Leadership Matters, the forum of choice for current and emerging public and nonprofit leaders. Dr. Sheryl White and Guest Co-Host Dr. Undraye Howard, along with their guests, explore practical tips for issues management, human capital strategies, and improving leadership effectiveness. Leadership Matters, your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!
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Dr. Sheryl White, with Guest Co-Host Dr. Undraye Howard
Diamonds aren't formed in comfort. They're formed under enormous pressure, over time, in places no one would choose to stay. This week on Leadership Matters, the People's Doctors take on a truth most leaders learn the hard way: the pressure we try to avoid is often the very thing shaping us. Dr. Undraye Howard, Dr. Loretta Howard, and Dr. Sheryl White explore the difference between pressure that crushes a leader and pressure that refines one. When the stakes are high, who do you become? The hosts unpack how pressure narrows our thinking, pulls us back to old patterns, and exposes the gap between the leader we say we are and the leader we are in the moment. You'll hear practical ways to respond rather than react, how to make sound decisions when everything feels urgent, and how to protect your team while you are being tested. Listeners will leave with a way to read what a hard season is teaching them and a plan for turning pressure into lasting growth.
1 Oct 2026
Culture by Design: Why Alignment, Not Perks, Keeps People Engaged
Most leaders don't set out to build a weak culture. It happens when strategy, values, and daily systems drift out of alignment and no one notices. On this episode of Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors, we welcome Yengyee Lor, Founder and CEO of Faithful Consulting and an ICF-credentialed executive coach with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations turn ideas into meaningful action.
24 Sept 2026
Workplace Culture: What Are You Willing to Own?
Every organization has a culture. The question is whether leaders are intentionally shaping it or simply allowing it to happen. In this insightful episode of Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors, Dr. Sheryl White, Dr. Undraye Howard, and Dr. Loretta Howard explore with Joy Freeman, Founder & CEO of JOY Just Own Yours, explore workplace culture through a unique lens: the gap between the culture organizations say they have and the culture employees actually experience; the role leaders play in shaping that experience; and what becomes possible when leaders are willing to recognize what is true and take ownership of what comes next in the workplace. Joy Freeman will discuss her "The Own It Moment™ leadership and workplace culture framework that is centered around five areas: Story, Strengths, Wellness, Voice, and Joy. Don't miss this incredible episode of Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors: Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!
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