Today’s guest believes relationships are at the heart of everything she does. She knows that you can’t be successful in business, or in life unless you are successful in cultivating winning relationships. She is a sought-out executive coach and leadership expert who helps leaders achieve outstanding results through the power of their professional relationships. At last count, she and her company, SkyeTeam, have supported the development of more than 10,000 leaders from 20 countries and on 6 continents. She’s the award-winning author of three books: “Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships,” “The Future-Proof Workplace,” and her latest book “You, Me, We: Why we all need friends at work (and how to show up as one!).” She’s recognized by Thinkers360 and PeopleHum as an HR Thought Leader to Watch. Please join me in welcoming Morag Barrett.

In this episode we discuss:

• her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership means being the best I can be in this moment in order to help you be the best you can be so that we can succeed together.”
• the moment she decided to hold her head up high physically and metaphorically.
• the awe she still feels when being called a thought leader. recognizing imposter syndrome in her personal life and business life.
• how she seized the opportunity and moved her family to the US.
• how seizing the moment helped to skyrocket her finance and banking career.
• her bridge from being a numbers person to being a people and relationships person.
• how being fired from her job propelled her to start her own business.
• how and why she named her company SkyeTeam
• how she nurtures and sustains the outer layers of her network.
• her three-step process for life and business – look up, show up, and step up.

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