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The Blue Sofa: Beyond Strategy — Leadership & Growth for Women in Business
Welcome to The Blue Sofa: Beyond Strategy — a podcast about leadership and business growth for women in business.
I’m Mia Poulsen, and this is where we go deeper than tactics.
Because at some point, growth is no longer about learning another strategy. It is about developing the leadership required to hold more complexity, visibility, responsibility, and scale.
Inside each episode, we explore the architecture of sustainable growth. We talk about decision-making, developmental psychology, identity shifts, and the internal structures that determine how far your business can actually expand.
This is not a podcast about trends or quick wins.
It is a space for thoughtful conversations about what it means to grow as a female leader — to increase capacity, to evolve your authority, and to build a business that reflects who you are becoming.
If you are ready to move beyond strategy and into leadership, you are in the right place.
New episodes drop every week.
The Blue Sofa: Beyond Strategy — Leadership & Growth for Women in Business
Transformational Leadership: Why Growth Requires a New Version of You
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For the next couple of weeks, I’m doing something different on my podcast The Blue Sofa.
I’m launching a full series on transformational leadership.
And before you think this is about motivation, inspiration, or “stepping into your power” — let me be very clear.
It’s not.
Transformational leadership is a scientific field of study.
It’s researched. Documented. Tested.
And it explains something I’ve observed for over 14 years:
Businesses don’t stall because of lack of strategy.
They stall because the leader reaches a threshold.
And no matter how much strategy you add, you don’t expand.
Your business will only grow to the level of leadership you can hold.
Every level of revenue, complexity, and responsibility requires a different internal structure.
When that internal leadership doesn’t evolve, growth stalls.
Not because you’re incapable.
But because your current identity is protecting you.
And that is what this series is all about.
In this series, I’m breaking down:
• How leaders develop through stages of complexity
• Why we unconsciously block our own growth
• The difference between transactional and transformational leadership
• How to lead from your future instead of reacting to your past
Listen to Episode 36 on The Blue Sofa here: Transformational Leadership: Why Growth Requires a New Version of You
If you’ve hit a glass ceiling that no amount of strategy seems to break — this series is for you.