Leadership is Feminine

Feeling bored, unmotivated, even lazy in building our businesses is normal. We hit inflection points in which we need to make and implement decisions that will change the course of our business – and often ourselves. Some things may need only slightly tweaking, some need almost completely retooled, and some need to be retired altogether. This is the inevitable evolution of business. When you find yourself at such an inflection point, it may also hit you that you’ve become a bit of a lone wolf during the building of your business. Things are going well, and you're successful, but the team you’ve built does most of the work now. And you, as the business owner, find yourself at loose ends… experiencing entrepreneurial boredom. You feel trapped and tied down to your business, where once you felt invigorated and free. So you wonder, is it time to change what I’m personally doing? Yes. Let’s talk about it. “But these inflections, these moments where you feel incredibly dis-eased, very uncomfortable, in your own business, this is what we’ve got to pay attention to… Let’s figure out what’s going on here for you. ‘Cause you’re spinnin’.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Onset of entrepreneurial boredom Inflection point emotions Unconsciously or Consciously and Incompetent or Competent Willing to go there – holding space Time for sage, CEO Contact Info and Recommended Resources SAGE WEEKEND - Let us know if you’re interested in the details: krisplachy.com/sageweekend. LEAD LIKE A WOMAN: LIVE, IN-PERSON EVENT – Are you ready to really step up as a leader, step into your own voice and feel amazing, confident and competent? Join Kris and her team May 9th, 10th and 11th, 2023 in El Dorado Hills, CA. Get all the details at krisplachy.com/lead. Recommended episode that pairs well with this one: Season 6 Episode 11: LIVE PODCAST: How To CEO Your Business When It’s Time For Massive Change Connect with Kris Plachy Access Kris’s Favorite Questions for a Personal Retreat: krisplachy.com/Retreatquestions. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  I deeply appreciate your reviews! It really makes a difference. Please leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

As we go through life, we are given time to accomplish what we’re supposed to accomplish. Some get more time given to them than others. But every person’s fulfillment of what they were to do is valuable and special. In this episode, I want to encourage you to look at what you are spending your time doing. Are you fulfilling your promise of a lifetime? Are you doing what you’re meant to do? Or are you dismissing what you’re capable of because you’re afraid? Let’s talk about it right now, before another moment passes. “You don’t need more stuff. You need to get inspired. You need to be inspired to the point that you touch and tap into your own genius.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn The time is now Fulfilling or dismissing Ignoring your own truth You don’t need more stuff Reconnect through disconnect (aka personal retreats) Suppressive behaviors You’re worthy of time alone Contact Info and Recommended Resources Life Coach School Podcast with Brooke Castillo – Ep #460: Yearly Retreats with Kris Plachy Access Kris’s Favorite Questions for a Personal Retreat: krisplachy.com/Retreatquestions  LEAD LIKE A WOMAN: LIVE, IN-PERSON EVENT – Are you ready to really step up as a leader, step into your own voice and feel amazing, confident and competent? Join Kris and her team May 9th, 10th and 11th, 2023 in El Dorado Hills, CA. Get all the details at krisplachy.com/lead. Connect with Kris Plachy The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  I deeply appreciate your reviews! It really makes a difference. Please leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

I almost called this episode, How Do You CEO Your Business When You Wanna Burn the Whole F-ing Thing Down? Because, let’s be honest, sometimes it seems like it would just be easier to wash your hands of the whole thing, right? If you resonate with this feeling even a little bit, you’re in the right place. In this episode, I discuss the three biggest gaps I see over and over again that either cause massive change or are the result of it. I also tackle the underlying psychological components you’ll need to sit with, such as getting clean and clear, as well as preparing for people to take change personally. Finally, if after listening to this episode you realize you’re ready for more specific advice, I would love to work with you.  “Every visionary confronts moments where they don’t believe in their own vision.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Clean and clear Gaps for change Skill Support Belief Stop self-flogging People make it personal Contact Info and Recommended Resources The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  I deeply appreciate your reviews! It really makes a difference. Please leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

