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Women Taking the LeadTaking Time for ReflectionI have an update to share with you all. If you are not subscribed to the podcast hit the follow or subscribe button so you get the comeback episode when it comes out. And if you know anyone who can benefit from any previous episodes, please share those episodes with them. If you are looking for leadership development opportunities for yourself, your team or your organization, reach out to me. We can customize a program that meets your specific needs. You can reach me at jodi@womentakingthelead.com. Thank you for your ongoing...2024-05-2903 min
Women Taking the LeadCreating Opportunity for EveryoneDid you know women represent only 33% of employees in the Tech industry? And according to Accenture half of women who go into the tech industry drop out by the age of 35. Knowing those stats, it’s great when you hear of a company that is beating those odds. I wanted to know what is making the difference, so I’ve invited Laura Baldwin, the President of O’Reilly Media to share what they are doing at O’Reilly with all of us. Meet Laura Baldwin Laura Baldwin began working with O’Reilly Media in October...2024-05-2239 min
Women Taking the LeadReduce Angst by Increasing Your CommitmentWhy do we sometimes struggle to achieve certain goals, while others that are even more challenging are accomplished without much difficulty or stress? Any goal designed to create change or transformation takes commitment. And your commitment level - to do what it takes to achieve the goal - determines your experience as you work toward that goal. Why is that? In this episode we’re exploring why a 100% commitment to your goal makes achieving the goal easier and dare I say much more enjoyable. Resources Connect with Jod...2024-05-1517 min
Women Taking the LeadCultivating Psychological Safety in LeadershipWhat does it truly mean to have a psychologically safe workplace and why do so many organizations struggle to create psychologically safe environments? According to research released last fall by Wiley, only 53% of individual contributors and 55% of supervisors say they feel safe taking risks at their organizations. Risk taking is a required component of creativity, problem solving, and innovation. A low threshold for risk can be concerning depending on the requirements of the job or the industry one is in. In this episode of Women Taking the Lead, we delve into the concept of psychological...2024-05-0818 min
Women Taking the LeadLeanne Rodd on Creative Solutions to Meet Unique Talent RequirementsIs finding the right talent a challenge for you? This is a topic that frequently comes up in my coaching and consulting conversations. Regardless of the size of the company or industry, there is a fear (or realized reality) that the people with the skills and experience needed for a particular position is nearly impossible to find. But is that a "Capital T Truth"? In this episode, I’m joined by Leanne Rodd of FlexProfessionals to discuss creative solutions to the talent challenge. Whether you are an individual who ne...2024-05-0137 min
Women Taking the LeadHow Communication, Transparency, and Humor Can Help You Through Grief Have you struggled to communicate effectively after losing someone you love? In this episode of the Women Taking the Lead podcast, special guest Lynae Remondino joins Jodi Flynn to cover the importance of communication and transparency in the midst of grief, and other difficult times. In this episode Jodi and Lynae discuss: The passing of Jodi's father and how her family communicated during his illness. The healing power of humor and appreciation. The importance of being there for loved ones and giving yourself space to grieve. From coping with grief to finding positivity i...2023-06-1453 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Taking Time to ProcessIn this episode I’m sharing some things I’ve been up to in the past year and what I’m doing for myself and my business in the coming months. For those of you who are new to Women Taking the Lead…hello and welcome! I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcast. Being an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, workshop facilitator and I have the privilege to work with women leaders to hone the skills that will allow them to thrive in Senior Leadership. My absolute joy is to work wi...2021-05-2409 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Delegating as an OpportunityIn the last 100% Jodi episode, we covered what to consider when you are reviewing your responsibilities to decide what you need to focus on and what needs to find a new home. In this episode we’ll cover your next steps to make those change so you are focusing on those tasks that only you can do or those tasks that will get you closer to accomplishing your goals. Let’s do a quick recap. In the episode, Are You Afraid of Success or Are You Afraid of More Responsibility?, I challenged you to consider that what migh...2021-05-1016 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What Responsibilities Should You Keep?You’ve gotten to the point that you realize you need to make some changes in regard to what you are involved in and what you are responsible for. From here, how do you decide what stays and what goes? In the last 100% Jodi episode, we talked about one of reasons we self-sabotage our success: the fear of having too much responsibility. When our days are full of tasks and obligations, we project that onto a potential future. In this frame of mind, when we consider taking on more responsibility, we picture ourselves miserably buried in...2021-04-2610 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: The Inconvenience of HappinessDo you prefer convenience or happiness? You may be thinking, “Both!” But the reality is our long-term happiness and satisfaction usually requires a long series of inconveniences. In this episode I’m making a case for why you actually want to be inconvenienced a lot more. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcast. I’m an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, workshop facilitator and I have the joy to work with women leaders who want to hone the skills that will allow them to thrive in Senior Leadership. I know I’v...2021-01-1815 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Gently Go into a New Year of UncertaintyAre you ready for 2021? That can be a loaded question most years but this year it seems that question could easily set someone off. Given our routines have been upended, we have been through so much emotional upheaval, and the next year is uncertain, in this episode I’m going to give you a different kind of New Year exercise that is designed to support you no matter how you’re feeling about the past year or year to come. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcas...2021-01-0110 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Are We There Yet?In this quick episode I’m going to be direct about what’s needed from you as a leader and a reminder of what you need to be doing for yourself. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcast. I’m an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, workshop facilitator and I have the joy to work with women leaders who want to hone the skills that will allow them to thrive in Senior Leadership. I know I’ve met a woman I would love to work with when we start having a few laug...2020-12-1406 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: An Audible AnnouncementIn this episode, I’m sharing some exciting news. And it’s not just that I celebrated my 46th birthday this week, though that is true. I’m also sharing that my book, Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing, is now finally, finally available in Audible. