Amplifying Leadership

Tara Lehman

Our Amplifying Leadership podcast is where we talk about all the ways to make leadership great through our guest stories, tips, information, wins and challenges too! We will discuss all aspects of leadership and how to build great leaders or leaders-to-be. From communication, authenticity, growth, learning from mistakes, to understanding our different points of view, this podcast will broaden your horizons and allow you to hear from other leaders who you just may resonate with too. Enjoy!

For more information on our leadership services and our Amplifying Leadership Community, please visit www.amplifyingleadership.ca, a Twin Life Coaching & Business Services division.

As podcasts take a lot of time / costs, we do accept tips to allow us to continue to bring you more and more great episodes. Here is the link to the Tip Jar: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/0RP214RBYHKZ6/checkout/I6BOMPILIF45ABFEZHXUYLOL

Disclaimer: the views and opinions expressed within this podcast are those of the participants and may not reflect those of the listeners. The actions of the listeners are their actions alone and not the responsibility or liability of Twin Life Coaching & Business Services (of which Amplifying Leadership is a division) or their coaches, consultants, or others as affiliated. The listeners hold harmless Tara Lehman and Twin Life Coaching & Business Services ((of which Amplifying Leadership is a division), all those affiliated and its services, including this podcast from all costs, loses, damages, judgements, claims, suits, demands, actions, complaints or other proceedings based upon the listeners actions in connection with this podcast.

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Tip Thursday with Tara - Renewing The Vision and Mission

Tip Thursday with Tara - Renewing The Vision and Mission

Reviewing and updating a business vision and mission statements, as well as core values, is very important especially if changes have been made within the business.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara shares the renewed Vision statement, Mission statement and new core value that will be added to Twin Life Coaching & Business Services (including Amplifying Leadership). Why renewed statements? Because we wanted them to clearly state what we do for not only ourselves, but you our followers, clients, or friends.

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Tip Thursday with Tara - Renewing The Vision and Mission

Tip Thursday with Tara - Renewing The Vision and Mission

Reviewing and updating a business vision and mission statements, as well as core values, is very important especially if changes have been made within the business.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara shares the renewed Vision statement, Mission statement and new core value that will be added to Twin Life Coaching & Business Services (including Amplifying Leadership). Why renewed statements? Because we wanted them to clearly state what we do for not only ourselves, but you our followers, clients, or friends.

Delegation Mastery with guest Charlotte Rooney

Delegation Mastery with guest Charlotte Rooney

From going from Individual Contributor to Leader, to understanding leaders can't do it all, this episode is all about delegation.Join Tara and a diverse leader with various leadership experiences, now a Career Coach & Work-Life Balance Strategist, as they discuss why delegation is a key ingredient for leaders.This engaging conversation covers everything from how delegation can create trust, to the challenges around letting go of some control and thoughts around not wanting to overwhelm others. We also cover a great framework for mastering delegation as a leader.Enjoy the episode!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Fail Forward

Tip Thursday with Tara - Fail Forward

You are human. This means that we, even as leaders, make mistakes or things go wrong.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara reviews how we need to own our mistakes and failures, review them in order to understand what happened, then create the actions to make necessary changes.Enjoy this short tip.

Single Parent and a Leader with guest Natalie McCabe

Single Parent and a Leader with guest Natalie McCabe

Are you a single parent trying to balance leadership or even owning your own business?Tara and Natalie McCabe, now a Parent Coach who has been a business owner while a single parent, discuss the need for self-care with these roles. Self-care goes beyond eating well and exercise as well, but about saying no to asking for support when you need it. Learn some great scheduling tips, how to balance things when you have busy work experiences or seasonal ups (i.e. budget season or month end), to trusting your team so you can be with your family when needed.Enjoy the episode!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Let's Talk Budgets

Tip Thursday with Tara - Let's Talk Budgets

Budget season can be stressful.However, you can get through it and keep some of the things you want too.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara provides a few handy tips around budget season and when you are asked to reduce your budget as well. Let's be as prepared as possible to reduce your stress and time working on revising your budget.Remember, Leadership Matters!

Ageism and Leadership with guest Britt-Mari Sykes

Ageism and Leadership with guest Britt-Mari Sykes

Some people don't want to retire or can even afford to.How do leaders handle different ages within their teams?Join Tara and Britt-Mari Sykes, founder of Canvas Career Counselling, as they discuss leading multi-generational teams. Why we need to self-reflect as leaders often, to determine gaps or our style when it comes to ageism in the workforce.We also cover looking at ageism through an inclusive lens and even why mentorship and reverse mentorship can be helpful.If you have a multi-generational workforce or team, you will want to listen to this episode!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Rise To Leadership

Tip Thursday with Tara - Rise To Leadership

Have you ever had that supervisor or manager who did not lead by example?In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara shares a story of bad leadership and why she wants to ensure those who are newer to leadership or want to be leaders, have the proper training and skills to be the leaders everyone wants to follow.For more information on the Rise To Leadership events (now posted) and program (program information coming after December 17, 2024), please visit: Rise To Leadership | Amplifying Leadership. Let's lead how we want to be led.

