Patterns shape the way we lead, work, spend, save, and even show up in our relationships, and still, most of us rarely stop to notice the ones shaping us behind the scenes. In this conversation, Karen sits down with leadership strategist and keynote speaker Bukola Oguntala, whose work centers on helping people recognize the unconscious behaviors that drive burnout, miscommunication, and resistance.

Bukola’s perspective comes from her own experience. As a first-generation Nigerian American who lost both parents at 12, she learned early how patterns can help you, and how they can also work against you. Her experience spans a 20-year career across consulting, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and HR leadership, and now informs the SHIFT™ framework she teaches to leaders who feel stretched thin.

In this episode:

• How early experiences shape our patterns as adults
• Why high performers often cling to habits that eventually hold them back
• The role of culture and context in how we show up at work
• What burnout can reveal about the patterns we’ve outgrown
• Small shifts that help create space for new ways of leading and living
  
  

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Connect with our guests: 

• Bukola Oguntala on LinkedIn
• Bukola Oguntala Website