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Good or Bad: The power of internal messages

May 17, 2019
3 min

Good or Bad: The power of internal messages

We all talk to ourselves subconsciously. In fact, I’m not embarrassed to say that as a solo entrepreneur, there are times that I talk out loud to myself! I ask myself questions and I respond in kind. And while that is weird and probably off-putting for some… it is a reality. Our inside voices are constantly talking to themselves: sharing advice, alerting us to danger, reflecting on past experiences. And sometimes those internal voices – I call them “gremlins” [1]– can get rea

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Transformational Conversations: Are you having them?

Angie McLeod

Oct 20, 2017
4 min

Transformational Conversations: Are you having them?

Judith E. Glaser, founder of the Creating WE Institute and author of Conversational Intelligence, notes that 9/10 conversations miss their mark. As someone who communicates for a living, this statistic is shocking. I’d like to think that my conversations are MUCH more effective and impactful than that. And yet, when I assess my conversations based on the three levels of conversation matrix (see image), I can see that I regularly have conversations in each of the zones – and a

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Tips for Collaboration: hammer out the details up-front

Angie McLeod

Jul 31, 2017
2 min

Tips for Collaboration: hammer out the details up-front

Do you remember in school when teachers made us come up with group rules before starting a group project? It was an important lesson. Collaboration is a great tool to help us grow our businesses. Like all great tools, it’s important to pre-establish operational guidelines to ensure a common understanding and safe implementation. It is easy to forge ahead without thinking through and discussing the details of how the collaboration will work. However, experience has shown me th

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I Can’t Fail These Tests—and Neither Can You!

Angie McLeod

Jun 30, 2017
2 min

I Can’t Fail These Tests—and Neither Can You!

Business is all about growth and evolution. Entrepreneurs know that to achieve long-term success and growth, they need to push boundaries and experiment, while staying true to their vision for their company. That’s why it’s so important to develop “tests” that will help you make business decisions, tweak product and service offerings, and better serve your clients. I’m doing it. Should you too? My vision for my company revolves around helping clients (individuals and organiza

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Angie McLeod

May 29, 2017
2 min

Hugs not handshakes.

Networking is an essential part of building a strong business. Or so the story has gone for decades. Get out there. Meet people. Identify needs. Solve problems. Build business. But is it working? I attend a lot of networking events. I connect with people. I ask questions, learn about someone’s business and product, and find out what drives them. I shake a lot of hands. They, in turn, inquire about what it is I do. Sometimes we connect. Sometimes we don’t. And while a small pe

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Angie McLeod

Apr 4, 2017
2 min

Personal Reflection: Get out and Play!

I love that the sun is out and that the trees are showing the first buds of spring. It is energizing. April is also the month that I begin to live at the ball field on the evenings and weekends.Both of my girls play ball and they love it. Seeing them so excited about doing something they love reminds me that I need to integrate more fun into my everyday life. To get out and play…. I’m often so caught up in getting things crossed off my to-do list, that I forget to take a brea

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Angie McLeod

Oct 21, 2016
2 min

Steering your course: Why 1°matters.

Have you ever set a goal and got exactly what you wanted? Have you ever set a goal and didn’t get what you wanted at all? Do you want to know what makes that difference? When you know what that difference is, you can begin to create the life you want. Part of it has to do with your imagination. Imagine, a plane taking off from Vancouver going to Honolulu. Now imagine that plane is 1° off course upon take off. 1° off course equals about 1 mile. If our pilot didn't course corre

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Angie McLeod

Aug 6, 2016
3 min

Simplify: habits and follow-through.

When I started writing this article it was going to be about simplifying our work processes so that we could streamline our day to day work. I was going to give you a list of 10 tips and techniques to help you streamline your processes. BOOOORING and DONE! As I sat here looking at my desk pondering what to write, I realized that controlling my clutter on my desk was probably the best way to simplify my workload. I try hard not to collect paper. Really I do, but I’m like a

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The 3 R’s you MUST make time for: refresh, relax, and re-juvinate.

Angie McLeod

Aug 5, 2016
3 min

The 3 R’s you MUST make time for: refresh, relax, and re-juvinate.

Life as an entrepreneur can be very exciting, and busy. So busy striving to reach that next goal that we forget to slow down and look after ourselves. We rarely take time to refresh, relax, rejuvenate; and yet, it’s a vital piece of staying positive, motivated, and creative – all necessary for business growth. So many women entrepreneurs are working in a cycle of “exhaustion” and “anxiety.” These two words were central to a conversation I recently had with two colleagues. W

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Angie McLeod

Jul 8, 2016
2 min

Measuring outcomes. Assessing progress.

It’s July now. That means – at least for me – it is time to look at my annual strategic plan and assess how far I have moved forward, what has actually been achieved, and what obstacles have gotten in my way. It is time to re-align my plan with my goals for the year. And that is exactly what I have been doing for the past four weeks. As you may already know I work with a theme for any given year. That theme defines my core goals and guides the work that I do. In 2016, HI

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Angie McLeod

Jun 10, 2016
2 min

What's your mindset?

Life is busy. Business is demanding. Rarely do I have make the time to pause and reflect; to watch or listen to something that might inspire me; to slow down enough to actually learn something new and challenge my perspective. Today though, I took an hour and listened to some popular TED Talks that skirted around the theme “energy.” Where you get it? How do you maintain it? What keeps one motivated? How do we maintain high levels of productivity when things are crazy busy?

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Dull and dusty action plan? Follow this 6 step process to make your plan come alive!

Angie McLeod

Apr 26, 2016
2 min

Dull and dusty action plan? Follow this 6 step process to make your plan come alive!

I recently had the opportunity to co-facilitate a planning discussion for the local BABES in Business - Maple Ridge Chapter with Vicki McLeod of VickiMcLeod.com and Mainstreet Communications. (And no, the two McLeod's are not related! We just happen to both marry into the McLeod clan!) It was a hoot! Vicki and I were excited to host the Practical Magic: Dreaming up Purpose and Priorities conversation for the local BABES in Business Maple Ridge Chapter. Our goal to help th

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Be Curious. Ask Questions. Shift your approach to networking.

Angie McLeod

Mar 9, 2016
3 min

Be Curious. Ask Questions. Shift your approach to networking.

I spend a lot of time out networking. I have three or four networking groups that I try to go to consistently. I'm working to build relationships and to create community... I know that's not a surprise for those of you who know me. What most of you probably don't know is that while I enjoy people, the traditional concept of networking to make a "sale" terrifies me. I am not a sales person. Yes, I know that to successfully operate my business, I need to makes sales. Howev

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Angie McLeod

HIP Strategic Consulting

Review > Revise > Revitalize