The Compassionate Leader School Podcast
How do I attract and keep the best employees? How do I create a workplace where people want to be, to stay, and beg their friends to join them? And how do I balance being a compassionate, thoughtful and fair leader while getting stuff done and making money? These are just some of the questions business strategist and master teacher Debbie Lawrence will dive into on The Compassionate Leader School podcast. Along with episodes that feel like you're sitting right there with her in the boardroom, Debbie's practical "Take Action Challenges" and valuable freebie resources will have you embracing your compassionate leadership style while building an amazing team and running a smart, profitable business!
Episodes
31 episodes
7 Reasons Why People Don't Respect Your Boundaries
When it comes to boundaries, many people are frustrated, hurt and fed up because there are people in their lives - at work, at home, amongst friends, in their volunteer work, in their neighbourhood - who do not respect their boundaries. Well, t...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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15:34
10 Key Factors and One Difference Maker for Planning a Meeting
When you get a notification for an upcoming meeting at work does it ever make you want to sigh and hope you might have a good reason at the last moment not to be there? Believe it or not, there is an art and a science to planning and lead...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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29:13
How Planning With Intentional Margin Has Been A Game Changer
Do you long for the best summer ever? Do you want to look back and feel proud of how you chose to spend your time, what you were able to accomplish, the fun you had, and the sense that you really spent your time well? That's exactly where I was...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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21:32
How to Use Relationship Marketing to grow Your Business
Which camp are you in: lover of all things networking-related or you’d rather have a root canal than attend a networking event? As part of the all-important relationship marketing strategy, being able to build real, authentic, reciprocal, meani...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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23:22
Do You Have an IEA (Ideal Employee Avatar)?
Do you have an IEA? One of the hot topics in business these days is centered around building a marketing strategy based on a company’s ICA, which stands for Ideal Customer Avatar. More detailed and sophisticated than the typical target market a...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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18:34
Understanding the Impact of Your Non-Verbal Communication
No doubt at some point in your life someone has said to you, "it's not what you said, it's how you said it". I'm not sure you would be human if you haven't had that experience. It speaks to the impact of our non-verbal communication. In t...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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20:36
Practicing the Law of Action in One-Minute (or Less) Sprints
Have you heard of the ‘one minute or less rule’ and how to practice it as the fuel for the Law of Action? In this episode of the Compassionate Leader School Podcast, you’ll learn about the Law of Action and have a list of 25 micro-habits to dra...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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17:47
Stretch, Risk or Die!
If you're working to set realistic expectations with your team and you want to challenge them in a way that will move them beyond their comfort zone and gradually get them there, check out this episode of the Compassionate Leader School P...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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15:41
Listening with Empathy
Listening with empathy is a skill we all need if we want to be compassionate communicators. In this episode I talk about how we typically listen and respond autobiographically, when that's okay, and when we need to step up our listening skills ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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26:17
A Question of Willingness
Do you believe that even though there will be challenges and obstacles you'll have to overcome, you will ultimately be successful? Or are you of the mindset that you hope things will go well but you tend to be inconsistent and possibly self-sab...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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16:55
The Power of Abundant Thinking
Which camp do you typically hang out in - camp scarcity or camp abundance? I called my business Abundant Living because I inherently believe in the principle of abundance. In this episode I talk about how I believe there is enough for eve...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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11:14
Setting Clear Expectations with the PAR Principle
Have you ever found yourself in the situation where someone comes to you for help and their version of help is putting their problem in your lap with the expectation you'll now take care of it for them? Well, I've been there - more than once - ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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20:46
Dealing with Boundary Crossers and Pushers
As a follow-up to episode #9, this episode comes back to the topic of setting clear and strong boundaries. Starting with how to know the warning signs when someone is crossing or pushing a boundary, I offer a 4-part formula for dealing with bou...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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20:06
Build Compassion Resilience by Opening Your Donut
I know...you're wondering what in the heck is "opening your donut" and what does that have to do with compassion resilience? With so many people experiencing fatigue from their jobs and businesses, and trying to avoid total burn-out, there has ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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21:43
How To Start Communicating as a Strong and Compassionate Leader
Do you hunger to be a better communicator, especially with the employees who report directly to you? Drawing from my 35+ years of teaching and working one-on-one with individuals to help them develop and strengthen their interpersonal skills, I...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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20:06
It Takes A vIllage and the 6 Handshakes Rule
Do you remember those days when you first started your business and you wished you had someone to talk to, to answer a question, to seek guidance from? Or maybe that's you right now! This episode is an homage to the importance of your role in t...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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18:54
Practical Strategies for Living a Balanced Life
This episode is dedicated to the women (although it doesn't exclude the men) who feel out of balance. It's one of the top reasons people come to me for life coaching and it seeps into practically every business coaching session I do with client...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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27:07
How Quality Decisions Start With The Gift of Time
Is this you? You share with someone an idea you’re playing around with and all of a sudden you’re feeling the pressure to act on it because people keep asking you what’s happening? So you stop talking about it? And exploring it? Join me for thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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17:17
Building Your Financial Resilience with Melissa Kew
Melissa is a CGA-CPA with the federal government and has also been a long-time business owner with her company Melissa Kew Photography. Three months ago I did a video interview with her. At the time, we had just begun to live with the realities...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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50:06
Using the Power of Intention to Upscale Your Goal Setting
Why are some people able to make incredible things happen in their lives? Why are there those who are born under a lucky star, who get all the breaks, and who seem to have life handed to them on a silver platter? The answer is rooted in the wor...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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25:50
How to Bring Your Dreams to Life by Building the Right Circle of Support
How many of you have important dreams that you keep to yourself either because your self-talk means you don't have the confidence to share them with anyone or because history has taught you that they'll just get squashed? If that's you, you nee...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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18:33
How to Use Fact Finding and Nurturing Self-Talk to Make High Quality Decisions
Given that our economy is on the path of re-opening, so many of us are struggling with making the right decisions for what is now being referred to as our “next normal”, especially in the face of not having full information, being overwhelmed w...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:41
Building Resilience with Healthy Boundaries
Do you suffer from having weak boundaries? In this week's episode, I'm talking about the emergence of compassion fatigue in light of the impact of Covid-19 and the importance of building our resilience muscles to be able to respond in a healthy...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:43
Three Productivity Hacks That Create A Net for Catching Days
If you've been wanting to figure out how to plan your work schedule in a way that optimizes your productivity, efficiency and creativity, this episode is for you! Learn how choosing themes and time blocking, batching and mega-batching around th...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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20:46
COVID-Proof Communication Strategies 101
At the best of times, clearly and concisely communicating with others is challenging. Enter self-isolation and working remotely in the midst of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and these challenges become heightened. In this ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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16:03