Sheryl Raphael Whitaker had a bad boss, let's call her "Janet." Imagine every difficult leader you've ever had, squished into one person. That was her. Hands shaking in meetings. Trouble with vision. Sunday scaries that started on Saturday. Janet almost broke her.
On the other side of that toxic leadership experience, Sheryl discovered her unfair advantage: a leadership mindset built entirely on joy. Not performance. Not authority. But joy as an infrastructure. As an operating system. The Janets of the world are not leading from that place, and Sheryl wants all leaders to make the right choice.
Watch the full conversation with Sheryl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-jTlG1iAQw&list=PLbWfh34FP_dWsmhLMNNz6IPXanydwpH-U&index=1
This is a clip from our full conversation on What Do You Know To Be True? which is an invitation to continue on your journey to becoming your possible self.
In this full episode, Sheryl answers the following questions:
- How to find more joy in your work?
- How to be happy at work when you hate it?
- How to make work fun and enjoyable?
- As a leader, am I allowed to have fun and experience joy?
The full conversation is for the leader who knows something feels misaligned but hasn't found the language for it yet. The OD practitioner who sees the pattern in their organization and wants to interrupt it. The coach doing the inner work but still getting hijacked by the room.
Sheryl's invitation is direct. You don't have to wait for conditions to be right.
You can lead from who you actually are, right now, even when the people around you are hiding it.
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Recommended Next Videos to Watch:
- Stop Hiding Your Truth | What's Possible When You Speak Up | Dr. Lalith Wijedoru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfPdQUPB-Hc&list=PLbWfh34FP_dWsmhLMNNz6IPXanydwpH-U&index=11
- Stop Trying To 'Fix' Yourself - You Are Not Deficient | Author Jules Kuroda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5eJl8VSsio&list=PLbWfh34FP_dWsmhLMNNz6IPXanydwpH-U&index=14
- Joy Is the Missing Link to Resilience and Purpose | Purpose Guide Anna Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7a9sfOE94&list=PLbWfh34FP_dWsmhLMNNz6IPXanydwpH-U&index=34
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Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.
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