The Uncommon Way: Power, Authority, and Scaling for Women Leaders

Jenna Harrison | Business and Leadership Coach for Women Entrepreneurs
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When your business is growing but leading it feels harder than it used to, you're not imagining it — many women entrepreneurs reach this point as their companies scale. Businesses grow only as well as a leader's capacity to access and direct power. And without that shift, the business slowly starts running you instead of you running the business. At that point, leadership itself has to evolve. The Uncommon Way helps women entrepreneurs, business owners, and founders evolve how they think, behave, and operate — so they can access and direct power, making businesses simpler, stronger, and easier to run. Whether you're a woman entrepreneur, founder, CEO, or emerging leader, The Uncommon Way helps you operate at higher levels — without sacrificing sustainability, self-trust, or the life you want outside the business. Inside the show, you'll hear conversations about: • why leading your company often feels harder as a company grows — and what most founders miss • the hidden ways power disperses inside growing companies • how strong leaders make clear decisions even in complexity • why teams sometimes create more pressure instead of less • what actually changes when you call power back in If you want growth that feels powerful and regulated instead of urgent and overwhelming, you're exactly where you need to be. Hosted by top-ranked business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, The Uncommon Way explores leadership power dynamics and what it actually takes to lead companies that scale without becoming chaotic or exhausting to run. New to the show? Start with the Trailer (Episode 186) to understand exactly what we're about here at The Uncommon Way.

  1. Jun 9

    193. How to Own a Room Without Performing with Kate Stinson

    Why do some leaders command respect the moment they walk into a room, without trying so hard to earn it? Many women spend years building expertise, only to find themselves still questioning how they're being perceived, altering their message, or feeling pressure to fit a leadership mold that doesn't quite fit. In this conversation, entrepreneur and CEO Kate Stinson shares the surprising lesson she learned after years in male-dominated industries, and why the thing most people think creates executive presence often gets in the way of it. In this episode, you'll discover: The unexpected shift that helped Kate stop performing and start leading with greater confidence and influence Why some of the hardest setbacks become the catalyst for stronger leadership What founders need to focus on when building something so new that most people don't immediately understand it Listen now to discover what actually creates executive presence, and how to trust your vision when you're building something the world hasn't seen before. Find Kate:  CHIPIN: https://www.chipin.golf/  Linkedin: Kate Stinson Tiktok: @kate_chipin   Work With Jenna: The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here.   Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on founder leadership evolution, decision-making, team development and stability, and the systemic and strategic shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work, but by upgrading leadership structures, strengthening decisions, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    16 min

  2. May 26

    192. 5 Little-t Trauma Responses Capping Women CEOs (And How They Show Up in Your Business).

    Most women CEOs don't realize they're operating from trauma responses because the behaviors often feel productive, familiar, and completely justified.  In fact, many of the patterns that create the most friction at higher levels are the very same ones that helped them succeed, achieve, and earn approval earlier in life.  This episode will help you recognize how these patterns quietly shape leadership, decision-making, growth, and day-to-day business experience, and why so many smart, capable women unknowingly build businesses around them. You'll also discover: How seemingly positive traits like perfectionism, independence, and being 'easy to work with' can create growth ceilings at higher levels Why smart, capable women often optimize around patterns instead of resolving the thing actually creating the drag The powerful shifts that happen when you stop treating your reactions as reality, and start recognizing them as patterns Why the issue often isn't strategy, intelligence, or capability, but an invisible operating system shaping how you lead, decide, communicate, and grow Press play to understand the invisible operating system shaping your business, and what becomes possible when you finally step outside the fishbowl. Work With Jenna: The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here.   Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on founder leadership evolution, decision-making, team development and stability, and the systemic and strategic shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work, but by upgrading leadership structures, strengthening decisions, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    26 min

  3. May 12

    191. How Entrepreneurs Accidentally Build Businesses Around Their Trauma Responses

    What if some of the things you call "leadership style" or "business strategy"… are actually protection patterns? Well-meaning CEOs typically believe they're building their business around their values or vision. But many entrepreneurs are unknowingly building around something else entirely: a pattern that began long before starting their business. This episode pulls back the curtain on how trauma responses quietly shape communication, pricing, delegation, decision-making, team dynamics, and more, and why so many capable founders end up optimizing for patterns that are undercutting results. In this episode, you'll discover: How trauma responses become baked into pricing, marketing, delegation, and team dynamics The shift that helped one CEO stop over-explaining and how it changed the way her entire team operated How to tell when you're optimizing a protection pattern instead of actually resolving it Press play for a clean look at what might actually be running the show in your business, and a path towards your cleanest, most intentional leadership.   Links Mentioned: Sign up for a Clarity & Results Roadmap session with Jenna to get clear on  1) the ways your own patterns have become baked into business operations and  2) the roadmap for reinventing yourself and your business intentionally. Work With Jenna: Decisions on Demand — A practical mini-course designed to help you make cleaner, higher-quality choices,  the kind that unlock momentum, authority, and follow-through. The framework mirrors decision-making principles used in high-stakes environments, adapted for real life and business. The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here.   Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on founder leadership evolution, decision-making, team development and stability, and the systemic and strategic shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work, but by upgrading leadership structures, strengthening decisions, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    15 min

