Michelle Mercier: Leadership, Serving the Greater Good

November 10, 2020

Podcast

Today, we do a deep dive into all things leadership. What exactly is leadership? What does it take to be able to guide the people in your place of work, community, and country? To inspire them to change and grow? What are those qualities that make up a resilient leader?

We address:

Influencing your team as opposed to controlling them
Why work/life integration is a better goal than work/life balance
Becoming more resilient during tough times
The future of the workplace in a post-COVID world
Creating boundaries for yourself to minimize stress and anxiety

Karen Morales welcomes business strategy coach Michelle Mercier. She is the founder of the Surviving Entrepreneurship community and the host of The Resilient Entrepreneur podcast, which debuted on iTunes at number 15 on the Entrepreneur category and cracked the top 100 in other countries around the globe. She has 20 years of corporate and professional experience on a wide range of businesses, from nationally acclaimed nonprofits to major corporations like PayPal.

2020 has presented an avalanche of challenges for everyone around the world. How can we continue to stay resilient and effectively lead our people as we march into the new normal? Listen in as Michelle shares the importance of controlling only what you can, practicing self-care, and putting your best self forward in every interaction you have with your tribe.

3 MAJOR POINTS DISCUSSED

Leadership is not about you. It’s about serving the greater good. It’s not about managing. It’s about guiding. It’s not about blame. It’s about solving problems. Leaders are those who cast their vision onto their team with the full understanding that the vision means nothing if the team doesn’t buy into it. Find out what motivates your team, not by simply assuming their motivation, but by actually speaking to them as human beings and finding out what makes them tick.
Focus on what you can control, which is almost always just yourself. If you try to steer the chaos around you, you’ll never be able to anchor yourself and make decisions to remedy your given situation. At the most fundamental level, as a leader, you can control what you say, but you cannot control how the other person will react.
Building your resilience requires you to give yourself permission to make mistakes. Resilience is like a muscle: the more you work it, the stronger it gets. Allowing yourself the grace to undergo tough times will be made easier once you understand the concept of yin and yang. In short, light and darkness coexist by default. You wouldn’t know a good day if you don’t have bad ones to compare it to. No matter how hard your current trial is, realize that it will eventually end and you’ll end up stronger for it.

RESOURCES

Michelle Mercier is a business strategy coach, the founder of the Surviving Entrepreneurship community, the host of The Resilient Entrepreneur podcast, and the Managing Director of the Worcester Area Chapter of Polka Dot Powerhouse—a women’s connection company.

As a sought-after speaker and consultant, Michelle taps into her 15-year experience in the corporate world, as well as her expertise in work/life integration, leadership, resilience in business, operational excellence, and so much more to help other female entrepreneurs thrive on their journeys!

Karen Morales is founder and brand champion at Marketing Magnet.

Marketing Magnet was founded by Karen and her lean team of Fortune 500 marketing and advertising talent. We’re a world-class marketing department that has decided to take our big brand experience and direct it at the clients we want to serve: purpose-driven enterprises. Our secret sauce is our ability to focus companies on three marketing pillars to create great impact.

If you are looking for a solution to a marketing challenge, a specific project to be completed or a team to drive marketing on your behalf, we can help.

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