In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Sonja talk about:
- The fact that this podcast is not sponsored by USAA
- A journey that started with childhood on a "poser farm" in North Carolina
- Driving the tractor as a path to an enjoyment of adventure and power
- Discovering that being a defense lawyer meant you would represent a lot of guilty people
- How Kendall ruins everything
- Being the data pusher and getting hooked on her own supply
- The Stephen Covey 7 Habits seminar, aka a sausagefest
- Early interpretations of leadership as a command and control process, feedback from other managers, being curious, being willing to apologize and grow
- Kendall gets his due, FINALLY
- Learning more from mistakes than successes
- That there's a difference between listening and "waiting to speak"
- The fun of building and running her own "retail lab" aka fake grocery store theater for research
- Advocating for the strategic pre-meeting when decisions are being made
- Reasons to switch to the nonprofit world, including a cancer diagnosis
- What strong 501c3 nonprofit board leadership looks like
- That all workers deserve joy in their work
- The tragedy of over-volunteering, trying to extricate herself
- Recommendations for exploring the Olympic Peninsula
- Friends: you should make some and spend time with them :)
You can find Sonja at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonja-mathews-63a6a02/
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
