12 - Harnessing Your Leadership Purpose
- Author
- Sara Sheehan
- Published
- Tue 14 May 2024
- Episode Link
- https://sarawsheehan.com
Sara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Robin L. Owens, PhD, a tenured professor in religious studies at Mount Saint Mary’s University in LA and host of the podcast ‘Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin’. Dr. Robin shares the childhood drive that led her to her third career in religious studies and why she focuses on helping high-achieving women find their leadership purpose through passion, values, and their zone of genius.
Dr. Robin can trace her interest in contemplating the meaning of life right back to when she was six years old, but religious studies wouldn’t become her focus until her third career. Her whole life, however, is motivated by faith. She believes we are all created with a purpose and that it’s our life goal to express that purpose. Some of us express it through life or in big sweeping events, but most of us express it through work and finding our true selves.
In this episode, Sara Sheehan learns why Dr. Robin wrote her two books, how our lives give us clues to the values we possess and what our purpose might be, and how Dr. Robin uses her leadership coaching to guide other women in finding their true purpose and expression of self. Dr. Robin shares moving examples of client successes and she explains the process through which she encourages authors to turn their books into courses to reach a wider audience. The conversation is inspirational and full of beautiful examples of true transformation and leadership.
About Robin L. Owens, PhD:
Robin L. Owens, Ph.D. is a college professor and who spends her time outside of the classroom fulfilling her mission to support high-achieving women leaders.
She describes high-achieving women leaders this way. “They are women who are ambitious, goal-oriented, professional, in official leadership roles or unofficial leadership roles. They are often highly responsible at work and at home… and are doing all the things. They are the ones that are always supporting others. They rarely get support because others think they don’t need it.”
In service to her mission to support high-achieving women leaders--
Robin is the host of the popular podcast “Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin,” creator of the Purpose-Based, Decision-Making System, founder of MASTERFUL Course Creations, LLC, and author of the forthcoming book – Making Purpose-Based Decisions: An Inspirational Guide to More Meaning and Purpose in Your Business or Career”-- and the newly released book “My Faith in the Constitution is Whole: Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Scripture” which is about the unique way Barbara Jordan lived out her leadership purpose.
Robin has over 20 years of experience in researching, teaching and studying meaning and purpose in the lives and work of women leaders. She combines her experience in business, social work and higher education to bring a powerful and personable perspective to her mission of empowering high-achieving women leaders.
Resources discussed in this episode:
- New book waiting list: “M.A.K.E Purpose-Based Decisions” by Robin L. Owens, PhD
- “My Faith in the Constitution is Whole: Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Scripture” by Robin L. Owens, PhD
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Contact Sara Sheehan | Sara Sheehan Consulting:
Contact Robin L. Owens, PhD:
- Website: RobinLOwens.com
- Podcast: Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin
