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Leadership Uncensored with host Dawn Emerick, EdD
Where Real Leaders Talk About the Hard Stuff
Welcome to Leadership Uncensored—the podcast that cuts through the polished scripts and curated personas to bring you raw, real, and unfiltered conversations about what it truly means to lead in today’s world.
Hosted by Dr. Dawn Emerick, a national voice in trauma-informed leadership and systems change, this podcast goes beyond buzzwords to explore the messy, meaningful, and transformative moments of leadership. Whether you're a seasoned executive, a changemaker in the making, or someone navigating the tension between personal healing and professional growth, Leadership Uncensored is your space.
Each episode features courageous conversations with leaders across sectors—corporate, nonprofit, government, and education—who are willing to pull back the curtain. We talk burnout, breakthrough, betrayal, bias, boundaries, and becoming. No fluff. No filters. Just truth.
Leadership Uncensored with host Dawn Emerick, EdD
Latest Episodes
Season 5, Episode 22: LEADERS WHO READ: A Roundtable on the Books Shaping Us
Episode 22 of Leadership Uncensored, “Leaders Who Read: A Roundtable on the Books Shaping Us,” is a candid conversation about the ideas, stories, and pages that have shaped how we lead, think, and show up in the world. I’m joined by two powerho...
Season 4 Episode 21: Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Leadership- Trauma’s Impact on the Labor Movement: Union Leadership, Collective Organizing & Working Class Solidarity with Ron Ruggiero
I speak with former union president, Ron Ruggiero, who shares his insight about his new found freedom, the power of the "pause", and the seduction of the achievement hamster wheel. Ron also explains his theory on the individual trauma within bo...
Season 4 Episode 20: Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Leadership- Building Trauma-Informed Teams with Matthew Cooke
I speak with Matthew Cooke to discuss his story of burnout at the age of 24 and the importance of building trauma-informed teams. "All the money I was making in this start up, I was pouring it into I'm sorry. I...
Season 3 Episode 19 Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Leadership: The Chicago Resiliency Network
I speak with Denean Pillar-Jackson, Executive Director of the Chicago Resiliency Network, an initiative of the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, to discuss their ground-breaking trauma-informed culture work with employers like AT&T, JP Morgan...
Season 3 Episode 18 Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Leadership: Leading Through Our Head, Heart, and Gut
Carolyn Swora is an Ontario-based trauma-informed leadership coach, consultant and Human Spirit Ignitor who supports impact-driven leaders within purpose-led organizations to truly understand themselves so that they can show up and lead from th...
