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Exponentially Elevate Your Leadership Impact

Exponentially Elevate Your Leadership Impact

Di: Dr. Stephanie Duguid
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 Welcome to Exponentially Elevate Your Leadership Impact — the podcast for purpose-driven individuals who are ready to lead with boldness, authenticity, and unapologetic confidence. I'm your host, Dr. Stephanie Duguid — speaker, mentor, 30-year educator, leadership expert, best-selling author, and currently serving as Chief Strategic Officer of a growing small business in Mississippi. With decades of experience in education and leadership, I help individuals turn challenges into catalysts and ideas into action. This podcast is your monthly source for powerful leadership tools, mindset shifts, inspiring interviews, and strategies rooted in my Leadership Dance framework — designed to help you grow, serve, and lead with impact. Whether you're in a classroom, boardroom, or launching your own vision, this space is where your leadership expands — and your legacy begins.Dr. Stephanie Duguid Scienze sociali
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  • The Wolf Within: Trusting Your Instincts in Leadership

    The Wolf Within: Trusting Your Instincts in Leadership
    Feb 25 2026

    Episode Description

    What shapes a leader long before the title ever arrives?

    In this meaningful and inspiring episode, Dr. Stephanie Duguid welcomes Dr. Kris Tolman to explore a leadership journey shaped by faith, mentorship, and authentic growth.

    Kris shares how her early leadership experiences in her religious community, including organizing youth camps and leading volunteers, helped her develop vision, resilience, and a heart for serving others. Without formal training at first, she learned by doing, discovering that leadership is less about control and more about care, clarity, and empowering people to succeed.

    A pivotal mentor helped Kris see her potential before she fully recognized it herself, preparing her for larger opportunities such as leading the NYSOT conference. There, she focused on creating a positive, collaborative experience built on trust, teamwork, and shared ownership of the vision.

    Together, Stephanie and Kris discuss imposter syndrome, embracing mistakes as growth opportunities, and navigating leadership transitions with courage. Kris introduces the idea of tapping into her "wolf self," choosing paths that feel freeing rather than constrained and trusting her instincts when facing change.

    They also reflect on the importance of boundaries, reconnecting with nature, daily habits that sustain strong leadership, and aligning decisions with personal values rather than external expectations.

    This conversation is a powerful reminder that leadership is not about perfection or performance. It is about alignment, service, growth, and trusting who you are becoming.

    Serve with goodness. Lead with greatness. Educate with impact.

    🎧 Listen now: https://www.drstephanieduguid.com/podcast

    Guest Info:

    Dr. Kris Tolman

    Dr. Kris Tolman is a trained life coach and business owner of Life By Design Coaching and Training. Most recently she was the Interim Associate Director for the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) where she led programming that supported student success, faculty development, and inclusive educational practices, including organizing and directing The NISOD Conference. Before joining NISOD, Kris held roles in faculty development and served as a professor at Austin Community College (ACC). Kris completed her PhD in Adult, Professional, and Continuing Education at Texas State University, where her research focused on barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, the relationship between adult development and adult learning, and fostering mindset shifts through developmental programs. Through her work, Kris continues to champion empowering educational environments that support all learners. As a coach, she guides people in learning to listen to their inner voice and supports them in creating the life they want to live.

    Guest: Dr. Kris Tolman

    Website: www.kristolman.com

    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristine-tolman

    Host: Dr. Stephanie Duguid, Owner, Do Good Leadership

    Website: www.drstephanieduguid.com

    Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.rectorduguid

    Facebook (Group): https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodLeadership

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstephanieduguid/
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    58 min
  • Leading Beyond Titles: Three Women's Journey from Education and Corporate Careers to Aligned Entrepreneurship

    Leading Beyond Titles: Three Women's Journey from Education and Corporate Careers to Aligned Entrepreneurship
    Jan 28 2026

    Episode Description

    What happens when capable, service-driven women realize the systems they've succeeded in no longer reflect how they want to lead or live?

    In this episode of Exponentially Elevate Your Leadership Impact, Dr. Stephanie Duguid joins Megan and Ellie, co-owners of Zestful Media and Design, for an honest conversation about three parallel leadership journeys — each rooted in values, alignment, and courage.

    Dr. Duguid shares her own shift from a long career in education into thought leadership, authorship, and entrepreneurship grounded in integrity and impact. Megan and Ellie reflect on their transitions from corporate real estate and corporate tech into value-driven entrepreneurship, where they now support women-owned businesses through authentic branding, website design, and strategic systems.

    Together, they explore what it looks like to step away from burnout, redefine leadership beyond titles, and build businesses that honor clarity, collaboration, and sustainable growth. The conversation touches on imposter syndrome, market research, mentorship, and the importance of creating work that reflects who you are — not who the system expected you to be.

