Elite Achievement

Episode 74

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25th May 2023

Unlocking Ambition with Lesle Griessel: Personal & Professional Growth

Are you a working mother who also prioritizes personal growth? Do you feel like you've tried everything to achieve your goals, but nothing seems to work? Have you been told to prioritize work over family or sacrifice one for the other? If you're tired of feeling stuck and unfulfilled, it's time to learn real strategies that actually work. Today’s guest, Lesle Griessel, is a powerhouse in the world of leadership and personal development. She shares her journey of becoming a better leader and how she is helping women honor their ambition while navigating the challenges of work-life integration and the importance of self-awareness.

Highlights:

3:49 - Relationships are a really important piece of growth and leadership development.

11:30 - We see way too much of this; people dimming their light and they shouldn't be, they should be shining brighter.

20:15 - When you say work life balance, you’re expecting it to be perfectly equal and let’s be honest, sometimes business is a bigger priority, sometimes family is a bigger priority, sometimes you have needs just pulling you in different directions, and if you are seeking for it to be perfectly balanced, you’re setting yourself up for disaster.

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About the Podcast

Elite Achievement

A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders

Elite Achievement with Kristin Burke

You’re a financial advisor. Your calendar is booked with back-to-back client meetings. You have a vision to grow your firm. You’re not sure if you have the right team in place. You’re holding on to work you know you should be delegating. You want to spend more time doing complex planning and working with your best clients, but you’re still trying to deliver for every client in your book.

At the end of the day, you’re still the one driving the revenue.

Or…

You’re leading a team of financial advisors or a firm. You’re responsible for growth, but don’t produce the results yourself. They come through the people you recruit, develop, and retain. And many of them aren’t traditional employees, which means you’re leading as much through influence as you are through expectations and accountability.

Your calendar is full, but your time doesn’t always feel well spent. You start the day with a plan, and it quickly shifts as people come to you with questions, challenges, and decisions that need your input.

You’re constantly balancing competing priorities. Attracting and bringing in new talent. Launching and developing new financial advisors. Supporting career advisors as they continue to grow. Having difficult conversations when someone isn’t performing. Protecting the culture and keeping everyone aligned to the vision.

At the end of the day, you’re still accountable for the results.

Different roles. Same challenges.

How do you create clarity around your vision and get others aligned to it?

How do you focus on the right priorities when everything feels important?

How do you develop people and hold a high standard of performance?

How do you lead effectively while still driving results?

This is the work of Elite Achievement.

A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders who are building and scaling a firm and being challenged to lead at a higher level as success becomes less about your individual effort and more about how you lead.

Kristin Burke brings over 20 years of industry experience and works closely with financial advisors and firm leaders as they build firms, develop people, and navigate the challenges that come with growth.

Elite Achievement is about setting a bold vision, executing consistently, and becoming the kind of leader capable of building a legacy.