Toni Morris, a boomer, and her Gen Z granddaughter, Taylor Herrera, join Yo today to talk about leadership and important perspectives of being a good leader. You may remember Toni from Episode 40 where we discussed Burnout by the Nagoski sisters.
Toni and Taylor help us explore the following questions:
· What is leadership?
· What do we want in our leaders?
· Who are or have been great leaders?
· What challenges to we face leading people of different generations?
Link to Ep 2 with Karyn and Andrea, “Is Leadership Funny?”
About Taylor Herrera
Taylor has always been a high achiever! She not only graduated early from high school, she also completed her certification as a Master Esthetician shortly after her class graduated. She was drawn to this industry because she enjoyed both the science of skincare and helping people feel good about themselves.
While the things that drew her to this industry remain, the work environment turned out to be a big disappointment. After working at multiple med-spas, and in several leadership positions, each seemed to turn out the same- disappointed that the focus was always profit at the expense of service and left her feeling disillusioned about the industry. So, she decided to explore other industries.
She landed a customer service job in the business finance industry, where focusing on service could feed her passion for helping others. She has loves this company and their approach to service. She has received repeated recognition for her high level of service and for not only achieving targets, but consistently surpassing them. After only 6 months on the job, she was promoted to a leadership position, where she leads a team of 16 employees. She is excited for this opportunity to be the kind of leader she has always wanted to be.
Taylor has a quiet confidence that is her superpower- along with her strong work ethic, desire to achieve, and self-awareness, people have always assumed from her maturity that she is older than her age.
Taylor lives in Utah with her fiancé, Nick, and her beloved dog, Lando! She loves to cook, is kind of a health-nut (in a good way).
About Toni Morris
Toni has served in leadership roles over the last 25+ years. Her experience spans a wide range including new start-up businesses, executive/operations, employee/ physician engagement, organization strategy development, training, consumer/patient experience… She has also developed and facilitated training workshops, lead consulting projects and taught classes at a community college.
In 2012, she started a nonprofit called Bridges for Humanity, that offered experiential learning opportunities to students- middle school through college.
Toni published her first book in 2016. Her writing has primarily focused on fictional stories that inspire young people to be their best selves, increase their self-awareness, and recognize their own strengths and value.
Currently, Toni is a consultant who focuses on projects that drive leadership development, employee engagement and teamwork. She is also a professional coach and is working on two new books- one is a sequel to her first book and the other is a book about the critical role connection plays in successful leadership.
Toni is Taylor’s super proud ‘Nana’! They have always had a very strong connection! They refer to each other as MBF’s (Moon Buddies Forever), nicknames that started from an experience when Tay was about 4. But that’s another story…
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