On this episode of Dominate Your Day, I had the privilege of sitting down with Sharon Eubank to talk about her new book, Doing Small Things with Great Love, and the powerful lessons she's learned from nearly three decades of global humanitarian work. Sharon emphasizes that real help is always an exchange grounded in respect, dignity, and listening rather than assuming we know what's best for others.

We also discuss the leadership principles behind her work, especially the belief that we are most powerful where we live. Sharon explains how lasting change happens within trusted networks teams, neighborhoods, and organizations that hold one another accountable and unite around a shared purpose. She reflects on how service and purpose-driven teamwork can counter polarization and digital isolation, strengthen communities, and even improve mental health.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to make a positive impact within their community.

Top 3 Takeaways:

1. Small acts matter more than we think. Real impact doesn't have to be big or global it's about giving the right help at the right time in the right way. Even simple acts, done with empathy, can restore dignity and humanity.

2. We are most powerful where we live. Lasting change happens in our own communities, where we understand the culture, speak the language, and have long-term relationships. Don't underestimate the influence you have right where you are.

3. Great leadership empowers, it doesn't dictate. Instead of solving problems for people, strong leaders help others build confidence to find their own solutions creating purpose-driven, trusted teams that make meaningful impact together.

Episode Minutes: Minute 10:00 - Prioritizing where you are most powerful - your community

Minute 11:00 - The importance of trusting and empowering those around you in leadership

Minute 13:00 - Lessons from humanitarian work applicable to purpose-driven teams

Minute 16:00 - Reflections on human nature, polarization, and community connection

Links + Resources from This Episode:

Get a copy of Sharon's book, Doing Small Things with Great Love

Take the free 3-minute Authentic Imprint™ Assessment

Get a copy of Dana's book, The Internal Revolution: Lead Authentically and Build Your Personal Brand from Within

Learn more about The Strengths Journal

Values aren't what you say. They're what you protect especially when it costs something. In this episode, I offer 3 diagnostic questions to help you determine whether or not your values guide your leadership decisions. When values are compromised quietly over time, leadership starts to feel hollow.

This isn't a personality problem, it's an alignment gap. When your strengths operate disconnected from your values, you can be highly productive and deeply unfulfilled at the same time. But when strengths and values align? Leadership becomes sustainable. In today's episode, I share 3 steps you can take to begin re-aligning your values with your decisions.

Top 3 Takeaways: 1. Your real values are revealed in what you protect when it costs you something. Pressure doesn't create your values it exposes them.

2. When your strengths operate without alignment to your values, leadership starts to feel hollow. Productivity can increase while fulfillment quietly decreases.

3. Sustainable leadership requires clarity about your non-negotiables. When your daily decisions reflect your true values, energy and integrity return.

Episode Minutes:

Minute 1: How leaders quietly compromise their values over time

Minute 2: Diagnostic questions: Do you protect time, honesty, boundaries?

Minute 4: Alignment of strengths and values leads to sustainable leadership

Links + Resources from This Episode:

Take the free 3-minute Authentic Imprint™ Assessment

Get a copy of Dana's book, The Internal Revolution: Lead Authentically and Build Your Personal Brand from Within

Learn more about The Strengths Journal

Here's what no one tells you about strengths: knowing them isn't enough. Many high-performing leaders know their strengths well and still feel drained or disconnected not because they're doing something wrong, but because something is out of alignment.

This episode explores why strengths alone aren't enough and what to notice when leadership starts feeling heavier than it should. I also unpack the difference between burnout and misalignment. Misalignment shows up quietly through constant urgency, reduced presence, or emotional fatigue and often appears long before burnout does. By paying attention to energy and emotional signals, leaders can realign sooner, practice their strengths more intentionally, and lead with greater clarity and sustainability.

Top 3 Takeaways:

1. Knowing your strengths isn't the same as leading in alignment with them. Strengths used out of habit can drain energy when they aren't applied intentionally.

2. Misalignment comes before burnout. Feeling constantly "on," impatient, or disconnected are early signals not personal failures.

3. Your energy is leadership feedback. Irritability, urgency, and fatigue often point to misalignment, not incompetence listening sooner changes everything.

