Leadership TrailMix

Leadership TrailMix

One thing that my experience in HR has taught me is that, like most things in life, people leadership is not a single thing. It is more like... trail mix! And while leading requires a combination of "flavors," deconstructing it and finding the right ratio of each element is key to making sure we, as leaders, are authentic and purposeful. This is what Leadership TrailMix is all about: biweekly 5-10 minute reflections available on Spotify that I hope will inspire you to be a better version of yourself, not only for your team at work, but for everyone you cross paths with.

Episodes

Ep. 58 - Leading & Listening Up & Shifting

April 1, 2026 • 20 mins
In a chat that could have lasted much longer, coach, keynote speaker, and author Shed Shedletzky and I talked about what it means to be a leader, how to foster a culture with the conditions for people to feel safe and speak up, and even touched on what driving shift or an automatic car has to do with leadership.
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Ep. 57 - Who You Are &/or/vs What You Do

March 18, 2026 • 24 mins
What happens to our identity when who we are is defined by what we do? This is what this episode is all about: a conversation with Asel Ormonova, someone that personally experienced it as a humanitarian, and who today supports others through the detox journey, as she calls it.
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Ep. 56 - Identity & Caregiving

March 4, 2026 • 18 mins
Did you know that about 60 million Americas are caregivers, and in our generation, many are caregiving up and down? That and a lot more is what this conversation with Jess Ringgenberg, co-Founder, ELIXR®, was all about. I learned a lot, and hope you will, too.
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Ep. 55 - The Little Pebble & The Full Mug

February 18, 2026 • 12 mins
Join me in a journey through a beautiful collage that combines analogies, a real life example, and concepts that sound like poetry to explore the importance of two things we don't talk much about in our workplaces, but that I believe we should: kindness and forgiveness.
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Ep. 54 - Balance vs Integration

February 4, 2026 • 14 mins
Going back to a theme we discussed in one of the first episodes of Leadership TrailMix, join me in this insightful chat with Lora Crest, author of the book "Work is Not Your Life", where we debunked a few concepts that permeate our workplaces.
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Ep. 53 - Anchors & Roots & Bridges

January 24, 2026 • 9 mins
For this reflection, I tapped into the wisdom of Mario Sergio Cortella, a Brazilian philosopher, and the poetry of Broadway to talk about choices we made in life, and to remind us that if we don't think we can, we should think again.
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Ep. 52 - Human & Whole

January 7, 2026 • 16 mins
In a world that is always moving so fast, it is easy to lose ourselves at time, and in that process lose so many other things. Join me in this fascinating conversation with Peter Sorgenfrei, a six-time founder who burned out in 2019 and rebuilt from there. He is working on a book that we are expecting to see reach stores in 2026 titled “The Whole Human Leader: How to Lead Without Losing Yourself".
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Ep. 51 - Wicked & For Good

December 9, 2025 • 16 mins
Join me in a fun an engaging conversation I had with Sertrice Shipley, founder & CEO of Plan to Action, and co-author of the book "Inclusalytics: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leaders Use Data to Drive Their Work". She is a fan of musicals, as am I, and we dove deeper into some elements of Wicked that teach us powerful leadership lessons.
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Ep. 50 - Education & Power

November 26, 2025 • 22 mins
Gilberto Freyre, an educator from my home country, Brazil, once said: "Without a social purpose, knowledge will be the greatest futility". Jonathan Santos Silva has been living that and in this eye opening chat we talked about the many connections and lessons people leaders in corporations can learn from those leading in education.
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Ep. 49 - Power & Courage

November 11, 2025 • 5 mins
Join me in this short reflection about two concepts from the latest book by Brené Brown (the godmother of Leadership TrailMix), Strong Ground. We will unpack ideas related to power and courage, two key ingredients to unlock effective self-leadership and people leadership.
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Ep. 48 - Trades & All

October 28, 2025 • 10 mins
There is more that makes us equal that what makes us different, and in the leadership space, it is not different. Join me in this inspiring and fun chat I had with Traci Austin, Chief Strategy Consultant at Elevated Talent Consulting and Host of The People Strategy Podcast. We talked about powerful leadership principles that are applicable to any leader, no matter where.
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Ep. 47 - Hold Space & Listen to Understand

October 14, 2025 • 8 mins
In this episode I share my reflections on the importance of listening with empathy and compassion for effective people leadership. Let's look at the concept of perspective gap and explore alternatives to our urge to speak, even when we shouldn't.
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Ep. 46 - In the Pack & Towards Success

September 30, 2025 • 14 mins
In this episode I share a great conversation with Kendra Cooke, author of the book "Embrace-Empower-Evolve", who has a beautiful career trajectory and generously shared some of the lessons she learned along the way with me.
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Ep. 45 - Woodwork & People Work

September 16, 2025 • 9 mins
Join me in this reflection about an ordinary experience that taught and reminded me of six important elements for effective leadership, both for self-care and to support those we lead.
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Ep. 44 - First-Gen & HamilTEN (Part 3/3)

September 2, 2025 • 13 mins
“Why do you write like you are running out of time? How do you write like you need it to survive? Why do you always say what you believe?" Join me and Mariana Ortega, coach, and founder of Cultural Compass Coaching & Consulting, in the third and last episode in a series of three, exploring characteristics of first-gen professionals we see in Hamilton's life and leadership style, what lessons we can learn from the similarities betw...
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Ep. 43 - First-Gen & HamilTEN (Part 2/3)

August 18, 2025 • 11 mins
“Talk less, smile more... Don't let them know of what you're against and what you're for..." Join me and Mariana Ortega, coach, and founder of Cultural Compass Coaching & Consulting, in the second episode in a series of three, exploring the lessons Alexander Hamilton’s life teach us about first-generation professionals, which are not very different day from what they were over 200 years ago.
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Ep. 42 - First-Gen & HamilTEN (Part 1/3)

August 3, 2025 • 11 mins
“Do not throw away your shot!” As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the musical Hamilton as well as fast approaching Hispanic Heritage Month, join me and Mariana Ortega, coach, and founder of Cultural Compass Coaching & Consulting, in a series of three episodes exploring the lessons Alexander Hamilton’s life teach us about first-generation professionals, which are not very different day from what they were over 200 years ago.
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Ep. 41 - Cristiano Ronaldo & The New Queen Bee

July 18, 2025 • 7 mins
Are we always capable of recognizing greatness, or some times, just because it comes from unexpected places, it becomes invisible to us? Today's reflection tries to answer this question by looking at Cristiano Ronaldo's mastery in soccer and the approach bees take in a moment of crisis.
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Ep. 40 - Work & Fun

July 3, 2025 • 9 mins
One company, many jobs. 35 years of service, never bored. A common thread: fun! This is what this episode where I have the honor to interview John Smith (aka Jack), my father-in-law is all about. Enjoy the stories and wisdom he shares in this short and sweet chat.
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Ep. 39 - Human & Human

June 21, 2025 • 14 mins
Curiosity, vulnerability, and influence are just three of the many leadership ingredients I discussed with Camille Romero, a former co-worker who has recently started "How is it Working?", a human-centric practice focused on leadership and culture. In this fun chat, she shared some valuable tools and ideas focused on leveraging our inherited humanity as a connection tool to be better people leaders.
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