We were lucky to catch up with Courtney Green recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Courtney , thanks for joining us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?

To be successful requires:

1. Defining what success means to you. Your personal definition allows you to be clear on what it feels to be successful.
2. Knowing yourself and being 100% responsible for yourself. Taking full responsibility for your thoughts, your words, your behavior.
3. Living and leading with integrity, aligned with what matters most to you. How you live, how you lead speaks volumes of your character and what you value in this world.
4. Emotional maturity. Be fully present with yourself and others without judgment. Know your feelings and communicate them clearly from a place of calm, loving kindness.
5. Curious open-mindedness. Have a substantial tolerance for risk, understanding innovation comes from exploring the unknown with a beginner’s mind. There are an infinite number of solutions to any situation if you are open to learning.
These 5 key points on what I think it takes to be successful are based on my work with incredibly successful, happily fulfilled, innovative entrepreneurs and their leadership teams. The business leaders who are clearly living out these points are dominating their industries with efficiency, sustainable profitability, a 2% turnover or less, and revenue that is double or triple year over year.

Courtney , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Uplifting people and this planet matter most to me. I started my business, followed a career path, that does just that. Through coaching and consulting socially and environmentally conscious C-suite leaders, I support leaders and their teams who are changing the way we do business locally and globally. Their policies and culture support people expressing their fullest potential and joy. Their businesses, their companies, have impact missions which care for the earth’s wellness. I guide leaders with a direct, no b.s. approach so they can create what excites them. I passionately care about the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellness of these visionary leaders so they can authentically carry out what they are here for, revolutionizing the way we do business. Uplifting people and the planet in a straightforward, practical way.

I bring a lot of diverse skill sets to the table in my work. I am also a conflict resolution mediator, meeting people where they are at to help them communicate honestly and openly then develop creative solutions that feel fair and satisfying to all parties. An opportunity to work for the UN Peacekeeping mission as a special assignments Mediator working with global leaders will likely begin next year, which I am excited about. Also, I am taking the Colorado Bar Exam in 2024 to start my work as a water law and policy attorney. I believe everyone deserves access to pure, clean water and I take responsibility in doing my part to facilitate that access in a thoughtful, sustainable way. In these ways, I am continuing to live and lead aligned with my values.

Using my two partial PhD degrees in psychology, my JD law degree with environmental focus, mediation certification, and my experience serving in the active Army JAG Corps and the Air Force Reserves Medical Corps, I choose to compassionately serve people in a way that promotes peace and equality and caring for our planet Earth.

What’s worked well for you in terms of a source for new clients?

For me, the best source of new clients is simple. Be your authentic self doing what you love and what you’re good at and people will want to work with you and refer you. I show up fully for my clients and they appreciate the immense value they receive. They in turn sign-up their leadership teams to work with me. Outside business leaders and entrepreneurs take notice as they witness the success and joy these clients are experiencing and want to know their “secret.”

Also, of utmost importance is to always engage in my own learning, growing, reading, studying, addressing my “inner work” so that I can continue to serve clients from my highest and greatest self.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

January 2022 was a crack-open moment for me. Some could say – hitting a rock bottom of sorts. I made foolish decisions from my ego, rather than my heart center. My financial business decisions were based on my insecurity of needing recognition. I hired a very expensive marketing/PR firm that spoke to my ego and delivered what I actually needed. A slice of humility.

Spending all of my savings on this ego-directed decision to be in the limelight and pay for recognition resulted in nothing to show for it. No return, no new clients. I was emotionally immature and reacted with despair, depression, and self-loathing. I felt stupid. I was operating in a low vibration of self-awareness.

When the realization hit me that I was financially on the brink of my business collapse with no safety net, I was about to board the Saturday 6am bus, as head volunteer coach, to lead our high school team at the climbing competition. My head space, as you can imagine, was not great.

Cheering the kids on and offering climbing guidance, I thought I was doing a fairly good job at compartmentalizing my grief, my self-pity. I was not. A coaching friend from another team noticed. He came over and simply asked or rather stated, “you’re not ok, are you?” Tears began streaming down my face. In the midst of the comp mayhem, I cracked open. I was seen, felt understood. My heart cracked-open. Recognized I had closed my heart off by thinking I can do everything on my own, I don’t need help. Through this protectionist belief, I was closing off connections. Deeper connection to myself and with others.

That day, I began to ask for help for the first time. Opening up. Being vulnerable. Leading from my heart center as my head followed directives with inspired action. Life changed drastically for the better. Business improved tremendously. Vulnerability, aka realness, is a strength. Cultivated through self-knowledge. Shared through honest communication. Connects hearts, opens minds. Resilience. Being real in the moment. Knowing your strength originates from within.”

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– tim reha – philippe wheelock