#courageous vulnerability

I would usually write something like, “I have known Sharon (M.) Weinstein, for many years …”But truth – no – I have not truly known Sharon.Today, my heart breaks 💔 as I learn more, as I learn more about Sharon, as I listen to her brilliant, powerful, profound, sad, triumphant TEDxUStreetWomen talk:“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚…

As I listened to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 – TED Conferences – Brené Brown (2010) again this afternoon – I immediately thought of Deborah Crowe (the JOY Multiplier) throughout and especially as Brené homed in on “𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥” and “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵.”Thank you, Deb, for all you do each day in this space to 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭: 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥…

Such an honor to join Owen Phelps, Ph.D. on the Yeshua Catholic International Leadership Institute daily Hang-10 Crisis Leadership podcast.

The Yeshua Institute’s series of daily 10-minute webcasts called Hang 10: Crisis Leadership for Christians continues Monday through Friday at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT, noon MDT, 11 a.m. PDT).

Those who have registered can continue using the same link provided…

Connecting at a heart and mind level with all those we lead and serve

“You exude love.”

For many years, I have been fortunate to lead & serve and teach & coach within military healthcare institutions. And on this particular day, I was truly blessed as this tough marine shared the “you exude love” message with me.

We had just spent ninety minutes together (with many other healthcare leaders) as I taught a communication framework that positions each of us to connect…