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcast. I’m an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, workshop facilitator and I have the joy to work with women leaders who want to hone the skills they’ll need to thrive in Senior Leadership. I know I’ve me...2020-12-0206 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Being Influential vs Being ForcefulIn this episode I’m going to cover being forceful versus being influential. We all have an idea of what we want and there are many strategies we can utilize to accomplish our goal. However, in regard to using force, which many of us can default into because of the short-term gains, there are many more benefits to cultivating influence even though it takes more time and conscious intention. Hello, I’m Jodi Flynn and welcome to the Women Taking the Lead podcast. I’m an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, workshop facilitator and I have the joy to...2020-10-2615 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Are You Ready to Take Some Action?Were you one of the people who, when the pandemic shut downs began, took a step back to reflect on how you were living your life; checking in to see if you were on the right track? If you didn’t like what you were seeing, you’ve probably been doing some research to see what changes you could make and how to make those changes. From there, the next natural step is to get into action. When the pandemic began, I redid a series on the Cycle of Change and completed 3 of the 4 phases that...2020-10-1208 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What’s Stealing Your EnergyHave you ever had one of those days when you wake up and immediately you dread having to get out of bed? Before your feet touch the floor a list of things you really don’t want to tackle start floating through your mind. Or, you recall a recent interaction that didn't sit well with you and you feel those feelings all over again. Your mood is heavy, but you’re determined to make it a good day. So, you start the coffee, turn on the shower and focus on positive things. You pick up some...2020-07-2010 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Entry Points to AntiracismThis episode shares my quick reflections on the racist and political events of May/June of 2020. I am reaching out to my community in the hopes that I can ease overwhelm, validate the swirling emotions many of us are feeling and offer some resources to begin actively being antiracist everyday. The First Steps You Can Take Sign petitions and donate: Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ Change.org: https://www.change.org/ Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/ Next, Educate yourself Fil...2020-06-0621 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: When You are Ready to Explore What’s PossibleIn the last episode I continued our exploration of the Cycle of Change using the analogy of a card game which was first introduced to me by iPEC Coaching. If you have not listened to the first two episodes covering the Cycle of Change, I recommend you go back to the episodes. They are titled How to Process These Unexpected Changes and Contemplating Your New Normal, respectively. These are quick episodes and will catch you up on The Cycle of Change as it looks during the COVID-19 pandemic, or really any time of crisis. 2020-05-1111 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Contemplating Your New NormalI hope this post finds you healthy and well, maybe not everything going perfectly but seeing some sort of a light at the end of this tunnel. I truly believe we are all going to get through this and be okay and I believe this because we always do. We always get through our worst days, we always come out the other side of things. The question always is, really, “what do we want to experience while we’re going through it? Who do we want to be, how do we want to show up as? So...2020-05-0411 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Process These Unexpected ChangesIn September of 2017 I did a few episodes on the Cycle of Change. Given what we are going through currently I think this is a good time for a review. I was first introduced to the concept of the cycle of change when I was getting certified as a coach through iPEC Coaching. They had a nice analogy of the cycle of change as a card game. The Cycle of Change Change occurs in a cycle and we’re always in some part of the cycle of change in every area of our lives. Each pa...2020-04-2713 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Lead Yourself Through CrisisMarch started off a celebration of Women’s History Month and ended with episodes on how to identify and support leaders who are struggling, especially now that we are in the midst of a pandemic. Ironically, the focus in March changed the week of the 5-year anniversary episode where I offered some perspectives that will help you to look at things differently so you could release some of the stress that you are likely experiencing. Changing your perspective, depending on the perspective you choose, can be like releasing a pressure valve. The next ep...2020-04-0713 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What to Do When You Are Struggling as a LeaderThe last episode of Women Taking the Lead was a celebration of 5 years of the Women Taking the Lead podcast and, in that episode, I also covered some ways to begin to relieve the stress you are likely experiencing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. You are dealing with the work and lifestyle changes, as well as the uncertainty around your future health and finances. It’s a lot. It’s a lot, and for some of you, you need to face that fact that you’re not going to have the same level of focu...2020-03-3016 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Celebrating 5 Years of Listening to YouThis episode is a celebration albeit a somber celebration. At the time of the release of this episode on March 25, 2020 we are 14 days into the Coronavirus or COVID-19 being declared a pandemic. The information we are getting from the news is startling, especially as we are all coming to grips with the fact that this isn’t going to pass in just 2-4 weeks, like we may have originally hoped. Things are very uncertain but we cannot stop doing the very things that continue to develop us and remind us of our humanity and our co...2020-03-2513 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Best Practices for Workshops You Are Hired to DeliverFor this post, I’m going to focus on some best practices for delivering workshops you’ve been hired to deliver for an organization or group. I promised to get this episode out to you when I did the original episode on workshops in October and here it is! These are best practices I’ve developed over time because they made sense or I suffered the consequences of not doing them and thus learned a valuable lesson. Practice is the operative word. Some of these I’ve adopted so recently that I will at times forget t...2019-12-0230 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Delivering High-Quality WorkshopsHello everyone and thank you for joining me! It is a sunny and crisp October day here in Maine and I hope you are enjoying the current season you are in wherever you are in the world. I had an opportunity recently to deliver a couple of full day workshops for a local organization and I was struck again by how much I love delivering workshops. High-quality workshops are a fantastic way to deliver training in a way that allows the participant to start playing or grappling with the concepts you’re teaching....2019-10-0714 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Reach