Women Taking the Lead

By Jodi Flynn | Executive Leadership Coach

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What's Women Taking the Lead about?

Women Taking the Lead is a podcast helping women leaders within organizations to grow into and thrive in Senior Leadership. Women Taking the Lead gives women in leadership the tools to develop a success mindset, improve your communication skills, develop collaborative relationships, and create more time.

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[Coaching] You Are the Lead...

06.27.2022

The work I do with my clients often centers around adapting to a new role or promotion. It sounds easy, and many of my clients beat themselves up because they assumed it should be an easier transition than it actually ...

Women Taking the Lead episodes:

06.27.2022 [Coaching] You Are the Leader to Develop Other Leaders The work I do with my clients often centers around adapting to a new role or promotion. It sounds easy, and many of my clients beat themselves up because they assumed it should be an easier transition than it actually ...
06.20.2022 How to Weave Development Opportunities into Your Team's Busy Day How are you at developing others? Would you say you’re a pro at this? Do you need work in this area? Maybe you’re somewhere in between? Making sure your team is getting ongoing learning and development opportunities, formal and informal, ...
06.13.2022 Leadership Development for Women Needs to Change Have you ever left a leadership development training feeling like it barely scratched the surface of what you needed? Or, that too much time was spent on competencies you’ve never had an issue with? You might have even had your ...
05.30.2022 Two "Soft" Skills That Exponentially Uplevel Your Leadership As a leader, are you looking to develop any of the following between yourself and others in your organization: more trust, stronger relationships, buy-in, and commitment? How about executive presence, that X-factor that has others stop and take notice? There ...
05.23.2022 [Coaching] How to Turn Being the Bearer of Bad News into a Coaching Opportunity How are you at delivering unwelcome news to one of your team members, and then coaching them through the feedback? Sometimes as leaders we have to tell a team member that they are off-track or that they’re not going to ...
05.16.2022 How to Show Your Team Your Appreciation ...Especially if it Doesn't Come Naturally to You Does your team know how much you care about them? Do they know how much you want them to experience growth, success and happiness as a part of your organization? Or, do you assume that they know because they should ...
05.09.2022 Are You Leading by Example? Are you leading by example? This is a trick question because the reality is you are always leading by example. The question is whether you want the people you lead to do what you are doing. Like it or not, ...
05.02.2022 Do You Feel Worthy to Invest in Yourself? As with the last episode of Women Taking the Lead I’m asking, for your career, who do you go to for help and support? Help comes in many forms and from a variety of sources. Some help you can get ...
04.18.2022 Who are your free helpers? For your career, who do you go to for help and support? Help comes in many forms and from various sources. Some help you can get for free and some will cost money. I recommend utilizing the free resources when ...
04.11.2022 Do You Want to be More Effective as a Leader? Move. How are you doing getting regular physical activity into your weekly routine? No judgement here. When there’s a lot going on it’s easy to free up time by skipping the workout, walk or bike you had already planned. In an ...
04.04.2022 Tending to Your Mental and Emotional Wellness is Not an Option Perhaps never before has the focus of mental and emotional wellness been at the forefront of leadership. According to the Harvard Business Review, “mental health challenges are now the norm among employees across all organizational levels.” In 2021, during a ...
03.28.2022 Do You Believe in Modeling Leadership? Take Time Off Too many of us are not taking time off, despite the added stress caused by the pandemic (and the blurred lines between work and home). What if we shifted our perception of what it means to take time off? Instead ...
03.21.2022 Your "No" Screams Senior Leadership Saying No…is this easy for you? Or does even hearing the word “no” feel like a gut-punch? We’ve all heard about leveraging the power of “Yes” – but what about saying “No”? In this episode, let’s explore when to say ...
03.14.2022 What Does “Asking for Help” Mean to You? What does “asking for help” mean to you? Do you avoid it at all cost because asking would mean exposing yourself to judgment? Maybe you see the importance and ask for help on occasion, but it’s uncomfortable. Or perhaps you ...
03.07.2022 How to ask Your Company to Sponsor You to be Coached Have you been thinking about working with a coach, but aren’t sure how to ask your company to sponsor your coaching? In this episode we’re going to discuss why it’s a benefit to your company to invest in your leadership ...
