Featured Guest on Social Capital Podcast with Lori Highby
Oct 23, 2024In this episode of the Social Capital Podcast, host Lori Highby interviews Brin'na Rollins-Williams about scaling leadership, productivity and prioritization. The episode offers valuable insights for current and aspiring leaders in the retail and corporate world seeking to achieve both professional success and personal fulfillment.
- Unlocking Leadership Potential: The conversation explores the importance of understanding personal goals and values as a foundation for effective leadership. Building inner resilience and leading authentically are also emphasized as key drivers of personal and professional growth.
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Prioritizing with the Eisenhower Matrix: The episode breaks down how to use the Eisenhower Matrix, a simple yet powerful tool for prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance. This tool helps differentiate between what demands immediate attention and what can be scheduled, delegated, or even eliminated. Brin'na stresses the importance of applying this framework to both personal and professional life to achieve a sense of balance and reduce feelings of overwhelm.
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Balancing Personal & Professional Growth: The discussion touches on the challenges of balancing personal and professional life, particularly for ambitious leaders prone to overwork. Brin'na shares her personal experience with using journaling as a tool for self-reflection and boundary setting, highlighting the power of asking simple daily questions to identify areas for improvement and ensure personal needs are met.
Advice to Aspiring Leaders:
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Brin'na shares three key pieces of advice she would give to her younger self:
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You don't have to choose between a successful professional life and a successful personal life.
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It is important to define your core values and lead with them.
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The best and most successful leaders are the best simplifiers.
Free Resource: The episode also features a free resource offered by Brin'na - a template for applying the Eisenhower Matrix to your own life. Free PDF Resource: From Chaos to Clarity: A Simple Tool to Reclaim Your Time, and Recharge Your Life
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