April 1, 2025 • 20 mins
Welcome back to Lead Into It! After three years of military orders, a coaching certification, and personal growth, I’m back with fresh insights on leadership.
Since our last episode, I’ve led teams big and small, moved from Charleston to Florida’s Panhandle, and had a huge realization: the best leadership happens when we stop trying to fit a mold and just show up as ourselves. Through coaching, I’ve learned to listen differently, create space for others, and lean into authenticity—because that’s what builds trust and real buy-in.
Leadership isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being you. And as we shift toward a more authentic way of leading, I can’t wait to explore what that means for all of us.
Let’s keep the conversation going—connect with me on Instagram and LinkedIn, subscribe to my Sunday newsletter, or reach out at sara@leadintoitco.
Excited to be with you!
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Sara (00:01):
Hi, this is Sara and you're listening to episode 44
of the Lead into a Podcast.
Hello, hello and welcome.
It's been such a long time andI know and I recognize that I am
so sorry for the delay, but Iappreciate your patience as I
have gotten my feet on theground and kind of figured out
(00:21):
all the different things when itcomes to leadership, podcasting
and just you know, life.
It has been a while.
It has been almost three yearssince I published my last
episode.
I thoroughly enjoyed that runof Lead Into it.
It was such a journey.
I loved learning alongside ofeveryone.
The conversations I had were soamazing and enlightening and I
(00:46):
got to build a really coolcommunity.
I'm just so excited to tell youabout all the things that have
happened over the past couple ofyears and where we're going and
what you can expect from thispodcast and a few other
announcements that are happening.
It has, overall, just beenreally really cool to kind of
see what I have done over thepast couple of years, what the
(01:08):
world has done, where we're at,what the world means, and yeah,
so we'll start with where have Ibeen?
Well, let me tell you I havebeen all over the place.
The last episode I released, Iwas living in Charleston, but
before that, you all probablyknew, I had lived in Dallas.
(01:29):
I worked for Southwest Airlinesand then COVID happened and
there was a lot of differentthings that kind of contributed
to me leaving the company, whichwas nothing bad, it was just
the timing.
They were offering a voluntaryseparation pay and after some
thought and decision which endedup turning into a quick
decision but it felt reallyright I decided to leave the
(01:50):
company and to kind of go onmilitary orders for a while,
which I've been doing for thepast several years.
Once I left Dallas, I in thethick of the pandemic.
Can you believe it's been fiveyears, by the way?
I just cannot believe it hasalready been five years.
It feels like yesterday andforever ago.
But in the thick of thepandemic I realized I wanted to
(02:11):
be closer to my family.
So I moved and I decided tomove back in with my parents for
a couple months.
My parents were great, theywere loving, they love me and
like nothing wrong with that.
But uh, just you know, felt likeI was in my teenage years again
and so, overall, decentexperience spending time with my
(02:32):
family, getting to see themfull time and during that time I
received a call from one of thecolonels that I worked for and
he asked if I would help out ateam in Charleston.
And it was a team that he hadasked me about the year before
(02:52):
but I wasn't quite sure about itat the time.
And then when he reached backout, it was kind of like a sign,
because I was still in thethick of doing my leadership
stuff doing some podcasting anddoing some other things
leadership stuff that I'll getinto and I was like perfect,
I'll really get to engage and bea leader again.
(03:13):
And so I did that for a whileand this team love them to
pieces.
Charleston will always have aplace in my heart.
It was a great team and, uh, Ilearned a lot about myself.
I learned a lot about buildingteams.
Again, they were in a roughspot when I first got there and
I had to make a lot of reallyhard decisions when I got there
and overall was a really goodexperience and I was happy to
(03:38):
have taken the opportunity.
And so I went to Charleston andmet some great people and then
kind of fell into a good groovethere and I made a decision to
move from Charleston to theFlorida Panhandle and that is
where I have been for the pastthree years to the area of Fort
Walden Beach, and it is a reallygreat area.
