182. From Origin Stories to Empowerment: A Conversation with Fearless Leaders & Authors, Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow.

Kathy McAfee returns to the show! Yay! She was in Ep 13 where we discussed fearless leadership. She is an accomplished author and speaker, creative entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Kmc Brand Innovation, LLC. Kathy is joined by Rosemary Paetow, CEO of Think inStrategy who works with executives and their teams to become better, bigger, bold leaders of industry. Kathy and Rosemary have co-authored the book, Fearless Female Leaders, Stories and Strategies to Empower more Women to Lead. Recently their book just made the Amazon Best Seller Rank in three top categories: During this episode we explore the following questions with the two authors: ·    What drew Kathy & Rosemary to team up to write the book? ·    What is the word “Shero” about? ·   How did you connect to our episodes about Susan Cain’s book, Bittersweet? ·   What are their leadership origin stories and why are they important? ·  Who are some of the featured women in the book and why did they impress you?   Enjoy this episode!   Mentioned on the episode:   Ep 13 What is fearless leadership? https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/kqvqLp1eFLb Eps 23 – 25 Bittersweet (Susan Cain): How do sorrow and longing help us lead? https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ywC6ed1eFLb   Special Offers:  Listeners can sign up to gain access to an 8 book bonuses at https://www.fearlessleaderbooks.com/bonuses and you can connect with other fearless leaders and access more fearless resources at Fearless Leader Community on Mighty Networks (learn more at https://www.thefearlessleader.com/mighty-networks).     Special Request:   The authors would be so grateful if you get the book to post a review or even take a picture of you with the book. Get creative! Here's a list of places you can post a review: Amazon Barnes & Noble Indie Books BAM! Books-a-Million Good Reads More about Kathy:   She thrives on helping professional women advance their careers and influence, and partners with organizations and communities to cultivate leadership diversity. Known as America’s Marketing Motivator, Kathy is the founder of The Fearless Leader™ program and coauthor of the new book, Fearless Female Leaders: Stories and Strategies to Empower More Women to Lead. Learn more at www.TheFearlessLeader.com   More about Rosemary:   Rosemary helps create high performing teams, predictable, profitable growth & work-life balance and her results include: * Clients grow on average 160% within 18 months * Clients profitability increases by at least 40% in 18 months * Clients have happier staff, more money and more time to enjoy life As a past owner of a VAR Accounting Software Consulting Firm to top tier companies in SD and internationally, Rosemary has the unique ability to understand business models to determine whether they are scalable & sustainable & to streamline systems for companies. Her CPA experience from KPMG-one of the Top Four Accounting firms in the world helps her find the areas of business risk for clients & to understand all of the financial aspects of operating a company successfully.   Ways you can contact Kathy:   eMail [email protected]   Website:  www.TheFearlessLeader.com   Subscribe to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefearlessleader   IG: https://www.instagram.com/kathymcafeemarketingmotivatort/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathymcafee/     Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AmericasMarketingMotivator   Mighty Network: https://www.thefearlessleader.com/mighty-networks    Ways you can contact Rosemary:   eMail [email protected]   Website: www.thinkinstrategy.com   FB: Think inStrategy   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemarypaetow/   Ways to reach Yo: eMail  [email protected]   Public FB group: Girl, Take the Lead! https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: https://www.instagram.com/yocanny     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/