Hey Friends!

This week's guest is Amanda Doyle

Amanda is a Certified Professional Leadership Coach. she specializes in helping smart professionals with perfectionist tendencies, overcome self-doubt, feel less anxious, and get more done. 

Her clients' most common results include increased influence at work, feeling more present at home, and committing to health and fitness routines. 

In addition to her coaching credentials, she has over 15 years of leadership experience in non-profit and consulting organizations. She earned her Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and her bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. She lives just outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband and two daughters. 

First we will cover the 4 ways to become more self aware. 

1. How fear can manifest as aggression or timidness
2. Creating a more positive work environment through feedback
3. Prioritizing self care... and what happens if you don't. 
4. Aligning your actions with your values

Topics covered in my interview with Amanda!

• A different approach to goal setting
• Increasing your influence at work
• The impact of perfectionism in leadership – What is “good enough?”
• Embracing vulnerability from a scientific perspective
• Effective, authentic, creative, and genuine leadership
• Fostering your teams’ success
• Overcoming people pleasing

You can find Amanda on her website or on Linkedin

Check out Amanda's book recommendation: The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck

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Hey Friends!

This week's guest is Brian Stroh!

Brian is a Maxwell Certified Leadership Team speaker, coach and trainer, and a DISC personality consultant. He provides customized leadership development that's fun and relevant so organizations can grow their teams and attract new people. Brian lives in Sioux Falls, SD with his wife Tarina and their four children. 

This episode is all things DISC! 

I am trying out a different format where I will spend the first 10(ish) minutes covering the topic and my thoughts. 

• Prioritizing awareness and authenticity in your life.
• Embracing your true self to form authentic relationships. 
• You can't please everyone, so focus on being you!

Then we'll dig into the topics that Brian and I cover in this episode!

• Understanding DISC styles to improve communication and teamwork.
• Recognizing signs of stress and buttons for each style can help navigate conflicts.
• How to avoid burnout and stress buildup between certain styles
• How Gretchin Rubin's Four Tendancies Quiz complements the DISC assessment

You can find Brian on his website or on Linkedin

Check out Brian's book recommendation: 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Thank you for joining me on another episode of Lead With Confidence

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Hey Friends!

This week's guest is Taylor Thopmson!

Taylor is a National Speaker, Author, Strategist, Entrepreneur, and Podcast host of the top 10% globally ranked High Performer Podcast. She loves educating and inspiring high-performers to make the most of their one life through Life Design, Human Optimization, High-Performance, Online Entrepreneurship and Personal Branding!

Topics we discuss on this episode!

• The steps to overcoming burnout
• Entering the uncomfortable growth zone to expand your comfort zone
• Prioritizing your purpose for a fulfilling life
• Taylor's Tough Love series: Turning limitations into superpowers
• Investing in yourself - where is the best place to spend your time and money
• Taylors book writing journey and the lessons she's learned through self reflection
• How to live authentically in your personal and professional life. 

You can find Taylor on her Website or Instagram

Purchase a copy of her book: More Life on Amazon

Check out Taylor's book recommendation: Essentialism by Greg McKeownThank you for joining me on another episode of Lead With Confidence

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Hey Friends!

This week's guest is Michael J. Pope Jr. 

Michael is "The Coach's Tech Guy". He has advanced certifications from globally respected authorities like leadership guru John C. Maxwell, and Neuropsychologist Dr. Joseph McClendon III. 

Join us as we dive into a conversation about leading with your own unique personality style to become a self-confident version of yourself who is excited to learn and grow through all stages of life. 

Topics we discuss on this episode!

• Leading with DISC personality style
• Having the confidence to say no to the things that don't serve you
• What it means to be a DOER
  • Disciplined
  • Opportunities Focused
  • Eliminate Your Excuses
  • Responsibility: Take responsibility of your life and happiness
• What good company culture looks like when we narrow in on the human centric issues. 

You can find Michael on his website

Or follow him on Linkedin

Check out the books Martin recommends!

The Magic of Thinking Big

Gadgets Guide to Marketing 

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I read 'Take The Stairs' so you don't have to!

Every 4th Monday I will deep dive into a personal development book to not only share with you some of my personal take aways, but so you can get inspired by the messages of some really great books!

Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden 

In this episode we will cover 5 major points of Rory's book.

• Discover how the escalator mindset is crushing your confidence
• Identify 3 types of procrastination and how to combat them
• Debunk the Work/Life Balance Myth
• Discover what it means to prioritize this season of life
• How to build your self-confidence 

As a bonus, I give a bit of a teaser about the DISC personality styles. I will be inviting my friend Brian to do a whole episode on the Maxwell DISC personality framework in a later episode!

Rory has a Ted talk called How to Multiply Your Time that I highly recommend if you're looking for some additional inspiration from Rory!

I would love to hear from you!

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Episode 5.

Embracing Imperfection and Individuality in Leadership to Build Trust and Confidence 

Hey Friends!Today we discuss what it looks like to individualize and humanize the way we approach problem, and create solutions with our teams, kids, family, and everyone in between. 

Join me as we deep dive into the following topics

1. Setting realistic goals and taking incremental steps
2. Humanizing goals and embracing imperfections
3. Encouraging individuality in problem solving and leadership
4. Building trust and confidence in ourselves
5. What it truly means to Lead With Confidence
6. Cultivating good company culture

You can send me a message on LinkedIn or InstagramYou can also send me an email with any comments, requests or questions you'd like me to answer on the show!

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Hey Friends!

This week's guest is Esther Avant!

Esther is a health industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in fitness, nutrition, and wellness related roles. She is a certified sports nutritionist, personal trainer, wellness coach, and owner of EA Coaching, which has provided full spectrum health and lifestyle coaching since 2015. 

Her mission is to help women be healthy, happy, confident and get the most out of their lives. She knows that if more men and women prioritized their health, they be able to unleash their confidence and focus all that they have to leave their mark on the world. 

Esther is a boy mom, and a Navy wife who has lived and traveled all over the world while running her EA Coaching business. 

Join us as we dive into a fun conversation about all things confidence, self-trust, personal growth and what it means to Lead With Confidence. 

Topics we discuss on this episode!

• Approaching health and weight loss in a simple way
• How to choose your vessel for personal development
• Building trust and confidence in yourself and your ability to do hard things
• Overcoming your All or Nothing mindset
• Esther lays out her "Gone For Good" Framework
• Learn to be an inspiration to yourself and lead by example

You can find Esther on her Website

You can also find her on Instagram

Access her Weight Loss That Lasts Cheat Sheet 

Make sure you popover and listen to Esther's Podcast "Live Diet Free" 

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Episode 3. 9 Ways to Decrease Guilt and Anxiety Hey Friends!Today we will discuss the 8 1/2 ways we can change our mindset around the things that we feel guilty for. But I'm going to let you in on a little secret... 

You don't need to feel guilty! This is your life, and you get to be selfish sometimes. 

You and your family get to be your priority. 

Join me as we deep dive into the following topics

1. Quitting a book before you finish
2. Unfollowing/blocking people on social media
3. Quitting a paid service
4. Quitting a job
5. Changing your mind
6. Setting boundaries 
7. Setting boundaries again because it's so important ;)
8. Taking time for self care
9. Living when someone has passed away

You can send me a message on LinkedIn or InstagramYou can also send me an email with any comments, requests or questions you'd like me to answer on the show!

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