Leaders Rising Podcast
Leaders Rising Podcast
Podcast Description
Real conversations on leadership, culture, and multiplying impact.
Join our team and guests as we explore what it takes to lead well, build healthy teams, and create lasting organizational change—one episode at a time.
We equip growing companies to create bigger futures and build thriving cultures by developing leaders worth following.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as building liberating cultures, leadership self-awareness, and the transformation of organizational dynamics. Episodes cover diverse topics like the evolution of compliance to culture in banking, leadership transformation through vulnerability, and the importance of intentional people systems. For instance, a recent episode with Dr. Tom Nebel delves into the importance of self-awareness in leadership and how it leads to liberating cultures, while another episode discusses the journey of transforming a conservative bank into a people-first organization.
Real conversations on leadership, culture, and multiplying impact.
Join our team and guests as we explore what it takes to lead well, build healthy teams, and create lasting organizational change—one episode at a time.
We equip growing companies to create bigger futures and build thriving cultures by developing leaders worth following.
Becky Rivest didn’t set out to become a leadership coach. But her journey from public school classrooms to corporate training floors—and now to LRN—shows what happens when learning and humility drive everything.
In this personal and thoughtful episode, Aaron Lee sits down with Becky to explore the twists and turns of her leadership development story. From standing in front of her first class of students to helping corporate teams transform from the inside out, Becky shares insights that resonate with every leader navigating change and growth.
You’ll hear how unexpected shifts, great mentors, and bold humility paved the way for a career that’s still evolving—and making an impact. Whether you’re just stepping into leadership or helping others rise, Becky’s story will help you reflect on your own path.
Connect with Becky
- LinkedIn @BeckyRivest
Key Quotes
- “Nobody ever asked me what kind of leader I wanted to be in that classroom.”
- “There’s another way to teach—and for me, it wasn’t in a school.”
- “Humility is what lets us learn, grow, and lead with love.”
Show Outline
- 0:00 What Becky’s learning outside of work this summer
- 2:36 First leadership memory: from student to student teacher
- 5:00 Feedback, fatigue, and finding her footing in the classroom
- 7:54 Why she walked away from teaching—and what came next
- 10:22 Discovering a different kind of teaching inside a contact center
- 12:54 The leaders who shaped her: accountability + humanity
- 18:03 Joining LRN: finding a team aligned with her purpose
- 21:03 Becky’s go-to advice for leaders (hint: it’s not a skill)
- 25:28 Humility as a leadership superpower
- 26:06 Go-to books, music, and life beyond 9 to 5
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