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226: Purposeful Goal Setting Series Intro

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Release Date: 01/29/2024

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Do you feel like you can’t take a break from work? Like if you left the whole place would stop altogether? Do you have high turnover in your volunteers or employees? Do you have a hard time meeting metrics or feeling successful? Or do only one or two people pull their weight? If this is you then you could be “leading solo”. “Leading solo” is when a leader has a team but doesn’t trust them to carry out their jobs, so they end up doing everything themselves or they micromanage people. You often feel like you are the only one who “gets it” or even makes any progress...

239: Manageable Routines, Doing Less, and Getting Outside Help with Barbara Carneiro [Leadership Rewind: The Deep Cuts]

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

How does a wife, mom of 3, and entrepreneur maintain a healthy family life plus run a thriving business? In this Leadership Rewind episode, I talk with Barbara Carneiro about how to set goals from a mindset of doing less not more. Barbara shares some of her best tips, such as creating manageable routines instead of chasing the elusive idea of balance, doing less instead of more, and getting outside help instead of trying to do everything herself. This episode originally aired in December 2018 as episode 25, and I’m excited to share this with you as one of our deep cuts that you are sure to...

238: How to Create a Message that People Will Listen To

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Do you have a message you want to share? Is there something on your heart you feel people need to hear? Or do you manage a team and need to make sure your initiatives are communicated well and efficiently put into motion? You may even have a new idea you want to present to your leaders. In this episode, I provide practical tips that help you think through your message and how to convey it more successfully. Using the acronym CARS, we will give you some questions to ask yourself as you craft your message to share with the world. We want to help you intentionally...

237: Best Practices for Communicating in Conflict with Carrie Sharpe [Leadership Rewind: The Deep Cuts]

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

As a leader, you communicate constantly. But are you communicating in the most effective way? What are some best communication practices when there’s conflict? What are some practical strategies you can implement today to better your public speaking? In this leadership rewind episode, I chat with Carrie Sharpe, a homeschooling mom of five, wife, and business owner. We dive into the topics of effective communication, including the best way to talk through conflict and practices to become a better public speaker. Carrie shares how she manages her different responsibilities + roles, and...

236: 4 Steps to Persuasive Communication for Leaders [Lessons from Marketing & Apologetics]

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Have you ever wanted to convince others to go along with an idea or get your team to be on board with a new project you’re planning? Or maybe you’ve wanted to get your leader to agree to a new idea you have that you think will make a big impact in the long run. Or, perhaps you’re wanting to raise funds for a ministry or missions trip. In all of these cases, you are needing one thing: persuasive communication. You are trying to get someone else to go along with what you want them to think or do. In today's episode we cover 4 steps to sharing your message persuasively. I explore...

235: Building Healthy Teams & Leading as a Woman in a Male-Dominated Environment with Jenni Catron [Leadership Rewind: The Deep Cuts]

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Have you ever thought you knew what your calling in life was, only to have God redirect you to another path? Your current role may define your present situation but it doesn’t define your purpose. How can being intentional about self-leadership impact your journey as you lead teams or organizations? In this leadership rewind episode, I chat with Jenni Catron, a leadership coach, author, speaker, and founder of The 4Sight Group. This conversation originally aired in Sept. 2018 as part of our purpose series, and we’re bringing it back into our podcast feed as one of the deep cuts that...

234: One Thing to STOP Doing as a Leader for Better Communication

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Today we want to talk about something that we ALL do, and that is hard to stop especially if you’re not aware that you are doing it. And it’s causing problems in your communication and your leadership. Can you guess what it is? This has the potential to cause breakdowns in your relationships, misunderstandings in your communication, and can even lead to major leadership problems. If you guessed assumptions, you guessed right. In this conversation, Holly and I are sharing 2 truths about assumptions and the dangers that assumptions have for us as Christian leaders. But we're not just leaving...

233: How to Live a More Peaceful & Deeply Rooted Life by Practicing Sabbath Rest with Kayla Cornish

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Have you ever felt like you are juggling so many balls at once, and at any moment, they could all come tumbling down? Kayla Cornish found herself here, and she actually experienced the balls crashing down. She had been living the life of hustle and seeing success–but it came at a price. It wasn’t until she and her family began accepting the gift of Sabbath rest that things started to change. As a leader, you may have wondered: is practicing the Sabbath something that modern day Christians need to do? And if so, how on earth can you practice it while still managing all the rest of your...

232: Can You Lead Without a Title or Role?

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

Is it possible to lead when you don’t have a leadership title or role? Is there a difference for someone who does have an official title vs. someone who is a team member? In this conversation, Holly and I talk through how leadership looks different for us now than it did when we started the podcast. And we discuss how we feel about leading without a role or title. Finally, we give some practical tips for things you can do when you are wanting to grow as a leader, whether you have a title or not! And, for our fun question of the day, you’ll hear as Holly and I share about...

231: The Pain of Healing & Growth [Life Updates & Reflections with Esther and Holly]

Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

When life changes, does our leadership change? How do we navigate seasons of loss or change as leaders? And what does it look like to endure the pain of healing even when we'd rather avoid it? In this episode, Holly and I are chatting through some life updates and sharing some reflections about the past year of our lives. We discuss what our goals are looking like this year as well as how they are different from past years. We also dive into the idea of healing and how it's often painful to go through healing and growth. We hope you enjoy this conversation and gain some new insights and...

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Yes we are in January - but perhaps, like me, you’ve struggled a bit to get your 2024 goals on paper.

Maybe your 2023 dished out more than you could handle. Or perhaps life hasn’t slowed down enough for you to think through your goals. It could be that goal setting really isn’t your thing, and that’s okay.

This week on the podcast, Holly & I are coming to you with a mini series about goal setting. But what it’s really about is choosing to live with intention. And as leaders, being intentional is key.

So we want to help you do that by walking you through our 4 step framework for Purposeful Goal Setting.

Reflection
Dreaming & Vision Casting
Goal Setting
Create an Action Plan

Get ready and make sure you’re subscribed, because we’ll be dropping a new episode over the next 4 days.

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