(03:59):
I've come to love it and I havemet some incredible people,
built a really good communityand I'm really grateful that I
ended up here Over the course ofthis time.
When I was in Charleston, I leda team when I so it was like a
20 person team.
Then I came into the panhandleand I supported a four person
(04:21):
team, which was a crazy dynamicshift to go from 20 something to
four, such a close knit teamgoing from such a larger team,
uh, so that was a hugetransition.
And then I helped out, uh, anexercise in the Indo-Pacific
area called mobility guardianand leading a huge project, huge
(04:41):
project, um, I call it a.
I sprinted a marathon.
It was the coolest couple ofweeks I've ever done, so intense
and really, really cool to seethe fruition of all of our
efforts and that was just anincredible experience.
And then I've just been hoppingon and off orders since and it
has been such a cool experienceand I'm in the U S air force
(05:05):
reserve.
For the new listeners hopping onalso, welcome.
We appreciate you, and the onething that I will say about the
air force reserve is it is achoose your own adventure, and I
have been able to choose my ownadventure for the past several
years and I'm so grateful forwhat was kind of supposed to be
(05:25):
a side thing for me.
It's turned into my stabilityand I'm just incredibly grateful
for the people and theopportunities that continue to
arise during this time, but theopportunity and the flexibility
that I have surrounding it too.
So that's really what I've doneover the past five years.
Over the course of this time ofmoving all over wherever I
(05:47):
realized that leadership isstill important to me and
leadership is still needed inthe community, in our culture,
in everyday lives, and mypassion for leadership has never
wavered.
It has been something that Icontinue to be passionate about.
I continue to see the need forand I see a need for it in
almost everything I do and touch, and it's incredible to see the
(06:10):
impact that good leadership andit's sad to see how bad
leadership can impact everyone.
Additionally, I got my coachingcertification and I'm working on
my credentialing.
For the credentialing, I stillneed a few hours before I can
test.
That should be coming up soonand I'm super excited to receive
that credentialing.
But with that, I have continuedto build my coaching practice.
(06:35):
Uh, that kind of is the otherhand of lead into it, and this
is one-on-one coaching.
This is team coaching, teambuilding.
But it's pretty cool to saythat I think a lot of businesses
build their business and thendecide to have a podcast.
I'm proud to say that thepodcast came first because I saw
(06:55):
that there was a need for asource of leadership, training,
information, inspiration foreveryone, and so the podcast
became that resource for me tobring people along in that
journey.
And now it has become adifferent aspect of my business
and my world and I continue tosee the value in how this
(07:21):
podcast provides for people.
When it comes to going throughthe coaching certification, let
me tell you, you enter a programfor coaching as one person and
exit a whole, nother person.
My listening skills andunderstanding skills and empathy
and emotional intelligenceskills have completely
(07:44):
up-leveled.
I didn't know how like Ithought I was self-aware and now
I'm seeing how much moreself-aware I am today.
And when it comes to coachingand leading, the way that I lead
is totally different than theway I used to lead and I love
(08:07):
the transformation that it hastaken because of several things.
First, I listen so much betterthan I used to and I listened to
the whole aspect of the personinstead of just what they're
saying.
So I look at their mindset, Ilook at their body language, I
look at the words that keepcoming up for them.
(08:27):
I actually look at what I haveheard, like what is actually
going on in their life, becauseI'm so intentional about asking
them about their life, becausethat bleeds from personal to
professional.
And once we recognize all thesethings, the way we lead changes
.
So when it comes to seeing howI used to lead to now, what I
(08:49):
decide and how to lead, I lovethe way I lead now and I'm
grateful for the opportunity.
And it was really cool to kindof see how the style transformed
from when I started thecertification program Cause I
started my assignment atCharleston about the same time
that I started the program tonow, and it was a two-year
program.
I'm happy to answer anyquestions If anyone has any
(09:12):
questions about coaching program, but what I see about myself
and how I make decisions and howI decide I want to show up in
each moment is now so much moreimportant to me than the
perception I give and assomebody who I mean.