New Levels of Leadership Part 2Hello everyone and thank you for joining me! Today I am continuing the conversation I started in the last episode on the various levels of leadership as related to the workplace. This is such an important topic because there are nuances to leadership that you may not be aware of and continuous growth and improvement are required if you want to make the impact you dream about. Your awareness of the different levels of leadership and what’s required at each level will affect your ability to get promoted and your ability to be successful af...2019-04-1517 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Reach New Levels of LeadershipHello everyone and thank you for joining me! Today I want to start a conversation with you about something that is near and dear to my heart, the various levels of leadership as related to the workplace. This is such an important topic and even if you have career growth and promotions on your mind you may not be aware of all the nuances of taking on a higher level of leadership. This can impact your ability to get promoted and your ability to be successful after you’ve been promoted. I was pr...2019-03-2717 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What Would You Say to Your Younger Self?Recently I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Mark Taylor of the Education on Fire podcast network for his Learning on Fire podcast. One of the questions he asked me was in regard to advice I would give to my younger self. I gave a concise answer on his show but his question got my mind going and before I knew it I was opening a word document to capture all the things I wish I knew, and understood, and lived when I was younger. What stood out for me, and I shared this...2019-02-2715 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Are You Being Too Proud to Ask for Help?Hello everyone and thank you for joining me today. This episode is coming out a bit later than I promised. The reason for that is that I have been battling with myself about what I want to share with you, how much I want to share and how I want to share what’s in my head. I finished up last year feeling like I was going through the motions. I gave you my last update on my 2018 goals but I wrapped that episode knowing I could have said so much more about my experiences in the la...2019-02-0417 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Reactions that will Have You Lose ControlShutting down: Cocooning Imagine you are going about your day when suddenly, something happens. No matter what it is, it occurs to you as bad news. In the moment it feels like the worst news. The last thing you needed right now. The straw that broke the camel's back. It could be a change to your carefully laid out plans, an unpleasant conversation, a flat tire, burnt toast...whatever. It really doesn't matter what it is. What matters is it's something you don't like and you feel like it's out of your control....2019-01-1417 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Our Last Farewell to 2018Hello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. I hope you are enjoying the holidays and have a safe and happy New Year. The end of November and December were very active. I was surprised at how busy I was with meetings right up to the weekend before Christmas. That is unusual but a good sign that you all are ready to create some big things in 2019. The Create and Achieve Goals that Are Worthy of You workshop was so much fun and the feedback was incredibly helpful. What...2018-12-3110 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Podcasting as a Unique Opportunity to Amplify Your Personal BrandThere is a lot of competition in the online space and in the current job market. It can be difficult to distinguish yourself from others using the same strategies that have been around for decades. Even with the growing number of podcasts being launched daily there is still a barrier to entry and sustainability – making it the PERFECT way to stand out of the crowd if you’re willing to apply tried and true methods that simplify the process and attract the perfect audience for you. Questions to Ask Yourself Take some time to consider the following ques...2018-12-1025 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Looking at Fear, DifferentlyHello everyone and thank you for joining me. On the day this episode is releasing I am in full swing preparing for the Create and Achieve Goals that are Worthy of You workshop which is happening tomorrow. I am so excited about this. I am in my zone when I am leading workshops and I’m thrilled to be with the women who are attending. I cannot wait to lead them through a process that will help them craft the perfect goals for them, as well as create the plan and begin executing on it. I am al...2018-12-0312 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Achieving Your Goal May Require You to Ask for HelpHello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. Here in the US we just had our Thanksgiving Day celebrations and I am now in a detox mode. Luckily I had the opportunity to help my brother and his wife move so I’ve burned off most of what I consumed and now I’m just waiting for the cravings to go away. Now we are in full swing for the holidays and I am wishing you all peace, joy, and happiness as you make your plans, do your shopping, wrap...2018-11-2614 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Using the Inner Guidance You Already HaveHello everyone and thank you for joining me! And hello November! The countdown is on to the holidays. When I think of the holidays I think of busy and I want to share with you an insight I had recently around the whole concept of busy. I, like many of you, dream of a time in the near future when things will settle down and there will be an opportunity to move at a slower pace and enjoy a phase where not much is going on. The insight I had was there really is no...2018-11-1217 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Fourth Quarter ReviewHello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. We are solidly in the 4th quarter of 2018. Can you believe it? This is the time we all typically have a wake-up call when it comes to our goals. Are we going to achieve them? Do we need to adjust them to make a realistic motivated push between now and the end of the year? Or are we going to throw in the towel on our goal. Unless you realize you set a goal you don’t give a care about I am al...2018-10-2919 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: The Remedy to Playing SmallOver the summer when I shared my Mom’s cancer diagnosis I asked this community to help support me in doing the Women Taking the Lead podcast by giving me some ideas for future episodes. I knew I wouldn’t have a lot of creative energy so your suggestions would take a couple things off my plate. I have to thank Geraldine Carter of the She Thinks Big podcast who sent me voice recordings that she created while she was out for a walk with ideas for future episodes. On idea was to talk about Tara Mohr’s book...2018-10-2224 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: When You Hit a Goal Before You're ReadyAs I’m recording this it is a rainy Sunday morning, I’m sipping my hot beverage looking out the window at the trees that have started to change colors. It’s a very relaxing picture but let me warn you this is not going to be the tone of this episode. The pace so far today is giving me an opportunity to reflect on the past week and this past week was anything but tranquil. I was already a little off balance when something good happened and yet it sent me into a spiral. Let me...2018-10-0818 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Lost