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Leadership is Feminine

For most women, when we are invited to study leadership the teachers, scholars, authorities and models are primarily… men. We are indoctrinated from the time we are born that men are the leaders and that natural male characteristics are the strengths you must also possess to be a good leader. Powerful. Strong. Authoritative. Direct. Assertive. Decisive. These and so many more are attributes that are typically associated with the male model of a leader. And so, for the better part of the last one hundred years as women have made their way into the fold, in a variety of leadership roles, we have learned and studied to walk the way of a men to achieve success. Women dismiss their own knowing because we’ve been so indoctrinated in male leadership models. We dismiss what we know for what others tell us to be and how to be seen. There is another way to lead. To be in alignment. To not feel like an imposter. It’s time for the reimagining of leadership. That’s not to disparage any of the progress that has come before us. Progress is progress. For those of us who stand in the footsteps of the women who came before us we are here because of their courage, bravery and resilience. I wonder instead if women equally looked to the characteristics they learned from their mothers for leadership. I wonder if we were taught to lean on different qualities to drive success. I wonder what might happen then? The traditional qualities of mothering are communication, nurturing, listening, strength, support, grace, and yes… love. What if to be the best leader you can be as a woman, you integrated the best of both? This is how women will stand with integrity in their role as leaders. As women, we can be assertive, direct, powerful, and authoritative but we need not only rely on those attributes for success. After 25 years of watching and studying leaders, I can tell you that for sure many traditional male attributes are effective in the short run, but they typically only serve a few. Whereas, when leadership is feminine. When the leader possesses the strengths of femininity and grace the results are for all. This podcast is my like my gentle request and invitation to my fellow female leaders that we reclaim the world leadership as one that is a feminine definition. That we continue to work with all of our allies to build organizations and systems that include more support, collaboration, grace and communication. And that we do so not because we are uncomfortable with the more traditional male-dominating models, but because we truly do know that leadership is a feminine strength and attribute. And the world needs more of us leading. Now more than ever.
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May 27, 2019

Values are the rudder for your business and have to be an extension of you. There are no right or wrong values. They just need to be honest, because values determine who you hire.

What you'll find in this episode:

  1. Start by asking yourself, “What do I value in other people?” Do a brain dump. Start big and pare it down to three.
  2. What happens when you hire people who don’t align with your values.
  3. Once you’ve determined your values, then you need to communicate them to the team.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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May 20, 2019

As an entrepreneur, your brain is the directional force for everything that does or does not happen in your business. If your brain gets messy and cluttered, so does your business. Let’s do a little brain-keeping today!

What you'll find in this episode:

  1. The Thought Model and how it affects your ability to grow and love your business.
  2. How decision fatigue, control imbalance, mistaken tolerance and over-importance affect the cleanliness and tidiness of your brain.
  3. Why you need a coach or colleague to help you dump the weight you’re carrying around of a very messy brain.
  4. How to know if you’re in need of some brain-keeping.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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May 13, 2019

Kris talks with Jennifer Hood, owner and director of Jump Gymnastics. Jennifer was exhausted and struggling with performing most of the roles in her business. Now that has turned around and Jen shares advice on how she was able to maximize results with people.

What you'll find in this episode:

  1. The first thing that Jen learned that helped her be engaging from a leadership and management perspective.
  2. A valuable tip for other women out there who are doing well on paper but who are still struggling in the people aspects of their business.
  3. How her team responded to all the changes.
  4. The top three bits of advice for other women out there who want to maximize their results with people.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Email: support@leadershipcoachllc.com
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Produced by Podcast Prowess

May 6, 2019

What’s your relationship with money? There’s no right or wrong way to think about it, but the way we think about money does impact the results that we get related to money.

What you'll find in this episode:

  1. Be clear about why you started your business.
  2. What is your relationship with your money?
  3. Do you have symptoms of reverse entitlement?
  4. Exercise: Make a list of all your employees and write down how much money you pay them. How does that amount make you feel about each?
  5. There’s your money and the business’s money. Do you keep them separate?

© 2019 Kris Plachy

Visit: KrisPlachy.com
Email: support@leadershipcoachllc.com
Kris on Facebook
@KrisPlachy on Twitter
@krisplachycoach on Instagram
Kris on LinkedIn
Produced by Podcast Prowess

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