When you're in ROTC and incorporate, there's a world that
(09:34):
you're trying to just fit intoand this might be me, but I feel
like there's other people whohave felt this way before but
you try to fit into this worldand try to fit the vibe of
whatever leadership is at thisorganization.
And the more I went throughthis program and understood what
coaching was and how it canenhance who you are as a leader
(09:56):
and as a person, I realized howmuch more I wanted to be
authentically me and how muchmore I wanted to authentically
lead the people around me,because I noticed that when I
led in my most authentic self, Igained more trust, respect and
buy-in from the people that Iled, because they could see that
(10:17):
I was passionate about what itwas that I was truly into,
whatever the situation was orthe project that we needed to
get done.
I could see how challenging itwas for them, but I was like,
let's I.
It's challenging for me to comeon, let's go, we can do this.
And one of the coolest thingsthat I think I've encouraged
myself to do is to just beauthentically me, but in the
(10:42):
quirkiest way possible, becausethat's who I am or that's part
of who I am.
I don't want to say that's allof who I am, but I tend to add a
lot of quirks in the workplaceand the day-to-day.
I will tell you, everyone willtell you that, in who has
surrounded my life, but when itbecame part of, when you're part
(11:03):
of the military, you try tocreate this persona a lot of
ways, especially as you move upin rank, because you feel like
you're supposed to fit this mold.
You're, you're fitting into apuzzle piece and I do believe
that you should stayprofessional I'm not saying to
not be professional and over thecourse of this time of me just
(11:24):
inserting little parts of myself, when it became like quirky or
just my full authenticity, thenI felt more in my power, in the
weirdest way but in the coolestway, and the people that kind of
joined me for that journeycould see that.
So all of this to say all ofthis to say authenticity, I'm
(11:50):
learning how important it is inleadership and how much we need
it.
Right now we're moving awayfrom influencers, not saying
that influencers are bad, butlike the portrayed self of
perfection.
Nobody expects anyone to beperfect.
That's kind of what we had beenseeing on social media for the
past several years.
But now we're going into thiswho are we?
What is authentically me, andhow does that come into the
(12:14):
workplace, especially with folksreturning back to the office?
So, as you come along for thispodcast, which I'll go over kind
of how it's going to work inthe future, I want you to see
what feels right to you, what isyour leadership style, what
feels like you.
Every leader, every person isgoing to be different.
(12:35):
You don't have to lead in theway that the person before you
led.
That's not how leadership works.
Leadership is how you lead, howyou create power in yourself
and for those around you, andI'm excited to see how the
conversations kind of evolve andas we go through the next
(12:56):
several episodes, please takewhat you want from each episode.
I've always said that I willrelease episodes even if I'm not
completely happy with them,because I think that there's a
piece of information or somevalue that someone in the
audience, someone out there,will gain and will gather from
(13:18):
that particular section ofwhatever podcast.
So I don't expect you to agreewith every single aspect of
every single podcast that isgoing to be released.
I don't think anyone ever will,and that's totally fine.
Take what feels right for you.
Take what feels right for you.
That is the main thing.
I hope for this.
(13:38):
Okay, what can you look forwardto when it comes to this
podcast?
Okay, let me tell you about thejourney, about what this
podcast started as and what Itried and what didn't work.
When I first started thispodcast, I had every intention
of releasing episodes weekly.
Every intention, intention ofreleasing episodes weekly, every
(14:02):
intention.
And I was hardcore going for itfor the first like two to three
months, and it was so much fun.
It was so much fun.
I just couldn't keep up withthe pace of it.
I couldn't.
It was just a lot of workbecause between the interviews
and then editing and then thepromotions, it was just a lot.
And as a one person show, itwas one of those things where I
recognized what is my capacityand what's my capability.
(14:22):
And so then I went every otherweek.
I was like, okay, this soundsgreat, like I can keep up with
this pace.
I wanted to keep everyoneengaged.
