app01 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:26:59 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Leading Ladies of Economic Development® - Episodes Tagged with “Authentic Leadership” https://www.llofed.com/tags/authentic%20leadership Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:00:00 -0400 This podcast is a safe place for female economic development professionals to share stories, insights, and challenges of the economic development industry. We hear from women leaders across the country about their careers in ED and how you can apply their experiences to your own economic development career goals. en-us episodic These are the women leading economic development across the US. Kaycee Bunch This podcast is a safe place for female economic development professionals to share stories, insights, and challenges of the economic development industry. We hear from women leaders across the country about their careers in ED and how you can apply their experiences to your own economic development career goals. no economic development, econ dev, development, community development, women, leadership Kaycee Bunch kayceegbunch@gmail.com From CEO to Coach: Authentic Leadership Strategies for Women in Male-Dominated Workplaces │Dr. Tina Yerkes https://www.llofed.com/season3-episode12-tina-yerkes d973baba-808f-4433-8a70-ff1e2187dc83 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:00:00 -0400 Kaycee Bunch full 3 Kaycee Bunch 42:31 no <p>In this episode of <em>Leading Ladies of Economic Development</em>, Kaycee sits down with Dr. Tina Yerkes, an executive strategist, leadership mentor, speaker, and founder of Transformative Leadership Consulting. Tina left leadership to start a consultancy and write a book focused on helping women navigate workplace bias in male-dominated environments. Drawing on 30 years of experience—being talked over, dismissed, and denied proper titles despite her authority and education—she says she realized the problem is systemic, though change will take time. While waiting for organizations to catch up, she emphasizes mentors and individualized strategies that allow women to succeed without shrinking themselves or pretending to be someone else.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>Why she argues the root problem is systemic and women still need practical, individualized strategies to succeed while organizations catch up—without shrinking themselves or becoming someone they’re not.</p></li> <li><p>How self-awareness and authentic leadership reduce stress and build confidence, based on her experience that changing herself didn’t change how she was treated.</p></li> <li><p>Tools and methods to reconnect with authenticity, including using the DISC 4D assessment to understand natural leadership style, stress responses, and develop strategies that prevent burnout.</p></li> </ul> <p><strong>Quotable:</strong> “ I had seen the same thing happen everywhere to women and to myself, and I just had had enough."</p> <p><strong>Resources and Links</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-yerkes-phd/" rel="nofollow noopener">Connect with Tina Yerkes on LinkedIn</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Change-System-Not-Women-Leadership/dp/1639082069" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Change-System-Not-Women-Leadership/dp/1639082069</a></p> <p><a href="https://tinayerkestlc.substack.com/p/i-was-told-to-shrink-i-chose-to-fight" rel="nofollow noopener">I Was Told to Shrink. I Chose to Fight Instead.</a> Special Guest: Dr. Tina Yerkes.</p> women in leadership, women leaders, leadership development, authentic leadership, female leadership, women in business, workplace bias, gender bias in the workplace, women in male-dominated industries, executive leadership, leadership strategies, career advancement, professional development, women empowerment, confidence in leadership, self-awareness, mentorship, burnout prevention, DISC assessment, economic development, Leading Ladies of Economic Development In this episode of Leading Ladies of Economic Development, Kaycee sits down with Dr. Tina Yerkes, an executive strategist, leadership mentor, speaker, and founder of Transformative Leadership Consulting. Tina left leadership to start a consultancy and write a book focused on helping women navigate workplace bias in male-dominated environments. Drawing on 30 years of experience—being talked over, dismissed, and denied proper titles despite her authority and education—she says she realized the problem is systemic, though change will take time. While waiting for organizations to catch up, she emphasizes mentors and individualized strategies that allow women to succeed without shrinking themselves or pretending to be someone else.

In this episode, we explore:

  • Why she argues the root problem is systemic and women still need practical, individualized strategies to succeed while organizations catch up—without shrinking themselves or becoming someone they’re not.

  • How self-awareness and authentic leadership reduce stress and build confidence, based on her experience that changing herself didn’t change how she was treated.

  • Tools and methods to reconnect with authenticity, including using the DISC 4D assessment to understand natural leadership style, stress responses, and develop strategies that prevent burnout.

Quotable: “ I had seen the same thing happen everywhere to women and to myself, and I just had had enough."

Resources and Links

Connect with Tina Yerkes on LinkedIn

https://www.amazon.com/Change-System-Not-Women-Leadership/dp/1639082069

I Was Told to Shrink. I Chose to Fight Instead.

Special Guest: Dr. Tina Yerkes.

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In this episode, we explore:

  • Why she argues the root problem is systemic and women still need practical, individualized strategies to succeed while organizations catch up—without shrinking themselves or becoming someone they’re not.

  • How self-awareness and authentic leadership reduce stress and build confidence, based on her experience that changing herself didn’t change how she was treated.

  • Tools and methods to reconnect with authenticity, including using the DISC 4D assessment to understand natural leadership style, stress responses, and develop strategies that prevent burnout.

Quotable: “ I had seen the same thing happen everywhere to women and to myself, and I just had had enough."

Resources and Links

Connect with Tina Yerkes on LinkedIn

https://www.amazon.com/Change-System-Not-Women-Leadership/dp/1639082069

I Was Told to Shrink. I Chose to Fight Instead.

Special Guest: Dr. Tina Yerkes.

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