Why Family Dinners Might Be the Ultimate Leadership Strategy with Leisse Wilcox

Author: Laura Sinclair
Published: Thu 21 Aug 2025
Episode Link: None

What if the most powerful leadership skill you could give your kids—or yourself—was happening right at the dinner table?

In this heart-filled and thought-provoking episode, Laura sits down with speaker, coach, and all-around powerhouse Leisse Wilcox to talk about the unexpected link between family dinners and leadership, the growing importance of emotional intelligence in an AI-driven world, and how high-achieving women can stop white-knuckling through perfection and finally feel like themselves again.

This conversation is a must-listen for entrepreneurial moms craving deeper connection, more grounded leadership, and permission to lead as their whole human selves—flaws and all.

In this episode you will hear:

00:00 – Meet Leisse Wilcox

02:00 – The Power of Family Dinners

04:59 – AI, Creativity & Humanity

06:51 – A New Vision for Work-Life Balance

08:20 – Dinner Tables as Training Grounds for Leaders

10:38 – Why Conversations Matter More Than Ever

13:18 – What Kids Lost During COVID (and How to Rebuild It)

16:03 – The Simple Ritual That Creates Lasting Impact

19:05 – Bringing It Back to Business

21:29 – What Leisse Really Does as a Coach

23:59 – High-Achieving Women: You Are Not Alone