There’s a quiet shame a lot of women entrepreneurs carry.

We blame ourselves for being tired. For being behind. For not being “better” leaders.

But let me be very clear: you’re not failing. You’re fried.

Burnout doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means your leadership systems are misaligned.

You’re ...

You’re not stuck because you don’t have the right strategy.

You’re stuck because things feel, well, fuzzy.

Do you feel it?

I'm not talking about physical symptoms. I'm talking about your ability to look at your business and have a crystal clear image of how all the parts are moving.

If you do...

You can't grow a thriving business by working harder. You have to work smarter. If you’re always the one putting out fires, answering every client question, and doing everything yourself, your business isn’t growing. You are just running yourself into the ground.

To actually scale (without losing y...

Written by Faizan Haider from a podcast episode Dana Weaver appeared on. 

Let’s talk about your ‘why’ as a leader, and how that helps you move from feeling overwhelmed to scaling your business effectively, because you are likely juggling a lot.

It's like you have this vision for where you want to ...

This is a personal post and the starting of a new chapter in my life. I’m moving into uncharted territory and it is both exciting and terrifying. My mentor calls this feeling TERRICITED.

Almost weekly, I get women founders and entrepreneurs reaching out to me asking to pick my brain about building ...

In a recent article I wrote for McKnights LTC News, I threw in a question about considering how you could roll out the red carpet for your employees. There are so many ways you can do this. The simple answer is to start with the individual in mind. Understand what the individual needs and wants in a...

If you were to tell me 4 years ago that I would be writing a post like this, I would have laughed at you. The #MeToo movement was in full swing and women were standing up and exposing sexual harassment en masse. It was an encouraging time for those of us who had experienced it and weren’t able to sh...

Last night’s Super Bowl win for the Kansas City Chiefs was one for the record books! And it wasn’t a chance win, it was very carefully choreographed.

I’m always studying Andy Reid on the field because the calmness he exudes is palpable. In fact, it spreads to other coaching staff as well as Quarter...

Are you ready to dive into the raw and unfiltered world of leadership? Great, because today we're talking about vulnerability—the game-changer that can take your leadership from good to extraordinary.

In the hustle and bustle of the aging services sector, where executives like you are navigating a ...

I asked Chat GPT to provide advice to aging services and healthcare executives on leadership from key leaders. 

Here is what it had to say. 

Today we're diving deep into the ever-evolving workforce in aging services. Instead of focusing on generations, we are going to look at the workforce in a different way. We've got three distinct groups to focus on: those who've been at it for over 5 years, the 1 to 5-year veterans, and the newcomers...

I recently took a trip with our foster daughters to California. It was their first plane trip and they were so excited! As soon as we were seated, the youngest began asking a lot of questions about how the plane worked and how it was going to get us to our destination. 

The conversation reminded me...