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Summary of Last Night’s Seminar
The Fayette County Public Library co-hosted our summer seminar as the second of two Lead Like A Queen leadership development events in their small meeting room. We had 11 very engaged attendees which made this an awesome event, with some of them asking me to do this type of event again.

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Our topic for the 6/4 event last night was…

“How Well Are You Focusing as a Small Business Leader?”

Thank you, again, to the Fayette County Public Library for co-hosting our summer seminar in the Lead Like A Queen leadership development event series.
~ Donna Marie Johnson @leadlikeaqueen

Brief Summary of Discussion
- We discussed our completed basic focus assessments to see which areas we are strong or weak in.
- We heard from our interview guest, Magaline Harvey, about her journey as a small business owner and what helps her develop and maintain a strong focus as a small business leader.
- We answered audience questions to address topics including:
  - how to follow-through on a project/task and see it completed successfully;
  - how to prevent burnout; and
  - how to find a mentor/coach
[TESTIMONIAL]

How Did Assessment Help Val?

One of the audience members, Valerie Anderson, stated that the assessment helped her to think about WHY she has been allowing too many distractions to interrupt her morning routine while she’s completing important high-priority tasks: fear of missing out (aka FOMO). But the assessment and the discussion helped her to remember wisdom she’s heard in the past and realize that other people’s remote urgencies are totally out of her control anyway, so those notifications can wait for her to look at them later at a designated time where the interruptions won’t affect her most important priorities.

Basic Assessment Helped Attendees to See Strengths and Weaknesses and Engage in Discussion for Answers on How to Improve on Strengths and Eliminate Weaknesses

What Can YOU Do Differently?

If you can relate to Val’s testimony, please turn off notifications for 30 minutes to an hour while working on an important task, such as writing a blog article to attract new customers or creating a new product to sell in your store. Other people can wait for 30 minutes. It won’t kill them…

…but those highly focused 30 minutes can make a world of difference for you as a small business leader.
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Watch and hear a bit more detail from Donna Marie Johnson about the event and an important main point to help you stay super focused.

Want a Copy of Assessment Form?

BASIC ASSESSMENT

If you wanted to come to this event and are disappointed that you missed it, join my newsletter email list (click here) so that I can send you a more detailed summary of our discussion, including a copy of the assessment form that we all completed at the start of the event.

MORE IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT

NOTE: The assessment is basic and not comprehensive. It doesn’t cover every area that small business leaders need to address, but it gives you a good start. If you’d like a more in-depth comprehensive assessment, schedule a free 15 minute call (click here) to learn more about the Lead Like A Queen Small Business Impact Assessment.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: “SMALL BIZ BIG IMPACT BUT HOW?“

This more in-depth assessment is based off of my book “Small Biz Big Impact, But How?: How Conscious Selfless Servants Impact the World”, available for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. To see the book preview on the blog, click here.

Donna Marie Johnson, Small Business Leadership Coach @leadlikeaqueen
June 5, 2019
[EVENT] What to Expect at Tonight’s Seminar
I am hosting a meeting for small business leaders tonight at Fayette County Public Library. I hope to see you there, if you’re available (and tell your friends, too).
Tuesday 6/4/2019 @ 7pm
Please register for free at this link: http://leadlikeaqueensummer.eventbrite.com/
~ Donna Marie Johnson @leadlikeaqueen

About This Meeting

The Fayette County Public Library has been gracious to co-sponsor this event in support of small business leaders.

We will discuss:
- Some of the problems small business leaders face trying to focus and get things done in the face of multiple roles and tasks that must be addressed daily and weekly to keep the business running well
- How to assess yourself in the area of focusing as a small business leader
- How to strengthen your strong areas and address your weaker areas
- Interview with experienced small business leaders to hear their perspectives
- Brief question and answer session at the end
To See the Full Event Listing and Details on EventBrite – Click Here
June 4, 2019
[UPDATE] Value of Vulnerability in Leadership

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, this topic is now more relevant than ever, as you can see in news reports and social media posts by very lonely professionals all over the world who have been isolated for months. In addition to YouTube and Apple Podcasts, you can now find this episode on other platforms, including Spotify and Anchor. There’s also a new podcast cover to help illustrate the power of purposely cultivating your own growth and transformation.

