Leadership TrailMix

What happens when the pursuit of success starts pulling us away from ourselves? Inspired by the Portuguese distinction between ser and estar, Broadway show The Outsiders, and a TV show called Knife Edge, this episode explores the difference between pursuing gold and staying gold, and why where we are doesn’t have to define who we are. A reflection on ambition, identity, and holding onto what matters as we grow.

What makes recognition so powerful? In this episode, I chat with James Ferguson, author of Seek the Good & Celebrate, about the role appreciation plays in creating meaningful connections, strengthening culture, and bringing out the best in people.

One more in the "never have I ever" series, in this episode I share three valuable leadership lessons about managing change for ourselves and others that I learned from a "unsuccessful" winter hike.

Management, leadership & the importance of self-awareness, emotions, and vulnerability, are some of the topics I chatted about with Margaret C. Andrews, global speaker, Founder of MYLO Center, instructor at Harvard University, and author of the book "Manage Yourself to Lead Others".

Management, leadership & the importance of self-awareness, emotions, and vulnerability, are some of the topics I chatted about with Margaret C. Andrews, global speaker, Founder of MYLO Center, instructor at Harvard University, and author of the book "Manage Yourself to Lead Others".

I am a big fan of the show The Pitt which shows what happens in an ER over the spam of a whole shift. A recent episode put a pit (no pun intended) on my stomach about the risk of falling in the "I know better" trap, which all of us people leaders are constantly exposed to.

In a chat that could have lasted much longer, coach, keynote speaker, and author Shed Shedletzky and I talked about what it means to be a leader, how to foster a culture with the conditions for people to feel safe and speak up, and even touched on what driving shift or an automatic car has to do with leadership.

What happens to our identity when who we are is defined by what we do? This is what this episode is all about: a conversation with Asel Ormonova, someone that personally experienced it as a humanitarian, and who today supports others through the detox journey, as she calls it.

Did you know that about 60 million Americas are caregivers, and in our generation, many are caregiving up and down? That and a lot more is what this conversation with Jess Ringgenberg, co-Founder, ELIXR®, was all about. I learned a lot, and hope you will, too.

Join me in a journey through a beautiful collage that combines analogies, a real life example, and concepts that sound like poetry to explore the importance of two things we don't talk much about in our workplaces, but that I believe we should: kindness and forgiveness.