Lead with Love: Empowering Women in Leadership with Ashley Cox

Welcome back to The Meredith Patterson Podcast — where we explore the transformative power of personal stories, heart-centered leadership, and unapologetic authenticity. I'm your host, Meredith Patterson. Today's guest is someone who embodies all of those values. Ashley Cox is a leadership mentor, author, speaker, and the CEO of SproutHR — a company that helps women grow and lead from the inside out. But Ashley isn't just helping women scale their businesses and lead powerful teams — she's also making the world a better place through her incredible Grow & Give program, which we'll get into in a bit. Her book, Transform Your Stories, has helped countless women rewrite the toxic narratives that keep them playing small — and today, she's here to help us all step more confidently into the leaders we were born to be. Ashley, welcome to the podcast! BIOGRAPHY Ashley Cox, PHR, SHRM-CP is a leadership mentor for ambitious women business owners who have a team but no time. She empowers them to become courageous and confident leaders and build high-performance teams they can trust and rely on (without constantly chasing them to get things done). With over 18 years of experience, Ashley has worked with businesses of all sizes – from local startups to multi-million dollar national & international companies. She was a top recruiter and leadership expert for J.Crew and Kroger where she hired and developed employees at all levels, from hourly frontline workers to C-suite level executives. Ashley is also a subject matter expert for the world's leading HR organization, SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), a sought-after speaker and trainer for various employee organizations, author of Transform Your Stories, and host of The Impact Ripple Podcast. Transform Your Stories guides women to overcome self-limiting beliefs so they can step into their full potential and power as leaders. Ashley's work has been featured on SHRM, CO–by U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ABC News, Tennessee Small Business Development Centers, Lattice, and Brit + Co. For more information, find Ashley on her Website, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Links: Website: www.ashleycox.co Book: www.ashleycox.co/transform Podcast: www.ashleycox.co/podcast  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyncox Instagram: www.instagram.com/ashleycox.co Facebook: www.facebook.com/ashleycox.co