Pat Broe, best-selling author and mental health advocate, shares insights on how leaders can support their teams’ mental health while fostering trust and accountability. He emphasizes the importance of open communication, empathetic leadership, and creating safe spaces where employees feel comfortable sharing challenges. Pat also highlights the need for leaders to prioritize their own mental health through self-awareness and reflection. By leading with authenticity, compassion, and clear expectations, we can build stronger, more resilient teams that thrive even in difficult times.

Highlights

• Empathy in Action: Discover how balancing empathy with accountability strengthens trust and team performance.
• The Power of Check-Ins: Learn how intentional, regular conversations can uncover hidden struggles and foster connection.
• Lead with Authenticity: Explore how being open about your own challenges as a leader can inspire greater team loyalty.
• Support Over Assumption: Find out why asking team members what they need is more effective than making assumptions.
• Self-Check for Leaders: Understand the importance of reflecting on your own strengths, challenges, and mental health to lead effectively.

Resources Mentioned

The Inspire Your Team to Greatness assessment (the Courage Assessment)

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In less than 10 minutes, find out where you’re empowering and inadvertently kills productivity, and get a custom report that will tell you step by step what you need to have your team get more done.

https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

About the Guest:

Pat Broe is a best selling author, mental health advocate, and sales and marketing professional. His journey to professional success was marked by personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and an attempt on his own life. These challenges ignited his passion for guiding others toward authentic living.

With raw storytelling and practical advice, Pat empowers readers to overcome the unique mental health threats of modern life. Drawing from his diverse background spanning radio hosting to business consulting, he offers a powerful roadmap for cultivating a happier, more fulfilling existence as "The Real Confident You."

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-broe/

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

• The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy
• The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration
• The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community
• The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

http://www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley

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Teaser for Next Episode

Our next episode, The Productivity Secret: Aligning Where You Work with What You Do, will finally be a solo episode from Amy Riley, in which she’ll reveal how the key to productivity lies in matching your environment to the task at hand. From collaboration to deep focus, discover how leaders can create spaces that empower their teams to thrive. Don’t miss it—it might just change the way you think about where and how you work!

Mentioned in this episode:

The Inspire Your Team to Greatness assessment (The Courage Assessment)

https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/