Time, New PossibilitiesHello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. Can someone please tell me where September went? With a couple trips home to Worcester, The Maine Women’s Conference board and activity surrounding next year’s event ramping up, the BNI Maine Leadership Team training and transitions going on, as well as my October group program joyfully on the calendar, the month of September seemed to go by in a blink! However, I made peace many years ago that September is a very active month. And although we’ve had some w...2018-10-0119 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: 5 Reasons Why Having Clear Goals is Critical for YouI chose the topic today because I noticed a lot of activity lately on a post I first released in 2014 titled, 5 Reasons Why Having Clear Goals is Critical for Your Business. It being September, the other New Year, and just before the beginning of the 4th quarter of 2018 I’m thinking it’s not a bad idea to go over some of the reasons why you would want to have clearly stated goals. For those of you who have been listening to Women Taking the Lead on the regular, you know I love setting and acco...2018-09-1011 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Profitability and DistanceHello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. Can you believe this is the 8th monthly update on goals? We are 2/3 of the way through 2018! Here in the US we’ve also got Labor Day next week which is our unofficial end to summer. This is also when all the kids go back to school, if they haven’t already. September is also known as “the other New Year” so this is great time to set new goals or recommit to the goals you’ve been working on. Times of...2018-08-2714 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Why You Need to Change Your Perspective on FailureI've been administering the Energy Leadership Self-Assessment tool I use with my clients more often lately and because I tend to work with perfectionists and "recovering perfectionists" quite a bit there's something that has been coming up quite often: the fear of failure. Perfectionists HATE failure and will employ nearly any strategy to avoid it. The strategy can range from not trying at all to running yourself into the ground to ensure success. But if you avoid trying at all you also keep yourself from some of the sweetest moments life has to offer. According to Robert F...2018-08-1311 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Burpees, Business & BoysHello everyone and thank you for joining me for this month-end episode on goals. As I mentioned in the June month-end update on goals episode, I took myself through my goals process to see if I my goals are still in alignment with what I’m really trying to accomplish in my business and my life and there were a few tweaks. And there are some more tweaks this month which will also drive the theme of this episode which is going with the flow with what life is presenting to you. Let’s dive in t...2018-07-3013 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Improve Self-Worth, Improve AchievementsI don't know about you but I feel like this season is going by at lightning speed. There's so much I'm doing and accomplishing and yet there's so much more I want to do and accomplish that I'm finding I have to be very intentional about taking breaks to do nothing. In fact, when I realized it had been years since I'd read a fiction novel I committed to read at least one this summer. I got my Portland Public Library card and by recommendation from the Women Taking the Lead private Facebook group I checked out...2018-07-2313 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Too Much to Do, Not Enough TimeIf you've been following along with the podcast or got my newsletter a couple weeks ago you know I was sidelined with a strained muscle in my lower back and I am feeling so much better now and am back at my burpee workouts and moving toward my goal. This is going to sound strange to say but I am so grateful to be back doing crazy amounts of burpees! I did a lot to care for my injury but the real turning point was when I sucked up the scary and the discomfort and started going...2018-07-0913 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Review, Refresh & Recommit to Your GoalsIn this review I have narrowed down my focus areas from 5 to 4, removing outsourcing as a focus area. Outsourcing is still going to happen and will occur as a part of my overall plan; it just won’t be something I focus on or measure for progress. Focus area #1 Increase profitability in my business Goal: have a net income (earnings minus expenses) of $80,000 minimum this year. With the help of my mastermind group and going through my goals review I have 4 sub-goals for this goal. These sub-goals are, in the next 6 months: Have 12 new Ex...2018-06-2516 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: We Succeed in CommunityI was thinking about last weeks episode and how it was all about getting out during the summer months to network and continue to meet people. The following is a keynote address I delivered to the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce in January of 2016 on the power in community. Having shared it with some friends I was encouraged to re-purpose it for the Women Taking the Lead podcast. I hope you enjoy it. It’s no secret that business owners like their independence. They like to set their own hours, be the ultimate decision mak...2018-06-1814 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Hot Strategies for Easy Summer NetworkingSummer is just about here and we've actually passed Memorial Day in the U.S. which marks for us the unofficial start to summer. You probably know all too well about the “summer slowdown” – that time of year when everyone seems to be on vacation or planning one. So big plans are tabled until fall, and unless you are in a seasonal business and this is your time of year it’s easy to feel like your business or career growth is in a bit of a slump. Now I know not everyone listening to this pod...2018-06-1109 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Being vs DoingThis is the month-end episode; that means an update on goals. This month I’m going to review my goals from the perspective of being vs. doing. Many of us believe that if we are not getting the results we are looking for it means we have to work harder. Although there are some cases where this might be true I believe, especially in this community of go-getting women, more often than not it means we have to shift who we are being as we take action toward our goals. It’s more than just “work s...2018-05-2814 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: When We Do This TogetherLast week was such a wild week and I am still absorbing all the goodness. To catch you up quickly a week ago I had a chance to meet Marianne Williamson for the first time and to see her speak. If you don’t know it is her words that I am quoting at the end of every episode of this podcast. I heard that quote almost 20 years ago and it would bring me to tears every time I heard it. It has been hanging in my home and it is at the core of my...2018-05-1410 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Finding Your Way Through "The Dip"Hello everyone and thank you for joining me. In last week’s 100% Jodi episode I talked about the book The Dip by Seth Godin. Godin describes The Dip as “the long slog between beginning and mastery.” I have to tell you after writing and recording that episode it was like psychologically I was in The Dip in every area of my life. Has that ever happened to you? I was catching up with a friend and talking about all the amazing opportunities that have been coming my way in