In this Leadership with Heart episode, Heather interviews a seasoned leader, Barbara Medina. Dr. Medina was recommended to be on the show by one of the many caring leaders that she helped develop during her time in the Colorado Department of Education as Assistant Commissioner.
Caring leadership techniques were ingrained in Barbara from childhood, when she was growing up on the family farm. There, she learned the importance of collaboration, mutual benefit, service and mission. Even the littlest one makes a contribution on the farm, and this is true in organizations as well. Barbara took her natural foundation in leadership to great heights in Colorado government advocating for ESL students and helping develop many caring leaders along the way (who hopefully will be joining Heather on future episodes!).
Takeaways:
Everybody has something to provide the organization, and leaders have to help them see this, if they don’t already. “I need you to be brilliant, I need you to be bold, but I need you to be brief” also be balanced. Invest your energy where you can make the biggest difference. Recognize what people bring to the table, before you invite them to lead with you. Think of it like a party invitation. Obligation to do your best work, will drive you and feed your souls, and you can’t do anything better with your time. Leaders, be gentle and practice good compassion with yourself. Obligation to do your best work will drive you and feed your souls, and you can’t do anything better with your time.248: Leaders with Heart Are Always Learning & Growing
247: Leaders with Heart Turn Their Cravings into Successful Businesses
246: Leaders with Heart Are Open to Suggestions
245: Leaders with Heart Follow Their Intuition
244: Leaders with Heart Uplift Their Communities
243: Leaders with Heart Need a Support System Too
242: Leaders with Heart are Passionate About Their Mission
241: Leaders with Heart are Pizza Guys
240: Leaders with Heart are Under Construction
239: Leaders with Heart are Creatif
238: Leaders with Heart Know How to Scale
237: Leaders with Heart Understand Where Their People Need Them
236: Leaders with Heart Care for Their People
235: Leaders with Heart Enable
234: Leaders with Heart Bring the Energy
233: Leaders with Heart Start with Themselves
232: Leaders with Heart Work to Make Other People's Lives Better
231: Leaders with Heart Know It's Not Easy
230: Leaders with Heart Believe in Upside Down Servant Leadership
229: Leaders with Heart Serve Their People
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