WELCOME TO
Success Kickstart Protocol
Hello!
Even the most accomplished women find themselves struggling to lead themselves and their lives with more impact and more ease.
You’ve hit this page because it feels like you’re now operating in either a fog of uncertainty, stuckness, or doubting your capability to hit a new level.
You KNOW you need to shift your approach.
But what do you prioritize? What’s working? What’s not working? What do you want to do differently? Where do you begin?
You’re in good company. I’ve worked with 100s of women who have run up against these very same questions. We are more alike than we are different.
This is why I’ve created The Success Kickstart Protocol.
To help you stop showing up on default each day and start intentionally creating more of what you want and leaving behind more of what you don’t want.
NOW is the time to pause, reflect, look within, and take action. And that’s what The Success Kickstart Protocol is all about!
Use this question-and-answer diagnostic to help you uncover your roadblocks and bring focus to your key areas of improvement and momentum movers. These powerful questions are the gateway forward. (I know because these are the very same questions I regularly ask myself and have produced amazing results for my clients!)
Trust this process...
...I promise, by the end, you’ll have the answers to lead you forward.
- Christina
Your questions are broken into the 3 areas that wreak the most havoc:
LEADING YOURSELF
OUTCOME BASED COMMUNICATION
LEADING THE TEAM
Expect each section to take about 30-60 minutes.
After you answer the questions, use them to create an action plan that will help you tackle the core issues blocking your success.
If you commit to this practice, the answers WILL reveal themselves.
(It’s literally neuroscience.)
Feel free to use this guide to tackle problems whenever or wherever
you feel stuck, foggy, or unsure about where to go next!
Scroll down to get started!
48 Questions
LEADING YOURSELF
What kind of a C.E.O. do you want to be?
What will be different when you become that C.E.O.?
What is your relationship to your business currently? What do you wish it was?
As the C.E.O., are you leading, influencing or telling?
If you asked your team how it FEELS to work with you, what would they say?
What do you think is your biggest leadership blind spot?
Have you defined success (beyond revenue) for yourself and your business?
How much time are you spending IN the business each week? (% of time spent)
How much time are you spending working ON growing the business each week? (% of time spent)
Do you feel like you have too much of the day-to-day on your plate?
What are you tolerating that you no longer want to tolerate?
What is your decision-making process for big strategic decisions?
Do you trust your gut? (Answer on a Scale 1-10)
What is your comfortability to risk? (Scale 1-10)
Where do you want your comfort to risk to be? (Scale 1-10)
Are you relying on your time to drive business, or do you have an inbound demand strategy?
Where is fear showing up in your leadership and business?
How often do you seek feedback?
What tasks or projects need to be delegated? What’s getting in the way of delegation?
OUTCOME-BASED COMMUNICATION
How would you describe your communication skills?
How do you put them to work?
Do you feel like your team understands the overall strategy and vision? Do you?
How often are you communicating your vision and company values?
How are you communicating the culture you want from/with your vision?
How do you get your team on board with your vision, direction, and priorities?
How much do you trust your team? (On a scale of 1-10)
How do you encourage team members to share ideas, challenge assumptions,
and push back where they disagree?
Do you hear dynamic discussions and lively debates?
How often are you connecting with Board members/key stakeholders?
Do you feel your investors have confidence in you?
How often do you update your board and/or investors?
What do those communications look like? What do you cover?
LEADING THE TEAM
Do your people know your highest priorities for the business?
Is your team prioritizing based on your highest priorities?
Do you regularly set expectations for your team members?
Do you have a development plan for your team members?
How often do you recognize each team member?
How often are you delivering feedback?
What skills are you missing on your team?
When will you make your next hire?
Do senior hires scare you?
Do you have a tried-and-true hiring process with rock-solid SOPs?
Is there someone you should fire but—for some reason— you can’t make yourself do it? What’s getting in the way?
Do you feel like you have a revolving door in your business?
Is there conflict or tension within your team that is negatively impacting execution?
Is everyone rowing in the same direction? How do you know?
Is your team engaged? How do they show it?
How do you manage mistakes and mishaps?
If you took a vacation, can your team function without you?
CONGRATULATIONS!
I recommend keeping a journal or your notes app ready because more ideas will pop up over the next few days.
This exercise is the DIY version of a very small sliver of the work I do with my clients.
High-performance coaching is about helping you unlock your fullest potential and achieve your biggest goals faster and with less stress with a partner committed to your success.
After 30 years running sales and marketing teams at big-name media brands like Martha Stewart Living and Fast Company, it’s my mission to help high achievers and purpose-driven companies rediscover their joy and do more than they ever dreamed possible.
I’ve helped hundreds of business owners:
Make decisions faster
Tackle roadblocks without unnecessary stress
Send old stories to the curb
Increase productivity and improve leadership skills
Confidently know which actions move the needle
Shift thoughts away from shame, blame, or criticism
Reset when stuck or distracted
Have a thinking partner to discuss opportunities and obstacles
Lovingly be held accountable to their next level of growth!
I’m a coach, a thought partner and co-pilot, helping you land more powerfully at your next excellent destination.
Because the LAST thing I want for you is to land in the same place next year.
If you are ready for a new awareness and a new standard of being, let’s have a conversation.
Click here to schedule time with me.
Let’s discuss where you’ve been, where you are, and what’s possible for your future!
Christina Langdon is a High-Performance Coach
and a seasoned entrepreneur maximizing the potential of high-performing leaders and organizations.
She has built profitable businesses since she was a kid, first as an Avon lady when she was 13 (!) and has since driven over $250 million in sales, launching 20+ media brands, helping her clients raise Series A funding, sell their company, acquire a company, double their revenue and launch new products.
Christina helps her clients see what they cannot see and see what they can more clearly. Her clients describe her as dynamic, motivating, and direct.