Live Your Values: People-First Leadership | Emily Robinson and Laurie Oswald

Values on a plaque mean nothing if your team never sees you live them. People-first leadership starts with how you show up every day: being authentic, telling kind truth, and staying curious about the people you lead. Emily Robinson spent 28 years at FirstBank Colorado, starting as a management trainee and becoming the first woman on the senior leadership team in the company's history. Laurie Oswald left 20 years in corporate manufacturing and technology to build a business focused on elevating the human experience at work.

In this conversation: - Why stated values only matter when leaders live them every day - How sharing kind truth and giving feedback right away builds trust - Why curiosity is the trait Emily looks for when she interviews about 70 management trainees each year - Why both guests push back on work life balance, and their advice to young leaders on authenticity over perfection

Emily Robinson, COO, FirstBank Colorado https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-robinson-8758a42 https://www.efirstbank.com

Laurie Oswald, CEO, InteraWorks https://linkedin.com/in/laurieoswald https://www.interaworks.com

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