Let go, Lean In

In our series on leadership values have you noticed the overlap of some of the values?

I thought I would take some liberties with word play in this solo episode. Today's leadership value is Respect. I'm putting it together with another leadership value Communication. The first two letters of Communication are Co. The first two letters of Respect are Re. Putting those letters together in one word, we get a CoRe value.

See what I did there?

Molly Hegenderfer is a seasoned Project Manager -- most recently with a non-profit. Proven process design skills, development support, Email marketing (constant contact, mailchimp), CRM mangement (bloomerang, zapier), Event Management (eventbrite), technology managment for small business. Strong skills -- Business Analysis, Sales, Team Building, and Public Speaking. Hold a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Washington State University.

Personally she is a friend, sister, wife, mother and Christ follower who is a joyful encourager In all situations. Molly chose respect as the leadership value she wanted to discuss. It's a powerful one!

In this solo episode on the leadership value of Accountability, I talk about the courage it takes to ask for even one person to hold you to your commitments.

Accountability is not easy and frivolous. Asking someone to watch your work, your words, your growth is inviting scrutiny as well as being vulnerable to failure.

If you never share the risk you take then no one knows the leap you make.

Accountability takes Courage and it is worth it!

Today's conversation is with Ruthie Gray, whose book Empty Nest Awakening launches TODAY! 

Ruthie Gray is a wife, Gigi, empty nester, and content marketing consultant for Christian entrepreneurs, specializing in community building for Instagram and newsletter growth. Her hobbies include Florida beach walks, RV-ing with hubby, and reading historical fiction. Ruthie is the founder of Authentic Online Marketing School where she teaches her Community Marketing Framework, and podcasts at Authentic Online Marketing (so easy, your mom – or Carol Brady - can do it). Connect with her on Instagram or her website authenticonlinemarketing.com.

"The absence of integrity erodes trust" Allison Priola

Picking up from our conversation around integrity as a leadership value I share more about what Integrity looks like in the life of a leader through the ideas of identity, community and love.

Allison Priola is a high capacity leader with over 20 years of organizational experience in creating, equipping and leading teams. As a seasoned organizational leader, developer, facilitator and coach, she helps teams bring simple solutions to complex problems through guided collaboration and maximizing talents. She is skilled in leading through strategic planning, creative solutions, and managing projects. Additionally, she is an ICF certified coach with a desire for individuals and teams to make and execute upon clear steps towards organizational goals, as well as growth as whole leaders doing meaningful work. She is passionate about facilitating opportunities for individuals to understand how they are gifted in order to fully live into their talents, roles and responsibilities. Allison is currently Program Manager for the AmeriCorps programs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

We are in our sixth week of this series on leadership values. If you're new here you can head back to episode 121 to hear the entire series.

Today we'll take a closer look at Passion and Commitment. I see these paired values as the energy and the engine of leadership. 

In the previous episode conversation with Andrea Stunz, she identified Resilience as an important value of leadership. Today I unpack more about Why Resilience in on the Leadership Values list. 

Andrea Stunz is back to have a deep conversation with us about the leadership value of Resilience.