my business. On paper just about everyt...2018-04-3018 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: The DipI feel like it has been a while since I have personally said hello to you. I was horribly ill at the beginning of April and that messed up my production schedule a bit but I am back in full health once again and doing burpees like crazy. In the “March update on goals” episode I mentioned that I would be talking about The Dip by Seth Godin next and I think this is perfect timing. You’ll have to let me know if this topic resonates with you right now or not but it definitely resonates with m...2018-04-2311 minWomen Taking the Lead248: Angela Lussier on Speaking Your VoiceAngela Lussier is an award-winning speaker, five-time author, two-time TEDx presenter, and CEO and founder of the Speaker Sisterhood, a network of speaking clubs that help women discover, awaken, and create their voice through the art of public speaking. Angela is the host of Claim the Stage, a public speaking podcast for women rated #1 on the inspiring podcasts list by Forbes in 2017. She is a contributor to Huffington Post and her work has been featured on ABC, NBC, Forbes, Virgin, and Entrepreneur. Her motto: Stop waiting. Start creating. Playing Small Moment Angela’s most defining small moment took p...2018-04-0238 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: March Update on GoalsHello everyone and thank you for joining me. This episode is going to be short and sweet this week for a couple of reasons. I am going to give you a quick update on my goals and frankly, I have learned another lesson about spreading myself too thin. I did in fact spread myself too thin but this time it wasn’t about time or physical energy, it was creativity. I took on projects that definitely fit in my calendar and were not going to burn a lot of calories but they were going to take a lo...2018-03-2610 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Are You Type A? You May Be SurprisedWe are this close to official Spring in the northern hemisphere and I am ready for it! I do appreciate winter for what it brings: reflection, the holidays and the slower pace. At least, it’s supposed to be a slower pace. I do less travelling in the winter but that didn’t stop my schedule this year from being pretty jam-packed. I am ready to be energized by Spring and I’m looking forward to what this season has to offer. Spring is also bringing Marianne Williamson to Portland, Maine and I am freaking out. S...2018-03-1214 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Beliefs that Stop YouI hope this episode finds you well and well on your way to achieving your goals. This is the last episode of the month so as promised I will be giving you an update on my goals. The Accomplished Intensive has kicked off and I am very excited to be partnering with the women who said yes to invest in themselves and allow me to guide them through the next phase of their journey. It’s not always an easy decision and the benefits begin right away which is so cool to witness and be a part of...2018-02-2617 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Journey to Realizing Full PotentialHello everyone. Thank you for joining me! Here we are kicking off the week of Valentine’s Day. We are celebrating one of my favorite things: LOVE! Remember this holiday is not only about romantic love. Although I do have a goal to be in partnership this year, this day is intended to bring our attention and awareness to all the relationships in which we share love; that could be family members, friends, colleagues, team members, you name it. Be sure to spread the love this week as a kickoff to showing appreciation and gratitude fo...2018-02-1214 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Transparency, Authenticity & VulnerabilityWe are just about to close out January. Can you believe we are already checking off one month in 2018? I hope you are feeling momentum and a sense of “I got this” now that we are a few weeks in. If you don’t I want you to know you are not alone! There is a virtual workshop I am doing next week on how to get hours back in your week and in retrospect I am seeing that I will be doing this workshop prior to starting the Tolerations Detox Challenge the next time I run...2018-01-2922 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: You Have Forgotten Who You AreHello and thank you for joining me! The Tolerations Detox Challenge wrapped up this past week and it was so much fun! To say I’m delighted with how everything went was an understatement. I got emails and messages from women who wanted to share their wins and what they were getting done and I heard from women who were struggling and I loved both types of messages. If you were doing the challenge and were struggling and never reached out to me, reach out to me now. I can only support you if I know you ne...2018-01-1517 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: How to Create Milestones & Metrics to Measure ProgressHappy New Year!! I hope it is going great for you thus far. There has been so much energy and excitement around 2018 and what’s possible I can’t help but feel this is going to be a great year. And it’s all within our power, right? I’ve also been feeling the momentum as I am running the Tolerations Detox Challenge. Ultimately, 112 people have registered and as of the day this episode is released we are on Day 8 of 10. And as I expected people are reporting feeling more empowered, more energy, momentum and enthusiasm for their go...2018-01-0818 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Creating Goals that Are Worthy of YouIn the last 100% Jodi episode I shared the first step to creating your goals for 2018: reflecting back on all you’ve accomplished this past year. In this episode I’m going to go over the whole process I use for setting worthy goals so if you’re celebrating Christmas today you may want to save this episode and come back to it in a day or two. My background is in psychology and I’m one of those people who, after spending 6 years working on my undergraduate and graduate degree, realized I didn’t like where my studies we...2017-12-2520 minWomen Taking the LeadOn-Air Coaching: Marie Sola on Going Live with Your CommunityMarie is a veteran of the Portland and Maine media markets, in sales, business development and management positions. She also produced and distributed television programs that received industry acclaim. Most recently, Marie worked internationally for the Young Presidents’ Organization, the premier Chief Executive Leadership organization in the world - with over 20,000 members. As Director of Integration, she interfaced with business leaders around the world in a myriad of areas including, but not limited to, membership support, event and workshop planning, corporate communication, and creating the first, full-fledged new member integration program from the ground-up. In th...2017-12-1857 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Before You Choose Your Goals, Do ThisI hope that as you’re listening to this episode you are in a good place physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I hope you are enjoying the season and surrounded with love. This time of year there is greater emphasis on having gratitude for what we have and to be kind to those around us. I’m going to encourage you to especially be kind to yourself. I know you all are working so hard to hit your goals, to take care of your families and to honor your responsibilities. Just remember, you at your best can get...2017-12-1110 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Making Changes to Help You ProgressWe are now in December and it is getting chilly here in Maine but I’m getting excited for