Becoming Unshakable With Heather R. Younger

In this podcast episode, Heather speaks with Mareo McCracken, about his leadership journey, the unexpected story that served as a catalyst for his current leadership mindset and shares a pearl of wisdom. Key takeaways: New leaders often seek control when they are new to their role Real leaders help others see the vision, want to follow it and empower their people to do something about it Leadershi...

On this podcast episode, Heather welcomes Joe Kwon on the show to discuss his leadership style, a time when he was not the best version of himself and some of his key principles in life. Key takeaways: While we can learn different body language or communication techniques, it is more important to connect with people deeply beforehand for those techniques to take hold Sometimes, in order to take th...

In this episode, Heather shares a private message with all listeners about the need to be patient while growth and development are taking place within them and their teams.   Heather shares a personal story about a big step she took to improve herself, and how she stumbled along the way.    Listen in on this episode of you are frustrated with not seeing results from change and development immediat...

On this podcast episode, Heather speaks with Rich Gassen, Supervisor of the University of Wisconsin's print shop. Heather talks to Rich about his leadership style, the roots of his leadership and Rich leaves Heather with some great tips and nuggets.  Key takeaways: Sometimes we must be leaders without titles to  become leaders with titles Empowering staff to do their best work allows the leader of...

Heather shares a message about leadership having tough conversations around the business. In this short and sweet episode, Heather addresses when and how to have tough conversations about things like performance or layoffs.   Heather shares her own personal experiences that will enlighten listeners. Enjoy.

On this episode, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Nick Smarrelli, CEO of Gadellnet, an IT consulting firm about the roots of his leadership, how he merges culture with data and other unique ways that he leads his organization. Key takeaways: Culture is meaningless if we do not operationalize who we plan to sustain it Culture is not just unicorns and rainbows. We need to scorecard operations Watchin...

On this podcast episode, Heather speaks directly to you. What is your personal identity? Who do others think you are? Where are the gaps?   In this short episode, Heather delivers a short and potent message about our identities, how they frame out what we can offer the world and the importance of sticking to who we were born to be.   This might just be the message you need to hear on the particula...

In this episode, podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Colorado Banking Commissioner, Patty Salazar about her leadership style, her heartfelt appreciation of her parents, her struggles as a strong Latina leader and the ways that she connects with her team.  Key takeaways: Do the right thing Its okay to speak without a filter if you are being yourself. Ask for support for those around you....

In this podcast episode, Heather R. Younger, podcast host, speaks with Chief Ray Aguirre of the California State University-Fullerton campus about his leadership journey, what drives him to lead and very practical, yet impactful ways, he connects with his team and builds trust. Key takeaways: Leaving a legacy doesn't mean that we are forcing the fact that we are known for something once we are gon...

In this podcast episode, Heather R. Younger speaks with Denise Testori, President of Prestige Cleaners about her unique management style and a time when she was not the best leader she could be. Denise considers herself as a servant leader as a part of a family-owned organization. She acknowledges that the size of the company she leads allow her to learn more about and spend more time with the peo...

On this podcast, Heather R. Younger, J.D., podcast host, speaks with Keith Freier, COO at Pacific Northwest Laboratories about what drives him as a leader, his biggest area of improvement and key nuggets all leaders should know and utilize to increase their effectiveness. Keith shares a story from the movie, Remember the Titans, where Denzel Washington, the main actor in the movie, calls one of hi...

In this podcast episode, podcast host, Heather R. Younger, J.D., speaks with Heather Heebner, former SVP of HR at Instawares Holding Company about leadership from the unique lens of a human resources executive. Heather shares her perspective on "happy employees", and, instead, focuses on creating an environment that makes people proud to work there and do the work that they do. Heather opens up ab...