  4. Apr 28

    190. Q: Help! Why Does My Brain Tell Me I'll Get 'Found Out', Right When Things Start Working?

    What do you do when your brain starts turning on you, telling you you'll get found out, even when things are going well? You're moving forward. Things are working. And then that thought shows up: What if they realize I don't actually know what I'm doing? If you've felt that, this episode will land. Because this isn't just about confidence in a single moment. It's a pattern that can follow you across situations, and quietly shape how you operate if you don't see what's driving it. You'll hear what's actually going on beneath that feeling, and why the moves that seem responsible can keep it in place. In this episode, you'll discover: The common way high achievers respond to self-doubt that actually reinforces it Why more strategy, planning, or skill-building won't resolve this, and what actually does The shift that stops this pattern from influencing your decisions as you grow Press play to understand what's really behind that "I'll get found out" feeling, and move forward with clarity instead of second-guessing. Work With Jenna: Decisions on Demand — A practical mini-course designed to help you make cleaner, higher-quality choices,  the kind that unlock momentum, authority, and follow-through. The framework mirrors decision-making principles used in high-stakes environments, adapted for real life and business. The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here.   Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on founder leadership evolution, decision-making, team development and stability, and the systemic and strategic shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work, but by upgrading leadership structures, strengthening decisions, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    15 min

  5. Apr 14

    189. How to Stay Ahead of AI and Make Smarter Moves During Disruption [MVE]

    What if the current AI disruption isn't something to get through—but something to use? If you've been watching the sweeping changes happening with AI right now and wondering how your business will survive, this episode offers a lifeline. You'll hear how some people are already expanding in this environment—and what they're seeing that others aren't. In this episode, you'll discover: Why staying steady matters more than trying to predict what's coming next What to pay attention to right now if you want your offers to land The shift that makes your work stand out—even as AI and automation accelerate Press play to ground yourself, see what's actually happening, and make smarter moves in a changing landscape. Episode Mentioned:   170. Best Ways to Make Money in 2026: How to Use Disruption Strategically for Business Growth Now   Work With Jenna: Decisions on Demand — A practical mini-course designed to help you make cleaner, higher-quality choices,  the kind that unlock momentum, authority, and follow-through. The framework mirrors decision-making principles used in high-stakes environments, adapted for real life and business. The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here.   Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on founder leadership evolution, decision-making, team development and stability, and the systemic and strategic shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work, but by upgrading leadership structures, strengthening decisions, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    22 min

  6. Mar 31

    188. Why Everything Feels So Complicated (Even When It Shouldn't)

    What if your current situation isn't as complex as it feels? If you've ever noticed that two people can face the exact same situation—and yet have completely different experiences—this episode will click something into place. You'll hear a real-life example of how complexity builds in real time, and what shifts when you start seeing through it instead of reacting to it. In this episode, you'll discover: The overlooked skill that gives you peace and leverage at the same time—without working harder or adding systems The hidden reason your brain won't let go of things (and how to finally quiet the mental noise) Why things that should take minutes end up taking hours—and the simple shift that changes that instantly Press play to restore clarity, free up mental energy, and move through your work with ease.   Links mentioned Sign up for the newsletter to be the first to hear about limited offers: https://www.theuncommonway.com/newsletter-sign-up Work with Jenna Decisions on Demand — A practical mini-course designed to help you make cleaner, higher-quality choices — the kind that unlock momentum, authority, and follow-through. The framework mirrors decision-making principles used in high-stakes environments, adapted for real life and business. The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here. Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/    The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on decision-making, founder leadership evolution, team stability, and the structural shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work — but by upgrading leadership, strengthening decision structures, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    13 min

