Lead Like A Queen Coaching and Consulting, LLC

Tag: covid-19

  • [COVID-19 OFFERING] Supporting Small Businesses to Emerge and Thrive

    [COVID-19 OFFERING] Supporting Small Businesses to Emerge and Thrive

    [UPDATE: Our usual annual free event series is now virtual for 2020 due to COVID-19, register today to get access to a free early bird gift. Click Here to Learn More: https://mailchi.mp/3d1fc0f8679f/leadlikeaqueen2020 ]

    Since the start of the pandemic, I started blogging here at Lead Like A Queen again to encourage and support small business leaders, especially those deemed as non-essential and forced to close down storefront or in-person operations. If you didn’t see previous articles, I encourage you to read and let me know how they helped you (or not). Your feedback means the world to me so that I can serve you better over time.

    Previous 2020 Articles: * Transition in 2019 | * Helping Your Small Biz Stay Connected in 2020

    As we are nearing the summer months, I long to see all non-essential small businesses emerge from this and begin to restart and recover. So, for a limited time I am offering myself as a supportive coach to get your small business through this pandemic, and, prayerfully, thriving even better after this epic season in world history has become a memory for us all.

    Decide to Live in Hope. You Will Emerge. Get Support Today.

    COVID-19 OFFERING

    I have a coaching offer for small business leaders. I am a small business leadership development coach. My COVID-19 OFFERING is:

    Complimentary 20-minute Pandemic Recovery Coaching sessions

    This is for small business leaders who need support with making a plan for making it through this pandemic. (Expiration Date: 5/1/2020; 1 session per business leader; no other offers apply; free get acquainted session required first)

    GOAL OF COACHING

    My primary goal for leadership coaching is to help you focus on what’s most important right now so you come out of the pandemic as a better small business leader than when you went in. My secondary goal is to support you with creating a viable, realistic baby-step plan for going forward and thriving over time.

    GET ACQUAINTED. BUILD TRUST.

    As a leadership coach, I guide you and support you with your process. This requires for us to be acquainted with each other as a way to start building essential trust. So, before you schedule your complimentary coaching session, we can meet by phone for free and chat to get to know one another.

    To Schedule Your Get Acquainted Session, Use The Calendar Widget Below:

    I hope to talk with you soon.

    (If you can’t see the widget with my calendly calendar shown above, then just go to calendly.com/leadlikeaqueen.)

    Sincerely,

    Donna Marie Johnson

    Donna Marie Johnson, @leadlikeaqueen
  • [UPDATE] Value of Vulnerability in Leadership

    [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).