Leadership at the nexus of work, care, and change

Conversations with senior leaders about what changes when care becomes part of the operating environment.

Care is increasingly a leadership, workforce, financial, and systems issue.

Through conversations with executives, founders, researchers, operators, and other senior leaders, this ongoing series explores how care is reshaping work, leadership, decision-making, and the systems people rely on.

These are conversations about care as a system—and what becomes visible when leaders examine it from where they sit.

Care Like a Leader™ starts with recognizing leadership.

SEE the system. LEAD with intention. DESIGN what comes next.

This series looks at leadership from where work, care, and change intersect—revealing the capabilities, decisions, and systems that shape how people lead in increasingly complex environments.

Explore the conversations

Read the growing collection of leader interviews below.

Leading through complexity—at work and at home

Beth Lesen

Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment
California State University, Long Beach


Dignity as a leadership discipline

Author, Pink Dragon™; Founder, Beacon GTM™
Former Chief Commercial Officer, Curinos; former Global Head of Corporate Key Accounts, FIS

Sona Jepsen


“We’re not the Golden Girls. We’re the Breakfast Club.”

CEO, ThirdEyeFocus; former leadership roles at Medtronic, Levi-Strauss, Abbott, US government agencies, and more

Paurvi Bhatt


How faith, care, and legacy build leadership infrastructure

Sherice Forde

Founder & Chief Catalyst Officer, The Quantum Coalition Network


From black-box care to living systems

Uma Subramanian

Founder, Maarge


Building the navigation layer long-term care has never had

Lindsay Friedman

Founder, LTCareNav and Care Bloom


Building culturally aligned care ecosystems for immigrant families

Salina Shah

Founder, Desi Daughters


The leadership already shaping our future

Rev. Kevin T. Taylor

Pastor, C-suite executive, turnaround leader


When caregiving becomes a business risk

Sher Downing, PhD

Founder, The Entrepreneur Sandwich®
Strategist and coach


Elder care is now a CEO-level workforce issue

Two-time CHRO
Workforce strategist
Founder, CareWise Solutions

Jeannette Galvanek


What the money reveals: Early signs of care system instability

CEO, Olah Network
CEO, Preferred Business Management Solutions
Certified Daily Money Manager

Donna Olah-Reiken


Navigating the dementia care journey with clarity and confidence

Co-Founder, The Caregiver’s Journey
Former SVP & GM Strategic Operations, Verint Systems

Nancy Treaster


Legacy as living infrastructure

Chief Administrative Officer, STEM NOLA
Founder, Legacy Journey
Pastor

Rev. Lawrence Jackson, Jr.


From hidden burden to workforce signal

Chief People Officer, News-Press & Gazette Company
EVP
BIRX Group

Laura Clark


From behavior to root cause: Rethinking dementia care

Founder, A Mind for All Seasons
Dementia Care and Brain Health Specialist

Eric Collett


The limits of optimization

GTM and operations executive

Jenni Palocsik


The workforce shift employers can no longer ignore

Strategic Advisor
Former Executive Director, Boston College Center for Work & Family
Workforce Research Advisor, ELIXR

Jennifer Sabatini Fraone


What caregiving reveals about the future of work

CEO, Work Forward
Executive in Residence, Charter
Senior Advisor, BCG

Brian Elliott


From power to presence: what caregiving teaches leaders about leadership

Martin J. Schreiber

Former Governor of Wisconsin
Author, My Two Elaines


The missing customer in care system design

Senior Strategic Marketing Consultant
Leading Healthcare System
Ambassador, Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Melissa Fisher


Why dementia care needs a conductor

CEO of Vela Health

Jeff Ryan


The real inheritance isn't money. It's agency.

Founder, PlanningPaths
Wealth Manager, Savvy Wealth
Former J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Erin Niehaus


Designing a life with care

CEO, Worthy to Lead®
Former Head of Last Mile Delivery Design, Amazon

Kristiana Corona


Build a safety net—not a cage

CEO, LogicMark

Chia-Lin Simmons


Healthcare leadership is becoming a system

Lee Fossey

Executive Managing Partner, U.S. Healthcare Sector Head, ISG-Americas®


More leader conversations will be added as the series grows.