Joyful Leader PODCAST

When working with others, the relationships we most value feel like partnerships — collaborative, mutually respectful, and effective. But what makes a relationship a partnership?

You can tell a lot about a person’s leadership style from how often they use “I” vs. “we.” This is true when recounting history .

If you’re a theater kid at heart like me, you know the first rule of improvisational theater: go with the YES (AKA, “yes, and”). On

Today on Joyful Leader, we’re talking about a truism you’ve likely heard: people rise and fall to your expectations of them. If you lead, you

I work with growth-oriented people. People who are always moving forward, making an effort to be better today than yesterday. And in the process of

Most leaders (YOU) want to be effective, use their time wisely, and prioritize the right things. There are two questions, asked in tandem, that can

I used to think that being an exceptional leader meant not feeling. I thought that leaders who had it together never felt anger, frustration, stress,

We often think that our various roles — woman, leader, wife, mom, CEO — require different things from us. Different skill sets, lenses, and emotions.

Most leaders feel called to leadership because they want to serve. And there are two warped ideas about what service means that I have seen