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Crush Your Goals in 2022

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Supercharge Your Day

The *Secret* to Actually Getting Ahead in Your Workweek (without adding another huge thing to your to-do list)

Designed for driven women leaders, this 2-hour program packs a punch, teaching you how to manage your time more effectively and boost your career success. Supercharge Your Day is the ultimate framework for prioritizing your workday and increasing your confidence to take on larger roles—without guilt or burnout!

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Advanced Communication for Complex Teams

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The ability to work together interdependently is one of our least developed skills. Yet, it is the most vital in today’s landscape. The communication skill of connecting with others – and creating the emotional space for others to open up – requires deep trust. Without trust, leaders and teams struggle to achieve extraordinary results. In two 4-hour sessions, you will discover the underpinnings of trust and how to build trust at all levels.

Amplify Your Executive Presence

Develop your influence, be seen as a rising leader

Learn how to develop your leadership foundation, executive presence and leadership brand to gain influence in an authentic way that brings your personal strengths to the forefront. You will develop your gravitas and confidence to be seen as a leader while navigating the social influences that women must contend with in order to be successful in our current environment.

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5 leadership lessons from Brené Brown

Women Leadership
February 28, 2025•1 min read

5 leadership lessons that transformed my approach:

The truth about authentic leadership from Brené Brown...

⓵ Show up authentically
⟶ Share your challenges and interests with your team.
⟶ When you open up first, others feel safe to do the same.

⓶ Look within
⟶ Fears and self-doubt are part of leadership.
⟶ Explore who you want to become before focusing on where you want to go.

⓷ Face difficult conversations
⟶ Have those uncomfortable 1:1s with compassion and clarity.
⟶ Avoiding them might feel easier, but it serves no one.

⓸ Accept yourself fully
⟶ Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.
⟶ Create an environment where your team feels empowered to contribute their whole selves.

⓹ Embrace failure
⟶ Innovation requires failure. Period.
⟶ Great leaders acknowledge mistakes instead of hiding them.

Sometimes, simply recognizing where we fell short is the most powerful step forward.

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Crush Your Goals in 2022

Yearly Planner

If you want to make things happen for your job and your career next year, and you want to set some goals to help you get there, you will want to download my free Crush Your Goals step-by-step workbook.

Supercharge Your Day

The *Secret* to Actually Getting Ahead in Your Workweek (without adding another huge thing to your to-do list)

Designed for driven women leaders, this 2-hour program packs a punch, teaching you how to manage your time more effectively and boost your career success. Supercharge Your Day is the ultimate framework for prioritizing your workday and increasing your confidence to take on larger roles—without guilt or burnout!

Teams That Trust

Advanced Communication for Complex Teams

Next Skills Camp:

November 6th & 20th

Saturday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific


The ability to work together interdependently is one of our least developed skills. Yet, it is the most vital in today’s landscape. The communication skill of connecting with others – and creating the emotional space for others to open up – requires deep trust. Without trust, leaders and teams struggle to achieve extraordinary results. In two 4-hour sessions, you will discover the underpinnings of trust and how to build trust at all levels.

Amplify Your Executive Presence

Develop your influence, be seen as a rising leader

Learn how to develop your leadership foundation, executive presence and leadership brand to gain influence in an authentic way that brings your personal strengths to the forefront. You will develop your gravitas and confidence to be seen as a leader while navigating the social influences that women must contend with in order to be successful in our current environment.