E187. Authenticity is Leadership Superpower, Erin Hatzikostas Author, Speaker, former CEO of 9 figure business

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On PivotMe today, we talk to Erin Hatzikostas, a former Corporate CEO turned Professional Pot-Stirrer. At age 42, she became the CEO of a 9-figure company, and in just three years, she took a struggling company and led a massive turnaround, tripling earnings and sending employee engagement skyrocketing. Erin is the best-selling author of You Do You(ish), a TEDx, keynote speaker, coach-sultant, and co-host of an offbeat career and leadership podcast, b Cause with Erin & Nicole. Her talks have reached hundreds of thousands of people, and her thought leadership has been featured on ABC, and CBS and published in Business Insider, Fast Company, and Well+Good, among several others.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She explains how she pivoted using the fifty percent rule by doing things halfway how people wanted and the other half curating things with her own authenticity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to learn about Erin’s six steps to strategic authenticity (H.U.M.A.N.S) – purposeful humility, being unexpected, having a model mindset, adapting to others, narrating stories, and having a spark for others. You will also learn the importance of giving yourself permission to experiment and letting go of your ego to master authentic leadership. </span></p> <p><strong>Pivotal Questions Asked:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[3:16] With your impressive corporate career, what was the catalyst to pivot out of that career?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[13:10] Did you have a role model who guided you into doing it your own way?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[16:16] Explain to us why authenticity really matters and how you implement it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[30:49] What are the steps for a pivoter to bring m