31 episodes
The Compassionate Leader School Podcast Debbie Lawrence
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How do I attract and keep the best employees? How do I create a workplace where people want to be, to stay, and beg their friends to join them? And how do I balance being a compassionate, thoughtful and fair leader while getting stuff done and making money? These are just some of the questions business strategist and master teacher Debbie Lawrence will dive into on The Compassionate Leader School podcast. Along with episodes that feel like you're sitting right there with her in the boardroom, Debbie's practical "Take Action Challenges" and valuable freebie resources will have you embracing your compassionate leadership style while building an amazing team and running a smart, profitable business!
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7 Reasons Why People Don't Respect Your Boundaries
When it comes to boundaries, many people are frustrated, hurt and fed up because there are people in their lives - at work, at home, amongst friends, in their volunteer work, in their neighbourhood - who do not respect their boundaries. Well, there may be many reasons why this is happening including these top seven! In this episode I draw back the curtain on what they are and how you can course correct so that you can begin to set boundaries and finally have others respect them.
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10 Key Factors and One Difference Maker for Planning a Meeting
When you get a notification for an upcoming meeting at work does it ever make you want to sigh and hope you might have a good reason at the last moment not to be there? Believe it or not, there is an art and a science to planning and leading a productive, positive, and enjoyable workplace meeting whether your team gathers in person, virtually or as a blend of both. In this episode, I'm giving you ten key factors to consider when planning a meeting. And I'm sharing what I call the ...
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How Planning With Intentional Margin Has Been A Game Changer
Do you long for the best summer ever? Do you want to look back and feel proud of how you chose to spend your time, what you were able to accomplish, the fun you had, and the sense that you really spent your time well? That's exactly where I was a couple of months ago as I began to up-level my planning for the summer of 2021 so I could enjoy time freedom and use a 10% intentional margin to allow for flexibility so that I didn't put myself into exhaustion and overwhelm - and the early rev...
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How to Use Relationship Marketing to grow Your Business
Which camp are you in: lover of all things networking-related or you’d rather have a root canal than attend a networking event? As part of the all-important relationship marketing strategy, being able to build real, authentic, reciprocal, meaningful and strategic connections with others who can help to support and grow your business is key to a business’ success. In this episode of the Compassionate Leader School Podcast, I’m offering ten simple and effective activities you can use to build y...
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Do You Have an IEA (Ideal Employee Avatar)?
Do you have an IEA? One of the hot topics in business these days is centered around building a marketing strategy based on a company’s ICA, which stands for Ideal Customer Avatar. More detailed and sophisticated than the typical target market analysis, the ICA work is making cash registers ring and companies are benefiting from more engagement from these loyal customers in all areas of their business. In that spirit, I’m asking the question about the other group of people who are key to ...
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Understanding the Impact of Your Non-Verbal Communication
No doubt at some point in your life someone has said to you, "it's not what you said, it's how you said it". I'm not sure you would be human if you haven't had that experience. It speaks to the impact of our non-verbal communication. In this episode, I aim to help you be aware of the two key components of non-verbal communication and how, together, they influence the energy you bring into every single space you enter. If you've always wanted to understand why someone gave you that feedb...