396: Dr Cortney Baker: From Food Stamps To CEO To Closing The Gender Gap

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Dr. Cortney Baker is CEO of KidsCare Home Health, an 8-figure healthcare business serving children with special needs from Texas to Colorado. She was named the 2017 Texas Businesswoman of the Year, is a TEDx speaker and hosts the Women in Business podcast, where she shares inspirational stories of female entrepreneurs. As a leading authority on women’s leadership and a mother of three, Cortney is working to decrease the gender gap by inspiring women to lead with confidence and integrity. Using her depth of business experience and expertise, she is now helping grow 'grandbaby businesses' as she mentors and coaches creative women to shift from side hustler to CEO. Listen in to hear Cortney share: How she started motherhood as a brand new high school grad on food stamps How supporting her sister who has MS inspired her journey to build a multi-million dollar service-based business How can you build more power in your work, no matter what your current situation is Why you need to “keep your scrappy” while you level up Why she’s not willing to sit around and wait the predicted 100 years for gender equality to happen in corporate America (#screw100years) How having a stroke at age 37 shifted the legacy she is building Links Mentioned: Shameless Mom Con Early Bird & Buddy Tickets: shamelessmomcon.com Connect with Cortney: cortneybaker.com Cortney on Facebook facebook.com/drcortneybaker/ Cortney on Instagram instagram.com/drcortneybaker/ Podcast: Women In Business Business Road Map: cortneybaker.com/bizmap Thank you to our sponsors: Grove Collaborative: For a limited time, when my listeners go to Grove.co/SHAMELESS you will get a FREE FIVE PIECE gift set from Mrs. Meyer’s in festive holiday scents like Peppermint or Iowa Pine! Check out Grove and our special offer at Grove.co/SHAMELESS. Native: For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code shameless at checkout. Equal Parts: Get into the rhythm of the kitchen, with friendly and inviting cookware, coaching, and guidance from Equal Parts. All with free shipping and free returns. Visit equalparts.com and get 15% off any purchase with code shameless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.3	Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode. Dr. Courtney Baker is the CEO of Kids Care Home Health, an eight-figure health care
1:33.4	business serving children with special needs from Texas to Colorado.
1:37.4	She was named the 2017 Texas Businesswoman of the Year.
1:41.3	She's a TEDx speaker and hosts the Women in Business podcast, where she
1:45.0	shares inspirational stories of female entrepreneurs. As a leading authority on women's leadership
1:49.8	and a mother of three, Courtney is working to decrease the gender gap by inspiring women to lead
1:54.8	with confidence and integrity. Using her depth of business expertise and experience, she is now
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