In this episode, Michel discusses five lessons that loss can teach us about how to lead. She shares that last July, she lost her mom to stage four cancer. In December, she lost her aunt in law to stage four cancer and then in May she lost another aunt in law to stage four cancer. Just three of the painful losses she chose to highlight. This episode could be entitled how cancer took so much from her last year or some variation on that. Instead, she takes the opportunity to share the top 5 lessons she learned about how we can better lead based on what loss teaches. Michel admits she is speaking to herself as much as she is sharing these reflections and lessons with you:Create a Culture of gratitudeCreate a Culture of well being. Unplug from time to time. Do good for your people.Culture of care, compassion, empathy, forgiveness. Give yourself and others wiggle room. Difference between big and small issues and create an environment to make mistakes and take risks.Create  greater connection and community by building deeper relationships with more people.  Your legacy is all about people. Build connections, learn from each other, share best practices, tips and tricks. We belong to each other.Do it now. Time flies. This calls for bold leadership. Do the things you want to do but are scared to do. Don't get caught sleeping, wake up and lead.Michel has learned is that there will always be something coming up. So she wants to encourage you to step forward with a bolder leadership coming out of this pandemic, coming out of such great loss globally. Coming out of any personal losses you may have experienced as well.Leadership is shifting. leadership is demanding more. Let us go out and connect more with people. Let us deepen the relationships that we have. Let's extend the community we're a part of. Let's include more people. Let's get to know them, not just their names. Let's go deeper to learn about their stories, to see how we connect with each other. And let's move this ball forward. What was the nature of your losses over the past couple years? What lessons did you learn that can inform our leadership?Want to join us LIVE and get your questions answered? Register for UpSkill Live, online every Thursday at 7PM EST. Free to register, limited spots available. More From UpSkill Go to UpSkill Community to review show notes and join a community of leaders devoted to UpSkilling Subscribe to our Linkedin Newsletter for weekly insights Watch the video presentation for this episode on UpSkill's YouTube Channel At UpSkill, we are building a community of UpSkillers, learning and growing together. Please listen, subscribe and share!We offer Corporate Training, Coaching and Consulting Services Soft Skills Leadership Skills Inclusive Leadership Skills Book your Free Consultation today!www.upskillcommunity.com