Christmas. What’s been fun has been chatting with those of you in the Facebook group who are in the southern hemisphere. As I’m posting about the cooling temperatures you are getting ready for some hot days. I love that this podcast has allowed me to connect with so many amazing people all over the globe. I feel blessed and I’m looking forward to meeting more of you in the year to come. Speaking of the year to...2017-12-0708 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: On You Living “The Four Agreements” Part FourAs of the date this episode was released it is Thanksgiving Day here in the US. It is always a good time to be thankful for all the blessings in our lives. It’s too easy to focus on what’s missing and what’s not going right and that creates a very unpleasant experience. Taking the time to reflect on what we have and what’s going right creates a peaceful and grateful state of mind that can help us to stay calm and in action. If you have not yet added a gratitude practice in your daily routing...2017-11-2310 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: On You Living “The Four Agreements” Part ThreeThere has been some excitement around here but of a different flavor than last week. I recorded last week’s episode on Sunday, October 29th and there was a rain and wind storm hit the coast of Maine that evening. On Monday morning at 5:15 my power went out. Luckily Monday the 30th was a relatively mild day for this time of year being about 60 degrees. But as I checked in with the website that was tracking the number of households without power the number kept rising throughout the day. Soon the website would show about 400,000 households without powe...2017-11-0913 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: On You Living “The Four Agreements” Part TwoThere are some exciting things going on behind the scenes here. I mentioned the upcoming changes to my website in last week’s 100% Jodi. There are other changes I’m planning for this podcast, The Accomplished Membership Community and in the coaching services I provide. Some of the changes are subtle, some not so subtle and I will let you all know when the changes are real and you can actually look at them or experience them. Suffice to say for now, the experience I’m having working with a digital strategist, the feedback I’m getting from all...2017-11-0211 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: On You Living “The Four Agreements” Part OneWhat can I share with you that has been going on in my world? Well, for one, there are going to be some changes to my website. WomenTakingTheLead.com is going to get a whole new look and feel soon. I’m really excited about this because the changes are more reflective of my brand and what I am trying to accomplish with Women Taking the Lead. If I haven’t shared already I’ve also begun reading A Course in Miracles. Or I should say I’m doing A Course in Miracles. It is a very interact...2017-10-2613 minWomen Taking the LeadOn Air Coaching: Libby Bunten on Shedding Old Stories to Reveal Your TruthIn the last On Air Coaching call there was more consulting going on. I chatted with Terri DeCoster about technology because that was the obstacle for her in her business. In this call I’m chatting with Libby Bunten of Arbonne International and we had a coaching call which is more typical for me in my business. The issue we addressed was the conflict that arises when we are developing ourselves personally, professionally, mentally and spiritually and the people around us are not yet comfortable with the changes that are happening. I want to underscore we...2017-10-191h 07Women Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Beauty of the Brief MeetingThis episode is going to be short and sweet and you’re going to find out why pretty quickly. One of my favorite shows of all time is The West Wing. I loved the quick pace, the witty banter, the thoughtful approach to complex issues, and the relationships of the characters. They were good people doing their best and occasionally, with good intentions, messing up. There are many things I like about The West Wing but what I want to talk to you about today is something I noticed in the episodes and became very in...2017-10-1207 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: The Time for You to be Fully in the MomentWe have covered 3 of the 4 phases in the Cycle of Change using the card game analogy as first taught to me by iPEC Coaching. These are: The Toss In Phase, The Shuffle Phase, and The Deal Phase. Now we’re going to cover The “Play the Game” Phase. Phase 3: Play the Game (Action!) “Play the Game” is an exciting and mostly positive time during the Cycle of Change when you are all in to live your dreams and reach new levels of success, fulfillment and well-being. Whereas in previous stages you were either reflecting on the past or i...2017-10-0510 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: When You are Preparing to Make Your MoveIn the last episode I continued our exploration of the Cycle of Change using the analogy of a card game which was first introduced to me by iPEC Coaching. If you have not listened to the first two episodes covering the Cycle of Change I recommend you go back to the episodes titled Respecting Where You Are on Your Journey and The Secret to Clarity is Reflection and Research, respectively. These are quick episodes and will catch up on The Cycle of Change. I mentioned in The Secret to Clarity is Reflection and Research how I had mov...2017-09-2809 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: The Secret to Clarity is Reflection and ResearchFirst, the Agents of Change conference was awesome! I want to give a huge thank you to Rich Brooks, Amanda O’Brien, Lindsay Babayan and the whole Flyte New Media team who made this such an awesome experience. A crap-load of work goes into an event like that and they made it look easy. Then, I got to hang out with a lot of you. The Women Taking the Lead community was in attendance at The Agents of Change. What was really fun was The Agents of Change conference happened the day after last Thursday’s 100% Jodi epis...2017-09-2113 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Respecting Where You Are on Your JourneyI’m going to be one of the speakers this year at The Agents of Change Conference to help any struggling podcasters or would-be podcasters to overcome obstacles and set themselves up for success. As you guys know I love talking about stress, fear, taking risks, overcoming self-doubt. It sounds so dark but these are juicy topics and the other side of these things is heaven. But you can’t go around these things you have to go through. Which segues nicely into my topic today ... The Cycle of Change Each part of your life is lik...2017-09-1416 minWomen Taking the LeadOn Air Coaching: Business on a Budget with Terri DeCosterThis is my first On Air Coaching Call. With me I have Terri DeCoster who is working full-time hours between a couple of gigs but really wants to get her own business off the ground. Terri DeCoster is a Masters level counselor, certified coach, and family mediator with over 15 years of supporting adults and children going through tough family transitions. Terri has facilitated numerous workshops and groups for adults and children, as well as private coaching. Terri served as a Board member at the Kids First Center in Portland ME, and continue her work as a facilitator...2017-09-071h 03Women Taking the LeadBonus Episode: How to Remain You When You're in the SpotlightKatie Clark is a market research, social media and marketing professional who has worked with companies in industries including consumer packaged goods, nonprofit, specialty foods, live events, insurance, entertainment, and