How do you like the new podcast name and cover art for the renamed podcast “Plant Your Seeds of Transformation”?

[ORIGINAL ARTICLE]

As I write this, I realize that the topic of “vulnerability” has been hot for several years because of the popularity of a researcher and author who has been featured on the TED Talks video series and on Oprah’s OWN network (i.e., Super Soul Sunday). Her name is Brene Brown, and she has influenced me, but this is not the reason for this blog article.

In the summer of 2018, I started a series entitled “Loneliness and Leadership” on my previous blog and podcast. To see the video about this topic, visit my youtube channel for Lead Like A Queen at this link (click here) or watch it below:

Here is a summary of the main points from what I addressed in this video:

#1 Admitting loneliness is difficult due to its social stigma* and due to unwillingness to be vulnerable. (See research resource listed below.)

#2 Failing to admit you need help dealing with loneliness keeps you in bondage to it.

#3 Failing to get free from the impacts of loneliness within you affects how you act and react at home and at work. It may cause you to lead in unhealthy ways.

#4 Failing to admit your need for help prevents you from seeking help which empowers you to plant seeds for your own transformation.

“Personal and professional transformation, just like gardening, takes time, but it can’t even start until you start seeking help as your way of planting the seeds for your own change.”
~ Donna Marie Johnson @leadlikeaqueen

*Resource: Rokach, A. (2013). Loneliness updated: Recent research on loneliness and how it affects our lives. Oxon [England]: Routledge.

Note: This is an older video, so the offer included in the video is no longer available. To get updates about current offers, join the email newsletter community for Lead Like A Queen (click here).

May 23, 2019
Summer Seminar – Eventbrite Registration Now Open
Registration is now open @: leadlikeaqueensummer.eventbrite.com

Register for the summer seminar coming up on Tuesday June 4, 2019 at 7pm at the Fayette County Public Library in the South Metro Atlanta Region.

EVENT SERIES INFORMATION

“How Well Are You Focusing as a Small Business Leader?” is part of the Lead Like A Queen Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Fayette County Public Library. This is our second event for 2019, and the first one was held on Tuesday January 8, 2019 at Fayette County Public Library on Heritage Parkway in Fayetteville, Georgia USA. The recap of that event is available to newsletter subscribers.

EVENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION

If you are not sure how to answer that question in the event title, you need to learn more and tweak your leadership so you’re able to Lead Like A Queen, focus better, & see more growth.

In small business, you become a leader as soon as you start selling your products or services. Leading like a “queen” is about the servant leadership mindset of responsibility, instead of privilege, which empowers you to impact the world with your “small” business. Evenso, many leaders start feeling overwhelmed and/or unsure as we start to grow.

SMALL BIZ FOCUS – AN ONGOING CHALLENGE

It is hard to understand which mole to whack to keep your business from becoming part of the small biz fail statistics. It takes great FOCUS to handle each part of your small business effectively and avoid overwhelm and burnout.

HOW TO FIX FOCUS PROBLEM?

Until you understand how to assess and improve your own leadership, including but not limited to problems with focus, it will impact your ability to focus plus your confidence, your effectiveness, and, most importantly, your profit growth.

Q: “Where can I get help with tweaking my focus as I lead my small business?”

Join us for a free inspiring event to encourage and inform you about:
- Assessing and improving your small business leadership;
- Improving the foundation of your small business focus;
- Hear from an experienced small business leader to give insight into their perspective on this area of focus; and
- Brief question and answer session for small business leadership questions
Event Registration Link:

LeadLikeAQueenSummer.EventBrite.com

Event Name:

“How Well Are You Focusing as a Small Business Leader?”

Why Attend?

Make business better: focus better, lead better & make more money

Date & Time:

Tuesday June 4, 2019 @ 7pm

Location:

Fayette County Library

1821 Heritage Pkwy, Fayetteville, GA 30214

Contact:

Donna Marie Johnson, CEO of GGene S.I.S., LLC

m: (678) 203 – 8789

e: DonnaMarie @ LeadLikeAQueen.com
April 9, 2019