The Pause Before You Lead
Leadership today asks a lot of people.
Leaders make decisions with incomplete information, navigate competing priorities, support others through change, and respond to challenges that rarely have simple answers.
In the midst of all that, it's easy to keep moving without creating space to think.
Hosted by Heather Haigh and Alicia Saint, The Pause Before You Lead is a podcast for leaders navigating growth, complexity, and uncertainty. Each week, Heather and Alicia explore the conversations, assumptions, patterns, and tensions that influence how leaders think, decide, communicate, and lead.
Drawing on decades of leadership experience and more than ten years coaching, consulting, and partnering with leaders and teams, they bring thoughtful dialogue, practical wisdom, and powerful questions to the real challenges leaders face every day.
Whether you're leading a team, an organization, or your own next chapter, these conversations will invite you to pause, reflect, and see something you may not have noticed before.
New episodes released weekly.
The Pause Before You Lead
Who Feels Left Out on Your Team?
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Alicia recently joined a breakout discussion about psychological safety and immediately found herself feeling excluded.
The irony wasn't lost on her. A group gathered to discuss psychological safety unintentionally created an experience that challenged it.
In this episode, Heather and Alicia explore how quickly inclusion can be lost, why good intentions aren't always enough, and what leaders can do to ensure every voice feels welcomed and valued.
As you listen, consider this question:
Who might be sitting quietly on the edge of a conversation that matters?