104: Leaders with Heart Cultivate and Invest in Their People

In this episode, Heather Younger speaks with Kimberly Loving, Chief of Staff for the City of Seattle overseeing the HR function 13,000 employee employees. Kimberly shares the leaders requirement to cultivate their employees, a time when she was not the best version of herself as a leader, and some really cool learnings from her mothers and relatives.

Key takeaways:

• People are the thing that matters most, set everything else aside.
• Focusing on people is simple but not easy and it must be done
• Align yourself with people who will support you even when you fail
• You have more to offer and you may have to leave for others to see it
• Believe in yourself and that you are worth it