If you’re like so many business owners, you absolutely love what you’re doing, what you’re bringing to the world… But managing people? Not so much. In fact, if you could do everything without needing to lead others, you would. Unfortunately, you have to have help. You simply can’t do it all alone. Regardless of where you feel you land on the capability scale, let me assure you: You can develop the necessary skills to lead well the gorgeous business you’ve been kissed with. But before you can make leading people easy, you must first believe it’s even possible. Let’s talk about it. “The stillness of your own mind, without the clutter of the story, is where ease exists.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Creation of meaning Power of labels We get to choose Facts are just facts First decide Where ease exists Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more! I deeply appreciate your reviews! It really makes a difference. Please leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

In my definition, addiction is doing anything against your own will, knowing it’s not good for you. After all, if you weren’t addicted, you wouldn’t do it. I believe people do things they know aren’t healthy for them because it’s a distraction from disquieting and distressing emotions. Yet, in our society, being busy, hustling, going after it are applauded, encouraged, rewarded. Needing to work, wanting to work, those are accepted reasons to avoid all kinds of things. Therefore, I see a failure in our society to properly address this unhealthy addiction. But how do we know if we’re addicted to work? And what should we do about it? Let’s talk about this sensitive issue, love. So for a lot of women who are opening up their laptop after the kids go to bed and saying, ‘Oh, I’ve got to work’: What are you not doing?... What do you have to confront in your life if you don’t have work as an excuse?” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Society’s wrong rewards Business as a buffer Becoming a meddler Self-care solution Deep rest Be honest and evaluate Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more! I’d love to hear your feedback! Leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

The feminine CEO formula. What does it entail, exactly? How do you go from being kissed with an idea to having a thriving business with an incredible team? How do you transition from making so many decisions yourself to ascending into the next level of yourself where you’re not as involved anymore? Such transformation takes time and intentionality. I want to help you with this intentional process. Walk beside you as you take the time and make the time to grow and change. As with anything, it’s always best to begin at the beginning so I decided to record this episode – a start here to become the CEO. Obviously, we cannot cover everything in one brief podcast but I want to offer my perspective regarding this road, both the positives as well as the pitfalls. It’s super crazy fun and super terrifying, so let’s go. “What river do you want to be in? Do you wanna be in the one where you’ve got those frickin’ paddles and you’re working so hard to get there? Or do you want to try to figure out how to get into that river with the current that’s gonna help you move?” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Who your first hire should be Build clear framework More sales isn’t the answer The endless nature of life You’re the roadblock New you, moving forward Lies we believe Stop getting in your own way Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more! I’d love to hear your feedback! Leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

Being supported is a vital need but we struggle with seeking and accepting support. We know, intellectually, that leadership is an inside job yet we resist. The insights and changes that must take place in order for us to be more competent and confident women stay on a surface level. Let’s call it out: female entrepreneurs struggle with support. Whether through societal conditioning or other influences, we act as though we don’t need help. Like we’ve got it all under control. The biggest issue with this fallacy is that it only harms us and holds us back. We can learn plenty of solid techniques and methods for success but those systems will only take us so far. If we cannot internalize insights and information, make them mean something to ourselves and our business, we will fall short of our potential. I don’t want to see that happen to you so let’s tackle it head on. “You have to believe that you are worthy of being supported.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Too dependent on self Believe support exists You’re worthy of support An assignment executed with honesty Be willing and do the work Money factor Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more! I’d love to hear your feedback! Leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

