OTS 323: Growth Through Music - Milana Leshinsky

Today’s guest is passionate about helping coaches, authors, and speakers leverage their expertise. She uses simplicity as a growth strategy. She is the creator of Coaching Genie, a coaching platform that allows coaches to deliver programs and scale their businesses with simplicity. She is the author of two books, “Coaching Millions” and “Simplicity Entrepreneurship.”  Please join me in welcoming Milana Leshinsky.  In this episode, we discuss: Her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership before meant being on stage and people listening to me, respecting me, and recognizing me as the authority.” As an introvert, she couldn’t picture herself as a leader. How she discovered a new definition of leadership– she could lead through ideas. She could inspire others by sharing her ideas (channeled through Seth Godin). Finding her confidence as a kid through music. Growing up under the threat of Communism, finding music as her outlet, and shining through that confidence. Her dream of becoming a music teacher, instead of working in a factory, was the only option she could see growing up in the Soviet Union. Becoming the first web designer in her city and being featured in her local newspaper. Having her computer programming goals dashed by a colleague and received his advice that she would make a great manager away from computers. Her pivot into coaching and how she could leverage her internet and computer skills to create a large coaching community. Her credit on Wikipedia for coining the term “telesummit”. Yes. Seriously. Check that out here. Why she created Coaching Genie and the impact she wanted it to have in the world. Deciding how to market her software to the people that could really use it– her “perfect fit customer.” Her best advice for introverts– “If you don’t like going to events, create your own.” Listen, subscribe, and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices