Transform My Dance Studio – The Podcast For Dance Studio Owners

Innovation is what distinguishes between a leader and a follower 💡

In the Episode 5 of 6: Innovate To Thrive Podcast, Kelli Leighton tells us about the most successful new role she’s created on her team that helped change their mindset on approaching challenges, finding solutions, and never using the words "but that's how we've always done it".

Direct download: Ep448_The1RoleYouNeedToFillThisSeasonV2.mp3
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Is your brand a true representation of where your business is heading, or is it a reflection of just how it's always been done? 

In this podcast episode, our host of the Innovate To Thrive series, Kelli Leighton shares the 3 keys on how to navigate through the innovation process 🚀 and the dangers of listening to alumni and besties during a rebrand.
Direct download: Ep447_Not-You-Ordinary-StudioV3.mp3
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Whether we like it or not, being open to change is crucial for running a successful business and in this week’s episode of the Transform My Dance Studio podcast, guest host Kelli Leighton is sharing some of her most vulnerable moments in order to inspire you in finding and protecting your vision.

“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity and not as a threat.”

In episode #3 of this limited series “Innovate & Thrive” with Kelli Leighton, you’re invited to join us as we take a deep dive into:


  • What it really took for studio owners to constantly pivot and innovate every single day through the pandemic, and the lessons we can take into the future.
  • How to keep the innovative mindset that we have each been forced to create, and how to flex and reshape it into a muscle that is an asset to our business.
  • What could happen if we allow ourselves to continue breaking out of our established patterns in order to look at things in a new way.


Kelli also shares the unlimited thinking strategies she has used in a way that ensures she is always managing change on her own terms.

“Innovation is change that unlocks new value.”

Direct download: EP446_CopingAndThrivingThroughChange.mp3
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Is your business truly a reflection of your vision? 

Or is it a collection of other people's opinions and definitions of success? 🤔

In part 2 of her podcast series, Innovate to Thrive, Kelli Leighton is sharing 3 big, scary questions she asked herself, her staff, and her most loyal clients that lead to a decision to rebuild her entire business.

Direct download: EP445_TheMostImportantQuestionsYoullEverNeedToAnswerInYourStudio.mp3
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This week we are so delighted to be introducing a brand new 6-week series here on the podcast, with guest host Kelli Leighton for the inspiring ‘Innovate & Thrive' series, powered by the Transform My Dance Studio Podcast.
Kelli is not only a member and guest coach inside the Dance Studio Owners Inner Circle, she is also the Owner and Artistic Director of Leighton Dance Project in California.

Just like so many dance studio owners, Kelli is a “creative” at heart, but what makes Kelli stand out as a leader in our industry is her ability to harness her creativity into innovation and action!

Over the next 6 weeks Kelli will help you discover the difference between being creative and innovative, and share her tools and tips for turning your dreaming into doing. Kelli will show you how you too can lead a creative, forward-thinking business through innovation and acting upon your creativity.

You’ll finally discover how to use your creative brain as your secret weapon!

When Kelli’s business was struggling most, she realized that if she could learn to bring her innovative self to the table in every aspect of her business, she could actually enjoy both the creative and the business aspects of owning a dance studio.

Because it wasn't enough to be just creative.
Anyone can come up with creative ideas, but so few are able to put them into action, and in this groundbreaking episode, Kelli shares the 3 keys that have helped her develop and execute the innovative ideas that have translated into a thriving, million-dollar dance business.

 
Direct download: InnovateToThriveEp1.mp3
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