Shelly Archer is a partner and co-owner of 360 Destination Group, a full-service destination management company powered by a culture of respect, responsiveness, and creativity. Here are a few of Shelly’s key leadership qualities that we touch on in this episode of Garage to Goliath:

  1. Shared Values – Shelly and I share some important leadership values. We value being happy, pursuing humor in life, and showing empathy toward others. As effective leaders, we all spend time with our families and our employees and we as leaders have the opportunity to give the people in our lives the incredible gifts of fun and empathy. I love how Shelly is making those gifts part of her leadership legacy.

  2. Authenticity – Shelly values and practices authenticity in her life and you’ll enjoy how she talks about it in this interview.

  3. Work-life Presence – I learned a while back that I don’t want to strive for work-life balance, rather I want to pursue work-life presence. I appreciate that Shelly is mindful of this presence in her life.

Shelly’s story is particularly empowering for female leaders; you can indeed be a great mom and have a fulfilling career. Shelly wanted both and deliberately created both in her life.  Her real practice of leadership is when she realized that because the flexibility to be a present mom and an effective business leader was so important to her, she wanted to give that flexibility away to other people on the teams she leads by creating a company culture that honors work-life presence.

Listen to Episode 10 of Garage to Goliath to hear how Shelly infuses the leadership qualities of fun and authenticity into her life; it will inspire you to do the same in yours.

Lead well,

 

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Show Timestamps:

  • About Shelly Archer, 360 Destination Group, and Shelly’s path to destination management [1:07]

  • What does a destination management company do [3:06]

  • Shelly talks about the first person she hired at 360 DG [3:50]

  • Shelly talks about her big why [5:22]

  • Shelly talks about what lifelong learning means to her [7:11]

  • Shelly talks about her personal values that guide her life [9:05]

  • What does Shelly spend her time thinking about [11:41]

  • How does Shelly do to strive to get to the next best version of herself [12:25]

  • The one piece of advice Shelly would give to her 20-year-old self [13:59]

  • Shelly explains her leadership philosophy and style [14:35]

  • Shelly shares some of the hard times and challenges for her company [18:41]

  • How does Shelly create a vision for her team to follow [20:53]

  • Shelly describes a time when she wasn’t leading well and how she changed [23:10]

  • What is the one trait Shelly looks for in her top people [25:04]

  • Shelly describes the type of people in her kitchen cabinet [25:57]

  • The one word Shelly uses to describe her business [27:27]

  • How does Shelly create and foster the culture at her company [29:03]

  • What does Shelly think is the most important decision she makes as a leader [30:52]

  • The one thing Shelly says is necessary for her company to maintain a competitive advantage [31:51]

  • What is left that Shelly wants to accomplish [33:24]

  • Shelly talks about what would make her feel more fulfilled [34:59]

  • 360 DG’s big why beyond profit [36:47]

  • Shelly’s mentor and person who has impacted her life as a leader [39:31]

  • Shelly talks about the people she gets to mentor [40:51]

  • Shelly shares how she wants her children to describe her to her grandchildren [45:49]