So I added in a coffee chatevery other week that didn't
have a full episode and it wasjust a five minute segment of a
previous episode.
I loved those didn't have afull episode and it was just a
five minute segment of aprevious episode.
I loved those.
I think those are great andmaybe those will come back.
(14:45):
But then, you know, lifehappened and when I worked and
lived in Dallas, I was able tofigure out a good balance for
this.
And then, when I lived inRaleigh, I was able to figure
out a good balance for this whenI moved to Charleston and was
leading a team.
It was a lot, because whenyou're leading a team and you're
(15:05):
trying to make them the highperformers that you know that
they can be, it takes a lot outof you, and so during that time
my effort towards the podcastfaded off and it eventually just
faded.
It was one of those things thatI think there's an episode
about if you want to listen toit.
There's an analogy where you'reholding glass balls versus
plastic balls, and in my life atthat point I felt like I was
(15:29):
juggling a lot of plastic ballsI need to put down so I could
focus on the glass balls that Ikept juggling.
So that was a choice that Imade and for the entire time
since then.
So the last episode I releasedwas in November 2022.
Since then, this podcast hasbeen completely on my mind and a
(15:51):
goal of mine to get back into,and so I took some time to
really figure it out, becausethis is not something that I
want to pick up and put backdown pick up and put back down
and leave people hanging Because, again, I think that we all
deserve good leadership and itshould be something that we can
continue to grow upon, no matterwhere we're at in life.
(16:13):
So I have decided to makeseasons of the podcast, so what
you can look forward to is a 10episode season, in the spring
and in the fall, and this isepisode one of the 10 episode
season.
And I have some awesome, sogreat guests lined up for you,
(16:38):
and the guest lineup continuesto get better, and some of them
are similar backgrounds, some ofthem are completely different,
but they all provide really,really, really good information
about their journey, advice fromall aspects of life, and I'm so
excited for you to join me inlistening in on our
(17:00):
conversations, because I lovedoing these things.
I love these podcast episodesso much, and really it's
interesting that you see a lot.
You're seeing a lot of podcastsnow, which is it's interesting
to see how they've evolved overthe past couple of years since
I've been on hiatus, and what Iwant to continue to bring that I
(17:23):
think the original lead into itepisodes had is the
authenticity, the conversationsthat just flowed, but really
good information that I thinkpeople deserve to know and to
reflect upon and to grow inthemselves.
It feels so good to be back.
I think now's a perfect time tobe doing these episodes and to
(17:47):
be releasing them.
I'm really looking forward toyou listening to all the
conversations that we've had.
I'm excited to continuerecording conversations for
future episodes and I have nowengaged with that mindset.
So, guests, I will continue toask for some really cool guests
to come on the show.
As you continue to listen to theshow, please subscribe.
(18:09):
That really helps me and theshow gets some love.
Also, rate it and review it.
It's been a while sincesomebody has reviewed it.
I'd greatly appreciate it and Iwill thank you on a future
episode.
Additionally, reach out.
If you have any questions thatyou want me to answer or maybe
our guests to answer.
(18:29):
I can always reach back out andask them.
Tell me about some leadershipchallenges that you're facing or
topics that you'd like to hearabout.
I am all ears.
Leadership is so much more thanjust managing a team.
It is so much more than makinga project happen.
It is almost everything that wetouch and everything that we do
, and so I'd love to hear whatyour challenges are, what you're
(18:52):
hoping to grow and expand upon.
Go ahead and send it to sarahat leadintoitco.
That's S-A-R-A at leadintuitco,and we'll take that for future
episodes and try to coordinateit.
I want to hear from you.
This is for you, and I would beso thrilled to have a back and
(19:16):
forth conversation with everyoneto kind of build what this
foundation has already created.
Also, continue to follow me onsocial media, and I'll post on
Instagram and LinkedIn.
I also, in October, I started asub stack, uh, which I send out
every Sunday, and it has eitherleadership knowledge or
something that I've beenthinking about, or it'll relate
(19:38):
to something in this podcast, um, so I'd love for you to
subscribe.
