Lead With Confidence with Denise Harris

Denise is a certified executive leadership coach, who engages other entrepreneurs and executives through one-on-one coaching, enterprise consulting and accelerated coaching programs. She speaks publicly about women and transition, and has facilitated numerous workshops on a variety of topics.

When she works with clients, they create a trust-based relationship together. This mutual trust allows them to get to the heart of the matter. Working together, they'll focus on your inner strengths and resolve any problems that are keeping you from moving forwards. Any long-term patterns of behavior and thinking that do not support your success will be overcome. How does it happen? She provide tools, skills training and creative practices that are designed to allow you to focus on the business and personal outcomes you desire. 

Key Takeaways:
0:47 Intro
3:00 Denise shares a little background of herself and her journey on what led her to really want to focus on helping women excel
5:01 Denise talks about confidence, what it is and discuss three major things about confidence which are self-awareness, courage and resilience
6:30 Denise gives her advice to women who have self-doubt to really start to step in to confidence
9:40 Denise talks about why she thinks the brain is much more willing to accept negative thoughts than to accept the positive ones
11:50 Denise explains the importance of fear, but she further advices entrepreneur especially women to learn how to manage that fear and why it’s important
15:05 Denise shares advice to parents who are raising girls on how to help their girls to be more confident and them as well
16:21 Denise also talks about other components that are also very helpful in instilling self-confidence to young girls that will help them become women of substance in the future 
18:54 Denise explains the importance of surrounding yourself with great people and make them your role model and how setting your own goals can boost your confidence 
20:59 Denise talks about taking the strategic pause in our lives and strategically thinking about what we have accomplished and how that can boost our confidence 
23:27 Denise talks about the major challenges that women face especially in the corporate world that makes them lack confidence 
25:01 Denise talks about in-service and how that helps other women be confident when they see other women in C-suite levels celebrating their success 
27:38 Denise talks about the role that confidence play in leadership and how it helps a leader create a strong personal brand that many respect 
28:39 Denise talks about her Internal Values Proposition assessment, how it helps people identify their core values and get aligned with them 
30:11 Denise shares her tip on what makes her feel strong and always come out victorious in whatever she does 

Books Mentioned: 
The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine

Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Enough As She Is by Rachel Simmons

Shows Mentioned: 
The O Magazine: is an American monthly magazine founded by Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Communications and primarily marketed at women. 

Quotes Mentioned:
“Confidence is a muscle and it's something that you have to work at every day.”
“Know your self-worth.”
“Always celebrate your wins.”
“Acknowledge yourself for the things that you do well.”
“There is a part of our brain that is assigned the task of negative thinking.”
“Negativity is what holds us back from taking risks.”
“The brain always wants us to be comfortable.”
“The cave that you're afraid to enter holds the treasure that you seek.”
“Fear is good.”
“Dance with fear and take the lead.”
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
“If you really love what you do and you are really enjoying it, the confidence is going to show up and that's your brand.”

Guests Social Media Links:
Website: https://www.deniseharrisonline.com/ 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-harris/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DeniseOnline18/