technology and excels at finding efficiencies, building capacity, and fostering growth. Katie is a social media influencer who has appeared on various ‘people to follow’ lists including 10 Great #MRX Tweeters Every Market Researcher Should Follow, Most Influential Client-Side Tweeters, and the Wearables 1k. Currently, Katie is the Communications Manager at the Maine Historical Society, and also speaks on podcasts, blogs, at conferences and other events about market research, social medi...2017-08-2423 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Want to be Chosen? You're Going to Have to Promote YourselfIf you listened to the last 100% Jodi episode you know coming in the Fall is the “On Air Coaching” calls. I’ve already got 6 volunteers for these calls and the feedback has been incredible. Thank you all for always letting me know when I’m on the right track and when you’d like to see some changes. This podcast definitely has an element of promoting myself as a business and leadership coach for Type A women but it’s meaningless if I’m not providing good and relevant content to you. I look at this podcast as a partnersh...2017-08-1012 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Do You Worry About What "They" Will Say? I Do.Hello everyone and thank you for joining me today! If you're getting my newsletter you know I am in the midst of some summertime craziness with family coming and going and getting ready for Podcast Movement in a couple of weeks. My parents were just visiting this past weekend and I was sharing with them how I'm listening to Marianne Williamson's book, "A Return to Love Workshop: Basics on a Course in Miracles." It's a live recording of her delivering this workshop over the course of a weekend. I shared with my parents...2017-08-0309 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Remember, You Do This Because You LoveMan, the summertime crazy has commenced. It took everything I had, and little less sleep, to get this episode out this week. My schedule was jam-packed and I have family coming to visit so my schedule is going to be all out whack for a couple of weeks. I'll have a week of rest after (or not) and then I'm off to Podcast Movement. The old me would have become insanely stressed out and resentful, and the people around me probably would have been very aware of it. I would have tried to get rid of as...2017-07-2713 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Got Too Vulnerable? How to Treat Your Exposure HangoverIt looks like last week’s 100% Jodi episode left its mark. I got an overwhelming response with visits to the blog post; comments on the blog, the Facebook posts, mentions in tweets, Facebook messages, emails, women joining the private Facebook group, and my email list, etc. Thank you so much!! What I loved was even those who let me know they didn’t express their spirituality the same way I do reached out to let me know that episode made an impact on them. If anything the response was, “Yes! Be courageous. We love it!” I...2017-07-2012 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: When Spirituality Presents a ProblemI feel like I’m inviting you into my living room because this is going to be an intimate conversation. Buckle up because this is another one of those “What I’m Afraid to Tell You” episodes like the one I did 6 months ago. This episode was brought on by two conversations I had within a 2-week period. The first conversation was a coaching call with one of my clients. She has given me permission to share our conversation with you and I am very grateful to her. We have been working together for 2 ½ months so we’ve gotten v...2017-07-1328 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What You Are Actually Doing When You Are Being the Lone WolfI’ve been resisting this episode and the topic of next week’s episode as well. Which is kind of funny because the book I’m reading right now, or I should say the physical book I’m reading, because you guys know I’ve always got a book in audible going as well. The physical book I’m reading is Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly. In this book Matthew Kelly states, “The hardest war to win is the one you don’t even realize you are fighting, and the hardest enemy to defeat is the one you don’t even k...2017-07-0612 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Life is Risky, Especially When You Are Avoiding RiskThis past week turned out to be the week of talking about fears. In last weeks 100% Jodi I talked about all the fears I was confronted with when I was training for and competing in the Spartan Race. I had forgotten that the title I chose for Alison Cardy's episode was Walking Toward Fear and then the Eleanor Roosevelt quote my assistant chose for the newsletter, originally shared by Nikki Wetherell in her powerful interview in episode 104, had to do with fear. We’ve got some momentum going so let’s lean into it. On...2017-06-2913 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Networking Tips from Your CommunityAfter doing the 8 Networking Myths that Prevent New Opportunities and The Secrets to Make Networking Easy and while I was beginning Where the Real Magic of Networking Happens I received a message from Shelli Warren of Sheconnex via an awesome app called Voxer. If you are not using Voxer you need to check it out. I went into the private Facebook group for the Women Taking the Lead community and asked if they had any networking tips to share with you. It’s no surprise we’ve got some savvy networkers in our community and I’ve...2017-06-0820 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Where the Real Magic of Networking HappensIf you’ve been following along with the last couple 100% Jodi episodes you’ve heard the 8 common myths out there about networking and you’ve gotten an idea of all the different types of events and gatherings you can attend for group networking. Ultimately, all of this group activity is leading to where networking has its power: the one-to-one meeting. These can be coffee dates, lunches, happy hours, video conference calls, etc. This is when you spend focused time with an individual to deepen the relationship. Nothing can replace an in-person meetin...2017-06-0116 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: 8 Networking Myths that Prevent New OpportunitiesThis past week I had a chance to connect with one of the members of our community, Hira Ali of Advancing Your Potential and Revitalize and Rise. In our chat she encouraged me to share what I know about networking. It’s not a sexy topic, and most people report to dread networking. But Hira was so excited about it and assured me many women want to get better at networking so it doesn’t feel so intimidating or stressful. She convinced me and so here I am talking to you about networking. If fact, as I star...2017-05-1812 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: My Solution for Resistance to WorkHello everyone and thank you for joining me today. I'm sitting here on the Sunday before this episode is being released and not quite sure which topic I want to touch upon. I'm in a head space today where instead of wanting to crank out a lot of work, which is my normal routine on a Sunday morning, I wanted to sit and reflect and do a bit of puttering as I've talked about in previous episodes. I am feeling resistance to being very active today. I tried pushing for a bit, and distracting myself...2017-04-1308 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: What Do You Feed Your...Mind, Body, Soul?Hello everyone and thank you for joining me! I have to acknowledge right off the bat that Women Taking the Lead’s 2nd Anniversary came and went and I didn’t do anything to acknowledge it publicly. Even