You'll find the link in theshow notes.
Again, I am so excited for thisseason.
I think it's going to be a lotof fun to share these episodes
and these conversations.
I'm excited for everyone tocontinue to grow and to build
(19:59):
upon the knowledge that theyhave and to see what they're,
what's possible, just to see thegood things that are out there
and see what power that theyactually have in their
day-to-day life.
So thank you so much and I lookforward to seeing you over the
next couple of weeks and pleaseenjoy these future episodes.
Hi, this is Sara and you're listening to episode 44
of the Lead into a Podcast.
Hello, hello and welcome.
It's been such a long time andI know and I recognize that I am
so sorry for the delay, but Iappreciate your patience as I
have gotten my feet on theground and kind of figured out
(00:21):
all the different things when itcomes to leadership, podcasting
and just you know, life.
It has been a while.
It has been almost three yearssince I published my last
episode.
I thoroughly enjoyed that runof Lead Into it.
It was such a journey.
I loved learning alongside ofeveryone.
The conversations I had were soamazing and enlightening and I
(00:46):
got to build a really coolcommunity.
I'm just so excited to tell youabout all the things that have
happened over the past couple ofyears and where we're going and
what you can expect from thispodcast and a few other
announcements that are happening.
It has, overall, just beenreally really cool to kind of
see what I have done over thepast couple of years, what the
(01:08):
world has done, where we're at,what the world means, and yeah,
so we'll start with where have Ibeen?
Well, let me tell you I havebeen all over the place.
The last episode I released, Iwas living in Charleston, but
before that, you all probablyknew, I had lived in Dallas.
(01:29):
I worked for Southwest Airlinesand then COVID happened and
there was a lot of differentthings that kind of contributed
to me leaving the company, whichwas nothing bad, it was just
the timing.
They were offering a voluntaryseparation pay and after some
thought and decision which endedup turning into a quick
decision but it felt reallyright I decided to leave the
(01:50):
company and to kind of go onmilitary orders for a while,
which I've been doing for thepast several years.
Once I left Dallas, I in thethick of the pandemic.
Can you believe it's been fiveyears, by the way?
I just cannot believe it hasalready been five years.
It feels like yesterday andforever ago.
But in the thick of thepandemic I realized I wanted to
(02:11):
be closer to my family.
So I moved and I decided tomove back in with my parents for
a couple months.
My parents were great, theywere loving, they love me and
like nothing wrong with that.
But uh, just you know, felt likeI was in my teenage years again
and so, overall, decentexperience spending time with my
(02:32):
family, getting to see themfull time and during that time I
received a call from one of thecolonels that I worked for and
he asked if I would help out ateam in Charleston.
And it was a team that he hadasked me about the year before
(02:52):
but I wasn't quite sure about itat the time.
And then when he reached backout, it was kind of like a sign,
because I was still in thethick of doing my leadership
stuff doing some podcasting anddoing some other things
leadership stuff that I'll getinto and I was like perfect,
I'll really get to engage and bea leader again.
(03:13):
And so I did that for a whileand this team love them to
pieces.
Charleston will always have aplace in my heart.
It was a great team and, uh, Ilearned a lot about myself.
I learned a lot about buildingteams.
Again, they were in a roughspot when I first got there and
I had to make a lot of reallyhard decisions when I got there
and overall was a really goodexperience and I was happy to
(03:38):
have taken the opportunity.
And so I went to Charleston andmet some great people and then
kind of fell into a good groovethere and I made a decision to
move from Charleston to theFlorida Panhandle and that is
where I have been for the pastthree years to the area of Fort
Walden Beach, and it is a reallygreat area.
(03:59):
I've come to love it and I havemet some incredible people,
built a really good communityand I'm really grateful that I
ended up here Over the course ofthis time.
When I was in Charleston, I leda team when I so it was like a
20 person team.
