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Thank you for visiting! I’ve been privileged to share insights on the challenge and opportunities of leading with courage in our historical moment, and some past historical times too. Check out my interviews on mentoring, women’s leadership superpowers, career growth, mothers and other caregivers in the workplace (and in society), creating inclusion and belonging at work and in our communities, and more.
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Leading With Courage and Integrity
I think this episode captures me at my clearest and most practical as a coach and strategist. If you want a sense of the perspective I bring, this is a great place to start.
The warm and gracious Kim Meninger and I explore sustaining idealism over the course of our careers. We talk about the tension between grief and hope in equity-centered leadership today—especially as DEI work faces increasing resistance. I share reflections on creating change from within large institutions, and how we might think about our legacy in terms of relationships, which have more lasting power than programs, policies, or externally validated triumphs. The conversation also addresses intergenerational mentorship, values-aligned connection, and how leaders can remain grounded when workplace cultures of urgency threaten to take over.
Leading With Courage and Integrity: How Women can Redefine Power, Purpose, and Success
Desiree's infectious energy helped us dive deeply into how women can begin to rewrite the narratives that shape their leadership—by clarifying their values, setting both internal and external boundaries, and leaning into the distinctive strengths they bring to the table.
We talk about emotional agility, collaboration, and cultural humility as essential leadership capacities;
the power of intergenerational wisdom; the reality of courage as a daily practice rather than a single bold act; and the healing role of journaling and storytelling in reclaiming voice and agency.
Leading Inside Systems That Were Never Built for Women
Join me for a conversation with the profoundly wise and knowledgeable Dr. Carolyn Colleen Bostrack as we talk about how expansive women's leadership can be. Our leadership goes way beyond titles. But how do we lead and stay well in systems where we didn't make the rules? This discussion goes deep on those systems, and ways to reclaim our empowerment as leaders of all kinds.
Leading with Courage in Complex Times
Dr. Mark McBridge-Wright brings his deep and wide background in organizational leadership to bear on this lively conversation, where we talk about navigating our polarizing historical moment--with the help of historical perspective. Other topics include: how does courage show up over the entire arc of a career? And how can men who want to be courageous leaders and allies support women leaders and inclusive workplaces?
Leading With Courage on Cultural Curriculum Chat
In conversation with the delightful Jebeh Edmunds, here are reflections on how care, courage, and compassion can inform the way we lead, and how history connects career coaching and the building of meaningful relationships and support in the workplace, especially for mothers and other caregivers, in the midst of a difficult historical moment.
From History Professor to Inclusive Leader: How to Turn Stress into Strength
This episode speaks to how we find power in our stories, especially when we're in a period of disruption, when we need to pivot. Dr. Frank helps us think about being actively anti-fragile as we claim our authenticity and the work only we can do in the world.
Hacks for Perfectionism
Features my strategies for shifting from perfect to progress, including but not limited to:
✔️ Audit perfectionism triggers & rabbit holes
✔️ Build your "Perfectionism Mitigation Team"—people who remind you rest isn't weakness
✔️ Redefine success based on growth, not flawlessness
✔️ Normalize mistakes & stop over-apologizing for being human
Leading With Purpose: Women Creating Work that Truly Matters
This episode explores some of the complexity of one of my favorite topics: how women can overcome adversity at work in part through aligning with the values and finding courage when it's needed most.
Career Growth for Working Moms
In this episode:
✔️ Why perfectionism is a *system problem*, not a personal flaw
✔️ How caregiving skills like emotional agility & planning are leadership strengths
✔️ What to do when you're overwhelmed, undervalued, and unsure what’s next
✔️ How to reframe boundary-setting and negotiation as career-boosting tools
✔️ Why you are a *long-term asset*, even if your workplace hasn’t caught up yet
Plus: A powerful mindset shift you can use today to reclaim your power at work and at home.
History and Women and Superpowers
In this episode: Lots of history talk! Connections between past and present, especially for women. We also discuss the role of older women in the workforce: wisdom, institutional knowledge, and more. We talk about the need for what I call "age humility," in our interactions at work and in our communities, and how it needs to go in both directions.
Balance and Beyond
My gracious host, Jo Stone, summarized some key value points of this conversation: "Jodi offers a practical reset—anchor in your values to choose the battles that matter, craft asks that serve your mission, and enlist an amplification crew who backs your ideas in the room. We share tactics like pre-meeting side conversations, planned support from someone with clout, and post-meeting recovery if things go off-script. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s impact with less collateral damage.
"From there, we widen the lens. Younger cohorts—Millennials and Gen Z—bring autonomy, purpose, and an insistence on mental health that many of us were never allowed to name. Rather than dismissing them as soft, we ask what can be learned: how clear values fuel motivation, why questions drive better systems, and how two-way mentoring turns friction into progress."
How Idealistic Women Can Lead Authentically
The deeply thoughtful Serena Low guided this conversation into a deep dive. We talked about how introverts can thrive in leadership by honoring their energy, setting clear boundaries, and trusting their own pace and process. Context awareness, emotional agility, and relational intelligence are critical leadership strengths that women, especially women of color, are likely to bring to leadership. We talk about how to leverage those strengths, as well as how mentoring needs to take identity into account.
We also talked about how values-based decision-making becomes a catalyst for courage, clarity, and career direction.
And I share some powerful stories from Leading With Courage, including moments when women chose to stand firmly in their values—even at personal or professional cost—making choices that shaped enduring leadership identities.
Additional Media Appearances & Mentions
New York Times, "It's 2021: Why is 'Supermom' still around?" (2021)
New York Times, “Early Motherhood has always been miserable,” (2019)