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Joyful Leader
All things team culture, leadership, AND leader mental health. Leading your time, goals, team, and company are important. Your engagement, joy, balance, and badassery are even more important. We go deep into all of it on Joyful Leader.
Episodes
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How to Plan Your Week
Get ready to connect all the dots. In the last several episodes, we’ve been talking about using time well, and today, we’re bringing all the concepts together…
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Doing: Following Through on Your Plan
Today, we’re talking about the third phase of the accomplishment and time usage process: doing. While doing the thing — task, project, conversation — might…
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Deciding vs. Intending
Way back a few episodes ago, when we launched the series about using your time well, I mentioned the idea of deciding vs. intending. It was sort of a…
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How Much Time Things Take
I’ve thought it many times. And hear it often from clients. An obstacle to planning our time is that we don't know how much time things take. Surprising but…
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Time Design
Continuing in our series about using time in alignment with our values and priorities, today we're talking about design. So many of us have experienced the…
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What to Prioritize
We have more demands on our time now than we ever have. With all the noise, it can be difficult to figure out what to prioritize. Especially given that our…
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Time Decisions
We’re slowing down to take a look at how we use our time. In this episode, we’ll look specifically at how we make decisions about time. We’ll ask two…
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Time + Using it Well
Many of my clients want to work on how they use their time. Sometimes in their personal lives — spending more time with family, for example. Sometimes in their…
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My Recent Experience Feeling Less Than 100%
I recently had an experience that threw me. It was challenging mentally, physically, and emotionally. And for several weeks I didn’t feel like myself. But out…
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Impostor Syndrome
I’m going to say it right off the bat: I don’t like the term impostor syndrome (or imposter if that’s your preference). It implies sickness, something for…
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Direct Your Spotlight
Imagine you’re watching a play. And the theater has a spotlight operator — someone who directs a beam of focus on the appropriate dialogue or action at any…
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Scientific Mindset
Let’s talk about science. The scientific mindset, specifically. Last week, I shared that there are two skills that help us build habits that look big and…
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Small Actions, Big Results
I have some insider info for you. A secret tip, if you will. People sometimes hear about some habit I have and comment that they think I have superhuman…
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Doing Other People's Jobs
You’ve got a plan for your week, balancing multiple high priorities. And then something goes sideways. Something specific — someone else doesn’t deliver in the…
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Your Bassline
Imagine that every situation you find yourself in, every circumstance in your life, is a song. What you think about yourself in relation to that circumstance…
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Boundaries
“You need clear boundaries.” “You need to draw a boundary with that person.” There’s so much talk about boundaries, needing to have them, and how to establish…
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Three More Messages That Can Stop Women From Taking Action
Last week we talked about change resistance — how, in the effort to be efficient, the human brain manufactures thoughts that, if listened to, will keep us…
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Your Brain Doesn't Want You to Change
Let’s talk about change, shall we? Specifically, changing our actions, habits, and behaviors in ways that make our lives better. When we try to change…
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Failure
How’s “Failure” as an episode title? Does it really make you want to listen? I thought so. Today we are indeed talking about failure. Specifically, how many of…
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Creating Exceptional Team Culture, Part 2
Today on Joyful Leader we’re diving back into team culture. This week is all about specifics — I’m walking through WHY, HOW, and WHAT from the framework we…
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Creating Exceptional Team Culture, Part 1
Every group of humans who spend time together develops a group culture — a set of behavioral or attitudinal norms. These norms become the group’s default way…
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Evaluating vs. Judging
Today we’re talking about a standard I recommend to my clients: self-evaluation without self-judgment. Many of us are committed to learning, growth, and deeper…
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Incredible Meetings, Part 2
Today is the 2nd of two episodes on creating a great meeting culture and improving your company or team meetings. (Or your one-on-ones!) This episode is all…
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Incredible Meetings, Part 1
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about a ubiquitous part of office culture . . . meetings. Generally, we talk about meetings with a tone of annoyance or…
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A Story About Gratitude + Appreciation
I love a good story. Listening to one. Telling one. And it seems like an appropriate day for a story. About summer camp, inspiration, and professional…
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Sustainable Impact
A lot of the people I work with are born workers. They started working early in a lot of cases. Especially early in their careers, work provided growth…
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Short Story Collection
Today on the podcast, I’m sharing one of my favorite, super-practical techniques for shaking your brain out of a spin. The human brain is an exceptional (if…
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Mentoring Your Mind
An exceptional mentor is invaluable. They provide perspective, wisdom, and guidance. One of the greatest skills we can develop is to mentor our own minds. To…
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More Delightful Job Search, Part 4
Today is the final episode in our short series about making job searches more delightful. And it’s about the final mindset shift that can aid your enjoyment of…
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More Delightful Job Search, Part 3
Episode three in a short series of episodes about making job searches more delightful. Today we’re talking about the second of three mindset gremlins that…
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More Delightful Job Search, Part 2
This week, we’re continuing a short series of episodes about making job searches more delightful. In this episode, we’re talking about the first of three…
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More Delightful Job Search, Part 1
On its face, a job search is just a project. Take action, take action, and eventually get a result. But a job search rarely feels like “just a project.” For…
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Outcomes BEFORE Methods
On today’s podcast, I’m talking about my favorite tool of all time. It is a tool for planning . . . whether you’re planning a single event, the next 10 years…
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Your Balance Line
This week, we’re talking about balance. Specifically, your balance line. If you imagine a glass filled to the midpoint, this is your balance line. It…
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Momentum, Minimums + Maximums
Action. Getting started. Momentum. Consistency. Starting and keeping up desired habits. You want to do something. It’s beneficial. Good for you. You know it…
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Re-Engage: How to Get Un-Stuck
Whether in one part of your life or in general, you’ve likely felt the ick of feeling stuck. We all have at one point or another. Stuck in a job, but not sure…
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Joyful Leader Teaser
Joyful Leader with Mimi Gordon — the podcast about all things leadership, including leader mental health. Listen starting September 12, 2024. Original music by…