Why leadership fails — and 3 ways to get on the path to growth, trust and success

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Rachel Druckenmiller, former benefits professional turned speaker, leadership expert, and founder of Unmuted addresses the Benefits at Work conference in San Diego.

Rachel Druckenmiller didn’t see it coming: one second she was crossing the street with her husband, and the next she was in a hospital trauma room with a compression fracture in her back. 

While the experience eventually changed her life, it was the last thing she needed in the midst of an already difficult year, she shared at this year’s Benefits at Work conference in San Diego, where Druckenmiller appeared as keynote speaker on Wednesday. It eventually taught  her a valuable lesson about leadership and what it means to bring compassion and understanding to any role. 

To be successful in managing people, leaders have to understand their own purpose, in order  to instill it in their workforce. Employees need to feel as though their work matters and contributes to a larger mission — and it’s a leader’s job to remind them of that. 

Druckenmiller shared that getting vulnerable with your workforce and sharing your own journey of career growth or challenges can help foster deeper connections and prevent disconnect. 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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