Heather R. Younger, J.D.

Becoming Unshakable With Heather R. Younger

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Leadership isn't about having all the answers. It's about staying steady when you don't. Becoming Unshakable is about how we actually do it—staying credible, human, and grounded when the stakes are high and the playbook is gone. Through honest conversations with executives, frontline leaders, and people carrying real responsibility, Heather examines how leaders navigate change, build trust, and care for themselves and others without losing authority or effectiveness. This isn't about grit or powering through. It's about strengthening the inner steadiness that allows leaders and the organizatio...

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Heather R. Younger, J.D.

Episodes

10: Leaders with Heart See the Potential in Their People And Allow Them To Flourish 08.05.2018 35:02

In this podcast episode, podcast host, Heather R. Younger, speaks with Rob Pepper, Marketing and Business Strategy Leader at iStratus, LLC. Rob shares his fundamental leadership style. For Rob, his success strategy is surrounding himself with talented individuals and then letting them do what he hired them to do. His favorite saying, "Get comfortable being uncomfortable" is how he pushed his team...

9: Leaders with Heart Know That They Must Connect With Their People Consistently To Be Trusted 01.05.2018 40:36

In this podcast episode, Heather speaks with Tom Dietzler, Director of Operations at St. Peter Lutheran Church. Tom highlights the importance of walking around daily to connect with his people and just talk to them. He reiterates the importance of consistent communication with his people. He says that if leaders don't communicate, someone will fill that vacuum with rumors, or worse. His main focus...

8: Leaders with Heart Are Servant Leaders Who Look At Their Role As A Vocation 24.04.2018 35:58

In this podcast episode, Heather speaks with Rich Todd, Founder and CEO of Innovest. Rich tells a great story of the journey he took to the more humble, other's focused leader he is today. The road was not a straight one. He is an innovative leader who uses 360 reviews to determine bonuses for his staff of 50. Social responsibility plays a huge role in his firm's strategy to create a positive cult...

7: Leaders With Heart Provide Safe Spaces For Their People 17.04.2018 33:57

Sarah Bierenbaum is a leader who provides a space for her people to fail. She relays that she is an evolving leader and admits that she is a work in progress. She aspires to be more actively listen to her team members. She works hard to be in alignment with this more evolved leadership style. Sarah is the perfect example of a leader with heart, because she is emotionally self-aware of how her ac...

6: Leaders With Heart Know That They Cannot Do it Alone 10.04.2018 27:29

When you want to accelerate your growth as a leader and scale to a larger role, Jennifer Butler tells us that we must set clear expectations with our team, be transparent about how we need help and lead with the heart. She cautions us not to let go of the deep connections we have with our team members and to lead with a sense of self. In short, be a leader with emotional intelligence. Jennifer rec...

5: Leaders With Heart Know That They Must Meet Their People Where They Are 03.04.2018 23:29

Podcast host, Heather R. Younger, J.D., speaks with Andrew McDonald, principal at a Colorado school, about what it takes to connect with each person and listen actively. Description: In this episode, Heather speaks to Andrew about the unique challenges he faces as a school principal around leadership. He relays that he has multiple customers to include students and teachers. He demonstrates social...

4: Leaders With Heart Make People Feel Important 31.03.2018 25:58

In this episode, Heather speaks to Steve Paul about his leadership philosophy. He shares a story that greatly impacted his style of leading himself and others. They discuss past challenges and how he was able to land in a positive place with his team members. He admitted that his guiding force resides in his faith. Steve Paul, a longtime friend of mine, but I've known him as a leader. He's also a...

3: Leaders With Heart Clear The Path So Their People Can Do Great Work 30.03.2018 23:56

On this podcast I ask you to see yourself in the stories my guests tell about times when they were not the best versions of themselves, but how they used their heart to guide them to a place of deeper connection with their teams and heightened leadership prowess. Today I'm very excited to welcome such a leader in Brigitte Grimm, treasure of Adams County, Colorado. I have witnessed her leading with...

2: Leaders With Heart Have Integrity As Their North Star 28.03.2018 25:56

Employee experience is powered by emotions. Managers and/or leaders within organizations get to choose which emotions they unleash from within the people they lead. Leaders, meaning supervisors or above in an organization, drive much of the positive or negative emotions by their actions or inactions, their words, or what the fail to say. When a manager chooses their words and their actions careful...

1: Why Leadership With Heart Exists 26.03.2018 6:08

Hello, everyone, this is the Leadership with Heart podcast and this is Heather Younger, your host with our first episode. So, why did I decide to do a weekly podcast? Why did I call it Leadership with Heart? Why should anyone listen in? My why for rolling out this podcast has a lot to do with my why for the work that I do and how I interact with those around me. I believe everyone's voice is impor...