposite.
3. A high-performing, business-destroying monster believes that they are untouchable. They are arrogant, demanding, entitled, privileged, noisy, and even in some cases, threatening.
4. You feel that losing them in your business would be so catastrophic that you can't see past it.
5. Here's how to handle the high-performing, business-destroying monster.

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Find out more about the How to CEO Program here. https://krisplachycoaching.mykajabi.com/how2ceo-bring-it

© 2021 Kris Plachy

Accountability - making a commitment and then following through on it. You wouldn't think it's that hard to do, right? Yet every day, we are surrounded by people who think they're above accountability. And many leaders, in order to avoid difficult conversations, let it go. They don't address it, and therein lies the quagmire. We leaders are negatively reinforcing the very behaviors we say we don't want. So here's my suggestion…

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. The responses people demonstrate as a result of being confronted with their own lack of results.
2. People-pleasing and the lack of accountability.
3. Accountability and the entitled generation.
4. Spiderman and accountability - with great power comes great responsibility.
5. Holding onto people because we're afraid to address their performance is diminishing the ability and the engagement of the people we really want.
6. How to change all that – and change the world!

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Find out more about the How to CEO Program here. https://krisplachycoaching.mykajabi.com/how2ceo-bring-it

© 2021 Kris Plachy

Being firm and serious when you need to be is important, but if overused, it can lose its authority and make you unapproachable. Real laughter is a form of connection. I think that leaders who laugh and have fun create better cultures. They create a connection that's based on authenticity and truth - and that is one of the most potent forms of engagement.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. Why levity is a leadership skill.
2. The reason integrating laughter into your work is so critical.
3. Why laughter, when you're in a leadership role, is so contagious.
4. Laughter is the best medicine, and "truth be told, those of us who know this also make the best healers." ~ Kris

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Advanced Leadership Coach Certification is currently open for registration. Get more details here.

© 2021 Kris Plachy

In today's interview, Kris talks with Meha Agrawal, South Asian American CEO and founder of Silk + Sonder. Silk + Sonder is a community-driven program which is rooted in principles of positive psychology whose mission is to solve the emotional health epidemic for their customers. At its core, Silk + Sonder is a space for mindfulness, journaling, planning, tracking, and creative expression — all in one.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. What the word "sonder" means.
2. Meha's compelling reason for creating Silk + Sonder.
3. Why Meha felt her bootstrap business required some injected capital.
4. What it was like building her team.
5. Meha's biggest mistake as she was growing her team.
6. How to vet people you want to bring on to your team.
7. Meha's favorite books – see links below.
8. The thought leaders Meha follows.
9. What is a "dream manager" and how could it fit in at Silk + Sonder?
10. Valuable advice from Meha to other women.

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If you are a female entrepreneur leading her own business, trying to figure out how to deal with all things "team," go to howtoceoregister.com for more information.

© 2021 Kris Plachy

Vulnerability is not just about making yourself susceptible to physical or emotional harm – it can also be a mechanism for growth and connection with others. Tune in to find out how being vulnerable can help make you, as a female entrepreneur, an exceptionally powerful leader.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. What you are blocking yourself from when you prevent yourself from being vulnerable.
2. The difference between vulnerability and exposure.
3. How to let your guard down and be vulnerable.

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Today, Monday, April 5th, is the last day to register for How To CEO. We start this Thursday, April 8th, with a whole new group of amazing rock star women. If you are a female entrepreneur leading her own business, trying to figure out how to deal with all things "team," go to howtoceoregister.com.

© 2021 Kris Plachy

Today we're talking about some warning signs to watch out for when you're hiring a new employee. You've probably experienced some, or all, of these. And out of desperation, you may have found yourself making excuses for them or overlooking them. So I'm here to validate that these really are warning signs that an employee isn't going to work out.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. Why someone who is late to an interview is a warning sign.
2. Why you should have everybody do an assignment before you hire them.
3. It's a bad sign when someone calls in sick when they first get started with you.
4. Why someone who immediately starts making excuses and justifying it is another red flag.
5. How overall dismissal or tone deafness is a warning sign.

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Registration is open for, How To CEO. If you are a female entrepreneur leading her own business, trying to figure out how to deal with all things "team" - like hiring, firing, holding people accountable, having difficult conversations, getting work done through others, delegating, dealing with difficult employees, how to coach versus how to manage - go to howtoceoregister.com.

© 2021 Kris Plachy

I have noticed that many of my clients seem to fall into two polarizing positions. They either end up in a feeling of total helplessness or a place of arrogance. Ironically, the results are the same. Your confidence is priceless, but it's not something you can just compensate for by hiding or abdicating. Here's my suggestion …

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. About "I can't" and the feeling of helplessness.
2. What content / advice consumption is and why it happens.
3. About "I shouldn't have to…" and arrogance.
4. Why you must learn the people part.

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We're opening up early registration for the How to CEO program starting on March 23, 2021. Go to HowtoCEOregister.com and make sure you're on the invitation list! There are some cool perks / extra bonuses if you register early – like the Managing Overwhelm digital course and a resource guide that will have all of the key worksheets that we provide to our clients.

© 2021 Kris Plachy

We all deal with the emotion of anger every now and then. There's nothing wrong with that. But we don't have to work out our anger with other people.

As leaders, sometimes we forget that we already command authority just because of our role - our title. We automatically carry the biggest stick, and arguing for us, is not a good look. It doesn't create a constructive culture, and I believe as leaders, there is no place for us to participate in that. Ever.

So, let's talk about how not to indulge an arguer – and how not to be one ourselves.

What you'll learn from this episode:

1. Much of our perspective about how to communicate comes from our family of origin.
2. What's considered "arguing."
3. What to do in that moment – instead of indulging the "arguer."
4. How to deal with someone on the team who is an arguer.
5. What to do if you are the arguer.
6. Arguing as a form of manipulation.

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The next How to CEO program starts in April. People on the interest list find out about things sooner than people who aren't. Go to HowtoCEOregister.com to get on that list!

© 2021 Kris Plachy