Worthy to Lead

Worthy to Lead

Hosted by: Kristiana Corona

SUBSCRIBE to get alerted anytime I release new episodes and free tools & resources: https://www.worthytolead.co/subscribe Have you ever thought to yourself: “How can I get to be one of those leaders who truly...

Episodes

Episode 40: From NASA Engineer to Leadership Coach: Navigating Life's Chaos with Authenticity & Purpose with Laurie Hall

Season #3

Laurie Hall spent years working on space exploration and the International Space Station. She was a chemical engineer at NASA and Lockheed Martin, doing exactly what she had dreamed about since she was a kid growing...
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Episode 39: Why Creativity Is Your Most Untapped Leadership Tool — Van Lai-DuMone on Curiosity, Innovation, and the $8.3B Story You've Never Heard

Season #3

Powerful leadership skills go beyond your strategy and experience. One of the most untapped sources of potential is your team’s creativity and curiosity. Here’s why that matters: Van Lai-DuMone has spent over a decade...
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Episode 38: Life After Losing Your Job - Greg Bro on Navigating Career Transition with Creativity

Season #3

What do you do when the identity you built your entire career around disappears overnight? For Greg Bro, losing his job after 20+ years as a UX design leader wasn't just a professional setback. It was a complete...
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Episode 37: From Imposter Syndrome to Earned Authority with Anya Cheng

Season #3

Anya Cheng didn’t build her career by waiting to feel ready. She built it by acting in moments when nothing felt certain. After immigrating from Taiwan and graduating into the 2008 financial crisis, she couldn’t get a...
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Episode 36: Leading With Calm Through Chaos, Discrimination, and Financial Hardship with Craig Nishizaki

Season #3

How do you stay grounded as a leader when everything around you is falling apart? Craig Nishizaki has answered that question more than once. Early in his career, a manager told him he'd only keep him on to avoid a...
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Episode 35: How to Lead Through Constant Chaos (Insights from the 2026 GROW Conference)

Season #3

What if you started looking at chaos as a transition to a new operating system?  Governments are shifting, layoffs are spreading, AI is rewriting entire industries, and somewhere in the middle of all of it, leaders...
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Episode 34: Find Your Leadership Blind Spots Before They Find You

Season #2

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

Season #3

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

Season #3

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

Season #3

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

Season #2

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

Season #2

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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