    This episode is for women educators and leaders who are navigating change, questioning what's next, or feeling called to lead differently. It's a reminder that aligned leadership doesn't require abandoning your past — it asks you to build forward with intention.

    🎧 Listen now: https://www.drstephanieduguid.com/podcast

    Guest Info:

    Megan Harrington and Ellie Johnson

    Megan and Ellie are the co-owners of Zestful Media & Design, where they help
    entrepreneurs build businesses that are both beautiful and profitable. After leaving
    behind burnout, unpredictable income, and toxic 9–5 jobs, they each discovered the
    power of systems, strategy, and design to create freedom and stability for their families.


    In January 2025, they teamed up—Ellie bringing the backend strategy and automations,
    and Megan bringing the brand identity, web design, and funnel expertise. Together,
    they've built a six-figure business as brand, web design, and funnel experts doing done-
    for-you services for female entrepreneurs—and now they're starting to teach other
    service providers how to build a successful business of their own using the exact
    strategies they used to scale to multi-6-figures.

    Guests: Megan Harrington and Ellie Johnson

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zestfulmediadesign/

    TikTok (JUST started it): https://www.tiktok.com/@zestfulmediadesign

    30 Free Social Media Canva Templates: https://www.zestfulmediadesign.com/30-canva-temps

    Marketing Megamind: https://www.zestfulmediadesign.com/megamind

    Host: Dr. Stephanie Duguid, Owner, Do Good Leadership

    Website: www.drstephanieduguid.com

    Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.rectorduguid

    Facebook (Group): https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodLeadership

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-duguid/

    Free Leadership Mindset Quiz: https://www.drstephanieduguid.com/leadershipmindset-quiz
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    58 min
  • Stronger Together: Leadership, Purpose, and the Power of Community Colleges with Dani Walker

    Stronger Together: Leadership, Purpose, and the Power of Community Colleges with Dani Walker
    Dec 31 2025
    Episode Description In this episode of Exponentially Elevate Your Leadership Impact, Dr. Stephanie Duguid welcomes Dani Walker, Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation at Louisiana Delta Community College, for an inspiring and transparent conversation about leadership in higher education, authentic impact, and the deep purpose behind community college work. Dani shares her leadership journey beginning with her college sorority presidency, where she first learned that leadership is not about popularity — it's about responsibility, courage, and doing the right thing even when others may not agree. She opens up about the mindset shifts, mentors, and lived experiences that shaped her unique leadership style, firmly grounded in authenticity and a "wear your own shoes" approach. Together, Stephanie and Dani explore leadership impact, self-awareness, and the power of "we-based" decision-making in organizational success. Dani shares the grounding habits that fuel her productivity — waking up at 4 AM, exercising before sunrise, and carving out quiet time to center herself before the workday begins. They discuss motherhood, marriage, sharing responsibilities at home, and embracing the strengths that women leaders often downplay — such as multitasking, emotional intelligence, and organizational excellence. The conversation deepens around community colleges as life-changing institutions. Dani and Stephanie share powerful stories of second chances, prison education programs, adult learners rebuilding their futures, and the ripple effect of accessible, high-quality pathways that help students rewrite their economic and educational trajectories. Dani also shares her SACS accreditation journey — stepping into uncertainty, building an institutional effectiveness department from scratch, and leading cross-departmental teams with clarity, communication, and positivity. She reframed accreditation from a fearful process into an opportunity for institutional growth, collaboration, and excellence. This episode is a compelling reminder that leadership in higher education is personal, purposeful, and profoundly impactful. It's about staying true to who you are, embracing challenges as growth, and leading with both backbone and heart. 🎧 Listen now: https://www.drstephanieduguid.com/podcast Guest Info: Dr. Dani Martin Walker Dani Walker is the Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation at Louisiana Delta Community College with 10 years of experience in higher education. Specializing in effective organization, curriculum, and accreditation, Dani uses that experience to maintain accurate policies, effective procedures, and SACSCOC accreditation for Delta. By focusing on trends in higher education, more specifically the community college, Dani has been able to put her Doctorate in Higher Education from Texas A&M Commerce to good use. Dani's strengths have garnered some recognition in being nominated for and participation in Leadership Ouachita in 2021, receiving the Northeast Louisiana Top 20 Under 40 in 2022, and nomination and participation in Leadership Franklin in 2023. While Dani spends her days at Louisiana Delta Community College, it's the students that LDCC serves that gets them up in the morning. When she isn't at Louisiana Delta Community College, Dani loves spending time with her husband, Wade, who works as a crop consultant most weekends and her two children, Preston (6) and Celia (5), who love to be outside and into everything! Guest: Dr. Dani Martin Walker LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dani-martin-walker-edd-b7068213b Host: Dr. Stephanie Duguid, Owner, Do Good Leadership Website: www.drstephanieduguid.com Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.rectorduguid Facebook (Group): https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodLeadership LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-duguid/
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    56 min
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