though I had started to make plans and got some suggestions from The Accomplished Community and my team, last week and the weekend turned out to be incredibly hectic and March 25th came and went and not a peep from me. So let’s pretend I’m hosting a celebration to mark this achievement. If you were...2017-03-3010 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Getting StartedHere’s a tiny peek into what I’ve been struggling with lately. I have been procrastinating on this latest episode of 100% Jodi and I am relieved that I got this out on schedule. Every time I had a to-do or blocked time out on my calendar to sit down, gather my thoughts and put together an outline of what I wanted to share with you I found other things that were more urgent or I openly admitted to myself I just didn’t have the inspiration to create anything. However, I had an epiphany yester...2017-03-2310 minWomen Taking the Lead100% Jodi: Higher Consciousness vs. Traditional TheologyFor you today I wanted to share an email I received from a client after she did the “Get Your Energy Back” Process I offer in my business. How it works is you take a 20-minute online self-assessment and then we schedule 75 minutes to debrief your results. During that debrief session we uncover where your sources of stress are coming from and what you can do to alleviate it so you greatly reduce, and for some completely remove, those triggers for stress. It also gives you a process to continue this work as you become aware of other triggers that...2017-03-0212 minWomen Taking the LeadAnother 100 Quotes to Take on the GoThis is Jodi Flynn and you are listening to Women Taking the Lead. And for those of you who are regulars to the show, did you think I forgot to celebrate the 200th episode? Oh no I didn’t and just like when we were celebrating the 100th episode I gathered up all the quotes from episodes 101-200 and strung them together. This is a celebration I’m going to listen to over and over again. What’s really funny for me is this episode kicks off our weekly episodes themed 100% Jodi and there...2017-02-2312 minWomen Taking the LeadBonus Episode: Changes Are Coming!Hello everyone and welcome to Women Taking the Lead. It has been a while since the last bonus episode and there is a good reason for that. There have been some changes going on behind the scenes here that I had thought about out loud in my last bonus episode but I am now ready to roll them out. This will be the last “Bonus” episode. Will this be last time it’s just me talking directly to you on the podcast? Absolutely not. In fact, you’re going to be hearing a lot more of me going fo...2017-02-1711 minWomen Taking the LeadBonus Episode: Are You Resisting Your Life Purpose?Hello everyone, and thank you for listening in to this bonus episode. Things are getting very exciting and very hectic around here as I put the finishing touches on my book and all the supporting materials that will go along with it. I recently stopped referring to a “working title” and have said the title with confidence several times so I feel great to finally share it with you. The title of my book is, Accomplished: How to go from Dreaming to Doing. To help promote the book I’ll be offering it for free for th...2016-11-0411 minWomen Taking the Lead108: Jodi Flynn on Her Journey to Women Taking The LeadAfter a successful career in Mutual Fund Operations as the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Quality, Jodi Flynn set off on a new adventure and founded her coaching business. Her specialty is partnering with women who experience self-doubt and feel overwhelmed to overcome stress, get organized, and start creating the business and the lifestyle they dreamed of having.
Her podcast, Women Taking the Lead, inspires women from humble beginnings to overcome self-doubt and lead with confidence, integrity and a sense of humor. The podcast has hit #1 in 3 categories of iTunes’ New and Noteworthy: Business, Careers, and Society an...2016-03-2338 minWomen Taking the Lead084: Flynn Women on How to Raise Our Daughters to Be LeadersThe women of my family, young and old are sharing their thoughts on leadership, love, relationships, growing up and motherhood. We are joined by Lucia and Sophia Flynn, Kerri and Vanessa Sulminski and Erin, Danya and Eiryanna Gachuma to celebrate the past year and ring in the New Year with a fun, touching and humorous episode. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Questions for the moms:
Describe your daughter to me.
You are raising a son and a daughter. Are there any considerations you have for your daughter that...2015-12-3032 minWomen Taking the LeadBonus Episode: It Starts With YouHey everyone and welcome to this 6th bonus episode!! How have you been?
I’m going to start off with some exciting news for Women Taking the lead, I’m going to thank my reviewers, highlight a member of our community and then I’m going to dive into the topic for this week – It Starts with You.
Okay, so some background – I belong to a community of podcasters called Podcast Paradise. There are currently has about 2300 members. I found out this week that Women Taking the Lead was nominated for a Podcaster Paradise award for “Best I...2015-12-1109 minWomen Taking the Lead062: Marni Battista on How to Naturally Become IrresistibleAs the founder of Dating with Dignity and with more than 25 years of personal relationship and dating experience, Marni Battista has dated, was married for 17 years, divorced, and then successfully dated again (and married!) in the 21st century. Marni is a certified professional Dating and Relationship Coach and Expert, writer, and nationally recognized print and online magazine expert covering dating and relationships. Marni also has a weekly dating/relationship web show (The Dating Den) with over 2.6 million views, and she was named one of the 10 Best Women’s Dating Experts by DatingAdvice.com.
Marni just published her most...2015-10-1433 minWomen Taking the Lead032: Jodi Womack on How to Leverage Solid Relationships Through NetworkingJodi Womack, creator of the Women’s Business Socials brings women in business together to have vibrant and meaningful connections in person and online. She also co-founded The Womack Company with her husband, Jason. Jodi delivers innovative ideas with integrity and an authentic desire to see everyone succeed. Jodi turns best possible scenarios into everyday success.
http://womentakingthelead.com/jodi-womack2015-07-0145 minWomen Taking the Lead027: Jodi LaBossiere on Balancing Between Massive Action and Baby StepsDr. Jodi LaBossiere simply and honestly, teaches women to show up in their greatness! Best-selling Author, Host on TV and Radio, Doctor of Asian Metaphysical Sciences, Reiki Master, Print and runway Model, Esthetician and Beauty Expert. Jodi arrived in America and was awarded the EB1 visa: A Person of Extraordinary Ability. She remains recognized by the USA governing body, as being in the top 1% of her field. Jodi currently works with both corporate and private clients, focusing on health and wellness. By mentoring, Coaching and giving real, practical advice, Jodi advances women towards their career and personal goals She...2015-06-1423 minWomen Taking the Lead017: Cathy Flynn on Leading With LoveCathy Flynn is a proud mother and grandmother. She has been married almost 46 years to her husband Richard. They have 8 children and 11 grandchildren. All 8 children have graduated from college and are successful. Cathy, herself, graduated from college when she was in her late 40’s. Her passions are her children, grandchildren, and the Catholic Church. Her hobbies are reading, crocheting/knitting, and babysitting her grandchildren.
www.womentakingthelead.com/cathy-flynn2015-05-1022 min