Welcome to Elevate, a Women’s Leadership Institute Podcast. We’ve been in the trenches with CEOs and entry-level workers for a decade, offering the value and vision of a more gender-equitable workplace. In a state where male CEOS lead 95% of the businesses, and the State Legislature is 74% male, we’ve had work to do. This podcast showcases individual stories, celebrates successes, and explores what is still needed to shift culture as we seek to elevate women's stature and status in our state.
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'Move Her Forward' hosted by Edwina McKennon presented by Move Her Forward Team.
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So Excited that you dropped by, because the timing couldn’t be better 🖤 This is your TIME to be seen as the leader you are, land the promotion you deserve & get paid your worth! It’s time to get Elevated! I am your host Rebecca, Leadership Coach, Career Queen, Twin Mom & Wife. From one career woman to another who navigated the challenges of being a black woman in a profession that lacked diversity with no rule book to help me figure out the keys to climbing the corporate ladder, I am on a mi ...
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Let's dive into direct sales done right. We will share how we learned - the hard way - the wrong and right way to do direct sales. You'll learn simple and effective ways to grow your direct sales business through strategies and storytelling in an authentic way because there is room at the table for you, too! Welcome to direct sales done right with Katy Ursta and Melanie Mitro.
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Welcome to ElevateHER’s Empower Space “What I Wish I Knew Podcast Series”! This limited podcast series will help young women learn from seasoned Design professionals all the things they wish they knew when entering the workplace.
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Episode 271: BREAKING NEWS: The ElevateHer Summit
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WE CAN FINALLY SHARE THE NEWS! You are invited to attend the ElevateHer Summit in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, from September 25th to September 27th.We understand the power of being in the RIGHT room, surrounded by women who inspire growth and success, and that is exactly what you can expect from this event. ElevateHer is more than just an eve…
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Pat Jones & Joe Horton: Principles of Leadership
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Pat, the trailblazing founder and CEO of the Women's Leadership Institute, alongside Joe, the esteemed CEO of Primary Children's Hospital and professor of ethics and leadership, offers an enlightening perspective on authenticity and strength-based leadership. This episode delves into staying true to oneself and the remarkable effects of harnessing …
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Holly Richardson: Utah's Legislative Session Recap
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We sat down with Holly Richardson, editor of Utah Policy and a columnist for the Deseret News. She is also a former Utah legislator whose journey from a Utah legislator to a Ph.D in political science brings a wealth of experience and insight. We dissect the outcomes of Utah's latest legislative session and the impact it has on every corner of the s…
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Episode 270: How To Switch Direct Sales Companies With Class
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A reminder that someone leaving is not about you, it is just what the next chapter of their life looks like. When you can honor that decision, you can wish the person well and move on with your business! This week on Direct Sales Done Right, Melanie and Katy are sharing their candid thoughts on transitioning between direct sales companies. They foc…
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Episode 269: How To Turn Your Facebook Group Into A Lead-Generating Machine With Leigh Ann David
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Leigh Ann David has been in business for 20 years! She is a wealth of knowledge on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast this week!Mary K is a business model that is more face to face, but Leigh had enough of that back in 2019. She took it upon herself to change up the way she was doing business. She then created a private Facebook groups to run her …
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Practice Leadership: A Leaders Handbook to Effective Teams & Nonlinear Pathways
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Paige Paulsen Erickson was the first female student body president at a major university, the University of Utah. She went from there to sitting on a board at a private equity firm and navigating the corporate waters of Adobe and IBM. She then decided to pursue an MBA at 55. Paige turns the typical career ladder into a vibrant tapestry of experienc…
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Episode 268: What It Takes To Be A Top Recruiter In Your Direct Sales Business!
