E29: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership with Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, Creator of Leadership Atlas

Lead with Heart | Philanthropy, Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Management & Fundraising

Welcome back to the Lead with Heart Podcast. Today I have Sonya Perez-Lauterbach with me and I am so excited to share this conversation with you because she’s an expert in emotions and leadership. She’s sharing how you can use your emotions to make yourself a better leader.
Sonya is the creator of Leadership Atlas, a holistic approach to leadership development that integrates the mental, emotional, and embody aspects of leading. She empowers motivated change agents to move from burnout and self-doubt to leading with competence and clarity.
In this episode:

• [02:58] The stress of fulfilling multiple roles
• [05:56] Understanding fear and calming your nervous system in high-stress situations
• [12:29] Self-care and what that means for a non-profit professional
• [15:45] Navigating change in non-profits
• [19:44] Key emotional intelligence elements for leadership to practice when leading organizations through change
• [29:25] How to coach people through mistakes as a leader
• [3435] Moving from a stressed state to ease and joy

RESOURCES
Read Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change Paperback by William Bridges and Susan Bridges
Listen to Episode 13: Creating a Better Workplace for Everyone with Alison Edwards to learn more about how Groundswell is implementing sabbaticals for their staff

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Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
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