293: Responsible Leadership with Trudi Lebron
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“Listen. It’s nothing personal. It’s just business.” (Condescending smirk.) So goes the biggest lie ever told; a statement that’s often used as a permission slip to be ruthless. And almost always uttered by someone who holds power to make a decision that adversely impacts someone who doesn’t have power.
If you blend your work with your passion, you know how fortunate you are, and the outcome is very “personal.” Similarly, if you’ve ever worked in a toxic environment you can vouch about how that negativity-filled “business” cloud follows you home. Your joy and energy don’t distinguish between the two.
I’ve openly shared how I’ve consistently relied upon the guidance of coaches and mentors throughout my entrepreneurial evolution. I champion trusting those who’ve been there before and not doing it alone, and I’ve followed that advice.
It’s also no secret that I’ve spent the past few years (and will continue!) actively implementing antiracist practices throughout my company’s operations. And this week, I’m joined by my coach in equity-centered leadership, Trudi Lebron, to kick off our business and mentorship pod.
By the time Trudi was 16, she had two children and had dropped out of high school. With the odds against her, Trudi earned her B.A., then her M.Sc., and went on to build a million-dollar coaching and consulting firm. (Oh, and her Ph.D. is in progress.)
Today, Trudi is the CEO of Script Flip, LLC, the creator of The Institute of Equity-Centered Coaching, and the author of The Antiracist Business Book. And it’s my absolute honor to have Trudi share some of her brilliant wisdom for responsible leadership because any alternative will no longer suffice.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- The gift of taking the elevator up
- Managing outcomes instead of people
- Sharing your weekend plans for intentional downtime
- How NDAs contribute to a culture of silence & control
- A lobster appetite on a fish stick budget
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- Sundae’s Website
- Sundae’s Facebook Business Page – Sundae Schneider-Bean LLC
- Sundae Bean – YouTube
- Wisdom Fusion Project
- Trudi Lebron – Website
- Trudi Lebron – Instagram
- The Antiracist Business by Trudi Lebron & Arlan Hamilton
- The Institute of Equity-Centered Coaching
- Script Flip, LLC
- Liberatory Leader Mentorship by Trudi Lebron
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Full Episode Transcript:
Hello, it is 10:00 pm in New York, 4:00 pm in Johannesburg, and 9:00 pm in Bangkok. Welcome to IN TRANSIT with Sundae Bean. And I’m actually really IN TRANSIT right now as I sit in a temporary apartment as we just landed in Switzerland. And in addition to being in transition, I am on a mission to help you adapt and succeed through any life transition.
One thing I’ve realized throughout the years is that you never know who will walk into your life and completely change it. I just had this conversation with one of my sons this morning about the importance of relationships and mentorship and what started as a simple informative one and a half hour workshop turned into a year-and-a-half mentorship and it has been transformational for me. And I don’t mean transformational in a sense of you go to bed a caterpillar and you wake up a butterfly. I’m talking about a slow one. One that is cell by cell, one by one, and is still ongoing and so much further to go.
So it is my absolute heartfelt pleasure to have my mentor in Equity-Centered Leadership here today and the author of a recent hit: The Antiracist Business book, Trudi Lebron, welcome to IN TRANSIT today.
Trudi: Thank you so much for having me. I’m so happy to be here.
Sundae: It’s been so incredible to get to know you and to watch your journey and the impact that you’re having in so many people’s lives. I’m just so excited about the work you’re doing because it is literally changing the trajectory in which we do business. And specifically for me, when I watch the coaching industry. So it’s so amazing to watch you walk with integrity, and live everything that you teach.
So before I get into more with you, Trudi, I’m going to say more for our audience, who isn’t as familiar with your work. Trudi LeBron is the CEO of Script Flip, LLC and the creator of The Institute of Equity-Centered Coaching. By the time Trudi was 16, she had two children and had dropped out of high school. As you can, imagine she says, all odds were against her. But that is not the case. Trudi today runs a million-dollar coaching and consulting firm helping entrepreneurs and coaches, build antiracist businesses and become equity-centered coaches, and as well as leaders, through her certification programs, consulting packages and executive coaching.
Trudi holds a BA in Theater, a Master of Sci
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