Episode 55

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23rd Jan 2024

5 Questions to Empower Your Leadership Journey

"Asking more questions is so powerful. You're going to learn more, they're going to learn more, you're going to gain knowledge. It’s unbelievable."

In this episode, we are joined by Michele Marquis, Senior Executive Coach at Floyd Consulting, to explore the power of asking great questions and how they can help you lead with intention and create positive change in your personal and professional life.

Michele shares a curated list of thought-provoking questions designed to help listeners reflect on their personal and professional lives. From identifying distractions to envisioning a better future, these questions serve as valuable tools for self-reflection, growth, and leadership development. Tune in to learn the transformative potential of asking and answering powerful questions.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  1. Self-reflection and asking powerful questions can lead to personal and professional growth
  2. Identifying distractions and honing in on one important goal can help with focus and productivity
  3. Asking great questions of yourself and others as a leader leads to learning and growth


Things to listen for:

[04:42] Distractions from professional growth

[07:52] Investing your time wisely

[09:40] The importance of focusing on one thing

[13:14] How to recognize growth and inspire future progress

[16:43] Envisioning your future self and creating change

[19:35] Challenges of pursuing personal desires


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About the Podcast

Lead with Culture
A company can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. What’s the key to making that happen? Building dynamic cultures so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.

Hosted by Kate Volman, CEO of Floyd Coaching, Lead with Culture is a show dedicated to exploring how great leaders create workplaces where people can thrive both personally and professionally.

Conversations are inspired by Matthew Kelly's bestselling books The Dream Manager, The Culture Solution, and Off Balance. Guests include incredible leaders as well as Floyd executive coaches sharing stories and providing insights into real strategies used to attract and retain great talent, execute effectively, become better coaches, build teams and grow businesses.

Whether you're a CEO, HR executive, manager, or simply part of a team, this show will help you become a better leader.

About your host

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Kate Volman

Your dreams are yours for a reason. What are you doing about them?

Our vision at Floyd is to make work fun and engaging for as many people as possible, by delivering world-class training and creating cultures that lead to thriving businesses that are profitable, scalable, and sustainable. My team and I show up every day excited to make this happen.

My team and I can help you build a dynamic culture so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.
➡️ Coaching. Everyone needs a coach. We have a coach for everyone.
➡️ Training.
➡️ Speaking.

I love my career and the journey it took to get here.
⭐️ I led the sales team, improved company processes, and created programs, workshops, and initiatives to help business owners build better relationships and execute results-driven marketing strategies during my eight years at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
⭐️ I initiated content marketing strategies that drove more traffic and increased brand awareness while in my role as Marketing Director for the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
⭐️ I started a boutique marketing agency and helped business owners leverage digital marketing and video.
⭐️ I founded and facilitate Inspired Action, a goal-setting workshop specifically designed to help women achieve their goals.
⭐️ At Floyd, I lead a team of incredible people dedicated to helping people and organizations become the best version of themselves.

My mission is to help as many people as possible live a more joyful life doing more of what they love.
🎤 Check out my podcast Create for No Reason, a show about making something for the pure joy of it.
https://anchor.fm/createfornoreason

I love to network, collaborate, and help people achieve their dreams. The best way to connect with me is at kvolman@floydconsulting.com