Then I came into the panhandleand I supported a four person
(04:21):
team, which was a crazy dynamicshift to go from 20 something to
four, such a close knit teamgoing from such a larger team,
uh, so that was a hugetransition.
And then I helped out, uh, anexercise in the Indo-Pacific
area called mobility guardianand leading a huge project, huge
(04:41):
project, um, I call it a.
I sprinted a marathon.
It was the coolest couple ofweeks I've ever done, so intense
and really, really cool to seethe fruition of all of our
efforts and that was just anincredible experience.
And then I've just been hoppingon and off orders since and it
has been such a cool experienceand I'm in the U S air force
(05:05):
reserve.
For the new listeners hopping onalso, welcome.
We appreciate you, and the onething that I will say about the
air force reserve is it is achoose your own adventure, and I
have been able to choose my ownadventure for the past several
years and I'm so grateful forwhat was kind of supposed to be
(05:25):
a side thing for me.
It's turned into my stabilityand I'm just incredibly grateful
for the people and theopportunities that continue to
arise during this time, but theopportunity and the flexibility
that I have surrounding it too.
So that's really what I've doneover the past five years.
Over the course of this time ofmoving all over wherever I
(05:47):
realized that leadership isstill important to me and
leadership is still needed inthe community, in our culture,
in everyday lives, and mypassion for leadership has never
wavered.
It has been something that Icontinue to be passionate about.
I continue to see the need forand I see a need for it in
almost everything I do and touch, and it's incredible to see the
(06:10):
impact that good leadership andit's sad to see how bad
leadership can impact everyone.
Additionally, I got my coachingcertification and I'm working on
my credentialing.
For the credentialing, I stillneed a few hours before I can
test.
That should be coming up soonand I'm super excited to receive
that credentialing.
But with that, I have continuedto build my coaching practice.
(06:35):
Uh, that kind of is the otherhand of lead into it, and this
is one-on-one coaching.
This is team coaching, teambuilding.
But it's pretty cool to saythat I think a lot of businesses
build their business and thendecide to have a podcast.
I'm proud to say that thepodcast came first because I saw
(06:55):
that there was a need for asource of leadership, training,
information, inspiration foreveryone, and so the podcast
became that resource for me tobring people along in that
journey.
And now it has become adifferent aspect of my business
and my world and I continue tosee the value in how this
(07:21):
podcast provides for people.
When it comes to going throughthe coaching certification, let
me tell you, you enter a programfor coaching as one person and
exit a whole, nother person.
My listening skills andunderstanding skills and empathy
and emotional intelligenceskills have completely
(07:44):
up-leveled.
I didn't know how like Ithought I was self-aware and now
I'm seeing how much moreself-aware I am today.
And when it comes to coachingand leading, the way that I lead
is totally different than theway I used to lead and I love
(08:07):
the transformation that it hastaken because of several things.
First, I listen so much betterthan I used to and I listened to
the whole aspect of the personinstead of just what they're
saying.
So I look at their mindset, Ilook at their body language, I
look at the words that keepcoming up for them.
(08:27):
I actually look at what I haveheard, like what is actually
going on in their life, becauseI'm so intentional about asking
them about their life, becausethat bleeds from personal to
professional.
And once we recognize all thesethings, the way we lead changes
.
So when it comes to seeing howI used to lead to now, what I
(08:49):
decide and how to lead, I lovethe way I lead now and I'm
grateful for the opportunity.
And it was really cool to kindof see how the style transformed
from when I started thecertification program Cause I
started my assignment atCharleston about the same time
that I started the program tonow, and it was a two-year
program.
I'm happy to answer anyquestions If anyone has any
(09:12):
questions about coaching program, but what I see about myself
and how I make decisions and howI decide I want to show up in
each moment is now so much moreimportant to me than the
perception I give and assomebody who I mean.
When you're in ROTC and incorporate, there's a world that
(09:34):
you're trying to just fit intoand this might be me, but I feel
like there's other people whohave felt this way before but
you try to fit into this worldand try to fit the vibe of
whatever leadership is at thisorganization.