With calling comes responsibility. In order to fully embrace your calling, you first must know what it is – not just generally, but specifically. Then you must be ready to fully embrace the responsibility that comes with that calling. Yet, in order to embrace responsibility, it’s integral to identify the influences of your calling. Who we are and who we’re called to be is interwoven with threads of influence, whether they be threads of encouragement or discouragement, of vocalization or of silencing. Leadership training, philosophies, and so on, creating vision and purpose, are most often based on ideas that came from the minds of men. Which I’m not saying is a bad thing. But if you believe as I do, that women often speak a different language, and that there is a divine element behind your calling, that this is about the soul of your business, this all deserves investigation. “A calling is serving a soul.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn “You Are a Goddess” Language of women Divine calling Soul of a business Changing your relationship with your business Contact Info and Recommended Resources Book: You Are a Goddess by Sophie Bashford My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more! Connect with Kris Plachy The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

What are you all in on? Does it show? What happens to you when you think about going all in on what matters to you most? What precious things… and, more importantly, what discomforts… come to mind? That's really the crux of the whole thing, isn’t it? Making the lasting behavior changes necessary to move through, to work in spite of, the discomforts. Love, let me give it to you straight: I’ve come to the place where I’m willing to be a hot mess, even in public, in front of others, for the sake of the thing I want most. Are you? Let’s talk about it. “Are you willing to forgo comfort to achieve the thing you say you want most?” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Admitting the discomfort Willing to forgo, willing to be a mess Avoiding feelings Buffering behaviors Becoming the woman, not perfecting processes Contact Info and Recommended Resources The All-In Coterie for 2023: Helping women identify what they really want to achieve and really getting over their own hangups about it. My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

Firing people is extremely uncomfortable, to state the obvious. What may not be quite as obvious, however, is exactly why you’re not firing them, why you should and why you should right now. Don’t drag the same problems you’ve been having into another year. To help you, I’ve gathered several thoughts I hope are enlightening, empowering and freeing. As I share, I want you to sit and really listen. Absorb the truth that you are not alone in this issue, that you must make firing “that” person happen, and that you can do it. Your business depends on it, your other team members depend on it, and you depend on it. If you don’t, you’ll continue to struggle, to lose sleep, and to stifle the growth of the business you’ve been kissed with. Let’s not let that happen. Let’s face this tough issue and deal with it. “We don’t hire people to save them.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Why you have to fire them NOW We don’t hire to save What else they're ruining Let us help you You can’t change or force them How it will feel afterwards Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

I do not believe that the strongest, loudest or most commanding are necessarily leaders. While there are some with great ideas or charisma, those qualities don’t automatically equate with leadership. And in many cases, there are people who are influential, even powerful, but their motivations for leading aren’t pure. What, then, is a true leader? First and foremost, I believe women are born leaders. The idea that only men are true leaders is false. Secondly, and just as importantly, I believe it all boils down to leadership mindset. We must be willing to work hardest on ourselves. Dig deep into our own minds and deal with what we find there. Let’s talk about it, love. “The leader has to understand the wake she leaves behind.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn  When you raise your hand Power to disrupt and build up Mindset, not position Time for new Discomfort is not a stop sign You must understand yourself Tend the asset Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

