Powerful at Work Radio Rosa Ponce de Leon

Are you so busy checking things off your to-do list that you lose sight of the big picture? Are you more interested in your own personal gain that you ignore the good of the company? Or, are you so set in your ways and married to your plan that you can’t think outside of the box?

While most leaders don’t like to admit it, Jennifer Thornton knows it’s normal for leaders to get so caught up in the day-to-day that they forget about the long game. Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to learn how you can switch gears to focus on how the organization functions and create a culture that supports growth and change…

Episode Outline:


[02:43] Too often we're thinking about our own resource needs and our own career agendas.
[06:07] Why you should redefine your own definition of success…
[12:17] In today's world where there are so many moving parts, you have to find what you're really good at and be fantastic at it. In everything else, get a passing grade and move on.
[16:42] Are you just throwing more payroll at the problem?
[18:31] Have you talked to the people doing the work? They typically have the solution, but we don't always stop and ask.

About Jennifer Thornton:

Jennifer has developed her expertise in Talent Strategy & Leadership Professional Development over her exciting 20+ year career as an HR Professional. She’s led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to expand into new markets, managing franchise retailers, and developing key strategic partnerships - all while exceeding business objectives and financial results.

The rapid growth of her consulting firm 304 Coaching has been largely due to Jennifer’s unconventional approach to building innovative workforce development solutions for companies who are facing breakthrough growth and accelerated hiring patterns.

She is a sought-after business strategist, specializing in start-ups and large value-based organizations. She assists her clients in building talent strategies that complement their business strategies to ensure exponential growth.

She lives in Texas with her family and rescues. In her free time, she enjoys reading, historic preservation, remodeling her lake home, and spending time with friends.

Connect with Jennifer:

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferrthornton/

Website: 304coaching.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMj1eVGsseqo9znNlPriXA

Email:  Jen@304coaching.com

Bonus Downloads:


How to Trade Fear for Innovation  - Link
Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership - Link

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Having a favorite is a natural human tendency, but what happens when an employee is brown nosing and how do you tell the difference? In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, learn why it all comes down to a person’s motives…

When you have a self-serving employee, they're not looking out for you, even if it appears that they are on the surface. Tune in to hear why you as the leader need to address brown nosing as quickly as possible to avoid creating a culture of dysfunction in your workplace…

Episode Outline:


[01:06] When someone is hogging all the reward, that's when things start becoming dysfunctional.
[03:54] How can you handle brown nosing in the workplace?
[06:09] You, as a leader, need to reflect and ask yourself, is my ego attached to this?
[09:12] Why brown nosing is self-serving and not because they care about you as the leader…
[10:52] How leaders can prepare themselves to prevent brown nosing…

About Rosa Ponce de Leon:

Rosa Ponce de Leon is a master leadership consultant, public servant, and business adviser. As a 20+ year law enforcement veteran, Rosa has risen through the ranks to Sergeant, leading teams through critical situations with operational mastery. Rosa combines her tried & true leadership experience with her business consulting background to help small business owners build resilient teams & bulletproof work cultures.

Connect with Rosa:

Website: https://rosaponcedeleon.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-ponce-de-leon/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Rosa_PdL

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A quick Google search on favoritism will yield results on why favoritism is bad, but can favoritism be good? In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Rosa explores why acknowledging that we all have favorites can actually help us succeed as leaders.

Tune in to hear why having favorites and playing to your team’s strengths is not only human nature but important in building a strong culture…

Episode Outline:


[01:05] Is playing favorites good for business?
[03:45] How things can fall apart when you have only one favorite…
[04:53] There's a personality connection that you're going to have with certain people that makes them your favorite.
[08:14] Why knowing your employees matters…
[16:21] Why knowing yourself and your qualities matters too…

About Rosa Ponce de Leon:

Rosa Ponce de Leon is a master leadership consultant, public servant, and business adviser. As a 20+ year law enforcement veteran, Rosa has risen through the ranks to Sergeant, leading teams through critical situations with operational mastery. Rosa combines her tried & true leadership experience with her business consulting background to help small business owners build resilient teams & bulletproof work cultures.

Connect with Rosa:

Website: https://rosaponcedeleon.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-ponce-de-leon/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Rosa_PdL

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How often have you felt riddled with anxiety or stress? Have you felt so frustrated with your workplace culture that you didn’t know how to start bringing about change? Dana Kaplan encourages you to stop waiting until you need mental health services, to go ahead and create a mentally healthy environment within yourself, and for the people you support.