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Katy puts Melanie in the hot seat today to chat about ways you can empower yourself into a season of team building.Melanie is launching another round of her Rockstar Recruitment course! On this episode of the Direct Sales Done Right, Katy is asking Melanie some questions to dive deeper into what the course consist of! HIGHLIGHTS FROM EPISODE: 4:15 …
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Resources and Opportunity: Finding a Place for Women in Tech Startups
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Kris Jenkins of Mobly, a regular on the Elevate podcast, joins us in discussing the importance of women's leadership and elevating more women's voices. As a tech founder and a father to girls, Kris hopes that the tech industry will continue to improve opportunities for women. We talk about the indispensable role founders and investors play in knitt…
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Episode 267: Authenticity & Energy: Your Selling Superpower with Danielle Natoni
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Since energy contagious, are you showing up authentically on your social media? On this week on the Direct Sales Done Right podcast Katy is interviewing Danielle Natoni. Danielle opens up about her start in direct sales. It took her about 8 months into her business to make a positive shift that in return made her more authentic in her story. She be…
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Five Minute Meetings: The Art of Connection and Mentorship
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This week Misti Williams Valenti and Rosyne Pedreanez of Spherion, bring their stories and personalities to the podcast. Our conversation is a celebration of the belief that when we lift one, we elevate many, and the success we share in our professional lives amplifies our collective strength. Both graduates of our Career Development Series and cow…
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Episode 266: Our Most Commonly ASKED Question of ALL Time - Time Management Hacks
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"How do you ladies do it all?" We don't! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Katy and Melanie are debunking all the time management myths that they are asked. The ladies have been in the direct sales space for 12 years now, which then made them learn how to manage life and business. Katy and Melanie are sharing how to chunk out tim…
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Tech in Utah: Creating New Opportunities & Perspectives
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As the Slopes Collective Executive Director and co-founder of TechMoms, Trina Limpert joins us to recount the strides she's taken to carve out a place for women in technology. Our discussion travels through her pioneering efforts at eBay, where she introduced coding camps for employees' daughters, to the birth of TechMoms during the challenging tim…
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Episode 265: Sara Burdick Shares How She Broke Through Her Plateau To Skyrocket Her Success
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Katy and Melanie sit down with top recruiter in Green Compass, Sara Burdick to discuss her unique approach to building her downline. She walks you through her networking and event strategy that has skyrocketed her success.Sara is going to be our Expert Speaker inside the Direct Sales Done Right Collective on March 20th! To get instant access to the…
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Ken Garff Automotive: Celebrating Gender Equity and Leadership in the Workplace
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This episode goes beyond the boardroom and touches on the ripple effects of gender diversity throughout our lives, enhancing not just our workplaces but also our family dynamics and community interactions. Join Dana Geddes and Joe Barnard from Ken Garff Automotive as they share how their company culture is changing. This episode also highlights inn…
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Episode 264: The Breakthrough Tips No One Talks About For Massive Social Selling Success
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A breakthrough occurs when crucial factors are at play, which may not necessarily be directly related to business strategy or tasks.This week on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie discuss the four obstacles hindering a breakthrough in one's business.HIGHLIGHTS: 2:07 Mindset Block POV 2:58 1st breakthrough8:28 2nd breakthrough 14:…
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Episode 263: How To Take Negative Comments and Turn Them into Content Gold!
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Katy and Melanie have faced their fair share of critical remarks while establishing their business, but these experiences have forged them into the resilient entrepreneurs they are today.During their conversation on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Katy and Melanie discuss 3 negative comments that helped the ladies learn the art of transforming…
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A Tribute to Ten Years of Women Leading Change in Utah
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Witness a milestone moment with Pat Jones, Nicole Carpenter and Patti Cook as they lead us through ten years of the Elevate Women's Leadership Institute, celebrating the strides made in gender equity. We talk about the ElevateHER Challenge, its inception, growth, and the measurable changes it's spurred within organizations like the Garf Automotive …
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131 - Your superpower is the key to your leadership promotion
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Are you ready to become a hot commodity in your current company & within your industry AND get invited to the promotion? This will not happen by taking on more projects, appearing in more meetings, or mingling with more senior executives. This will happen when you focus on your unique genius & use it to improve a specific result, becoming known for…
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Episode 262: The "I, Me, My" Vibe is Killing Your Business
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We know that social media is forever changing, but no worries Katy has your back! Katy is talking about all things social media content, and changes and updates when it comes to growing your Instagram. She is sharing about how to become more personal on your social media to help you grow your platform, sales, and sign ups in 2024. HIGHLIGHTS:4:20 T…
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130 - 3 simple shifts to position yourself as a Director
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You’ve had a great run in your career… A couple of promotions…A good job as a manager… They pay is decent… And you know that this year could be the year you get that leadership promotion…the leadership job offer…the recognition as a leader in your corporate industry… The problem? While you’ll get tons of praise for doing all of these things, they o…
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Episode 261: How I Doubled My Income While Working Full Time with Lauren Bondy
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Melanie is interviewing Lauren Bondy today on the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast! Lauren is sharing her story of her journey through her direct sales business! In the first few years of her business she was not fully committed since she works full time! On this episode with Lauren, she shares how she switched her mindset from one foot in to two fe…
