[Alicia Davis] Hey Stacie, we were just talking about a conversation you had with a leader yesterday that you are really excited about. Do you want to share it with us?

[Stacie Watson] Yeah, I was talking with the CEO of a nonprofit organization. And you know, we have a lot of conversations with CEOs of nonprofit organizations. And I heard something that I’d never really heard said exactly the way that he said it. And it was something along the lines of really wanting to be intentional about creating a culture of leadership within his organization. And it just really gave me pause. I thought about it all evening, you know, what does that really mean to create a culture of leadership within an organization? And of course, he had some thoughts about that. And I was sort of thinking about it a little bit, maybe not selfishly, but because we’ve been talking about what does it mean for us to support a culture of leadership with our client organization. So it was just a really interesting moment where it all felt very synergistic. And so I thought it would be a great opportunity, maybe for us to talk about what we think of our role in supporting a culture of leadership, and just how inspiring it is when we talk to these leaders who are so focused on that.

[Alicia Davis] It’s so true. I mean, I had a session yesterday with a group of direct care providers and case managers who were just so focused on their own, like, caring for others, while at the same time, they were like the first time in the room together, most of their team, you know, like, culture is a big deal.

[Stacie Watson] Yes.

[Alicia Davis] Right? And it has changed and evolved over these, you know, the last number of years. And we are always trying to change and evolve to it at TLS. And so, you know, interestingly enough, right? We’ve just gone through this whole process with our own coach around how can we best – like you said – how can we best provide support to leaders and to staff because we really are passionate about both. And so you know, what you and I have cultivated over the years, Stacy, has a number of these kinds of very interactive kinds of sessions, you know, and, and we do a combination of being on-site. And then, of course, we did like 1000s of hours of webinars over the last three years. And so now we’re kind of moving back into this almost like hybrid territory, right? Some organizations want on-site, some organizations still want virtual, and all of the organizations are still very much about caring about their leaders and staff, right?

[Stacie Watson] Absolutely. And so what we’ve done is tried to just take all of this content that is always sourced from our organizational conversations. I feel like in every one of these sessions, there’s a root conversation that occurred – one or more – that sort of led to the creation of the session, and we’ve tried to organize them, perhaps in a way that it’s a little bit more intuitive, and helps sort of understand what they’re looking at. Do you want to just touch on a couple of these and maybe give a little context for them?

[Alicia Davis] Well, you know, I think what we really on the left-hand side is all of our, our leadership topics. And, you know, we have been hearing a lot. I mean one of our sweet spots is really to support those leaders, who are what we call emerging, or the leaders that have been promoted, the leaders that are, you know, have been providing those direct services, and now they’re supporting people or guiding people leading people who are providing those direct services. And that’s different, right, we know, it’s different to lead people versus manage work. And so that’s really what we’ve tried to do under these leadership topics. Presence – how are you present as a leader? How do you support teams, we have, you know, these two or three-hour programs as well as longer programs. And so and then, of course, we have also for leaders, as well as staff, and this is really under the umbrella of well-being and professional development. You know, topics, we always get asked questions about communication. We’re often having people coming to us saying that they want to feel more confident. And of course, we work with organizations and teams that have a lot of exposure to trauma. And so how do they, in these different ways, support themselves in their own well-being, so that they can continue to provide the care and services that they love doing, while also really making sure that they can do it for the long term, right, “putting on their own oxygen mask.”

[Stacie Watson] Yeah, well, you know, it just it never ceases to amaze me how organic this world is that we’re in in terms of having conversations that parallel conversations we have internally, you know, we’re having conversations externally and similar conversations internally. And I think we would just love – we wanted to sort of share this brainstorming we’re doing because we always want to be transparent. And we would love feedback, I think we’re gonna offer –

[Alicia Davis] For sure.

[Stacie Watson] A view of this, it’s likely not the last view but the view of this that you just shared. Just ask for any feedback, right?

[Alicia Davis] We would love feedback. If there’s a topic on this list that you really resonate with, we’d love to know that. And if there are topics that we’re missing, that you think would be really helpful for your own leadership teams, for your teams in the organization. We would also love to hear that so please, feel free to email us info@transforms.com. And I’m Alicia Davis.

[Stacie Watson] I’m Stacie Watson.

[Alicia Davis] And we love to support leaders who are supporting their teams and supporting people in the world to be their best selves. Take good care.

[Stacie Watson] Take care.