Leadership Without A Title

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One of the people who I love, I’ve heard speak, and read her book on leadership, is Janet Smith Meeks. She is so passionate about how we can lead. She wrote a book called Gracious Leadership. You should check it out. It’s really good. She lives it. She wants to change the world for the good. She’s a leader because she influences those around her.Janet Smith Meeks with Betty Collins

And I’m am so thrilled to have interviewed her for this episode. This episode is part two of my two part interview with her.Gracious Leadership available as audiobook

Here’s a link to her website, and her LinkedIn page. Her audiobook is now available in audiobook form as well on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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Leadership With A Title

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Everywhere today you see people are looking for great leadership. When you’re a leader, you can influence. You can change your world around you.

You can impact people in your life and organizations. You can be part of success because of your leadership and influence. And you can use that title responsibly for yourself as well as for others.

Leadership, influence, AND the title are all one package deal.

Janet Smith Meeks with Betty Collins

One of the people who I love, I’ve heard speak, and read her book on leadership, is Janet Smith Meeks. She is so passionate about how we can lead. She wrote a book called Gracious Leadership. You should check it out. It’s really good. She lives it. She wants to change the world for the good. She’s a leader because she influences those around her.

Gracious Leadership available as audiobook

And I’m am so thrilled to have interviewed her for this episode. This episode is part one of my two part interview with her.

Here’s a link to her website, and her LinkedIn page. Her audiobook is now available in audiobook form as well on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

For more information, go to the Insights page at Brady Ware and Company.

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Are You Hanging With The Right People?

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In this episode, I explore why it is so crucial to hang with the right people, for your professional life, and your personal life.  And I speak with Derek Grosso, CEO and Founder of the Columbus Young Professionals Club about finding the right people to hang with. 

Choose your professional life relationships very carefully and make sure that they’re valuable, and that they’re worth the investment and the energy that it takes. You have 40 years to build a career, and hopefully you will be “wealthy” with the right relationships.

Are you hanging with the right people? Only you can make that decision and choice.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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Rehearsing Your Troubles

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Just to be sure you understand what I’m referring to, rehearsing your troubles. What does that mean? If you constantly have conversations in your head. You’re thinking, you’re talking, you’re laying awake at night, and you’re playing something over and over. It consumes you. That’s what I’m talking about. 

And it probably starts with some simple comment from the people around you, the people that matter the most… your peer, your spouse, or maybe your significant other.

In this episode, I am going to cover ways that helped me conquer this, and I hope will do the same for you.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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No One Will Value You More Than You

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Do you feel unappreciated, undervalued, overbooked, underutilized, or overlooked? Maybe you think you’re an afterthought? I would challenge you to step back and ask a simple question.

“Do I value who I am?”

Better yet, if you don’t value who you are, why should anybody else?

Tough questions. But you need to answer them if this is something resonates with you. In this episode I want to talk about the importance of value and who you are.

And if you want to be valued by others, it really does start with you.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

For more information, go to the Insights page at Brady Ware and Company.

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Categories: confidence, empowerment, personal growth

The Journey Or The Destination

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The journey or the destination. What’s your choice?

All our lives we’re thinking about the next BIG thing. We’re thinking about the next destination.

Reaching your destination. It’s just a moment in time. But travelling towards your destination will bring you rewards every day, and you don’t want to miss them.

Let the journey become your focal point. It’s far more rewarding than the destination.

13:35 Plus, Betty interviews Elise Mitchell, author of Leading Through The Turn: How a Journey Mindset Can Help Leaders Find Success and Significance.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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Entitled To Do Nothing, Empowered To Do Anything

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You’re entitled to nothing but you’re empowered to do anything.  In order to talk about that, we have to define what entitlement is and what empowerment is. They are two very, very different things.

When I was looking at what entitlement and empowerment each mean, and what the characteristics of each are, what I found very interesting was empowered people have a lot more characteristics.

And of course, it was all positive.

Who do you know from either group? And who do you want part of your organization or your business? Which business partner do you want? And what mindset do you look for your kids to have? Entitled or empowered? What kind of employees do you want, entitled or empowered?

The answer is really easy. We all want empowerment around us. We want to empower. But getting it done is hard. And by the way it’s never ending. It’s a constant.

When empowerment and entitlement are your state of mind of your family, your office or your business, anything is possible.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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What Is Your Story?

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I am a big believer in reading.  It can be enjoyable, but it is also about getting perspective from someone else.

It’s one thing to read a story, but it’s completely different to tell your story.  Have you ever thought about YOUR STORY? Everyone has a story to tell.

What is your story and have you told anyone? Take a moment and think of the people in your life who have impacted you by how they live and what they say.  You witnessed the success or the outcome BUT what could really impact you is the story of how they became successful and what did it take to get the outcome.

Your story is simply the things you have experienced.  The bad and the ugly, not just the good. It has the ability to change the world in which you live, to have an impact on those around you, to be inspirational, and to help you reflect on YOU.

Here’s my challenge to you. Write your story, get with someone and tell it.  Figure out how to use it to impact the world around you.  Or write someone else’s story.  It’s easy to be on the outside looking inside someone’s world. Chances are they are not going to write and tell their story.

There is someone who needs to hear your story.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

For more information, go to the Insights page at Brady Ware and Company.

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Confidence, Insecurity, Arrogance

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Confidence is silent.

Insecurities are very loud.

And arrogance is just completely ignored.

Confidence is really hard. In this episode I cover:

  • What is confidence?
  • What are the qualities of a confident person?
  • And how can you be confident?

The self-confidence formula for women:

  • Take responsibility for yourself
  • Begin to experiment with life
  • Develop an action plan and implement it
  • Stick with it
  • Act “as if”
  • Find a mentor

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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Are Your Nevers Your Opportunities?

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The “nevers” became my opportunities once I chose to consider them.

Why do we say “never” first?

  • Youth and inexperience
  • Lack of confidence
  • Easy is easier
  • No guidance
  • Fear is paralyzing

My “nevers” included:

  • Never – going to use my accounting degree
  • Never – going to be a CPA
  • Never – going to be the employer, content with being an employee
  • Never – going to merge

My “never” became “Maybe, OK, Probably” and finally “Yes” due to influencers and facing my challenges.

What are your challenges?

  • Do you value who you are – no one will ever value you as much as YOU
  • Are you leveraging your uniqueness?
  • Are you paralyzed by fear?
  • When and how you do say NO – that is not a never!

“Nevers” just may be your opportunities.  Be more aware of the people in your life. Ask more questions versus acceptance.  No one will value you more than you. Paralyzed by fear, you will miss your moment.  Leverage your uniqueness, it is your journey.

This is THE podcast that advances women toward economic, social and political achievement. Hosted by Betty Collins, CPA, and Director at Brady Ware and Company. Betty also serves as the Committee Chair for Empowering Women, and Director of the Brady Ware Women’s Initiative. Each episode is presented by Brady Ware and Company, committed to empowering women to go their distance in the workplace and at home.

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