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Episode 37: From Imposter Syndrome to Earned Authority with Anya Cheng
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
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)
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
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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