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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 You Can See Everyone Else’s Blind Spots — But Not Your Own
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Why is it so easy to see exactly what others need to do —
and so hard to move yourself forward?
In this episode, we dive into Adult Development Theory and explore why this isn’t about clarity, confidence or strategy.
Based on the work of developmental psychologist Robert Kegan, we explore:
• The difference between intelligence and developmental capacity
• What it means when something “has control over you” vs. when you “have control over it”
• Why your fears are easier to see in others than in yourself
• The three stages of adult development relevant for founders
• How your current leadership structure may be limiting your next level
Your business grows in complexity, visibility and responsibility.
If your internal leadership doesn’t evolve with it, growth stalls.
Not because you’re incapable.
But because you’re still inside the stage that needs to develop.
If you haven’t listened to Episode 1 yet, start there to understand the full foundation of this series.
In the next episode we are diving into: Why we unconsciously block our own growth — and how identity protects itself.