Let's Get Visible® Podcast · Season 2, Episode 8

Empowering High-Performing Teams with Shelly McElroy

Leading teams of 120 in hospitality, imposter syndrome, and why there's no finish line.

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Welcome to Episode 8 in Season 2

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In this episode I'm joined by Shelly McElroy, whose career has always involved large groups of people and fast-paced environments. She's thrived in media, communications and hospitality, and has led teams of up to 120 people as a General Manager and Licensee.

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Show notes

Shelly's understanding of people, built through work, education and travel, means she can work across a wide range of industries with people from every background. She's particularly passionate about helping individuals reach their potential, which in turn lifts what they contribute to the team. Her strength is communication, and she uses the Leading Teams model as a blueprint for both her professional and personal life.

Episode highlights

Right place, right timeDiversity and multiculturalismDifferent training approachesThere's no finish lineJumping in the deep endImposter syndrome

"Working with good people that saw something in me, and being able to give it a hundred per cent."

Shelly McElroy

In Shelly's words

How she got there

"It was definitely hard work, blood, sweat and tears. I think it came from working with good people who saw something in me, and being able to give it a hundred per cent. When you're at your best, when you can share ideas and challenge what you're seeing in the workplace, it just evolves from there."

Everything under one roof

"Hospitality has diversity of talent and diversity of people. You work with people from literally every corner of the globe, from the chefs to the front-of-house staff to the managers, so you definitely learn how to communicate across cultures. Hospitality is one of those industries that has all of that under one roof."

Being seen by the right people

Shelly's career turned on people who saw something in her. In business, that only happens if the right people can see you in the first place.

If you're ready to make sure they can, The Visibility Bootcamp™ is where that starts.

Meet the guest

Shelly McElroy

Shelly has led teams of up to 120 people in hospitality, and now works with the Leading Teams model to help individuals and teams perform at their best.

Connect with Shelly on LinkedIn.

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