On today's HR podcast, Heather R. Younger, podcast host, speaks with Eric Jacobsen, SVP of Operations for Extraction Oil in Gas, a publicly traded oil and gas company our of Colorado. Heather speaks to Eric about why he chooses to lead, a time when he was not proud of himself as a leader and how he changed that at about the many ways he connects with his team. They also talked about maintaining th...

In the podcast episode, Heather R. Younger, podcast host, speaks with Tammy Taylor, about her leadership journey, her style and a little about how she was not always the best leader she could be. Like many leaders, Tammy shares how, at one point, she let her ego get the best of her, but put that aside to become a better listener. Tammy outlines her communication strategy she uses while overseeing...

On this episode, Podcast host, Heather Younger, speaks with Christinne Johnson. President of HR at First Bank. Christinne shares a lot about her leadership style, what drives her to be a leader, and when she was not the greatest leader.    Parting messages? Leadership is a journey filled with detours. Try to have self-awareness and reaction to a situation happen closely together not way after the...

On this podcast episode, Heather speaks with Megan Wick, Executive Director of Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority. Megan illuminates for listeners that emotional intelligence can be learned and it is an evolving skills. Megan highlights for listeners the importance of self-management when it comes to our emotions. Megan shares stories of times when she was not the Leader with Heart she is today...

In this podcast episode of Leadership with Heart, Heather speaks with Dirk Frese, Director of Sales and Marketing for Julabo and co-founder of WISDOM. Dirk shares with listeners a powerful north star for why and how he leads others. Dirk says it all starts with love. We need to love our people, our customers, our products and services and all else will follow. Having said that, Dirk makes it quite...

In this podcast episode podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Aaron Skogen, General Manager of Aquatix. Aaron admits that his leadership style has evolved over time, but his leadership signature came from a surprising place. Aaron shares with listeners a leadership failure on his part some years back that continued to shape him and teach him value lessons. He credits clear and consistent c...

On this episode podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Jim Reuter, CEO of First Bank. Jim is deeply driven by the impact he has on others and the legacy he will leave behind Jim shares some great insights about why he rarely leans on his title when interacting with people. Not surprisingly, Jim describes his leadership style as heart-led, vulnerable, authentic and bottom-up collaborative. H...

In this episode podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Tim Hinchey III, President & CEO of US Swimming about his role as a leader of this national organization. Tim recounts for Heather the roots of his leadership and that his father formed in all things leadership. He believes that work ethic, discipline and not cutting corners are key tenets of effective leadership. When asked how he conn...

In this podcast episode podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Mark Nagel, Senior Manager of People at Southwest Airlines about his leadership style, how he connects with his team in a deeper way and the drivers for his current leadership. Mark openly shares a time when he was not the great leader he is today in a way that reveals why he is a leader with heart. He shares his 80/20 rule for...

On this episode, podcast host, Heather R Younger, dives into a powerful set of discussions with Kristi Turner, CMO of Compeat. They discuss the importance of diversity at the executive leadership table, the role that upbringing can play in defining a leadership style and gift of being a leader. One the key discussion circled around the idea of organizations setting standards of ethics and values w...

On the podcast call, Heather R Younger, podcast host, speaks with  Trent  Selbrede about his leadership journey. He reveals to listeners that he struggled to be the best leader he could be, because he was often unhappy and didn't know why. He highlights that his discovery of self-awareness was the winning piece he was missing. He share a very touching way to connect with team members. Listen on.

On this podcast episode, Heather speaks with  Scott   McCarthy  about his journey as a leader in the Canadian Army.  Scott  reveals that his motivation for leading his people is really making the lives of his people better. He uses delegation and empowerment as his hallmarks.  Scott  shares some great stories. Some that are when he was not the most outstanding leader. Some when he found ways to co...

In this podcast episode, Heather R. Younger, podcast host, speaks with Nate Iglienski about an emotional event that changed the way that he leads both his family and his team members.  He provides some great practical things he did to turn his team around after being told that they were not a team.   Nate points out that often when something is not right with the team, the leader needs to look inw...