I’m thrilled to share this week’s Leading with Respect conversation with Lacee Jacobs, a dear friend, respected peer, and someone whose work continues to shape how leaders think about dignity, respect, and humanity in the workplace.

Lacee is the CEO and Founder of The Coaching Salon, a coaching and facilitation practice she has led since 2005 — and, as she puts it, “an absolute calling.”

In our conversation, Lacee and I explored what respect really means — beyond the surface of politeness or compliance — and how it connects deeply to dignity, presence, and choice.