19: Leadership and You: How Do You Show Up?

Today’s conversation is all about leadership, which we believe is such an important topic because everyone is a leader in their own way. With several decades of combined leadership experience, we want to begin a broader dialogue about why leadership matters and some of the lessons we’ve learned, along with resources that will be helpful in your own personal leadership journey.

We want to stress that this conversation isn’t just for individuals that have a formal leadership title. We believe that there are always new things to be learned as we explore leadership in our daily lives, and opportunities for us to step up and lead in a number of different ways.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

Why we feel so strongly that everyone is a leader, regardless of his or her formal title [1:46]
The very first thing that comes to Stephanie’s mind when she thinks of leadership [3:32]
Some of AJ’s personal experience with the leadership positions that he’s held over the years [4:30]
Where many leaders today are going wrong by not focusing on the right things [7:52]
A big taboo of leadership, and the dangers of practicing leadership the “traditional” way [9:26]
The role that vulnerability plays in leadership [16:39]
A difficult decision that AJ had to make in 2020, from a family leadership standpoint [18:17]
The power and importance of communication in leadership [33:24]
Action steps you can take right now to assess where you are as leader, where you want to be, and what you can do to bridge the gap [34:05]