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Bold LeadHERS | Episode 5 – Courtney Lynch

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Lorri Rishar, MBA, Owner & CEO, EDGE Partnerships, Lansing, joins Becky Burtka, VP of member engagement, Michigan Chamber, Lansing, MI.

Together they Co-Host the new MBN show “BOLD LeadHERS”

Bold LeadHERS Ep. 5: Lorri & Becky talk with Courtney Lynch who discusses a deep dive into leadership—how service, resilience, and purpose shape success in business, life, and personal growth. listen on the SoundCloud Podcast shared below: 

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Courtney Lynch:

Holding this recent discussion over four 6 minute segments.

U.S. Marine Veteran. Now, owner of the firm Lead Star where they help professionals become stronger leaders, in addition to being a New York Times bestselling author.

Courtney served as a Marine Corps officer, managed a top-notch sales team for Rational

Software (now owned by IBM), earned her law degree at William & Mary and started Lead Star,

a leadership development consulting firm along with being a coach and strategy advisor, along

with being the author of a New York Times best selling book.

  • Where did your professional journey begin?
  • What made you decide to launch Leadstar?
  • What inspired you to write your first book?
  • What’s it like working with such big/influential clients like Google,

L’Oréal, Fedex, etc?

  • Did your service as a Marine inspire you to start Lead Star?
  • Your work at Lead Star has been noted by publications like Harvard

Business Review, what’s your advice on how you got to that point?

  • You’ve had a lot of career changes along the way, was that more needing a change of scenery or feeling stagnant in certain positions and needing to try something new?
  • Some of your biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
  • Does being a mom influence your leadership skills?

In this episode, Lorri and Becky met with business owner and NY times best selling author Courtney Lynch to discuss what leadership means to her. Courtney has an extensive background in leadership leading from her time in the U.S. Marines to opening her own consulting firm, Lead Star.

Courtney also has written multiple books on 
what it means to lead yourself and others. Tune in to hear how leadership has impacted not only Courtney but Lorri and Becky as well.

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