Growth Edge Leadership Newsletter
The Growth Edge Leadership Newsletter offers concise, actionable leadership strategies for healthcare professionals. Delivered weekly, each issue features a short video, motivational insights, and expert resources, empowering you to enhance your leadership skills efficiently and effectively.
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Rethinking Resilience: What Leaders Get Wrong About Burnout with author Paula Davis
Burnout continues to rise across high-demand professions, especially in healthcare, law, and other performance-driven environments. Yet many leadership approaches still treat it as an individual issue.
In this episode of The Growth Edge Leadership Podcast, Laurie Baedke sits down with Paula Dav...
Mar 30, 2026
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Failure Isn't the Problem. Wasted Failure Is.
Most leaders say they value learning.
Few have a system for it.
Especially when it comes to failure.
We:→ minimize it→ move past it→ or quietly carry it
But we rarely use it well.
And that’s the gap.
Failure isn’t what limits leadership performance.
Unprocessed failure is.
This week’...
Mar 25, 2026
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The Discipline of Self-Awareness Why Humility, Not Ego, Sustains Leadership Performance.
You don’t have to be loud to have an ego.
Even the most thoughtful, analytical, and measured leaders can quietly protect their assumptions, defend their decisions, or resist feedback.
Ego isn’t about personality.It’s about posture.
And humility is the discipline that keeps it in check.
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Mar 11, 2026
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Calm Is A Competitive Advantage: Leading Wisely In A World That Won’t Slow Down.
The pace of change isn’t just accelerating. It’s compounding.
I'm frequently hearing a common theme in coaching sessions:
“It feels like the ground is shifting faster than I can recalibrate.”
My organizational clients are saying the same thing.
Workforce shifts.AI disruption.Margin pressure.Cu...
Mar 04, 2026
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Mentorship Is Not a Nice-to-Have. It’s a Performance Strategy.
Mentorship is often talked about as a generous act. A “good leader” behavior. Something nice to do when you have time.
That framing sells it short.
Mentorship isn’t a soft extra layered on top of “real work.” It is real work. And when done well, it’s a powerful performance strategy; for ...
Feb 04, 2026
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Why the Future Belongs to Human-Centered Leaders
Think back to a leader who truly left a mark on you.
Chances are, it wasn’t their credentials or efficiency you remember. It was likely how they made you feel. Seen. Supported. Valued.
After more than two decades of working alongside leaders in medicine, business, and beyond, I can tel...
Jan 13, 2026
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Leading into 2026: The Power of Reflection for Growth and Renewal
For some, these days between Christmas and the New Year bring a rare pause, a quiet stretch of time to rest, reset, and look back. For others, it’s another week of answering the call, caring for patients, leading teams, keeping essential systems moving.
Wherever this week finds you, reflectio...
Dec 30, 2025
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Engage, Energize, Elevate: The Leader’s Guide to Meaningful Feedback
“Am I on the right track?”“Was that what you were hoping for?”“How can I improve next time?”
You’ve probably heard these questions from your team, or maybe you’ve even asked them yourself.
Employees crave feedback. They want to know where they stand, how they can grow, and whether their wor...
Dec 16, 2025
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The Stewardship of Succession: Why Every Great Leader Plans for What’s Next
Let’s be honest: the idea of succession planning can make even the most confident leaders uneasy.
In a job market defined by uncertainty, the thought of preparing someone to replace you might feel like inviting risk, or worse, irrelevance.
But what if I told you that it’s actually the oppos...
Dec 09, 2025
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New Leader Launch. Spring 2026 Cohort. Pre-Sale This Week!
I’m excited to announce the spring 2026 cohort of my signature leadership development course, New Leader Launch, and this week only, you can access exclusive pre-sale pricing.
New Leader Launch is a six-week intensive leadership development experience designed specifically for emerging leader...
Dec 02, 2025
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The Myth of Balance: Why Great Leaders Live in Seasons, Not Equilibrium
For decades, we’ve been told to chase “work-life balance,” as if our professional and personal lives exist on opposite sides of a scale.
However, the reality is that they’re not opposing forces. They’re actually deeply intertwined.
The phrase “work-life balance” first gained traction in the...
Dec 02, 2025
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Leading in the Age of Distraction: How to Protect Your Team’s Focus in a World That Won’t Pause
We live in an era of endless pings, tabs, messages, and micro-interruptions. And it’s not just annoying, it’s eroding our performance, energy, and team culture.
Each time someone context-switches, shifting from one task to another, your brain pays a price. A study from the University of Calif...
Nov 25, 2025
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