My story isn't special.  I grew up with a self employed dad.  My siblings and I worked hard from a young age both at home and in our dads business.  The value of hard work was drilled into me as a small child.  I was promoted to my first management role at 21.  I was reliable, fast, got along well with others and I worked my tail off.  What I quickly realized is that nobody teaches you how to lead a team.  They show you a few new skills and hand you set of keys.  WHAT?  Suddenly your in charge.  How do you motivate these people?  How do you figure out how to juggle so many things at one time?  How do you give feedback?  How do you write a review?  Yikes.

I spent the next 20 years climbing the ranks of middle management.  Searching for my purpose and trying to figure out the meaning of my work.  I had begun to feel stuck.  I felt like my job served no purpose to humanity.  There seemed to be something missing in the training for leaders.  A huge disconnect between management and front line staff.  I made it my business to understand what that piece is.  The complaints are always of the same theme.  Corporate doesn't care about their people.  My boss is terrible.  My staff is lazy.  I don't get any feedback.   I get useless feedback. Etc.

So I began my journey of studying leadership.  I read everything on the subject and interviewed my peers and my staff.  Anyone who would talk to me about their experiences at work.  I hired my own coach to help me put all of the pieces together and come up with a plan.  I earned my certification for Coaching and became Dare to Lead trained by a certified Brene' Brown coach.  I began building my program to teach to my direct reports at my job.   My strategies began turning heads and I was being requested to coach and mentor friends and peers.  So here we are now.  My mission is to help people create a culture in the workplace that is safe, inclusive, happy and productive.  It is possible.  It is simple but it is not easy.  

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