To keep productivity high, relationships strong, and employees genuinely happy, you have to have a strategy that develops and nurtures a positive team culture. Becky Brunner is the team culture strategist who will create a plan that strengthens your team’s culture and allows you to lead a team of motivated, connected, and happy employees without having awkward “feelings talks” and confrontational meetings.  Full shownotes at joytolead.com/becky-brunner Find Becky at Choose Happy Assisting! Download her free guide, 30 Days to Connect with Your Online Team ..read more

As leaders and business owners - and, well, humans - most of us will experience burnout at some point in our lives and careers. Leadership burnout is increasingly common, and entrepreneur burnout is coming in a close second. In this episode I'm talking with Amber Zaricor of the Fill Your Cup Conference. We explore the importance and practicalities of filling your cup as a leader, how to heal from burnout, and ways to encourage your team to fill their cup. Full shownotes are at www.joytolead.com/amber-zaricor-leader-burnout-fill-your-cup Don't Lead Alone! Through the Joy to Lead® Academy you ..read more

One year ago today I was preparing for my first maternity leave as a business owner. As an entrepreneur, I had no idea what to expect from creating my own maternity leave and there really weren't any resources available for how to prepare for a maternity leave as an entrepreneur. There still isn’t.  So, in today’s episode of the Joy to Lead Podcast I’m pulling back the curtain on my 5-month, 5-phase maternity leave, focusing specifically on how I prepared and structured the maternity leave as an entrepreneur and how you can do the same. Find shownotes and links at https://joytolead.com/m ..read more

What we believe becomes how we act, and our actions shape our reality. Therefore, in a way, what you believe to be true inevitably becomes true. This is why our inner critic is such a powerful voice, and why affirmations can be transformational for us as leaders.  In today’s episode of the Joy to Lead Podcast, we’re pulling back the curtain on affirmations and positive self talk and belief. We lead from the inside out! Find shownotes and links at www.joytolead.com/affirmations Don't Lead Alone! Through the Joy to Lead® Academy you can equip yourself for leading a team with our courses o ..read more

How often do you as a leader feel like you’re “winging it?” You’d never admit that to your team, of course, but there’s an underlying worry saying, “if only they knew. They’re going to realize it soon enough.” Without a leadership development plan, this is likely your norm. Shownotes and links can be found at joytolead.com/leadership-development-plan Don't Lead Alone! Through the Joy to Lead® Academy you can equip yourself for leading a team with our courses on leadership, team management, and recruitment and onboarding. In the Joy to Lead® Community, you can immerse yourself in a supportive ..read more

We all want to be a better leader, but it's hard to picture what it's like to experience our leadership - right? We try to communicate better, to have more team meetings, to ask our team members how they are doing, but at the end of the day we're left wondering if it's even enough. Today on the Joy to Lead® Podcast we're diving into the ways your team members wish you were stepping up in your leadership - things they wouldn't say to your face (or, things they don't have the words for). Full shownotes and links can be found at www.joytolead.com/be-a-better-leader Don't Lead Alone! Through the ..read more

Following a difficult postpartum season, I went on an unintentional but amazing social media sabbatical. That social media sabbatical lasted about 9 months and helped me heal from anxiety and overwhelm in my life. Taking a social media sabbatical was one of the best decisions I've made as a business owner, mom, partner, and human being. It's also something I'm going to be repeating regularly.  On today's podcast I'm going to share some of the things that made this social media sabbatical so effective, as well as my major takeaways and learning experiences. Shownotes can be found at www.j ..read more

If you’re like me, you love a good personality test. Give me the enneagram, the DiSC, the Kolbe, StrengthsFinders, Myers Briggs any day, and that list can go on and on. But, I’ve spoken before about the detriments weaving in a personality test too early in your hiring process can have.  So today on the podcast we are deep diving into all things personality tests, specifically: the trouble they can wreck in your hiring process,  when they should and shouldn’t be used,  how you can best utilize them to benefit your team,  and a stronger way to explore personality in the hiri ..read more

With this new and simple but effective morning routine, I'm able to add over 15 hours of focused work to my week. As a work-at-home mom, this is revolutionary to me. Here's how I did it! Shownotes and links can be found at: www.joytolead.com/morning-routine ..read more

The journey to making your first hire as a small business owner doesn’t have to be complicated, but it should be pursued with strategy, intention and time.  In this guide to hiring your first team member, we will cover everything you need to do to prepare for making your first hire for your small or online business, including: Structuring your internal business operations, Structuring your team atmosphere and experience, And, structuring your hiring process.  Shownotes, links and resources can be found at www.joytolead.com/make-your-first-hire  Get on the Joy to Lead® Communi ..read more