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Rosa and Dana talk about why it’s so important to have self awareness to become mentally healthy so that you can create a healthy environment for everyone. We can’t bring change to our workplace without first changing ourselves…

Episode Outline:


[03:04] How to restructure so that you can show up enthusiastically ready to play.
[06:21] 2022 is your year to design, to cultivate, to create, to foster, to nourish all that you want.
[10:57] Remember to speak to yourself the way you speak to me and the way you speak to the world.
[13:36] We’ve got to do something differently if we want a different result.
[16:21] Why being busy doesn’t equate to being valuable, but sitting with yourself is key…

About Dana Kaplan:

Dana Kaplan, Founder and Owner of Developing Empathetic Education with Dana (DEED)®, is an award winning Gifted and Early Childhood Educator and Social Emotional Intelligence expert, pioneering DEIAB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging for birth to 12th grade. Dana's niche approach propels rich self-awareness while purposefully empowering children and adults to masterfully and confidently communicate and create the world they crave. Dana leads small and large group workshops, and speaks internationally on how to empower and engage in hard conversations.

Mission: I believe Emotional Intelligence is the driving force behind self-awareness, compassion, inclusivity, and bridging humanity through actionable steps, regardless of age. I purposefully empower, enlighten, and lead with flexibility, curiosity, and feedback while propelling each person to access and utilize their positively powerful voice and create the world they desire!

Connect with Dana:

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-kaplan-9b19ab71/

Website: https://www.danakaplanteach.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danakaplan_deed/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanaKaplanDeed

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You know you’re caught up in the hustle culture when there are never enough hours in the day, your friends and family are wondering if you still exist, and you’re just downright exhausted. Kimberly Smith is all too familiar with what happens when we don’t give ourselves enough space to rest and recover. We get caught up in that fight or flight mentality, and some of us even freeze up.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to hear how you can escape the hustle culture and ditch your feelings of guilt and shame…

Episode Outline:


[01:08] Why now more than ever, people are feeling the weight of the world on their shoulders…
[05:25] Inflamed bells or whistles are going off, at all times.
[09:31] Here’s why you should be setting boundaries…
[14:23] As a leader, you may want to consider bringing in outside help for your employees.
[16:24] You're going to get more out of your people when, you allow them to slow down and don't deplete them…

About Kimberly Smith:

Kimberly Smith is a Resilience & Life Transition Coach and the founder of Encompass Coaching. She is a native New Yorker, proud Houstonian, truth seeker, DEIJ and mental health advocate, yogi, and mother.

Through coaching services, speaking, and writing, Kimberly helps busy women, mothers and entrepreneurs stop stressing and focus, so they can flourish within their careers, families, businesses, and relationships. Kimberly’s clients move through self-doubt, build a positive and resilient mindset while increasing energy and confidence, and crushing their personal and professional goals.

Kimberly is degreed in Sociology and Psychology, is an internationally certified life and career coach, and spent over 10 years in corporate talent acquisition for a variety of industries. She is a servant leader passionate about dissolving the stigma around mental health, and dedicated to empowering others to live more authentic lives full of passion, purpose, courage, freedom and adventure.

Connect with Kimberly:

Website: https://www.encompasscoachingservices.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/encompasscoachingservices/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberly.brooke.smith/

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How many “hair on fire” moments could you avoid in your business if you spent more time fireproofing instead of firefighting? Jeff Schwisow is a Strategic Consultant with years of project management under his belt.

One of the best ways to fireproof your business? Have an adaptable strategy that includes everyone on your team. This gives them something to be engaged in that’s meaningful. And when they are a part of the strategy, they know what’s needed to support the plan.

Tune in for Jeff’s secrets for creating a collaborative environment where you can focus on the vision of your company, while your team executes the plan…

Episode Outline:


[02:54] Changing the way businesses operate…
[05:28] …Coming up with ideas that established businesses didn't see coming and it's disrupting the market.
[06:43] Why your strategy should be adaptable and not an annual event..
[11:22] You're actually giving your people autonomy to pursue a very specific short term step toward that longer-term goal.
[12:49] Communication is good. Collaboration is better.

About Jeff Schwisow:

As a speaker, strategic consultant and author of PROJECTIFY, Jeff Schwisow helps businesses become more adaptable and resilient by tapping into the rich diversity of knowledge, experience, thought and perspective that exists within every organisation.

He shows business leaders how valuing difference can help them leverage their leadership and ‘make strategy’. His clients have included: Shell, Chevron, PetroChina, CPB Contractors, Downer Utilities, Powercor/Citipower and many more.

A free electronic copy of his book 'PROJECTIFY - How to use projects to engage your people in strategy that evolves your business' http://bit.ly/Projectify_ebook

Connect with Jeff:

Website: https://jeffschwisow.com/

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffschwisow/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHU7GL6FVnL5YUia7sERiA/videos

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