Grown To Lead explores the art and science of leadership and how people grow into it over time. Hosted by Lindsay Zubek, Founder of Plum Leadership Group, the podcast features real conversations with leaders, practitioners, and thinkers about what leadership actually looks like in practice. From stepping into people management for the first time to navigating complexity, change, and responsibility, this show focuses on the experiences that shape capable, thoughtful leaders.
Grown to Lead
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Podcast Overview
Grown To Lead explores the art and science of leadership and how people grow into it over time. Hosted by Lindsay Zubek, Founder of Plum Leadership Group, the podcast features real conversations with leaders, practitioners, and thinkers about what leadership actually looks like in practice. From stepping into people management for the first time to navigating complexity, change, and responsibility, this show focuses on the experiences that shape capable, thoughtful leaders.
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June 25, 2026
Commanding the Room
<p>Communication is the one leadership skill almost everyone assumes they've mastered. Most haven't.</p><p>Shannon GaNun has spent more than 30 years helping people communicate clearly, concisely, and confidently. She has worked with corporations, associations, government agencies, nonprofits, and Congress, and she teaches public speaking and leadership at Georgia Southern University. Today she runs her own firm delivering keynotes and workshops to leaders who want to be heard.</p><p>Shannon breaks down why confidence comes from practice rather than perfection, the three-word phrase that defuses almost any tense conversation, and how to read whether someone wants an emotional, social, or practical response before you open your mouth. She makes the case for executive presence as something you build on purpose, and explains why the leaders people actually trust pair confidence with warmth.</p><p>You'll walk away with a phrase you can use in your next hard conversation, a method for getting real team buy-in instead of reluctant compliance, and three specific techniques to project confidence the moment you stand up to speak.</p>
June 9, 2026
The Quiet Strength of Executive Presence
<p>Most leaders assume executive presence is about how they show up on the outside. The tailored suit. The commanding voice. The big energy in the room.</p><p>Elle Zimmerman has spent over 20 years helping leaders unlearn that assumption.</p><p>A former Broadway leading lady turned Fortune 100 leadership coach, Elle brings a rare combination of performance expertise and emotional intelligence training to executives at McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Bacardi USA, Crocs, Vera Bradley, and hundreds of small to mid-sized organizations. Her work sits at the intersection of self-awareness, communication, and presence, and she is very clear on what actually moves the needle.</p><p>Research from the Center for Talent Innovation found that executive presence breaks down into three components: gravitas, communication, and appearance. Gravitas accounts for 67%. Appearance? Five percent. Elle builds her entire methodology around that gap, helping leaders develop the quiet, grounded strength that makes people lean in, listen, and follow, without performing a version of themselves that doesn't fit.</p><p>This conversation covers how self-awareness becomes the foundation of presence, why women and men tend to show up differently when they're trying to project confidence, and the practical techniques Elle uses with executives to slow down, say less, and command more.</p>
May 19, 2026
Leading Across Generations
<p>Four generations. One team. And most leaders are winging it.</p><p>Kelly Lannan has spent nearly 13 years at Fidelity Investments, most of it focused on what younger generations actually need from their employers and their money. Now leading Fidelity's flagship Boston branch, she manages a team that spans every generation in the workforce and a client base to match.</p><p>She breaks down how each generation communicates, what they actually want from a leader, and why the smartest move any manager can make has nothing to do with generation at all. She also challenges the tired stereotypes around Gen Z and Boomers, and makes the case that the real friction on multi-generational teams isn't age — it's assumptions.</p><p>You'll walk away with a clearer picture of how to start conversations with your team that cut through generational noise, practical adjustments to how you give feedback across the spectrum, and one reframe that changes how you approach every person you lead.</p>
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