I keep having these conversations with people who are trying to figure out how best to have influence. They want to develop the capacity to be referent leaders. It's a topic I've addressed before. However, it keeps coming up in my leadership education and organizational consulting. Let's dive into how you can lead from anywhere.

How do you bring all of who you are to work? This means your faith, your spirituality...all of who you are. How do you accept your calling to share that faith in environments that may or may not be welcoming? Dr. Dericka Canada Cunningham, founder of Grounded Black Women, helps us grapple with those questions.

What is it you need to shed, to leave behind? I've learned a lot from the women of the WNBA about leaving it on the court. This episode shores ideas for moving on, for moving forward.

Who doesn't want to learn how to communicate with more confidence? Who doesn't need a refresher on good ways to be heard and have our messages understood? Julie Mobley, consultant and trainer, provides a practical refresher on communication competencies. Listen and learn...

Michelle Heritage, Executive Director of the American Brain Foundation, leads us in gaining a deeper understanding of brain diseases, brain health, and the importance of scientific research. She shares her personal experiences with brain diseases.

Katie Smith Sloan is the CEO of Leading Age, a community of nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving aging adults. Leading Age is committed to is an America that values older adults. Katie will share are some of the changes in the past 5 to 10 years that have impacted aging services.

It's not about chanting or sitting legs crossed and eyes closed at you desk. Mindfulness is the gift of full presence that we give ourselves and the people we interact with. This episode provides practical strategies on ways to become more centered, focused, and connected.

We all need refreshers on communication. This podcast reviews basic skills and introduces strategies that leaders can use to raise the bar on their abilities to create meaningful dialogue.

Let's continue our exploration of professional joy. That's the deep satisfaction we seek in our careers. In this episode Dr. Cady introduces more strategies that we can use to maximize our working hours.

While we like to think of leaders as great conflict managers, in fact, some leaders are actually conflict creators. Whether knowingly or not, the result is the same: conflict. Let's explore the how and why of leaders as conflict creators.