One way we can be upstanders is to embrace our ability to be leaders. Dr. Gail Fairhurst has studied communication and leadership extensively, and joins us to share her best insights on how we can lean into leadership in our everyday lives.  

" A communication approach is going to look at how we together negotiate meaning about whatever is the task before us, whatever our identities are, or what our relationship is like together." – Dr. Fairhurst on approaching leadership with a communication lens 

Dr. Fairhurst is a Distinguished Research Professor in the University of Cincinnati’s School of Communication, Film and Media Studies.  In this episode, she shares her expertise on how language shapes meaning and influences leadership.  

In this conversation with Kara Driscoll, Director of Marketing & Events at the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, Dr. Fairhurst encourages us to reflect on our communication styles and habits and become more sensitive to the power of words. 

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