And the more I went throughthis program and understood what
coaching was and how it canenhance who you are as a leader
(09:56):
and as a person, I realized howmuch more I wanted to be
authentically me and how muchmore I wanted to authentically
lead the people around me,because I noticed that when I
led in my most authentic self, Igained more trust, respect and
buy-in from the people that Iled, because they could see that
(10:17):
I was passionate about what itwas that I was truly into,
whatever the situation was orthe project that we needed to
get done.
I could see how challenging itwas for them, but I was like,
let's I.
It's challenging for me to comeon, let's go, we can do this.
And one of the coolest thingsthat I think I've encouraged
myself to do is to just beauthentically me, but in the
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quirkiest way possible, becausethat's who I am or that's part
of who I am.
I don't want to say that's allof who I am, but I tend to add a
lot of quirks in the workplaceand the day-to-day.
I will tell you, everyone willtell you that, in who has
surrounded my life, but when itbecame part of, when you're part
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of the military, you try tocreate this persona a lot of
ways, especially as you move upin rank, because you feel like
you're supposed to fit this mold.
You're, you're fitting into apuzzle piece and I do believe
that you should stayprofessional I'm not saying to
not be professional and over thecourse of this time of me just
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inserting little parts of myself, when it became like quirky or
just my full authenticity, thenI felt more in my power, in the
weirdest way but in the coolestway, and the people that kind of
joined me for that journeycould see that.
So all of this to say all ofthis to say authenticity, I'm
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learning how important it is inleadership and how much we need
it.
Right now we're moving awayfrom influencers, not saying
that influencers are bad, butlike the portrayed self of
perfection.
Nobody expects anyone to beperfect.
That's kind of what we had beenseeing on social media for the
past several years.
But now we're going into thiswho are we?
What is authentically me, andhow does that come into the
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workplace, especially with folksreturning back to the office?
So, as you come along for thispodcast, which I'll go over kind
of how it's going to work inthe future, I want you to see
what feels right to you, what isyour leadership style, what
feels like you.
Every leader, every person isgoing to be different.
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You don't have to lead in theway that the person before you
led.
That's not how leadership works.
Leadership is how you lead, howyou create power in yourself
and for those around you, andI'm excited to see how the
conversations kind of evolve andas we go through the next
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several episodes, please takewhat you want from each episode.
I've always said that I willrelease episodes even if I'm not
completely happy with them,because I think that there's a
piece of information or somevalue that someone in the
audience, someone out there,will gain and will gather from
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that particular section ofwhatever podcast.
So I don't expect you to agreewith every single aspect of
every single podcast that isgoing to be released.
I don't think anyone ever will,and that's totally fine.
Take what feels right for you.
Take what feels right for you.
That is the main thing.
I hope for this.
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Okay, what can you look forwardto when it comes to this
podcast?
Okay, let me tell you about thejourney, about what this
podcast started as and what Itried and what didn't work.
When I first started thispodcast, I had every intention
of releasing episodes weekly.
Every intention, intention ofreleasing episodes weekly, every
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intention.
And I was hardcore going for itfor the first like two to three
months, and it was so much fun.
It was so much fun.
I just couldn't keep up withthe pace of it.
I couldn't.
It was just a lot of workbecause between the interviews
and then editing and then thepromotions, it was just a lot.
And as a one person show, itwas one of those things where I
recognized what is my capacityand what's my capability.
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And so then I went every otherweek.
I was like, okay, this soundsgreat, like I can keep up with
this pace.
I wanted to keep everyoneengaged.
So I added in a coffee chatevery other week that didn't
have a full episode and it wasjust a five minute segment of a
previous episode.
I loved those didn't have afull episode and it was just a
five minute segment of aprevious episode.
I loved those.
I think those are great andmaybe those will come back.
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But then, you know, lifehappened and when I worked and
lived in Dallas, I was able tofigure out a good balance for
this.
