The Intentional Advantage

Cultivating a healthy, strong culture for your team takes intentional work. However, doing this work will pay off tenfold as it will facilitate that environment of success that you want. We're all vastly unique, and it's that diversity that beautifully brings together different ideas, perspectives, and opinions on how to achieve your shared goals. But what do you do when tension arises? In this episode, I explored how you can embrace conflict more effectively and with more confidence (while teaching your team to do the same!).

What's In This Episode:

Reframing the way you think about conflicts among your team

Digging into differences in a healthier, more productive way

How to teach your team to embrace conflict

2 tools to help cultivate that collaborative, motivated team environment you want

As a leader, you can create a strong team that works together to achieve your group's goals, vision, and North Star. Teams are critical for reaching success, and as humans, we're designed to work in groups. Our brains are literally wired for it! By seeking out effective people to join and grow your team, you'll live each day fired up about the people you get to work with (not have to work with!). In this episode, I'm sharing 3 tips for growing a strong team, and why you shouldn't fall for resume propaganda. We'll also explore a few momentum-builders to get you started!

What's In This Episode:

Making sure your team knows and understands the boundaries

The importance of being effective (rather than efficient)

3 tips for creating a strong team

Momentum-builders you can start implementing right away

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Welcome to the Intentional Advantage podcast! You might be wondering why I've decided to make a few changes around here. In this episode, I'll be explaining those changes to you and my reasoning behind them. You'll hear what it means to have an Intentional Advantage, plus what's to come on this season as we embrace strategies for success to help you confidently step into leadership purposefully, intentionally, and mindfully.

What's In This Episode:

Why I decided to make a shift with the podcast

Revisiting my North Star to make sure I'm aligned

My new purpose statement

What it means to have the Intentional Advantage

Unplug from your job and do it often. There's this misconception in the workforce that busier is better, and it's simply not true. In this episode, I'm exploring why it's critical for you to regularly unplug from work. I talk about the importance of taking breaks, vacations, and time away from your job, plus how doing so can produce better, higher-quality work in less time. I also share a few momentum builders to help you unplug from work mode.

What's In This Episode:

Symptoms of burnout and how to prevent it

How to carve out space in your day to take breaks

Focusing on being happy, healthy, and productive instead of busy

Tuning out of work mode regularly for a renewed sense of energy, motivation, and creativity

Are the messages you're putting out really embodying what you stand for as a business? At my company, one of the ideas that we've really been digging into while working to express our core values has been the "traditional workweek." In this episode, I am diving into how the standard Monday through Friday, 9-5, came about. I touch on the benefits of reducing your working hours and explore some of the drawbacks you might expect from spending less time working. If you've been rethinking what you've been told about productivity and the 40-hour workweek, you'll want to hear this episode!

What's In This Episode:

Shifting how you look at the 40-hour workweek

The benefits that come from reducing the hours you work

Potential drawbacks in reducing your workweek

Stepping into leadership with confidence takes courage. That's what Pat Flynn exemplified when he was laid off during the 2008 financial crisis. He quickly decided to make a move into entrepreneurship and hasn't looked back since. In this episode, he and I talk about how he's stepped into leadership within his business. He shares how he knew when to add people to his team and the importance of letting team members step up in their roles. We also discuss using Enneagram tests for insight on your team in the workplace (and at home!) and why you need to learn to fail.

What's In This Episode:

Why you need to ask for help earlier than you might think

Pat's advice on knowing when to hire people onto your team

Two driving keywords for life and business

Why you need to learn to fail

Let's be honest, meetings can drive everyone crazy. But the truth is, meetings are an essential part of the workplace. Knowing how to effectively run a meeting with your team can be a game changer for you as a leader. In this episode, I touch on why there's so much animosity toward meetings. I share why meetings are crucial for growth and why you need to look at what outcomes you want from them before diving in. If you're going to start creating more effective meetings for your team, you'll definitely want to hear the tips I share in this episode on infusing fun into the grand scheme of things while working on cutting down the time you and your team spend having them.

What's In This Episode:

Understanding the frustrations behind meetings

The importance of collaborating with others and allowing for different ideas, opinions, and voices to be heard

Examining the outcomes that you want to come from meetings

Creating an environment that's conducive for your business (and team members) to flourish

As a business owner or leader, you're responsible for cultivating motivation within your team. That's why I wanted to bring on two of my very own team members to dive into this topic. I was joined by two of my team members to talk about what we do to create a work culture we love, how we work together toward our shared vision, and what we do to build momentum every week. You'll hear how they make sure to stay on track, plus a few of their ideas of what you can do as a leader to move your business forward. You'll also learn some of the ways we work as a team to achieve our goals, and why team-building and celebrating your wins together is essential!

What's In This Episode:

What my team does for the inkWELL Press and Tanya Dalton brand

Ideas on sharing your vision as a leader and working toward a common goal with your team

How to create momentum and action plans

What to do to build momentum each week and stay accountable

My team's ideas for what people can do to move forward in business

Life doesn't operate on a fixed timeline. It works in its own unique way. For a lot of us, 2020 has been a whirlwind of emotions. We've all had to do some shifting, evolving, and adjusting for our goals. As I've had meetings with other women in the business world--each of us in different industries, with different belief systems, religions and races--we've had some great conversations around COVID-19, and the Black Lives Matter movement. One of my good friends Myoshia, shared some excellent points that I wanted to share with you in today's episode. I will discuss three steps to committing to change and why you should allow yourself and others to evolve. I've appreciated this time of being able to learn, grow, and change alongside my community, and I'm excited for you to listen to this episode.

What's In This Episode:

• Shifting the way you think about life
• Assessing where you are and where you're heading
• 3 Steps to Committing to Change
• Allowing others to evolve and grow as an individual

There's so much power in Community. A strong, supportive community can drive like-minded women up and forward. In this episode, I am chatting with Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network. During our conversation, Kristy and I talk about why she set out on a mission to create a supportive community for women. Kristy also shares why now is the time for women to step up as leaders, and her tips on finding an excellent mentor to guide you on your journey toward your goals.

What's In This Episode:

Why it was important for Kristy to create a network specifically for women

Advice on finding a good mentor

How recent shifts in business will affect women in the workplace

Why now is a great time for women to step into leadership