Today’s guest is passionate about helping coaches, authors, and speakers leverage their expertise. She uses simplicity as a growth strategy.
She is the creator of Coaching Genie, a coaching platform that allows coaches to deliver programs and scale their businesses with simplicity. She is the author of two books, “Coaching Millions” and “Simplicity Entrepreneurship.”
Please join me in welcoming Milana Leshinsky.
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In this episode we discuss:
- Her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership before meant being on stage and people listening to me, respecting me, and recognizing me as the authority.” As an introvert, she couldn’t picture herself as a leader.
- How she discovered a new definition of leadership– she could lead through ideas. She could inspire others by sharing her ideas (channeled through Seth Godin).
- Finding her confidence as a kid through music.
- Growing up under the threat of Communism, finding music as her outlet, and shining through that confidence.
- Her dream of becoming a music teacher, instead of working in a factory, was the only option she could see growing up in the Soviet Union.
- Becoming the first web designer in her city and being featured in her local newspaper.
- Having her computer programming goals dashed by a colleague and received his advice that she would make a great manager away from computers.
- Her pivot into coaching and how she could leverage her internet and computer skills to create a large coaching community.
- Her credit on Wikipedia for coining the term “telesummit”. Yes. Seriously. Check that out here.
- Why she created Coaching Genie and the impact she wanted it to have in the world.
- Deciding how to market her software to the people that could really use it– her “perfect fit customer.”
- Her best advice for introverts– “If you don’t like going to events, create your own.”
Links
- Milana Leshinsky on LinkedIn.
- www.CoachingGenie.com
- https://milana.com/
- FREE GIFT for On the Schmooze listeners
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Coaching Millions: Help More People, Make More Money, Live Your Ultimate Lifestyle” by Milana Leshinky
- “Simplicity Entrepreneurship: Escape Burnout, Find Flow, and Discover the Shortest Path to Profit” by Milana Leshinky
Other Resources
- Listen to my episode with Seth Godin.
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Who is Robbie Samuels?
🟧 I'm a multi-passionate entrepreneur. I geek out about community-building, relationship-building, thoughtfully designing space for a conversation, and anything about bringing people together to create connections. I believe quality engagement is about inclusion and belonging.
Depending on what caught your eye about my work, you may be surprised to discover that I do more than you were initially interested in.
What do I do?
🟧 As a business growth strategist, I coach entrepreneurial women in their 50s and beyond who are looking to grow their impact and income through new revenue streams by helping them grow their audience before they launch their product or service.
🟧 As a virtual event design consultant and executive Zoom producer, I help my clients reimagine their in-person events by utilizing all of the opportunities available through digital and analog tools. Rather than replicating the in-person event, we create a powerful virtual experience.
🟧 Before the pandemic, and again as in-person events return, I support organizations designing conferences that create opportunities for participant engagement so they can follow through on their networking intentions.
I've been producing events in one form or another since I was in college in the 90s and providing business growth strategy advice for nearly as long.
⭐ I published two books that have collectively received over 400 Amazon reviews,
⭐ I was invited to do a TEDx on my signature networking technique,
⭐ I have hosted a podcast since 2016,
⭐ when the pandemic shuttered in-person events, I swiftly reinvented myself resulting in a successful multi-six-figure business, and
⭐ my clients include Feeding America, the California WIC Association, and other national and statewide mission-driven organizations.
How can I help you?
Here are some of the ways my clients describe me…
✅ business growth strategy coach
✅ virtual event design consultant & strategist
✅ executive Zoom producer
✅ professional speaker
✅ emcee (virtual and in-person)
✅ podcast host
✅ author
✅ virtual presentation skills trainer
and I'm likely leaving something out…
Read my back story at www.robbiesamuels.com/about
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