  7. Mar 17

    187. How Power Actually Works in a Business, and Why Leaders Often Solve the Wrong Problem

    What if the problem you're trying to solve in your business… isn't actually the problem? If you've ever found yourself thinking you need to be more productive, refine your strategy, or improve a system that already "should" work, this episode looks at a different possibility. Sometimes the issue isn't inside you — and it isn't inside the structure either. It's something happening underneath both. In this episode, you'll discover: Why capable leaders often try to solve the wrong problem when their business starts feeling harder to run How power quietly disperses inside a growing business—and how to call it back in Learn the subtle moment when a company's center of gravity shifts away from the leader (and how to bring it back) Press play to see how power actually operates inside a business — and why recognizing this dynamic can instantly change what you focus on next.   Work with Jenna Decisions on Demand — A practical mini-course designed to help you make cleaner, higher-quality choices — the kind that unlock momentum, authority, and follow-through. The framework mirrors decision-making principles used in high-stakes environments, adapted for real life and business. The Clarity Accelerator Mastermind — If you want to be surrounded by other visionary entrepreneurs while rapidly aligning your business to the conditions and strategies that let you thrive and excel naturally, this intimate mastermind will stretch you into your next level. Schedule your call today here or visit this page to find out more. Private Coaching — If you're craving the highest level of support, strategy, and partnership to create all the freedom, impact, and success you're designed for, this is the space for it. Schedule you call today here. Find Jenna on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonway/  The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on decision-making, founder leadership evolution, team stability, and the structural shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work — but by upgrading leadership, strengthening decision structures, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

    13 min

  8. Mar 3

    186. Start Here: The New Era of The Uncommon Way — Power, Authority & Sustainable Scaling

    Podcast Trailer — Start Here The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for women entrepreneurs and founders who want to scale with more authority, power, and sustainable growth. Companies don't just scale through strategy. They scale at the speed the founder can access and direct power. This trailer explains the next evolution of The Uncommon Way — and why the conversation is shifting toward power, leadership expansion, and sustainable scaling for women building significant companies. You'll hear: • Why growth eventually makes leadership capacity the limiting factor • The shift that allows founders to access dramatically more power — without years of inner work • How businesses reorganize when authority becomes clear and behavior and operations follow This isn't about hustle, performance, or optimization for the sake of doing more. It's about upgrading how you lead, how your business supports you, and how power moves through the company you're building. If you're a woman entrepreneur, founder, CEO, or emerging leader navigating growth, higher-stakes decisions, and bigger impact — this is where to begin. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison. Follow the show to start operating at the level your company now requires. ***** The Uncommon Way is a leadership and business podcast for ambitious women entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who are scaling companies and expanding their influence. Hosted by business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, the show explores how power, authority, and leadership capacity shape business growth. Episodes focus on decision-making, founder leadership evolution, team stability, and the structural shifts that allow companies to scale without overwhelming the person leading them. This podcast is especially relevant for women navigating: • Business growth and scaling challenges • Increasing leadership responsibility • Team expansion and higher-stakes decisions • Founder authority and executive presence • Identity and leadership evolution during scaling The Uncommon Way approaches growth differently. Not through hustle, constant self-optimization, or endless inner work — but by upgrading leadership, strengthening decision structures, and expanding the capacity required to run the company you're building. Topics include: • Founder leadership capacity expansion • Decision-making at higher levels of responsibility • Authority and power dynamics inside scaling businesses • Structural business leadership • Founder psychology and identity shifts during growth • Sustainable scaling and operational clarity Whether you're an experienced founder, a rising leader, or building something that's starting to matter at a bigger level, this podcast helps you access more power and lead accordingly.

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When your business is growing but leading it feels harder than it used to, you're not imagining it — many women entrepreneurs reach this point as their companies scale. Businesses grow only as well as a leader's capacity to access and direct power. And without that shift, the business slowly starts running you instead of you running the business. At that point, leadership itself has to evolve. The Uncommon Way helps women entrepreneurs, business owners, and founders evolve how they think, behave, and operate — so they can access and direct power, making businesses simpler, stronger, and easier to run. Whether you're a woman entrepreneur, founder, CEO, or emerging leader, The Uncommon Way helps you operate at higher levels — without sacrificing sustainability, self-trust, or the life you want outside the business. Inside the show, you'll hear conversations about: • why leading your company often feels harder as a company grows — and what most founders miss • the hidden ways power disperses inside growing companies • how strong leaders make clear decisions even in complexity • why teams sometimes create more pressure instead of less • what actually changes when you call power back in If you want growth that feels powerful and regulated instead of urgent and overwhelming, you're exactly where you need to be. Hosted by top-ranked business and leadership coach Jenna Harrison, The Uncommon Way explores leadership power dynamics and what it actually takes to lead companies that scale without becoming chaotic or exhausting to run. New to the show? Start with the Trailer (Episode 186) to understand exactly what we're about here at The Uncommon Way.

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