🎧 Listen to Episode 1: How to Lead with Joy, Grace, and Creative Impact: Lessons from Amazon Leader Justin Honaman

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What does it look like to lead with heart in high-performance environments—and still drive results...

🎧 Listen to Episode 3: The Soft Skills That Shape Strong Leaders with Dr. Susan Dean

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When Dr. Susan Dean talks about leadership, you don’t just hear theory. You feel lived experience.

She’s stood in the sweltering heat picking bad blueberries off...

Over the past several months, I’ve been speaking inside some of the world’s most recognizable brands —from Harvard, to Fortune 500 companies like Kraft Heinz, Campbells, Haleon and Outback Steakhouse—talking to executives who are carrying tremendous responsibility. These are people who have checked ...

Put Me In, Coach—I'm SO Ready to Bloom

I played sports from middle school all the way through college.
I practiced. I prepared. I ran. I sprinted. I played hard. I rested.
And then I did it all over again.

(sounds a lot like corporate life, doesn’t it?)

I was beat up and bruised—but I loved the gam...

There’s just something about spring, isn’t there?

Almost every winter I think it’s going to stay forever. The cold, gray, wintry mix. And then one day, it’s warmer and the trees are budding and the tulips start blooming. And I think, oh yes, here you are spring, right on time and so very needed.

T...

I’m going to tell you a little story.

I am a naturally positive person. It shows up in every personality test I take. I can always see the bright side of a situation. I naturally look to solve problems, roll up my sleeves and get to it. 

Apparently, this can be wildly irritating.

At least it was ...

Do you ever get the feeling that you really need to do something and there is a bit of urgency to it?

For example, the feeling says “I should pull off the highway now to grab gas.” Then, after you fill up and get back on the highway, you realize there has been a car accident and that could have bee...

We all know today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world of business requires some pretty thick skin. Results and performance are the primary focus with cost cutting the omnipotent threat to morale and job security. But, what if a leader could bring more than expertise and profit acumen to the game? What...