429: Create Margin Through Intentional Leadership, with Amy McPherson

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Amy McPherson: Advisors for Change Amy McPherson is the managing partner and founder of Advisors for Change. Since 2007, Advisors for Change has developed financial management systems for non-profit organizations so they can spend more time on their mission and less time on their administration. Amy is also a member of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. After discovering this podcast three years ago, Amy sought a practical way to implement the leadership ideas she was discovering. In this conversation, Amy and I discuss how her aim to create more margin for her family has driven more intention for staff development, coaching, and transparency. We also discuss what she’s discovered from expert guests and how she utilized the framework of the Academy to create movement. Key Points The seven questions from The Coaching Habit provided a framework for the kind of culture that would best serve the non-profit partners of Advisors for Change. Shifting focus from lagging indicators to leading indicators helped zero in on the behaviors needed today for success tomorrow. Find the bigger “why” behind what you are doing. In Amy’s case, her leadership growth was fueled by her desire to spend more time with her teenage children. The Coaching for Leaders Academy provided Amy with the framework for deliberate, consistent movement on what was most important for the business. Resources Mentioned Advisors for Change Amy McPherson on LinkedIn Related Episodes These Coaching Questions Get Results, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 237) How Teams Use StrengthsFinder Results, with Lisa Cummings (episode 293) How to Actually Move Numbers, with Chris McChesney (episode 294) How to Challenge Directly and Care Personally, with Kim Scott (episode 302) Growth Mindset Helps You Rise From the Ashes, with Jeff Hittenberger (episode 326) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	Wouldn't it be great to have more margin to be intentional about staff development, coaching, transparency, and even for more time away from the job?
0:09.0	In this Saturday cast, Academy Member Amy McPherson shares how she's shifted as a business owner to do just that.
0:16.0	This is Coaching for Leaders episode 420.
0:20.0	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:29.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:32.0	This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host
0:34.0	Dave Stahovia. Leaders aren't born, they're made and this is the weekly show
0:39.7	to help you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:45.0	This is the monthly Saturday cast.
0:48.0	About once a month here, we air a episode here on a Saturday that is a chat with one of our Academy members or listeners.
0:56.0	The next show is still coming on Monday. This is a additional bonus episode and the Saturday
1:01.1	casts are brought to you by the Coaching for Leaders Academy.
1:05.0	The Academy is a year-long cohort of participant leaders who work personally with me
1:10.0	to create movement in their leadership development and organizational results.
1:14.8	You can find out more and get alerted about opportunities to apply for the Academy by going
1:21.2	over to coaching for leaders
1:23.3	dot com slash academy or just hitting the academy button on the very top
1:28.4	of the coaching for leaders dot com website and today I am really excited to be able to feature the story of one of our
1:36.6	Academy members Amy McPherson is joining us on the Saturday cast today she is the
1:41.9	managing partner and founder of
1:43.8	advisors for change. She started the business back in 2007 and her
1:49.2	organization helps develop financial management systems for nonprofit organizations
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