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129 - 4 Powerful ways to elevate your executive presence without saying a word
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There are 4 very specific strategies I used to elevate my executive presence and go from manager to highly sought-after leader... (and hard work was not one of them)... Tune in to this LinkedIn Live Replay to learn why you keep hearing that you don't have executive presence, and 4 powerful ways to develop your executive presence without saying a wo…
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Episode 260: How to Enjoy The Process When You're Hating The Work
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Social media doesn't show ALL the parts of building your own business. Everyone goes through tough times in their business, but you normally wont be seeing that on social media. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right, Katy and Melanie are discussing how to accept the imperfection and knowing not everything will go the way you have it pictured …
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128 - Special Edition - How Wanjiku designed & secured a leadership position in her org
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If there's one thing we do well in the Elevate Collective, we design our careers intentionally... → No open leadership positions? We create one! → No potential promotions? We find reasons to become the irresistible choice for a promotion → No room for growth in the organization? We attract potential organizations that will give us the space to grow…
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127 - Special Edition - How Barbara got a huge leadership job offer in 6 months
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Your next leadership promotion is ONE Big Move away, annd my client Barbara is evidence of this - with ONE big decision to invest in herself and fully commit to her career goals, she secured a huge win within 6 months! Barbara has been a dream client to work with in the Elevate Collective and has been making quantum leaps ever since she joined us! …
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Episode 259: Our Best Advice For Thinking Like A Finisher
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What is a finisher? Katy describes it as someone who gets the work done, achieves the goal, set out what they set out to do and never look back. On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, the ladies are chatting with you about how the project of the building The Collective was a no brainer a finisher project! They break down the gritty ac…
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126 - Special Edition - How Mercy made a bold move in her career that is already paying off
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I had the honour of interviewing Mercy, who is a client from the Elevate Collective and is now one of our alumni clients from this program. Mercy is an action-taker and has created a path to her career vision, which is truly inspirational and courageous. Tune in to find out how Mercy made an executive decision in her career as an economist and cons…
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125 - Special Edition - How my client Sylvia is trailblazing in her career
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I am so excited to share this exclusive interview with you! Sylvia has been a trailblazer and a star in our Elevate Collective community. In her own words, she "fired her old self" and went all in, to becoming the leader she knew she was meant to be. Tune in to this episode to find out how Sylvia elevated her leadership identity & brand, and has si…
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124 - Path to Promotion Masterclass
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I am so excited to bring this masterclass over to the podcast, that I recently conducted - we had over 23 women join us Live and the shifts that they are making from the simple action steps I shared with them are absolutely incredible! This masterclass is a must-listen if: 📌 If you're claiming the leadership promotion in 2024 📌 You’re ready to make…
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Episode 258: What’s The Difference Between a Six Figure and Seven Figure Earner in Direct Sales?
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The ladies are talking MONEY! Katy and Melanie know that this isn't the most comfortable topic to talk about, but when it comes to your personal income and direct sales business, this is huge component!On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right podcast, Katy and Melanie are talking to the points of the skill sets, mindset, and organization of a si…
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Episode 257: DON’T Make These Mistakes If You Want To Succeed In Direct Sales
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Katy and Melanie are being open and honest about the most common mistakes that they see while building a direct sales business. They even are sharing a few of their own mistakes that they made! This week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, the ladies are covering 8 common mistakes in detail and how you can shift the mistakes you are making to b…
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123 - You are making your promotion harder than it needs to be
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The stats are still not in our favour as black women aspiring for leadership positions in our corporate careers. But we also make it harder for us to get the promotion because of behaviours and beliefs that we don't even realize are hindering our progress. Tune in to find out the 3 biggest blindspots that I see black women managers making at work. …
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122 - You don’t need another qualification to get a Director/ VP promotion
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If qualifications were the answer to getting unstuck from manager level, you’d have become the CEO by now. Finally getting the Director title next to your name and doubling your corporate income this year can be done in 3️ ways, which I'll be unpacking in today's episode. Doors to The Elevate Collective 3.0 are NOW open! Learn more here: https://bi…
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Episode 256: How to Build Momentum and Consistency In 2024!
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Are you one of those people who get excited about a new year then you can become overwhelmed because you start to think about how you have a way to go between where you are now and the end of the year with your goals? This is the episode for you! Katy and Melanie are sharing personal stories on how they didn't hit a certain goal, but then not hitti…
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Episode 255: The Power Of Embracing Change
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Katy is hosting this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast solo! This week Katy is diving right into the new year! As we spent time reflecting on the last year, we are going to discuss how and what we can learn from what we took away from our end of year reflection. Katy is taking this episode to give you 7 ways you can embrace change and app…
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121 - Are you in full integrity with the career you want?