This week I’m featuring my friend Tanya Dalton on the Leadership is Feminine Podcast and I’m so excited! You see, Tanya is the yin to my yang. She helps my crazy visionary brain settle down and find the simplicity of what I want to create. She’s able to do this so well, because she totally gets it. She is, after all, a very successful CEO of several companies she created and then sold! So when Tanya decided to conduct a four week strategic planning circle this past November, I immediately registered. And of course it was brilliant, because she is brilliant! I was able to sort through my ideas and come up with some amazing plans for 2023. But not only did I come up with the plans, but I also put them on the calendar and really thought through all of the needs I have when it comes to achieving these big goals. Well, Tanya and I just discussed that she’s going to do it again and she’s going to host the Strategic Planning Circle in January. I decided that I wanted to be able to provide access to this course to all of my clients. So, she has agreed to provide all of my current clients a $500 discount, taking what is normally $2500 to $2000. The amount of value that she provides in these four weeks for $2000 is amazing. Tonya is such an accomplished wizard when it comes to productivity and efficiency, I feel like she’s practically giving this away for free. So, if you’re a current client, we will be sending you a private link to use to register for Tanya’s course. (Please watch your email for that link.) If you are not a current client, and you become a current client before December 23, 2022, we will also send you the link to register for her amazing event.  In the meantime, you can learn everything you want to learn about this awesome experience by going to tanyadalton.com/2023. On that page Tanya will explain to you what’s included in this program and all of the deliverables you can expect.  I also invite you to tune in to the podcast this week to learn even more and to experience what Tonya’s philosophy is and what it would be like to work with her. I know you won’t be disappointed!  “By not planning, you are giving away your power.” – Tanya Dalton What You’ll Learn Who’s driving the bus? Creativity through planning Giving away your power The Decision Making Machine Flexibility through vision Up and out Business around life Kris’s gift Contact Info and Recommended Resources Connect with Tanya Dalton Tanya Dalton is a best-selling author, speaker, and nationally recognized expert on purposeful productivity. She helps women step into intentional leadership in their professional and personal lives.  In addition to having her first book, The Joy of Missing Out, being named one of the Top 10 Business Books of the year by Fortune Magazine, Tanya’s podcast, The Intentional Advantage has received millions of downloads from listeners around the world. She is also a featured expert on several networks including NBC and Fox and is a VIP contributor for Entrepreneur.com.  Tanya has been featured in some of the world’s leading publications including Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, and Real Simple. She has been awarded the elite Enterprising Women Award and has been named the Female Entrepreneur to Watch for the state of North Carolina. Tanya is also the founder of inkWELL Press Productivity Co., a multi-million dollar company providing tools that work as a catalyst in helping women do less while achieving maximum success.  Her highly anticipated second book, On Purpose: The Busy Woman’s Guide to an Extraordinary Life of Meaning and Success, launched last fall through HarperCollins Publishing. Website: tanyadalton.com Podcast: The Intentional Advantage Contact: tanyadalton.com/contact  Strategic Planning Circle: tanyadalton.com/2023  Kris’s Gift: If you're a current client of Kris’s, you'll be receiving a $500 discount via email from Kris for Tanya’s 2023 Strategic Planning Circle! Connect with Kris Plachy The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – but if you get on the REGISTERED NOW, you’ll get some amazing early registration offers. The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. PLUS early registration includes work you can do right now, even before the program begins, AND you’ll lock in the lower 2022 price for yourself! So don’t delay! Get registered by December 23, 2022. Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

Operations managers (or similar) often go into the work field and do great work for a CEO with training in things like operations, business management, and similar. And yet, they lack training in how to lead, how to manage people, and how to make decisions in challenging situations. As CEOs, it’s easy to overlook this integral component. What we think our management team ought to handle might be too narrowly focused or we might think they should intuitively know and effortlessly execute these parts of their job. But they don’t.  That's why in this episode, I explore why CEOs should train up their management team. Bottom line, you can’t do it all. Nor should you. That makes it critical to the building of your business. Without a management team who can lead effectively, your business growth will eventually stall. The solution is to invest in quality leadership training for your top people. It’s an investment both in your business and in yourself. “It doesn’t do any good for you to have all this great leadership management and insight and practices and tools if you then don’t have a right-hand who can do the same. Because the goal… is to get to the point where you’re really not necessary in the business.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn The ecosystem Necessity of same training How you’ll grow faster What if they don’t stay? How we help you know Manager’s point of view Contact Info and Recommended Resources The CEO Boutique: Digital Clinics offered by Kris Plachy: Essential Practices for Women Who Lead. Shop what’s available, including Kickstart Team Ops, Team Audits, Dealing with Difficult People and much more!  My How to CEO program begins February 16, 2023 – but if you get on the WAITLIST NOW, you’ll get some amazing early registration offers. The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. PLUS early registration includes work you can do right now, even before the program begins, AND you’ll lock in the lower 2022 price for yourself! So don’t delay! Get registered before prices increase in January. Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO Join the email list: krisplachy.com Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

