216: Develop Your Emotional Fitness as a Leader: Interview with Susan Packard • My Quest for the Best

216: Develop Your Emotional Fitness as a Leader: Interview with Susan Packard

Susan Packard, author of FULLY HUMAN

Susan Packard and Bill Ringle discuss how to grow your emotional fitness in work, leadership. and life.

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Top 3 Take-Aways from this Interview

  • The essence of good leadership is to take care of yourself and others, and to do so requires emotional fitness.
  • Being fully human at work and in your life means committing to a wider range of standards than just output or productivity. 
  • Trust is the lifeblood of any organization, from a start-up to an enterprise like HGTV. 

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Expert Bio 

Author and entrepreneur Susan Packard was one of a small number of women leaders who were a part of the newly created cable industry, helping in the launch of HBO and CNBC. She went on to be a co-founder of HGTV and Scripps Network.

An in-demand speaker at summits, TEDX, and corporate events, as well as a guest expert on television and radio, and op-ed contributor, Packard is a pioneer in both the industry she helped to shape and the workplace she works to redefine.

She is the author of New Rules of the Game and the just released Fully Human: 3 Steps to Grow your Emotional Fitness in Work, Leadership and Life.

MQ4B-Featured-Susan Packard, Author of Fully Human

Contact Info for Susan Packard

Web address: www.susanpackard.com

Travels from: Lakeville, CT

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Resources Mentioned During the Interview

SusanPackard.Com