What to Do When Your Senior Role Becomes Unsustainable
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

What to Do When Your Senior Role Becomes Unsustainable

I see far too many senior executives running extended sprints in their work, and they lose perspective on why they aren’t happy and are experience burnout. In this episode, I give a 3-step process of developing your plan to eliminate suffering and minimize your sacrifices.

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Developing Your Executive Presence
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

Developing Your Executive Presence

Executive presence isn’t about being the loudest person in the room, but rather the person with the perceived ability to lead.

In this episode, I dig into what qualities support that perceived ability to lead, including gravitas, communication, and appearance.

For each concept, I give you an action step to help you move the needle in that area.

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Kindness Isn’t Soft: Why it’s the Most Underrated Strategy in Executive Leadership (with Michael Neece)
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

Kindness Isn’t Soft: Why it’s the Most Underrated Strategy in Executive Leadership (with Michael Neece)

Kindness. Aren’t executive leaders supposed to be hard-nosed, my-way-or-the highway Type A personalities?

In fact, my guest this week argues for kindness in the workplace. Michael Neece is a keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, and host of the podcast, “Our Future is Kind.”

In this episode, we talk about why kindness isn’t soft…and how to shift a company’s culture to one centered on kindness as a strategy that creates positive business results at all levels of the organization.

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