Unlocking the Real Leader in You: The Secret to True Self-Understanding
Discover why self-awareness is the key to authentic leadership! Learn how understanding your “why” empowers you to inspire, connect, and lead with purpose.
An Inspiring Personal Story About Achieving Your Dreams
Subscribe to the Leadership with Heart Podcast! I was about eight years old when I remember seeing Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking on television to thousands of people. I did not know anything about this man, I don’t love him very much today. But I remember how in awe they were of him. They were all … Read more
How to Find Your Voice When You Lose It
What’s a speaker without her voice? I had to learn this the hard way… Here I am in two simple photos: one without makeup, on my first day back at the gym after a whirlwind week that took me through four cities in just six days. I’m all glammed up in the other, getting ready … Read more
Finding the Leader Within You
Whether you have worked your way up the ladder into a leadership role or you took one unexpectedly, it can often be difficult to navigate the waters. A huge piece of that understanding is choosing the leadership style you want to reflect to your people. Finding the leader within you can mean different things to … Read more
My Best Employee Quit on the Spot – What Should I do?
This past week, I stumbled upon an old ‘Dear Abby’ type advice column where managers and leaders could submit a scenario about something going on in the workplace to get feedback on how to best handle it. In this case, a leader wrote about how their best employee quit on the spot after being told … Read more
Do You Embody Your Leadership Values?
If your leadership values were put on a whiteboard alongside those of other leaders, would your people be able to recognize and match those values to you and pick you out of that lineup? I’ll be the first person to admit that I struggle with rules and guidelines, but one thing I know for sure … Read more
Do You Seek to Give or to Get From Others?
Seek to Give or Get? After reading many books on communication, I’ve noticed that many focus on communicating as a way of securing what we want from others. Oftentimes, these same books highlight the need to listen for what we can ‘get’ out of people, instead of what we can ‘give’ to people by listening … Read more
How to Practice Self-Care When Life is Chaotic
I remember when I turned in the first draft of my new book, The Art of Active Listening. Most would think I am out of my mind to not only be writing another book but to take a long vacation just days before the first draft was due…but that’s exactly what I did! I needed … Read more
How You Make People Feel When You Lean In
If you’ve read a book with illustrations, oftentimes the drawings visually play out the storyline in place of reading the text. Similarly, our facial expressions can ‘say’ a lot about how we feel and what we think before we even have the opportunity to use our words. Our facial expressions impact our conversations positively or … Read more
Self-Awareness Test – Are You Open to Hearing the Hard Things?
I was speaking with someone recently who had expressed to me that a few employees at their job were so unhappy that they were staging a walkout. They felt underpaid, their voices unheard, and just felt a general lack of appreciation. So this team member went to management to let them know what was about … Read more
