The Made For More Podcast
The Made For More Podcast
Ally Nitschke
067: The Most Important Leadership Skills for 2023 and Beyond with Karen Brown
36 minutes Posted May 29, 2023 at 9:30 pm.
Why do professional athletes make the best leaders and entrepreneurs? Which unique qualities among successful athletes can translate into the business world? In this episode, I got to interview Karen Brown, an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, and Founder of Batch Tested - a company on a mission to ensure no athlete returns a positive drug test due to a contaminated supplement or nutritional product. What I absolutely loved about Karen is her ability to wear many hats - Pharmacist, Pharmacy Owner, Founder, Director, Leader, Speaker and most proudly wife and mum.Tune in to hear Karen drop nugget after nugget on how the busiest people get things done, why nothing exciting happens in equilibrium, and the building blocks of kind, connected, and courageous leadership. This one’s an absolute banger! Topics We Discussed Include:Introduction
Getting to Know Karen Brown
Why Karen Chose to Pursue Pharmacy
Balancing Study and Professional Sports
 How the Busiest People Get More Things Done
The Benefits of Living in the Present
Karen’s First Taste of Entrepreneurship
Why Leaders Need to Stop Trying to Fix Everything
The Concept of Coaching in Leadership
Batch Tested and What It's All About
Top 5 tips for leaders and upcoming leaders
Parting thoughts
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Why do professional athletes make the best leaders and entrepreneurs? Which unique qualities among successful athletes can translate into the business world? In this episode, I got to interview Karen Brown, an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, and Founder of Batch Tested - a company on a mission to ensure no athlete returns a positive drug test due to a contaminated supplement or nutritional product. What I absolutely loved about Karen is her ability to wear many hats - Pharmacist, Pharmacy Owner, Founder, Director, Leader, Speaker and most proudly wife and mum.Tune in to hear Karen drop nugget after nugget on how the busiest people get things done, why nothing exciting happens in equilibrium, and the building blocks of kind, connected, and courageous leadership. This one’s an absolute banger! Topics We Discussed Include:Introduction (00:00)Getting to Know Karen Brown (03:34)Why Karen Chose to Pursue Pharmacy (06:20)Balancing Study and Professional Sports (08:49) How the Busiest People Get More Things Done (10:39)The Benefits of Living in the Present (13:50)Karen’s First Taste of Entrepreneurship (17:53)Why Leaders Need to Stop Trying to Fix Everything (21:58)The Concept of Coaching in Leadership (24:50)Batch Tested and What It's All About (28:10)Top 5 tips for leaders and upcoming leaders (32:57)Parting thoughts (34:54)Links and Resources:Karen’s LinkedInBatchtested.com.auConnect With Ally NitschkeMadeformore.com.auConnect with me on LinkedInConnect with me on Instagram and FacebookSubscribe to my YouTube channelGet our Courageous Conversations Guide