In this episode, Brin’na discusses the importance of belief in leadership, especially during the holiday season. She shares personal experiences from her career at Target, emphasizing how recognizing and nurturing potential in team members can lead to remarkable transformations.

Brin’na encourages leaders to give the gift of belief, which can significantly impact individuals' self-perception and performance, especially in high-pressure environments like retail during the holidays.

Takeaways

1. The best leaders give gifts of belief all year long.
2. Recognition should not wait for performance reviews.
3. Belief in others can ignite their inner strength.
4. Leadership is about seeing what others can't see in themselves.
5. The gift of belief costs nothing but is invaluable.
6. Fun and performance can coexist even in challenging times.

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In this episode, Brin’na discusses the true essence of legacy, emphasizing that it is not defined by grand achievements but rather by the small, often unnoticed choices we make every day. Through personal anecdotes, she illustrates how these moments of connection and integrity shape our leadership legacy. Brin’na challenges listeners to reflect on their daily choices and the impact they have on others, reinforcing that true leadership is about making meaningful connections, especially when no one is watching.

✨ Key Takeaways ✨

🌱 Your leadership legacy isn’t built in the big moments.

🧩 It’s the small choices that define your legacy.

💖 People remember how you made them feel.

🤝 Choose connection over convenience in leadership.

👀 Legacy is built in moments when nobody is watching.

🪞 The choices you make shape your team’s perception of you.

🛡️ Integrity matters, even when it’s inconvenient.

🔍 Reflect on your daily choices and their impact.

⏳ Patience and curiosity are vital in leadership.

🌟 Your legacy is created through everyday interactions.

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In this powerful Q4-focused episode, Brin’na Rollins Williams pulls back the curtain on what REALLY determines whether your team enters 2026 energized or exhausted. Spoiler: it’s not the metrics. It’s the culture.

Brin’na shares a raw personal story from her Target leadership days—one that exposed how easy it is for leaders to chase numbers while unknowingly creating internal dysfunction. She breaks down how to uncover what’s actually happening within your team during the most high-pressure season of the year, and how a few intentional shifts can transform burnout into loyalty, engagement, and sustainable success.

Whether you’re managing a sales floor, running a business, or leading a team through the holiday rush, this episode gives you the exact questions, mindset, and micro-habits to build a culture people fight to be part of.

Key Talking Points

✨ How Q4 pressure exposes the truth about your team's culture—not the version you hope exists

✨ The Target story: the painful moment Brin’na realized numbers were rising while her people were silently drowning

✨ Three simple shifts (borrowed from client success) that boosted engagement, retention, and performance—without spending a dollar

✨ The essential Q4 questions leaders must ask to diagnose culture, build psychological safety, and start 2026 strong

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In this electric, high-energy episode, marketing consultant and strategist Sarah Gemmell brings her signature humor, depth, and raw honesty to the Legacy Lounge. From addictions counseling to fitness entrepreneurship to leading a breakout marketing agency, Sarah’s path is anything but traditional—and every chapter shaped the powerhouse she is today.

This conversation dives into leadership myths, navigating team dynamics, staying authentic while scaling, and the real skills founders need before hiring. It’s fast, funny, and packed with practical wisdom entrepreneurs will come back to again and again.

⭐️ Key Moments

💥 From Addiction Counseling to Entrepreneurship

Sarah shares how her psychology degree, empathy, and early work in social services unexpectedly laid the foundation for the way she leads today.

🏋️ The Fitness Business That Broke Her (Literally) & Built Her Leadership

After breaking her back and undergoing spinal fusion, Sarah had to pivot into online entrepreneurship—discovering both her strengths and her leadership blind spots.

📉 The Moment She Realized: “I Suck at Leading a Team”

Her first experience managing a 12-person fitness team revealed the leadership skills no one teaches solopreneurs—and the mindset shifts she needed to grow.

🧩 The Skill Every Entrepreneur Misses: Leading Clients

Sarah breaks down the myth that “leadership starts when you hire,” and explains why client leadership, expectation-setting, and honest feedback matter just as much.

🔥 Authenticity While Scaling: What Sarah Will Never Delegate

She shares the guardrails that protect her energy, integrity, and impact—including why she always keeps the human at the center of her business.

Connect with Sarah Gemmell

https://www.instagram.com/sarahgemmell_/

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In this solo episode, Brin’na delivers a powerful and perspective-shifting lesson every leader needs to hear—your team goes home and talks about you at the dinner table… every single night. The only question is: what are they saying, and why?

Drawing from her years leading thousands at Target, Brin’na breaks down the three types of dinner-table conversations your leadership creates, how to audit your current impact, and the simple but transformative shifts that build trust, credibility, and true influence.

This episode is concise, potent, and guaranteed to change how you show up in every interaction this week.

⭐️ Key Moments

🟣 The Leadership Reality Check

Brin’na reveals that your leadership presence becomes part of your team’s nightly conversations—and why ignoring this truth costs leaders more than they realize.

🟣 The Three Dinner Table Conversations

Energizing, draining, and neutral conversations—and why neutral might actually be the most dangerous for your leadership legacy.

