Ep #29 BONUS: MIC DROP - How To Get More Done Without Working Overtime
Release Date: 05/14/2025
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Ep #41 How To Embrace A CEO Mindset in Your Career
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📜 Summary In this conversation, TaSheena Braxton discusses the critical distinction between strategy and system within organizational contexts. Drawing from her experiences as a coach, she emphasizes the importance of understanding when a team needs a strategic direction versus when they need to focus on improving their systems. Through various examples and insights, she provides listeners with a framework to identify and address these issues effectively, ensuring that teams do not waste time on the wrong problems. 💎 Gems Understanding the difference between strategy and system is...
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Ep #39 The Power of D.I.V.E.R.S.E Self-Care with Rita-Soledad Fernández Paulino (Soledad)
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📜 Summary In this episode of Leadership Beyond the Title, TaSheena Braxton interviews Rita-Soledad Fernández Paulino (Soledad), a money and self-care coach. They discuss the importance of diverse self-care practices in achieving financial wellness and emotional well-being. Soledad shares their journey from being a public school teacher to a self-care coach, emphasizing the need for intentionality in self-care. The conversation explores how self-care can be integrated into team dynamics and the role of leadership in fostering a culture of wellness. Listeners are encouraged to prioritize...
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Ep #38 Meeting Myself Again After Corporate with Mafe Salazar
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📜 Summary In this episode of Leadership Beyond the Title, TaSheena Braxton interviews Mafe, a podcast manager and former accountant, who shares her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship. Mafe discusses her desire for freedom, the challenges of navigating corporate spaces as a woman of color, and the importance of understanding one's value. She reflects on her immigrant experience and how it has shaped her perspective, emphasizing the need to run towards one's true self and aspirations. The conversation concludes with insights on leadership beyond traditional titles and the...
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Ep #37 The Mistake Cycle: Helping You To Recover & Reframe Mistakes in your Career
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📜 Summary In this episode of Leadership Beyond the Title, TaSheena Braxton explores the fear of making mistakes in leadership, particularly for marginalized individuals. She discusses how perfectionism and societal pressures can hinder growth and innovation. By reframing mistakes as experiments, leaders can foster a culture of psychological safety and engagement. TaSheena introduces the 'Mistake Cycle,' a six-step process to navigate mistakes effectively, emphasizing the importance of reflection and recovery in personal and professional development. 💎 Gems Leadership goes beyond...
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Ep #36 Why Your Team Needs A Detox
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📜 Summary In this episode of Leadership Beyond the Title, TaSheena Braxton explores the concept of team detox, emphasizing the importance of clearing old habits and unspoken rules that hinder team performance. She discusses how misalignment and unclear goals contribute to project failures and disengagement, and offers practical strategies for fostering alignment, establishing clear outcomes, and implementing regular retrospectives to enhance team dynamics and productivity. 💎 Gems Most teams fail due to unresolved buildup. Teams need regular detoxes to clear old habits....
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Ep #35 Stop Telling Your Team to Trust You—Earn It Instead
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📜 Summary In this episode of Leadership Beyond the Title, TaSheena Braxton explores the critical role of trust in leadership. She emphasizes that trust is not merely about words but is built through consistent actions and creating safe environments for team members. The conversation delves into the importance of understanding cultural and power dynamics, making implicit expectations explicit, and practicing trust daily. TaSheena provides actionable insights for leaders to foster trust within their teams, highlighting that true leadership goes beyond titles and is rooted in genuine...
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In this episode of Mic Drop, TaSheena Braxton shares powerful leadership lessons aimed at women of color, focusing on how to achieve more without working overtime. She emphasizes the importance of prioritizing tasks, effective time management, and the necessity of recovery time to maintain productivity and well-being. TaSheena encourages listeners to set clear boundaries and communicate effectively to avoid burnout and lead authentically.
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Do less better; not everything deserves your full energy.
Focus on the top three priorities each day.
Time block to group similar tasks together.
Stop over explaining yourself in communications.
No is a complete sentence; be direct.
Build recovery time into your schedule.
Productivity includes capacity, not just output.
Working through lunch does not earn you extra credit.
Protect your energy to enhance decision-making.
Coaching can help regain time and energy.
📖 Chapters
00:00 Maximizing Productivity Without Overtime
03:10 Effective Time Management Strategies
05:59 The Importance of Recovery Time
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