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Welcome to Mindful Management, a podcast where we share skills, stories, and resources about organization wellness to help you foster a healthy and successful workplace culture. With your host Shenandoah Chefalo, we speak with thought leaders in the field about how they have made staff well-being a core component of their business strategies.
Tiny Repairs, Big Results: Leading Through Micro Moments with Shenandoah Chefalo
Mindful Management
16 minutes
2 months ago
Tiny Repairs, Big Results: Leading Through Micro Moments with Shenandoah Chefalo
Leadership isn’t just about vision statements and strategic pivots, it’s lived out in the smallest, often overlooked moments of connection.In this episode of Mindful Management, host Shenandoah Chefalo explores the power of “micro moments,” those brief, intentional interactions that can transform culture. Drawing on trauma-informed practice and her work with leaders across industries, Shen explains how these moments shape safety, trust, and engagement far more than formal policies ever could.
What You’ll Learn:
Why micro moments can have an outsized impact on culture and trust
How to use everyday interactions to strengthen relationships and engagement
The difference between “How are you doing?” and “How are you feeling?” and why it matters
Practical, low-cost ways to acknowledge and validate team members’ contributions
How to pause, notice, and repair when you miss a moment
Why leaders don’t need to be perfect, just present
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Shenandoah Chefalo is a trauma-informed leadership expert, award-winning author, and founder of Chefalo Consulting, where she designs transformational professional development and systems-change initiatives for organizations worldwide. With over 20 years of experience, she has helped schools, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and government agencies build cultures rooted in trust, safety, and resilience. A former foster youth and author of the memoir Garbage Bag Suitcase, Shen brings unmatched authenticity and lived expertise to every program she leads. In 2025, she released The Best Bunny, an illustrated children’s book guiding young readers through grief, loss, and healing. Her work has earned national recognition, including Corporate Vision’s 2025 Education & Training Awards for “Most Impactful Leadership Development Program – USA” and “Excellence in Social Impact Consulting.”
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Garbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah Chefalo
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Welcome to Mindful Management, a podcast where we share skills, stories, and resources about organization wellness to help you foster a healthy and successful workplace culture. With your host Shenandoah Chefalo, we speak with thought leaders in the field about how they have made staff well-being a core component of their business strategies.
