by Stephanie | Everyday Leadership for Smart Women podcast, Leadership, Planning + Productivity
Have you life-proofed your business? That’s what we’re talking about on today’s episode of the Beyond PRO Podcast. This topic is personal, because I recently had a significant back injury that impacted my ability to run my business. As I navigate...
by Stephanie | Everyday Leadership for Smart Women podcast, Leadership
In today’s episode I’m sharing the advice that changed my life. I’m going to take you back in time to my corporate days when my friend and mentor, Narmin Ismail-Teja looked me straight in the eyes and gave me advice that I still remember (and try to...
by Stephanie | Leadership, Planning + Productivity
The greatest gift of being a small business owner is freedom of choice. We get to choose our path, our business model, how we price our services, who we take on as clients, how we spend our time and everything in between. The choice is ours. And that feels pretty...
by Stephanie | Leadership
Prevailing wisdom would suggest that luck is something that happens to us. That it’s external and not in our control. When we say things like, “She got a lucky break,” or “As luck would have it,” or “A stroke of luck” what we’re really saying is that some force...
by Stephanie | Leadership
Not everything in your business deserves equal priority or focus. Yes, we wear many hats, and we have an endless to-do list, but the danger is believing that one task is just as important as any other. I think of it like food. Ten calories from a carrot is different...
by Stephanie | Leadership, Planning + Productivity
Are you taking the long and winding road to success? Tomorrow I’m heading to the Banff Centre in the heart of the rocky mountains to attend an alumni retreat for Leadership Calgary, a community leadership program I took in 2004. It’s going to be an...
