214: Why You Need to Learn to Leap as a Leader with Kris Baker

In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Kris Baker, the president of leading sports tech company Demosphere. Kris's journey to success is anything but a straight line—it's a series of bold leaps and reinventions that have led her to where she is today. Her zigzag career path, filled with setbacks, misfires, and missteps, has not hindered her success but rather fueled it.

Kris shares how she has identified and acted on opportunities with courage, stepping away from toxic environments and making purposeful decisions that have been fundamental to her growth and resilience. We explore the importance of embracing a zigzag career journey, understanding how these leaps can shape your leadership and personal career path.

Whether you’re feeling trapped in your career or looking for inspiration to take control and reinvent yourself - tune in to learn how to navigate your own zigzag path to success and take crucial leaps of faith to become a stronger, more resilient leader.

We dive into:

• Kris’s zigzag career journey and how it has fueled her success
• Taking leaps of faith and creating purposeful goals that are right for YOU
• Culture, leadership, and toxicity
• Kris’s insights on career development and job searching strategies
• Exploring the zig-zag approach to your career
• And more

**Useful links**

• Connect with today’s guest and sponsor, Kris Baker:
  • Follow Demosphere: 
    • W: www.demosphere.com, 
    • LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/demosphere-inc/
    • FB: https://www.facebook.com/demosphere
    • IG: https://instagram.com/demosphere 
  • Follow Kris:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristbaker/
• Kris’ book recommendations: 
  • The Purpose of Your Life by Carol Adrienne
  • Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
• If you are ready to uplevel your career, get unstuck or you are simply ready to unlock those leadership time-management techniques then join us in my monthly career & leadership coaching program exclusively for women in tech: https://www.tonicollis.com/academy 
• Catch the show notes, and more details about today's episode here: https://tonicollis.com/episode214 
• Check us out on Youtube.
• Join the Leading Women in Tech community in Slack where we discuss all-the-things for women’s tech leadership, covering everything from early-career leadership to C-level executives.

This episode was sponsored by our guest, Kris Baker of Demosphere. Thank you Kris for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community!