Do You Really Want To Be a Leader? | E155
Do You Really Want To Be a Leader? | E155
Do You Really Want To Be a Leader? | E155
In this episode of Leadership is Feminine, Kris Plachy gets real about the journey of entrepreneurship, asking the crucial question: what kind of business do you want? She draws on her years as an entrepreneur to explore the pivotal moments that arise as businesses grow, particularly when revenue hits the million-dollar mark. Kris discusses the decision-making process and the challenges women face when scaling their businesses, emphasizing the importance of aligning business goals with personal aspirations.
Kris candidly shares her insights on the need for women to consider the life they want in the future and how it intersects with their business decisions. She challenges the traditional focus on revenue and growth, encouraging listeners to think about the type of business they truly want, and if they are willing to do what it takes to achieve it. Kris questions whether building a bigger business is always the right choice and highlights the necessity of being intentional about the future.
Throughout the episode, Kris explores the potential pitfalls of rapid success and the importance of being prepared for growth. She emphasizes the need to build exceptional teams and be honest about personal leadership preferences. Kris’s compelling insights shed light on the often-overlooked aspects of entrepreneurial success, inspiring listeners to prioritize alignment with their true desires and intentions.
"I want you to really think about it and build a business that aligns with the life you want. Do not live for your business and wake up thinking, this is my life. That's not the gift of entrepreneurship."
Key Takeaways From This Episode
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Evaluating Business Growth and Leadership Role: The pivotal moments in the growth of a business
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Decisions when hitting certain revenue milestones: Deciding what team structures look like
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Questioning the Desire For a Larger Business: Examining whether or not a large business aligns with personal goals and lifestyle
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Exploration of whether a business has to be larger: Not living for the business but making conscious decisions
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Challenges and changes in scaling a business: Planning for the necessary resources, training, and infrastructure
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Preparedness for Business Success: The need to foresee and be ready for potential business growth
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Leadership is Feminine
For most women, when we are invited to study leadership the teachers, scholars, authorities and models are primarily… men. We are indoctrinated from the time we are born that men are the leaders and that natural male characteristics are the strengths you must also possess to be a good leader.Powerful.Strong.Authoritative.Direct.Assertive.Decisive.These and so many more are attributes that are typically associated with the male model of a leader.And so, for the better part of the last one hundred years as women have made their way into the fold, in a variety of leadership roles, we have learned and studied to walk the way of a men to achieve success.Women dismiss their own knowing because we’ve been so indoctrinated in male leadership models.We dismiss what we know for what others tell us to be and how to be seen.There is another way to lead.To be in alignment.To not feel like an imposter.It’s time for the reimagining of leadership. That’s not to disparage any of the progress that has come before us. Progress is progress. For those of us who stand in the footsteps of the women who came before us we are here because of their courage, bravery and resilience.I wonder instead if women equally looked to the characteristics they learned from their mothers for leadership. I wonder if we were taught to lean on different qualities to drive success. I wonder what might happen then?The traditional qualities of mothering are communication, nurturing, listening, strength, support, grace, and yes… love.What if to be the best leader you can be as a woman, you integrated the best of both?This is how women will stand with integrity in their role as leaders.As women, we can be assertive, direct, powerful, and authoritative but we need not only rely on those attributes for success.After 25 years of watching and studying leaders, I can tell you that for sure many traditional male attributes are effective in the short run, but they typically only serve a few. Whereas, when leadership is feminine. When the leader possesses the strengths of femininity and grace the results are for all.This podcast is my like my gentle request and invitation to my fellow female leaders that we reclaim the world leadership as one that is a feminine definition. That we continue to work with all of our allies to build organizations and systems that include more support, collaboration, grace and communication. And that we do so not because we are uncomfortable with the more traditional male-dominating models, but because we truly do know that leadership is a feminine strength and attribute.And the world needs more of us leading. Now more than ever.Join Podchaser to...
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