Welcome to Mic'd Up for Leadership, the podcast that gives you the tools to lead with confidence! Hosts Alex Dresen and Jourdan Hilaire draw on their experience in higher education and the corporate world to help you become the best leader possible.

In this episode, we're stepping away from the framework and getting real — because leadership doesn't stop when the workday ends. Alex and Jourdan each recently planned and executed major personal events: Jourdan's annual fashion show and Alex's annual guys' trip. What they discovered? The leadership skills they've spent years developing showed up exactly when they needed them most.

In this episode, we discuss:

Trust as a Leadership Superpower: Jourdan reflects on what it meant to fully trust his team during the fashion show — preparing them so well that when he was managing the front of the house, the backstage ran itself. That's not luck. That's what real investment in your people looks like.

Leading Through the Unexpected: Alex had to lean into a more authoritative leadership style on the guys' trip — and even got sick in the middle of it — but still managed to craft a memorable weekend for the group. Sometimes leadership means pushing through, not stepping back.

Leadership Follows You Home: The competencies you build in your professional and student leadership roles don't stay in the office or on campus. They shape how you show up for your people in every context — and this episode is proof of that.

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