The Introspective Leader Podcast
Listen in as Stuart, Rachel, and their varied and frequent guests talk about the most pertinent and critical leadership ideas and practices for TODAY's Organizational Leaders!
Through insightful discussions with a variety of organizational leaders and experts, deep and wide-ranging analyses of the most critical leadership and management methods in use, and book and article reviews, hosts Stuart and Rachel take a deep-dive into the ideas and practices that will help you become a more effective and respected organizational leader.
Stuart is a regarded leader, manager, teacher, and coach, with almost 30 years of experience managing and leading at virtually all levels of an organization, and over 15 years as a management and leadership instructor.
As a former Army Officer, a current medical practitioner, and a budding entrepreneur and leadership coach, Rachel is a talented young leader who brings a fresh and insightful perspective to the show.
The Introspective Leader Podcast
Profile of a Leader: Dr. Patricia Suggs, a Trailblazing Woman Leader
Imagine it is the 1970’s and you are a young woman just beginning her journey as a minister within a protestant denomination that is comprised of at least some members and leaders who oppose your ministry because of your gender. In fact, imagine that you, as this young woman, had heard a radio minister of the same domination declare that the ‘pulpit was no place for petticoats.’ And, finally, imagine that when you were a young girl, you remember even your minister father stating his opposition to women holding official church leadership positions (a perspective that changed over time). Well, today’s profiled leader, Dr. Patricia Suggs, does not have to imagine such a scenario–she lived it and is here to tell us about it.
Dr. Suggs is a former minister–one of the first women in her denomination to fill that role–and is currently the CEO of Arise Leadership, which focuses primarily on offering coaching and training to women in leadership positions. Because her career began during a time in the U.S. in which women were often openly discriminated against, Dr. Suggs’ perspective as a woman leader just starting out in such a climate is essential to understanding how much progress has been made–and how much more still needs to be made.