Stories to Build Your Brand with guest Chirag Nijjer

Did you know that stories can help build your brand as a leader and for your business?In this guest episode, Chirag Nijjer, a leading expert in simplifying complex marketing concepts into practical advice speaks with Tara about our brands and our stories. They cover how telling stories not only creates trust and credibility, but helps others understand why you or your comapny are unique compared to others. Chirag also touches on the 3-step Brand Clarity Frame work and how our stories can work for us as leaders and for our employees too.Listen to enjoy this engaging and informative episode!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Unspoken Rules of Leadership

Tip Thursday with Tara - Unspoken Rules of Leadership

We all know many of the Unspoken Rules of Leadership, but we don't always lead with them.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara covers a handful of these rules and why they are important.Let's continually develop our leadership skills together.

You are NOT a Template with guest Lauren Bayne

You are NOT a Template with guest Lauren Bayne

In this guest episode Tara is joined by Lauren Bayne, a Personal Brand Creative Director, as they discuss the importance of personal branding as a leader.They delve into using our unique and creative minds to stand out with our brand as leaders. Why doing things differently then others is important, and tips to get started or to update our old brand.Enjoy!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Shadowing Employees

Tip Thursday with Tara - Shadowing Employees

Leaders, you know you need to fully understand what your organization or employees do in order to grow, learn and develop your team.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara digs into the idea of shadowing employees and how it can be very helpful in growing as a leader. She provide tips on how to make shadow days effective as well.Remember, Leadership Matters!

Achieve Your Vision with guest Ken Rusk

Achieve Your Vision with guest Ken Rusk

Join Tara and Ken Rusk, a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and blue-collar advocate showing that there’s no degree required for comfort, peace, and freedom in an engaging conversation about vision.Ken covers how you can use your vision to create the path to get you there. Knowing the purpose or why behind it, to tips to help leaders overcome those barriers that could stop us from achieving our visions (and yes, this includes ourselves as barriers too). We also cover why having proper and supportive people or coaches is also a key to success in making our visions turn into reality.Listen and discover how you can help your vision come closer and closer to you.

Tip Thursday with Tara - Self-Reflection

Tip Thursday with Tara - Self-Reflection

We need to ensure that we do not only look at what our employees do correctly, their challenges or actions, but also ours.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, we uncover why leaders need to do self-reflection as well as a way to get started and questions to ask yourself.It's time to do your own self-review and create actions to be an even better leader tomorrow.

Toxic Positivity and Workplaces with guest Chelsea Ryckis

Toxic Positivity and Workplaces with guest Chelsea Ryckis

Join Tara and Chelsea Ryckis, an entrepreneur and award-winning Founder and President of Ethos Benefits, as they discuss toxic positivity. They cover what this is, how inconsistent and unfair practices feed toxic workplaces, promoting healthy workplaces through gaining feedback to understand the needs of the organization. We also cover the importance of leaders development too. Enjoy!

Tip Thursday with Tara - The Blame Game

Tip Thursday with Tara - The Blame Game

"It wasn't me, it was her fault."If you have heard that in your workplace, that is a blame game. Leaders need to understand that blaming other people is normally not the best way to deal with errors, failures or issues.In this Tip Thursday with Tara, she covers why blaming people is not always the answer and what to potentially blame instead.Enjoy!

Talking Workplace Culture with guest Kristin Quattlebaum

Talking Workplace Culture with guest Kristin Quattlebaum

Building a workplace culture can be challenging. In this episode, join Tara and Kristin Quattlebaum, who helps emerging and existing leaders develop their intuition, as we talk about culture and change. We cover tips that Kristin learned in the past, asking what you want as a leader and being aligned with your position, finding employees who are a culture fit through reviewing the position and the person for the job, updating job descriptions and even having a conversation for fit in an interview. Our discussion also includes how leading is not about checking boxes, but being open to change and our own self-awareness.Enjoy!

Tip Thursday with Tara - Sharing Wins and Lessons Learned

Tip Thursday with Tara - Sharing Wins and Lessons Learned

Do you and your team share your wins to help each other out? What about sharing lessons learned, not just from projects, but from day-to-day work?In this Tip Thursday with Tara, we uncover some ways and reasons why, we should share our wins and even those lessons learned. And yes leaders, that means you too!Enjoy the episode!

Sponges. Spectators. Camels. with guest Richard Flint

Sponges. Spectators. Camels. with guest Richard Flint

Tara is welcoming back a previous guest, Richard Flint who is an international speaker, author and the CEO of Flint Inc. In this informative episode we uncover what Lead, Leader, and Leading mean, why work ethics, leading change and the need for clear communication are vital. We then get into who are Sponges, Spectators, and Camels and what it means as a leader.

Tip Thursday with Tara - The Awkward Silence

Tip Thursday with Tara - The Awkward Silence

Sometimes it is fine to have an awkward silence in meetings or in 1:1s. In this Tip Thursday with Tara, Tara digs into why the awkward silence is key in being creative, or allowing space for those who need time to process their ideas.

Talking Numbers with guest Ruchi Pinniger

Talking Numbers with guest Ruchi Pinniger

Join Tara and guest Ruchi Pinniger, Founder and CEO of Watch Her Prosper®, as they talk financials and numbers. They discuss how understanding the financials is not only a mindset shift if you are fearful or just don't want to know, to being confident in understanding what you need to know. Ruchi shares many tips on being comfortable around the numbers, as well as cost saving tips, without having to cut people, just by being more effective and efficient. Enjoy this informative episode!