Straightforward advice on what to do to manage people is invaluable, especially since typical management discussions center around how hard it can be. But there actually are some ways to make managing people easier. The trick is to not over-complicate issues. And the trick to not over-complicating issues is to recognize the ways in which you might be doing just that. In this episode, I share the four reasons managing people is actually easy and simple. I hope as you listen, you gain some practical insights and even learn a bit about yourself, including some thought patterns that aren’t helping. I hope this advice, added to a few intentional tweaks to your approach, will guide you into alleviating your management problems. Now let’s talk managing made simple.  “You have all these truths that you believe about the world that you’ve never really checked. And those truths, while they feel so important to you, they’re not real... They’re your thoughts. They’re not the truth.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Why we avoid hard things Management as math #1: Control isn’t your job #2: Your emotional agency #3: It’s an invitation #4: Invitation progress follow up Contact Info and Recommended Resources My How to CEO program begins in February – but if you get on the WAITLIST NOW, you’ll get some amazing early registration offers. The updated version of How to CEO includes the opportunity for management training for anyone on your team, while you go through the program. PLUS early registration includes work you can do right now, even before the program begins, AND you’ll lock in the lower 2022 price for yourself! So don’t delay! Get registered before prices increase in January. Interested in Sage CEO? Schedule an exploratory call with Kris at krisplachy.com/sageinfo. Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box!   Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

From time to time, we need a reset. We may even need to burn it all down, let it all go and see what remains. But because many of us are healers and providers in one way or another, this can be difficult. As leaders, we consider how things will affect others. We find ourselves continuing things because we don’t want to cause potential harm to others. But this can be an anchor to ourselves. That's why, in consideration of the new year, it may be time to make a new plan. One that might even involve letting some things go. By returning to the pursuit of the new, rather than feeling obligated to what we’ve already built, creativity can flourish again. Are you ready? “The biggest anchor to a creator is the belief that we have to sustain something for others so they stay happy, safe, comfortable, whatever.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Biggest anchor to creators Pruning the correct stems Just too many things My expectations of myself Loving our roles as leaders Being willing to invest Contact Info and Recommended Resources Book: Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud Book and Skin Care Line: Radical Radiance and Savor Beauty by Angela Jia Kim  Interested in Sage CEO? Schedule an exploratory call with Kris at krisplachy.com/sageinfo. Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

We all go through periods of uncertainty about the direction of our business, about decisions, even about ourselves. Second guessing yourself is part of business. It’s part of life. But to build a business that both supports the life you love and can run without you, you must find a way through those times of doubt. And in order to find your way through, you absolutely must invest in yourself.  It is my earnest desire to challenge you into growth, into a new version of yourself and how you show up as a leader. What could be possible if you changed your mind? Questioned your beliefs about yourself and what you can accomplish? Didn’t simply accept that things are “just that way”? Let’s explore this together. “And sometimes the bigger the decision, the stronger the blowback in our own mind… We are in habit to do that. And the only way to not have that be a habit is to keep doing it and choose another way.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Sources of second guessing Observing yourself Releasing your decision What we need most Contact Info and Recommended Resources Interested in Sage CEO? Schedule an exploratory call with Kris at krisplachy.com/sageinfo. Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

This question is so interesting to ponder. What do you do when all your dreams come true? And here's another to go with it: Have you had a dream come true but haven’t fully reveled in it? Because we should. It’s important to stop and savor the victories in our lives, to recognize all that went into making that dream a reality. Along with that, it’s healthy to choose how we make our dreams come true. We had such a hustle culture in the past, then we were forced to slow down during the pandemic, and now we are in a place where we get to choose. We choose how we want to show up. We choose how we want to make the next dream come true. Let’s talk about accomplishing dreams and when it’s time for what’s next. “You tell the story of a woman who is capable of making her dreams come true… And you also trust that there are… other playgrounds to find… And you allow yourself to be open to what comes with that.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Reveling in your dream come true Balancing hustle and passion Sharing the burden of choices Telling your story Opening yourself to your next Contact Info and Recommended Resources Interested in Sage CEO? Schedule an exploratory call with Kris at krisplachy.com/sageinfo. Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

