If you enjoy giving or receiving feedback, you're a saint! If you're like most of us, feedback stinks! Mostly because we don't know how to give or take it. Most leaders, AND followers, are not trained to give or receive it. But WAIT! Chief has a different term that suits the purpose better! You'll have to listen to this episode to hear Chief's solution.

Chief and Ms Dava discuss various personal and professional topics, including work-life balance, identity, and leadership principles. They explore themes of conflict resolution, trust, and organizational effectiveness through shared experiences and insights about managing teams and maintaining core values. The conversation concludes with reflections on societal changes and the importance of modeling unified purpose in both personal and professional relationships.

Chief and Ms Dava discuss managing overwhelming workloads and prioritization strategies, with Chief providing guidance to Ms Dava on time management techniques and resource allocation. They discuss Stephen Covey's time management principles and the importance of creating a master task list, with Chief recommending Todoist as a helpful app for organizing tasks. The conversation concludes with Chief offering advice on delegation and empowerment, emphasizing the importance of giving team members appropriate responsibilities while maintaining trust and clear communication.

WHAT?! DRAMA in the workplace?! Oh, NO! Say it isn't so! Well, it IS so! Ms Dava, the new leader, is dealing with that. So she asks the sage advice of a seasoned leader, Chief, for advice. The Wise Man provides Ms Dava with ideas that MAY, or may not, help her get out of her dilemma.

Ms Dava and Chief welcome you back to a new season! Most people create New Year resolutions that are based on doing. But what about creating resolutions based on being? How about creating Character resolutions? Who, or what kind of a person, will you be by the end of 2026? A lot of things to consider, as Chief and Ms Dava share their thoughts with you on how to BE a better person, a Leader of Character!

Chief Vásquez and Ms Dava close out the season sharing their thoughts on things that they're grateful for, including YOU! THANK YOU for listening to us! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! All of them!

What do you do when someone gets angry at you? You tell them to calm down and move on, right?! WRONG! That never works! So what does? Chief shares four things, or more, with Ms Dava that can help the situation. Oh, the situation is one of those four things. You'll have to listen in.

Chief and Ms Dava attempt to analyze what "Adulting" is. Chief proposes that it's sometimes simply being there. Their discussion includes examples and perspectives.