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It's very easy to say that you want the Director/VP promotion this year, but are your thoughts, feelings and actions in alignment with your vision? The results that you have had in your career are directly related to your integrity and commitment to your career vision. So if you want to achieve a BIG step-up in your career, then listen to this epis…
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120 - Why leaning in to mentorship in your busiest season of your career could be the best decision ever
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If there's one thing that has expanded me and yet supported me in the last 3 years, it's investing in mentors who are miles ahead of me in my career. Not only has this allowed me to be in rooms full of other ambitious women who have BIG visions and are making their visions a reality, but I have learnt to see how women at the next level of leadershi…
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Episode 254: How To Take Extreme Ownership Of Your Goals In 2024
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Can you believe it is the last Thursday of 2023!? Katy and Melanie are here to bring you some extra tough love to end your business strong to bring with you into 2024. Katy and Melanie are giving you steps, thoughts, and conversations to help you take ownership of the current business practices you are utilizing. Get your End of Year Reflection PDF…
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Episode 253: 3 Ways to Break Your Bad Habits Now
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We all have habits that we want to break, but there is a difference between wanting to break them and actually breaking them. Katy and Melanie are sitting down to get vulnerable when talking about the habits that they need to break to be able to continue to build their business. The ladies are giving practical tips to help you break the habits that…
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119 - What my support system looks like as a Director, Mom of 3 and Leadership Coach
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If you've been wondering how I juggle my corporate leadership career, motherhood and a coaching practice, this is the episode you've been waiting for.2024 was a STRETCH year, that required me to navigate ways to raise the bar on my leadership and motherhood.With the growth came the need to build a support system that allowed me to do what was most …
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Episode 252: 2024 The Taylor Swift Era Strategy
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How does Taylor Swift show up and serve her fans so intentionally!? We can learn from her to grow our own businesses. Today, 2024 Era Strategy is coming to you from Katy and Melanie! The ladies give you strategies to help you move your business forward by explaining different strategies that Taylor Swift implements to her own fans. Case Study Episo…
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118 - What learning to play tennis has taught me about growth & comfort zones
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This has been a STRETCH year in so many ways. But learning a new skill has given me so many different perspectives that are not always obvious when you are focusing on overdelivering and exceeding your KPIs at work. Tune in to find out how you can learn from the ups and downs of learning a highly technical skill, and elevate your career in 2024 Wor…
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Episode 251: Stop Faking It: Vision Casting Done Right
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This is the perfect time of year to do your vision casting! What do you want with your life, what have you accomplished, what felt good, and what didn't feel good? Melanie and Katy are going to walk through how to cast your own vision! On this week of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, Melanie and Katy are reflecting back on 2023! They are walkin…
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117 - How to overcome the performance trap & get seen as a senior leader
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The Leadership Promotion you desire has more to do with your IDENTITY than your Performance Rating. You know your Leadership Identity is solid when you start showing up as a leader even if → No one knows your name in Exco... → No one has put in a good word for your promotion (yet)... → There's a promotion freeze at work... Listen in to find out the…
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116 - Stop paying the most expensive tax in your career
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There are 2 things that are certain in life: Death and Taxes... Did you know that for every single moment you don't show up confidently in a meeting, or a presentation, or when you're delivering a project at work, you are paying taxes? Confidence tax can be very costly when you look at the cost of missed promotions and pay raises from staying stuck…
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Strategies for Transitioning from Working In Your Business to Working On It
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Carey Escoffery, Co-Founder and CFO of Flash Motors Company Ltd., spearheads the Caribbean's leading electric transportation solutions provider in Kingston, Jamaica. In addition to his role at Flash Motors, which specializes in distributing electric vehicles, establishing charging infrastructure, and offering comprehensive fleet electrification ser…
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Episode 250: 5 Year Anniversary of Chic: Steal Our Multi-Million Dollar Mindset
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Celebrating the 5th anniversary of Chic Influencer! Witnessing the incredible transformation of the company into its current state has been truly inspiring!Join Melanie and Katy on the latest episode of the Direct Sales Done Right Podcast as they delve into the origins of their business. They share 6 insights into the mindset shifts they underwent,…
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115 - Why Executive Presence is a non-negotiable skill for a senior leadership promotion
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No one is talking about this enough, but this is what's going to 10x your chances of securing the next leadership promotion: EXECUTIVE PRESENCE.When you have executive presence, other leaders perceive you as leadership material and treat you like a leader too.Developing and maintaining executive presence can significantly improve your chances of se…
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Insights with Troy: Black Men's Wellness, The Power of Forgiveness, and The Art of Resilience
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Dive into an enlightening conversation on Black men's wellness, the healing power of forgiveness, and mastering the art of the comeback. Learn how to sell out shows and turn a 'no' into a powerful tool for growth. This episode is an invitation to be inspired and to redefine what it means to be resilient. Join us for a dialogue that could change the…
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A thriving company is fostered by a well-balanced CEO! Prioritizing self-care and nurturing relationships sets the stage for achieving your full potential and success. Tune in to this week's Direct Sales Done Right Podcast, where Katy and Melanie discuss their three key strategies for cultivating a healthy CEO mindset essential for running a succes…
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