Let Go & Lead With Maril Macdonald

In this episode of Let Go & Lead, Shaunta Vaughn, founder of the women’s leadership forum STRIDE, speaks with Maril about learning to lead using your unique talents. They dive into how the process of honing leadership skills differs for women and men, how Shaunta has launched and continued to nurture STRIDE and the importance of having a “personal board of directors” invested in your success to guide you. Listen to the full episode below. Learn about: 12:25 Principles of the “Old Boys” network that women can borrow 14:41 Taking a group from a lunch-and-learn to a formal network 17:15 Why every woman’s leadership journey is sacred 20:57 Choosing the right people for your personal board of directors 23:50 Transactional networking versus building a network  29:34 Letting go of leading from the basis of someone else’s story — Let Go & Lead is a leadership community created by Maril MacDonald, CEO and founder of Gagen MacDonald, more than a decade ago. It explores how leaders inspire change and transformat