Episode Minutes:

Minute 1: Differences Between Burnout and Misalignment

Minute 3: How Energy Acts as Honest Feedback

Minute 4: Using The Authentic Imprint Assessment to Identify Misalignment

Resources from This Episode:

Take the free 3-minute Authentic Imprint™ Assessment

Get a copy of The Internal Revolution: Lead Authentically and Build Your Personal Brand from Within

Plan your days by actively using your strengths with The Strengths Journal™

Book a 30-minute discovery call to discuss your executive and team development needs

In this episode of the Dominate Your Day podcast, I speak with speaker, identity strategist, and co-founder and CEO of Build-A-Biz Kids, Leah Coss, to explore how early identity formation shapes the trajectory of our lives. Leah shares her personal journey from growing up in a chaotic and unsafe environment, to making destructive choices as a teenager, to experiencing a pivotal moment of self-awareness that changed everything.

We also discuss the powerful mission behind her nonprofit organization, Build-A-Biz Kids. While the programs teach business, public speaking, and digital literacy to kids, the real impact lies in experiential learning that develops confidence, decision-making, resilience, and self-awareness. Leah explains why soft skills not technical skills are now the most critical for the next generation, and how giving kids real responsibility and ownership allows them to see feedback as data rather than rejection. By partnering with schools, libraries, and nonprofits, Build-A-Biz Kids is scaling this impact in a sustainable way reaching kids early, before the world defines who they are for them.

Top 3 Takeaways:

1. Identity drives behavior. When kids (and adults) see themselves as capable, their decisions and outcomes change.

2. Confidence is built through experience, not instruction. Real ownership and real-world feedback create lasting growth.

3. Soft skills are future-proof skills. Resilience, decision-making, communication, and self-awareness are essential for both mental health and career success.

Episode Minutes:

Minute 1: A Journey of Transformation

Minute 8: Building a Charity: The Birth of Build-A-Biz Kids

Minute 18: Empowering the Next Generation:

Skills for the Future Links + Resources from This Episode:

Learn more about Build-A-Biz Kids at www.buildabizkids.com

Connect with Leah Coss on LinkedIn

Take the free 3-minute Authentic Imprint™ Assessment

Get a copy of Dana's book, The Internal Revolution: Lead Authentically and Build Your Personal Brand from Within

Learn more about The Strengths Journal

Organizational consultant Jacqueline Robinson joins me for a powerful conversation on authenticity, leadership, and what it truly means to lead from within. We explore my proprietary framework, Authentic Imprint™ the alignment of strengths, core values, mission, and emotional recognition and how these elements shift depending on the season of life you're in. Jacqueline shares how her mission of elevating people and celebrating culture has served as a North Star throughout her career, even during seasons of caretaking, entrepreneurship, and personal disruption. Her reflections reinforce that authenticity isn't static it's a daily practice of self-management.

We also went deep into emotional recognition and energy management, especially in a world filled with distraction, pressure, and constant task switching. Jacqueline highlightes how awareness naming emotions before they shape behavior allows leaders to respond instead of react. From leveraging CliftonStrengths intentionally, to dialing strengths up or down when needed, to redefining productivity as managing energy instead of time, this conversation is a reminder that leadership starts internally. When we lead ourselves well, alignment follows and so does impact, whether locally or globally.

Top 3 Takeaways:

1. Authentic leadership starts with alignment: When strengths, values, mission, and emotional awareness work together, leadership feels more natural and sustainable.

2. Emotional recognition is a leadership skill: Pausing to notice and name emotions helps leaders stay grounded, focused, and intentional especially during stressful seasons.

3. Manage energy, not just time: True productivity comes from protecting attention, prioritizing what matters most, and honoring what fuels your well-being.

Episode Minutes:

Minute 3: Exploring the Authentic Imprint Assessment

Minute 9: Understanding Strengths and Emotional Recognition

Minute 15: Aligning Actions with Values

Minute 29: Managing Energy vs. Time

Links + Resources from This Episode:

Learn more about Jaclynn's work at www.jaclynnrobinson.com

Explore purpose-driven products at www.jaclynnrobinson.com/shop

Follow Jaclynn on Instagram

Take the free 3-minute Authentic Imprint Assessment

Get a copy of Dana's book, The Internal Revolution: Lead Authentically and Build Your Personal Brand from Within

Learn more about The Strengths Journal