🟣 What Good Leaders Do Differently

From the two-minute rule to consistent follow-through, Brin’na breaks down the three traits that create energizing dinner-table stories.

🟣 How to Audit Your Impact

She shares powerful clues hidden in energy shifts, work language, and retention patterns that reveal how your leadership is really landing.

🟣 Three Immediate Shifts to Lead Better This Week

Actionable prompts, better questions, and small follow-ups that dramatically change how people feel in your presence.

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In this deeply moving and wisdom-packed conversation, Olivia Nunn opens up about the moments that nearly broke her—and the profound resilience, faith, and leadership lessons that rebuilt her life. From 20 years of service in the U.S. Army, to navigating identity loss, divorce, suicidal ideation, and rediscovering her feminine strength through pageantry, Olivia brings unmatched authenticity and clarity to what it means to become unbreakable.

This episode is a masterclass in vulnerability, leadership, healing, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life one brave step at a time.

⭐️ Key Moments

🌟 The Power of Risking It All for Love & Life

Olivia unpacks her signature quote—“To have it all, you have to risk it all”—and how divorce, vulnerability, and rebuilding reshaped her relationship to love, identity, and success.

🌟 The Leadership Lie That Nearly Broke Her

She reveals the military-ingrained belief that asking for help equals weakness, and how carrying that pressure as a woman in a male-dominated field pushed her toward rock bottom.

🌟 Surviving the Storm: Her Rock Bottom & Road Back

Olivia shares the raw moment she planned her own death—and the divine intervention and phone call that changed everything.

🌟 Relearning Feminine Leadership Through Pageantry

From combat boots to 6-inch heels, Olivia explains how pageantry helped her reconnect to femininity and bring grace into her leadership style.

🌟 Veteran Leadership, Misconceptions & How to Support

She breaks down what civilian leaders often misunderstand about veterans—and simple, meaningful ways communities can support military families today.

Connect with Olivia Nunn

https://www.instagram.com/the_olivianunn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-j-nunn

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In this episode of the Legacy Lounge, Brin'na interviews Liz Garcia, CEO of Storage Theory, discussing the challenges and triumphs of scaling a business while maintaining personal well-being. Liz shares her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship, emphasizing the importance of time management, leadership under pressure, and creating opportunities. The conversation highlights the significance of taking radical responsibility for one's choices and the impact of personal experiences on professional growth. Liz's story serves as an inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs to pursue their passions and make a positive impact in the world.

Takeaways

⭐ Creating opportunities is essential when they aren't readily available.

⭐ Leadership under pressure requires discipline and radical responsibility.

⭐ Reflecting on accomplishments can boost confidence and motivation.

⭐ It's important to prioritize mental health while pursuing business goals.

⭐ Every failure is a learning opportunity, not a setback.

⭐ Your legacy should focus on the positive impact you make on others.

Connecting with Liz

Shop: https://www.amazon.com/storagetheory

Website: https://www.storagetheory.com

IG (Liz): @lizgarcia.me

IG (Storage Theory): @storagetheory

TikTok: @storagetheory

Product Testers: Storage Theory is looking for 3-5 product testers! (We mail free product in return for an IG or TT review.) If interested, DM Liz the word “TESTER” on IG or email her at info@storagetheory.com. (Add “TESTER” in subject line.)

Product-based Coaching: Liz and her husband, Matt, now coach product-based companies to help them scale to 6 and 7 figures. (Both on and off Amazon.) If interested in having a conversation, schedule a free 30 minute clarity call with Liz HERE. https://calendly.com/storagetheory-info/30min

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At just 22 years old, Jaiden Ryker runs a six-figure digital marketing agency with clients across 17 cities—and a team of five. But her journey from college dorm room dreams to leading a fast-growing business wasn’t easy.

In this powerful conversation, Brin’na and Jaiden dive into:

• The moment she realized she couldn’t do it all alone and the lessons learned from hiring her first team member.
• How burnout and high cortisol levels became her wake-up call to delegate and lead differently.
• The mindset shift from “I have to prove myself” to “I know my worth.”
• Turning a painful firing and dismissal from a former employer into the fuel that launched her business.
• Her “I don’t chase, I attract” philosophy—and how it’s created sustainable, aligned success without ad spend.
• Overcoming age bias and owning her authenticity as a young female entrepreneur in leadership spaces.
• Why networking with intention and building genuine relationships beats every cold DM strategy out there.

Jaiden shares the raw, real side of entrepreneurship: the long nights, the self-doubt, and the powerful rewards of staying aligned with purpose and integrity. Her story proves that success isn’t about age—it’s about energy, consistency, and self-belief.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Delegate or Drown: Growth requires trust. Leadership begins when you let others in.
• Authenticity Wins: You don’t need to “act older” to lead effectively—just own your story.
• Transform Rejection into Fuel: The words “you’ll never make it” can become your greatest motivator.
• Relationships Over Sales: Real connection will always outperform the hard pitch.
• Energy Speaks Louder Than Age: Presence, professionalism, and purpose attract the right opportunities.
• Trust Timing: Growth arrives when you’re ready for it—not when you demand it.

📲 Connect with Jaiden

Instagram: @SocialBuzzDigital

Website: socialbuzzdigitalmarketing.com

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