There is tremendous value in each woman but so many of us have felt unseen, suppressed and overlooked. In relation to this, recently the truth struck me that women are half the world but we birth the entire world. Take a moment to ponder that. It is inspiring. As women, we have such amazing worth and we are chosen to bring even more worth into the world. On top of that, we have been kissed with businesses to spread even more good. But one of the biggest hurdles we face is coming into a place where we feel our true worth and operate in it. And from there, the next hurdle is focusing on anyone else who is top-most in our business. But without that focused recognition of value and empowerment, our impact will always remain diminished. And I say, No more! It is time you know and express your worth, Mama! “If that's you… and you feel small and unseen and you feel like you’ve been disempowered… you do not have to feel that way. But you need support… The best gift you can give yourself, and your business, and the people who love you is your own self-growth… Your own self-understanding… Your own empowerment.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Your value Focusing on yourself and your top-level person (or people) Exposing the lies of diminished worth Finding your people Loving on yourself Contact Info and Recommended Resources Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Interested in Sage? Email me (Kris) at hello@krisplachy.com and tell me about yourself and why you’d like to be considered for Sage. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

Guiding women and solving issues is my passion. Tackling things that can appear to be unsolvable but really are not. Being real with thoughts and feelings and issues, and especially as entrepreneurial women in leadership. In this, I have found that I'm not alone. Many women crave true connection that speaks to deeper things in their lives and, particularly, in their businesses. If you’re a leader, and all this resonates with you, you’re in the right place. I want to personally invite you to consider joining one or more of the opportunities I offer. I believe there is so much good for you to do and so much good for you to have, and I would be honored to help you bring those things to life. To help and encourage you to invest in yourself, to step into your power, to embrace the truth that YOU are the asset! “You have days where you really are stepping into your power and your voice. And you feel really good about it. And you have to look at, ‘Okay, what happened on that day?’  And then there are days where you really question what you’re doing and you don’t know. And you have to look at what’s going on on that day.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn True connection Restorative opportunities Step into your power Come to transformative work Reject voices that pull you down Invest in yourself Contact Info and Recommended Resources Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Interested in Sage? Email Kris at hello@krisplachy.com. Explain about yourself and why you’d like to be considered for Sage. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium

As women, we like to collaborate. It’s part of our makeup. However, it’s essential to know how to collaborate as an entrepreneurial leader because not all collaboration is beneficial. So in this next installment of the Leadership is Feminine Formula, we’re talking about the pluses and minuses of collaboration. When we first start a business, most of us start out as solopreneurs. It isn’t until later that we add a team and add elements of collaboration. And as we work through this new jungle of business growth, it can be way too easy to tumble into the pitfalls. One pitfall is believing that you need others to direct your business. Another is avoiding discomfort. Another is developing an environment where everything has to pass through your hands or approval first. All of these can hinder the growth you desire and deserve. But positive, beneficial collaboration is achievable. Let’s talk about it. “We collaborate out of scarcity. We collaborate out of believing our ideas aren’t good enough… No. It’s still yours. You always drive the result… and you are totally competent.” – Kris Plachy What You’ll Learn Journey into collaboration Staying strategic Embracing discomfort Retaining and teaching ownership Banishing Problem-Solver-in-Chief status Contact Info and Recommended Resources Podcast episodes that pair well with this one: Leadership Is Feminine Formula: Day 1 podcast episode How to Hold People Accountable  The Founders Curse Connect with Kris Plachy Website: How to CEO Email: hello@krisplachy.com Work with Kris: How to CEO How to CEO DIGITAL: Available for entrepreneurs looking to increase their business mastery. Access includes weekly Q&A calls for additional help. Get on the email list for valuable content: krisplachy.com, drop your name in the signup box! Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest Medium