What do you do when the career you built gets taken from you overnight? In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons sits down with former school principal and emerging emotional intelligence coach Jenise Wright for an unfiltered conversation about leadership after institutional failure.

Jenise's story covers forced career transition, leading through family crisis, caregiving for a parent with cognitive decline, and rebuilding your identity and purpose from the ground up. This is not a comeback story. It is a formation story.

If you are a leader navigating job loss, career transition, burnout, leadership identity, or the pressure of holding everything together while starting over, this episode was made for you.

In this episode you will hear:

• What real leadership looks like when the title is gone
• How to protect your values when a system tries to define your character
• What intentional rebuilding looks like after professional loss
• How emotional intelligence becomes your greatest leadership asset in hard seasons
• What it means to lead your family while rebuilding your career

Topics covered: leadership transition, career loss, emotional intelligence, caregiving and leadership, starting over after 50, faith and leadership, leadership identity, building a coaching business, resilience in leadership, women in leadership