Today we’re talking about something I suffer from every. Damn. day. It is DECISION FATIGUE.

The longer I lead, the more I get why some people wear black T-Shirts and jeans every single day. It’s so they have the bandwidth to decide what book cover they want, or what to name their next masterclass.

It’s hard making decisions all day, every day.

We all are guilty of connecting our worth with our work. Or believing we are only as good as our accomplishments.

We make “what we do” the same as “who we are.”

I want to change that.

No matter what your business is, you serve people.

You’re not just “doing stuff” or “providing a service” — you are solving a problem that a person has.

The trouble is, many of us start looking at the people we serve in a silo. We don’t see them, or serve them, as a “whole person.”

I believe all Leaders are capable of serving the whole person. Ready to find out how? Listen to today’s episode to learn.

Have you ever been self-conscious about your leadership style? Or worried that your leadership doesn’t fit the mold for what a leader “should” be?

I feel this way all the time.

Sometimes I feel like I’m really thriving in my leadership seat. Other days, I feel totally insecure that I’m not good enough and don’t know what I’m doing.

It’s the realization that — shit. I’m not perfect.

I can have one or twenty people on my team and it doesn’t matter. I will ALWAYS be learning how to lead.

Have you ever been self-conscious about your leadership style? Or worried that your leadership doesn’t fit the mold for what a leader “should” be?

I feel this way all the time.

Sometimes I feel like I’m really thriving in my leadership seat. Other days, I feel totally insecure that I’m not good enough and don’t know what I’m doing.

It’s the realization that — shit. I’m not perfect.

I can have one or twenty people on my team and it doesn’t matter. I will ALWAYS be learning how to lead.

Every relationship will have strain, including the one with your Assistant.

This is NORMAL. But that doesn’t mean the relationship can stay there if you two are ever going to grow.

Today, I’m going to share 3 strategies to help you recalibrate the strained relationship you have with your EA.

I know from experience that when you work as an Executive Assistant, you can be asked to help your Executive with almost everything. Planning a funeral, catching and relocating a groundhog, or revising an itinerary when a lunch and a flight conflict.

How do you make it work? Well, you figure it out.

Today, I want to talk about why as a Leader it’s OK and important to want to work with people who are capable of “figuring it out.”

Have you ever allowed an aspect of your business to atrophy, waste away, or lose effectiveness due to underuse or neglect?

This can happen in many aspects of your business, can’t it? Team building, finances, marketing, leads, sales, social media engagement and team morale can all suffer if you neglect them.

Are you a business owner who has felt burned by an Executive Assistant or two? You’re not alone.

Maybe it was your fault for not being clear with expectations. Or, maybe your former EA ghosted you without warning.

Whatever the case, trying to hire after disappointment is hard. You worry about investing time, money and resources in someone who may not work out. It’s OK that you feel gun shy!

Do you struggle to get feedback from past or current customers? It can be intimidating to hear what people think. If you fear rejection or criticism, you may be tempted to not ask for feedback at all!

The problem is if we don’t ask, we run the risk of LOSING unhappy clients or creating a negative customer experience.

Passion is the start of any good business idea. That, and identifying a problem.

Unfortunately, the rigor of actually creating and sustaining a business can be the reason many of you feel less passionate about what you do every day.

Today, I want to talk to you about how to keep the passion alive in your business.

I have 11 strategies that you can act on right away.

I think most of us leaders are aware that we STRUGGLE to stay on track with our priorities.

There are many reasons for this. Sometimes, everything really is important!

Other times, we are bombarded with interruptions, or fall victim to context switching multiple times a day.

Not to mention, real-life happens!