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Quick Lift: Lead Loudly, Build Slowly · Loud & Lifted

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  Welcome to loud and lifted quick lifts. I'm your
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  host Betsy Hamm. And in this quick lift episode,
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  we spotlight the standout moments from our interview
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  with Satine Donner, Associate Editor of Women
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  in Restaurant Leadership at QSR and FSR magazine.
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  Satine isn't just writing about industry change,
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  she's actively leading it by building a national
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  platform that uplifts and connects women across
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  the restaurant world. Today, we're going to dive
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  into three powerful takeaways that you can put
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  into action immediately. Whether you're launching
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  your own group or building authentic connections
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  or just figuring out how to lead from where you
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  are. These micro moments are packed with macro
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  impact. Less than 10 minutes, this is your invitation
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  to get clear, get bold and get going with actionable
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  takeaways you can use right now to live louder
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  and lead better. So quick lift action item inspired
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  by Satine and number one is lead from where you
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  are. So many times in my career, I have heard
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  people say that they want to be in a position
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  of leadership or management and they want the
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  opportunity to lead. Well, the reality is, is
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  you can lead from any position. Yes, of course,
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  it's going to look different if you are at a
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  lower level in a big company, but... Despite
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  your age or your title, you can still make an
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  impact. If Satine didn't tell us at the beginning
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  of the interview that she was 23, I think that
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  probably would have surprised a lot of people.
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  One, because of the role that she's in and the
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  impact she's making. But two, she was so impressive
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  with her wisdom and her knowledge at such a young
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  age. So Satine was a great example of you can
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  lead from any age or from any position. She had
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  the opportunity to take this and run with it.
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  And she's been running fast and furious and in
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  the right direction, but we can't get hung up
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  on titles and we can't get hung up on age that
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  anybody can lead. And sometimes you may not feel
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  like you have the opportunity, but that's where
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  you have to maybe go outside your comfort zone
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  a little bit more and raise your hand to be the
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  leader of a project. Or maybe it's even an initiative
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  or a volunteer group that's at your company.
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  It might not look obvious at first but taking
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  on those opportunities is a great way to Utilize
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  and strengthen your leadership and nothing else
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  Try to focus on the pieces of a leadership that
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  you think you need to improve on to be better
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  We can always improve and you know some of the
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  big pieces I think of what helps to make somebody
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  strong and leadership is communication Communication
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  is something we can always work on because if
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  you want to be able to lead people, you want
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  to be able to inspire and you want to be able
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  to guide. So in order to inspire and guide others
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  around you, communication is huge. Can you connect
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  with them? Can you build relationships? Can you
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  clearly talk about your ideas or your thoughts
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  or why you think something should or shouldn't
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  happen? So continuing to work on your communication
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  is continuing to improve your leadership. The
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  other piece of that, as I mentioned, is relationships,
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  which they really go hand in hand. And also emotional
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  intelligence. We're working with people who have
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  very different backgrounds and are coming to
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  work every day with different stories. So being
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  able to relate and understand and know where
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  someone's coming from and know how to handle
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  the response to that is huge. And again, if leadership
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  is about inspiring and guiding others, this is
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  how you're going to get people to want to come
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  the direction that you're asking them to. So
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  leadership isn't reserved for just the C -suite.
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  Start with what you have and who you know. And
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  if there's a gap and you see the space, fill
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  it. Start the group, spark the idea, and raise
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  your hand. Next quick lift action item, build
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  a real community. Start with connection, not
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  clout. Now, of course, Satine had the luxury,
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  I guess you could say, to have a pretty big media
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  group backing this initiative so that certainly
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  helped but even with a big group that can help
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  get the name out there she still had to work
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  on building those connections and she talked
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  about bringing people in who she knew were going
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  to be passionate about the project to get behind
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  it and for them to be able to influence others
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  that they had that voice where they could also
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  help bring people into the mix. But that's great.
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  You might not have the opportunity to come at
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  it from that angle. So start small. Just gather
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  a group. It could be different ages, backgrounds,
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  and strengths, but people who you think can learn
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  from each other. And just start with hosting
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  a coffee or asking people go meet up for dinner
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  or maybe you do a little panel. But prioritize
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  honesty and good energy and having fun and let
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  the space grow organically. You don't have to
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  have 500 people in a room for your first event.
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  That's awesome and it's amazing, but just start
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  small, even if it's with three or four people.
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  It may grow into something bigger with hundreds
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  of women, or maybe it's not. Maybe it's just
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  building some new circles that will help benefit
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  those around you. So again, start small, whether
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  it's your local business owners and you're trying
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  to support each other, or you're at a big organization
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  and you just need to have that connection. It
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  can start very naturally and organically, but
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  you're going to have to reach out. If it doesn't
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  exist, then take this as your sign to be the
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  person who makes the first call. as the first
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  text. The other thing is there are a lot of organizations
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  that already exist. So if starting one is maybe
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  not up your alley, look for what's in your industry.
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  It could be within your company. It could be
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  within your industry. Volunteering for organizations
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  is actually a great way to reach people with
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  diverse backgrounds. So maybe you can go volunteer
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  for the Salvation Army or for Girls on the Run
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  or whatever organization you're passionate about.
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  But that's a great way to meet people with different
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  backgrounds that you can feel good about yourself
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  and do some volunteering. your work or support
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  an organization that's important to you but also
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  a really great way to meet other women. And the
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  last quick lift action item is elevate, educate,
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  empower. And I'm going to add connect to this.
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  The teen talked about that being her pillars,
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  that that's what they go back to. That's what
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  they're trying to fulfill. And those are great
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  words. And even if you're not looking to start
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  a organization, this is just great as you build
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  out your circle. I keep going back to the circles.
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  You can see how important I think this is, but
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  as we've talked about, you need to have people
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  around you who are supporting you, who are cheering
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  for you and who are elevating. Educating is just
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  maybe learning about something new or different
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  or how to handle a situation, empowering each
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  other and continuing to connect. So if you are
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  looking to launch anything new, just ask yourself,
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  does it lift women up? Does it help them grow?
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  Does it give them a voice? And keep those pillars
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  front and center and your impact will speak for
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  itself. no matter how big or how small. So those
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  are our quick lifts for today. They're pretty
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  easy. They're about leading from where you are
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  and whatever time of season and life you're in
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  position, you can still be a leader. Continue
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  to focus on building a real community, whether
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  it's a bigger group or an organization or just
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  focusing on your circles and continue to elevate,
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  educate, empower, and connect. A lot of great
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  advice here for today. And as the team said,
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  act first, post later. And remember, we are cheering
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  for you.