02.28.2022 Quick update Quick update on next episode... Resources Leadership Operating System Quiz: Wondering what kind of Leadership traits you have? Take this FREE, FAST quiz and find out more about yourself as a Leader. Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing: ...
02.21.2022 Infuse Your Leadership with Bold Requests How are you at making bold requests? Which of these sounds most familiar? I know what I want – and I’m definitely not afraid to ask for it. Sometimes I feel confident enough to make a bold request…but not always. ...
02.14.2022 Two Reasons You Got Tripped Up After You Started Your New Role Have you ever found yourself, after you’ve been promoted, wondering how the heck you’re going to get through the day? In this episode we’re going to cover the common reasons why you might have gotten tripped up after you were ...
05.24.2021 100% Jodi: Taking Time to Process In this episode I’m sharing some things I’ve been up to in the past year and what I’m doing for myself and my business in the coming months. For those of you who are new to Women Taking the Lead…hello ...
05.10.2021 100% Jodi: Delegating as an Opportunity In the last 100% Jodi episode, we covered what to consider when you are reviewing your responsibilities to decide what you need to focus on and what needs to find a new home. In this episode we’ll cover your next ...
05.03.2021 Denis Gianoutsos on Women Leading into the Future Denis is the CEO and Founder of Leading Change Partners. An organization that transforms business and leaders to lead a bigger game in a disruptive world. A highly respected International Facilitator and Executive Coach. He is the host of the ...
04.26.2021 100% Jodi: What Responsibilities Should You Keep? You’ve gotten to the point that you realize you need to make some changes in regard to what you are involved in and what you are responsible for. From here, how do you decide what stays and what goes? In ...
04.19.2021 Dr. Sarah E. Brown on Access to Coaching When it's Not Available Through Your Company Dr. Sarah E. Brown is an author, speaker, coach, trainer, and host of the KTS Success Factor™ Podcast. Her books include the best-selling Let Your Personality Be Your Career Guide and The Road to Success, the latter book co-written with ...
04.05.2021 Patsy Doerr on the Leadership We Need for the World We Live in Today Patsy Doerr is the Chief Executive Officer of The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI). Patsy leads all facets of AJLI and serves as the face of the organization, advocating in both the public and private sectors. Patsy is ...
03.08.2021 Miki Feldman Simon on How to Make Jobs More Accessible to Women Miki Feldman Simon, is a Career and Executive Coach and the founder of IamBackatWork, a company dedicated to helping women remain and return to the workforce. Miki is a seasoned professional who has held leading executive roles in human resource ...
02.22.2021 Debra Boggs on Revealing Your Unique Brand to Potential Employers As the Co-Founder of D&S; Professional Coaching, Debra works with interesting, talented, and successful executives from all over the globe to equip them with the tools they need to advance in the modern job market. Debra has been recognized as ...
02.15.2021 100% Jodi: Are You Afraid of Success or Are You Afraid of More Responsibility? Are you afraid of success or are you afraid of more responsibility? In this episode we’re going to explore why success can be so elusive and why self-sabotage rears its ugly head in moments when success is within reach. I ...
02.08.2021 Stephen Josephs on Transcending Your Ego to Resolve Conflict Stephen Josephs, Ed.D. is a leadership development expert. He is dedicated to helping leaders shape their culture and bring out people’s best work in ways they haven’t thought of before. He is particularly interested in the strengths women bring to ...
02.01.2021 100% Jodi: How to Face Our Leadership Challenges What guides you as a leader when you are faced with a moral dilemma? In this episode I’m going to call out some of the dilemmas we are faced with as leaders and some perspectives you can take to help ...
01.25.2021 Stacy Henry on Engaging Sponsors for Women Leaders Stacy Henry is owner and founder of CenterBranch, a consulting and coaching firm dedicated to helping both companies and individuals perform to their highest potential. With services that include keynote speaking and workshop facilitation, women’s development, and leadership and executive ...
01.18.2021 100% Jodi: The Inconvenience of Happiness Do you prefer convenience or happiness? You may be thinking, “Both!” But the reality is our long-term happiness and satisfaction usually requires a long series of inconveniences. In this episode I’m making a case for why you actually want to ...
01.11.2021 Nikki Groom on Leading with Self-Awareness Hailed as “a force of nature” and “a rising superstar”, Nikki Groom is on a mission to help rising women leaders recognize their worthiness, own their power, and amplify their impact – without checking their integrity at the door. She ...
01.01.2021 100% Jodi: How to Gently Go into a New Year of Uncertainty Are you ready for 2021? That can be a loaded question most years but this year it seems that question could easily set someone off. Given our routines have been upended, we have been through so much emotional upheaval, and ...
