#5: Sadie Lincoln, Barre3

Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of the fitness franchise company, Barre3.

Sadie is on Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list and the MO100 Impact list, has been featured on NPR’s How I Built This, and speaks regularly on the topics of mindful leadership, the power of body wisdom, and the movement to redefine what success in fitness means. Beyond running her company and being a global spokesperson, Sadie still enjoys teaching barre3 classes to many of her founding clients in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.

In this episode, Sadie shares how their in-person business had to pivot during the pandemic, why she views running her business as a spiritual practice, the worst feedback she ever received, and the importance of having the right team around her.

[2:17] Building business was a spiritual practice

[5:14] Micro practices that bring her closer to her spiritual practices

[7:46] Shifting into a more confident state

[9:45] The founding story of Barre3

[16:39] During the pandemic

[33:26] A circle in Sadie’s leadership group

[37:41] Female leadership

[39:55] What else does Sadie wish she had known earlier on her journey?

[41:04] Sadie’s Advice

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