SUMMARY:
What if learning to focus simply on what you’ve been called to do could enhance your leadership and influence? In this conversation, entrepreneur, illustrator, and advocate, Danielle Coke shares all the different ways “finding her simple” has impacted her calling, her craft, and her leadership. Listen as this young leader shares her insights on “going viral”, knowing when to step back as a leader, and what it takes to keep creativity flowing in her life.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
STICK TO YOUR SIMPLE. Find the specific thing you do, do it, and then let others do what they do. There’s power and consistency in what comes natural to you.
FIND THE HEART OF THE MATTER. In complex situations, identify the heart of the matter and communicate that. Ask yourself, “What’s the one thing I can communicate about this?”
SHARE WHAT YOU’RE LEARNING IN THE MOMENT. You don’t need to have all the answers. By “sticking to your simple” you can help others even as you are processing with them.
OUR ATTITUDE IN ADVERSITY MATTERS. Be open to the idea that what we perceive as disaster may actually be opportunity in disguise, pointing us to the work that we actually should be doing.
LEAN INTO HOPE. Conscious optimism is hopeful about the future, but realistic about the work that still needs to be done. We can choose to work to create a better future.
STEP BACK FROM THE PLATFORM. Over-consumption of the news can drown our hope. Over-consumption (through social media) of what other people are doing can drown our creativity through comparison.
STEPPING BACK ALLOWS US TO BE READY WHEN WE’RE NEEDED. By stepping back proactively, we can be ready in times of distress to step up and help in the ways we’ve been gifted.
BE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERFORMING AND CREATING. Creating flows from inside you and is inherently sustainable. Performing results from acting only for others’ reactions and approval and is inherently unsustainable.
RELATED LINKS:
Global Leadership Network
The Global Leadership Summit
Danielle Strickland
Danielle Coke
Danielle Strickland
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On This Podcast
Danielle Strickland
Justice Advocate
Danielle Strickland is currently based in Toronto, Canada. She loves Jesus and she loves people. She is the author of 6 books with her most recent being Better Together: How Women and Men Can Heal the Divide and Work Together to Transform the Future. She is host of DJStrickland Podcast, ambassador for Stop the Traffik, as well as the co-founder of Infinitum, Amplify Peace, The Brave Campaign and the Women Speakers Collective. Danielle is a mom of 3, wife to @stephencourt and has been affectionately called the “ambassador of fun.”
Ashlyn Ochoa
The Global Leadership Podcast
Ashlyn Ochoa has served in a variety of roles at the Global Leadership Network since 2016. The product of her talented work, strategic creativity, and valuable leadership has been experienced in the production of The Global Leadership Podcast, as well as many of the GLN’s leadership events and videos that have been translated and contextualized in more than 123 countries. As a valuable leader with a voice of positive influence, she is the host of The Global Leadership Podcast, one of the most popular leadership podcasts in the world. As of 2022, in addition to hosting the podcast, Ashlyn leads national event strategy and production at Bethany Christian Services, where she works in her passion to serve children and families. Beyond her professional roles, her greatest joy is found in being a wife and mom. Experience her positive energy, inquisitive mind, and wisdom as you tune in to The Global Leadership Podcast!
Danielle Coke
Oh Happy Dani
Danielle Coke is a designer turned illustrator, social justice advocate, and entrepreneur. She seeks to encourage faith, inspire justice, and guide you through loving your neighbor well. Her illustrations aim to make complex issues more digestible and help others find and use their passions to make a difference in their spheres of influence. With a joy that flows from her dedication to loving God and her neighbor as herself, more than anything, Danielle hopes to encourage action as you hold her art in your home and carry it in your heart.
Show Notes
SUMMARY:
What if learning to focus simply on what you’ve been called to do could enhance your leadership and influence? In this conversation, entrepreneur, illustrator, and advocate, Danielle Coke shares all the different ways “finding her simple” has impacted her calling, her craft, and her leadership. Listen as this young leader shares her insights on “going viral”, knowing when to step back as a leader, and what it takes to keep creativity flowing in her life.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
STICK TO YOUR SIMPLE. Find the specific thing you do, do it, and then let others do what they do. There’s power and consistency in what comes natural to you.
FIND THE HEART OF THE MATTER. In complex situations, identify the heart of the matter and communicate that. Ask yourself, “What’s the one thing I can communicate about this?”
SHARE WHAT YOU’RE LEARNING IN THE MOMENT. You don’t need to have all the answers. By “sticking to your simple” you can help others even as you are processing with them.
OUR ATTITUDE IN ADVERSITY MATTERS. Be open to the idea that what we perceive as disaster may actually be opportunity in disguise, pointing us to the work that we actually should be doing.
LEAN INTO HOPE. Conscious optimism is hopeful about the future, but realistic about the work that still needs to be done. We can choose to work to create a better future.
STEP BACK FROM THE PLATFORM. Over-consumption of the news can drown our hope. Over-consumption (through social media) of what other people are doing can drown our creativity through comparison.
STEPPING BACK ALLOWS US TO BE READY WHEN WE’RE NEEDED. By stepping back proactively, we can be ready in times of distress to step up and help in the ways we’ve been gifted.
BE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERFORMING AND CREATING. Creating flows from inside you and is inherently sustainable. Performing results from acting only for others’ reactions and approval and is inherently unsustainable.
RELATED LINKS:
Global Leadership Network
The Global Leadership Summit
Danielle Strickland
Danielle Coke
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