12.28.2020 Kim Langers on You Bravely Leading from Within Kim Langers, COO of Rastegar Property Company is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the activities of the asset management and development team, marketing, technology, business strategy, and operations, along with helping Rastegar achieve its business goals. She is also instrumental ...
12.21.2020 Shannon Kenny on Finding Profit Through Sustainability Shannon Kenny is a Sustainable Business Consultant who helps eco-conscious businesses grow with integrity so they can create meaningful impact while running a successful business. Growing up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad instilled a deep sense of environmental responsibility ...
12.14.2020 100% Jodi: Are We There Yet? In this quick episode I’m going to be direct about what’s needed from you as a leader and a reminder of what you need to be doing for yourself. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the ...
12.07.2020 Jennifer Brown on the Personal Journey to Be Inclusive Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of ...
12.02.2020 100% Jodi: An Audible Announcement In this episode, I’m sharing some exciting news. And it’s not just that I celebrated my 46th birthday this week, though that is true. I’m also sharing that my book, Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing, is now ...
11.26.2020 Nicole Tersigni on Using Humor and Creativity to Address Social Issues Nicole Tersigni is a comedic writer who lives in Metro Detroit with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. Since childhood, Nicole has felt an intense need to diffuse uncomfortable moments with laughter, so writing a book that finds humor in ...
11.16.2020 Dr. Carmen Landrau on "You've Got This!" Dr. Carmen W. Landrau is a board-certified cardiologist and professional keynote speaker who uses her experience navigating a male-dominated career, to empower women to embrace their talents and acknowledge their achievements so that they may transform into phenomenal leaders. Carmen ...
11.02.2020 Ellen Miller on Being a Pioneer to Advance to the Top Ellen Miller grew up in rural Maine and is a leadership coach and operational executive for TRC Companies and Former Vice President of AVANGRID. She understands the challenges of being a pioneer and breaking trail in a non-traditional role. As ...
10.26.2020 100% Jodi: Being Influential vs Being Forceful In this episode I’m going to cover being forceful versus being influential. We all have an idea of what we want and there are many strategies we can utilize to accomplish our goal. However, in regard to using force, which ...
10.19.2020 Mary Cheyne on How to Speak Up Fiercely and Femininely Mary Cheyne is a TEDx speaker, MBA and Transformational Public Speaking Trainer & Coach who has trained over 15,000 people in 30 cities internationally. Mary is the 2009 World Champion of Public Speaking first runner-up, out of 25,000 contestants from ...
10.12.2020 100% Jodi: Are You Ready to Take Some Action? Were you one of the people who, when the pandemic shut downs began, took a step back to reflect on how you were living your life; checking in to see if you were on the right track? If you didn’t ...
10.05.2020 Cara Macklin on Creative Visionary Thinking Cara Macklin, a multi award-winning entrepreneur and business success coach has been recognized for her achievements including Women in Business Outstanding Innovation, IoD finalist Director of the Year for Innovation, Women in Business Young Business Woman of the Year and ...
09.21.2020 Linda Fisk on Unlocking the Power of Partnerships Linda Fisk is a multi-award-winning leader, keynote speaker, author and university professor dedicated to amplifying and extending the success of other high-caliber business leaders. Linda serves as the CEO of Collective 54, the only national peer advisory network for owners ...
09.07.2020 100% Jodi: Pay Attention to the Signs that You Need to Rest Hello there! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing is coming soon in Audible!! I’m crossing my fingers that it will be available by September 18 because that ...
08.17.2020 Malinda Gagnon on How to Thrive in a Male-Dominated Industry Malinda Gagnon specializes in launching and growing products and companies, and has 20 years of experience in business strategy and digital communications. She is the CEO and Founder of Uprise Partners, a consulting and investment firm specializing in engineering, IT ...
08.03.2020 Rebroadcast: Meredith Bell on Asking for the Opportunity to Contribute Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982, and she’s an expert in helping companies develop the people side of their business. Meredith is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company based in Virginia. Meredith heads ...
07.20.2020 100% Jodi: What’s Stealing Your Energy Have you ever had one of those days when you wake up and immediately you dread having to get out of bed? Before your feet touch the floor a list of things you really don’t want to tackle start floating ...

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