The Everyday Leader

I asked Debbie to join us on the Everyday Leader Podcast because I think administrative support is mostly underutilized or not correctly leveraged by the leaders of today, and it is a great opportunity for all of us to think a little bit differently about how we could benefit from an administrative partnership that really works.

I'm so excited for you to hear Debbie's perspective – so without further ado – let's meet Debbie Gross!

with Stephanie Simpson

Stephanie Simpson is a business and personal branding photographer with her own firm called Simpson Portraits and she loves to help leaders like you show the world why you stand apart from the crowd.

I asked Stephanie to join us on the Everyday Leader Podcast because she is not just any photographer and she takes more than just headshots. When I met her, I was like most of you – looking for a headshot and a couple images that I could use on my bio and different collateral pieces. I had no idea what I was in for when I met with Stephanie. Her bio suggests she is unique with her background in cinematography for big name television networks like Warner Brothers, not to mention her teaching experience in film and TV at the university level. But boy was I in for an experience.

I left her studio on top of the world as if I went in one person and came out someone different entirely. She didn't just capture me in images – she saw the version of me that I was not stepping into and helped paint that picture for me through her magical strategic lens. Now that I've been working with Stephanie myself for nearly a year, it is so apparent to me that managing our personal brands through our photos and images is a crucial differentiator that is so easy to do but even more easy not to do.

So friends, as you listen to this podcast I want you to think about your opportunities to show up in front of all of your audiences being that version of yourself that you know you are and are so often frustrated that others just don't see. This might just be your magic silver bullet – how can you leverage our virtual world and any opportunity you have, no matter what your position or what business you are in – to show up how you want to be seen. I'm absolutely thrilled to introduce you to Stephanie and talk about the importance of leveraging personal branding.

Enjoy!

Today we are talking to a highly regarded leader who's on a mission. Mim is the Executive Director of Healthy Day Partners, a non-profit organization working to nourish and heal people and planet through healthier food systems, ecological practices, and environmental education. That is a long-winded way of saying that Mim has strong values around access and education to real, clean food and also the environment we live in.

Mim's unique magnetism has brought together partnerships that have made a significant difference in the city she lives in. It all started with some small projects in her son's school and has transformed into the nations' first school district with an organic farm and farm to table school lunch. Pretty amazing! And a pretty amazing woman. Mim is now taking the programs and solutions she has built over the last 5 years to a larger platform and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm interviewing Mim because she truly is a leader. But I'm also bringing Mim to this podcast because I believe food is a key ingredient to our excellence as leaders. Food can make a significant impact on how you feel, how you show up, and how you perform. So listen in leaders – this is gonna be good!!

Today we are talking to a highly regarded leader who's on a mission. Mim is the Executive Director of Healthy Day Partners, a non-profit organization working to nourish and heal people and planet through healthier food systems, ecological practices, and environmental education. That is a long-winded way of saying that Mim has strong values around access and education to real, clean food and also the environment we live in.

Mim's unique magnetism has brought together partnerships that have made a significant difference in the city she lives in. It all started with some small projects in her son's school and has transformed into the nations' first school district with an organic farm and farm to table school lunch. Pretty amazing! And a pretty amazing woman. Mim is now taking the programs and solutions she has built over the last 5 years to a larger platform and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm interviewing Mim because she truly is a leader. But I'm also bringing Mim to this podcast because I believe food is a key ingredient to our excellence as leaders. Food can make a significant impact on how you feel, how you show up, and how you perform. So listen in leaders – this is gonna be good!!

Today we are talking to a highly regarded leader who's on a mission. Mim is the Executive Director of Healthy Day Partners, a non-profit organization working to nourish and heal people and planet through healthier food systems, ecological practices, and environmental education. That is a long-winded way of saying that Mim has strong values around access and education to real, clean food and also the environment we live in.

Mim's unique magnetism has brought together partnerships that have made a significant difference in the city she lives in. It all started with some small projects in her son's school and has transformed into the nations' first school district with an organic farm and farm to table school lunch. Pretty amazing! And a pretty amazing woman. Mim is now taking the programs and solutions she has built over the last 5 years to a larger platform and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm interviewing Mim because she truly is a leader. But I'm also bringing Mim to this podcast because I believe food is a key ingredient to our excellence as leaders. Food can make a significant impact on how you feel, how you show up, and how you perform. So listen in leaders – this is gonna be good!!

Today we are talking to a highly regarded leader who's on a mission. Mim is the Executive Director of Healthy Day Partners, a non-profit organization working to nourish and heal people and planet through healthier food systems, ecological practices, and environmental education. That is a long-winded way of saying that Mim has strong values around access and education to real, clean food and also the environment we live in.

Mim's unique magnetism has brought together partnerships that have made a significant difference in the city she lives in. It all started with some small projects in her son's school and has transformed into the nations' first school district with an organic farm and farm to table school lunch. Pretty amazing! And a pretty amazing woman. Mim is now taking the programs and solutions she has built over the last 5 years to a larger platform and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm interviewing Mim because she truly is a leader. But I'm also bringing Mim to this podcast because I believe food is a key ingredient to our excellence as leaders. Food can make a significant impact on how you feel, how you show up, and how you perform. So listen in leaders – this is gonna be good!!

Highlights of this episode include:

• Five critical questions to ask yourself in order to really get to know yourself
• How to create a plan that focuses on your areas of strength and the things you need to do in order to be great at what you do
• How to use insights or feedback you've received about your current role to deal with those things effectively so they aren't getting in your way
• How to use self-awareness to work towards future goals and determine what you need to do now in order to be able to lead effectively in that arena
• ... and more!

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Today we're gonna tackle the big harry monster that feels uncomfortable for most people. So many of us have been passed over by a promotion at some point in our careers and it Never. Feels. Good.

This can be an awkward situation for every party involved - you, your boss, your hiring manager, and the person who did get the job.

Well, we're going to fill you in on a little secret: while those who didn't select you may resort to clichéd excuses like "someone else just had better qualifications," they're being a lot more upfront about their decision to others – US!!!!

This is one of the top five situations every leader and HR manager can't quite figure out and they end up asking leadership coaches and consultants how to deal with it! So we thought, you know what? Let's do the talking here and spill the beans on what others might not say to you!

Get your popcorn ready, because this is one juicy episode!

• How JuliAnn came to recognize the importance of owning your personal brand
• The importance of digging deep and identifying the "why" to your "why"
• Branding hacks for standing out as a leader in the corporate world
• How self-care directly impacts the energy you put out into the world
• The power of leading your life with purpose
• ... and more!