Dear Leader: Your mindset will make or break your ability to stay motivated when leadership gets hard.

There’s a reason why athletes and rockstars have a pre-game ritual. It helps them keep their mind focused so they can play to win.

Leaders must have a pre-game ritual, too. Here at RAYMA Team™ we ca...

Dear Leader: Self-Reflection Separates Greatness from Mediocrity.

Regular self-reflection is important for a variety of reasons. It helps you better understand your own strengths, weaknesses, values, and emotions. Self-reflection helps you better understand how you communicate and processes informa...

Dear Leader: Be proactive by growing your leadership skills now, so you are ready when the opportunity comes.

In the early days of building our first company, Mandy and I often used the phrase "dig the ditches." We said it to remind ourselves to keep going, doing what we could to be prepared for...

Your calling isn't some super spiritual thing that always fits into your passions or purpose. Whatever you find for your hands to do is your calling. Sometimes your job or profession is for a season. It could be for a lifetime. Maybe it lines up with your passion and purpose. Often it doesn't.

We pu...

Extraordinary means something that is out of the ordinary. An extraordinary leader is one who does something others typically don’t. Extraordinary leaders purposefully look for ways to expand their connections because they know deep connections are what make life interesting. Risky? Of course. But w...

Dear Leader,

I have a note on my phone called “If I could tell my Reader one thing… what would it be? It’s where I’m keeping notes for my next book. It’s a note that often sits untouched on my phone for months. But every so often I open it up and add to it a thought or quip I would tell the person ...

Years ago, I sat in a meeting where the leader spent a lot of time talking about the different hats we wore. He explained we have a work hat and a friend hat, and we must only wear one hat at a time. I think it was his futile attempt at building a healthier work environment but to me it sounded dumb...

Alright, Leaders... today's blogpost highlights an episode from the Fearless Feminine Leadership Podcast. We invite you to listen to this episode and join us in stepping into the shoes of a leader who says YES to what's possible!

This episode is a sneak peek into our RAYMA Foundations™ Leadership P...

Dear Leader: If you’re struggling with managing your stress, THIS is for you.

An inability to manage stress is a sign that you are lacking in the leadership foundation of RESILIENCE. According to dictionary.com, one of the meanings of the word resilient is “recovering readily from illness, depressi...

Today I want to talk about balance. Now stay with me because I promise it's not your typical conversation about balance. I want to tell you that What is Balance for One Leader is Chaos for Another and WHY this matters.