And then, when I lived inRaleigh, I was able to figure
out a good balance for this whenI moved to Charleston and was
leading a team.
It was a lot, because whenyou're leading a team and you're
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trying to make them the highperformers that you know that
they can be, it takes a lot outof you, and so during that time
my effort towards the podcastfaded off and it eventually just
faded.
It was one of those things thatI think there's an episode
about if you want to listen toit.
There's an analogy where you'reholding glass balls versus
plastic balls, and in my life atthat point I felt like I was
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juggling a lot of plastic ballsI need to put down so I could
focus on the glass balls that Ikept juggling.
So that was a choice that Imade and for the entire time
since then.
So the last episode I releasedwas in November 2022.
Since then, this podcast hasbeen completely on my mind and a
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goal of mine to get back into,and so I took some time to
really figure it out, becausethis is not something that I
want to pick up and put backdown pick up and put back down
and leave people hanging Because, again, I think that we all
deserve good leadership and itshould be something that we can
continue to grow upon, no matterwhere we're at in life.
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So I have decided to makeseasons of the podcast, so what
you can look forward to is a 10episode season, in the spring
and in the fall, and this isepisode one of the 10 episode
season.
And I have some awesome, sogreat guests lined up for you,
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and the guest lineup continuesto get better, and some of them
are similar backgrounds, some ofthem are completely different,
but they all provide really,really, really good information
about their journey, advice fromall aspects of life, and I'm so
excited for you to join me inlistening in on our
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conversations, because I lovedoing these things.
I love these podcast episodesso much, and really it's
interesting that you see a lot.
You're seeing a lot of podcastsnow, which is it's interesting
to see how they've evolved overthe past couple of years since
I've been on hiatus, and what Iwant to continue to bring that I
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think the original lead into itepisodes had is the
authenticity, the conversationsthat just flowed, but really
good information that I thinkpeople deserve to know and to
reflect upon and to grow inthemselves.
It feels so good to be back.
I think now's a perfect time tobe doing these episodes and to
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be releasing them.
I'm really looking forward toyou listening to all the
conversations that we've had.
I'm excited to continuerecording conversations for
future episodes and I have nowengaged with that mindset.
So, guests, I will continue toask for some really cool guests
to come on the show.
As you continue to listen to theshow, please subscribe.
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That really helps me and theshow gets some love.
Also, rate it and review it.
It's been a while sincesomebody has reviewed it.
I'd greatly appreciate it and Iwill thank you on a future
episode.
Additionally, reach out.
If you have any questions thatyou want me to answer or maybe
our guests to answer.
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I can always reach back out andask them.
Tell me about some leadershipchallenges that you're facing or
topics that you'd like to hearabout.
I am all ears.
Leadership is so much more thanjust managing a team.
It is so much more than makinga project happen.
It is almost everything that wetouch and everything that we do
, and so I'd love to hear whatyour challenges are, what you're
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hoping to grow and expand upon.
Go ahead and send it to sarahat leadintoitco.
That's S-A-R-A at leadintuitco,and we'll take that for future
episodes and try to coordinateit.
I want to hear from you.
This is for you, and I would beso thrilled to have a back and
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forth conversation with everyoneto kind of build what this
foundation has already created.
Also, continue to follow me onsocial media, and I'll post on
Instagram and LinkedIn.
I also, in October, I started asub stack, uh, which I send out
every Sunday, and it has eitherleadership knowledge or
something that I've beenthinking about, or it'll relate
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to something in this podcast, um, so I'd love for you to
subscribe.
You'll find the link in theshow notes.
Again, I am so excited for thisseason.
I think it's going to be a lotof fun to share these episodes
and these conversations.
I'm excited for everyone tocontinue to grow and to build
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upon the knowledge that theyhave and to see what they're,
what's possible, just to see thegood things that are out there
and see what power that theyactually have in their
day-to-day life.
So thank you so much and I lookforward to seeing you over the
next couple of weeks and pleaseenjoy these future episodes.
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