Servant Leadership: Why Love Is a Practice, Not a Feeling | Heather Wood

What does servant leadership look like when it has to hold up at work and at home, even after the hardest loss imaginable? Heather Wood spent more than 20 years leading people in financial services, then built Stupendous Love after losing her daughter Ava and her husband in 2023. She and Greg Aden talk honestly about that loss, about men's mental health and how hard it still is for men to find an outlet, and about why love is a practice, not just a feeling.

In this conversation:
- Why putting people in a box hurts your team, and how staying curious about what gives someone energy and what drains it helps them do their best work
- How to tell your team plainly that they can bring you their frustration before it turns into an explosion
- Why consistency between how you lead at work and how you show up at home matters more than most leaders admit
- The SHUVA idea, that everyone wants to be seen, heard, understood, valued and appreciated, and how to use it in a one on one meeting or at the dinner table

Heather Wood, founder of Stupendous Love:
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