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Episode 34: Find Your Leadership Blind Spots Before They Find You
You think things are fine. Your team seems okay. But your best people are quietly checking out, and the reason might be something you can't see about yourself.
In this episode, I break down what a leadership ceiling...
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Episode 33: You Don't Have to Be Pushy to Sell: How Good Humans Close Deals | Catherine Brown
You know you need to sell. Your business depends on it. But every time you think about reaching out to someone, you feel like you're about to do something sleazy.
In this conversation with Catherine Brown, we talk...
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Episode 32: Why White Space Is Your Best Strategy for Better Leadership
You're smart. You're experienced. You're ambitious. So why does it feel like you can't find time to think strategically?
Most senior leaders aren't lacking intelligence or drive. They're lacking what I call “white...
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Episode 31: How to Influence Up and Facilitate High-Stakes Strategy Meetings | Marja Fox
You've done the work. You know what the answer should be. But when you walk into that meeting with senior leaders, everything falls apart. The conversation goes sideways, people argue about things that don't matter,...
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Episode 30: Year 1 Recap: The Messy Middle, Big Leaps, and Building Worthy to Lead | Catalina Velez-Watson
As the year comes to a close, Kristiana Corona is joined by Operations Manager and Coach Catalina Velez-Watson for an honest reflection on what it really took to build Worthy to Lead from the ground up.
In this...
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Episode 29: How Leaders Create Learned Helplessness (and How to Break the Cycle) | Meg Rentschler
Leaders are doing everything they can to support their teams, but many don’t realize they might also be training their people to rely on them for every decision. That pattern has a name: learned helplessness. And once...
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Episode 28: Unleashing Leadership Creativity with AI | Blessing Richardson
Leaders are being asked to “figure out AI” while juggling shrinking teams, constant change, and heavier expectations. Many are overwhelmed not because AI is too technical, but because they’re trying to navigate this...
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Episode 27: Why So Many Leaders Feel Alone (and How to Change It)
For years, I thought leadership meant working harder, showing up stronger, and keeping it all together. What I didn’t realize was how lonely that can feel.
In this episode, I talk about the moment that completely...
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Episode 26: Leaving Corporate: The 7 Lessons No One Warned Me About
After more than two decades in corporate leadership, I decided to start something new. Leaving behind a steady career was exciting and terrifying at the same time. In this episode, I share seven lessons I’ve learned...
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Episode 25: Breaking Through to Executive Leadership with Caleb Schmidt
What does it really take to break through to the executive level, and lead with influence, not just authority?
In this episode, Kristiana Corona sits down with Caleb Schmidt, Senior Vice President of Experience Design...
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Episode 24: How to Unstick Your Career with Coaching & Community
What happens when you feel stuck in your career, sending out endless applications with no results?
Brian Collins, a veteran design leader who has worked at Google, Amazon, and more, shares how the Core Leadership Lab...
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Episode 23: Black Belt Leadership: Martial Arts Lessons Every Leader Can Use | Lisa W. Rogers
What does martial arts have to do with business leadership?
For Lisa W. Rogers, the two are inseparable.
In this episode of Worthy to Lead, Lisa shares how her journey from white belt to master instructor in Taekwondo...
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