83 | Stop Holding It All Together: How Women Leaders Build Teams That Work featuring Daria Rudnick

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying your entire team on your back—while also managing a household, relationships, and your own career ambitions—this episode is your permission slip to stop.

In this conversation, Shannon sits down with Daria Rutnick, former Chief People Officer, executive coach, and author of Clicking, to unpack why so many high-performing women leaders end up over-functioning at work—and how to build teams that actually think, solve, and operate without leaning on you for everything.

This episode is especially powerful for women who:
✅ Feel like the default problem-solver on their team
✅ Carry invisible emotional labor at work
✅ Lead quietly or introvertedly and wonder if that’s “enough”
✅ Are growing in leadership but don’t want success to cost their health or energy

Daria brings a global perspective from working across six continents and offers practical, no-fluff strategies to help women leaders move from heroic leadership to empowered leadership—where teams collaborate, take ownership, and truly support the leader in return.

In This Episode We Cover:
➡️ Why being the “go-to” leader is actually blocking your team’s growth
➡️ How to stop absorbing emotional labor that doesn’t belong to you
➡️ What a team that actually works looks like under pressure
➡️ How introverted and quiet leaders can build trust without performing
➡️ The biggest misconception leaders have about trust and one-on-ones
➡️ How to empower your team to make decisions—without micromanaging
➡️ Why letting people struggle (appropriately) is part of great leadership
➡️ How AI is changing team dynamics—and why human decision-making still matters
➡️ What returning to leadership after maternity leave really requires
➡️ One simple calendar shift that can immediately reduce overwhelm

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